The Bits of Blue and Gray DECEMBER 2003 column D. E. BUCKINGHAM TO JOHN MCCORMICK This month's column is a letter written home to a father informing him of the death of his son. http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december2003.htm I want to also take this opportunity to thank all of you who have visited the Bits of Blue and Gray website. I also appreciate the kind words some of you have sent, they let me know it's being used and enjoyed. Happy Holiday to all Jayne McCormick [email protected] aka [email protected] <A HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/index.htm">bitsofblueandgray.com</A>

Opps, sorry I meant this for my Philly list, sorry! a thousand apologies, but if anyone know's, great! Esther ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther Fetsko" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] December 2003, Philadelphia Ship's > Hi Listers, > Does anyone have a list of the ships that came into the Philadelphia area > around 1906. > I have an ancestor name James Carroll who came in, I'm pretty sure by the > way of Philadelphia from Ireland. > I think the following year or so his wife, Ann Flynn/Finn, Carroll came > over. In the 1920 census it has > indicated she came over a year later, but in the 1930 census they have it as > the same year! We were always > told she came over later! > I'm looking to see if I can find either of them listed or at least a pic of > one of ships. > Esther > > James Carroll, b. abt. 1888d.?,Lower Merion,1920c,age:30,Upper Darby, > 1930c,age 42 > wife:Anna,40 > chld:Edward, Helen,John, Anna, Margaret, James,Mary, Thomas, Joseph > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:03 AM > Subject: [PACHESTE] December 2003 > > > > The Bits of Blue and Gray DECEMBER 2003 column > > D. E. BUCKINGHAM TO JOHN MCCORMICK > > This month's column is a letter written home to a father informing him of > the > > death of his son. > > http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december2003.htm > > > > I want to also take this opportunity to thank all of you who have visited > the > > Bits of Blue and Gray website. I also appreciate the kind words some of > you > > have sent, they let me know it's being used and enjoyed. > > > > Happy Holiday to all > > Jayne McCormick > > [email protected] > > aka > > [email protected] > > <A > HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/index.htm">bitsofblueandgray.com</A> > > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > > Visit the PAGenWeb website > > http://www.pagenweb.org > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > To post a message to this list, send your message to > [email protected] >

There were no Catholic congregations. There were no Jewish Brotherhood. There was no Presbyterian congregation although maps indicate "Dutch Presbyterian" was a misleading term. "Dutch Presbyterian Meeting" was coined by English map makers and courthouses who did not know how to categorize the Reformeds. Dates are relative starting dates of congregations not dedication dates of building. 1733-German Reformed Congregation of Vincent Township 1735-Vincent Mennonite Meeting 1737-Vincent Baptish Church 1743-Pikeland Lutheran Congregation beyond the Schuylkill (Zion's) 1743-Brownback's Reformed Congregation (in Coventry Township but very close) 1758-Pikeland Friends Meeting 1770-St. Peter's Reformed Congregation (Lower St. Peter's) 1771-Evangelical Lutheran Church (Upper St. Peter's) 1833-St. Andrew's Episcopal (possible earlier birth) 1833-St. Matthew's Reformed Church 1833-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 1838-St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church 1842-Lower Pikeland Lutheran Church (Middle St. Peter's) 1848-Spring City Methodist Episcopal Church 1852-St. Vincent Reformed Church 1876-Centennial Lutheran Church at Kimberton In 1725, John Philip Boehm, a schoolteacher, conducted a Communion Service for German people at Faulkner's Swamp in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County (then Philadelphia County). This is regarded as the beginning of the Reformed Church in America. Following the backdrop and Boehm's lead in Montgomery County, a group formed in Vincent Township sometime around 1733 which called itself the Reformed Congregation of Vincent Township beyond the Schuylkill. Joint Worship In 1733, a pastor named Schulz, a Lutheran working in the Perkiomen valleys, organized a parish made up of Philadelphia, Trappe (Providence), and New Hanover (Faulkner's Swamp) congregations under the name of "United Congregations of Pennsylvania." 89 Most surely, Vincent allied itself to this group, but, finding it difficult, in the winter particularly, to worship with them, they met in homes pm the western side of the river. These became the Vincent Reformed Congregation and the Pikeland Lutherans. Organization was loose among the religious until 1742 when Henry Melchior Muhlenberg arrived in Charlestown, South Carolina, and worked his way to Philadelphia, preaching all the way. In 1743, the Vincent Reformed congregation and Muhlenber's Pikeland congregation of Lutherans built a log church on the borderline of Vincent and Pikeland townships on what was then Nutt's Road where it joined the Schuylkill Road to Reading. Both Muhlenberg's congregation and the Reformed congregation, under Rev. John Philip Leydich, shared the building under individual ministries. In 1744, the Vincent Reformed congregation was formally organized. A baptismal record, however, dates back to 1733. After 1754, the two congregations grew so large that it was felt necessary to build separate buildings. The separation was effected in 1758 when the German Reformeds built their own log church a mile west of the joint log church. In 1812, they replaced their log church with a stone church, the congregation meeting in its schoolhouse until the new church was built. Rev. Fluck, a later minister at Brownback's Reformed church, 90 says the new building was constructed of native red, yellow and white free-stone, was 45'X35', had no basement, and had a high ceiling. Dissension began about 1828 over doctrinal points and continued to grow until, in 1848, the two factions, termed locally "The Wets and The Drys" met individually in the same building. In 1851, plans were made to build another separate church building. The cornerstone was laid in 1852. Sometimes called Yeager's Church, as they were strong forces in its erection, its official designation is St. Vincent Reformed Church. The Spring City Reformed Church was an offshoot of the old German Reformed Congregation of Vincent, formed amicably and with the blessing of that parent church, in 1882. 89 Woodland, C. Ray. History of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, page 2. 90 Fluck. Reformed Churches in Chester County, page 36 The above is a small excerpt from the book titled 30,000 Acres Vincent and Pikeland Townships 1686 to 1850 by Estelle Cremers

Harleysville is in Montgomery County not Chester County. Springville was changed to Spring City. Sharon Spring City PA

Chuck Are you saying there is a Harleysville in Chester County? I think Spring City is still a borough government. The name was changed from Springville to Spring City so that the town and post office could have the same name. Apparently there was already a Springville post office in the state so the new post office in Springville had to have another name and Spring City was chosen as the new name to represent both post office and town. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Wolfram Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Vincent Reformed Church, Chester Co., PA --- Douglas Garber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > On the LDS site I found Isaac GARBER m. HILTEBEITEL > ( a surname I had never heard of) in the Vincent > Reformed Church, Chester Co., PA. Where was Vincent > or E. Vincent Twp? Were there other GARBERs at this > church? > There's East Vincent Reformed and St. Vincent Reformed. Both are now United Church of Christ (UCC). East Vincent (the older of the two) was in East Vincent Township, but now (since 1867) in Spring City. St. Vincent is in East Vincent, although the mailing address is Phoexiville. Actually, it's probably in Kimberton.<g> As to St. Vincent, those church records begin in 1854 and are incomplete--at least those before the 1920s are. (The microfilmed records go up to a few years before they were microfilmed.) I think I saw other GERBERs listed, but I wasn't looking for them (just finished looking at the church records at my FHC). You might want East Vincent Reformed (records of both were microfilmed). It was Vincent Township until it was divided into East Vincent and West Vincent Townships in 1832; and it's not "was" but "is". East Vincent is bordered by West Vincent (of course), South Coventry, Montgomery County, and by Spring City (which was part of East Vincent until 1867), and Spring City is a small city, former borough (until 1872), on the border with Montgomery County. Kimberton is part of the township as is Harleysville (which had a newspaper and publishing house--where certain family histories were published). Chuck Wolfram ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/

Hi Listers, Does anyone have a list of the ships that came into the Philadelphia area around 1906. I have an ancestor name James Carroll who came in, I'm pretty sure by the way of Philadelphia from Ireland. I think the following year or so his wife, Ann Flynn/Finn, Carroll came over. In the 1920 census it has indicated she came over a year later, but in the 1930 census they have it as the same year! We were always told she came over later! I'm looking to see if I can find either of them listed or at least a pic of one of ships. Esther James Carroll, b. abt. 1888d.?,Lower Merion,1920c,age:30,Upper Darby, 1930c,age 42 wife:Anna,40 chld:Edward, Helen,John, Anna, Margaret, James,Mary, Thomas, Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:03 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] December 2003 > The Bits of Blue and Gray DECEMBER 2003 column > D. E. BUCKINGHAM TO JOHN MCCORMICK > This month's column is a letter written home to a father informing him of the > death of his son. > http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december2003.htm > > I want to also take this opportunity to thank all of you who have visited the > Bits of Blue and Gray website. I also appreciate the kind words some of you > have sent, they let me know it's being used and enjoyed. > > Happy Holiday to all > Jayne McCormick > [email protected] > aka > [email protected] > <A HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/index.htm">bitsofblueandgray.com</A> > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Visit the PAGenWeb website > http://www.pagenweb.org >

Hi All, There are more and more indications that our Descendants of Johannes GERBER d 1777 Berks Co., PA, relates closely to ZUG/ZOOK and to E. Whiteland Twp. in Chester Co., PA. Here is the latest connection. Recall that our Christian (GB18) and Abraham (GB1a) married Yoder sisters and moved to OH. Well there was a third Yoder sister and she married Daniel KAUFFMAN b E. Whiteland Twp; Daniel's mother was a ZUG. By the way descendants of this couple can be traced "all the way" to Marion Co., OR. I received some information about the Vincent Reformed Churches -- apparently there are two churches in the same location, both of them now United Church of Christ (this is the Congregational Church). There just has to be an interesting story there, but I think the one for East Vincent Twp is the one we are interested in. There are GARBERs here! I am beginning to think that Amish-Mennonites who settled in the Northkill Area (later Upper Bern Twp. in Berks County) are the ones associated with Moritz ZUG and family who may have been in Chester County very early! I am back to two family theory again. Maybe the line in East Vincent Twp is associated with those who look like the ones that Liz, Lynda, and Jan discovered (the whole GB11 line). Please someone tell me something that will bring me back to my senses! Doug Garber --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

Hi All, There are more and more indications that our Descendants of Johannes GERBER d 1777 Berks Co., PA, relates closely to ZUG/ZOOK and to E. Whiteland Twp. in Chester Co., PA. Here is the latest connection. Recall that our Christian (GB18) and Abraham (GB1a) married Yoder sisters and moved to OH. Well there was a third Yoder sister and she married Daniel KAUFFMAN b E. Whiteland Twp; Daniel's mother was a ZUG. By the way descendants of this couple can be traced "all the way" to Marion Co., OR. I received some information about the Vincent Reformed Churches -- apparently there are two churches in the same location, both of them now United Church of Christ (this is the Congregational Church). There just has to be an interesting story there, but I think the one for East Vincent Twp is the one we are interested in. There are GARBERs here! I am beginning to think that Amish-Mennonites who settled in the Northkill Area (later Upper Bern Twp. in Berks County) are the ones associated with Moritz ZUG and family who may have been in the area very early! I am back to two family theory again. Maybe the line in East Vincent Twp is associated with those who look like the ones that Liz, Lynda, and Jan discovered (the whole GB11 line). Please someone tell me something that will bring me back to my senses! Doug Garber --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

The East Vincent Churches that you speak of both currently sit in East Vincent Township today. They actually sit next to each other. They have separate cemeteries. They originated as one congregation but split back in the 1800's. East Vincent Township has different mailing addresses which consist of Spring City, Kimberton, and Phoenixville. Sharon

--- Douglas Garber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > On the LDS site I found Isaac GARBER m. HILTEBEITEL > ( a surname I had never heard of) in the Vincent > Reformed Church, Chester Co., PA. Where was Vincent > or E. Vincent Twp? Were there other GARBERs at this > church? > There's East Vincent Reformed and St. Vincent Reformed. Both are now United Church of Christ (UCC). East Vincent (the older of the two) was in East Vincent Township, but now (since 1867) in Spring City. St. Vincent is in East Vincent, although the mailing address is Phoexiville. Actually, it's probably in Kimberton.<g> As to St. Vincent, those church records begin in 1854 and are incomplete--at least those before the 1920s are. (The microfilmed records go up to a few years before they were microfilmed.) I think I saw other GERBERs listed, but I wasn't looking for them (just finished looking at the church records at my FHC). You might want East Vincent Reformed (records of both were microfilmed). It was Vincent Township until it was divided into East Vincent and West Vincent Townships in 1832; and it's not "was" but "is". East Vincent is bordered by West Vincent (of course), South Coventry, Montgomery County, and by Spring City (which was part of East Vincent until 1867), and Spring City is a small city, former borough (until 1872), on the border with Montgomery County. Kimberton is part of the township as is Harleysville (which had a newspaper and publishing house--where certain family histories were published). Chuck Wolfram

Hi List, On the LDS site I found Isaac GARBER m. HILTEBEITEL ( a surname I had never heard of) in the Vincent Reformed Church, Chester Co., PA. Where was Vincent or E. Vincent Twp? Were there other GARBERs at this church? Thanks, Doug Garber --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

Hi List, On the LDS site I found Isaac GARBER m. HILTEBEITEL ( a surname I had never heard of) in the Vincent Reformed Church, Chester Co., PA. Where was Vincent or E. Vincent Twp? Were there other GARBERs at this church? Thanks, Doug Garber --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - November 28, 1903 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS HARLEM James HERBEIN, of New Jerusalem, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Jerome REICHARD. Nathaniel GREGORY and wife, Adam SIESHOLTZ and wife and Howard GREGORY, all attended the funeral of Nathan WIEGNER, of Palm. Mrs. Daniel ROTHENBERGER who is sick with typhoid fever is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. David RAUCH, of Huffs Church, were the guests of Howard GREGORY and family. Charles REINERT and wife and child, of Maple Grove, and David COVELY and wife all were the guests of Henry SCHMOYER and family. Samuel SNYDER and family, of Powder Valley were visiting John SNYDER and family. Lucy BITTENBENDER was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ROEDER, of Zionsville. Mr. and Mrs. John SNYDER and daughter were at Boyertown, on business. Benjamin DELONG paid a visit to his son, Solomon and family, of Bethlehem. Constable M.M. GERY, was at Ironton on official business. BARTO Thomas DOUGAN, of Philadelphia, visited W.C. FRICK. Miss Emma EISENHART is spending a week in Phoenixville and Norristown, with relatives. Jeremiah CONRAD, a passenger conductor between Barto and Pottstown, is on a two weeks vacation. D.M. HUNSICKER, of Rahn's Station, visited Mr. and Mrs. Horace TYSON. Clement SNYDER, of Allentown, spent a week with his brother Wm. SNYDER. Miss Mazie LEH secured a position in the knitting mill at Bechtelsville. Miss Verna HOFFMAN is spending a week at Lancaster, visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Angstadt. HOSENSACK Mr. and Mrs. A.D. BREY, of this place, visited friends in Emaus, on Sunday. Elmer HILLEGASS expects to go for his second carload of cattle. David, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. ROEDER, is on the sick list at present. ZIEGLERVILLE Solomon GRIMLEY received 19 mules and 1 horse on Wednesday. They were shipped by the American Ice Co., of Philadelphia, to be quartered on their farm for the winter. PRIZER and KEYSER received a carload of Worcester salt this week. E.K. LEIDY received and unloaded a carload of bran. Isaac M. HUBER went on a gunning trip to Huntingdon county, Pa. Mary BORTZ, of Delphi, is visiting friends at Spinnerstown. S.K.O. GRIMLEY has made some repairs to the large ice house at the station. Mrs. Nathan UMSTEAD is recovering form an operation performed by Philadelphia specialists last week. The operation was successful. WOXALL Katie ERB is on the sick list with brights disease. Harvey ZIEGLER finished cutting his corn on Saturday and has a great quantity to husk yet. Henry HEBMAN and wife, of Maryland, spent Sunday with her uncle Mr. and Mrs. Edwin HEEBNER. Lillie and Albert SMITH spent Saturday and Sunday in Spring Mount, with their grandparents. Mrs. John CARVER, Mrs. Wilson HARTZEL, Mrs. A.K. COPE, Mrs. S.N. SMITH, Miss Jane DIEHL, Mr. and Mrs. Leidy STOUDT, of this place, attended the funeral of Mrs. Henry IMBODY, of Sumneytown, on Monday. John CARVER and family and Henry SWINEHART and family and Henry NACE, spent Sunday with the family of Amos BADMAN. Daniel DIEHL and wife, of Souderton, spent Sunday with P.U. HENDRICKS and family. CLAYTON Josephus GERHARD was in Allentown, on Tuesday on business. Alfred CLEMMER received 140 turkeys, chickens and ducks. Misses Emma FOX and her mother, Mr. and Mrs. John ZIEGLER and son of East Greenville, were the guests of W.A. CLEMMER and family on Sunday. Horace JACOBS who is employed in the planing mill at Bally, boards with Ambrose BEITLER. PALM Mr. and Mrs. E.H.J. GERY and daughter spent Saturday and Sunday in Allentown. The funeral of Nathan WIEGNER, of this place, was largely attended on Saturday. L.M. LEIBERT, proprietor of the Palm Roller Mills, moved into his new home this week. The new house makes a fine appearance. It is equipped with all modern improvements. V.H. STECKEL, of Pennsburg, did the plumbing work. Rev. and Mrs. C. FETTER, of Telford, visited Mr. and Mrs. Allen STAUFFER on Thursday. Harvey C. MESCHTER spent Thanksgiving day in Norristown. The following spent Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. J.W. BUTZ: Misses Sallie and Minnie MOLL, Harry BUTZ, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen ALBITZ. Allen G. STAUFFER was in Philadelphia on business last Tuesday. SKIPPACK The 100-acre farm of the late Robert GREER was bid up to $43 an acre, but was not sold. The sale of the personal property last Monday on the same place amounted to about $1700 dollars. The sale was very well attended and things brought good prices. Jacob E. JONES who accompanied Dr. J. Newton HUNSBERGER's horse to Chicago, arrived home again on Tuesday evening. The two horses which the doctor took in exchange arrived already on Monday. The school children of the village are exercising themselves at recess and at noon by husking corn for George METZER whose field is right aside the school building. Mary V. BERTOLET offers her house for sale, in this village. ZIONSVILLE M.S. BEIDLER, proprietor of the Railroad House, held a shooting match on Thanksgiving day for turkeys, geese and ducks. Wm. Christman who is laid up with typhoid fever for the last six week, is now able to sit up in bed at short intervals. John FEGELY who was sick for quite a while, is now able to go out door again. Irwin STOUDT, of Plover, moved on Amelia ZIEGLER's farm. C.E. CHRISTMAN sold about five acres of land to the P. and R.R.R. Co., for $750. POWDER VALLEY Oswin STERNER is learning clerking in our store. Adam SCHERTEL, of Allentown, was here this week making repairs on his property. Thomas STAHL delivered some apples to Allentown this week. R.J. KEMMERER left for Harpers on Monday where he intends to operate his birch distillery. Mr. and Mrs. George BARTHOLOMEW and daughter, Mary were in Allentown on Monday.

Greetings fellow researchers,   For many years I have shared my genealogical research with the folks on the COWAN, WIGTON-WALKER, and SCOTCH-IRISH rootsweb lists.    The trail leads from Sterling, in Scotland, to Londonderry-Donegal in Ulster, to    Pennsylvania, the valley of Virginia, east Tennessee and points west.    If your ancestors followed a similar path then some of these documents might be of interest.    I have searched for rare, out of print source materials as both a hobby and an obsession and have offered to make copies for people from time to time.    Because of a busy schedule I will only be able to do so once a year. I have added two new items since last time and they are described with the others below beginning with the most recent history first:   Castle's Woods:    Frontier Virginia Settlement, 1769-1799, a thesis presented to the Faculty of the Department    of History, East Tennessee State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, by James W. Hagy, 1966, 150 pages.          This covers the families who settled in Russell and Scott counties, Virginia when it was considered the frontier.    Contains information on specific families as well as the farmers, speculators, artisans, and preachers who resided there.    Lots on the Indian battles that were a daily feature of life on the frontier.   Tthe Tinkling Spring:    Headwater of Freedom, A Study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952, by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954, Fisherville, Virginia, 542 pages.           The BEST source of information on the Scotch-Irish of Augusta/Rockbridge Counties in Virginia.    Includes the Baptismal Records of the Rev. Craig.    In-depth study of the early families of the Shenandoah Valley.   Rockbridge County, Virginia Notebook, Compiled from articles by Dr. George W. Diehl as published in the News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia.    Compiled by A. Maxim Coppage, McDowell Publications, 1982, 242 pages.           "In many instances information may be found showing where families originated in Scotland or Ireland, the places lived before settling in Rockbridge County, Virginia area and relationships between the various clans or as Mr. Diehl so aptly named this phase of pioneering, "A ROCKBRIDGE SEED-BOX" This document is almost 100% pure family history and genealogy. The Rev. Samuel Houston, V.D.M., by George West Diehl, 1970, McClure Publishing Co. 125 pages      History of the early Virginia Presbyterians through the life of the Rev. Samuel Houston, kin to Sam Houston of Texas fame.   A Tribute to the Principles, Virtues, Habits and Public Usefulness of the Irish and Scotch Early Settlers of Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, Pa. Printed by M. Kiefer & Co. 1856, 171 pages.           From the preface the following:    "The writer of the Tribute contained in this work, had long desired to see from the Historical publications in Pennsylvania, a vindication of the character and principles of the Irish and Scotch early settlers of this great state and their descendants against reproach, as well as aspersion, cast upon them in some modern publications having pretensions to Historical accuracy... The Scotch-Irish in the Colonies:    1750-1790:    A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Arts, by Kathryn R. Aiken, A.B., The Ohio State University, 1933, 91 pages         Chapters include:    By way of Introduction, Early Settlements, Daily Life on the Frontier, Educational and Religious Activities, Military Pursuits, Political Participation and Conclusion.    Like Hagy's Castle Woods thesis it has a wonderful bibliography, the most important part of any research document.   The Laggan and its Presbyterianism and In the Days of the Laggan Presbytery, 1905, 1908, by the Rev. Alexander Lecky, B.A., member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Belfast, Davidson and McCormack, 54 Kings St.    211 pages           On our recent trip to Donegal we met J.B. Shannon, age 90, who assisted in the 1975 reprinting of this book.    He is the last living person who had anything to do with these books and he says they are still the BEST source for Ulster Presbyterian research.    From Lecky the following:    "The lists of names of former generations of Lagganeers, and their places of abode, that are given in the Appendixes, and which NEVER before appeared in print, whilst they may of necessity prove dull reading to those who have no acquaintance with the locality, will not, I hope, be altogether uninteresting to those who bear the same name, or live in the same places....   A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defense of Enniskellen in 1688 and 1689, with Historical Poetry and Biographical notes, by the Rev. John Graham, M.A. Rector of Magilligan in the Diocese of Derry.    Includes the Battles of the Boyne, Athlone, and Aughrim and the siege and Capitulation of Limmerick by Lord McCaulay, Toronto, 1869           The historical poems are family genealogies about those who were at Derry and where they came from.    Along with "Fighters of Derry" these two sources contain more actual genealogical information than any others I have seen.   Fighters of Derry, Their Deeds and Descendants, being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland during the Revolutionary period, 1688-1691, by William Young, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 350 pages.           One of the most difficult sources to locate. (WorldCat Inter-Library lists seven known copies)    Months worth of reading and packed with great genealogy.    Contains the following biographical sketches:           1.    The leaders of the County Associations who, with their levies, took part in the preliminary operations and contributed much of the man power for the Defence.      2.     The Apprentice Boys and those responsible for shutting the gates on the 8th Dec. 1688.      3.     The actual Defenders during the 105 day siege ((over 12000 genealogical sketches)      4.     Those engaged in the relief of the city.   Three Hundred Years in Innishowen, Being More Particularly an Account of the Family of Young of Culdaff with Short Accounts of Many Other Families Connected with Them, by Amy Young, The Linenhall Press, Belfast, 1929, 311 pages           Some of the names included are Young, Hart, Harvey, Cary, Vaughan, McLaughlin, Skipton, Richardson, Knox, Ussher, Smith, Nesbitt, Chichester, Ball, Lawrence, Crofton, Boyd, Stuart and many others. The Laggan and its People, by S.M. Campbell, privately printed.              Ms. Campbell lived on the next farm over from my friend James Fleming in St. Johnston, Donegal.    A look at the history of the Laggan (Presbyterian Derry/Donegal) through the eyes of a local historian.    Draws on local lore, Abercorn papers, records from PRONI.   Well there you have it.    The best documents I have found during my ten years of research.    If you are interested in obtaining any of the above items please contact me privately for details.    I do charge to recover copying and postage costs which is permissible under rootsweb policy. Regards, Robert Cowan 525 Harrogate Rd. Matthews, North Carolina 28105

Another on THomas Martin: ITEM #14489 June 25, 1752 The Pennsylvania Gazette Run away on the 23d of this instant June, from the subscriber living in Uwchlan township, Chester county, an Irish servant man, named John Cain, but may have changed his name, about 5 feet 6 inches high, but slender, of a fair complexion, his hair about half grown, speaks good English, not much used to work, except a little at the weaving business: Had on when he went away, a large felt hat, old red coat, with white metal buttons, and without sleeves, coarse shirt and trowsers, a leather apron, had no shoes. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, if within ten Miles from home, and Thirty Shillings if further off, and reasonable charges, paid by THOMAS MARTIN. N.B. The above Run away is about 21 years of age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] List quiet??? > Just checking to see why the list has been so quiet. > > Bob > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Visit the PAGenWeb website > http://www.pagenweb.org > > > >

You're right, it has been! Here's something for someone: ITEM #70444 July 28, 1784 The Pennsylvania Gazette Chester, July 27, 1784. BY virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas to me directed, will be exposed to public sale, on Saturday, the 14th of August ensuing, at the house of Thomas Downing, in Downing's Town, a messuage and tract of land, containing 300 acres, situate in the township of Uwchland, bounded by lands of Richard Downing, Lewis Garret, Thomas Martin, and others; Brandywine creek extends through this tract, whereon may be erected a forge or other water-works, deriving a powerful supply of water from said creek; late the estate of Richard Morris. Seized and taken in execution by WILLIAM GIBBONS, Sheriff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] List quiet??? > Just checking to see why the list has been so quiet. > > Bob > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Visit the PAGenWeb website > http://www.pagenweb.org > > > >

Just checking to see why the list has been so quiet. Bob --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now

Hi there, I did something similar, though on a much smaller scale, when I was transcribing some wills a few years ago: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mdtaffet/MOSES/wills_glossary.html> -- Mary Taffet On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 [email protected] wrote: > > DEFINITIONS OF SOME WORDS USED IN EARLY DOCUMENTS > > Von Mings Stachon has been transcribing and contributing court records, > deeds and wills for several counties in Virginia. So far, she has > completed 562 documents and is still going. In the process, she has > collected a list of words that appear in these documents whose meanings may > not be known by the average reader. These words and their definitions may > be seen at: > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/earlywords.txt > > Feel free to pass this list on in your mail lists, or place them in your > archived records.

DEFINITIONS OF SOME WORDS USED IN EARLY DOCUMENTS Von Mings Stachon has been transcribing and contributing court records, deeds and wills for several counties in Virginia. So far, she has completed 562 documents and is still going. In the process, she has collected a list of words that appear in these documents whose meanings may not be known by the average reader. These words and their definitions may be seen at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/earlywords.txt Feel free to pass this list on in your mail lists, or place them in your archived records.

While rooting around at USGenWeb's archives, I searched for "calvin hess" - pretty broad, I know. Nevertheless, I found a 1929 newspaper article about a Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Hess in a Perry Co. newspaper; the paper listed that they were from Stony Point...... something to look at?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Glaspie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:30 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] CORPUS CHRISTI/Y CEMETERY (BYRNE/S & HESS) > HELP PLEASE!!! > Does anyone have a listing for this cemetery? It was supposed to have > been lasted used in 194? > Supposed to have BYRNE(S) & HESS Family buried there. Especially Calvin > John & Christin(e,a) (Byrne(s)) Hess. > Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED & THANK YOU in advance. > > Terry Glaspie > ([email protected]) > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > > >