Hi everyone, I need help identifying the birthplace of my ggggrandfather. In his obit, it states that he was from Chester County. On his death certificate, it says he was born in a city that starts with a 'G'. I cannot make it out. Does anyone know if there are any cities, towns etc. that start with a 'G' in Chester County? Appreciate your help. Michelle

Upon request: When I instruct a Genealogy Workshop, I suggest that my students acquire & use the following two (2) genealogy paperback books. These books I have found very useful over the years & I refer to them as my genealogy Bibles. They may be of use to any newcomers to the wonderful world of genealogy! :) FINDING YOUR ROOTS by Jeane Eddy Westin SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS by Doanne and Bell A GENEALOGY WORKSHOP--I applied to Penn-Delco School District, to instruct a 2 hour, one night per week for 5 weeks, course this fall. I understand it is in the flyer that went out, I did not receive one but if you are interested you may want to call (610) 497-6300, ex. 2323. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) In a message dated 9/5/0 10:55:41 PM, Marmfin writes: << Hi Helen, I do hope one of the two books you recommend helps organization skills! I printed the titles and now I can't find the paper! Would you share them with me one more time? Better yet, share them with the list. I think others would benefit. Thank you so much. Mary McCanney Finley >>

YEESH!!!! A thesis!!!!! In 1800 $65 was worth $617.96 in 1999 money. Barbara in Wilmington, NC Dora Smith wrote: > My emigrant ancestors, John and Isabella Smith, > came from Ireland to London Britain township, via > the port of New Castle, between 1787 and 1797. > They are supposed to have arrived penniless, and > to have worked for a period of time for John > Whitten, a wealthy farmer and slave owner, in > London Britain township. This farmer had a free > man and woman servant on his farm in 1790, along > with three slaves, no telling if these were the > Smiths. John and Isabella, who were > Presbyterian, had a baby who died on the ship, > and their next child was born in 1797. They had > another child in 1798, before October, and a > total of seven children by 1810. John Smith is > consistently referred to as a weaver by trade. > > I'm trying to see what clues I can get about when > they got here and what resources they had to have > gotten or were able to have gotten from where, > from what I know of the details of their story. > > In October, 1798, John Smith, weaver, of London > Britain township, bought 29 and a half acres of > land in London Britain township, from Robert > Roney, and his wife, who owned about 120 acres > they had bought two years before from the widow > Crawford now living in Maryland. The Smiths paid > $65 in lawful cash money for this land. > > Excavation by the current owners of the house > that contains their original log cabin, indicates > that the Smiths with their two infants, lived in > the half cellar of their cabin through the first > winter, and used a temporary fireplace in the > corner of the basement, while they were building > their log cabin. They must not have had alot of > resources. > > The house and property are now owned by Yvan > Keller. You would get to it by going north on > the road that leads to the town hall, and turning > right by the town hall, then turning left in a > lane you come to after a couple of houses. At the > end of the lane is a large red barn. Next door, > to the right, is the property of the town crank, > I guess. > > In 1799, the London Britain Township tax list, > shows John Smith, "wever", 29 and a third acres > or something, assessed for $116. I don't know of > the property doubled in value, the Smiths had > gotten a break on the price, or there was > inflation but possibly someone familiar with this > period would know if there was radical inflation > in 1798/99; that was during the difficult time > between 1776 and 1821, so there could have been. > > Next tax record I have is for 1805, and I don't > know when in 1805 this assessment was done. I > also don't know if that is the next tax record > available. > > John Smith - 29 acres $107. > Buildings 50 > 1 horse 10 > 2 cattle 20 > Trade 20 > Total $207 > Assessed: $127 > Tax Not sure if $32 or $.32. > > In February, 1805, John Smith took out a mortgage > for $200. There is a reference to a record of > the mortgage but I don't at this point know what > was the purpose of the mortgage, and it's part of > the sixty four million dollar question. The 1805 > tax record doesn't indicate what the man needed > $200 for. Not even his land was worth that > amount > of money. > > 1808 tax list: > John Smith Buildings $ 50 > Land 29 acres @ 4 dolls > or something 116 > Horses 1 @ 10 10 > Cattle 2 @ 12 24 > weaver total $200 > Assessed $160 > Tax $ 64 > > The tax records continue in kind, no evidence > of improvement or substantial loss in material > welfare. The Smiths had seven children by about > 1810, and it appears that all lived. > > In May, 1831, there is a deed transferring the > land from John Smith to his son, George Smith > in exchange for $600, plus George Smith taking on > a judgement against John Smith, because the > creditor's son had foreclosed on the mortgage, > that was made in 1805. The judgement was made > for the entire $200 plus interest, it seems as if > John Smith, though as nearly as I can tell honest > and hard working, was never able to pay on the > mortgage. > > John Smith and his wife, Isabella, are believed > to have both been born in 1769. So in 1831, they > were in their early sixties. They both lived > into the 1840's or 50's, family records conflict > on when they died, and there is no corroboration > on where they were buried. Only vague clues > where they lived; there were senior citizens > living on William Smith's farm in 1840, and not > in 1850. > > One factor may be that about 1831, the first > textile mills opened in the area, and the price > of textile goods plummeted, and many small > cottage > weavers like John Smith were ruined. But what > happened in 1831 does not explain what didn't > happen since 1805. > > Since the creditor who foreclosed > wears teh same last name as the original lender > but a different first name, one can guess taht > possibly the original lender, who was a Brinton > (a prosperous family of the township), knowing > that the > family was struggling, let the loan go, and then > his heir was of a different mindset, or even it > somehow wasn't up to the heir, as for instance if > he had been under age and accountants managed the > estate, which I can see was fairly typical in > London Britain township. > > George Smith, by his grandnephew's account, had > been as successful in business as my direct > ancestor, John's son William. William in 1838 > bought a few hundred acres right on the point of > land where Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania > meet. George and William had been in business > together. George lived only until 1840 > something, supposedly died in Chester County, and > is buried in the family plot on the Maryland > border, in Franklin township, and I can't find > where he lived. Census shows a George, could be > him or a different George Smith, with four small > children, the right age, in London Britain > township in 1840, but if that was him he died > leaving a widow and four small children and no > probate records, because I sent for them and they > don't exist. > > Well, in 1832, George Smith sold John Smith's > farm to someone outside of the family, as far as > anyone knows, for $600, plus the buyer assuming > the judgement for the $200 plus the interest > thereon. > > OK, now, in what way do the details of they came > penniliess sometime between 1787 and 1797, they > worked for a local farmer, they bought land and > paid cash in 1797 but were too poor to then keep > a roof over their heads while they built a log > cabin, John Smith is listed as a weaver at the > time when he bought the land and consistently > thereafter, and apparently there is no indication > of when he had what loom other than sometimes he > was taxed for trade. I assume he wove on one of > those large frame floor looms of the period. > There is no evidence that the loom was powered by > anything but his hands and feet. In 1805, he > took out a mortgage for $200 for God knows what > purpose; his property was already valued at $200 > and did not increase in apparent real value. > > What was the real value of the $65 that they paid > for this 29 acres of land in the center of a > prosperous and well settled township in > southastern Chester County? Was it the worth of > the land, or did someone give them a break? Why > was the property valued at $115 by the tax > assessor a year and a half later? > > How long do we need to assume John and Isabella > worked for this farmer, prior to 1798? How long > did it take them to save $65, with and without > the loom? How long would it have taken them to > save $65 or how might they have come by it, if > they were indentured servants? After all, the > story is the farmer was waiting on the dock for > someone to hire, at New Castle, and if tgeh > Smiths had no money when they got here, how did > they pay for the voyage? > > Is it reasonable to think John Smith needed the > $200 to buy a loom though he was never assessed > for anyting of taht value, his son's father in > law, Jesse Dehaven, was separately assessed for > his tavern, and John Smith was assessed $20 for > trade. Did John Smith already have the loom when > he bought the land? Should we assume that John > Smith must have brought the loom with him from > Ireland? After all, they had no money, and they > worked their way out of servitude adn saved up > enough to buy land in a fairly short time by any > reckoning. If John Smith brought a loom on the > ship, then he definitely had large and valuable > baggage aboard, and there would be a record of > it, from what people are telling me - atleast, > there would if baggage left off in New Castle was > on the papers filed in Philadelphia. Not records > of John and Isabella Smith, which weren't kept > back then; only of their baggage. > > Or is it absolutely impossible for John and > Isabella Smith to have come by enough cash to > have bought that farm when they did, in which > case there must have been some sort of > inheritance from family back in Ireland? > > Yours, > Dora Smith > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm

My emigrant ancestors, John and Isabella Smith, came from Ireland to London Britain township, via the port of New Castle, between 1787 and 1797. They are supposed to have arrived penniless, and to have worked for a period of time for John Whitten, a wealthy farmer and slave owner, in London Britain township. This farmer had a free man and woman servant on his farm in 1790, along with three slaves, no telling if these were the Smiths. John and Isabella, who were Presbyterian, had a baby who died on the ship, and their next child was born in 1797. They had another child in 1798, before October, and a total of seven children by 1810. John Smith is consistently referred to as a weaver by trade. I'm trying to see what clues I can get about when they got here and what resources they had to have gotten or were able to have gotten from where, from what I know of the details of their story. In October, 1798, John Smith, weaver, of London Britain township, bought 29 and a half acres of land in London Britain township, from Robert Roney, and his wife, who owned about 120 acres they had bought two years before from the widow Crawford now living in Maryland. The Smiths paid $65 in lawful cash money for this land. Excavation by the current owners of the house that contains their original log cabin, indicates that the Smiths with their two infants, lived in the half cellar of their cabin through the first winter, and used a temporary fireplace in the corner of the basement, while they were building their log cabin. They must not have had alot of resources. The house and property are now owned by Yvan Keller. You would get to it by going north on the road that leads to the town hall, and turning right by the town hall, then turning left in a lane you come to after a couple of houses. At the end of the lane is a large red barn. Next door, to the right, is the property of the town crank, I guess. In 1799, the London Britain Township tax list, shows John Smith, "wever", 29 and a third acres or something, assessed for $116. I don't know of the property doubled in value, the Smiths had gotten a break on the price, or there was inflation but possibly someone familiar with this period would know if there was radical inflation in 1798/99; that was during the difficult time between 1776 and 1821, so there could have been. Next tax record I have is for 1805, and I don't know when in 1805 this assessment was done. I also don't know if that is the next tax record available. John Smith - 29 acres $107. Buildings 50 1 horse 10 2 cattle 20 Trade 20 Total $207 Assessed: $127 Tax Not sure if $32 or $.32. In February, 1805, John Smith took out a mortgage for $200. There is a reference to a record of the mortgage but I don't at this point know what was the purpose of the mortgage, and it's part of the sixty four million dollar question. The 1805 tax record doesn't indicate what the man needed $200 for. Not even his land was worth that amount of money. 1808 tax list: John Smith Buildings $ 50 Land 29 acres @ 4 dolls or something 116 Horses 1 @ 10 10 Cattle 2 @ 12 24 weaver total $200 Assessed $160 Tax $ 64 The tax records continue in kind, no evidence of improvement or substantial loss in material welfare. The Smiths had seven children by about 1810, and it appears that all lived. In May, 1831, there is a deed transferring the land from John Smith to his son, George Smith in exchange for $600, plus George Smith taking on a judgement against John Smith, because the creditor's son had foreclosed on the mortgage, that was made in 1805. The judgement was made for the entire $200 plus interest, it seems as if John Smith, though as nearly as I can tell honest and hard working, was never able to pay on the mortgage. John Smith and his wife, Isabella, are believed to have both been born in 1769. So in 1831, they were in their early sixties. They both lived into the 1840's or 50's, family records conflict on when they died, and there is no corroboration on where they were buried. Only vague clues where they lived; there were senior citizens living on William Smith's farm in 1840, and not in 1850. One factor may be that about 1831, the first textile mills opened in the area, and the price of textile goods plummeted, and many small cottage weavers like John Smith were ruined. But what happened in 1831 does not explain what didn't happen since 1805. Since the creditor who foreclosed wears teh same last name as the original lender but a different first name, one can guess taht possibly the original lender, who was a Brinton (a prosperous family of the township), knowing that the family was struggling, let the loan go, and then his heir was of a different mindset, or even it somehow wasn't up to the heir, as for instance if he had been under age and accountants managed the estate, which I can see was fairly typical in London Britain township. George Smith, by his grandnephew's account, had been as successful in business as my direct ancestor, John's son William. William in 1838 bought a few hundred acres right on the point of land where Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania meet. George and William had been in business together. George lived only until 1840 something, supposedly died in Chester County, and is buried in the family plot on the Maryland border, in Franklin township, and I can't find where he lived. Census shows a George, could be him or a different George Smith, with four small children, the right age, in London Britain township in 1840, but if that was him he died leaving a widow and four small children and no probate records, because I sent for them and they don't exist. Well, in 1832, George Smith sold John Smith's farm to someone outside of the family, as far as anyone knows, for $600, plus the buyer assuming the judgement for the $200 plus the interest thereon. OK, now, in what way do the details of they came penniliess sometime between 1787 and 1797, they worked for a local farmer, they bought land and paid cash in 1797 but were too poor to then keep a roof over their heads while they built a log cabin, John Smith is listed as a weaver at the time when he bought the land and consistently thereafter, and apparently there is no indication of when he had what loom other than sometimes he was taxed for trade. I assume he wove on one of those large frame floor looms of the period. There is no evidence that the loom was powered by anything but his hands and feet. In 1805, he took out a mortgage for $200 for God knows what purpose; his property was already valued at $200 and did not increase in apparent real value. What was the real value of the $65 that they paid for this 29 acres of land in the center of a prosperous and well settled township in southastern Chester County? Was it the worth of the land, or did someone give them a break? Why was the property valued at $115 by the tax assessor a year and a half later? How long do we need to assume John and Isabella worked for this farmer, prior to 1798? How long did it take them to save $65, with and without the loom? How long would it have taken them to save $65 or how might they have come by it, if they were indentured servants? After all, the story is the farmer was waiting on the dock for someone to hire, at New Castle, and if tgeh Smiths had no money when they got here, how did they pay for the voyage? Is it reasonable to think John Smith needed the $200 to buy a loom though he was never assessed for anyting of taht value, his son's father in law, Jesse Dehaven, was separately assessed for his tavern, and John Smith was assessed $20 for trade. Did John Smith already have the loom when he bought the land? Should we assume that John Smith must have brought the loom with him from Ireland? After all, they had no money, and they worked their way out of servitude adn saved up enough to buy land in a fairly short time by any reckoning. If John Smith brought a loom on the ship, then he definitely had large and valuable baggage aboard, and there would be a record of it, from what people are telling me - atleast, there would if baggage left off in New Castle was on the papers filed in Philadelphia. Not records of John and Isabella Smith, which weren't kept back then; only of their baggage. Or is it absolutely impossible for John and Isabella Smith to have come by enough cash to have bought that farm when they did, in which case there must have been some sort of inheritance from family back in Ireland? Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

The LINCOLN's were in Berks Co. Try looking in the records of Exeter Monthly Meeting. If Amity is a township in Washington Co. PA, they may have come from Amity Twp Berks Co. PA. Also try the records of Redland MM in Western PA. Hope this gives you a lead. Anne Wiegle -----Original Message----- From: Wilma [SMTP:gencon@harborside.com] Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 9:03 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] Priscilla DICKINSON b 1754 Pennsylvania Hello everyone... I am looking for the parents/ancestors of my 4th gr gm. I am in high hopes that one of you will know who she was. ~~~~ 4th gr gp Priscilla DICKINSON b 1654 ..........., Pennsylvania d 24 April 1824 .......................... md c 1780 .......... Pennsylvania TO Thomas 5) LINCOLN [Thomas4, Mordecai3-2, Samuel 1] b Nov 1758 Amity, Washington, Pennsylvania d July 1819 ............. ~~~~ I only know of one child, a daughter: 3gr gp Elizabeth 6) LINCOLN b 27 July 1780 Chester county, Pennsylvania d 3 Jan 1832 Lancaster county, Pennsylvania md 1801 Chester county, Pennsylvania TO George HOLLIS s/o Joseph HOLLIS & Hannah SHEWARD b 4 July 1778 Chester or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania d 14 April 1835 West Chester county, Pennsylvania Thank you very much Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com ______________________________

Good afternoon.. I am looking for my 4th gr grandparents, any one know of 'em? Joseph HOLLIS b abt 1750 ............................. d probably Chester county, Pennsylvania md 22 July 1775 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware TO Hannah SHEWARD b 1755 ............................. d probably Chester county, Pennsylvania I only know of three children, I come thru George; 1. Joseph HOLLIS b 1776 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware d 1827 Chester county, Pennsylvania. 2. xGeorge HOLLIS b 4 July 1778 Chester or Bucks county, Pennsylvania d 14 Apr 1835 West Chester co., Pennsylvania md 1801 Chester county, Pennsylvania TO: Elizabeth 6) LINCOLN. 3. Jane HOLLIS b 1780 East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania d 1828 Chester county, Pennsylvania; md abt 1801 Mr ZOOK Thank you Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

Hello everyone... I am looking for the parents/ancestors of my 4th gr gm. I am in high hopes that one of you will know who she was. ~~~~ 4th gr gp Priscilla DICKINSON b 1654 ..........., Pennsylvania d 24 April 1824 .......................... md c 1780 .......... Pennsylvania TO Thomas 5) LINCOLN [Thomas4, Mordecai3-2, Samuel 1] b Nov 1758 Amity, Washington, Pennsylvania d July 1819 ............. ~~~~ I only know of one child, a daughter: 3gr gp Elizabeth 6) LINCOLN b 27 July 1780 Chester county, Pennsylvania d 3 Jan 1832 Lancaster county, Pennsylvania md 1801 Chester county, Pennsylvania TO George HOLLIS s/o Joseph HOLLIS & Hannah SHEWARD b 4 July 1778 Chester or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania d 14 April 1835 West Chester county, Pennsylvania Thank you very much Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

Evelyn Glenn/David A Heiden- I may be able to give someone a big Christmas gift very early this year...I have it that there was a Samuel DOAK who lived and died in County Antrim of the Province of Ulster, Ireland. If this is your DOAK line, he would have son, James DOAK and wife, Elizabeth, who came to America with their seven children. In 1741, John, Samuel, David, and Thankful DOAK received land grants from William BEVERLY in "BEVERLY MANOR", Augusta County, Va. Samuel had 647 acres, John had 320 acres, and David had 320 acres. Please check the book, "THE HISTORY OF GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA", by John W. BRAKE, 1994. There are too many DOAKS in there not to have some connection. And remember the PA/VA problems... Sam

Hello - I am looking for information on the WEISS/HEIN family of Spring City/Brownbacks area. I know that Lottie M. Weiss married Walter H. Hein. Walter's father was named Elias (Edwin) Hein, and his mother was Bridgette Schneider. Any help is greatly appreciated. Louise K.

For information on land measurements, and other measurements, go to Webster's Dictionary under Weights and Measure. Marj in Oriental NC -----Original Message----- From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:52 AM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] Land Measurements Good morning, Land Measurements: And.........for anyone wrestling with land deeds: 1 pole or rod = 5 and a half yards; 640 acres = 1 square mile; 160 square rods = 1 acre Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) ______________________________

Hello, I am new to the list and would like to post my interests. I am researching Thomas JOBE ( b 1710, Chester Co PA) who married Mary GORDON abt 1740 possibly in VA. Thomas JOBE died 15 Nov 1787 in Rowan Co NC . Any connections ? malinda jones

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Hi folks, Just let me remind you that these books are available through several online book sellers for $49.50 plus shipping ... "DON'T BID FOOLISHLY" ..... :O) Garry- "John A. Bing" wrote: > > Here is what is on the e-bay page for this genealogy > > PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGIES; SCOTCH-IRISH AND GERMAN by > William Henry Egle 1896 copyright. Recent softcover reprint of the > 2nd Edition > of 1896 in excellent condition [ 5 ╫ x 8 ╫, almost 2 inches thick > in the fully > indexed 798 pages ] > > Per GPC "This collection of Pennsylvania genealogies is concerned > primarily with > families which, for the most part, settled in the extreme regions > of colonial Chester > County, an area for which source material is notoriously scarce. > Fully two-thirds > of the families included are of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and most, > though not all, are > brought down to the late nineteenth century. More than 3,000 names > are found in > the index." > > Some families included within the book are AINSWORTH, ANDREWS, > ALLEN, > ALRICKS, ANDERSON, AWL, AYRES, BARNETT, BEATTY, BOAS, > BOMBERGER, BOYD, BUCHER, COWDEN, CRAIN, DIXON, EGLE, ELDER, > ESPY, FERGUSON, FLEMING, FORSTER, FULTON, GALBRAITH, GREGG & > CURTIN, GREENAWALT, HAMILTON, HAY/HAYS, KELLER, KENDIG, > LINN, LYON, MACLAY, MCCORMICK (extensive), MCNAIR, MURRAY, > NEVILLE & CRAIG, ORTH, PARKER & DENNY, ROAN, ROBINSON, > RUTHERFORD, STEWART, SWAN, THOMAS, WALLACE, WALLACE & > WEIR, WIESTLING, WIGGINS & SIMONTON, WILSON (Irish Settlement), > WYETH, BYERS, GRAY and GROSS. > > In addition, you might see repeats here but this is the > abstraction of the index > with M= many references and my silly W meaning whoa, this > Bookmomma was > impressed > > A-D > > Adams * Ainsworth * Albright * Alexander * Alison * Allen M * > Anderson M * > Andrews * Armstrong * Awl * Ayres * Bailey * Baird * Baker * > Baldwin * > Barber * Barnett M * Barr * Bayley * Beatty M * Bell M * Bennett * > Bertram * > Black * Blaine M * Blair M * Baol * Boas M * Boggs * Bomberger M * > Bowman > * Boyd M * Boyer * Brooks * Brown M * Bryson * Buchanan * Bucher M > * Burd > * Calder * Caldwell * Calhoun * Cameron * Campbell M * Carothers * > Carpenter * Carson M * Chambers M * Chapman * Clark M * Clarke * > Cochran > M * (Cligan 606-608) * Coleman * Collier * Cook * Cooper * Coulter > * Cowden > M * Cox M * Crain M * Craig M * Craigheaad * Crawford * Creigh * > Criswell * > Crosby * Culbertson * Cunningham * Curtin M * Dallas * Davidson * > Davis * > DeWitt M * Dickey * Dickson * Dixon M * Doll * Doty * Downey * > Duncan * > Dunlop > E-I > > Egle * Elder * Elliott * Espy M * Evans * Ewing * Fast * Ferguson > M * Findlay * > Finney * Fisher * Fleming M * Forbes * Forster M * Foster * Frazer > * Fulton M > * Galbraith M * Gibson M * Gilbert * Gilchrist * Gillmor * > Gloninger M * > Gordon * Graham M * Gray M * Green * Greenawalt M * Greer * Gregg > M * > Gross M * Hall M * Hamilton M * Hammond M * Hanna * Harris M * > Harrison * > Hays M * Hayes * Henderson * Henry * Hieser * Hill * Hoge M * > Holmes * > Hughes * Hlling * Hummel * Hunt * Hunter * Hutchinson * Ingram * > Irvin * > Irvine * Irwin M > > J-P > > Jackson * Jacoby * Jefferson * Jennings * Johnson M * Johnston M * > Jones M * > Keller M * Kelly M * Kendig M * Kennedy * Kerr M * King * > Kirkpatrick * > Krause M * Kucher (556-558 only) * Kunkel M * Laird * Landis * > Lasbells * > Law * Lawrence * Lewis * Lincoln * Line * Linn M * Lobingier M * > Logan * > Long * Love * Lowrie * Lyon M * Lytle * Marshall * Martin M * > Mayes * > Mifflin * Miles * Miller * Mitchell M * Montgomery M * Moore M * > Moorhead * > Morgan * Morris * Morrison * Morton * Moyer * Muller M * Murphy * > Muray > M * Myers * McAllister * McClelland * McClure M * McConnell M * > McCord * > McCormick M * McCoy * McDonald * McDowell * McEwen * McFarland * > McHenry * McKee M * McKinney * McKnight * McLean * Maclay M * > McNair > M * McPherson * Naudain * Nelson * Nesbit * Neville * Oliver * Orr > * Orth * > Palmer * Parke * Parker M * Patterson W * Patton * Peters * > Phillipe * Pollock > * Porter * Potter * Prie > > Q-Z > > Rahm * Ralston M * Ramsey * Red M * Relly M * Reynolds M * > Richards * > Ringland (109-111, 355) * Ritchey * Roan M * Robets M * Robinson M > * Rogers > M * Ross M * Russell * Rutherford M * Sawyer * Scheaffer M * Scott > * Sharp/e > * Shaw * Sherer M * Shields * Shrom * Shulze * Simpson M * > Somonton M * > Slaymaker * Smith W * Snodgrass M * Snowden * Snyder * Spangler * > Speer * > StClair * Stauffer * Steel/e M * Sterrett * Stevenson * Stewart M > * Sturgeon * > Sumner * Swan M * Swartz * Taylor M * Templeton * Thomas M * > Thompson M > * Thorn * Todd * Townsend * Turner * Urie * Walker M * Wallace M * > Washington M * Watson M * Waugh * Weaver * Webster * White * > Whitehill * > Whiteside * Wiestling M * Wiggins (733-739) * Wilkins * Williams M > * > Williamson M * Willis * Wills * Wilson W * Wolf/e * Wood * Woods * > Wright * > Young * Ziegler > > Bookrate $2.03, Priority $3.20 (If out of the US other rates will > apply) Paypal & > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:40:04 -0400, "Tammy Finney" > <tammyrdsonja@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Howdy ya'll, > I just thought I would let ya lnow eBay has on auction : > Pa. Genealogies of colonial Chester Co.Surnames are listed. > #424172773. > > Good Luck, > Sherri Ryan > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > To post a message to this list, send your message to > PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com

Does anyone know about a Gibson and Hayes Photography in Oxford, Pa in the late 1800's. Does anyone know where we can find old photographs from photo studios of the past. Frank

Howdy ya'll, I just thought I would let ya lnow eBay has on auction : Pa. Genealogies of colonial Chester Co.Surnames are listed. #424172773. Good Luck, Sherri Ryan

Good morning, Land Measurements: And.........for anyone wrestling with land deeds: 1 pole or rod = 5 and a half yards; 640 acres = 1 square mile; 160 square rods = 1 acre Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Hi gang! Avoid www.familydiscovery.com like the plague! It seems there's a scumbag out there in the online genealogy community who wants to make a buck from other people's labor and he's charging people for accessing a list of links to a large amount of the PAGenWeb's county page files as well as many other sites, both in PA and in other states. As the PAGenWeb Project is committed to providing this very same data for free to the community, this person's site is a total ripoff. The PAGenWeb coordinators have been discussing the situation and we are in the process of blocking his access to our sites through a variety of methods, but I wanted to let you all know about this ripoff artist. -Mary

Georgia (and List)- The following biographical sketch is information collected from different >sources: The Isaac DAVIS bible copied 1 March, 1927 (LDS Film# 163741, >compiled by W. Guy Tetrick, labeled COGAR-COOKMAN) last in the possession >of an Olandus WEST, of Clarksburg, West Virginia; "THE HISTORY OF TONOLOWAY >BAPTIST CHURCH" by Harry Stuart Holman, M.A., 1980; the Messech JAMES Deed >from Franklin County, Pennsylvania Deed Book# 3, Page 169; and the Harry E. >Foreman collection, "HISTORY OF LITTLE COVE Volume IV (1967)" and "FORT >LOUDON SIDELIGHTS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1970)"; as well as >"AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA" by >Fendrick... > >Owen DAVIS was born 5 December, 1725, and died 7 July, 1810, at Ruble's >Mill, Georges Creek, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Will of Owen DAVIS, >Georges township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol.1, Page 390, dated 12 >January, 1803, and proven 3 August, 1810). He was the son of Philip and >Jane DAVIS. Owen DAVIS has a sister listed in the bible record, Mary DAVIS, >born 29 December, 1727. Nothing more on her. Owen DAVIS' first wife was >Sarah OWENS, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah OWENS. Sarah OWENS, Owen >DAVIS' first wife, was born 20 April, 1735, and died in 1762. Their >children were: > > 1. Philip DAVIS, born 18 October, 1751, and died 25 September, 1837, in >Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah JENKINS, a >daughter of John and Elizabeth JENKINS (Will of John JENKINS, Georges >township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated 10 February, 1793, and proven >6 April, 1795). Their children were: Sarah, Owen, Elizabeth, Ruth, and John >DAVIS. Fayette County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1784-1811, Minute Book >Of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, of Georges township (Smithfield) lists a >Hannah DAVIS who died 1 April, 1848, aged 87 years...Also a Philip DAVIS >who died 25 September, 1837, aged 85 years, 11 months, and 6 days. > > 2. Samuel DAVIS, born 15 May, 1753, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, >and died 6 April, 1826, in Smithfield, Springhill Township, Fayette County, >Pennsylvania (Will of Samuel DAVIS, dated 4 April, 1826, and proven 19 >April, 1826). Samuel married Elizabeth STANCZ (STENTZ) about 1794. >Elizabeth was the daughter of Philip STANCZ (STENTZ)(Will of Philip STENTZ, >Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated 3 February, 1807, and proven 2 >September, 1807). Elizabeth was born 8 December, 1765, and died 3 February, >1851, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Their children were: Philip born 24 >August, 1791; Catherine born 18 July, 1794; Owen born 16 October, 1799; >Samuel born 24 March, 1796; and Daniel DAVIS born 3 June, 1801. Fayette >County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1784-1811, Minute Book Of Mt. Moriah >Baptist Church, of Georges township (Smithfield) lists the death of one >Samuel DAVIS who died 6 April, 1826, aged 72 years, 10 months, and 8 >days...Elizabeth DAVIS, died 3 February, 1851, aged 85 years. Owen DAVIS >died 17 April, 1849, aged 49 years, 6 months. > > 3. Mary Elizabeth DAVIS, born 10 April, 1755. She married in 1773 to >Morgan JONES, the son of Morgan JONES and Eleanor EVANS. > > 4. Sarah DAVIS, born 7 May, 1757, died before 1803. She married Jonathan >MORRIS. > > 5. Jane DAVIS, born 28 October, 1760, died before 1803. > >After Sarah (OWENS) DAVIS' death in 1762, Owen DAVIS remarried to Hannah >JAMES possibly in late 1763 or early 1764. Hannah JAMES was born 24 March, >1745, to Messech and Mary JAMES. Owen DAVIS was a wagon driver for General >BRADDOCK during the 1750's and is believed to have known the JAMES family >while in that southwestern part of what was then Cumberland County, >Pennsylvania. Messech JAMES lived about one mile up the Conococheague Creek >from Thomas BARR'S place on what is now the site for the village of Fort >Loudon, in present day Franklin County, Pennsylvania. This section, known >as the "Conococheague Settlement" was doubtless among the earliest of the >country to be settled. The patent for the tract of land on which the town >of Fort Loudon is situated bears the date of 1 March, 1737. It was surveyed >and laid out on 6 May, 1738, unto William WILSON in Heidelberg township, >the county of Lancaster (Peter's township was not organized until about >1750, and Franklin County not until 1784). William WILSON found another >parcel of land that he liked better, abandoned this one and Messech JAMES >got a warrant for it on 4 October, 1745. For the 370 acre tract, Messech >JAMES paid 57 pounds, seven shillings to the colony which included quit >rent for a clear title back to 1 March, 1737. The JAMES patent bears the >date of 30 September, 1748. The land upon which the fort was afterwards >built was settled by one Matthew PATTON dated 18 April, 1744. Mr. Patton >was another of Messech JAMES' neighbors. > >>From Maryland sources, Quote: "Shingas came to the Conolloways and the Big >Cove, killed and took about thirty persons and drove the remainder from >their homes shortly after BRADDOCK'S Defeat when BRADDOCK was only thirty >miles from Fort Cumberland." In like vein we read "the Indians were >massacreing dozens of settlers on the Conolloways and in the Big and Little >Coves while BRADDOCK was marching on Fort Duquesne a slight thirty miles to >the west." > >Saturday, 1 November, 1755, about one hundred Indians, Shawnees and >Delawares, among them Shingas, the Delaware King, entered the Great Cove >and began murdering the defenseless inhabitants and destroying their >property. The savages divided into two parties, one of which attacked the >inhabitants of the Cove and the other swept down on the Conolloways. >Sheriff POTTER reported on 14 November, 1755, "that of 93 families which >were settled in the Coves and the Conolloways forty seven were either >killed ot taken and the rest deserted." The Messech JAMES homeplace was one >of those burned in that particular Indian attack on 1 November, 1755. >Sheriff POTTER stated that forty men went with him to Matthew PATTON'S (one >of Messech JAMES' neighbors) one of whom was the Reverend STEELE. POTTER >said that the old officers hid themselves to save their scalps. The men >found no Indians at PATTON'S but saw the building on fire at the Messech >JAMES home. When they reached the JAMES place they again found no Indians >but the cattle had been shot and the horses were standing, bleeding, with >Indian arrows sticking in them...In the FORT LOUDON SIDELIGHTS (Foreman), >on page 148, there is a picture of the site of the Messech JAMES place. The >Thomas BARR place was between the homes of Messech JAMES and Matthew PATTON. > >Messech JAMES died prior to 1771, intestate...His heirs are mentioned in a >deed (Franklin County, Pennsylvania Deed Book# 3, Page 169) as: > > a. William JAMES, carried off by Indians and never seen again. > b. Isaac JAMES, carried off by Indians and never seen again. > c. Enoch JAMES who married to Sarah BOWEN, a daughter of David BOWEN and >Hannah DAVIS. Enoch JAMES is listed in REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS FROM FRANKLIN >COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. > d. Jean (Jane) JAMES who married to John ROSS/ROSE. Jean, or Jane, was >received by letter to the Tonoloway Baptist Church, with her sister Sarah >(BOWEN) JAMES, in November, 1766. > e. Sarah JAMES who married to David Bowen, the son of David BOWEN and >Hannah DAVIS. > f. Hannah JAMES who became the wife of Owen DAVIS, the son of Philip and >Jane DAVIS. > g. Mary JAMES who married to Samuel OWENS. > >>From "THE HISTORY OF TONOLOWAY BAPTIST CHURCH" by Harry Stuart Holman, >M.A., 1980, page 63, we find that Owen DAVIS and his wife, Hannah JAMES, >were baptized in August, 1766. They were transferred to the Great Bethel >Church in Springhill township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in >September, 1771. In August of 1760, Owen DAVIS had moved from Frederick >County, Maryland, to land he had purchased on Lick Run, a tributary of the >Conococheague Creek in Franklin County. As late as 1783, the DAVISES were >living in Westmoreland County. Owen DAVIS and his wife, Hannah JAMES, would >have the following issue together: > > 6. Elizabeth DAVIS, born 15 February, 1764, died before 1803. She >married to Daniel FERROL. Hannah FERROL, a daughter of Daniel FERROL and >Elizabeth DAVIS, born 9 October, 1784. > > 7. Meshach DAVIS, born 4 September, 1765, died in Franklin County, >Indiana, near Bath or Colter's Corner, 11 October, 1845. He married to >Nancy Ann LEWIS, a daughter of Margaret LEWIS, about 1786.(Margaret LEWIS >remarried to a John GRIFFITHS, of Georges Creek township, Fayette County, >Pennsylvania. John GRIFFITHS Will dated 17 November, 1789, and proven on 24 >January, 1791). Nancy Ann LEWIS was born about 1769, and died 2 March, >1832, in Butler County, Ohio, near Dry Fork, in Morgan township. Meshach >DAVIS, after his wife's death, probably went to live with either his son, >Isaac DAVIS and his wife Martha FOSTER, or, his daughter's family, Hannah >(DAVIS) DAVIS. Hannah was the wife of Zachariah DAVIS, son of James DAVIS >and Keziah PHILLIPS of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Meshach DAVIS and his >wife's graves are in the George Cemetery one mile west of Okeana, Butler >County, Ohio. This is just across the state line from Franklin County, >Indiana. Meshach and Nancy Ann's other childrn were: Polly born 3 march, >1791; Isaac born 9 April, 1804; Owen; Thomas; James; Samuel; and Margaret >DAVIS. > > 8. Evan DAVIS, born 11 July, 1767, died before 1803. He married to >Elizabeth JOLLIFF, a daughter of James and Hannah JOLLIFF, on 7 July, 1786. >Their children were: Owen DAVIS born 20 May, 1787; James DAVIS born 24 >November, 1788; Enoch DAVIS born 11 September, 1790; Squire DAVIS born 11 >September, 1790; Hannah DAVIS born 19 February, 1792; Martha DAVIS; Sarah >DAVIS; and Susanna DAVIS born 19 July, 1803, died 7 November, 1804. > > 9. Ruth DAVIS, born 23 August, 1769, and married to a _______ BROWN. > > 10. Enoch DAVIS, born in February, 1772. He married to Catherine >SHACHLET, a daughter of John and Barberry SHACHLET. Catherine SHACHLET was >born 18 August, 1778. Their children were: Shachlet; Owen; Barbara; John; >and Otto DAVIS. > > 11. Hannah DAVIS, born in September, 1774. She married to Budd GASKILL. >Budd was a gunsmith. The family moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania. > > 12. Susanna DAVIS, born 17 July, 1776. > > 13. John DAVIS, born 16 March, 1779, died 6 January, 1820. John married >to Elizabeth ARCHEY (ARCHER), a daughter of John and Hannahm ARCHEY >(ARCHER), on 25 February, 1802. > > 14. Lewis DAVIS, born 8 July, 1782, died 12 November, 1782. > > 15. Isaac DAVIS, born 25 August, 1783, died 2 August, 1854, in Crawford >County, Pennsylvania. He married to Frances WEST, a daughter of Job WEST >and Mary GASTON, on 29 December, 1804. Isaac DAVIS apprenticed himself to >Jacob WEBB of Luzerne township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on 1 >November, 1798, to learn the potter's trade, which he followed many years. >Their children were: Marcellus J. DAVIS born 23 June, 1828 (never married); >Owen VanBuren DAVIS born 23 November, 1836 (never married); and Hannah >Almeda DAVIS born 5 January, 1839. Hannah Almeda DAVIS married to William >W. WEST, a son of Eli WEST and Belinda KING. The following is a notation in >the back of Isaac DAVIS' bible, "Susanna CASSADAY, daughter of Felix and >Susanna CASSADAY, born 20 February, 1789, the intended wife of Isaac DAVIS." > > 16. James DAVIS, born 19 September, 1785. He married to Susan FITZGARLE >(FITZGERALD), a daughter of John FITZGARLE (FITZGERALD), on 26 January, >1806. Susan was born 17 December, 1785. > > 17. Anna DAVIS, born 5 March, 1790. Anna married to David COLE. After >Owen DAVIS died on 7 July, 1810, Hannah (JAMES) DAVIS went to live with the >David COLE family in Redstone township, near Brownsville, Fayette County, >Pennsylvania. She was living in this family later in 1810. About 1820, >David COLE moved his family to Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Hannah >(JAMES) DAVIS is no longer with the family and is thought to have died, >with burial in or around Redstone township. Anna and David COLE had these >children: Isaac COLE born 18 June, 1808; Daniel COLE born 24 February, >1810, and died 5 November, 1810; Owen COLE; Owen DAVIS COLE born 19 July, >1811; Elizabeth COLE born 14 April, 1813; Hannah COLE born 20 August, 1815; >Mary COLE born 18 May, 1817; Daniel B. COLE born 19 April, 1819; and Samuel >COLE born 10 March, 1821. > >Anthony Keefer, on 16 June, 1999, informed me that Owen DAVIS' Millseat >property appears to have been put up for auction for a $328.25 bill owed to >Charles BROWNFIELD. With interest the court awarded BROWNFIELD $50.00 since >the executors had not sold in on their own to settle debts. It was put up >for sheriff's sale and bought by Jesse EVANS, of Phildaelphia, for >$1500.00...Venditioni exponas is the legal term used...Book O, Page 28, 21 >January, 1814. The property was sold back to Philip DAVIS, Jr. on 30 July, >1831...Deed Book S, Page 126, Georges township. >Anyone interested in these families, please contact: > >Sam D. Lawson >1929 Hiker Trace >Columbus, Indiana 47203-3541 > >bulldog2429@voyager.net

Blocking his access?!! But this is funny. Those sites are available for free! Some people will try ANYTHING to make a buck. This man must be some manic depressive from Austin, Texas. This boom town is stark raving full of people like that. Wish him luck getting rich off this one! This man isn't my landlord, Paul Walhus, is he? He's crazy enough to be! It's kind of like the copyright notices I put on some of my pages. I came up against a varmint head of a family association who told me that in exchange for my information published in her book, I couldn't share it with anyone without her permission or publish it anywhere or send it to the Mormons! I was spouting fire. I wrote on those of my web pages that contained information subject to the dispute, I hold copyright on this page. Of course, little of it originated with me, and I feel very strongly that it belongs to the entire family groups it concerns. You have my permission to do anything you want with it. You can copy it, publish it, whatever. If you want to try to sell it, good luck. BUT DON'T YOU DARE CLAIM RIGHTS TO CONTROL THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS INFORMATION! And I would appreciate being credited with this information - just to make sure noone somehow gets the cockeyed idea they have the right to control distribution of this information. As a practical measure, put a warning about him on every genweb site, and put familydiscovery as a keyword on your meta tags. When people search for his site, yours will come up. This will ensure that people doing searches on the web know that they have free access to the information. You might also want to consider asking the main genealogical resource sites, like Cyndislist, to put notices on their sites. Yours, Dora --- Mary Harris <mhharris@pcbank.net> wrote: > Hi gang! Avoid www.familydiscovery.com like > the plague! It seems there's a > scumbag out there in the online genealogy > community who wants to make a buck > from other people's labor and he's charging > people for accessing a list of > links to a large amount of the PAGenWeb's > county page files as well as many > other sites, both in PA and in other states. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Good luck in your search. I am also looking for Browns. But it is very confusing and overwhelming. Mine are William and Elizabeth Brown. One of their children was John Brown who married Ann Sidwell. Their children were: Job, Wilson and John T.... Any connection to yours? Regards, Suzanne