I found the following items on Accessible Archives. I hope they are of help to the person who is researching this family. There may be typos, I have corrected nothing, simply copied them from the site. January 21, 1778 The Pennsylvania Packet WAS left at the house of the subscriber, living at Paxton, in Lancaster County, on the 18th of December last, a roan HORSE, between fourteen and fifteen hands high, seventeen or eighteen years old. The owner by coming, proving his property and paying charges, may have him again. BAREFOOT BRUNSON. September 26, 1751 The Pennsylvania Gazette ON Friday, the first day of November next, at Trenton, will be sold by publick vendue, to the highest bidder, the plantation of Barefoot Brunson deceased, containing about 300 acres, situate at Millstone River Bridge, on the Brunswick road; together with about 150 acres of land near the same, in Middlesex county, about a mile from Kingston. Dated this 24th of September, 1751. MARY BRUNSON, THOMAS LAWRENCE, Executors. July 20, 1749 The Pennsylvania Gazette Notice is hereby given, that the plantation belonging to Barefoot Brunson deceased, situate on Millstone River, by the bridge, at Kingston, containing about 350 acres, with 20 acres of clear'd meadow, and a tract of woodland, within a mile of the same, together with horses, cattle, &c. will be sold by publick vendue, on Saturday, the 9th day of September next, at two a clock in the afternoon. The conditions of sale to be seen at the time. Mary Brunson. October 27, 1748 The Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia, October 27. 1748. To be sold the plantation belonging to the estate of Barefoot Brunson deceased; deceased; lying at Millston Bridge, in the Brunswick road, from Trenton, contains above 300 acres of choice land, together with about 30 acres of good meadow on the banks of Millstone River, with a good stream and conveniency for a grist mill. By applying to Mary Brunson, on the premises, Thomas Lawrence, in Philadelphia, or Samuel Lawrence, merchant in New York, the conditions may be known. Those who have demands, are requested to bring them in; and those indebted, desired to pay by the first of March next, when attendance will be given at the plantation aforesaid. June 16, 1748 The Pennsylvania Gazette Kingston, East New Jersey, June 16. 1748. Notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate of Barefoot Brunson, deceased, late high sheriff of Sommerset county, that they pay the same to Mrs. Mary Brunson, or Thomas Lawrence, of Philadelphia, merchant, execut. of his last will and testament: And those who have any demands or accounts to settle, are desired to bring them in as speedily as possible to MARY BRUNSON, or THOMAS LAWRENCE. July 1, 1736 The Pennsylvania Gazette To be SOLD, THREE Tracts of choice good arable Land, in the County of Middlesex, in the eastern Division of New Jersey, situated on Georges Road in the Township of New Brunswick, and but about 9 Miles from the City, viz. The one commonly known by the Name of the Saplin Ridge, containing 235 Acres of choice good well timberd Upland, and has a Range of above 1000 Acres, which renders it very commodious for raising Stock, it being well waterd by Lawrences Brook and sundry Springs; and is joining to William Coxs Saw Mill. One other in the Great Swamp commonly so calld, containing 208 Acres of choice well timberd Land: great part of which may be turnd into Meadow, and by that means make a compleat Farm or Plantation. The other commonly known by the Name of The Small Windfalls, containing 211 Acres, twenty whereof is now exceeding good Meadow, the Residue being very well timberd Land, good Soil, and well waterd; being Bounded eastward by Thomas Lawrences Land, westerly by John Nevils Lands, Southerly and Northerly by Robert Daviss Land. Any Person enclining to purchase any of the abovesaid Tracts of Land, may apply to Peter Sonmans, in Philadelphia, or Benjamin Clark jun. of Stonybrook, or Barefoot Brinson of Milstone; the two latter if desired, will shew them the Premises. July 10, 1735 The Pennsylvania Gazette To be SOLD, THREE Tracts of choice good arable Land, in the County of Middlesex, in the eastern Division of New Jersey, situated on Georges Road in the Township of New Brunswick, and but about 9 Miles from the City, viz. The one commonly known by the Name of the Saplin Ridge, containing 235 Acres of good well timbered Upland, and has a Range of about 1000 Acres, which renders it very commodious for raising Stock it being well water'd by Lawrence's Brook and sundry Springs; and is joining to William Cox's Saw Mill. One other in the Great Swamp commonly so called, containing 208 Acres of choice well timber'd Land: Great Part of which may be turn'd into Meadow, and by that means make a compleat Farm or Plantation. The other commonly known by the Name of The Small Windfalls, containing 211 Acres, twenty whereof i s now exceeding good Meadow, the Residue being well timber'd Land, good Soil, and well water'd' being bounded eastward by Thomas Lawrence's Land, westerly by John Nevil's Land, Southerly and Northerly by Robert Davis's Land. Any Person enclining to purchase any of the abovesaid Tracts of Land, may apply to Peter Sonmans, in Philadelphia, or Benjamin Clark, jun. of Stonybrook, or Barefoot Brinson of Milstone; the two latter if desired, will show them the Premises. January 9, 1866 VILLAGE RECORD Death Notice DEATH OF THE 'OLDEST INHABITANT.'- The oldest inhabitant of this part of the country, and probably the oldest person in Pennsylvania, died on Sunday morning, the 24th of December, at Morgantown, Berks county. Her name was MARTHA BAREFOOT, or rather PATTY BAREFOOT, as she has been familiarly known for the past three quarters of a century. She was born in Amity township, Berks county, on the 15th of February, 1759, and at the time of her decease was one hundred and six years, ten months and nine days old. The names of her parents were Samuel and Jean Barefoot, two of the earliest settlers of Amity township. March 18, 1862 VILLAGE RECORD Marriage On the 4th inst., by Rev. J. Olmstead, PIERCE McCLELLAN to REBECCA BAREFOOT, both of Chester county. Karen Greim Mullian booboopies@aol.com zeke196@juno.com karenmullian.homepage.com pastmasters.homepage.com norwoodhistoricalsociety.hompage.com flax4sale.homepage.com
Poorhouses were a very real facet of the past. When I first came to Lancaster Co., PA, friends referred to a place outside of Lancaster called "Poorhouse Hill" - when I asked about it, I found out that there really HAD been a poorhouse on that site - it is now a nursing home. I'm sure poorhouses can be a very important source of genealogical information; as evidenced by the referenced web site. -----Original Message----- From: REDSKI9136@aol.com <REDSKI9136@aol.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 9:03 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Link not Geneology??- message below >Subj: Re: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story >Date: 8/3/00 6:47:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time >From: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) >Reply-to: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) >To: REDSKI9136@aol.com > > We all get so many emails a day, with all the various lists we belong >to, that we'd appreciate it id you didn't send these "cute" emails...the are >pointless and sure clog up the inbox. If we all forwarded all this sort of >thing, we'd completely ruin the lists, which are, after all, to gain >genealogical information. > Thanks...... > > >From: REDSKI9136@aol.com <REDSKI9136@aol.com> >To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 3:53 PM >Subject: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story > > >> <A HREF="http://www.poorhousestory.com/">Click here: The PoorhouseStory</A> >>http://www.poorhousestory.com/ >> >> > >Hi, Have you opened it? I think it is all geneological??? > > Mary Jane, brightstar > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from regular mail mode on this list, send a message to: >PACHESTE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >Put only the word unsubscribe in the body of your message. For digest >mode, send the message to PACHESTE-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > > > >
Hi, I have seen the web site on the Poor House. it may not directly help anyone find information dealing with genealogy. it always helps to know a little bite about history and social history. Dave Ward REDSKI9136@aol.com wrote: > Subj: Re: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story > Date: 8/3/00 6:47:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) > Reply-to: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) > To: REDSKI9136@aol.com > > We all get so many emails a day, with all the various lists we belong > to, that we'd appreciate it id you didn't send these "cute" emails...the are > pointless and sure clog up the inbox. If we all forwarded all this sort of > thing, we'd completely ruin the lists, which are, after all, to gain > genealogical information. > Thanks...... > > From: REDSKI9136@aol.com <REDSKI9136@aol.com> > To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 3:53 PM > Subject: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story > > > <A HREF="http://www.poorhousestory.com/">Click here: The PoorhouseStory</A> > >http://www.poorhousestory.com/ > > > > > > Hi, Have you opened it? I think it is all geneological??? > > Mary Jane, brightstar > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from regular mail mode on this list, send a message to: > PACHESTE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Put only the word unsubscribe in the body of your message. For digest > mode, send the message to PACHESTE-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com
In a message dated 8/3/00 9:23:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tiggernut_48@yahoo.com writes: << Thanks! I greatly look forward to reading it! I can use something else that doesn't exist - after all, manic depression doesn't exist, genes don't exist - all sorts of things just really don't exist. >> Hi Dora, I thought it was very funny as well. We were trying to find the Delaware City maps, and my little niece saw Delaware doesn't exist. She wanted to send it, so I let her. LOL Mary Jane, brightstar
In a message dated 8/3/00 6:58:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Harley1369@aol.com writes: << For Mary Jane's and anyone elses benefit who are on AOL; you can click the red heart in the upper right hand corner of a web site that you find particulary helpful, click "OK" to add it to your Favorite Places. Then begin a new email to the PACHESTE list or which ever list you'd like to copy all those links to. Then open your Favorite Places folder and click/hold & drag the name of each web site into the email and all the yperlinks will be copied over :-) Leslie >> Hi Leslie, Thanks, I have AOL and I never knew that trick. I will try it out for sure. Thanks, MJ, brightstar
Subj: Re: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story Date: 8/3/00 6:47:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) Reply-to: ferg@intelos.net (Sandra Ferguson) To: REDSKI9136@aol.com We all get so many emails a day, with all the various lists we belong to, that we'd appreciate it id you didn't send these "cute" emails...the are pointless and sure clog up the inbox. If we all forwarded all this sort of thing, we'd completely ruin the lists, which are, after all, to gain genealogical information. Thanks...... From: REDSKI9136@aol.com <REDSKI9136@aol.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story > <A HREF="http://www.poorhousestory.com/">Click here: The PoorhouseStory</A> >http://www.poorhousestory.com/ > > Hi, Have you opened it? I think it is all geneological??? Mary Jane, brightstar
That must have been some line dispute. I know about it only that Delaware once was part of Pennsylvania. I don't know for a fact that all of Delaware was once part of Pennsylvania. Then, in the mid to end 19th century, Delaware and Pennylvania quarreled over the location of teh Mason-Dixon line - I hope I have that right. I'm talking about the semi-circular boundary line that is measured as an arc from New Castle. This line kept moving back and forth. My Smith great great grandfather, and some of his sons and grandsons, happened to own about 500 acres or something, right on this line, except that half of it was in Maryland. The three-state boundary marker was on his land - atleast at times. Well, this two times great grandfather was a local political leader, and he served several terms in the Delaware legislature. It happened that London Britain township, in Chester County, charged higher taxes than people had been paying in Delaware. Well, a bunch of the farmers sued to get put back in Delaware. Most of my knowledge of this is what my great grandfatehr wrote about it. He made like he'd taken no stand - but most census years, he somehow is to be found enumerated in White Clay Creek, Delaware! Well, this great grandfather had had a minor political career himself around Wilmington before taking over his father's farm on his death, and eloping with teh Quaker schoolmarm two farms away. Among other things, at some point, he was a census enumerator. ;) Too bad I doubt I'll ever visit - I live in Texas now. I've taken a job I enjoy, with great health benefits, and low pay. Yours, Dora --- Cheryl Taney-Sandstrom <tansands@voicenet.com> wrote: > > > >IN Red Lion Hundred! OK, now the light DAWNS! > >And I gather this was seven to ten miles from > >Wilmington - which is the capital of Delaware? > > > > If memory serves me correctly, Wilmington was > once part of Pennsylvania up > till the line dispute in 1790. It was > originally called New Sweden as it > was founded by the Swedish. > > Although Delaware is this nations first state, > it is the second smallest. > It's capital now rests in the town of Dover. > > Delaware City is a small southern town that > lies along the Delaware River. > Quite quaint if one were to travel there. > Mainly wood, brick structures and > such. Residents know all to well the chemical > plants that are scattered > about in that location. > > But for those who seek a special treat, try a > visit to the old town of New > Castle. Founded by the Dutch in the 1600's. The > Court House still remains > that housed those officials who one day placed > a line on a map to claim > Delaware right to land that was otherwise > Pennsylvania. > > Much more could be said about that state's > history, but perhaps I should > leave that for a Delaware list. Hope I have > enlighten some of you. > > Take care, and happy > searching.................. > Cheryl > To answer the long outstanding > question......Does Delaware exist? > It seems to be there every Christmas when > citizens from surrounding states > bombard the "tiny state" for tax free > shopping?! > > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from regular mail mode on this > list, send a message to: > PACHESTE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Put only the word unsubscribe in the body of > your message. For digest > mode, send the message to > PACHESTE-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
In a message dated 8/2/00 1:45:17 PM, REDSKI9136@aol.com writes: << I am sorry about all the single links sent. I have not learned yet how to put them all into one piece of mail. I honestly don't know how 10 pieces became 18, as you say you recieved.In any event, I saw many names that our PACHESTE-L, ask about , so I sent them on. I won't make that mistake again. >> Hi folks, For Mary Jane's and anyone elses benefit who are on AOL; you can click the red heart in the upper right hand corner of a web site that you find particulary helpful, click "OK" to add it to your Favorite Places. Then begin a new email to the PACHESTE list or which ever list you'd like to copy all those links to. Then open your Favorite Places folder and click/hold & drag the name of each web site into the email and all the yperlinks will be copied over :-) Leslie
Hey, folks. I've carefully not followed any of this, because it is too much in my nature to get into it. This is a good list, and it's always too bad to see a list fall apart with arguing- however temporarily. It took me a long time to learn this. If someone is insulting or ignorant, you want to respond. I especially get tempted to get into it when someone writes ignorant stuff about mental illness. I always think someone is going to believe it. The only way to respond to that kind of thing is NOT to. These people can only really do much damage with active cooperation from other people. The way to win is go on calmly doing whatever it is you are doing. This strategy ultimately wins nearly every time. Now, I have bipolar disorder - of all the people who ever needed to learn how to use the delete key on inciting posts! Besides, I still think the heat has got something to do with this - I've never seen people getting aggravated so by the things people have been getting aggravated about on this list for the past couple of weeks! Some of it carried over onto the PABERKS list! Of course, I'm in a part of the country where it's actually hot... the temperature has been below 100 degrees only five days of the past month. Yours, Dora --- REDSKI9136@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/2/00 7:53:12 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, Ewenice@aol.com > writes: > > << This batch of messages is beginning to look > like Spam. > >> > > Hello, > If you are referring to the > links I sent, please tell me how > you consider them spam? Are we doing geneology > here, or what??? > > > Mary Jane > > Bright Star > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester > County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
That was good. I'll forward it to my brother toshow my father. Next time he and I get in an argument, he'll know exactly what to say! (grin) Don't reply all, people - you'll spam my brother! Yours, Dora --- REDSKI9136@aol.com wrote: > <A > HREF="http://search.aol.com/redirect.adp?appname=QBP&query=%59%99%5e%14%13%a7% > 09%6e%2c%77%df%f5%a4%53%7e%4e%f1%ff%29%15%0d%24%aa%2a%28%7c%42%a7%ee%43%e2%85% > 6f%42%7f%0d%e5%16%bc%81%d2%6a%c0%3d%17%8a%99%9c%2c%cc%bb%64%06%51%bb%68%39%f0% > 17%f4%c8%5d%dd%62%29%ef%c7%3b%20%00%30%7d%fc%b7%81%13%0a%74%86%36%c0%e7%68%da% > aa%cf%56%20">Click here: Delaware: The state > that doesn't exist.</A> > Delaware: The State That Doesn't Exist > Undeniable proof that the so-called 'state of > Delaware' is nothing more than > a government conspiracy. > http://www.mlc.nu/delaware > > > > > Mary Jane > > brightstar > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Check out other counties in PA! > http://libertynet.org/~gencap/pacounties.html > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
Thanks! I greatly look forward to reading it! I can use something else that doesn't exist - after all, manic depression doesn't exist, genes don't exist - all sorts of things just really don't exist. Yours, Dora --- REDSKI9136@aol.com wrote: > <A > HREF="http://search.aol.com/redirect.adp?appname=QBP&query=%59%99%5e%14%13%a7% > 09%6e%2c%77%df%f5%a4%53%7e%4e%f1%ff%29%15%0d%24%aa%2a%28%7c%42%a7%ee%43%e2%85% > 6f%42%7f%0d%e5%16%bc%81%d2%6a%c0%3d%17%8a%99%9c%2c%cc%bb%64%06%51%bb%68%39%f0% > 17%f4%c8%5d%dd%62%29%ef%c7%3b%20%00%30%7d%fc%b7%81%13%0a%74%86%36%c0%e7%68%da% > aa%cf%56%20">Click here: Delaware: The state > that doesn't exist.</A> > Delaware: The State That Doesn't Exist > Undeniable proof that the so-called 'state of > Delaware' is nothing more than > a government conspiracy. > http://www.mlc.nu/delaware > > > > > Mary Jane > > brightstar > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Check out other counties in PA! > http://libertynet.org/~gencap/pacounties.html > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
To those who are interested in the above, Peggy Barefoot (A first person account By Wm Wetherall), can be found in the Local Historian Vol-3, page 73, in Tri County Historian published by Tri County Historiacl Society published about 1974, Peggy Barefoot died 11-24-1865, 100yrs 10 m- 9 days old, buried in Morgantown Methodist Cemetery. Story of the strange LOVE CULT can be found in Stories of "The Falls O french Creek" by Edmund Clausen. This took place in the Shenkel Area of Chester County. Bob Houck -
In a message dated 8/3/00 3:56:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu writes: << Subj: Re: [PACHESTE] Check out The Poorhouse Story Date: 8/3/00 3:56:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu (Mary D. Taffet) To: REDSKI9136@aol.com Maryjane, FYI -- You have just sent copyrighted material to this list. That is a BIG no-no on Rootsweb. If you must share this with the list, then just send the URL (as you have done with other sites you particularly like). But, according to the Rootsweb AUP, sending copyrighted material to a Rootsweb mailing list is a major infraction of the rules, unless you have received permission from the copyright holder, or you yourself are the copyright holder. This is just a little FYI. What raises the red flag here is that you have also sent the copyright notice, and the copyright is still in force givent he date shown. -- Mary Taffet >> Hi Mary, I am sorry if I sent somthing I wasn't suppose to. I am replying to you and the list, about the mistake.This poem has been passed around to alot of list, and I thought it was a nice piece to go with the poorhouse link. I will also let the rootsweb listmaster know of my mistake. Sorry for any trouble I may have caused. Mary Jane, bright star
<A HREF="http://www.poorhousestory.com/">Click here: The Poorhouse Story</A> http://www.poorhousestory.com/ THE DASH I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning... to the end. He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years. For that dash represents all the time that she spent alive on earth... and now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth. For it matters not, how much we own; the cars.... the house... the cash... What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. So think about this long and hard... are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left. (You could be at "dash mid-range.") If we could just slow down enough to consider what's true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we've never loved before. If we treat each other with respect, and more often wear a smile... remembering that this special dash might only last a little while. So, when your eulogy's being read with your life's actions to rehash... would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash? by Linda M. Ellis (c) Copyright 1999 Mary Jane Bright Star
Hello All, Discussing my the situation with my Barefoots recently has led me to believe many of us on this list would be interested in how to analyze family tradition. Many of us have had stories that were passed down and some have really made us wonder. I feel this article is an excellent guide toward dissecting family traditions. It was from the 8/2/00 Ancestry Newsletter ============================================================ "ANALYZE THE TRADITION," by Michael John Neill <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ We all have family traditions. Some are colorful, some are entertaining; some are exaggerations, and some are bold-faced lies. All can be used genealogically, whether for actual clues or just to provide "colorful" stories to add to the family history. Most traditions are not completely false and contain a buried grain of truth. Finding that grain of truth and determining the difference between truth and fiction is not a simple matter. One approach to sifting the fact from the fiction is to break the story into those aspects that are potentially provable and those that are not. The lines between potentially provable and not provable are not always clear, but an attempt to categorize the story's aspects may further your research. The phrase "potentially provable" is used instead of "provable" to remind the researcher that an event that resulted in the creation of records in one time and place might not have resulted in the creation of records in another time and place. Potentially provable items are those that reasonably resulted in the creation of some type of record. The record may or may not be an official record. A knowledge of the typical records for the time period under study makes the analysis easier. This knowledge can be gained by reading listservs, genealogy books, and magazines, and by attending conferences and other activities that expand your genealogical knowledge. We will look at two traditions to see how they can be broken apart for potential clues, and well discuss briefly what information was discovered. TRADITION #1 "Riley Rampley served in the Civil War. He was with General Sherman on the famous 'March to the Sea.' While on his way home (riding on a horse), he met a young lady (Nancy Newman) who was on her way home from a house where she had been serving. When he got home, he told his mother he had met the girl he was going to marry." Several aspects of this tradition might have generated records. There are certain other parts that are difficult to validate unless diaries or contemporary letters are found. I analyzed the story in the following manner. POTENTIALLY PROVABLE 1) Riley's Civil War service--through service records and pension records 2) The involvement of Riley's unit in the "March to the Sea"--through regimental histories and Riley's service record 3) The marriage of Riley and Nancy--through marriage records MOST LIKELY UNPROVABLE 1) Riley meeting Nancy on his way home from the war and subsequently telling his mother he had met the woman he was going to marry. WHAT IS KNOWN 1) Riley served in Company D of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was with Sherman on the "March to the Sea." This information was obtained from military service records and a history of the 78th Illinois. 2) Nancy and her parents moved to Illinois in 1863-64 while Riley was in the service. This information was obtained from Nancy's obituary, her husband's biography, and from research on Nancy's siblings. Land records indicated that Nancy's parents owned a farm adjacent to that owned by Riley's parents. It is likely that the first time Riley saw Nancy was after he returned from the war. The couple was married in 1867, a few years after Riley's return from service. TRADITION #2 "Grandma Haase was first married to a Mr. Beger. They lived in Warsaw (in Hancock County, IL) and had two little girls, Frances and Louisa. Mr. Beger died by drowning, and Grandma sold sandwiches to the men who came to sell things at the river (Warsaw is on the Mississippi River). Grandma later married my grandfather, Conrad Haase." POTENTIALLY PROVABLE 1) The death of Peter Beger 2) The birth of two daughters or the existence of two daughters 3) The marriage of Peter and "Grandma Haase" 4) The marriage of Conrad Haase and "Grandma Haase" MOST LIKELY UNPROVABLE 1) "Selling sandwiches" didn't require a license in the 1850s, and there probably wouldn't be a way to document this. WHAT IS KNOWN 1) Peter Bieger died in Warsaw, Illinois in November of 1855 (per his probate records). 2) A guardianship case for his two daughters gives their names and dates of birth. A newspaper article on his accidental death appeared in the Warsaw, Illinois paper and indicated that he accidentally shot himself instead of drowning. 3) No marriage record for he and "Grandma Haase" (whose name was Barbara) has been found in the area. 4) A marriage record for "Grandma" and Conrad Haase was located in Hancock County, Illinois in 1859. SUMMING UP Not every tradition will result in possible records. However, taking a look at your family traditions may provide you with new insights to get a jumpstart on your own research. When including traditions in your family history, just be sure to clearly label them as tradition. Once a tradition becomes a "fact," it can be difficult if not impossible to rectify the situation.
I don't recall what the original question was but I came across a listing today of a Dr. Joseph W. Houston born in Colrain Twp. Lanc. Co. After various schoolings, he located at Collamer, Chester Co., and then to Oxford, Chester Co. In 1893 he went to Lanc. City. Dr. Houston first married ISABELLA BAREFOOT who died in 1866. Two children of this union survive; Louisa, wife of William M. Foulk, of Collamer Chester Co. and M.M. Houston, passenger conductor on the Schuykill branch of the Pennsy. railroad and residing in Norristown. This is from the Biographical Annals of Lanc. Co. Yvonne
At 01:42 PM 07/24/2000 -0400, Sandra Ferguson wrote: >This is the strangest sect I've ever heard of. It existed in Chester in the >1840s, and had a number of followers in the northern part of the county. That's my neighborhood! Many of the group lived in the vicinity of Shenkel Church (aka 2nd German Reformed) in Coventry Twp; some of Shenkel's members became part of the Battle Axe group... one of the tales in the neighborhood is that some of the more conservative members of Shenkel church were unhappy with the church's position of tolerance & patience regarding the Battle Axes (among other things) and, feeling the congregation was generally too liberal, split off and formed Temple Methodist Church a "country block" away. Here's the biblio data for a fairly comprehensive book about Theophilus Gates & his followers: Sellers, Charles Coleman. Theophilus the Battle-Axe: A History of the Lives and Adventures of Theophilus Ransom Gates and the Battle-Axes. Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1930. 67pp. This book is not easy to find... rare booksellers might be able to scare one up, or try ILL. Here's a web address for an article that mentions Gates & his activities: http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/oneida/umifilm.htm hth robin
Sharon...... There are plenty of BAREFOOT'S here in SE North Carolina...........namely New Hanover and Columbus Counties. Barbara in Wilmington, NC http://sites.netscape.net/geneslady/homepage
I have the Hinshaw Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy CD and there are no Barefoots (should that be Barefeet?) listed from 1750 through 1930. So, I wouldn't assume that they were Quakers. S. -----Original Message----- From: fianna@fast.net <fianna@fast.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] "GERMAN COUNTY, PA" >Sharon, > >I looked on the Berks site for the name Barefoot, and what came up was your >queries. Seeing their connection to Ross and Robinson, and seeing where they >lived -- Morgantown, Douglassville, Amity and Caernarvon Twp, and the dates, I >think you can assume they are Quakers. This is good news; the Quakers kept >great records. Look for the earliest names you know. It's very possible that >the family ceased to be Quakers around the time of the Revolution, or even >earlier. >You mention their having a connection to the early iron industry. This was >pioneered by Quakers in Berks County. > >Good luck, >Karen > >Sharon Sheldon wrote: > >> Hey Folks, >> >> Here's one for ya: in a dictated autobiography my distant uncle made the >> following remarks about the progenitor of our Barefoot line: "Dr. Benjamin >> Barefoot, came over from the North of Ireland in the last years of the 18th >> century and located among the Pennsylvania Germans in German County." >> >> Now I know there's no such thing as German County, and Germantown isn't a >> possibility, either, according to their historical society. In 1785 my >> Benjamin Barefoot first appears on the tax records in West Nantmeal Twp., >> Chester Co., PA. A man I believe is his brother, Samuel Barefoot, is on the >> tax list as well. Does anyone have any comments on where would be a good >> place in Chester Co. that would earn the designation of German County by >> one who would not know any better? >> >> As an aside, the best I can find on this family (or even this surname) shows >> activity in the 1760's off and on in Douglassville, Amity Twp. & West >> Nantmeal. There's also a James Barefoot who would be a contemporary of >> these two listed on the tax records in Nottingham Twp. In the 1770's there >> were a few Barefoots who were in the Caernarvon Twp. area of Berks Co. as >> well, but I can't find evidence of them in Berks earlier than that. >> >> This is my first foray into anything German in PA. Any clues, anyone? :) >> >> Thanks a bunch for reading this. >> >> Sharon >> No. VA >> >> ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >> Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > >
Sharon, I looked on the Berks site for the name Barefoot, and what came up was your queries. Seeing their connection to Ross and Robinson, and seeing where they lived -- Morgantown, Douglassville, Amity and Caernarvon Twp, and the dates, I think you can assume they are Quakers. This is good news; the Quakers kept great records. Look for the earliest names you know. It's very possible that the family ceased to be Quakers around the time of the Revolution, or even earlier. You mention their having a connection to the early iron industry. This was pioneered by Quakers in Berks County. Good luck, Karen Sharon Sheldon wrote: > Hey Folks, > > Here's one for ya: in a dictated autobiography my distant uncle made the > following remarks about the progenitor of our Barefoot line: "Dr. Benjamin > Barefoot, came over from the North of Ireland in the last years of the 18th > century and located among the Pennsylvania Germans in German County." > > Now I know there's no such thing as German County, and Germantown isn't a > possibility, either, according to their historical society. In 1785 my > Benjamin Barefoot first appears on the tax records in West Nantmeal Twp., > Chester Co., PA. A man I believe is his brother, Samuel Barefoot, is on the > tax list as well. Does anyone have any comments on where would be a good > place in Chester Co. that would earn the designation of German County by > one who would not know any better? > > As an aside, the best I can find on this family (or even this surname) shows > activity in the 1760's off and on in Douglassville, Amity Twp. & West > Nantmeal. There's also a James Barefoot who would be a contemporary of > these two listed on the tax records in Nottingham Twp. In the 1770's there > were a few Barefoots who were in the Caernarvon Twp. area of Berks Co. as > well, but I can't find evidence of them in Berks earlier than that. > > This is my first foray into anything German in PA. Any clues, anyone? :) > > Thanks a bunch for reading this. > > Sharon > No. VA > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm