I have some Gibb information that might help you. The Gibb families who lived in Cumberland County for quite a few generations appear to be descendants of Henry Gibb (1777-1861), originally of Lancaster. I have quite a bit on these families, including John W. Gibb, if you are interested. Anita Camplese >> >> >> My grandfather was John William Patterson Gibb from Carlisle. For a >> long time he lived in Camp Hill, PA. He is buried in Mt. Holly >> Springs Cemetary. I can find NOTHING on him. It's as if he never >> existed. My father used to say that we were originially Gibbs, but >> that my grandfather, or his father, changed it to Gibb. Do you know >> anything about John from your research? Thanks. >> >> >> ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== >> Visit the USGenWeb PA Archives page: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >>

Diane, Me again. Just tried to forward an "Meeks" email that came in this a.m. and think that perhaps it did not go. If you don't receive it, let me know and I will try again. Susan E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Hettrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [PACUMBER] Meax > Susan, > > Thank you. This is progress. Most people tell me they've never heard > the name before. > > I'm missing a surname for Jean (or Jane) who married John Baxter, who > was born 1717 in Scotland. He was listed as a solider on the cemetery > list, and died in Perry County PA in 1801. Jean died 17 Feb 1790 in > Perry Co PA. She's my best candidate to be a Meax - may as well follow > that line of inquiry since I don't have anything else! > > Diane > [email protected] > > > On Jul 21, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Susan E wrote: > >> Hi Diane, >> >> I haven't been reviewing or working on my PA searches for several >> months, but I seem to remember that there may have been a Meeks Kelly >> who was a early trader and settler who was in the same areas as Fergus >> Moorhead. This included extended, early portions of Cumberland which >> then became several different counties. Try Bedford, Hungtingdon, >> Indiana, Armstrong, possibly Franklin and Adams, as well as Juniata, >> and Mifflin. I do know that I have seen 'Meeks' used as a man's given >> name several times. I have no idea if it was originally a surname, as >> Fergus Moorhead was given his mother's maiden name for his given name. >> >> Susan E > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Visit Cumberland County USGenweb and get the latest updates! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Went to school with Meeks families in Franklin and Fairfield co Ohio areas. Also Meeks in northwest Ohio in Putnam co area. Meeks General Store was widely known. These people may know something. I have no genealogical interest in this line. Just thought I'd mention them. M Calvin

Kindly look for these names: Moore Oats Sloan Reed/Reid/Ried Patton Lackey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: County maps I do not know of the Seidle map but possibly it can be located during the next few days. However, there are a series of maps showing early warrant locations and these are available through the Cumb. Co. Historical Society at about $15 each. They were the work of Hayes Eschenmann, of Shippensburg. In addition, I have the book by Rev. William T. Swaim called "Over the River." This book contains several Cumberland Valley maps that show the approximate location of the first 100+ pioneers to cross the river under the authority of Samuel Blunston. More than 300 pioneer names (mostly Scot-Irish) are listed and the dates of arrival between 1734-1736. For example, the first license was issued on 24 Jan 1734 to Robert Miller. He got 200 acres near Carlisle on the LeTort Spring. Contact me if interested. ______________________________

Have you tried Maryland? I have seen Meeks in Maryland very early on. Anne

Hi Diane, I haven't been reviewing or working on my PA searches for several months, but I seem to remember that there may have been a Meeks Kelly who was a early trader and settler who was in the same areas as Fergus Moorhead. This included extended, early portions of Cumberland which then became several different counties. Try Bedford, Hungtingdon, Indiana, Armstrong, possibly Franklin and Adams, as well as Juniata, and Mifflin. I do know that I have seen 'Meeks' used as a man's given name several times. I have no idea if it was originally a surname, as Fergus Moorhead was given his mother's maiden name for his given name. Susan E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Hettrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:25 PM Subject: [PACUMBER] Meax >> [email protected] > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > >

On Jul 21, 2006, at 11:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Have you tried Maryland? I have seen Meeks in Maryland very early > on. Anne > > No, I haven't looked in Maryland. Thank you. Diane

Susan, Thank you. This is progress. Most people tell me they've never heard the name before. I'm missing a surname for Jean (or Jane) who married John Baxter, who was born 1717 in Scotland. He was listed as a solider on the cemetery list, and died in Perry County PA in 1801. Jean died 17 Feb 1790 in Perry Co PA. She's my best candidate to be a Meax - may as well follow that line of inquiry since I don't have anything else! Diane [email protected] On Jul 21, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Susan E wrote: > Hi Diane, > > I haven't been reviewing or working on my PA searches for several > months, but I seem to remember that there may have been a Meeks Kelly > who was a early trader and settler who was in the same areas as Fergus > Moorhead. This included extended, early portions of Cumberland which > then became several different counties. Try Bedford, Hungtingdon, > Indiana, Armstrong, possibly Franklin and Adams, as well as Juniata, > and Mifflin. I do know that I have seen 'Meeks' used as a man's given > name several times. I have no idea if it was originally a surname, as > Fergus Moorhead was given his mother's maiden name for his given name. > > Susan E

Has anyone ever run into the name Meax or Meeks in Cumberland? It's used as a middle name in my family but I have never found out where it came from. If the naming pattern holds, it should be the surname of a grandmother from the 1700s in Perry County, but I've never seen it in the records. Baxter Meax Kindle was born in 1842 in Ohio, of Perry County PA families. Baxter is the surname of his great-grandmother, so it seems probable that Meax was another family surname. Diane Hettrick [email protected]

The 1948 SEIDLE map only shows the land owners on both sides of the Big Spring, which runs from Springfield northward through Newville and empties into the Conodoguinet Creek at Birch Hill. These are the landowners who lived along the Spring circa 1730 to 1775. The Newville Historical Society can supply copies of this map.

Hello All, I have just scanned and uploaded 2 maps - Land Purchases of PA and Genealogy of the Counties of PA. I also began scanning and uploading the book "Historical Sketch of Carlisle and Northwestern PA". You can check out the maps and the first part of the book at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/394 - Release Date: 7/20/2006

I do not know of the Seidle map but possibly it can be located during the next few days. However, there are a series of maps showing early warrant locations and these are available through the Cumb. Co. Historical Society at about $15 each. They were the work of Hayes Eschenmann, of Shippensburg. In addition, I have the book by Rev. William T. Swaim called "Over the River." This book contains several Cumberland Valley maps that show the approximate location of the first 100+ pioneers to cross the river under the authority of Samuel Blunston. More than 300 pioneer names (mostly Scot-Irish) are listed and the dates of arrival between 1734-1736. For example, the first license was issued on 24 Jan 1734 to Robert Miller. He got 200 acres near Carlisle on the LeTort Spring. Contact me if interested.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maxwell,Wallace Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/855.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry to take so long to respond.There is some confusion re: Adam Maxwell. Some researchers think there were 2 of them with similar histories. "My" Adam was supposedly born in Cumberland Co.,but enlisted during the war in Westmoreland Co. He was married to Elizabeth Wallace. He died in Armstrong Co.in 5/17/1837 and Elizabeth survived him, getting his war pension.The only Henry I found was James Henry. The "other" Adam was married to Margaret Wallace. Totally confusing-I think some of the other researchers finally gave up!

Some of my Scotch-Irish family came before the Revolutionary War but I don't know if they were this early. Would you please check for these names? Hunter Eaton Neeper Baxter Kindle Thanks in advance! Diane Hettrick [email protected] On Jul 21, 2006, at 10:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > In addition, I have the book by Rev. William T. Swaim called "Over the > River." This book contains several Cumberland Valley maps that show > the > approximate location of the first 100+ pioneers to cross the river > under the > authority of Samuel Blunston. More than 300 pioneer names (mostly > Scot-Irish) are > listed and the dates of arrival between 1734-1736. For example, the > first > license was issued on 24 Jan 1734 to Robert Miller. He got 200 acres > near > Carlisle on the LeTort Spring. Contact me if interested. >

Is this the right John Gibb? Series: T624 Roll: 1335 Page: 176 1910 - Frankford Twp., Cumberland Co., PA - 5/3-4/1910 Gibb, John W. - head - m - w - 26 - 1st marriage/4 yrs. - farmer - rent/farm --- Iva F. - wife - f - w - 22 - 1st marriage/4 yrs. - 3 children/3 living --- Iva V. - dau. - f - w - 3 - single --- Anna C. - dau. - f - w - 2 - single --- John A. - son - m - w - 1 yr., 1 mo. - single --- Jacob G. - brother - m - w - 21 - single - farm laborer/on farm PA/PA/PA for all. Series: T625 Roll: 1556 Page: 74 1920 - 56 W. South St., 3-WD Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA - 1/2/1920 Gibb, John - head - rent - m - w - 36 - married - laborer/ice cream factory --- ...va - wife - f - w - 31 - married --- Viola - dau. - f - w - 13 - single --- Anna - dau. - f - w - 12 - single --- John - son - m - w - 10 - single --- Stewart - son - m - w - single --- Martha - dau. - f - w - 8 - single PA/PA/PA for all. On Jul 20, 2006, at 8:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Gibb > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/2698.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My grandfather was John William Patterson Gibb from Carlisle. For > a long time he lived in Camp Hill, PA. He is buried in Mt. Holly > Springs Cemetary. I can find NOTHING on him. It's as if he never > existed. My father used to say that we were originially Gibbs, but > that my grandfather, or his father, changed it to Gibb. Do you > know anything about John from your research? Thanks. > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Visit the USGenWeb PA Archives page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

I'd also want to see that info. My Brandt family was in the Cumberland Co. and Dauphin Co. areas as early as 1742. Kay Researching Brandt, Mohler, Sheumaker, Kagy, Seifert, Anderson, Davey, Harris & Reed families

Hello, I was recently told of a map which showed the location of early Cumberland Co land owners. The reference was as follows. In 1948, Charles Seidel published a map showing the outline of the original land grants from "The Proprietors and the Commonwealth, to the individuals, from the Conodoguinet Creek to Big Spring and the Great Road leading from Shippensburg to Carlisle." Can anyone advise if the map is still available? If so, where can a copy be obtained? Thanks, --Jack Trauth

Hello - Please, if anyone does know, reply onlist, as I'd love to find the map, too (trying to locate my Crothers family, who were Scots-Irish). The name Seidel also jumped out at me; I've been looking for some information for a Matilda Seidel (or Sidle), who married Charles Stackhouse circa 1838 (not 1831!), and who died in April, 1848 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County. There must be a family out there, but I haven't been able to find it as yet. Is anyone working on this surname? Cheers, Julia M. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PACUMBER] Early Cumberland Map? Hello, I was recently told of a map which showed the location of early Cumberland Co land owners. The reference was as follows. In 1948, Charles Seidel published a map showing the outline of the original land grants from "The Proprietors and the Commonwealth, to the individuals, from the Conodoguinet Creek to Big Spring and the Great Road leading from Shippensburg to Carlisle." Can anyone advise if the map is still available? If so, where can a copy be obtained? Thanks, --Jack Trauth ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== Need to find a location?? http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=118:1:9715852903400528014 ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Hello Mr. Maxwell, I just came across one of your old emails and you were saying that your Grandfather was James Eppley. Do you know of this family in the 1860 census where my Great Grandfather was living as a Farm Apprentice? His father, John Lippert, had died about 1852 and his mother, Susanna Dougherty Lippert, remarried sometime in 1853 to Jacob Beidler. I was just wondering if you knew or were related to this family. Best Wishes, Earl ___________________________________________________________________________________ ***************************************************************************************************************************** 1860 United States Federal Census....SOUTH MIDDLETON TWP., CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA 19 July 1860 Name Age Estimated Birth Year Birth Place Home in 1860 Occupation John Epley 33 1826 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Farmer Matilda Epley 29 1830 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA William Epley 4 1855 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Elizabeth Epley 1 1858 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Martin Epley 21 1838 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Farm Laborer Sylvester Leppard 10 1849 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Farm Apprentice <<<<<<<< Mary Ann Koons 18 1841 Pennsylvania South Middleton, Cumberland, PA Domestic ___________________________________________________________________________________ ***************************************************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: [PACUMBER] Plainfield, PA > Leslie- > My grandfather, James Eppley, manufactured wagons and sleighs in > Plainfield > from about 1880 to 1900.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gibb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/2698.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather was John William Patterson Gibb from Carlisle. For a long time he lived in Camp Hill, PA. He is buried in Mt. Holly Springs Cemetary. I can find NOTHING on him. It's as if he never existed. My father used to say that we were originially Gibbs, but that my grandfather, or his father, changed it to Gibb. Do you know anything about John from your research? Thanks.