>from Steve K. > >Jean, That is a paragraph lifted from J.S. Africa's chapter on Barree Twp.; author is likely offering his best recollection in other words, hearsay. You can get the time frame exactly by checking the census and the yearly tax lists. Clues, Africa's chapter does not contain MAFFITT in its 1788 tax list as transcribed there, does show both William and Robert as farm owners in 1812. Woodcock Valley, Bedford County would likely be Hopewell Township... RE: > >Huntingdon County, PA GenWeb >Pioneers in Barree Twp > >William Maffitt - In the upper part of the valley, above the McMahan farm, >lived William Maffitt, who moved there from Woodcock's Valley in Bedford. He >was the father of three sons named John, Robert, and James, and daughters who >married William Johnston,James McClelland, and Joseph Ross. > >