What a tremendous amount of research! I hope the recipient appreciates your efforts in his/her behalf! I learned some things too, so I send you my thanks. Lorraine lorraineq@juno.com On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:28:06 -0000 "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: SMiller6028 > Surnames: RODDY > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.cou nties.mifflin/1282.52.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Here's some notes found on Ancestry.com that reference people named > RODDY in Pennsylvania. > > re: RODDY (Surname) issue, William, Catherine, Thomas, James,Jr. and > James, Sr. > > If any records exist of your ancestors for the mid to late 1700's, > they are likely with Cumberland County records. The following > entries from Cumberland Co. records consist of references to James > and Alexander RODDY. > > (Mifflin Co was carved out of Cumberland and Northumberland Counties > in 1789. Newton-Hamilton, incorporated 1843, is a borough in Wayne > Township, created 1782. Newton-Hamilton is about the southern most > community in Mifflin Co. where it meets current day Franklin Co., > also carved from Cumberland.) > > Source document: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Quarter Session > Dockets 1750-1785 > > Quarter Session, Docket 1 > > original document pg 4 (Ancestry.com, pg 2 ) - 22 January 1751 - at > Shippensburg: > The King vs Alexander RODDY > Alexander RODDY - 100 LL$ on condition to appear in court in July. > > Quarter Session, Docket 2 > > original document pg 18 (Ancestry.com, pg 38) - October 1761 - at > Carlisle: > Residents of Sherman Valley petition court for road to Carlisle; > Alexander RODDY and others appointed to inspect and report to the > court. > > original document pg 51 (Ancestry.com, pg 63) - October 1761 - at > Carlisle: > Alexander RODDY and Committee report on need and advised path for > new road and it is ordered by the court. > > original document pg 52 (Ancestry.com, pg 66) - October 1761 - at > Carlisle: > Residents of Tyrone township petition to divide into two townships. > Dividing Line is set at Alexander RODDY's mill. > > original document pg 54 (Ancestry.com, pg 72) - July 1763 - at > Carlisle: > Alexander RODDY and others appointed to inspect site for new road > from Sherman Valley to Logan's Gap. > > original document pg 115 (Ancestry.com, pg 64) - 25 March 1765 - at > Carlisle: > Antrim Township, James RODDY appointed viewer of fences. > > Quarter Session, Docket 3 > > original document pg 73 (Ancestry.com, pg 86) - 25 March 1767 - at > Carlisle: > Tyrone Township, Alexander RODDY appointed supervisor of roads. > > Quarter Session, Docket 4 > > original document pg 41-42 (Ancestry.com, pg 122) > At Court of Private Sessions, 25 March 1769, for appointment of > officers.... > Antrim Township: appointed a Supervisor of the Roads - James RODDY > Sr. > > original document pg 62 (Ancestry.com, pg 129) - July session, 1769 > Petition for a road by inhabitants of Sherman Valley to Carlisle, > appointment of Alexander RODDY and others to view the site and > report to the court. > > original document pg 71 (Ancestry.com, pg 132) - October session > 1769 > Alexander RODDY and other appointees report to the court on the need > for a new road. > > original document pg 82 (Ancestry.com, pg 136) - March session 1770 > - 20 March at Carlisle: > Tyrone Township - James RODDY appointed a Superintendent of Roads > > original document pg 95 (Ancestry.com, pg 140) - July session 1770 - > at Carlisle: > Tyrone Township - constable: James RODDY > > original document pg 128 (Ancestry.com, pg 156) - April session 1771 > - at Carlisle: > Sheriff rehired to grand jury - Alexander RODDY > > Docket #5: > lsoriginal document pg 106 (Ancestry.com, pg 235) - January session > 1774 - at Carlisle: > Sheriff appoints grand jurors - Alexander RODDY > > original document pg 185 (Ancestry.com, pg 263) - January session > 1775 - at Carlisle: > James RODDY, 40 LL$ (English pounds), payment to appear in court > next session and testify on behalf of the King (apparently a witness > against a defendant?). [Not clear if he had to pay this, like bail, > or was being paid. From reading other entries, people did forfeit > their "recognizance" (bail money) for failure to appear in court.] > > original document pg 234-235 (Ancestry.com, pg 282-283) - October > 1775 - at Carlisle: > Appointment of Alexander RODDY and others to inspect potential new > road site for Tyrone and Rye Townships and report to the court. > > original document pg 245 (Ancestry.com, pg 287) - January 1776 - at > Carlisle: > Alexander RODDY and others report that the new road is needed. > Court orders it built and maintained by the supervisors of the > townships it crosses and that it be 30 ft wide. > > ======================= > > 1850 census: Addison Township, Somerset, PA - pg 7 on Ancestry > image: > . > RODDY, William, 41, Justice of the Peace, born Md. > James, 66, gentleman, born in Ireland > Eleanor, 63, born Ireland > Margaret, 26, born PA > Mary, 32, born PA > Margaret LIGHT, 7, born PA. > > > Anthony Township, Lycoming, pg 16-17 on Ancestry image: > > RODDY, Wm, 65, blacksmith, all born in PA. > Jane, 52 > Mariah, 29 > Margaret, 20 > Agnes, 11 > > ======================= > Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 > Volume 1 > Marriage Record of the Swedes' Church, (Gloria Dei.), Philadelphia > 1750�1810 > 1800, March 8, Griffin, John, and Susannah RODDY. > > source: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Marriages to 1810 [database > on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. > Original data: Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810. Vol. > I-II. Harrisburg, PA, USA: 1880. Originally published as Volume > VIII, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives. > > ======================= > > Pvt. Isaac RODDY served under Capt. William Butler in St.Clair & > Woods PA Battalion, 5 Jan - 25 Nov., 1776, initially standing at > Ticonderoga. > > source: Ancestry.com. Pg 190, Records of the Revolutionary War, Pt > II - Officers and Privates. > > ======================= > > Charles RODDY > Date: 28 Nov 1771 > Event: Marriage > Relation: Groom > Location: Lancaster CO., PA > Remark: License. > Church: St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster Co., PA > Record_ID: 313699 > > Bride: Rachel Kelly RODDY > > Source: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, > and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 > > ======================= > > RODDY/RODY, NEAL > m. Catharine Breslin, > c. John, 30 Sept 1794. > Nicolas, 1797 > > source: ancestry.com - Adams, Edmund. Catholic Trails West. The > Founding Catholic Families of Pennsylvania. Baltimore, MD, USA: > Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, Vol R, pg 276. > > ======================= > > I hope some of this info will give you a lead to search in a new > direction for your RODDY ancestors. > Good luck, > Tink > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > PRIVACY STATEMENT > http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp > > We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal > information you provide us to third party advertisers. > > Don�t want to receive this email anymore? No problem. 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