Carolyn: Thank-you for this information. You really hit pay dirt on my Askey family. I appreciate the time that you took to look this up. I believe that the "Thomas Askins" that you found is an Askey, since that spelling has been found many times in our Askey research. The two Evans daughters who married Askey brothers were William and Rachel Bonner-Evans daughters. Mary Evans is my 4th great-grandmother. I think that I might need to look more closely at the cemetery in Jacksonville for the Evanses. I would be interested in finding information on the John Bonner on the list that you cited. I suspect, from the naming customs observed, that Rachel Bonner's father was a John Bonner, but that is just a hunch. As far as "Germantown" goes, I found a reference in the Centre County Library, in the "Evans" file by D H McDonald, that "the village of germantown" was located at "Shearman's Creek and Valley." If you come across anything else, please keep me in mind. Thank-you again, Michele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn K Shearer" <cks@pa.net> To: <PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [PA-Perry] Germantown > Could not find anything definite on your William Evans, but did find this in "American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County" (pg24) which may provide some clues. Capt. Thomas Askey ... was from Fannett Twp (Franklin County - this would put his residence on the Perry County line) He married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Robert Baker, 12 June 1764. Rev J.C. Bucher performed the marriage. Thomas was born in 1727 and died in 1807. His wife died in 1830. They are buried in an old Presbyterian Church yard in Centre County, 6 miles east of Bellefonte, at Jacksonville. They had issue: John who married Betty Evans, William who married Mary Baker, David married Jane Harrison, Robert married Mary Polly Evans, James married Jane Swazey, Samuel married Lettie McKibben (I have a text file of materials on this line), Ann married Baptist Lucas, Rebecca married Joseph Lucas, Peggy married David Tipton and Polly who never married. > > > The same book also mentions that a Benedict Lucas had Rev War service from Fannett Twp, but no family info. In the 1790 PA Census, the only Benedict Lucas is in Mifflin County pg 153. On the same page: Joseph Lucas, Thomas Askins, and David Evans. There is also a James Bonner on pg 184. As Centre County was formed, in part, from Mifflin, these may be some of the families mentioned in the article. Could not find any "Askey" in the entire state, but then the 1790 is full of spelling errors. > > The confusion about Centre Presbyterian Church may result from the fact that there was a Centre Pres in Madison Twp, Perry County, plus the above mentioned Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Centre County. According to the Centre County genweb site, this cemetery is now called Lick Run Presbyterian and the records have been published. > > I checked the early marriage records for both Presbyterians in Fannett Twp, Franklin County, and Centre Presbyterian Church in Perry Co, but did not find any of the above named people. There is a William Evans in Upper West Conococheague records, - now Mercersburg, Franklin Co. Nothing definitive to set him off as your William Evans. > > "Germantown" as the place of birth could be anywhere! It was sometimes used as a local or slang term for a German settlement (versus English or Scotch-Irish). Where was the one in Franklin County? Could not find it in the 1832 gazetteer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: lisa > To: PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: [PA-Perry] Germantown > > > Michele, > I did a check of my 1790 PA census for the name William EVANS. In 1790 there > were only two (2) counties that had a "Germantown"..Philadelphia and > Franklin. Out of the 2 counties, only Philadelphia had a Wm EVANS. This is > the information that was given for the census. Wm EVANS was the head of > household. He is listed in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, in > the Southern District, Pine Street, South Side. His occupation was listed as > a Taylor. Listed were 3 free white males over 16, 1 free white male under > 16, and 3 free white females. > I know it's a long shot, but maybe it is something you can look into. > Good luck with your research. > Lisa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cunhel" <cunhel@comcast.net> > To: <PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:45 AM > Subject: [PA-Perry] Germantown > > > > Hello, List: > > > > I am new to this list, since I have just figured out that the area that I > am researching is within Perry County. > > > > I am looking for information on William Evans and Rachel Bonner. Their > daughter, Mary "Polly" Evans was my 4th great-grandmother, born in 1782. > Her place of birth is "Germantown." She married Robert Askey in 1801 and > moved to Clearfield County with him. I believe that they may have been > affiliated with the Centre Presbyterian Church, but this is a guess. There > is a great deal of research on the Askey men. I am trying to fill in > information on the women in my family tree. > > > > Are there any researchers out there with information on this family? > > > > Michele > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

DAR Patriot Index shows William Evans, b c 1749, d 1811, married Rachel Bonner, Pvt, PA. I could not find a will for a William Evans for that date (or anything close) in Franklin or Cumberland County. Perhaps he died in Mifflin or Centre. I do not have the will abstracts for those counties. I did find this in my notes which may provide more clues: Cumberland county Will Abstracts, F. Edward Wright THOMAS, WILLIAM, yeoman. September 1, 1774/21 September 1774. Wife Ann. Dau. Ann Thomas. Dau. Catherine Elliott and her husband Thomas Elliott. Emas(?)_ Thomas, widow of son John Thomas and her two sons, John and William Thomas. Dau. Jean and her husband Henry Lewis. A sum to repair the Presbyterian Meeting House at the Limestone Ridge, Terone Township, Sherman's Valley. Dau. Elizabeth and her husband James Evins. Exs.: Joseph Williams of Monahan Township, York Co. and Wm. Penrose of Warrentown Township, York Co. Wit: Robert Robinson, George Blanck, Will. Holiday. B. 180-181. Thomas Elliott (c1730 -1815 Ickesburg, Cumb, now Perry Co) married (1) Catherine Thomas, and (2) in 1779 at Centre Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Jane (Holiday) Holiday. Thomas and Catherine had a son Charles (1769-1846) who married Ann Linn, daughter of William Linn and Martha Scott, and granddaughter of Rev John Linn (1749 Marsh Creek, York, now Adams Co-1820 Sherman's Valley) of Centre Pres. Rev John Linn also had a son Rev James Linn (1783-1868) who was the Presbyterian minister at Bellefontaine for 58 yrs. The John Blair Linn who wrote the Centre County history was closely related to this family- can't remember right now, but will check it out if you are interested (and not completely confused by all the tangled lines) The point here is that the Sherman's Valley Presbyterian families were closely tied to the Centre County ones. Please let me know if you find anything on William Evans - would like to add him to my file of Franklin County connections.