Does anyone have comments on this? hope I am still on the list? In a message dated 11/4/00 2:00:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, SandraG627@aol.com writes: > Name: J W Neff > Email: jwneff@home.com > Note: > We have differences in the ancestry of Michael Stump Sr. > Thurman Stump in his book Michael Stump Senior of Hardy County 1709-1768. > claims that Michael Stump emigrated in 1743 on the PHOENIX with a wife and > children and that Michael Stump of Virginia was b in 1709 in Eberbach, > Germany. > > But we have found conclusive documentary evidence that the Michael Stump > family on the PHOENIX was from Schwaigern, Germany. The Schwaigern Michael > Stump was married to Anna Margaretha and they settled with family in > Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was a wood worker and painter. Michael and > Margaretha had a son Gottlieb born 6 Nov 1748 in Lancaster County. Gottlieb > also was a painter. The Michael Stump, the painter, died in Reading, Pa in > 1775. His estate was administered by his son, Gottlieb. Goettlieb died in > 1797 also in Reading, Pa. > > There is no evidence at all that the Michael Stump born in 1709 in Eberbach > ever married, or emigrated to America. There is no evidence that any of his > family emigrated to America, let alone to the South Fork, in what is now > Hardy County, West Va. > > There is a 10 Sep 1739 marriage record of Michael Stump and Anna Catherine > Neff in the Tulpehocken Luthern Church records. We also find the marriage > records of Leonard Neff and Elizabeth Magdalena Feg in the same church > records. (Stoever) Leonard Neff and Anna Catherine Neff were brother and > sister. Both were born in Michelfeld, Germany and were children when they > arrived in Pennsylvania in 1728 with their family.(See Annette Kunselman > Burgert, 18th Century Emigrants Vol I:The Northern Kraichgau) > > We know that George Washington, when a lad of 16, was on a survey team for > Lord Fairfax. George Washington kept a journal and recorded the survey of Lot > 11 for Leonard Nave (Neff) and Lot 12 for Michael Stump on 2 Apr 1748. From > Hardy County wills and deeds we know that Leonard Neff’s wife was named > Elizabeth and Michael Stump’s wife was named Catherine. The two Tulpehocken > couples disappear from the Lancaster County records about the same time these > two couples show up in Hampshire County, Virginia. Many of their neighbors > were also from the Tulpehocken Valley of Pennsylvania. So, there is little > doubt that Michael Stump and Catherine of Virginia are the ones who married > in Tulpehocken in 1739. > > Thurman Stump discounted the marriage in Tulpehocken between Michael Stump > and Anna Catherine Neff because of the will of Christopher Stump of > Tulpehocken. Thurman assumed that the Michael Stump, son of Christopher, was > the one that married Anna Catherine Neff. However if he had examined > Christopher’s will closely he would have seen that this Michael was in minor > when Christopher made out his will in 1769. If he had noticed this detail he > would have realized that Michael, son of Christopher, was not even born in > 1739. > Christopher is believed to be the son of Johann Georg Stumpf and probably > the brother of the Michael Stump Senior of Virginia .Johann Georg and > Christopher are both found in a Pa tax record of 1725 that covers the > Tulpehocken area. > > Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith] <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag">All My Mama's</A> Maybe I will catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010, <grin>