Hello, fellow reseachers. I, too, wish to thank Gloria Husk for all the work she has provided to the family. I may be able to add to it regarding Hampshire County and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Everything from this point is taken from a volume called "The Family Stump A Record of The Three Jesses" by Eileen Hiser Dove. Hans Michael Stump arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Phoenix" on September 30, 1743, with his wife Maria Catherine and a young daughter named Maria Catherine. He established his home on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River in what was then Spotsylvania County Virginia. (During the time he lived on this land it became Orange , Frederick , Augusta and Hampshire Counties. After his death it changed to Hardy County, Virginia as it remained until 1860 when it became Hardy County West Virginia) John (Hans) Michael Stump was an aquaintance of George Washington, and possibly Lord Fairfax. George Washington at age 16 surveyed the Stump tract. Michael(i) and Catherine had 3 sons and 3 daughters: (ii) Maria (Mary) Catherine b. Oct 22, 1741, Schlaitdorf Germany m. Jacob Brake Sr. They had one son, Michael Brake. (ii) Michael II b. 1744 m. Sarah Hughes 1763 Children are (iii) Michael III , m. Magdaline Richards (iii) Leonard m. Mary Morrow (iii) Jesse m. Susannah (American Indian) (iii) Catherine m. George Whitecotton (iii) Sarah m. Jacob Simons (iii) Elizabeth m. Felix Welton (ii) George (b. April 8, 1748 may have been named for either George Washington or George Fairfax who were surveying the land about this time) m. Elizabeth Massey. Children are: (iii) George, of whom there is no marriage record. (iii) John, m. Prudence Parsons, Sept 6, 1812 (iii) Emelia (iii) Magdaline (iii) Catherine, married a Cook (iii) Elizabeth, married a Nicholas (iii) Sarah, married Peter Alkier (iii) Charlotte maried a Philips (ii) Leonard b. November 21, 1749, d. November 19, 1828. m. Elizabeth See. Children are (iii) Elizabeth b. July 31, 1774 m. Michael Yoakum (iii) Mary Ann b. January 10, 1776 m. Jonathan Hutton (iii) Catherine b. June 16, 1778 m. Solomon Harness (iii) Hannah b. April 24, 1780 m. William Dyer (iii) George, b. July 11, 1782, died at age of 28 years (iii) Christina, b. Oct 22, 1784, m. Nathan Perrill (iii) Adam b. August 24, 1788 m. Mary Gregg Parsons (iii) Michael b. February 18, 1786, died in infancy (iii) Ann, born Dec 12, 1790 m. Thomas Bonnett (iii) Dorothy, born January 30, 1790, never married (ii) Mary Magdaline b. 1752 m. Jonathan Welton (had 4 children, names unknown) m. Jacob Yoakum Children are (iii) Nancy (iii) William (iii) Solomon b. June 1, 1788, d. June 4, 1840, Pike County IL. (iii) Catherine (iii) George b. 1793 (iii) Jonathan b. 1794 (iii) Sally b. 1795 (iii) Rebecca b. 1797 >From here, this volume traces the line of Jesse Sr., Son of Michael II (ii)and Sarah Hughes. Married to Susannah, Jesse had these children: (iv) Rebecca b. 1810 m. Noah Kesner (iv) Sarah b. July 4, 1811 (iv) Christine b. 1813, m. Godfrey Kesner (iv) Permelia b. abt 1815 married Jeremy Ours, Charles Borror d. in Goodwin IL (iv) Michael b. abt 1819 m. Didarma Kesner, d. January 31, 1839 (iv) Alfred b, Oct 19, 1819 m. Margarette Ketterman, Abigail Ketterman (iv) Hiram b. Feb 12, 1822 (iv) Elizabeth b. 1824 m. Simeon Kesner (iv) Jesse Jr. b. July 2, 1827 m. Permila Kimble, Lavina Ketterman Subsequent listings concentrate on the Jesse Sr. lineage. Occassionally, a branch would fall from the family tree and the wind would blow it westward. If any of these names sound familiar, or if you are trying to locate someone from the Stump family in the 1800's in Grant and Pendleton Counties of West Virginia, e-mail me and I'll try to search it out. Polly Stump Custer