Ahnentafel #425 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--)

Some people speculate that she was a Norman and others that she was an Armistead.  I doubt that she was an Armistead.  

Born: ca. 1740
Died: between 1782 and 1819

Buried: Unknown

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 1

Egle, William. Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, PA: State Printer.  The entire set is available online.

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Egle, William. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish & German, Harrisburg, PA: Lane Hart Printer & Binder, 1886.

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Irish, Donna. Pennsylvania German Marriages, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing CO., Inc., 1982.

First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, 1748-1831 Baptisms
John Wolff & Anna Etter (Luth.) parents of John Jacob b. 5 Apr. 1749, bapt. 9 Apr. 1749, Jacob Loescher, sponsor.

First (Trinity) Reformed Church, 1744-1853
Daniel Dewalt & Susanna Grebil parents of Petrus b. 21 May 1762, bapt. 11 July 1762, Georg Meyer & wife sponsors

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Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.

Early Swedish Records - Extracts from Parish Records of Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia. Mr. Rudman, anxious for a speedy and accurate knowledge of his congregation, formed in 1697 and 1698 a list of all the families, and classed them in local districts.  This was inserted in the book, still preserved, which also contains the records of baptisms, marriages, burials, etc. It is here translated from the Swedish. Many of the names being somewhat altered by time, they are written in the modern way, as follows: Baptism names:

• Andrew - Anders
• Benedict - Bengt
• Isaiah - Esaia
• John - Johan
• James - Joens
• Laurence - Lorenz
• Nicholas - Nils
• Stephen - Staphan
• Swan - Sven
• William - Olave

Ahnentafel #424 - John Morehead

Born: between 1745 and 1750 in Prince William Co., Virginia
Died: ca. 1820 in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginia

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary (--?--) ca. 1765

Occupation: a farmer

Religion: probably a Baptist, his daughters married by John Monroe a Baptist minister. Hamilton Parish created in 1730 has served Stafford, Prince William and Fauquier Counties.  Elk Run Church and Turkey Run Church fell within the bounds of this parish.  No early parish registers have survived. Leeds Parish was created out of a part of Hamilton Parish in 1769, no early parish registers have survived.

Records:

1759 - Fauquier County formed from Prince William County.  It is likely that the Morehead family lived in the western part of Prince William County which became Fauquier and did not move into the new county.

1764 - March 2 - John sells 124 acres in Hamilton Parish that had belonged to his father to Samuel Morehead.

Notebook - Mom's Families No. 1

Cocke, Ellen. Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia, Richmond, VA, The Dietz Press, 1939.

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Hamilton, Emory. "John Duncan Killed at Moore's Fort by Chief Logan," Rootsweb Website,

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History of Massac County, Illinois

Gurley-Hinners - George L. Gurley was born on Route #2 Metropolis, near Unit 1 High School, Oct. 11, 1902. At age five he and his parents and brother John, two years younger, moved to a farm on Route #4. The farm had belonged to George's grandfather John Warren (Jack) Gurley and his grandmother Anna Tilker Copley Gurley. John's parents were John Byrd Gurley and Bertha Alice Arnesman Gurley. They lived on the farm for the rest of their lives. Gurley's have now been on this land for 108 years. George's grandparents on his mother's side were Henry Arensman Sr. and Hannah Tilker Copley Arnesman. The John Byrd Gurley's children are: George L., John B., Alice G., and Helen E. Gurley. 

Mattie Hinners Gurley was born on Metropolis Route #3, now Route 45. Where their home stood is now the Metropolis Truck Stop. Mattie's parents were Frederick (Fritz) and Caroline (Carrie) Moller Hinners. The Children of George and Mattie were: George Melvin born 1929, Lindell Dale born 1932. Both are deceased; Wayne L. Gurley who married Vicki Lynn.  Her parents were Beulah Newton and Basel Newton. Wayne works in sales for the Beckman Turf & Irrigation Supply at Chesterfield, MO.  Vicki teaches third grade. They live at Lake St. Louis, MO.

Ahnentafel #374 - Michael Miller

Michael Miller, last name may have been Muller

Born: by 1730, possibly in Germany, possibly in Pennsylvania
Died: between Dec. 1795 & Jan. 1796 probably in Lincoln Co., North Carolina

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Occupation: Farmer

Records:

1754 - Feb. 28 - Mecklenburg Co., NC, Deed, (March, 14, 1764) George Potts of Mecklenburg, cooper to Jacob Forney, distiller of same (lease £50) . . . land on south side Catawba [River], both sides Killons Creek, 300 acres adjoining Killon, granted to Michael Miller 28 Feb. 1754 & sold to Devault Potts, 13 Oct. 1756 . . . George Potts (Seal) Wit: Charles Moore, Leonard Killian (X), ------- [German signature].

1756 - Oct. 13 -  Mecklenburg Co., NC - Michael sold land to Devault Potts, see deed above.

Notebook - Maryland No. 1

Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1904.

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1914.

Brewer, John, Anne Arundel Co., April 5, 1690, Liber 2, Folio 202 - grandfather

• To son John (and Eke) 700 acres unnamed
• To unborn child, if male, 150 acres of tract bequeathed son John afsd.
• To son Joseph and hrs., 200 acres, 1/2 of "Brewington."
• To wife Sarah, extx., personalty.
• Test: Clement Davis, Thos. Sutton, Jos. Burton

Ridgely, Henry Jr., Anne Arundel Co., Sept. 13, 1699, probate Apr. 26, 1700, Liber 6, Folio 371 - uncle

• To wife Catherine, extx. dwelling plantation during life and 200 acres part of "Warren's Ridge."
• To son Henry and hrs., dwelling plantation and 200 acres afsd. at death of wife; also 282 acres, "Ridgely's Beginning," on north side of Rogue Harbor Branch, Patuxent River. 
• To son Nicholas at 18 yrs. of age, and hrs., 275 acres "My Quarter Plantation," at hd. of Broad Ck., and 272 acres "Ridgely's Lot," on north east side of great branch of  Patuxent River.
• To son Charles and hrs., money with which to buy land, at 21 yrs. of age.
• To dau. Ann and hrs., 1/2 of "Huntington Quarter" taken up by testator's father (unnamed) and himself.
• To dau. Eliza: and hrs., 1/2 of 300 acres at Chester at hd. of Morgan's Ck.
• Sons to be of age at 21 yrs. and daus. at 16 yrs. 
• Overseers: Henry Ridgely and brother Charles Greenbury. 
• Test: Robt. Goldsborough, Thos. Reynolds, Wm. Johnson

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1907.

Ahnentafel #372 - (--?--) Crissel, ver. 2

(--?--) Crissel, Crysel, Cricel, Krisel, Krysel

Born: before 1730 based on son Andrew's birthdate, possibly in Germany

Possibilities and possible family connections:

1697 - January 22 - Curdt Jurgen Crissel son of Hans baptised Martinskirche Linden parish, Hannover

1710 - Felix Crisel born Virginia - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1734 - Felix Crisel md. Minnie Anderson, Culpeper Co., VA - Ancestry family tree, no sources

1738 - January 8 - Jacobus & Joannes Crissel baptized at Sankt Paul Katholisch, Koeln Stadt, Rheinland, Prussia, the sons of Wolffgangus Crissel & Eva Nettesheim