Every genealogist who has worked on the Henckel / Hinkel / Hinkle line comes to the conclusion that Catherine was the daughter of Anthony 3rd. who came from Pennsylvania and located on Abbott's Creek in Rowan County North Carolina where he was still living as late as 1798 when he paid tax on 3 acres of land. This three acres was sold by his son Wendel or Windle of Kentucky in 1815.
On a torn sheet of the Benjamin Eaton family bible is written the record that Catherine Hinkel, wife of John Fox was born . . . the 5, 1767. The record goes on to record that "John Fox and Catherine Hinkel were married October the 30th, 1783 and the births of ten children are given.
The third child, Amelia, married Benjamin Eaton and the letter quoted below was written by her great granddaughter Mrs. Bessie Cartner Derrick from Robinson, Kansas in 1935.
(Amelia Eaton, Grace Wiseman, Sarah Catherine Cartner, Bessie Derrick)
Speaking of Catherine Hinkel Fox, she says:
My mother told me she would not allow her children to speak English to her.
She taught her children a German hymn and great grand mother Amelia (Fox) Eaton taught it to her children, and Grace (Eaton) Wiseman taught it to her children, however it seems that my mother was the only one of Grandma's
family that ever tried to remember it. Neither my mother or my Grandmother understood German. They memorized the hymn as a parrot does I guess, and Mama only knew one verse and often quoted that for me, for it always amused both her and me to hear her try to speak German.
Soon after my father and mother came to this locality (Brown Co., Kan.) in 1880 a German settlement was made to the north of our community and there was a German M.E. church a few miles away. My mother often quoted the verse of the hymn to German people and to the new pastors as they came to that charge, but not one could translate one word. But in the year 1908 a fine christian, educated German boy came to our locality from Dusseldorf, Germany. The next year he was in our home all winter, one day Mam quoted the verse for him to see if he could recognize enough words to give us a little light on it and to our great astonishment he said, "Why yes, that is a German hymn we often sing at home" and he went to his trunk and got his German hymn book and wrote the first verse in German and under each word he wrote the correct pronunciation and also the English translation for us. This is the verse:
Sing, bet, und geh auf Gottes wegenVerricht daz Deine mir GetreuUnd trau des Kimmels reichem SegenSo wird er bei Dir Worden new;Denn welcher seine ZuversichtAuf Gott setzt, den verlasst or nicht
Fluhart, Danny. Excerpts from Scharf's History of Delaware, Vol. Two, 1888, pages 850, 933, 934, The Ogle Genealogist, Vol. 23, The Ogle/Ogles Family Association, 2002.
Flynn, Janet. The Ogle Family, Dupo, IL: Janet Flynn, nd
The progenitor of the American Ogles was the young Englishman named John Ogle, who came to America in 1664 (called "John Ogle I" herein). Serious researchers of the American Ogle line believe that John Ogle I was descended from the Ogles of Ogle and Bothal Castles, in Northumberland, England. Through years of reading and research, I too believe this. However, this story is intended to tell the story of my American Ogle ancestors, not to delve endlessly into their ancestry. . . .
A brief outline of the Ogle family origins: John Ogle I, born 1648/9 in Eglingham, County Northumberland, England, is believed to be the son of Captain John Ogle of Eglingham and his wife, Eleanor Pringle. According to the article "John Ogle - Souldyer & Planter 1648/9 0 1683,' by Dr. John Ogle Warfield, Jr. of Washington, DC (published in The Ogle Genealogist and the Maryland-Delaware Genealogist, 1978):
"John Ogle born in 1648/9 in County Northumberland, England is believed to be the son of Captain John Ogle of Eglingham and Eleanor Pringle.
"The birth and parentage of John Ogle, immigrant to Delaware, is established by the following two records.
"First, the baptism of '30 Sept. 1649 of John s. John Ogall Capt.' was recorded in the register of Holy Trinity Parish, Berwich-upon-Tweed, County Northumberland, England. The baptism was performed by a relative, Rev. Ogle, who later became Vicar at Berwick. . . . The original parish record read[s] 'Christening 30 September 1649 John s. John Ogall, Chaptain.' . . .
"Secondly, on 25 August 1680 Thomas Wollaston* of White Clay Creek, Delaware, wrote a letter to John Briggs of West Jersey which he gave to John Ogle for delivery. Thomas Wollaston had a debt of three years against John Briggs. John Ogle made the journey and in New York he made an affidavit on 27 August 1680 stating his age thirty two or thereabouts. (Born circa 1648 + 32 = 1680.) The entire record follows:
"John Briggs: Sir I have been sent by the bearer hereof John Ogle your bill which you ordered me to take up from the tailor William Johnson, which you may be so kind to take it to consideration that I have been out of my money for near three years. You say you paid Mr. Shakerly one jj of tobacco. You cannot make it appear, for Mr. Shakerly told me at his coming from your house to New Castle . . . sufficient witness that he had not received one pound and likewise you sent by Mr Hambleton that I could send from under my hand that tobacco, which I did, hoping that you would have been so civil as to have pay it to Mr. Hambleton who I ordered to receive it, therefore, I would desire you to pay it to the bearer or give him a new bill in my name to pay next fall in tobacco or pork according to your promise or else send me your answer for I will take some other course for I will not be kept out of my money much longer. No more at present, respectfully your, Tho. Wollaston, White Clay Creek August 25, 1680. John Ogle aged thirty two or thereabouts, declareth upon . . . that he did nevere receive of John Shakerly any part or parcel upon the account of John Briggs and order further sayeth not. John Ogle sworne the 27th day of August before me. Tra. Whitwell."
At age 14-15 years, John Ogle I immigrated to America as a soldier in the military expedition of Colonel Richard Nicholls who defeated the Dutch and established English rule in New York (then New Amsterdam) and Delaware. Why he left home at such a tender age, is, of course, a mystery. His family was anti-monarchial in their political leanings and fought beside Oliver Cromwell and entertained him in their home. Perhaps when the monarchy was restored, John Ogle I thought it best to make himself scarce. Or, since there were eight children, he may have been the youngest and felt that his chance of inheritance was slight, so sought his fortune elsewhere. Perhaps he craved adventure. We will obviously never know this for certain.
However, history does tell us that on May 25, 1664, Col. Richard Nicolls departed from Portsmouth, England, for America on four ships with 300 soldiers and 450 men. On August 29, 1664, the Nicolls' expedition arrived at New Amsterdam. The Dutch governor, Peter Stuyvesant, surrendered and not a shot was fired. Sir Robert Carr commissioned by Col. Nicolls, pressed on and captured Delaware on September 30, 1664 and Fort Amstel on October 13, 1664. Fort Amstel's name was changed to Newcastle and the British now ruled New York and Delaware. In a letter he wrote to the Duke of York, William Penn calls John Ogle the "one Ogle who came with Captain Carr."
After John Ogle I's service as a soldier in the Nicolls' expedition, he was awarded 800 acres on White Clay Creek, near New Castle, on the Delaware river. He settled down as a planter and married his wife, Elizabeth. . . . .
John Ogle I, Thomas Wollaston, John Biggs, James Crawford and Lieutenant George Hall served together as military comrades in the Nicolls expedition and Ogle, Wollaston and Crawford settled in Delaware as neighbors. . . .
After the Nicolls expedition defeated the Dutch and Swedes, Articles of Agreement were adopted on October 1, 1664 between "Sir Robert Carr on behalfe of his Majestie of Greet Brittaine and the Burgomasters on behalfe of all the Dutch and Swedes of Delaware By and River." The lands of uncooperative Dutch and Swedith settlers were confiscated and granted to the British soldiers. Land grants in Delaware prior to August 1682 were from the Duke of York through his deputies or governors.
In 1667-68 now-Governor Richard Nicolls "in consideration of the good service performed by James Crawford, a souldier" granted a patent unto him for 100 acres in Christine Kill/Creek adjoining Swarten Nutten Island and also "a cottag house in ye Towne of New Castle." . . .
In addition to the land he was awarded for service to his majesty, John Ogle I also bought and sold a number of tracts of land. His lands were located in three areas of Delaware: White Clay Creek Hundred, Mill Creek Hundred and Newcastle Hundred. His lands were on three creeks: White Clay Creek, Christiana Creek and St. Georges Creek. During the 20 years he lived in Delaware, John Ogle I served on jury duty, as appraiser for the court and as overseer of highway construction. Because of these activities, he was involved in a number of legal transactions for which records survive.
The following are typed transcripts of John Ogle's ten land transactions (from Warfield. "John Ogle - Souldyer & Planter 1648/9-1683").
1. In 1667 John Ogle acquired land on Swarten Nutten Island, later known as Lewden Island, in Christiana Creek and Newcastle Hundred. He resided there several years and in 1678 sold this property to John Darby of Maryland for 14,000 pounds of tobacco and caske."
2. On Aug. 1, 1668 Governor Richard Nicolls confirmed a patent granted 1666 for 800 acres known by the name of "Muscle Crupple" in White Clay Creek Hundred, so named because of deposits of white clay along the banks of the stream, 'unto Serjeant Tho. Wallison (Wollaston), Jno. Ogle, John Hendrick and Herman Johnson.' This parcel of land being in White Clay Kill was bounded by the plantations of Hans Bones and James Crawford and by a fresh Creeke at the head of Bread and Cheese Island and running up the Kill about -- of a mile. These parcels of land yielded 'every year unto his Majesty's use eight bushells of wheat as a Quitt rent when it shall be demanded.' John Ogle later assigned his rights to this tract to John Edmonson and the sale was confirmed by patent 15 Jan. 1675.
3. Governor Emund Andros confirmed unto John Ogle a patent dated 5 Nov. 1675 for a tract of land named Hampton lying on the south side of St. Georges Creeke containing 300 acres 'as by the tenure of the Survey under the hand of Capt. Edmund Cantwell, the Surveyor.' 'The quitt rent is three bushells of good winter wheat.'
4. On 5 Mar. 1677/8 George Moore, son and heir of his deceased mother, Anne Wale, appeared in court and acknowledged the sale of certain patent from Governor Edmund Andros bearing date 5 Nov. 1675 'together with ye land and premises therein contayned being a tract of land called Chelsey, lying and being on south of St. Georges Creeke contaynnig 300 acres of land with marrishes (marshes) thereunto adjoining unto John Ogle of Cresteena Creeke, John Ogle of Christeena Creeke and Elizabeth his wyfe acknowledged the sale and making over the above patent land and premises unto John Test of Upland, Merchant, his heirs and assigns forever.'
5. On 8 Mar. 1677/8 Cloes Danielson prays did this day in Court, as attorney for his Mother Jannettie Jaspers, who is proved to be the widdow and soale heir of Harmen Reyndersen, deceased, transport and make over unto John Ogle of Cristina Creeke planter, a certain house and lott of ground lying and being within this Towne of New Castle, lying and being betweene ye lotts of Hans Baenseus and Jean Jacquets behind ye present forte containing according to ye pattent of Gov. Lovelace bearing date 1 May 1671 in length 190 foott and in breadth 82 foott, wood measure, which sd. deed was signed, sealed and delivered by ye sd. Cloes Danielss and by him acknowledged in court.
6. On 6 Jan. 1679/80 appeared in court John Ogle of Christina Creeke and Elizabeth his wife who acknowledged the sale and makeing over a certaine tract of land 300 acres in St. Georges Creeke unto Augustine Dixon of St. Georges, planter, as by the pattent and ye deed of conveiyance for ye same recorded in ye records of Pattents and Conveiyances more att large doth and mary appeare.
7. On 2 Nov. 1681 the court granted to ye hereunder named persons upon their peticions the following parcells of land to take up within this court's jurisdiction provided the land bee cleare and that ye peticoner each for themselves doe seat and improve ye same according to lawe and regulations. To John Ogle for his two sons, Thomas and John Ogle, each 200 acres of land. James Crawford 400 acres.
8. By order of the Court 21 Nov. 1681 John Ogle obtained for his two sons, Thomas and John 435 acres named Fishing Place on the south side of main branch of Christiana Creek. This tract was surveyed 27 Dec. 1687 by Ephraim Herman.
9. John Ogle acquired a tract of 200 acres named Northampton surveyed 16 Aug. 1682, bounded on the south by Christiana Creek and another tract of 74 acres named Eagle Point, surveyed 8 Dec. 1683, on the north side of Christiana Creek.
10. John Ogle purchased 430 acres of land named Hop Yards surveyed 14 Oct. 1683 in Mill Creek Hundred on north side of White Clay Creek. This property was inherited by his two sons, Thomas and John. This land was the last tract acquired by John Ogle.
The following are typed transcripts of some of John Ogle's other transactions (from the Warfield article):
On 4 June 1673 the magistrates at New Castle, under order of the Governor, decided to build a road across the marsh and to build a dyke in the marsh next to the town. Another dyke across Hans Block's Marsh was considered necessary and the inhabitants were ordered to assist in the project by contributing labor or money. The project was strenuously opposed by the settlers because a dyke across Hans Block's Marsh was an improvement to private property. John Ogle was a leader of the objectors and peremptorily informed the magistrates that no dyke would be built under any such unfair conditions. A public meeting was held in the church and John Ogle was put out of the meeting. Mathys Smith and Rev. Jacobus Fabritius, a Lutheran minister from Holland, sided with the objectors. Ogle and Fabritius were arrested and confined in a boat where they continued their imprecations. They were eventually released. Special warrants were issued by the Governor against Ogle and Fabritius who with others had signed a remonstrance. The two leading objectors were ordered to appear in the August court. Fabritius appeared and the proceedings results in the unfrocking of the troublesome person. Ogle failed to appear because of illness and no further action was taken against him.
On 4 May 1675 John Ogle was fined 400 pounds by the court and about the same time he was fined 20 pounds for being one of the persons not brought to the dykes of Block. These fines apparently resulted from John Ogle's objections in the building of the dykes.
On 13 May 1675 the Governor ordered the making the highways. The inhabitants of New Castle, the surrounding area and on the south side of Christiana Creek were made responsible for making a highway, twelve feet wide, from New Castle to Red Lyon (now Pennsylvania?). John Ogle was to be overseer of the inhabitants around Christiana Creek.
On 6 Feb. 1676 the plaintiff, John Ogle, declared that about Nov. 1675 he possessed one heifer two years old which the defendant, Barent Eghberts, took out of possession and from the plantation of the plaintiff and unjustly detayned and converted to his own use. The plaintiff prays that hee may have his said heifer with his cost and damages. The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff with costs of suit.
On 7 Nov. 1676 the plaintiff did not enter a declaration and the defendant, John Ogle, craved a non-suit and the court sustained it. At the same time the plaintiff, John Ogle, declared Henry Jacobs was indebted unto him 80 gilders. The plaintiff produced and proved his account and the court ordered judgement against the defendant with costs.
On 5 Dec. 1676 upon peticon of John Ogle . . . desireing that this court would give them leave when they fetch in their old outlying hoghs to marke, the yound ones that shall be with them in presence of their neighbors in Chrisitana Creek . . .
On 5 June 1677 John Ogle was appointed appraizer at other times and also on jury duty.
On 5 June 1677 a court action by the plaintiff, John Ogle, against George More, the defendant, was withdrawn by the plaintiff.
On 5 June 1677 Symon Gibson, plaintiff demands payment of the debt of 1700 pounds of tobacco and caske. The defendant, John Ogle, stated he paid several sumes toward the debt and tenders to pay the remainder before tomorrow night. In case the tobacco bee not good the defendant is willing to suffer judgement to passe against him which the court doe allow.
On 19 Sept. 1677 John Browning, administrator of the estate of John Gilbert, plaintiff, declared that John Ogle, defendant, owed as per declaration 480 pounds of tobacco. The defendant alleged not to owe so much. Action suspended until next court.
On 9 Nov. 1677 John Ogle was among those listed as titheable persons living in the jurisdiction of the court of New Castle.
On 5 Mar. 1677/8 an attachment by the plaintiff, John Ogle, laid upon a mare of the defendant, John Tarkington, in ye hands of Rob Williams. The plaintiff not having any bill and not prooveing his declaration is not suited.
Ralph Hutchinson, in his will dated 16 Feb. 1679/80 and proved 31 Dec. 1683 in New Castle County, bequeathed 6 colts to John Ogle's two sons.
John Ogle I died intestate in New Castle County, Delaware in 1683/4 at the young age of 34 years. During the nearly 20 years he lived in Delaware, he accumulated a large and valuable estate, which he left to his widow, Elizabeth, and their two sons. According to an entry in old Delaware court records, Elizabeth Ogle was appointed administratrix of her late husband's estate. She proved to be a Cwoman of good judgment and competence in caring for her minor children. Later New Castle court records list her as "titheable" and living on Christiana Creek, assessed with 1,000 acres of land.
In 1684, Elizabeth Ogle became involved in a historic boundary dispute between Lord Baltimore and William Penn, as reflected by the letter of Samuel Land, Sheriff of New Castle, read at a council meeting at Philadelphia in March 1684. Mr. Land's letter states:
"Colonel George Talbot and three musquestars had visited ye houses of widow Ogle, Jonas Erskin and Adries Tille and told them if they would not forthwith yield obedience to ye Lord Baltimore, owe him to be their proprietor and pay rent to him, he would turn them out of their houses and take their land from them."
The council appointed a committee to look into the actions of Lord Baltimore and draw up a declaration to hinder his illegal proceedings. At a subsequent meeting of this council on July 10, 1684, in Philadelphia, the council was informed that:
"the widdow Ogle's hay was thrown into ye Creek and Andrew Stelle's clouths terne by Colonel Talbot's people who did it by his order."
The differences were settled. William Penn retained for Pennsylvania that which Lord Baltimore had attempted to claim for Maryland. The location of the boundary dispute near Christiana bridge (six miles from New Castle) was later marked by a state historical marker.
Elizabeth (--?--) Ogle's exact date of death is not known, but is believed to be circa 1690. John and Elizabeth had two sons, Thomas and John. The American generations are descended from their son, Thomas Ogle. Their son, John Ogle, died childless.
Thomas Ogle married 1) Mary Crawford, daughter of Dr. James Crawford, another member of Sir Richard Nicolls' expeditionary force and a Delaware neighbor of the Ogles, and 2) Mrs. Elizabeth Graham. Thomas and his first wife, Mary (Crawford) Ogle, had eight children. Thomas and his second wife, Elizabeth (--?--) (Graham) Ogle had six children. In his 55 years of life, Thomas increased his land holdings to 2,500 acres, a large estate at that time (until it was divided between 14 heirs).
. . . In the 1730's Benjamin Ogle [son of Thomas & Mary (Crawford) Ogle] and his wife began a series of moves typical of the restless American colonists. They left Delaware, along with his brother, Major Joseph Ogle, and his half-brother, Alexander Ogle (from Thomas' second marriage). They n as execuwere living in Frederick County, Maryland . . .
Jacob Anthony Henckel (1709-1751) Innkeeper on the Germantown Road, typescript from Davie Co., Public Library, Mocksville, NC
Anthony Jacob 2nd as called to distinguish him from his father and his son, was born in Daudenzell, Germany, July 9, 1709, came to America with his father Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel, in 1717. He died January 21, 1751 at his home now in the 00 block, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was buried beside his parents in St. Michael's Lutheran Churchyard.
His will dated January 17, 1751, proved in February of the same year (Will Book 1, p. 362, City Hall, Philadelphia) names his wife Anna Margareta and oldest son John as executors "with the condition of the two aforesaid executors as to their advice and counsel accept and use those two men, viz; Henry Keppele, my dear godfather, at Philadelphia and Anthony Gilbert, my trusted friend in Germantown, so that in weighty matters they may be advised by them, and without their advice not to execute anything."
He named "my only daughter, Mary Barbara," and provided for the education of all of his children in school and church, also for the partition of his entire estate when the youngest child was ten years of age.
In case his widow should marry again, she was to have the privilege of remaining on the estate during that period, her third part of all movables and revenues, according to law. He further provided for the upbringing and comfort of his children and for the support, in her care, until each one was twelve years of age; and for the protection and preservation of their property rights.
His signature, Antoni Henckel, was witnessed by Peter Brumholtz, Anthony Gilbert and Baltzer Hoffman.
His mother, Maria Elizabeth lived with im until her death January 23, 1744, and about 1730-31, he married Anna Margaret (--?--). They remained on the home plantation until 1739 when he purchased Lot 2 Cresheim, now Germantown, Philadelphia, more than 29 acres, there built an inn, a blacksmith ship, and wagon yards. "For many years, he kept an inn on the Germantown road, in the district known as Cresham" (Early Families, Friends, in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Roberts, 1925, p. 303(.
His daughter, Mary Barbara (Hinkle) (Conrad) Evans, remained in Germantown.His son John, went to York County, Penn.His son Philip settled in Bucks County, Penn.His son Anthony 3rd. to Rowan County, NCHis son Charles to Rowan County, NCHis son Peter to Rowan County, NCHis son Michael to Rowan County, NCHis son Henry to Rowan County, NCHis son Benjamin to Rowan County, NC
Benjamin and Michael located on Dutchman Creek, in the Forks of the Yadkin, in what is now Davie County. The other four settled on Abbotts Creek in what is now [Davidson County].
Jacob [Anthony Henckel 3rd] . . ., typescript from Davie Co., Public Library, Mocksville, NC
[The first line is mostly gone.]
In the survey, the line ran west with the original line "including three acres" also "on the south side of the Meeting House Road in the original line." (Book 4, p. 86, Davidson Co., NC Records).
In the fall of 1787, Rev. Paul Henckle says in his journey that he returned from a preaching trip made to Rowan County, NC. He was accompanied as far as his home in Virginia by Mrs. Anthony Hinkle, "My father's cousin's wife" as he says. She was on her way to visit her old home, New Holland, Penn. and was on horseback, carrying her little son.
In the tax lists of Rowan County for 1798, Capt. Harman's District, Anthony Hinkle, Sr. was paying tax on 3 acres of land, no pole [poll] tax, black or white, and no stud tax.
Waggoning between NC and Penn. seems to have been the main business of Anthony 3rd, his sons Wendel and Nathan and his brothers Charles, Peter, Henry, Benjamin and Michael. All of whom were located in Rowan County and on Abbots Creek except Benajmin and Michael who bought land on Dutchman Creek. In both the Records of the Moravians and the Penn. Archives there are references to the Hinkle Wagons carrying supplies and letters, and during the Revolutionary War they carried army supplies also.
In NC State Records Vol. 10, pages 53-54, 56, 851 are items pertaining to Anthony Hinkle carrying supplies from Philadelphia to NC. "Philadelphia Oct. 18, 1776. Per Anthony Hinkle's wagon . . . No. 7 a case containing 131 Privates coats, drab cloth, faced with red. 154 Privates coats, brown, faced with red."
As for the children of Anthony Hinkle, the records are not very complete. His family bible, owned by the son Wendel has recorded the births of only three, Wendel, Nathaniel and Elizabeth. Nathaniel's is also recorded at St. Michael's and the Earltown Lutheran Church book gives the names of Anthony, Henry, Margaret and Peter. However, several pages of this book are hopelessly faded, so that the dates are as follows:
Wendel born March 3, 1757Nathaniel born March 7, 1758Elisabeth born Jan. 10, 1773Anthony born May 11, 1770Henry born Oct. 4, 1771Margaret baptized April 27, 1777Peter born Jan. 7, 1781
Wendel Hinkle married Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Philip Fox, who was a near neighbor on Abbots Creek. Wendel and Elizabeth are buried at Pleasantville, Sullivan Co., Indiana, Lutheran churchyard.
Nathaniel or Nathan Hinkle was buried at Hymera, Sullivan Co., Ind.Anthony Hinkle died in Springfield, Robertson Co., Tenn.Henry Hinkle "went west"Elizabeth Hinkle married George Smith and went to Sullivan Co., Ind.Peter Hinkle went to Tenn.
Ogle, Henry. Ogle & Bothal: or A History of the Baronies of Ogle, Bothal & Hepple & the Families of Ogle and Bertram, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Andrew Reid & Company, 1902.
It is known from the grant of arms to Mark Ogle in 1535 that this branch sprung from the main line of the family after its alliance with the Bertrams of Bothal in 1351, but there is no one to connect them to until we come to the children of Sir Robert Ogle, whose son John was given land in the north of Northumberland and whose son William held land in Choppington and may also have had land in the north of the county, for John his brother made him, in 34 Henry VI, and in 38 Henry, a trustee for lands at Unthank, Detchant, Chilcroft in Belford, Yessington, Lowick, Berwick, etc.; the nearest of these is only six miles from Eglingham, and Detchant afterwards belonged to this branch of the family. Again William had two sons, Gawen Ogle of Choppington and Henry; from what follows the latter will be seen to be the same as the Henry Ogle who on the 23rd of March, 6 Henry VIII (1514), had a gift of lands in Eglingham and Bewick, and some years later the nephews of Henry, Cuthbert Ogle of Choppington and John Ogle of Ogle castle, had a 41 years' lease of the rectory of Eglingham which they divided between them, two of the deeds connected therewith being noted in the Eglingham Deeds. The evidence is presumptive that Mark, Cuthbert, and Luke Ogle (and possibly John and Matthew Ogle), are sons of Henry above, but by a deed dated the 12th of June, 1526 it appears that Robert, Lord Ogle made indentures with Cuthbert Ogle, clerk, referring to Ingram, Huntlaw, Greenshields, and Hilary term following there was a deed of recovery executed in which Mark and Matthew Ogle were principals; these places are found afterwards to belong to the family in addition to Downham which was this Cuthbert Ogle's, who also on the 28th of March, 1533 (then parson of Ford and Stanhope), wrote to Richard Cromwell from Eglingham, and is mentioned in 31 Henry VIII as having lately purchased lands and tenements in Eglingham. On the 18th of August, 1535, Mark Ogle of Eglingham had a grant of arms, by which it will be seen that the Musgrave arms are in chief, while the Ogle arms quartering those of Bertram are debased, which probably means that Mark's father married a Musgrave and that he preferred his descent from Musgrave to that from Ogle, but for what reason is not obvious. The broken tombstone in Eglingham church which bears a floriated cross, a sword, and probably a staff, has been attributed to Mark Ogle, but does not bear his arms and probably is the tombstone of Cuthbert Ogle, parson of Ford, etc., who was also a fighting man, and the arms shown are simply those of Ogle quartering Bertram, and in 1700 this family used the ordinary arms of Ogle. John Ogle was rector of Ingram from 1514 to 1532, and Luke Ogle of Eglingham occurs by name in 1549 and in a pedigree of the family given in 1715, which appears to be quite correct: this Luke is shown as the first known ancestor and not Mark Ogle as assumed some years later.
. . . . Luke Ogle was the earliest known ancestor of this branch of the family when a pedigree was sent in 1715 to the Herald's College, the pedigree is correct in its other parts and there is no reason why it should not be correct in its other parts and there is no reason why it should not be correct here, however this Luke does not appear as having held Eglingham and was dead before the 6th of October 1541.
He married . . . (To XV, below)
John Ogle was rector of Ingram from 1514 to 1532, but there is no proof of his being rightly placed here.
Matthew Ogle occurs with Mark Ogle as a demandant in a deed of recovery dated Hilary 18 Henry VIII, concerning Ingram, Huntlaw and Greenshields.
XV - Luke Ogle of Eglingham was a son of Luke Ogle, and presumably a nephew of Mark Ogle with whom he had by letters patent dated the 6th of October, 1541, the grant of a lease of Burton for their lives, and it was stipulated in the lease that on the death of either of the lessees the moiety of Burton should revert to the Crown, Mark Ogle died and his moiety was relet to this Luke on the 15th of November, 1550, but before this, in 1549, he was mentioned as Lucas Ogle of Eglingham, in a list of the gentlemen of Northumberland amongst whom were also Lord Ogle and others, and in 1550 he was called one of the gentlemen of the East Marches; so that he probably inherited Eglingham from his uncle before the year 1549. In 1552 he was, with Ralph Collingwood and others, an overseer of the night watches between Bowton (?), Titlington and Harehope, but on the 21st of September, 1553, a council assembled to provide for a complete system of watch and ward, and Luke Ogle of Eglingham was then deputed to watch from the water of Aln to Hetton burn on the east side of the Till, including Bamburghsire, and he was also a commissioner for enclosures on the East Marches, and again in 1562 and he was high sheriff in 1565, in which year Carham parsonage was stated to be in the occupation of John Carr of Ford, Luke Ogle and Collingwood, the constable of Etal castle, men of approved honesty and service. In 1568 'Luc Ogle' held Downham, West Lilburn and Eglingham, and in 1570 he, as Luke Ogle, esq., took the inventory of William heron of Crawley. Between the years 1577 and 1587 Ingram (Angreham) was held by Denton of Cardrew, Luke Ogle and . . . Swinburne of Capheaton, and in 1577 he presented the living there, so it is clear he succeeded to the third part of Ingram granted to Cuthbert Ogle. On the 6th of July, 1579, John Selbie of Burton complained against him and others for taking his land, and he stated that his father had been ' in his demesne as of fee accordinge to the laudable custom of tenant righte' of a small tenement in Burton, which custom had always been used near the borders of Scotland, as the inhabitants were bound to serve on the border against the Scots, and Luke Ogle and others forcibly took his possessions and certain writings had got into their hands. In reply Luke Ogle asserted that the lordship of Burton does lie and adjoin upon the borders of Scotland, for which he, the defendant, is yearly charged with rents reserved by the several leases, which rents he must answer and pay for, and he denied that the complainant was seized in his demesne as of fee. During his occupation Richard Burrill and Elizabeth, his wife, also complained that Luke Ogle with 17 persons on the 17th of June last did by force of arms enter into one messuage and divers other lands and put out Burrill's young children, they being inhabitants of Burton. He apparently established his claims, for on the 10th of March, 159/80, he is mentioned as being the ruler of Burton and Shipley, and the same year there was a muster of the East Marches, and he, as Luke Ogle of Eglingham, esq., is mentioned under the place Downham with four tenants, and also under West Lilburn with Shipley and Burton, being his majesty's under Luke Ogle, whose horsemen were 13. On the 19th of July 1585, he was present with James Ogle of Causey park at a meeting on the Borders which terminated in a fight, and Lord Russell was killed, the English being chased four miles and James Ogle taken prisoner. In 1586 he seems to have been publicly employed, for he issued a report from Embleton Moot hall, 'Queen's House Mutehall.' On All Hallows' day, 1587, he and Robert Hadstown of Eglingham were sufferers by a raid made on their premises, and on the 4th of April 1589, he is mentioned in the will of Thomas Forster, of Adderstone (a son to Thomas Forster, see above) as having the tenure of the tithes of corn sheaves and hay of Downham, and Sir Thomas Grey of Chillingham by will mentions him as the father of Christopher Ogle. He frequently occurs as a public man, and in 1591 Queen Elizabeth issued a commission to him to survey the castle of Dunstanburgh. His will is dated the 5th of July, 1596. He probably died in 1597, for on the 23rd of November of that year Samuel Fox wrote to Sir Robert Cecil saying that the lease of the moiety of Burton and Shipley, part of the duchy of Lancaster, were conferred upon him, a place so far off and so near bad neighbours that he never received profit from it, his especial hindrance being Luke Ogle, who had the other moiety given him by King Henry, his name and credit carrying away all. Ogle being now dead, he prayed that in demising Mr. Ogle's moeity due regard might be taken of his own portion.
. . . Eglingham - In 1204, King John confirmed to the monks of Tynemouth their lands in Eglingham with the church there. In 1514 certain lands in Eglingham and Bowick were granted as a gift to Henry Ogle. On the 18th of March 1533, Cuthbert Ogle, a priest, dated a letter from here. The same year Cuthbert Ogle of Choppington had a lease of the rectory of Eglingham, which in 1534 he divided with his brother John. In 1535 Mark Ogle of Eglingham had a grant of arms. John Ogle possessed the half titles in 1565, and his son Clement in 1574 had a renewal of half the rectory in 1574. The other half descended to Gregory Ogle of Choppington, which was in possession of his widow Margery in 1563/4, and was granted to her sons in 1581. In 1604/5, Eglingham had been in the late possession of Luke Ogle, who left a son and heir Henry, aged 4 1/2 years, and it was apparently still held in 1607 and 1618, for the heir, Henry, who in 1649 appears as a witness to a grant to his son John Ogle of Eglingham of five farmholds there. In 1663 Eglingham town is shown as belonging to Mr. John Ogle, so it appears that the father, Henry, having been a very strong parliamentarian, must have made over to his son John the greater part of his property prior to the Restoration, but however that may be, he entailed the property prior to the Restoration, but however that may be, he entailed the property he held in 1668 on John's son Henry and his brother Robert, with remainder to his own sons John and Nicholas. Henry Ogle, the grandson, and his wife, Appolina, were in possession in 1675, when they executed a deed to lead to a recovery of Eglingham and other estates, and in 1691 Eglingham mill was released to him. In 1700/1 he by will left his son James £1,000 charged upon the estate, having before this settled it upon his eldest son Henry, who had been, however, born before marriage with his second wife Grace Widdrington, and after his father's death, in 1712 tried to recover the estate, but his uncle intervened, and apparently gained his case, for in 1714 this estate was released to him, and on the 29th of December of the same year, Robert Ogle of Eglingham settled it in trust for the use of himself with a settlement for his wife Dorothy. This was revoked in 1718, and entailed upon his children, and this also was, with various other settlements, cancelled in 1724, and he mortgaged Eglingham for £5,000 to James Fryer, and settled the estate upon Richard Grieve for the use of his second son John and his heirs . . .
Eglingham Hall - The former mansion house at Eglingham was a long old fashioned building in shape like the letter L. The wing running back contained the servants' hall, huge kitchens, brewhouse, etc., on the ground floor; and sleeping apartments above. The front range consisted of three rooms in length, all of them being low browed and fitted up with wainscot, which gave them a sombre and solemn appearance. The windows possessing stout mullions were very small. The upper rooms of this front range were hung with tapestry, some of which is still preserved. High over the dark grey roof hung many a huge old tree, adding a deeper gloom to this secluded mansion. The present fine lawn and pasture were then thickly clad with broom and furze, whilst huge rocks were almost rearing their heads into the very door. The old hall door was studded with nails, the knocker, of formidable dimensions, being a lever suspended from a lion's mouth, and was upwards of two feet long, with a knob as large as a three pound shot. The dining-room was, after the manner of the times, graced with steel, jack and bill and broad sword weapons. The family had long been used to arms, the gallant Mark Ogle had a special grant of arms from is sovereign for good service done against the Scots at Flodden Field. The oak bar or bolt of the door of the mansion consisted of a beam about six inches square, and was drawn across the door to prevent it being forced from the outside, when not in use it was pushed back into a hole made in the thickness of the wall. In the days of Henry Ogle, Cromwell paid a visit here, and the room is still shown where he slept.
Mathias, Frank. James Turner Morehead, biography from unidentified book, do as I say, not as I do and copy the title pages! Appears to be a book about the Kentucky Governors.
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James Turner Morehead was born on May 24, 1797, near Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky, a son of Armistead and Lucy Latham Morehead. He became the state's first native-born son to rise to the governorship. Armistead's father, Charles Morehead II, of Fauquier County, Virginia, was the grandfather of both James Morehead and Charles S. Morehead (governor 1855-1859) as well as the great-grandfather of Simon Bolivar Buckner (governor, 1887-1891). James was also a second cousin of John Motley Morehead, elected governor of North Carolina in 1840.
Soon after Morehead's birth the family moved to Russellville where James later began his education. He attended Transylvania University, 1813-1815, then studied law under Judge H.P. Broadnax and John J. Crittenden. He was admitted to the bar in 1818 and soon won a reputation as an able lawyer after opening a practice in Bowling Green. On May 1, 1823, he married Susan A. Roberts of Logan County.
Morehead gradually became involved in public affairs during the riotous 1820s. Although he favored the proposed bankruptcy laws at this time, he could not sanction the New Court established by the relief party and became instead a known supporter of the Old Court. His rise to political prominence was rapid after the settlement of the court controversy. He was elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1828, serving until 1831. In that year he became chairman of the committee on internal improvements, reporting the bill for a state subscription to the Maysville-Lexington Road. During the same year he served as a member of the National Republican convention at Baltimore that nominated Henry Clay for the presidency.
Morehead's rise to the governor's office began with his nomination as candidate for lieutenant governor at the state National Republican convention in Frankfort, December 1831. Richard A. Buckner headed the ticket, but Morehead won by a larger margin than anyone in the race. Indeed, of the four men involved, he was the only one to carry his home county, in this case Warren. Morehead defeated Benjamin Taylor by a margin of 2,582 votes, led both tickets, and with the defeat of his running mate wound up National Republican lieutenant governor alongside Gov. John Breathitt, the victorious Democrat.
Governor Breathitt's death from tuberculosis on February 21, 1834, came as a sharp blow to Democratic hopes, for Lieutenant Governor Morehead, a Clay man, was sworn into office the next day. James Guthrie a leading Democrat, was elected president of the Senate, filling the vacancy caused by Morehead's assumption of duties. Morehead showed a conciliatory attitude by retaining Lewis Saunders as secretary of state. A Democratic editor believed that Morehead's attitude "augurs well in favor of an imparital administration of the Executive Department."
Conciliatory gestures on the part of the Whigs (the new name for the National Republicans) ended with the returns from the elections of August 1834. When the General Assembly convened for the 1834-1835 session, it counted a five-man Whig majority in the senate and a vast forty-nine man majority in the house. In spite of Democratic cries of irregularity James Guthrie was ousted as president of the Senate, and James Clark, who would soon campaign as the Whig gubernatorial candidate, was elected in his place. But Morehead and the Whigs would not let Guthrie off easily. He was soundly thrashed by John J. Crittenden a few weeks later when the legislature voted 94-40 against him in selecting a United States senator. In short, Morehead came to power about the time Whig victories in state elections began to be taken for granted.
It was the fate of James Morehead to come to power in the middle of a gubernatorial term; thus he had no call to continue the political plans of his Democratic predecessor or time to develop many ideas or issues of his own. It is true that he had power in the legislature, but any governor of this era was little more than the executor of the will of that body; the office offered few leadership opportunities. Moreover, state revenues came to little more than $400,000 annually, and in their use the governor's hands were tied to the point that patronage was inconsequential. These things must be kept in mind in any assessment of Morehead as governor or any other governor of the era.
Morehead could hardly go wrong politically in backing internal improvements, that most popular of all causes in antebellum Kentucky. He successfully urged the legislature to launch surveys and lay plans for the improvement of navigation in Kentucky's rivers. He was the first ex officio president of Kentucky's permanent Board of Internal Improvements, later becoming board president by appointment of the next governor. Unfortunately the Morehead administration's fine plans for rivers were never executed owing to the Panic of 1837. But at least the Lexington & Ohio Railroad was completed to the bluffs above Frankfort during his administration in 1835.
Morehead paid only lip service to the genuine needs of education, but in this he was typical of most governors of his era. Nevertheless, two groups that became active during this gubernatorial term soon had a decided effect on education in the state. Later in 1833 the Kentucky Association of Professional Teachers united in Lexington as the first teachers' organization in the state. In February 1834 the Kentucky Common School Society was formed and it soon had the support of the teachers' group. Efforts were quickly under way to gain public and political recognition of the need for, and an acceptance of, a common school system. Although the 1830-1837 era produced little legislation other than the severely weakened 1830 school law, public and political attention was gradually being awakened, and legislation to produce a uniform system of education would soon follow. Morehead deserves some credit for giving his blessing to this development.
Morehead agreed with others of his political persuasion that the old title of National Republican no longer described a faction opposed to the new principles and policies of the Jackson forces. Jackson's celebrated "removal of the deposits" of the Bank of the United States late in 1833 generated the political heat needed to bring about a re-dedication and a new name for all opposing forces. The name Whig was used by Morehead and the anti-Jacksonites as perfectly fitting for their opposition to the usurpation of King Andrew. Whig first appeared as the party made in the Lexington Intelligencer on April 25, 1834. An appeal was made for all freedom-loving Kentuckians to enter the ranks of this new party. The first great Whig convention was called for July 4, 1834, at Frankfort. Some five thousand people from forty-five counties sent delegates to the event hosted by Governor Morehead.
Morehead must be ranked as an adequate caretaker governor. He did nothing to hinder education, presided over the birth of the Whig party, and gave his energy to the politically safe path of advancing internal improvements. He also favored judicial reform and denounced the abolitionists, two courses that would not hurt him or his party in Kentucky. Although Morehead was an eligible incumbent, factionalism within the party made him temporarily unavailable to Whig leaders, thus he was not nominated to run in 1836.
Morehead served again in the state house in 1837-1838. A slavery advocate, he joined John Speed Smith as a commissioner in an 1839-1840 trip to Ohio's General Assembly to arrange for the return of fugitive slaves. In 1841 he and his faction overcame the manipulation of Robert "Old Duke" Wickliffe's group, thus winning Morehead appointment as United States senator. He served from February 20, 1841 to March 3, 1847. Ever the supporter of his colleague Henry Clay, Morehead was prominent in his defense of the federal bank bill. He was against the annexation of Texas, yet when war came, he joined other Whig senators in voting it support. He wrote and published some items of merit, particularly An Address in Commemoration of the First Settlement of Kentucky (1840) and Practice in Civil Actions & Proceedings at Law (1846). James T. Morehead spent his last years practicing law in Covington, where he died on December 28, 1854. He was buried in the state cemetery in Frankfort.
Suggested readings: Willard Rouse Jillson, "Early Political Papers of Governor James Turner Morehead," Register 22, Sep. 1924 and 23, Jan. 1925.
Ogle, Wayne. Note Concerning John Ogle of Delaware, The Ogle Genealogist, The Ogle/Ogles Family Association, nd
This note applies to all individual charts on the following pages which begin with John Ogle, the soldier, at Newcastle, Delaware, in 1664.
In a letter from William Penn to the Duke of York, John Ogle was called "one Ogle who came with Captain Carr" on the British expedition which captured Delaware from the Dutch in 1664. In 1672, John Ogle was called "soldier at Newcastle." He said he was "32 years old or thereabouts" in a statement believed to have been signed in 1680. In 1673 he was addressed as "you, John Ogle, are an Englishman." In 1684 he was called by his widow, Elizabeth, "my late husband John Ogle" in disposing of the 1000 acres of land he owned at his death, which occurred between 8 December 1683 and 8 February 1684.
Colonial records, especially of Pennsylvania and Delaware, have been searched diligently by genealogists, researchers and professional and lay historians, in efforts to determine John Ogle's date of birth, date of death, parentage, date of marriage, and wife's maiden name, so far without avail. According to Dr. Simeon Todd, Ogle family genealogist of the 19th century, John Ogle married Elizabeth Wollaston, but no proof of this marriage is known to exist. Family historian William J. McIntosh stated in 1979: "John Ogle married Elizabeth - Dr. Todd said for sure Wollaston; I put Wollaston with a question mark, chiefly because I've never found any proof of it."
In 1983, researcher Peter Stebbins Craig published an article which he coauthored, which included this statement: "Peter Jochimson (name later Anglicized to Yokum) probably also had a daughter named Elizabeth Petersdotter, who later married John Ogle, one of the soldiers participating in the English conquest of the Dutch . . . in 1664." In 1686, Elizabeth Ogle, John Ogle's widow, conveyed property known as "Hopyard" to Peter Peterson Yocum, though she and her children continued to live on the property, according to Mr. Craig. His final conclusion was: "Peter Peterson Yocum's involvement insubsidizing the home of widow Ogle and her two sons for over 15 years is convincing evidence that she was his sister." By 1986, Mr. Craig had dropped the probability qualification, and wrote: "Elizabeth Petersdotter married a young English soldier named John Ogle, who participated in the 1664 conquest of New Netherlands."
The editorial board of the Ogle/Ogles Family Association, while acknowledging the excellent research conducted by Mr. Craig, believes at this point that the basis he has given for concluding that John Ogle married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Jochim (Yokum), is too nebulous to be accepted without additional supportive evidence. However, since substantive doubt has been cast on the earlier assertion by Dr. Todd that John Ogle married Elizabeth Wollaston, the board has determined that henceforth, and until such time that more positive evidence becomes available about her identity, the wife of John Ogle of Delaware in 1664 shall be known in Association records as "Elizabeth, maiden name not known" or Elizabeth (--?--).
In various Colonial documents John Ogle was called "yeoman" or "esquire," but no document has ever been found showing him having the title "sir." None of the numerous theories of John Ogle's parentage has ever been conclusively proved.
Ogle, Wayne. Slices of History of England & Northumbria (Roots of the Ogle Family), The Ogle Genealogist, Vol. 18, The Ogle/Ogles Family Association, 1997.
Who were our earliest known Ogle ancestors in England? From where did they come? What kind of people were they? Under what conditions did they live, work, fight and die?
In 1066 the most famous event in British annals occurred, forever changing the history of Great Britain. William of Normandy became the last successful invader of England. . . . The Norman Conquest was a significant historical event for the Ogles living in Northumberland and for all Ogle descendants since that period. Previously, no Ogle had been identified by any known name in any records that have survived. However, the takeover of property and associated record keeping initiated by King William resulted in the first Ogle being identified.
Without direct evidence we can only conclude that a person named Ogle (or its equivalent with various spellings) gave his name to the place that was, before the Norman Conquest of 1066, in possession of one whose son's surname was the same as the place name. This person's son was listed as Humphrey de Hoggel [Ogle]; i.e., Humphrey of Ogle.
This earliest, certain reference was before 1138, according to some English historians, probably between 1095 and 1120. Walter fitz William, who came with William the Conqueror, was given the barony of Whalton, which included what is now the township of Ogle.
Walter's deed, apparently undated, granted to Humphrey de Hoggel [Ogle] all such lands and liberties as he or any of his predecessors had before the coming of the Normans into England. . . . The grant referred to Hoggel's [Ogle's] culture of arable land, with permission to build a mill. Historians record that in Northumbria one or two Saxon families survived - the Ogles of Ogle and the Roddams of Roddam - who probably did homage for their lands. At least seven lords and thirty knights descended from Humphrey Ogle, Esq.
The source of our name (Ogle) is uncertain. The name could have come from a variety of sources, including the Swedish name Ogell that existed early in the eighth century. Some researchers believe that the name Ogle, or its equivalent, was Gotho-Scandinavian, possibly from Jutland. . . .
Northumberland in the thirteenth century changed little during the two hundred years or so since the Conquest. The countryside still gave the impression of a great forest interspersed with areas of farmland and undrained marshes. The inhabitants of a fair sized village would consist of the Lord of the Manor, a few free tenants and villagers, and a couple of dozen farmers of the lord's land. King, Lord and Church controlled the lives of the ordinary man in the thirteenth century, and throughout the Middle Ages.
About the middle of the thirteenth century, Northumberland was legally and formally united to the British Crown. . . . [During Edward III's reign] Robert Bruce's son, King David II, was captured by the English and for a brief time held prisoner in Ogle Castle by Sir Robert Ogle (1205-1350) until "the Bruce" was transferred to the Tower of London. . . .
Interestingly, most Ogles and Ogleses in America are very likely descendants of Edward I through the children of Sir Robert Ogle (1380-1436) of Ogle Castle, and Matilda (Maud) Grey, daughter of Sir Thomas Grey of Heton. Matilda, a descendant of King Edward I, married Sir Robert in 1399. They had several children. Sir Robert left thirty-seven towns to his heirs.
Sir Henry A. Ogle, in his impressive Ogle and Bothal printed in 1901, contends that the Ogles of America are descended from William Ogle (c. 1412-1474?) of Choppington, the third son of Sir Robert Ogle and Matilda Grey. Sir Henry apparently was referring to Governor Samuel Ogle of Maryland and his line, since Sir Henry was seemingly unaware of our immigrant John Ogle of Delaware and the myriad other Ogles throughout the United States. Nicholas Ogle, younger brother of Captain Henry Ogle (1600-1669) of Eglingham, was the great grandfather of Gov. Samuel Ogle.
Ironically, Sir Henry may well have been correct (unknowingly) about the line of most of us Ogles in America. The ancestral line of young, immigrant John Ogle, of the Eplingham line, most likely did go through William Ogle of Choppington. . . .
The Ogles at many locations in Northumberland must have been affected by this plague [Black Death 1348-1350], including Sir Robert Ogle of Ogle (1295-1350), one of our most active, warlike and famous ancestors. In 1341, just seven years before the plague hit England, Sir Robert Ogle captured five Scottish knights during one of three excursions King David Bruce made into England. Also in 1341, because of his services to the crown, Sir Robert was given permission to crenellate [a license to crenellate basically gave the owner permission to fortify their home / lands] the manor house. Thereafter, it became known as Ogle Castle. Five years later, in 1346, David Bruce II, King of Scotland was temporarily imprisoned in Ogle Castle.
According to Sir Henry A. Ogle, among the many positions and titles held by Sir Robert was steward of the Archbishop of York's many church properties in Hexhamshire in 1346 and 1350. Since Sir Robert appears to have died in 1350, he may have been a victim of the Black Plague that swept through Hexham, only about fifteen or twenty miles from Ogle Castle. . . .
Following the Battle of Flodden (1513) in which English forces defeated the Scots and James IV of Scotland was killed, there were no major wars between Scots and English. . . . Robert, fourth Lord Ogle, of Ogle and Bothal (1480-1532), was one of forty soldiers knighted for bravery and leadership in the decisive battle. . . .
Our Ogle ancestors were involved in plenty of "reiving," (raiding) and border warfare. The Ogle motto "Prenez en gre" (Take in Goodwill) seemed to have referred specifically to raids into Scotland and taking Scottish cattle and whatever else they wanted. . . .
Interestingly, Capt. John Ogle (c. 1621-1681) of Eglingham Hall, very possibly father of our immigrant John Ogle, married Eleanor, daughter of Robert Pringle of Stichell in Scotland. Stichell is a small town located about two and one-half miles north of the meandering River Tweed which is the border between England and Scotland. . . .
It has been said of the Ogles of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that the Ogle clan grew larger, more prosperous and more proud of themselves - warring descendants of a race of warring lords.
In 1583, William Phillope of Morpeth, dying of wounds, made his will and accusation that five Ogles had attacked and murdered him only because he had compared the Dacre's blood to be as good as the Ogles'. This incident reveals the clan spirit of the Borderland, a pointless murder over a vain comparison.
Pittman, Mrs. H.D., ed. Americans of Gentle Birth & Their Ancestors, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970.
Throckmorton - John Throckmorton came from England and resided in the Colony of Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1631 to 1683. He died in 1683. He was one of the charter members of Providence Plantation, Rhode Island. He was Commissioner to the General Assembly of Rhode Island from 1664 to 1665 consecutively; Moderator, 1652; Town Treasurer 1667. (See Rhode Island Colonial Records, 1636, etc.; History of Rhode Island, Boltons West Chester, Vol. II, pp. 145-6.)
Taylor - Mrs. Sprinkel derived descent from the Taylors through her mother as follows:
- Dr. John Gillespie md. Amelia Gaines Brown, daughter of
- Dr. John Brown & wife Mary Rice, daughter of
- William Rice & wife Amelia Gaines, daughter of
- Robert Gaines & wife Elizabeth Long, son of
- William Henry Gaines & wife Isabella Pendleton, daughter of
- Henry Pendleton & wife Mary Taylor, daughter of
- James Taylor I, and wife Mary Gregory. James Taylor was a member of the House of Burgesses.
The Throckmorton family derive their name from Throckmertona (Throckmorton) or the Rockmoortown, which is situated in the vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. John Throckmorton was lord of the Manor of Throckmorton about sixty years after the Norman conquest. The name, British or Saxon, shows that they held this property before that period. Eight in descent from John Throckmorton, Lord of Throckmorton in 1130, was John Throckmorton, Lord of Throckmorton's Neck who left issue: John Throckmorton, now represented by the Throckmortons of Middletown, New Jersey. Several members of the Throckmorton family were killed October 6, 1643, in the war between the Dutch and the Indians. (Boltons Westchester, Vol. II, pp. 145-6) The crest of the Throckmortons was an elephant's head.
Stout - the story of Penelope Van Princis, who married Richard Stout, is very remarkable. She was in the first shipwreck off Sandy Hook, 1620. Her husband, whose name is unknown, was so badly injured that he could not go with the voyagers in their search for New Amsterdam. They remained in the woods on Sandy Hook, and soon after they were attacked by the Indians. Her husband was killed; she, left for dead. Though frightfully injured, she managed to crawl into a hollow tree, where she lived on leaves and gum until rescued by an aged Indian, who took her to their camp, where she remained until rescued by her friends and taken to New Amsterdam. When in her twenty-second year the young Dutch widow married a wealthy bachelor, of forty, named Richard Stout, son of John Stout, a gentleman of good family, of Nottinghamshire, England, and she became the ancestress of the very large and important family of Stout of New Jersey. She lived to be 102 years old, and at the time of her death left 502 descendants.
In 1665, Governor Nicholls, representing the Duke of York, patented the whole Monmouth and part of Middlesex Counties to Richard Stout, and associates. This Monmouth patent authorized and put in operation the first local government in New Jersey on record.
Hon. Richard Stout (son of John Stout of Nottinghamshire) settled in New Amsterdam (New York City), 1662. He married Penelope Van Princis. He was one of the most prominent founders of Monmouth, and was one of the patentees (Salter's History of Monmouth, p. 57), and was the principal agent in the purchase of lands from the Indians. He was overseer in 1669; he was chosen to the General Assembly November 10, 1671, but was excused from serving for good and sufficient reasons. He was appointed to answer the agents of the proprietors. His will is dated June 3, 1703. Sec. of State's Office, Trenton, New Jersey. (See Salter's History of Monmouth, p. 16 and p. 57 of Genealogical Record. Old Times in Monmouth, p. 51).
Fielding - it has only been within the last two years that the origin of the Fielding family, which intermarried with the Lewises and Washingtons and other prominent families has been discovered. In April, 1905, the Virginia Historical Magazine began the publication of the Fielding Davis papers, notes, wills and abstracts of papers, which had recently fallen into the hands of Dr. J.L. Miller, of Ashland, Kentucky, a lineal descendant of the Fieldings, sixth in descent from Ambrose Fielding, the emigrant. With these papers he has furnished the photograph from the lid of a gold snuff box, which belonged to Edward Fielding, son of Ambrose, with intitials, E.F., the miniature, no doubt, of his wife, Winifred Conway. He has also furnished a photo, from a power of attorney, signed Edward Fielding, his seal attached, shows a lion rampant. This impression of his seal, in a good state of preservation, is invaluable, since it shows that the Fieldings derive lineage from Robert Dudley, Baron of Denbigh, Earl of Leicester, who was succeeded by William Fielding I, 1662, Earl of Denbigh, Viscount Fielding. Robert Dudley's shield was gold with a red lion rampant. This seal also shows descent from the Earls of Northumberland, as will be seen later.
Through the marriage of William Fielding, created Earl of Denbigh, to Susan, daughter of Lady Mary, Countess of Buckingham, wife of Sir George Villiers, the Fieldings derived lineage from the Buckinghams, who carried for arms a lion rampant, as used by Thomas of Woodstock, seventh son of King Edward III, created Earl of Buckingham, 1377. He was succeeded by Humphrey VI, Earl of Stafford, styled Earl of Buckingham, 1439, and to Henry, his grandson, who succeeded him, was granted the right to bear the coat of arms carried by Thomas of Woodstock, as Earl of Buckingham, a lion rampant.
Humphrey VI, Earl of Stafford, married Lady Anne Neville, tenth daughter of Ralph I, Earl of Westmoreland, and through this marriage came the device of the Montagues, "three fusils, or lozenges," as used by Maj. Henry Fielding, who came to this country before 1700. His daughter, Frances Fielding, who married John Lewis and was the mother of Col. Fielding Lewis, used this insignia.
Henry Stafford, grandson, who succeeded as Earl of Buckingham, was succeeded by his son, Edward, born 1478, who was restored Duke of Buckingham 1486, married, 1509, Lady Alanor, eldest daughter of Henry VI, Earl of Northumberland. The arms of the Percys showed "the fusils, or lozenges," as used by Maj. Henry Fielding, hence the tradition which has been handed down in the family that he was a lineal descendant of the Earls of Northumberland. This Henry Stafford was beheaded, and nearly a century had elapsed, when to Lady Mary, was restored the estates of Buckingham, and she was created Countess of Buckingham. 1570 she married Sir George Villiers, knight, and their daughter, Susan Villiers married William Fielding, created Earl of Denbigh, 1643, successor to the Dudleys. It seems almost certain, therefore, that Maj. Henry Fielding, who emigrated to America prior to 1700, bringing with him the insignia of the Nevilles and Montagues, Earls of Westmoreland, who used either the lion rampant, or "the fusils in a fess, or," was a son, or grandson of William Fielding, who married Susan Villiers, daughter of the Countess of Buckingham descended from the Percys and the Montagues, who also bore the "three fuils or lozenges."
Earls of Buckingham . . .
- Lady Mary, wife of Sir George Villiers, Knight, born 1570, was created Countess of Buckingham, July 1, 1618; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Henrietta maria, 1626; married, first, Sir George Villiers, Knight of Brooksby; died 1632. Their son,
- George Villiers, born 1572; Cupbearer to King James I; Gentleman of the Bedchamber of the King, 1615; created Earl of Buckingham, 1617; created Marquis of Buckingham, 1619; Gentleman of the Bedchamber of King Charles I; Lord High Constable of England for Coronation of King Francis, Earl of Rutland; murdered at Portsmouth, 1628. The intimacy of the Washingtons with this George Villiers is thought to have been the occasion of their leaving England. They were all members of Gray's Inn. Henry Fielding may have come over at the same time. Susan, sister of George Villiers, Earl of Buckingham, daughter of Sir George Villiers of Brooskby, and his wife, Lady Mary, Countess of Buckingham, married
- William Fielding I, son of Basil Fielding, Esq., born before 1582; styled Esquire, 1603; Knighted by James I, 1607; Deputy Master of Great Wardrobe, 1619; created Baron Fielding of Newham Paddox, and Viscount Fielding, 1620; Master of the Great Wardrobe, 1622; Earl of Denbigh, 1622, Vice-Admiral of a fleet in the Western Seas, 1626; Admiral, 1627-8; Member of the Permanent Council of War, 1628; Councillor of Wales, 1633; Volunteer in Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse, 1642; died of his wounds, April 8, 1643. He married Susan, daughter of Sir George Villiers and wife, Lady Mary, Countess of Buckingham. He was succeeded by his son,
- Basil Fielding I, born before 1608; Lord Fielding; Knight of the Bath; summoned to Parliament as Baron Fielding; Master of the Wardrobe; Ambassador of Venice; Colonel of a Regiment of Horse; Major-General in Parliament Army; Lord Lieutenant of Co. Warwick; Speaker of the House of Lords; Councillor of State; created Baron of St. Liz, 1664; Captain of Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse; died 1675; married Anne Weston, daughter of Richard I, Earl of Portland; second, Barbara, daughter of Sir John Lamb; third, Lady Elizabeth Boucier, daughter of Edward IV, Earl of Bath; fourth Dorothy, daughter of Sir Francis Lane. He was succeeded by
- William Fielding II, nephew of Basil I, who inherited all of the titles and estates of his predecessors, and succeeded to the title of Earl of Desmond, in Ireland.
From these Fieldings came that branch of the family that came to America about 1650-60, bringing with them the coats of arms used by them, and their ancestors of various lines of the peerage, as shown by the records as given by Doyle. . . .
In this record there is found a point of interest in the mention of the Castle of Pickering-Leigh. Major Henry Fielding mentions in his will, his cousin, Francis Thompson, in England, as executor of his will, with his mother, "Madame Frances Fielding." It has been the belief of the family that his mother's name was Frances Thompson, of the Yorkshire family. About 1500, or earlier, before Robert Dudley was High Steward of the Honour of Pickering-Leigh, "John Thompson, of Thoreton and Pickering-Leigh," was seated there. He married Eleanor Phillips, of Brickwell, and became the founder of a large family, with many roots and branches in this country, a family from which has sprung five of our presidents. Since the Fieldings must have been residing in that part of the country, judging from the fact that William, son of Basil Fielding, Esq., succeeded Robert Dudley, it seems more than likely, almost certain, that this Madame Frances Fielding was Frances Thompson, of the Thompsons of Pickering-Leigh, for the name, Frances, has been carried down in every branch of the Thompson family to the present day.
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| Charles Slaughter Morehead |
1855-1859 Charles Slaughter Morehead, 1802-1868. Charles Slaughter Morehead was born on July 7, 1802 in Nelson County, the son of Charles & Margaret Slaughter Morehead. After graduating from Transylvania University with baccalaureate and law degrees, he practiced law in Christian County and then in Franklin County. In 1823 Morehead married Amanda Leavy, daughter of William Leavy of Lexington, and after her death, he married her sister, Margaret, in 1831. Charles & Margaret appreciated fine music and theater, and they delighted in receptions, dances and parties. When he was governor, Frankfort society was illuminated with unusual gaiety. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1828-1829, and he served as state attorney general, 1830-1835. with Mason Brown, he published the two-volume Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky (1834). Back in the lower house, 1838-1842 and 1844, he served as speaker, 1840-1841 and 1844. As a Whig, he represented his district in the United States House of Representatives, 1847-1851.
After the Whig party died in the 1850s, Morehead, along with most Kentucky Whigs, joined the American party, claiming that it was, more "union" than the Democratic party. Even though Kentucky had only a small minority of foreign-born and Roman Catholic residents concentrated in Louisville, the intolerant oratory of the campaign of 1855 appealed to the voters. In an election marred by bloody riots in Louisville, Morehead won by 69,816 votes to 65,413 for his Democratic opponent, Beverly L. Clarke, and the Americans carried both houses of the legislature. But at his inauguration Morehead proclaimed "perfect equality" for naturalized citizens.
Kentucky's public school system was growing so rapidly there was a desperate shortage of qualified teachers. Morehead responded by renewing a proposal for the establishment of state-supported teacher education at Transylvania University. In lobbying for the bill incorporating the plan, Superintendent of Public Instruction John D. Matthews appealed to sectional tension by warning that Yankee teachers were infiltrating the system and corrupting the pure Southern minds of Kentucky children. The bill passed in 1856, reorganizing Transylvania as a state school with a teachers' college. The legislature had not only provided teacher education, it had also acquired a state university to be funded with state taxes that theretofore had been regarded as revenue for the public schools. Kentucky was only the ninth state to fund a teachers' college, and seventy-five students soon enrolled in the program.
Two years later, when the legislature met again, great opposition to the teacher program had developed. To forestall an attack, Governor Morehead pointed out that Transylvania had no present connection with any religion and that it was above religious and political strife. He asserted that teacher training was indispensable to the public school system and that its continued support was the most vital issue of the day. But the House by 69-22 and the Senate by 20-12 withdrew funding. Opponents of the project rallied around the argument that it was illegal to use public school money for higher education.
The geological survey initiated under Governor Powell was completed and published under Morehead. Financed by private investment, road and railroad construction continued, increasing railroad mileage from 242 miles in 1855 to 568 miles in 1860. Morehead signed two new bank charters, but beginning with the charter for the Bank of Harrodsburg, he vetoed several bank bills, and others died in the General Assembly. At Thanksgiving 1857 the governor was grateful for prosperity, but reflecting on the recession of that year, he complained that commerce was in distress. In December he reported that paupers were on the increase - over $21,000 had been expended from state funds for their relief.
In 1854 the General Assembly had terminated the militia system by scheduling muster once every six years. The legislators considered the militia out of date and useless, but the governor was uncomfortable without an organization for emergencies. When the legislature refused to reorganize the militia, Morehead began furnishing arms to volunteer companies. Upon the governor's recommendation the legislature chartered the Kentucky State Agricultural Society in 1856 and appropriated funds for an annual state fair to encourage production of quality farm products.
Continuing the humanitarian reforms of the 1840s, Morehead inaugurated changes in the state prison. From 1855 to 1856 the prison population in the penitentiary in Frankfort increased from 183 to 237, and as there were only 126 cells, the statutory requirement of solitary confinement at night was impossible to administer. The prison hospital was inadequate, and the agreement with the warden was a complicated partnership that defrauded the state. Through the cooperation of the legislature, Morehead enlarged the prison to 252 cells, "dry and airy, with an iron bedstead and good bed and comfortable bedding in each." He segregated women on the upper floor, and he dreamed of the day when young offenders could be separated from hardened criminals and convicts could be rehabilitated. The legislature approved a new leasing system wherein the warden paid a fixed amount for authority to administer the prison and to receive income from convict labor.
After his term, Morehead practiced law in Louisville for two years. He attended the Washington Peace Conference in February 1861, and the Border State Convention in May 1861. His neutrality leaned toward the South, and his condemnations of the Lincoln administration led to his arrest in September 1861 and his imprisonment for four months in the North. Released in January 1862, he fled to Canada, Europe and Mexico. After the war he live don his plantation in Greenville, Mississippi, where he died on December 21, 1868. He was buried in the state cemetery in Frankfort.
Suggested readings: Wright, John. Transylvania: Tutor to the West, 1975; Turner, Wallace. The Know-Nothing Movement in Kentucky, Filson Club Quarterly, 28, 1954; Coulter, Merton. The Downfall of the Whig Party in Kentucky, Register, 23, 1925.
Robbins, Elmer. Waskom Family Genealogy, 1784-1984, Brownstown, IN: Elmer Robbins, 1989
1. John Young / Jung b. before 1740, probably in Germany, d. 1789 probably Mecklenburg Co., NC, md. Ann (--?--) b. and d. unknown
2. Jacob Young / Jung b. 1765 Mecklenburg Co., NC, d. 8/24/1836 buried in Waskom Cemetery, served in the American Revolution as a trumpter, md. 2a. Rachel Goodnight / Gutknecht 12/16/1836; Rachel b. 4/15/1771 Mecklenburg Co., NC, d. 11/22/1828 Indiana, buried Shelby Co., KY, daughter of
1a. Johannes Michael Gutknecht, b. Germany, d. 1781 and buried near Harlan Station, KY, served as constable in Mecklenburg Co., NC, md. Mary Landers / Landis 2/19/1762, d. ca. 1795 bur. probably in Kentucky
3. Sarah Young b. 2/4/1804, d. 8/22/1879 buried Waskom Cemetery, md. Joseph Waskom Sr. 8/31/1820, Joseph b. 8/31/1792 Chester Co., PA, d. 9/24/1862 buried in Waskom Cemetery, served in War of 1812.
4. James Waskom b. 8/7/1828 Shelby Co., KY, d. 7/27/1910 IN, bur. Waskom Cemetery, md. Rachel Clayton Belding 9/7/1851, Rachel b. 12/28/1832 Jackson Co., IN, d. 5/3/1921 IN, buried Waskom Cemetery.
John Young / Johann Georg Jung? - such documents as the 1790 census, land/estate records and records of Mecklenburg County, NC show that John Young / Jung was the father of Jacob Young. Jacob Young was the father of Sarah Young who was born in 1804. Sarah Young was the wife of Joseph Waskom and the mother of James Waskom.
John Young / Jung, whose wife's name was Ann, was born before 1740 and probably emigrated to the US on 10/4/1752 from Germany. A Johann Georg Jung was listed on the same ship, Neptune, that Hans Michael Gutknecht used in emigrating to the US. John Young / Jung died in 1789 near Concord, Mecklenburg County, NC.
Children:
Andrew b. 1759, md. Juliana BowersJacob b. 1765, d. 8/24/1836md. Rachel Gutknecht / Goodnight, 12/16/1792 - our grandparentsMichael b. ca. 1765 d. after 1810John b. 1766, d. 2/1/1799 md. Elizabeth Diderich ca. 1791Martin b. ca. 1770, d. before 1850 md. Margaret Conder by 1792Elizabeth b. ca. 1773, md. Adam Bowers 12/11/1793Mary b. ca. 1779 md. Peter Gonter / Conder? 1/15/1799
Jacob Young / Jung, son of John and Ann Jung, was born in 1765 in Mecklenburg County, NC, and died 8/24/1836 in Jackson County, Indiana. He was buried in Waskom Cemetery. On 12/16/1792 he married Rachel Goodnight / Gutknecht, daughter of Johannes Michael & Mary (Landis) Gutknecht. Rachel Goodnight was born 4/15/1771 in Mecklenburg County, NC, and died 11/22/1828 in Shelby County, Kentucky.
Children:
Mary Landis b. 12/26/1793, d. 2/22/1873 md. Solomon Hobbs 11/21/1811John Landis b. 4/8/1795, d. 1/15/1882 md. Judith Goldsmith 12/25/1817Elizabeth b. 3/11/1798, d. 12/21/1887 md. Nicholas Hobbs 9/5/1815Michael G. b. 4/4/1800(?), d. 1/4/1877 md. Susan [Dawson, 2nd wife] ca. 1828 - our grandparentsRachel Ann b/t 1800-1804, d. 1820s, md. Pierson Waskom 2/22/1820Sarah / Sally b. 2/4/1804, d. 8/22/1879 md. Joseph Waskom 8/31/1820Juliet b. 11/10/1807, md. Thomas B. Young 9/28/1824William H. b. 11/23/1812, d. 9/9/1887, md. 1) Rachel Sturgeon 6/10/1835, 2) Nancy Sturgeon 5/23/1843, 3) Rachel Downing 1869Solomon b. 4/24/1815, d. 1/26/1892, md. Harriet L. Gregg 1/9/1838Susan W. b. ca. 1817, d. after 1838, md. John Sturgeon 5/15/1834Andrew Jackson b. b/t 1810-1820, d. after 1838
Jacob Young / Jung - according to available records, Mary (Landers / Landis Goodnight / Gutknecht) Flanigan gave her permission on 12/11/1792 for her daughter, Rachel Goodnight, to marry Jacob Young. They were married on the 16th day of December, 1792. Rachel's mother testified Rachel was 21 years old on the marriage bond. This would place her birth in the year 1771.
Johannes Michael Gutknecht / Goodnight, Rachel Goodnight's father, was born in Germany, came to the US 10/4/1752 and married Mary Landers / Landis 2/19/1762 in Virginia. He was appointed constable for the district in Mecklenburg Co., NC, in 1775. He died in 1781 near Harlan Station, Kentucky. Mary Landers / Landis was his second wife.
Children:
Margaret md. Henry Pope 6/24/1782Elizabeth md. Patrick Doran 1/29/1783John b. 5/1/1765, md. Ruth Davis 12/25/1786Jacob d. 2/19/1843, md. Elizabeth Hoover 3/15/1792HenryAbraham md. Mary Hanna 1/23/1794Rachel b. 4/15/1771, d. 11/22/1828, md. Jacob Young 12/16/1792Sarah d. 2/13/1841 md. Peter Boucher 5/26/1795Isaac b. 1/1/1782, d. 10/14/1869 md. Elizabeth McMurry 1805
In list 187C of the book entitled Pennsylvania German Pioneers we find that Hans Michael Goodnight came from Rotterdam in the ship Neptune with Captain James Mason in command, and left from Cowes, England, an took the oaths on Oct. 4, 1752.
Hans is the English version of Johannes. The oaths refer to oaths of allegiance required upon arrival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There was much concern about the large numbers of immigrants arriving at Philadelphia.
Michael Goodnight migrated to Kentucky in the summer of 1777 or 1778. He claimed a preemption of 400 acres in Kentucky in February 1779.
The following should serve to give a brief summary of Michael's life. Michael Goodnight came to the Colonies from Germany in 1752, landing in Pennsylvania, living later in Virginia, removing thence to North Carolina, and finally migrating during the Revolutionary Days to the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky, where he met his death at the hands of the Indians on the Wilderness Road.
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| Waskom Cemetery |
Location: T4N, R5E, Sec. 17. This cemetery is located 3 1/2 miles south of Tampico; 1/4 to 1/2 miles north of the Richard Elliott farm and of the intersection of county roads 700S & 200E.
References: Mr. Elmer Robbins' history of Baptist Churches of Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana 1829-1981. Page 374 of Edwin Boley's Jackson County history which refers to 31 July 1879 issues of the Browntown Banner Vol. XI, No. 28, p. 5, column 4, concerning the completion and consecration of a Baptist Church by loyal Mt. Freedom members.
Notes: Pleasant Grove Methodist Church stood on the number 5 school site, (Francis Elliott home in 1981) or the southeast corner of intersecting county roads 700S and 200E. In 1872, Mt. Freedom Baptist members worshiped at this location after abandoning their previous location. In 1879, the Baptists built a church diagonally across from here and across from the Richard Elliott farm. The Waskom Post Office stood in the area later too. The "Waskom Bridge" which crosses the Muscatatuck River is south of the intersecting county roads. Thus, this area is still known locally as Waskom. In addition, there are numerous Waskoms buried in this cemetery.
Includes map of the cemetery and county map showing location of the cemetery.
Wright, Marie. Tracking Barefoot Runyan: Descendants of Isaac Barefoot Runyan, Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1980.
Robert Runyon, in his book Runyon Genealogy, was correct when he stated that there were traditional stories where some of the family lines came from Germany, and there were others who claimed England as their homeland. But no known evidence of any Runyan families coming from any European country except France has been found. Being of Hugenot descent, which was a name given to the early French Protestants who adopted a reform of religious beliefs, the Runyan, Runyon, family was among those who were exiled from their homeland for "conscience sake." They came first to the Isle of Jersey, off the coast of France, then from there to America. Entries are as follows:
The eminent American colonial family of this name was established by the Huguenot pioneer, Vincent Roignon (later Runyon), born at or near Pontiers, Vienne, France, about 1645-47, who for religious reasons came to New Jersey via the Isle of Jersey about 1665-6. He married Ann Martha Boutcher, born about 1650 in Hertfordshire, England, daughter of John Boutcher, also of Huguenot stock, probably from Champagne, France. She had come to America as a pioneer maiden herself, which adventure adds an interesting touch of romance to this family's beginning in the New World. Their marriage license was issued by Governor Philip Cartaret on June 28 , 1668, and they were married by John Bollen, secretary of the province, on July 17, 1668. They settled first at Elizabeth Town, where Runyon purchased a lot on March 25, 1671, and as he was a carpenter, he probably built his own house. Because of religious difficulties, he moved later to the Baptist community at Piscataway, Middlesex County. There on the Raritan River, in the spring of 1677, he acquired a farm of 154 1/2 acres, which became the family homestead. He died about December 1, 1713. The date of decease of his wife is not known.
The first reference to Vincent Rongnion / Runyan / Runyon and wife Ann Boutcher's names on this side of the waters is seen A.D. 1668 in a marriage license given by Phillip (sic) Carteret, the young governor of New Jersey at Trenton.
Ye any of the Justices of the Peace or Ministers of the Province of New Jersey:
Whereas I have received information of a mutual agreement between Vincent Rongnion, of Portiers, in France, and Ann Boutcher, daughter of John Boutcher, of Hartford, in England, to solemnize marriage together, for which they have requested my lycense, and there appearing no lawful impediment for the obstruction thereof, these are to require of eyther of you, to joyne the said Vincent Rongnion and Ann Boutcher in matrimony, and then to pronounce man and wife, and to make record thereof, according to the laws in that behalf provided, for the doing whereof this shall be to you or eyther of you a sufficient Warrant.
Given my hand and seal of the Province, the 28th day of June, 1668, and the 20th year of the raigne of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. (Signed) Ph. Carteret
This couple were ioyned in matrimony by me the 17th of July, 1668. (signed) James Bolton.
. . . Vincent Rongion, born in 1645 and died November, 1713, is buried with his wife in the First Baptist cemetery at Piscataway, New Jersey, but their graves are not marked . . .
The origin of the surname Roignon in France is uncertain, although it appears to be of Keltic origin. The ancient Kelts were the so-called Alpine race across central Europe east and west. The Nordic inhabitants of the British Isles prior to the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were not of the Keltic race but took Keltic language and customs with them to Britain. Therefore, we can understand the reason for the following definition of the origin of this surname by Dr. Harry A. DeFerrari, of Washington, D.C., viz., 'The family Runyon (originally spelled Runian) is of Keltic origin. It is derived ultimately from the Irish O Ruanaidhin, which means the descendant of little Ruanaidh. The old personal name Ruanaidh means the hero.' This name is especially common in Sligo and other parts of Connaught (Ireland). This definition is submitted without approval or comment, other than the remark taht, since the Keltic language anciently prevailed in both France and Ireland, the name could well have had similar origin in both countries.
This family was of medieval noble origin in Poitou and about 300 years ago was seated at Sainte-Pezenne, about 2 miles north of Niort, in Deux-Sevres province, just west of Vienne, where a Henri Roygnon, Jr., was named as sieur. The family also had property at Chaligny, in the same province. In 1691-94 there was a Genevieve Roignon, widow fo Franois de Nonsorbier, esquire, seigniur de Boisvert, near Champagne St. Hilaire. At the latter village a Jacques Roignon was judge senechal as early as 1684 and at sommieres, a neighboring village, in 1709. Another of the same name, probably his son, occupied that office at the former place after 1751. Champagne St. Hilaire is south of Poitiers.
The children of Vincent Roignon (Runyon) and Ann Martah Boucher were:
- John Runyan, b. 1669 at Piscataway; md. Ann Elizabeth Donn / Dun / Dunn on July 20, 1692; lived in Hunterdon County, NJ. He died at Rocky Hill, Somerset Co, Nov. 1745. She was b. March 19, 1676, a daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth (Drake) Donn, the latter a daughter of Capt. Francis & Mary Drake, issue.
- Vincent Runyon b. 1671; md. Mary daughter of Hopewell Hull, on Dec. 2, 1691. She was born August. 10, 1670. Lived in Middlesex County where he died in March 1724, issue.
- Ann Runyon, born 1673; md. Nathaniel Leonard, son of Henry of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., issue.
- Thomas Runyan, born 1675; md. Martha Dunn, sister of above Ann Elizabeth, about 1698; lived near Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., where he died in April 1753.
- Mary Runyon; b. July 2, 1677, no further data.
- Peter Runyon b. July 1, 1680, md. Providence, daughter of Samuel Blackford, on Oct. 12, 1704. Lived at Piscataway, where he died in Oct. 1753, issue.
- Jane Runyon, born January 19, 1683, no further data.
- Sarah Runyon, b. Oct. 30, 1686, md. Richard Sutton January 25, 1702. He was born July 18, 1676. Lived at Piscataway.
Thus, descendants spelling the name Runyan are from the lines of John or Thomas and those spelling it Runyon are from the lines of Vincent or Peter. This distinction has been found to persist.
Porte Roygnon: d'azus a 3 mousches a miel d'or. This description of the Roygnon Armorial Bearing is registered in Gouget's Armorial Du Poitou et Estat Des Nobles under the names of Henry Roynon, Sr., and Henry de Regnon. The coat-of-arms is listed as of early date and establishes this family as of nobility, presenting the correct heraldry. These pages state: Ste Pezenne, El. de Fontenay - Henry Roygnon, Sr., de Saligne.
The different spellings of both city and family names are noticeable: Henry Roygnon of Chaligne is the same (idem) as Henry of Saligne. And the above, Henry de Regnon is the son of Henry Roygnon. And this surname is also spelled Rougnon / Rognon / Rognin / Rougnion / Roignion / Rongnion. In the English the change in spelling to Runyon or Runyan is due to the pronunciation.
. . . Vincent Runyon . . . was the sole head of a new race, whose Progeny, with every French attribute intermarried, and diffused itself through thousands of early New Jersey people . . .
Vincent Runyon, patriarch and progenitor of the New Jersey Runyon family, came to America some time before 1669, and first settled in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. he may have accompanied Governor Philip Carteret, who settled there in 1665, or very soon after. It is noticeable that many French Huguenots soon appeared in the colony. Vincent was a carpenter. In his marriage license his name is spelled Rongnion.
Isaac Barefoot Runyan b. 1750, d. 1867, children:
- John Wesley 1778-1851 md. Nancy Mullendore
- Aaron Alexander 1786-1869 md. Esther Porter
- Tavenor (Marcus) 1787-1802
- Ware 1791-1837 md. Mary (--?--)
- Isaac II 1793-1873 md. Mary Lowrey
- Loami Wesley 1802-?, md. 1) (--?--) & 2) Nancy White
Grandchildren:
1a. Abraham 1831-1895 md. Mary Ann Jarnagan1b. Isaac L. 1826-1917 md. Ravanna Blevins1c. Malinda J. 1824-1911 md. John Barger1d. Simeon 1821-1844 md. Nancy Barger1e. Susan 1818-1898 md. Peter Neil1f. John 1816-?, md. Lorinda Lewis1g. Claibourn 1813-1864 md. Joel Beldsoe1h. Tavenor, Sr. 1810-1849 md. Jane Tillery1i. William 1804-1865 md. Malinda Murey2a. Mary Mac 1833-1918 md. William Henderson2b. John 1830-? md Catherine Mize2c. Nancy 1828-1863 md. Gideon Maples2d. James 1826-? 2e. Sarah 1823-1865 md. George McCown2f. Aaron Alexander Jr., 1822-1900 md. Abigail McMahan2g. Penelope 1818-?2h. Mitchell 1815-? md. Luticia (--?--)2i. Barefoot 1810-?2j. Deborah 1809-?3a. Elizabeth 3b. Margaret 1834-?3c. Mary Jane 1832-? md. John Reagan3d. Thomas 1828-?3e. Isaac Lewis 1823-1900 md. Elizabeth Chapple3f. Louisa 1821- md. John Lowry3g. William 1818-1872 md. Sarah 3h. Mitchel 1817-?4a. Franklin 1847-1874 md. Kitty Barnwell4b. Andrew Jackson 1844-?4c. Isaac Newton 1838-1910 md. Rachel Robertson4d. Marion 1835-? 4e. Benjamin 1832-?4f. Virginia Caroline 1828-1921 md. John Thompson4g. William 1826-1864 md. Paulina Boyd4h. Elizabeth 1824-? md. David Massey4i. Jefferson Wesley 1822-1893 md. Minervia Houston5a. Elizabeth 1839-?5b. Hiram Edward Abiff 1836-1918 md. Permelia Ann Jane Francis Spain JordanNotebooks - Mom's Families No. 3, Part III
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