Notebooks - Illinois No. 7, Part 1

Gill, James & Maryan Gill. Index to 1830 Federal Census, Danville, IL: Heritage House, 1970.

Illinois Counties: Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Randolph, Washington. 

• Hopkins, John, Hamilton, 239, 3
• Maulden, Ennis, Hamilton 240 24
• Maulding, Ambrose Hamilton 242 4
• Maulding, James Hamilton 241 18
• Maulding, William Hamilton, 239 4
• Mauldins, John Hamilton 237 12 

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Gill, James. Index to 1830 Federal Census, Danville, IL: Illiana Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968

Illinois Counties: Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Lawrence, Madison, St. Clair, Wabash, Wayne, White

• Butler, Caleb - Edwards, 47 2
• Butler, George - Lawrence 253, 20

Ahnentafel #891 - Mary Landis

Mary Landis aka Mary Landers

Born: ca. 1710
Died: May 25, 1795 in Mercer Co., Kentucky

Buried: unknown

Married: 1) Michael Goodnight, Feb. 19, 1762 in Virginia or North Carolina
2) (--?--) Flanigan ca. 1787 in Kentucky

Biography:
The date that Michael Goodnight and his family first set foot in Mecklenburg County, Province of North Carolina is not known, but we do know that he was there on May 3, 1764, because on that date, he and his father-in-law Christopher Landys, purchased 190 acres for 65 pounds from James and Ruth McClain. The location was described as being on Three Mile Creek, being a branch of the Rocky River. Mecklenburg County was then two years old, having been cut off from Anson County in 1762. As was often the case, the deed was not recorded until the property was sold. Then, this deed was proved in the October term of Court 1774 by Martin Phifer, Esq. a subscribing witness thereto. 

For years, we searched and searched trying to identify the parents of Mary Landers/Landis

Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 7 - Part 2

Branthover, W.R. Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Franklin County, Vermont, Georgia, VT: Georgia Historical Society, nd

Rowland Powell b. ca. 1750, d. 1838, bur. Troy Street Cemetery, Tombstone (old) RP 37. Tombstone (new) Rowland Powell died 1838, Revolutionary War Veteran and his wife Mary Janes 1753-1813.  Military Record: Served in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company, Col. Wood's Regt., which marched to the alarm at Brookfield, Oct. 1780.

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Draper, Cecil. A Branch of the Draper Family, Denver, CO: Draper, 1969.

References:

• Draper, Thomas. The Drapers of America, New York, 1892
• Sellers, Edwin. Early History of the Draper Family of Sussex County Delaware, Philadelphia, PA: Sellers, 1929

1. James Draper, the first of this branch of the family thus far identified with certainty, was probably born in Delaware, or rather in one of "the three counties upon the Delaware," as the area was then called, most likely in either Sussex or Kent County, at a guess about 1746 to 1748. He

Ahnentafel #890 - Michael Goodnight

Johannes Michael Goodnight

aka John Goodnight, Hans Goodnight, John Michael Goodnight, Michael Goodnight

Born: ca. 1708 probably in Germany

Died: Sept. 1, 1781 Lincoln County, Kentucky

Buried: Pea Vine Creek, Lincoln Co., KY

Married: 1) (--?--) in Germany

2) Mary Landers / Landis Feb. 19, 1762, Lincoln County, Kentucky. 

Biography: 

John (Hans) Michael Goodnight, farmer, emigrant ancestor, Germany, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky. Born perhaps 1708 in Germany.  Married 1) (--?--) in Germany, 2) Feb. 19, 1762 Mary Landers / Landis.  Died Sept. 1, 1781 Lincoln Co., KY.

Johannes "Hans" Michael Goodnight landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Oct. 4, 1752, with a wife and children. The name of his wife or the number of children that accompanied him is unknown except for one son, Christian, who was five or six years old when the

Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 7, Part 1

Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. I, 3rd Series, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. 

• Bradford

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Cutter, William. New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Vol. II, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913.

The Fitch Line - (I) Thomas Fitch [our uncle], immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and settled at Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was in 1663 "its wealthiest citizen," dying there in 1704. He was one of the five sons of Thomas Fitch, of Braintree, England, born 1590, died 1632, who came to New England with their mother about 1638. He married Anna Stacey, November 18, 1632. 

Children:

• Thomas, whose great-grandson was colonial governor of Connecticut
• John, b. at Norwalk, CT. He married Rebecca, daughter of Henry Lindall, Dec. 3, 1674
• Mary 

Ahnentafel #889 - Ann (--?--)

Ann (--?--)

Born: ca. 1745 possibly in Germany
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: John Young possibly in Germany

Records:

None that name her as Ann that I have located. 

Notebooks - Virginia #5

Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, no imprint, nd. Volumes 1 & 2 - links available on Resources Page

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Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, Vol. 4, James City County, Virginia, 1634-1904, no imprint, nd

Foreign Business & Inquisitions 1665-1676, Ms., 1 Vol. Inquisitions for James City County

• Patent, James City Co., 16 May 1638 to Benjamin Darrell [Carrell?], 700 acres, found to escheat, jury 27 March 1663; Julian Allam, Widd., Patent to her, 7 Sept. 1665 & Rec. 16 Dec 1667.
• By Patent dated at James Citty, 16 May 1638, 700 acres to Benjamin Carrell [Darrell?], Dec'd. & for want of lawful heirs escheated & by Jury 27 March 1663 & to Julian Allam, widow, 25 Dec. 1665 & Rec. of Wm. White, 19 June 1667

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Duvall, Lindsay, abs. Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, Vol. 5, York County, Virginia, Wills, Deeds, Orders 1657-1659, no imprint, nd

• It is ordered that Mr. Richard Bushrode be paid 40 s. sterling due by bill out of the Est. of Maj. Jno. Broadnax dec'd. 
• Cert. is granted to Major Joseph Croshaw for 500 acres of land, for trans. of 10 pers., viz.,

Ahnentafel #888 - John Young

John Young

Born: ca. 1740, Germany
Died: ca. 1789 Concord, North Carolina

Buried: unknown

Married: Ann (--?--)

Records:

1752 - Oct. 4 - A Johann Georg Jung was listed on the same ship, Neptune, that Hans Michael Gutknecht came on when he immigrated to the United States. 

1764 - Nov. 16 - Mecklenberg Co., NC - deed - The following entry had the word error in two places. One from Arthur Dobbs & wife to John Young (error) for 115 acres dated 16th Nov. 1764 error

1779 - Bucks Co., PA - tax lists - is this the same guy, probably not, same family or related,

Notebooks - Pennsylvania #6

History of Cumberland & Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Part 1, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886

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History of Cumberland & Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Part 2, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886.

West Pennsborough 1751 - Samuel Wilson, John Wilson

Middleton 1761 - Walter Denny, Widow Wilson, Samuel Wilson, John Gilbreath

Hopewell Township 1751 - Robert McDowell, James McDowell

Robert Dinney

Following is the report of the proceedings made to the governor by Mr. Peters, under date of July 2, 1750:

To James Hamilton, Esq., Governor of Pennsylvania

May it please your Honor: - Mr. Weiser, having received your Honor's orders to give information to the proper magistrates against all such as had presumed to settle and remain on the lands beyond the Kittochtinny Mountains, not purchased of the Indians, in

Ahnentafel #879 - Parthenia (--?--)

Parthenia (--?--) aka Bathana Faner

Born: 1731
Died: 1825 probably in Kentucky

Buried: unknown

Married: Abraham Adams, ca. 1750 in Pennsylvania

Records:

1780 - North Carolina - Rowan County - Abraham Adams living in Capt. Johnston's District

1790 - North Carolina - Rowan County - Census - there are a couple of options:

Abraham Adams household
1 male 16+ = Abraham
1 female Faner?

Abraham Adams household

Notebooks - North Carolina #6 Part 3

Camin, Betty. Surry County North Carolina Estate Files, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, Feb. 1991

• Speer, Jacob 1796
• Speer, James 1803
• Speer, Levin, 1800
• Speer, Robert 1872
• Speer, Thomas 1797

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McBride, Ransom. Claims of British Merchants After Revolutionary War, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, Feb. 1992

Parrish, David. Granville Co., £5.18.1. 30 Nov. 1776 - Died in the year 1792 possessed of considerable property which was divided among his widow and children . . . was solvent at the Peace and until his death

Parrish, Johnston. Granville Co. £3.6.4 1/4. 25 Dec. 1772

Ahnentafel #878 - Abraham Adams

Abraham Adams

Born: 1730 Virginia

Died: 1816 Madison County, Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married: Perthnia (--?--) aka Bathana / Faner ca. 1750 in Pennsylvania

Records:

1755 - North Carolina, Beaufort County - an Abraham Adams appeared on census, seems unlikely to be same person

1780 - North Carolina - Rowan County - Abraham Adams living in Capt. Johnston's District

1790 North Carolina, Rowan County - Census - there are a couple of options:

Abraham Adams household

1 male 16+ = Abraham

Notebooks - North Carolina #6, Part 2

Casstevens, Frances. Through Some Very Lonely Looking Wood: The Story of a Yadkin County Family's Journey Through Tennessee, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, May 1990.

Editor's Introduction: During the first half of the nineteenth century, thousands of North Carolinians migrated to new territories west or south.  Their experiences on the road were generally unrecorded, unlik those of the Harding family which were related in a rare family record.  In an article which offers a vivid sense of the challenges and rewards of migration, a Harding descendant illustrates how a researcher may evaluate a document, how a family record can be used, and how such a record can be frustrating as well as informative. Mrs. Casstevens expresses particular gratitude to the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina Library in Chapel Hill. 

As a child, I often heard the story of how my grandfather, Dr. Thomas R. Harding, had fallen out of the back of the wagon as it crossed a stream and then moved up a steep hill on the Harding family's way to the West . . . 

. . . Only recently did I learn that a diary existed which had been kept on that journey by my grandfather's sister, Keziah Ann.  . . . 

Ahnentafel #877 - Amelia Barr

Amelia Barr

Born: 1720 Switzerland 

Died: 1765 Mayo, Ireland - the story is that she was on a trip back to Switzerland.  Not sure this is true

Buried: Unknown

Married: Rudolph March before 1747

Records:

before 1747 - Amelia immigrated to U.S. probably with her parents. 

1755 - Dec. 29 - Rowan Co., NC - living:

James Carter & Edwards Cusick to Adam Sherell Jr. . . . 295 acres on west side Catawba River at mouth of Liles Creek. John Dunn, Rudolph Martz proved 20 June 1756.

Notebooks - North Carolina # 6, Part 1

Bennett, William, abs. Miscellaneous Records from Land Grant Record Book 9, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, Aug. 1986.

[Editor's Introduction: The last seventy-five pages of Land Grant Record Book 9 (1735-1745) in the Land Grant Office, Department of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, contain a miscellaneous grouping of wills, letters of administration powers of attorney, bonds, deeds, land inquisitions, depositions, affidavits, and other items. Many of these records concern North Carolina property owned by persons outside the province. Thanks are due Mrs. Martha Paskewich of the Land Grant Office for her assistance in the preparation of this material.]

p. 414 Will of Michael Beezley, of City of New York, Mariner, 12 September 1747. Mother; Mary Humphys, wife of William Humphrys of Baptist Mils in Bristol in Great Brittain - 100 pounds sterling to be paid from Cape Fear in North Carolina out of effects in hands of Richard Quince, Merchant. Friend: James Mills of City of New York, peruke maker - 50 pounds of current money of New York as executor. Helena Mills, daughter of the said James Mills - 10 pounds New York. Wife: Mary Beezley formerly Mary Stathams - remainder. Executors: Wife & Friend James Mills. Witnesses: Edmund Knight, Jonathen Fitch, Lawrence Green.

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McBride, Ransom. List of Taxables for 1762 in Granville, NC, NCGS Journal, Raleigh, NC:

Ahnentafel #876 - Rudolph March

Rudolph March / Martz

Born: 1720, Switzerland

Died: by November 1771 North Carolina

Buried: unknown

Married: Amelia Barr before 1747

Records:

1743 - Aug. 3 - Rotterdam, Holland - The Francis & Elizabeth set sail. This date from someone on Ancestry, doubt that the ship could have made it in 3 weeks, most took 6 weeks to cross. 

1743 - Aug. 30 - Philadelphia, PA - Foreigners imported in the ship Francis & Elizabeth arrived from Rotterdam  by way of Cowes [Isle of Wight, England] under Master George North.

Rudolph Mertz on passenger list

Notebooks - Mom's Families #7

Branom, Jeanne. "Kalcklőser / Colclasure Family Research," Typescript, 1998.

Johan Hendrick Kalcklőser was born in Frankenthal (Rhineland Palatinate), Germany about 1696.(1)  Frankenthal is near Mannheim. Very little proof is available, at this time, concerning the early life of Johan Hendrick. However, it is probable that he joined the Seventh Day Baptists at an early age, since it has been recorded that he left Frankenthal at age 19 to join Alexander Mack's group in Schwarzenau (Wittgentstein),(2) due to religious persecution in the Frankenthal area. . . . 

In 1724, after the reading of the banns (three times at two-week intervals) or proclamations, Johan Hendrick and Anna Flys Layen were married on 28 February 1724.(4)  It is believed that all three sons were born of this union. Some time between the date of this marriage and the departure for Philadelphia in 1729, Anna Flys Layen probably died, since Johan Hendrick had a different wife, Agnes (Anna) Margaretha,(5) at the time of sailing from Rotterdam. (Alexander Mack, Jr. records that he knew "the two wives of Johan Hendrick.")(6) . . . 

The ship Allen arrived in Philadelphia on 15 September 1729.(7) Among the passengers were Johan Hendrick Kalcklőser with his family: his wife Agnes, sons Christophel (or

Ahnentafel #875 - Catherine (--?--)

Catherine (--?--)

Born: ca. 1725

Died: before 1800

Buried:

Married: Casper Johnson ca. 1741 in Pennsylvania

Records:

1754 - Bucks Co., PA - Catherine living with Casper in Richland Township

1766 - June 22 - Pennsylvania - Catherine is mentioned in the will of John Morse, a school master living in Philadelphia County:

Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 2

Coffman, Edward. The Story of Logan County, Nashville, TN: The Parthenon Press, 1962.

Map of Logan County, Kentucky

Logan County, Kentucky is situated in the southwestern part of the state and is one of the southern tier of counties bordering the northern Tennessee line.  It is bounded on the north by Muhlenberg and Butler Counties, on the east by Warren and Simpson Counties, on the west by Todd County and on the south by Robertson County,  Tennessee.

Russellville, the county seat, is almost in the center of the county. It is 144 miles by railroad southwest of Louisville and 72 miles by rail south of Owensboro, Kentucky. It is 55 miles due north of Nashville, Tennessee. . . . 

Logan County is one of the early counties of Kentucky being the thirteenth of the 120 counties of the Commonwealth. It was originally formed in 1792, the year in which Kentucky became a state. 

Kentucky itself was at first a part of Virgnia. Fincastle County, Virginia, from which Kentucky was formed, was the frontier county of Virginia from 1772 through 1776. By an act of the legislature of Virginia, Fincastle County was dissolved, effective December 31, 1776 and one

Ahnentafel #874 - Caspar Johnson

Caspar Johnson

Born: ca. 1720 Germantown, Pennsylvania

Died: 1806 Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

Buried: Richland Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Quakertown, Bucks Co., PA

Married: ca. 1741 Catherine (--?--) in Pennsylvania

2nd wife Mary (--?--) before 1800

Occupation: yeoman farmer

Biography: Casper Johnson, the ancestor of the Johnson family of Richland and Quakertown, was of Holland descent and was born in or near Germantown about the year 1720. He was a son of John Johnson or Jansen of Germantown, and possibly a grandson of Claus Jansen, one of the early settlers of Germantown who about 1708 located in Skippack Township, then part of a large section known as Bebber's Township. Casper Johnson was living in Upper Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, in 1761, when he purchased a tract of 253 acres in Richland, one mile north of Quakertown borough, part of the Joseph Gilbert Tract of 1000 acres, lying between the tract of Everard Roberts on the south and