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

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 5, Part 1

Bell, Herbert. History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1891.

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Eshleman, Frank. Historic Background & Annals of the Swiss & German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, & Of Their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

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Fulton, Eleanore. An Index to the Will Books & Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1729 - 1850, Southern Historical Press, Inc. 2018

• Fox, Christian 1793 
• Fox, Christopher 1788
• Fox, Edward 1739 
• Fox, James 1748
• Fox, John 1752
• Fox, John 1786

If these are English Foxes, they are not our line. 

• Galbraith, John 1753, Book B, Vol. 1, page 98
• Galbraith, John 1769, Book C, Vol. 1, page 174
• Galbraith, Robert 1746, Book A, Vol. 1, page 129

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 3

Bass, Cora. Marriage Bonds of Duplin County North Carolina, 1749-1868, Southern Historical Press, 1983.

Harris, Daniel x, Abbe Sanders, 21 Apr. 1801 bond David Durall. wit. Wm. Dickson, CC

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Bean, Eugene. Rowan County (N.C.) Records Early Settlers, Washington, DC: Carnahan Press, 1914.

Adams, Garner, Goodnight, Hinkle

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Bradley, Stephen, ed. Will Book C Franklin County, North Carolina, 1804-1812, no imprint, nd

[74] Will of Jacob Fox. March 22, 1807. Executors to sell as much of stock as needed to pay debts. To son Robert Fox the negroes Mary, Ned Burkly. To son Isham Fox negroes Adam, Nat, Noah. To son Richard Fox negroes Pat, Cyrus, Reuben. To son Arthur Fox negroes John, Peter Kere. To daughter Nancy Smith negroes Hannah, Gooden. Lend to wife Elizabeth Fox the use during her life of all lands, all household and kitchen furniture; the use of the negroes Mark, Tom, Lucy, Easter and her child; the use of all livestock (after debts paid). After her death to son Richard Fox all my lands; to Nancy Smith Tom and Lucy; remainder of estate be divided equally among Robert Fox, Isham Fox, Arthur

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 2

Clemens, William. North & South Carolina Marriages Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977

• Hinkle, Charles & Susanna March 13 May 1797 Rowan Co., NC - grandparents
• Hinkle, George & Frances Shaffer, 17 Sep. 1795 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, John & Mary Rosenbum 26 Feb. 1790 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, Michael & Sarah Beecham 26 Nov. 1787 Rowan Co., NC
• Hinkle, William & Elender Hunter 11, Dec. 1793 Rowan Co., NC

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Draughon, Eleanor. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813 Vol. I, Rose Hill, NC: Duplin County Historical Society, nd.

Book 1A - p. 190 - William O'Daniel to Samuel Tanner, both of Dupln Co., 3 Feb. 1785, for 24 pds. specie money 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Cape Fear on the upper side of Smith's Branch lying between Theophilus Williams' line & joining the sd. branch, being part of 200 acres taken up by Jesse Barfield joining Kornegay's line & Stephen Barefield's line. Wit: Thomas Tanner, John Durrell, Oct. Ct. 1785.

Book 3A - p. 278 - John Durall, planter, to his son David Dural both of Duplin Co., 9 Sept.  1797, for "love & affection" 100 acres on the north side of the Northeast Swamp, it being par of a survey granted to Stephen Barfield & by him conveyed to sd. John Dural, beg. at a red oak & runs along the patented line. Wit: John Whitehead, Jos. Whitfield. Jan. Ct. 1798.

Notebook - North Carolina #2, Part 1

Drake, Julia. The Lost Joseph of the McDowell Family, North Carolina Historical & Genealogical Record, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1932.

The McDowell family is legion and it is not strange that in the extreme emphasis placed on Colonel Joseph McDowell, of Quaker Meadows (1756-1801) and his nephew Captain Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens (1758-1795), that another Joseph McDowell living in Guilford county should have been overlooked. The United States census of 1790 for North Carolina records two Josephs as "Heads of Families" in Burke county and the Joseph McDowell of Guilford county, who is thus registered:

Salisbury District - 1 free white male over 16; 2 free white males under 16; 3 free white females.

The first land record so far discovered shows that this Joseph McDowell held:

A tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres lying and being in our county of Guilford on the waters of the south side Reedy Fork of Haw River beginning at a Black Gum in William Scotts line . . . near a branch running thence west crossing two branches one hundred sixty poles to a post oak thence north crossing a branch to Abraham Whitesides corner black oak thence . . . in John Whites line . . . to his corner stake thence . . . in William Scotts line. . . Record of deeds, Guilford county, NC Vol. 2, page 118.

There is also the following purchase of land:

This indenture made this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four between Thos. Morgan of the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina of the one part and Joseph McDowell of the state and county afore of the other part witnesseth that the sd. Thos. Morgan for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen pounds

Notebook - North Carolina No. 1

Absher, Mrs. W.O. Stokes County, North Carolina Wills, Vols. I-IV, 1790-1864, no imprint

Page 55. 25 October 1800. Will of Richard Beasley, Planter. September Term 1804. Wife Martha, Estate during lifetime. Son Jeremiah, home plantation to share with his mother. Children: William, Peggy Cooper, Benjamin, Robert, Richard, Molly Faylor (or Taylor), Patty Harrison, James, Sally Nunn, Thomas, Sukea Coomer, 5 shillings each. Executors: Friends and neighbors, namely James Cook and Tyro Riddle. Witnesses: Isaac Pennington, Joseph Pennington, Jurat and Caleb Sumner. Signed Richard (x) Beasley. - grandpa

Page 58. 27 August 1804. Will of William Beasley. December Term 1804. His wife should keep children together and raise them (no names). Witnesses: Tyre Riddle and William (x) Burris. Signed William (x) Beasley.

Page 70. 22 October 1802. Will of James Matthews. June Term 1806. Son Tandy, home tract Townfork 248 acres; also 600 acres bought of Chas. Beasley adjoining above; also 100 acres Blues Creek (late property of John Thompson); also 900+ acres in hands of John Griffith in Virginia; also Negro Dicy and his wife Anaky, Stephen 4 years old and man named Frank . . . To Joseph Hollensworth in trust for his Son, James, 600 acres bought of Charles Beazley including mansion house "Stone Chimneys;" also Negro Silla . . . To Tandy Hollinsworth (infant son of Mary and Joseph), Negro Rachel . . . To Mary Hollinsworth, Negro Rachel's increase. To son Tandy, 900 acres known as The

Notebook - Mom's Families, No. 3, Part III

Eastwood, Elizabeth. General Daniel Morgan's Life - A Summary, Morgan Migrations, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring-Summer, 1994.

The information we have found on General Daniel Morgan's ancestry, siblings and early life is meager. The names of his parents and siblings are not known and the place of his birth is claimed by both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Many different families have stated their relationship to him, but have not been able to prove it.

We'd like to summarize what we have found out about General Daniel Morgan's life. It is very important to read again some of the information given by James Graham, his first biographer, in 1859 (pages 17-22). Graham was married to one of Daniel's granddaughters, his evidence seems to us to be most valuable. He writes that very little is known of Daniel's ancestry, parentage and early history.  The only source was Gen. Morgan himself, who evaded answering questions and was very uncommunicative. Occasionally, in friendly conversation, something might be learned.  There was information from Rev. Dr. William Hill of the Presbyterian Church, Winchester, who was the General's pastor and intimate friend and was with him when he died. Zoe Steen Moore had heard of the conversations and friendship between the General and Doctor,from her friend Miss Snyder, Dr. Hill's niece. Daniel and his parents were of Welsh extraction; came from Wales to Philadelphia, between 1720-1730;

Ahnentafel #438 - George March

George March / Martz

Born: between 1751 and 1760
Died: ca. 1835

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1) Sept. 27, 1779 Amelia Adams in Rowan Co., North Carolina
2) Probable second wife Mary Leneer (?) July 6, 1804 Rowan Co., North Carolina

Records:

1779 - Rowan Co., deeds -

No. 1091
County: Rowan
Name: March, George
Acres: 400
Grant No. 474
Issued Oct. 10, 1783
Warrant No. ---
Entry No. 2170
Entered: Aug. 13, 1779
Book No. 57, Page No. 119
Locaton on the Waters of Dutchman Creek

Ahnentafel #219 - Susannah March

Susannah March

Born: between 1764 and 1771 probably in Rowan County, North Carolina
Died:  between 1820 and 1830 probably in Shelby County, Kentucky

Buried: probably in Hunters Lane Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky

Married: Charles Hinkle Jr., June 4, 1797 in Salisbury, North Carolina

Records:
1790 - North Carolina, Rowan Co.  Susanna may be living with one of her brothers.  There is a George March household consisting of 1 male 16+, 4 males -16 and 5 females.  The John March household consists of 1 male 16+, 3 males -16 and 6 females. 

Notebook - North Carolina Book #3

1790 Census - North Carolina

Perquimans County, Edenton District
Gurley, Frederick 1 wm 16+, 2 wm -16, 3 wf

Anson County, Fayette District
Gurley, William 2 wm 16+, 1 wm -16, 4 wf, 3 slaves
Girley, Jacob 1 wm 16+, 4 wm -16, 3 wf

Moore County, Fayette District - Richmond County between Anson and Moore County.
Cagle, David 1 wm 16+, 2 wf
Cagle, Leonard 1 wm 16+, 7 wm -16, 3 wf
Cagle, Christian 1 wm 16+, 1 wm -16, 1 wf
Cagle, John 2 wm 16+, 2 wm -16, 3 wf
Cagle, Roger, 1 wm 16+, 1 wm -16, 2 wf
Cagle, George, 1 wm 16+, 2 wf
Cagle, George, 1 wm 16+, 2 wm -16, 2 wf
Maulding, Richard, 1 wm 16+, 1 wf
Cagle, Jacob , 1 wm 16+, 3 wm -16, 3 wf
Cagle, William, 1 wm 16+, 1 wm -16, 2 wf
Morehead, Turner, 1 wm 16+

Notebook - Mom's Families No. 5

Armstrong, Zella.  Notable Southern Families, Volume 2, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.

The first settlers on Borden's Manor were Ephraim McDowell and his family.  They were soon followed by Archibald Alexander, John Patton, Andrew Moore, Hugh Telford, John Matthews, the Prestons, Paxtons, Lyles, Grigsbys, Stewarts, Wallaces, Wilsons, aruthers, Campbells, McClungs, McRaes and others who becmae founders of some of Virginia's distinguished families.

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Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families, Volume 3, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc. 1974.

Descendants of Sir Thomas de Parke contemporary of William the Conqueror in America:

Sir Robert de Parke 1630 to Connecticut
Daniel Parke vestryman of Williamsburg Church, VA, 1676
Thomas de Parke / Parkes in Virginia in 1670 - descendants in North Carolina and Tennessee

McGavock / McDowell / Cloyd line still no evidence of how Margaret (Cloyd) Speer fits in.

March

Springtime has arrived and it's time to prepare the fields for planting. The peasant in the foreground is plowing with a pair of oxen.  Three peasants on the left are preparing the vineyard.  Behind them may be a shepherd with sheep and a dog.  Another peasant is preparing seed for sowing on the right.  In the background is Chateau de Lusignan home of Duc de Berry who commissioned the work.  Under the old calendar, March was counted as the first month of the year.

January 18th

Birthdays:

1619 Thomas Lake in Wickford, England son of John & Margaret (Reade) Lake

1663 Mary Rockwell in Windsor, CT daughter of Samuel & Mary (Norton) Rockwell, died 1738 in Lebanon, CT.  She married Josiah Loomis in 1683 and had 8 children.