Elizabeth Towson
Armagh County Council. Armagh County Guide, Belfast, Ireland: Nicholson & Bass, nd.The name Armagh comes from the Irish Ard Macha (the height of Macha) the legendary queen, who during this period (Iron Age), had a palace or fortress on the hill which forms the nucleus of the city of Armagh and from the town the county takes its name. Later, about 300 BC, a second queen macha moved the centre of power a few miles west and built Emain Macha or the Navan Fort, an enclosure of about 12 acres surrounded by trench and rampart. For some 700 years Emain Macha served as the inauguration place for the Kings of Ulster and was the centre of law and learning for the ancient province.
In 444 AD St. Patrick came to Armagh City and established his principal church in Ireland on the hilltop given to him by Daire, the local prince. As time passed and Christianity spread, Armagh increased in fame and with its churches, colleagues and schools grouped around the Cathedral on the hill-top, became one of those centres of learning which helped to keep the torch of knowledge burning in the Dark Ages in Europe when Ireland was the isle of saints and scholars.
David Parks
Further excursion among the stones revealed monuments to five Lathrops and six Leffingwells. Still musing, the Pilgrim trudged off beside the meadows to where the two Old Lathrop Houses face one another across the brink of Washington Street. [Norwich, CT]
The lower one stands on land Samuel Lathrop inherited from his mother, but his seventeenth century house was burned in 1745. Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his grandson, was responsible for the present structure, yet it cannot be said that he built it, for there is no way of knowing how much was reclaimed from the former damaged abode. It is quite possible that this very kitchen saw Mohegan Indians lying before the fire of an autumn night, for the Lathrops would never close their doors against the original owners of the soil, and Colonel Simeon, one of Samuel's sons, was a great sympathizer with the wrongs of the Mohegans.
Norwich, Lebanon, New London, Windsor, New Haven, Farmington, Norwalk, Saybrook, Guilford, Stonington, Hartford, East Hartford
Philip PorterPatapsco Lower Hundred
Philip Porter household - 1 male -16, 3 males 16+, 8 females - if this is our Philip as head of household, he has a wife and children prior to marrying Mary. This could be Philip's father.
Jesse Porter household - 2 males 16, 2 males 16+, 3 females, 1 slave - could be Philip's father or a sibling
Butler, Richard, planter, arrived before March 1678, wife Cicily, daughter Mary M. Hickman, son John
Butler, Thomas, ship carpenter, 5 servants, origin Redriffe near London, arrived Aug. 1672, wife Sarah, son Shem, daughter Ann who arrived Sept. 1675 in Charles Towne
Hopkins, John, servant to Lady Margaret Yeamans, 1 servant, arrived Feb. 1672 as a servant, arrived Jan. 1673 as freeman
Perry, Edward, servant to Thomas Butler, arrived Sept. 1675
Wilson, Edward, servant to Richard Cole, freeman by August. 1677, arrived Aug. 1671 on the Blessing, wife Marieris
Wilson, John, servant, freeman to Jacob Wayte, arrived. Sept. 1675
John Galbreath or Galbraith
Andrew Dennin his wife Rachel and their eight children. Namely Abigail, William, Susanna, Elinor, Rachel, John, Anthony and Joseph - certificates that they have moved to Frederick Co., Virginia to join the Hopewell Quaker Monthly Meeting
John Runyan of Piscataway, dec'd heirs included: Abel Runyan, Ephraim Runyan and Clarkson Runyan. Located along the Perth Amboy Turnpike, 9/10/1823, Vol. 5, p. 1591+, map p. 1593, Book A., p. 352. See also Surrogate File #18200 administrators were Christian / Christiana Runyan and Abel Runyan.
John Runyan, esq., dec'd. of Piscataway Twp., leaving sons and daughters. The petitioner was Ephraim Runyan, esq. John's children were: Thomas Runyan, Frances Runyan, reune Runyan, Enos Runyan, Mary Runyan, John Runyan, Mercy Runyan. Along the road from Quibbletown [New Market] to Green Brook, 10/1/1793, Vol. 2, p. 387+, Vol. 1, p. 387. See also Surrogate File #18197, Orphan's Court 10/8/1793.
Lewis Runyan, of Piscataway Twp., dec'd. The widow's share was shown on map, Vol. 3, p. 781. His heirs were Jeptha Runyan, Ephraim Runyan, Lewis Runyan, Ruth Runyan, Sarah Runyan and Anna Runyan. Adjoining James Martin and Isaac and John Dayton. Along the road to New Market. Commissioners: Elisha coreill, Ephraim Runyan, Wm. B. Manning. 5/1/1815, Book A, pp. 57-58, map and field notes p. 59. Vol. 3, p. 777, map and field book, p. 781. See also Surrogate File #18206.
Philip Runyan, of Piscataway Twp., dec'd. The dower of his widow, Else Runyan was to be set off. Other heirs: Esther (Runyan) the wife of Abraham Irwin, Delia Runyan, Lewis Runyan, Drake Runyan, Jane Runyan and Margery Runyan. Along the road from Bound Brook to Quibbletown, adjoining Wm. Harris, in line of Peter Runyan, Jr. Commissioners: Abm. Staats, Joel Dunn, Peter Runyan, 11/19/1804, Vol. 3, p. ?, map. 1082, field notes p. 1083. Book A, pp. 39-43. See also Surrogate File #18220.
Abraham Colclasure
Michael G[oodnight] Young
