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WEST CARROLLTON -- Mrs. Mary E. Colvin, 75, died at 4:10 p. m. Wednesday at her home, 215 Pease Av., after a two-year illness. She had resided here 60 years, coming from Wapakoneta. Mrs. Colvin retired two years ago from work at the West Carrollton Parchment County, where she had been employed 30 years. She was a member of Memorial Methodist church here. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Swart funeral home here. Burial in Evergreen cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p. m. Friday. Surviving are two daughters, Evelyn, at home, and Mrs. Lucille Moore of Pittsburgh, Pa.; a brother, Clever Howell of Dayton; a sister, Mrs. Effie Garrett of Miamisburg; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (Source: Original newspaper clipping - name of paper and date published unknown) | Howell, Mary Elizabeth (I1348)
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West Carrollton — Now serving with a coast artillery unit in Newfoundland is Pvt. Sanuel Frank Colvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Colvin of 38 Miami av., West Carrollton, his parents report Pvt. Colvin has been in the service since October, 1941. He will celebrate his 23rd birthday on July 29. | Colvin, Samuel Frank (I164)
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Wilbur Sulliva Sellers was employed by the Fox Company, a wholesale grocery concern in Springfield, Ohio. The family later moved to Virginia, where the son lived first in Alexandria, and later in Richmond. Strikingly similar to his father in appearance and longevity, Wilbur Sellers' trademarks were immaculate dress and agility well into his seventies. [Source: Compiled and written by David Randolph Sellers, "A History and Genealogy of the Sellers Family", Cincinnati, Ohio: Robbins Advertising, Inc., 1966] | Sellers, Wilbur Sullivan (I6784)
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WILL
...Robert Beck of Mecantrim Mullabrack in county of Ardmach, farmer and merchant. Dated 29, March 1725.
To wife Margaret alias Walker all household goods and chattels, and requests son Robert to supply her with twelve bushels of wheat yearly. To son Adam £12 stg. To son William £10 stg. To son Robert all lands and stock I die possessed of provided that said wife may have sufficient turf thereout for one fire during her life. To wife tenement for her enjoyment without disturbance during life, remainder to son Robert. Executor, son Robert Beck.
Witnesses: Luke McClinshire, William Gibson.
...Probate granted to Robert Beck, Junior, sole executor, on 30 September 1726 by Matthe, Whaley, Surrogate Ardmach Diocesan Court. (Source: Information received from Dave Griffiths) | Beck, Robert (I4297)
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WILL
Dated February 1889
Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
In the Name of the Benevolent Father of All: I the said Henry Shelley, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, considering the uncertainty of continuance in life and desiring to make such disposition of any worldly estate as I deem best, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament: hereby revoking and annulling all former will or wills whatsoever by me made.
First: I desire all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid as soon as possible after my decease.
Second: I give and bequeath to my wife Julia A. Shelley during her life and so long as she shall remain a widow all the residue of my estate and all property, whether real or personal or mixed, of which I shall die seized, and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, to be held by her during her life or so long as she shall remain a widow, together with all the rents, profits and increase.
Third: That after the decease or remarriage of my said wife, all the residue of my said estate together with rents, profits and increase, (except such as may have been expended in the support of my said wife and her minor heirs) shall be divided equally between all of my heirs. I nominate and appoint my said wife Julia A. Shelley to be the executrix of this will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this___day of February in the year eighteen hundred and eighty nine.
Signed: Henry (x his mark) Shelley
Witness to mark, H. K. Gant and A. M. Bailey,
Signed, sealed and acknowledged by Henry Shelley as his last Will and Testament in our presence, and subscribed and attested by us as witnesses, in his presence and at his request.
A. M. Bailey
H. K. Gant | Shelley, Henry (I336)
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WILL
Dated May 8, 1865
Transcript of Probate Records, Warren County Ohio
Vol. 20M, pg. 83-84
Recorded May 11, 1869
I Jacob Hisey of the County of Warren and State of Ohio Being now of sound memory and disposing mind do make and publish this my last will
Item 1st - After my death it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid.
Item 2nd - There is a marriage contract existing between myself and my wife Susan Hisey (late – Susan Kindle) which I have fully paid. Should the she survive me I give and bequeath to he (sic) fifty Dollars.
Item 3d - After my death I direct that my Executors here after named or the survivor of them Sell and dispose of all my property both real and personal without appraisement or valuation either at public or private-sale and either for cash, or upon such terms of credit as they shall deem best for all concerned and for any or all real estate by them sold, whether it shall be whole or divided tracts I hereby authorize them to execute necessary and sufficient deeds and deliver them to the purchasers for the same .
Item 4th - After my estate has been reduced to money I direct that my executors shall divide the proceeds among all my children that may be living and the heirs of those that have died and the heirs of any one that may be dead one share) share and share alike. After deduction the costs, charges and expenses.
Item 5th - I hereby constitute and appoint my sons Joseph Hisey and John Hisey Executors of this my last Will and I direct that they shall not be required to give Security in accepting the trust.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 8th day of May A.D. 1865.
Jacob Hisey [seal]
Executed by Jacob Hisey in our presence and by me in his presence and at his request.
S. W. Rogers
J. W. Keys | Hisey, Jacob (I6756)
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WILL
Probate Court, Miami County, Ohio
Filed May 22, 1928 - Case #20648
Know all men by these presents:
...That I, Mary Vance of Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, do make, publish and declare this to by my last will and Testament.
...Item First: I give and bequeath to my grandson, Dewey Cress, one feather bed to be selected by him.
...Item Second: I give and bequeath to my grandson, Earnest Cress, my cupboard and all my dishes, also library table and four-leg stand.
...Item Third: I give, bequeath and devise to my daughter, Rosa Cress, all the rest of my personal property of whatsoever kind, also my real estate situate in the Town of Kessler, Union Township, Miami County, Ohio where I now live, in fee simple, she to pay all my debts and funeral expenses.
...My daughter, Cordelia Honeyman, having previously received favors from me to amount to her share in my estate.
...Item Fourth: I hereby nominate and appoint my grandson, Earnest Cress, to be executor of this Will and request that no bond be required.
...Item Fifth: I hereby revoke all former wills made or purported to be made by me.
...I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at West Milton, Ohio this 20th day of October A. D. 1923.
Signed: Mary Vance
Signed and acknowledged by the said Mary to be her last will and testament before us and in our presence and by us signed as witnesses at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other at West Milton, Ohio, this 20th day of October A. D. 1923.
Witnesses: Maurice Kessler, Birt Kessler | Schrader, Mary (I2004)
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WILL
Probate Court, Miami County, Ohio
v3, p654
...Be it remember that on the 23d day of July 1877, the last will and testament of Moses Benham dec'd. was filed, admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded together with the Testamony; which wll Testimony __, are as follows, to wit:
...Will - In the name of the Benevolent Father of All, I moses N. Benham of Miami Co. Ohio, do make and publish my last will and testament:
Item First: I give and bequeath and devise to my wife Nancy Benham in lieu of her dower the land on which we now live situate in Brown Township, Miami County Ohio, containing about Eleven acres, and also the old home farm situate in Johnson Township, Champaign County Ohio, containing about eighty acres , and also all my personal property including every thing that maybe left at my decease so long as she remains my widow. 2nd. Item. at the death of my wife the real estate aforesaid and any personal property that may be left therein I give and devise to my daughters. Mary J. Griffis, Catherine Harvey, Clarissa Gray equally and their heirs except to the amount of one hundred dollars which at the death of my wife I give to Cornelius America if the said Cornelius America shall not be living at the death of my wife then the hundred dollars left to him to be equally divided between my above named daughters or their heirs. In testimony hereof I herewith set my have and seal this 7th day of May A. D. 1877.
Moses N. Benham
...Signed and acknowledged by said Moses N. Benham as his last Will and testament in our pressence and signed by us in his presence. L. G. Seines, Theodore Wheaton
...The State of Ohio, Miami County, ss: Miami Probate Court.
...Personally appeared in open court, L. G. Simes and Theodore Wheaton, the subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Mosess N. Benham deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that the paper before them, purporting to be his last Will and Testament; that the said Moses N. Benham, now deceased, is the Will of said deceased, and at the request of the Testator subscribed their names to the same as witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other; that they saw the said Moses N. Benham dec'd sign and seal said Will and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last Will and Testament; that the said Moses N. Benham at the time of making, signing and sealing said Will, was of legal age and of sound mind and memory and under no undue or unlawful restraint whatsoever as they verily be believe.
L. G. Simes
Theodore Wheaton
...Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, this 23d day of July 1877
A. L. McKinsey, P J | Benham, Moses N. (I5240)
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WILL
Published in New Jersey Colonial Documents, Vol 33, pg. 20.
...1781, Feb 27. Archer, Joseph of Mansfield, Burlington County, will of Wife, Martha, use of land where I live for the term of 10 years, for her support and the children. Sons, Benjamin, David, John and Joseph Archer, and my sons-in-law, Abraham Tuley and Jonathan tuley, sons of jonathan Tuley, deceased, 1/3 the money, and sons, Samuel and Isaac, and my daughters, Sarah and Rebecca Archer, 2/3. Daughter Mary Nutt, wife of Aaron Nutt, a bed. Daughter, Elizabeth, 5 pounds and a bed. Wife, Martha, 10 pounds yearly. Daughter Sarah Archer, 6 silver tea spoons. Daughter Rebecca, a silver table spoon. son, Benjamin, my great coat. As my son, David, is absent, and may not return in 10 years, I will his share to his brothers and sisters by my first wife. Executors - Wife, Martha and my friend, Samuel Quicksall. Witnesses - Joseph English, Jr. Benjamin Aaronson, John Ope, Proved Oct. 22, 1783. | Archer, Joseph (I684)
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WILL
Sarah J. Colvin
Highland County, Ohio Probate Court, pg. 456
Dated 6 December 1892
The last Will and Testament of Sarah J. Colvin of Hillsboro, Ohio
...Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same. I do make and publish this my last will and testament, as to my worldly estate and all the property, real, personal and mixed of which I shall die signed and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease. I devise bequeath and dispose thereof in the following manner, to wit:
...1st - My will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid as soon after my decease as possible.
...2nd - I give and bequeath to my eldest daughter Lavinia F. Colvin all my property both real and personal, and in case my said daughter Lavinia should die intestate, then my will is that my second daughter Ethel M. Colvin shall have the whole of said real and personal property to her and to her heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at Hillsboro, Ohio aforesaid this 6th day of December Eighteen hundred and Ninety Two.
Sarah (x) Colvin
Signed and sealed by the said Sarah (x) Colvin who at the same time published and declared the same as and for her last will and testament in the pressure of us who in her presence and the presence of each other and at her request have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Mary A. Dawson
Annie L. Dawson
H C. Dawson | Workman, Sarah Jane (I3983)
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Will
Sarah J. Colvin
Highland County, Ohio Probate Court, vol. 16, pg. 456
Dated 6 December 1892
The last Will and Testament of Sarah J. Colvin of Hillsboro, Ohio
—Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same. I do make and publish this my last will and testament, as to my worldly estate and all the property, real, personal and mixed of which I shall die signed and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease. I devise bequeath and dispose thereof in the following manner, to wit:
—1st - My will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid as soon after my decease as possible.
—2nd - I give and bequeath to my eldest daughter Lavinia F. Colvin all my property both real and personal, and in case my said daughter Lavinia should die intestate, then my will is that my second daughter Ethel M. Colvin shall have the whole of said real and personal property to her and to her heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at Hillsboro, Ohio aforesaid this 6th day of December Eighteen hundred and Ninety Two.
Sarah (x) Colvin
Signed and sealed by the said Sarah (x) Colvin who at the same time published and declared the same as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence and the presence of each other and at her request have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Mary A. Dawson
Annie L. Dawson
H C. Dawson | Workman, Sarah Jane (I3983)
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WILL
West Milton Record
May 20, 1925
...A terribly sad experience came to the home of Charles A. Burnside, near Ginghamsburg on Tuesday, May 12, when his beloved companion passed away leaving the husband and fourteen children to mourn the departure of a devoted wife and mother. The youngest child is only 11 weeks old. The mother had been in delicate health for some time and then she suffered an attack of the flu from which she was unable to recover.
...She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Schrader whose home for many years was east of West Milton, but now they reside in Tippecanoe City.
...On August 17, 1898, Susanna was untied in marriage with Charles Burnside. For 27 years, lacking three months, they walked side by side, each a true helpmate to the other. By her devoted sacrificing life she leaves the impress of a fine character and noble life with her loved ones for whom she gave her full meed of devotion and affection to the end. She bequeathed to all a heritage of tender memories that will be cherished as long as life shall last. Why a devoted wife and loving mother should be taken from the home is a mystery we cannot understand but we know that God doeth all things well and He will give his comforting grace to the sorrowing hearts left behind. Her age was 42 years, 9 months and 11 days.
...Beside the children she leaves four granddaughters, the aged parents, one brother, and a multitude of other relatives and friends in whose hearts and lives she had won for herself an unusually large place.
...The funeral service was conducted by Rev. O. P. Furnas in the West Union church, assisted by Rev. Coppock of the Brethren church. The burial occurred in the adjoining cemetery. (Source: Information received from Dale Landon) | Schrader, Susanna (I4674)
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WILL
Will dated April 29, 1821
Transcript of Probate Records, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Book 3, pg. 420
Probate: June 6, 1821
In the name of God amen. I Jacob Hormel of Washington County in the State of Pennsylvania being sick and weak in Body but of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in maner and form following this is to say First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth and to be desently buried at the descretion of my executors herein after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows, Item I give and devise unto my loving wife Jane Hormel one bed and beding, and a maintenance out of my real property during her natural life. Item I give and devise unto my three daughters namely to Catharine (wife of Edward Gearner) one dollar. And to Nancy and Prudence one cow bed and beding and fifty dollars in cash each to be paid to them in gails vz twenty five dollars cow and beding in one year after my descae and twenty five dollars at my said wifes desease Item I give and devise the residue of my real and personal property equaley share and share alike unto my two sons John and William by them paying the said leguese and mentaining my said loving wife Jane Hormell desent comforable at all times in sickness and in health during her natural life. Item and lastly I do hereby constitute and apoint John Rogers and John Baker to be sole Executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former will by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament In testamoney whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty ninth day of April in the year of our lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Jacob (his x mark) Hormel (seal)
Witnesses:
Jesse Kenworthy
John Fisher
Mary Smith
Jacob Hormell came from the border of France to Pennsylvania in 1789. Jacob served in the militia and obtained a tract of land as depreciated pay.
The tract was surveyed June 1, 1789, and was given the name "Garland". Jacob built a log cabin on the farm Garland. While rolling logs to build his log cabin he was bitten by a copperhead snake. He survived the bite by the use of whiskey, both externally and internally. He finished the cabin and lived in it, doing his own house keeping until 1797 when he married Jane Miller who came from Ireland.
As Jacob's family was rather large for the one room log cabin, he built a second log cabin, larger than the first; one large room with a sleeping room above. It was considered a mansion when it was finished, and the largest home at that time in the surrounding country.
Jacob and Jane Hormell lived and raised their family in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where Jacob died of old age in 1821 and Jane died after him. Jacob was 84 years old at the time of his death.
At Jacob Hormell's death he gave the farm Garland to his sons, John and William. William died from a snake bite in 1826. After William's death, John purchased William's share of the Garland. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz, 1981 Sarah Fenton Brown Hathaway, "History of the HorMell Family 1737-1924]
The following is found in the Pennsylvania Archives where Jacob Hormell sent for his pay for his services in the Revolutionary War.
"sir, plea to sand me my pay for my months tower of Dauty.
By the Bayer John Hanrey and in so Dowing you will oblige
your Oumbel sat. and this is a Recpt for the same, etc.
To Col'o James Marshall
Jacob Hormell"
January 20, 1785.
According to Francis E. Shaw, Jacob Hormell was married before his marriage late in life to Jane Miller. Francis did not know the lady's name. He writes that there was a daughter named, Polly, from this first marriage. She married Jesse Jackson. We find several Jackson families in this area at that time. Their names appear in Quaker records. The name Jesse Jackson appears several times. Tax records of 1785 indicate Jacob Hormell (Jacob Harible) was married. In 1793 Jacob Hormell (Jacob Hormel) is listed as being single.
Polly Hormell Jackson may have died before her father in 1821, possibly without issue as we find she is not mentioned in Jacob's will.
We find that Jacob Hormell purchased 136 acres from his brother, John and his wife, Eleanor, on October 31, 1789. Also, Jacob purchased 70-1/2 acres from Henry Hormell in 1789. Consideration 100 pounds. The consideration for the land purchased from John was 200 pounds. Jacob Hormell then called his farm of 206-1/2 acres "Garland." On this farm he had built a one-room log house. Later a two-story log house was built. while rolling logs for one of these houses he was bitten by a rattlesnake. His life was spared by the use of whiskey which was easy to obtain in those days.
In 1796 Nathan Walton and his wife, Mary Miller Walton, settled on an adjoining farm to Jacob Hormell. This small farm of 36 acres was deeded March 16, 1797 and the deed recorded October 9, 1797 from John Ludwich Summers. amount was $420.00. Neighboring farms were that of Jacob Hormell, Richard Atherton, Joseph Woodfill and J. Newport. Nathan Walton was crippled early in life by a hip injury and walked with a cane, later a crutch. He followed the tailor trade. /Both Nathan and Mary were members of the Westland Society of Friends.. Nathan and Mary Walton had no children of their own but were guardians of Mary's youngest brother, Levi and two sisters, Jane and Hannah.
In 1797 Jacob employed Jane Miller to dry apples for him on the shares. When it was time to divide the apples, Jacob exclaimed:
"Thee need not divide the apples, if Thee is willing Thee can have them all."
Jane being willing, they were happily married Jacob being sixty years of age and Jane about twenty-five.
Jane Miller was born about 1772 the daughter of Robert and Mary Shaw Miller.
Around 1800, Jacob Hormell built another log house. It was a square house with a door facing northeast, a window facing southeast and another window facing southwest on the first floor which consisted of one large room. In the northwest corner was a closed in circular stairway leading to the one room above which also had a window in the southeast and one in the southwest. A picture in the HorMell book show a gabled roof but a picture in the "Centre to Center" book written 1976, shows the roof sloping up from all four sides to a point. My father and I questioned this in 1946 after having visited the log house.
We asked my father's first cousin, Clayton Gillis, about the roof. Clayton said it had always been as we were seeing it in 1946. no one has ever explained the difference between the picture taken in the 1920's and the way the roof appeared in 1946. My father and I found the log house to be rather solid in 1946 although all the window panes were gone exposing the inside to the weather. Sometime after the two-story log house was built a frame lean-to kitchen was added to the northwestern side. This log house stood near the edge of a deep valley where the Monongahela River flows looking over into Fayette County. In the Fall of 1986, my cousin, Betty Binns, and I visited the site and found the lean-to kitchen gone and roof gone from the log part. The rest of the house was in a great state of decay. I am now told it is completely destroyed.
In this log house Jacob Hormell died of old age in 1821 and was interred in Westland (Society of Friends) Cemetery two miles west from his home. A copy of his will is attached. Jane Miller Hormell, wife of Jacob Hormell died December 29, 1824 and was buried in the Westland Cemetery.
Their graves were unmarked as the Society of Friends did not approve of monuments. They believed that if you lived a good life, that was your memorial.
I find no record that Jacob and Jane Miller Hormell were members of the Society of Friends.
In 1986, Thelma Nicholson, a gr gr granddaughter of Jacob Hormell had a small flag stand erected fro Jacob Hormell and I arranged for the erection of a bronze plaque for Jacob Hormell. The plaque was provided by the Veterans Administration. We guessed at the approximate location of Jacob's grave which is in the Quaker section of the cemetery. [Source: W. Floyd Gillis, "Hormell Family", pg. 3,4]
The following is found in the Pennsylvania Archives where Jacob Hormell sent for his pay for his services in the Revolutionary War.
"sir, ples (sic) to sand (sic) me my pay for my months tower (sic) of Dauty (sic).
By the Rayer John Hanrey and in so Dowing you will oblige your oumbel (sic) sat. (sic) and this is a Recpt for the same, etc.
To Col'o James Marshall Jacob Hormell
January 20, 1785.
Henry Hormell, cousin of Jacob, and his wife settled October 1, 1770 on ground for which they obtained a warrant from Philadelphia February, 1786. The acroage (sic) was 414 acres called "Peach Garden." Henry sold to Jacob Hormell 70 1/2 acres of his farm for the sum of 100 pounds in 1789.
Near the tract of land called "Peach Garden) (sic) on the shores of the Monongahela, James and Nancy Woodfill Denbo settled in 1770. Nancy Denbo was a sister of Joseph Woodfill. The Denbo family met a tragic end in the 1770's. One day in the fall season some of the men of the community decided to go into the forest to hunt game for the winter. At the end of the day's hunting they returned to find the cabin had been raided by Indians. The oldest child was taken captive. Nancy Woodfill Denbo and her two small children scalped and their bodies left in the burning cabin. The mother and her two children were bured at what is now Taylor Church. James Denbo set out in pursuit of the Indians and was never seen or heard of again.
John Hormell, younger brother of Jacob Hormell, and his wife settled in 1770 on ground they obtained a (sic) warrant from Philadelphia October 1, 1786. This ground of 393 acres was called "Eutaw." John sold to Jacob Hormell in 1780, 130 acres for the sum of 200 pounds.
With these two purchases, one from Henry and the other from John, Jacob now had a farm of
200 1/2 acres. This farm was located on the southern edge of what is known as Low Hill today. Jacob called his farm "Garland."
Henry Hormell was one of the trustees of Taylor Methodist Church in the late 1700's.
Jacob Hormell built a log cabin on his farm. While he was rolling logs to build his cabin he was bitten by a copperhead snake. His life was saved by the use of whiskey, which was easy to obtain in those days. He finished the cabin and lived in it, doing his own housekeeping.
In 1796, Nathan Walton and his wife, Mary Miller Walton, settled on an adjoining farm to Jacob's. Nathan was crippled early in life by a hip injury and walked with a cane, later a crutch. He followed the tailor trade. Both Nathan and Mary were members of the Westland Society of Friends. Nathan and Mary had no children of their own but were guardians of Mary's youngest brother, Levi, and two sisters, Jane and Hannah.
In 1797, Jacob employed Jane Miller to dry apples for him on the shares. When it was time to divide the apples, Jacob exclaimed, "Thee need not divide the apples; if thee is willing, thee can have them all." Jane being willing, they were happily married, Jacob being sixty years of age and Jane twenty-five.
Jacob and Jane Miller Hormell had five children. They were: Katherine b 11-16-1799; John b 5-6-1801; Nancy b 1803; Prudence b 1804 and William b 1805.
Since Jacob and Jane's family became rather large for a one-room log cabin, Jacob built a larger log cabin consisting of a root cellar (not a full basement), one room on the first floor, a winding stairway leading to a large bedroom on the second floor. Years later a frame kitchen was added to the cabin. This log cabin, built 175 years ago, still stands today although not lived in for many years.
Jacob Hormell died on his farm in 1821 at the age of 84, and was buried in the Quaker burying ground at Westland. Jane, his wife, died at the age of 52 on 12-29-1824 and was also buried in the Quaker plot at Westland. (Bob, this is where my maternal grandparents are buried - and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other close family members were buried there also._
Of their daughters, the eldest, Katherine married Edward Gardner and went West.
Prudence married William Shaw and settled in Columbiana Co, OH and had a family.
Nancy married Samuel Smith and about 1850 they removed to the state of Indiana where she deceased not too many years afterwards. They had four children: Reason, William, James and John b 1844. After Nancy's death the youngest son, John, came back to Pennsylvania to reside with his Uncle John Hormell on the farm "Garland." He later farmed for Alberta Theakston Hormell, widow of Charles Hormell, and her sister, Leah Theakston, where he died at the age of 68 in 1912. He was buried near his Uncle John Hormell at Westland.
William Hormell, son of Jacob and Jane, died at the age of 21 of snake bite in 1826. He was interred in the Quaker section of Westland.
John Hormell purchased his brother William's share in the farm "Garland" at William's death and resided there his entire life. | Hormell, Pvt. Jacob (I6897)
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WILL
William Salisbury
Fayette County, Pennsylvania Will Book 1, pgs 77&78
In the name of God, Amen. The first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, I, William Salisbury, of George Township, Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Yeoman being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God, therefore; Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament: That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it me and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executrix and Executor, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life. I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: First, my will is that Sarah, my beloved wife, have the management of all my estate, real and personal, during her natural life or whilst she continues my widow, but in case she marries then she is to give the estate, real and personal, into the hands of my sons, Samuel and James, only her bed and bed clothes and weaving apparel, two cows, a horse and saddle, and at her death or marriage the lands whereon I now live to be divided equally between my two sons, Samuel and James, and my son Thomas to be schooled and raised out of the profits of the place and when fit to be put to a trade, have him put to such trade as he chooses, and when he comes of full age he is to have thirty pounds out of the piece of the plantation in the mountain sold to Dorrel. My daughter, Agness is likewise to be schooled and raised and I allow her to get twenty pounds of the piece of said place sold to Dorrell. I give to my daughter Sarah her weaving apparel, bed and bed clothes, a cow such as my wife shall please to give her and her heifer and two sheep and at the death of my wife I allow my son John to get my big bible. I give to my son William my Black Colt, to my daughter Elizabeth I give an hundred weight of pork. and if my son James does not stay and work on the lands aforesaid equal with my Samuel and help to maintain my wife aforesaid and the two youngest children aforesaid then he is not to have any of the lands, but in case my two sons Samuel and James lives on said lands and is industrious in maintaining my wife and the two youngest children then the land aforesaid shall descend to them, their heirs and assigns to be divided equally as aforesaid, otherwise the delinquent shall loose his part of the land and whatever stock and moveables are on the said lands. At the decease of my wife, my son Samuel shall have two thirds thereof and my son James one third. I allow a lawful deed of conveyance to be made to James Deal for his lands which is in the warrant with the place I live on. And I do hereby constitute my beloved wife, Sarah, aforesaid to be my Executrix and my son, Samuel, Executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests and executors be in any ways before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
William (hisXmark) Salisbury
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said William Salisbury as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers
Thomas Read
James (hisXmark) Deal
Robert Richey
Fayette County, ss:
The third day of December Anno Domini 1792, before me Alexander McClean, Esquire, Register for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration in and for said county personally came Thomas Ried and James Deal two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and testament and on their solemn oaths declared that they saw and heard the testator sign and acknowledge the same to be his last will and testament that he was then in his right mind and not influenced thereto by any person to their knowledge or belief, that they saw Robert Richey sign his name as a witness thereto in the presence of the testator and that they knew of no other later will made by the deceased. Witness my hand the same day.
Alexander McClean, Register
Fayette County, ss:
Memorandum: That letters testamentary were granted the same day to the Executrix and Executor therein named in the common form. Inventory to be exhibited on or before the third day of January next and an accountcalculation and reckoning on or before the third day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety three or when thereunto lawfully required.
Alexander McClean | Salisbury, William (I1450)
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WILL of John Hormell.....
Will dated: 17 August 1881
Transcript of Probate Records, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Book 11, pg. 370
Probate: 25 April 1882
In the name of God Amen. I, John Hormell of East Bethlehem Township in the Counnty of Washington and the State of Penna. being of sound mind and memory considering the uncertainty of mortal life do make and ordain this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time hertofore made and first resigning my immortal spirit into the hands of a merciful God hoping that he will graciously receive it for his dear son's sake and I direct that my body be decently interred according to the rights and ceremonies of the M. E. Church and that my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my estate and situation in life and that my funeral expenses and all my jsut debts be paid as soon after my decease and may be practicable by my executors herein after mentioned, and as to my worldly estate which it hath pleased "God to intrust me with. i dispose of the same as follows. First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Susannah Hormell the use and occupancy of the house on my farm wherein I now reside and all my household goods in or or which may be in said house at the time of decease. Also two milk cows, and the use of the farm as far as may be necessary for pasture and feed for said cows. And also stabling or sheds for their proper protection. i also give and bequeath to my said beloved wife Susannah the one third (1/2) of the net rents, issues and profits of my said farm whereon I now reside during her natural life, and I hereby direct my executors hereinafter mentioned to papy her the said one third semiannually. Aan I hereby direct my said executors to make sale of all my remaining personal property,. I also direct that at and immediatly after the death of my said wife Susannah that my said executors retain and set apart the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200) as a trust fund for the use of Sarah Jane Hormell and that they pay the siad Sarah Jane Hormell the interest of the said twelve hundred dollars semiannually during her natural life after her decease that said trust fund revert back to my estate. Item. I give and bequeath to my nephew John Smith the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) to be paid to him by my executors when he shall marry or when they shall consider him in need of the same. and I hereby direct that as soon after the decease of my said wife Susannah as my executors may deem advisable and for the interest of my estate, that they sell and convey all my real estate which I hereby give them full power and authority to do and after all my said estate is sold and money therefor realized that the same be distributed to and amongst my heirs or children share and share alike deducting the amount I may have paid and charged any of my said children with during my lifetime. I hereby make constitute and appoint my sons William Hormell, john Hormell and Nathan P. Hormell Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I John Hormell the testator to this my last will and testament have set my hand and seal the 17th day of August A.D. 1881.
John Hormell (seal)
Witnesses: G. W. Wilkenson
Jas. R. Swearer
At the time of Mary Ann Hormell's sickness and death, John Hormell, her husband, was at Keokuk, Iowa, looking at land. His children were unable to reach him, so he knew nothing of her sickness or death until he returned home.
Before going to Keokuk, John Hormell had a large brick house under construction just a few rods from the second log cabin built by his father, Jacob Hormell. The brick house had eight large rooms, a fireplace in all the rooms except one; four brick walls running from basement to attic. The basement had two rooms, one for cellar and the other for kitchen. The kitchen had a flag-stone floor in it. The brick house was to be completed ready for John and family to move in on his return from Keokuk, Iowa. Instead of it being a happy move, it was a very sad one for he and his wife had made great plans about their new home and the furnishing of it. He with his eleven children and step-daughter moved in. The step-daughter, Sarah Jane Rogers, being the oldest, took charge of the household duties until 1848, when John Hormell married Miss Susan Williams. No children were born to this union.
John Hormell was a good provider, always having plenty to eat. He built a large dutch oven and the pies were made and baked by the dozen. He used to say you should have a piece of pie each meal. The cookies were made and baked by the half bushel. He had a sugar camp where plenty of maple sugar and syrup was made. He had plenty of wood to burn, cut from his own farm Garland, and coal lying beneath the land made it a very valuable farm. He was kind and honest in all his dealings, but was very firm in his opinion of things. He was Justice of the Peace for many years. His religious belief was Quaker, but he left the church at the time of his marriage to Mary Ann Gauslin, she being English and a member of the Church of England. It was customary in those days, if you married outside of the church, to say that you were sorry, but John would not say he was sorry he had married Mary Ann, so he left the church, but always kept the faith and lived a Chrisitan life until his death. He always had family worship in his home. He was very generous to his children, helping each one if it was necessary. Some of his sons lived in the log cabin and a great many of his grand-children were born in it.
Besides his own eleven children he raised his step-daughter, Sarah Jane Rogers; one nephew, John Smith, son of his sister Nancy Hormell Smith; one girl, Harriet Pile Bishop; one girl, Alice Macklefresh.
John lived in the brick house with his wife, Susan Williams Hormell, until his death April 5, 1882. At his death he left the farm Garland's income to his wife, Susan, until her death. After her death the household furniture and the farm Garland was sold and divided among John Hormell's children, with eighteen hundred dollars left in trust with the administrators, for the use of Sarah Jane Rogers and John Smith. [Source: Sarah Fenton Brown Hathaway, "History of the HorMell Family 1737-1924] | Hormell, John (I6986)
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Will of Robert James
In the name of God amen, thisnineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundredand seventy four, I Robert James of Freehold in the County of Monmouth andEastern Division of the province of New Jersey, y_____ being weak in body, butof sound mind and memory, praised be Almighty God for one same and knowing thatit is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last willand testament in the following manner and form, that is to say, principally andfirst of all I reco_____ my soul to God that gave it, trusting for salvation inand through he alone merits ____ ever blessedRedeemer Jesus Christ; nothing doubting that at the general resurrection Ishall receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as to my body, Irecommend it to the earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion ofmy Executors herein after named and __touching such wordly estate where with ithath pleased God to bless me in thislife, -- I give , desire and dispose ofthe same in the follow manner: In thefirst place it is my will and I do order that all my just debts and funeralcharges be paid and satisfied. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved sonRichard James the sum of two hundred pounds for __lamation money; as all moniesmentioned in this my will are to be taken and esteemed. Said two hundred pounds to be paid him out ofa loan of about four hundred pounds due from John Clayton, having theretoforegiven my said son Richard one hundred pounds in money, and a plantation inUpper Freehold. Item,I give and bequeathmy son Robert James my negro man Mallone, all my horses (excepting my ridinghorse and Rhone Mare and two colts) also all my farmers utensils: havingheretofore given him the farm whereupon I now live, with other lands. Item, Igive and bequeath to my daughter Sarah McKnight the sum of fifty pounds; havingheretofore given her the sum of three hundred pounds. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughterLydia Laird the sum of fifty pounds, having heretofore given her the sum of twohundred and fifty pounds. Item, I giveand devise to my son Thomas James all that tract of land I bought at theSheriffs Sale, which was sold for the life trust(?) of John Lecount , lying atNew Windsor in the county of Middlesex, having also given him a ____ of giftfor two hundred and eighty two acres of land, lying at New Windsor aforesaid,for and during the term of his natural life. Item, My will is, that theremainder of John Claytons land, after my son Richard hath had his two hundredpounds, forever(?) and impower my Executors to receive the same for the us ofmy son Thomas’s child or children that they may have (excepting his “son”Robert who is to have no share thereof) and to be equally divided amongst themwhen they come of age. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter RebeckahHerbert the sum of fifty pounds; having heretofore given her one dwelling houseand Lott of land situate, lying and being in the corporation of New Brunswick,in the county of Middlesex and province aforesaid, near Cranbury Town on thewest five of the York and containing fifteen acres and seventy nine hundredthis, during her life time, and after her death, to her son James Herbert andto his heirs and assigns forever; also heretofore having given her two hundredpounds in cash. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Jerusha Parker the sumof fifty pounds, having heretofore given her te sum of two hundred pounds.Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Parker the sum of fifty pounds,having heretofore given her the sum of three hundred pounds. Item, I give andbequeath to my grandson John Benham the sum of twenty pounds, money aforesaid.Item, I give and bequeath to my son Peter Benham the sum of twenty pounds moneyaforesaid, Item. I give and bequeath to my grandson Richard Benham the sum oftwenty pounds money aforesaid. Item, I give and bequeath to my granddaughterAmy Benham the sum of twenty pounds money aforesaid. Item, I give and bequeathto my granddaughter Catherine Benham the sum of twenty pounds money aforesaid.All the above said legacies are to paid by me Executors in convenient timeafter my decease, and of the monies I may have and the monies can be got inthat is owing me upon land and Mortgage or otherwise at the time of my decease,such sums are to be taken out of their Legacies and allowed as so much moneypaid to them in part of their legacy. Item, My will is, that if I should “die”before James Hendrickson, the boy I have taken should arrive to the age oftwenty one years, that the said boy shall serve the remainder of his time withmy son Robert, and that my son Robert do give him four months schooling, and tobe done at two different times, that is two months in a winter and one yearafter he is free. I give him twenty pounds money aforesaid, to be paid him bymy Executors; also my will is that saidboy have liberty to keep his own small stock of cattle (or such of them as arenot fit to part(?) of) on the plantation I now live on, till he is free. Item,My will is that my negro wench Cate, after my decease, if she should dislike orrefuse to live with my son Robert, that she have liberty to go and live withany of my children where she chooses, and that my daughter Amy do help her, if____ , and also all my children to support her, my sons Robert and Richard inparticular, so that she may be maintained comfortably during her natural lifeItem, my will is that my negro boy named Ben, being eight years and ten monthsold, do live with my son Robert the sum of twelve years and three month fromthis day, and at the expiration of said term to be free and at liberty, but incase my son Robert should use him ____, my will is that my son Richard andJoseph Throckmorton do hire him out an apprentice till he is twenty one yearsof age, and then to be free; and if he should come to want my will is that myson Robert do support him, inconsideration whereof, I give and devise to mysaid son Robert his heirs and assigns, all my lands by the Saw-Mill, beingthree tracts near Lucas’s with full liberty of the stream, and all the ___ andadvantages thereunto belonging or appertaining, unto him his heirs and assignsforever, And after said negro boy is free, do hereby impower my Executors tocall him to account for any misconduct in his manner of life and conduct, alsoit is my will that if myself or either of my Executors should ___ at anytime ortimes after the date, or be ___ __ date from the date hereof, any sum or sumsof money, as part, or parts of the aforesaid legacies, they in such case shall takereceipts sufficiently evidenced, andsuch receipts shall be taken as good and sufficient vouchers for the payment ofsuch sum or sums as are specified in said receipt, and be discounted by him or heraccordingly. And farther, I do hereby will that all my Cattle, horses, sheep orother creatures that may appear to be my property at the time of my decease, Ido own that an apprisement be made and my two sons Richard and Robert to takethem and divide the amount of the apprisal equally amongst themselves and theirbrothers and sisters equally alike, and also all such household furniture asshall be left in the house as my property at the time of my decease ___ to myson Robert. And lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my belovedson Richard James and my friend Joseph Throckmorton, and my beloved son RobertJames Executors, of this my last will and testament; and I do hereby utterlydisallow, revoke and make ___ all and any former ____ other Wills Legacies ,instruments, bequeathments or Executors by me at any time before this made,constituted or appointed in ratifying and confirming this my writing___ To bemy last will and testament. In witnesswhereof the said Robert James have hereunto set my hand and seal this day andyear first above written.
Robert James (Ss) Signed, sealed, published, and declared byhim the said Robert James, Senr, as his last will and testament, in thepresence of Frances Fenton, Lewis McKnight, Louis Thompson. Note: The foregoingwill being proved in the usual form before Caleb Lloyd Esq. ____ for the Countyof Monmouth on this 19th day of October, A. D. 1803. No letterstestamentary were issued as the Executors were all dec’d, and this will wasonly desired to be recorded. | James, Robert Sr. (I678)
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William and his wife Cathern (sic) were living in Berkeley Co, in 1767. Their son John was born July 26, 1767 "nere Garrets Town". The family moved north into western Pennsylvania and was well established before the Revolutionary War. Records indicate that their plantation was on Ruffs Creek in Morgan Twp., Washington Co, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary War and later was a Justice of the Peace in Washington Co.
William Lee came to Ohio about 1808; he resided in Warren Co. until his death, which occurred about 1817. By his three wives he had twenty-one (three?) children. [Source: "The Lee Family" http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/wmfairfax/cj_lee.html?mtbrand=AOL_US and Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1882., "The History of Warren County, Ohio", reprint - Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc. 1972 Biographical Sketches, pg. 1056-1057] | Lee, William (I8165)
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William and Laura Grant had ten children. The majority of these children and their children and grandchildren lived in or near Beaverton, in Central Michigan. | Grant, William Nathanial (I5223)
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William Beck
27 Baan Baan Street
Dapte, New South Wales, Australia
Dear Sir:
I have received your letter after the post office has traced me down from place to place, which has 8 different addresses from the letter I received through the Immigrant Agent in my City from Mr. John Beck, Parkway, Essex, England and received the book from him, of which I was very proud.
Sometime after World War I, I wrote a letter to him and never got any reply and considered that he was one of the unlucky ones of the spoils of War. I am very proud to know that you are in the business you are in, saving souls. I think that is the highest honor of any other profession and to know that you have had the ones that has been bestowed on you as a minister and the interest you had in keeping the history of the noble family of the Irish family of Beck. I am enclosing the name and address of the Sidney Librarian.
I live just 5 miles out of Sidney and 9 miles from Ann, Ohio where I got the first correspondence from Mr. John Beck, Essex, England. We are building a beautiful new library in Sidney, which will be ready for occupancy about September. If possible, I would like very much if it could be arrange if you could send the history to me, so I could present it to the library when it is dedicated.
Now I will tell you of part of my life. I was born March 4th 1878 near Covington, Ohio to Robert and Cynthia Ann Kelly Beck, who have passed beyond. Father died in 1879 and Mother died at the age of 96. There were 8 children, 5 boys and 3 girls of which all are deceased, except one brother 82 years and myself, 80 years. From the time I was 8 years old, I worked for my board and clothes from one place to another 'til I was quite a man. Some places were like Heaven to me and some were so bad that it brings tears to my eyes when I think how cruel they were to me. When I was 25, I met a beautiful little girl and fell in love and was married 55 years ago. There were 4 girls and 1 boy born to us.
I have been a carpenter for 50 years. I have my own home and have retired. I have but a few enemies and a host of friends. I don't chew, drink or smoke and am an ardent hunter of both big and small game and love to fish and all clean sports. May God help you in all your work and every day be a better one.
We have deer, bear, elk, moose and some caribou and reindeer, which come down from the far North Alaska each winter. For small game, we have hare, wild turkey in some places, geese, ducks, squirrel, rabbits, grouse and some sage hens and have some beautiful water to fish in. We raise all kind of livestock and grain. We have at Vandalia, Ohio, the World's Trap Shoot, which each year the World Champion is awarded Champion of the World.
Our Irish family in U.S.A. celebrates St. Patricks Day. They had the largest parade this year they ever had. We have beautiful large Presbyterian Church in Sidney.
Thanking you for your most grateful letter on the further gleanings from the past, of which I cherish with the greatest esteem and have cherished all my life, and hoping to hear from you and your family and all about your Country, I remain,
Yours in faith forever,
Walter H. Beck
Box 295
Port Jefferson, Ohio | Beck, Walter Herbert (I2005)
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William Beck was licensed to carry arms 14 October 1796. | Beck, William (I4304)
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William Beck, born at Ballyguniham, Donacloney, 1743, and later settled at Cascum Loughbrickland, 1769. The lease of the property was renewed in 1789 for the lives of William Beck, his son John Beck, and the then Prince of Wales. He was still resident at Cascum in 1821, being then 78 years of age, dying there on September 16, 1827. He was buried in Loughbrickland Presbyterian Graveyard. in his will, dated November 3, 1825 and proved at Dromore Diocesan Court on January 23, 1828, he mentions his sons William, Alexander, Hugh, John and Joseph, his grandson John Haddon Beck, and his son-in-law, Moses Woods, and appoints his "kinsman and friend" Robert Beck of Clay one of the executors. his wife, nee Margaret Hanna of Shankhill, Aghaderg, died on May 18, 1810. He left issue six sons and one daughter. (Source: John W. Beck, A.M.I.E.E., "Beck of Northern Ireland", 1931)
Extract of WILL
William Beck of Cascum, Parish of Aghaderg, County Down. Dated 3 November 1825.
To son William £25. To son Alexander £20. To son-in-law Moses Woods £10. To son Hugh £25. To granddaughter Jane Woods. £5. To grandson John Haddon Beck £10, with loom now out on hire. To son John farm at Cloverhill. Residue, farm at Cascum, crops thereon, stock, cattle, farming utensils, dwelling-house and furniture to son Joseph Beck.
Executors: (1) Robert Beck of Clay, kinsman, (2) John McClelland of Cloverhill.
Witnesses: Mary Hamilton, Isaac Parker, William Donaldson.
Probate granted to Jhn McClelland and James Hamilton at Diocesan Court of Dromore on 23 January 1828. | Beck, William (I2022)
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William Beck, born at Cascum, Loughbrickland, 1771. He acquired a farm at Clay, Parish of Annaclone, and married his kinswoman Susan Beck, a granddaughter of Francis Beck of Clay. He died in 1846, and left issue one son, George, born 1822, who succeeded him and died in Belfast on November 29, 1881. (Reference: John W. Beck, A.M.I.E.E., "Beck of Northern Ireland", 1931) | Beck, William (I2099)
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William Beck, Elizabeth's first husband, died March 22, 1855 and she married for the second time Andrew Baker on April 26, 1857. In the court records I found a divorce record as follows: Divorce records - Shelby County, Ohio. Baker, Andrew vs. Elizabeth J. Baker, Jan 1863. Defendent absent more than 3 years, divorce granted. | Fairburn, Elizabeth Jane (I2019)
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William Beck, second son of James Alexander Beck, was born at Everton house, Belfast, on 12 July 1861. He was the first Managing Director of James A. Beck, and Son, Ltd., and succeeded to the Everton property on the death of his father. He married Mary, daughter of John Beswick of Darwell, Lancashire, at Chorley Parish Church on 8 February 1890, and died at Everton House on 15 September 1911, beign buried in Belfast City Cemetery. His will was dated 9 March 1909, and proved at Belfast Probate Registry on 10 November 1911. He left two sons and two daughters. (Source: John W. Beck, A.M.I.E.E., "Beck of Northern Ireland", 1931) | Beck, William (I4140)
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William Clevenger, farmer, P. O. Cuba, third son of Enos and Christine Clevenger, was born in Washington Twonship April 30, 1836. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his educational acquirements in the common schools of the country. When he arrived to his majority, he engaged in farming and followed its pursuits for nine years, then embarked in the mercantile business and continued in that line two years, and returned to his former occupation, which he has followed ever since. 1879 and 1880, Mr. Clevenger was employed by the County Commissioners to plat all the townships in the county for the re-appraisement of real estate in 1880. April, 1869, he was elected a member of the Board of Township Trustees, and has since been a useful member of that body. He served on the Township Board of Education for fifteen years. September 13, 1862, he was married to Martha Compton, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Compton. Mrs. Clevenger was born in Indiana January 8, 1845. This marriage was given five children, of whom four are living - George M., born November 10, 1863; Frank M., born March 8, 1865; William W., born May 21, 1869; Homer E., born May 28, 1879; Luther E., born august 18, 1866, and died December 23, 1870. Mrs. Clevenger is a consistent member of the M. E. church. Mr. Clevenger is connected with the society of the I.O.O.F. In politics, he entertains Democratic views. During the late rebellion, Mr. Clevenger was Captain of company K, Second regiment Clinton County Militia. He was commissioned by Gov. Tod. He was called out once during the Kirby Smith threatened invasion of Cincinnati. Mr. Clevenger owns seventy-two acres of the original homestead; it is well improved and cultivated. [W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, 1882, "The History of Clinton County, Ohio", (Evansville, Indiana: A Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1971), Washington Twp., pg. 1139] | Clevenger, William (I10555)
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William Cree served in Captain Edward Grime's Company of Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia as shown by the returns of the Seventh Battalion in January 1778. Patrick Cree, John Cree, and Robert Cree were in this same Battalion at various times. William Cree was born in 1752 and died in Greene County in 1835. He warranted the farm still in the hands of his descendants, on February 4, 1789, under the title "Ashton," and the old Cree Cemetery, in which he and a number of his family are buried, is situated on this farm. William Cree married Jane Marshall, who was born in 1752, and died in 1839. Their living children are mentioned in the will of William Cree. [Reference: Howard L. Leckey, "The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneers", (Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press, 1993), pg. 546, 547]
Children of William Cree and Jane Marshall.....
Mary, Esther, Ann Elizabeth, Catherine, Jane (Jenney), John, William | Cree, William (I7782)
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William D. Graham—son of Reuben and Nancy Graham was born in Eureka, Gallia county, October 18, 1839. He is a farmer and has been married twice. His first wife was Martha E. McCormack, born in this county in 1842, and died in 1870. She was a daughter of John and Sarah E. McCormack. She had one child: Clara A., born January 12, 1864. He married his second wife, Laura F. (Riggs), daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth M. (Guthrie) Riggs, in Clay township, November 19, 1872. She was born in Clay township, May 20, 1849. They had three children, as follows: Still born baby, born May 14, 1874; John E. July 22, 1875; Fred R. January 24, 1881, both live in Clay township. His father was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Hutsinpiller, and she was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Post office address, Eureka, Gallia county, Ohio. | Graham, William David (I11372)
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William E. Lackey was born in Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, October 19, 1853, the first born of the children of John Lackey and Unity Wells (or Wills). As such he did not have the luxury of going to school, a lack he regretted his whole life. Though he could not write, he had a mind for figures. He married a woman who loved to read and entertain and they made sure that their children went to school and learned to read.
He met Ada Earnhart in Lebanon. They were married January 31, 1884 at the Lebanon Courthouse by Joseph W. O'Neall, Probate Judge and F. M. Cunningham, Deputy Clerk. License No. 991. The minister of the gospel T. A. Brandon performed the sacred service of marriage. They soon had three girls Florence 1885. died 1896, Carrie in 1887, Mabel 1889 and Ethel 1891. William decided to move his flock to new county outside Warren Co and Pekin. He contracted to buy 131.34 acres in Butler County, Section 28, some river bottom, some high ground on May 13, 1893 from John E. Peat. A log house was on the property for the time being. In 1903 he hired local West Middletown builder George Dome to build the brick house, stone basement clapboard walls for $2500. He specialized in raising potatoes, which he peddled to Middletown. He also raised 3 to 5 cows and processed the butter - Mabel's project. The piano purchased when house was built was for Ethel.
Two big events in 1906 were the selling of 5.57 acres and 10.31 acres to Cincinnati Northern Traction Co.; and the wedding of daughter Carrie Maria Lackey to David Weikel, at the bride's home on December 26,1906. The Lackey Home was on the knoll beyond the turn of the River Road and beyond the bridge over the creek beside the Frisch's brick factory. David's parents, Daniel and Mary (Fall) Weikel lived 2 miles north and on the same east side of the River Road (later Trenton-Franklin Rd). On October 3, 1912 his youngest daughter, Ethel Hazel Lackey, was married in this same parlor. This groom was George Wilbur Smith, a young second-generation German engineer with Armco, from Middletown.
As West Middletown grew William Lackey sold .32 acre to the Ohio Electric Traction Co, Dec 17, 1910 and 1.33 acre to Cincinatti Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co, Feb 19, 1917. To this Lackey knoll David Weikel sent his wife and 4 children as the Miami River began to rise and overflow in April of 1913. David almost lost the family silver which he returned in a boat to get.
The flood of 1913 intervened and caused the formation of the Miami Conservancy. To it Daniel Weikel gave 13 acres on April 2,1918 and neighbor H. J. Roeselott 23.66 acres on April 3,1918 with the understanding they could rent it to farm it yearly. In 1927 Cincinatti & Dayton Traction Co. and the Cincinatti Hamilton & Dayton Ry Co. each gave 2 acres to it. Many years later, after son Ralph had inherited it from his mother Ada Mae Lackey, he would sell the remaining 26.92 acres of flood zone land to the Miami Conservancy District in Oct 13,1958.
William Lackey lived to see electricity and telephone service come to West Middletown though they didn't avail themselves of the service during his lifetime. He died Wednesday evening March 7,1928 at his residence at the age of 73, leaving wife - Ada M. Earnhart Lackey, 3 daughters - Mrs. David Weikel of West Middletown, Mrs. George Smith of Middletown, Mabel at home and son Ralph at home.
His body was shown in the family parlor, as reported by grandson Elmer Weikel - Carrie's second son and Edna Moore - Ethel's third daughter. The funeral was at 1:30 Saturday from residence. Rev Stiles officiating. Interment in charge of Undertaker McCoy at Corwin cemetery near Waynesville. [Source: Information from - Richard Foley, email dated May 31, 2001] | Lackey, William E. (I8900)
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William Emigrated to USA (was he a member of the "hearts of Steel" who were engaged in the Battle of Ballynahinch? His cousin John was killed during the rout, he and his cousin William escaping although he was enforced to emigrate to America) (Source: Information received from Dave Griffiths)
Notes for William Beck:
William Beck Of Ballyblack with his cousins John Beck of Newtownards and his brother William also of Ballyblack were members of the "Hearts of Steel " were engaged in the Battle of Ballynahinch. John was killed the others escaped, William had an enforced emigration to America | Beck, William (I4300)
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William H. Cleaver, farmer, P. O. Harveysburg; born in Warren County, Aug. 18, 1830, is a son of Peter and Sarah Cleaver. The subject of this sketch was only two years of age when his father died; then he was cared for by his mother and older brothers till his majority. He was married Jan. 12, 1853, to Martha A., daughter of John and Sarah Reason; by her he had two children--Sarah Bell (deceased) and Mary Elizabeth, born March 16, 1857; his wife died March 20, 1857, aged 24 years. On April 15, 1863, he was united in marriage to Mary Jane, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sears. Mary was born July 8, 1838. By this union they have had five children--Martha A., born Oct. 11, 1865; Anna C., born Dec. 2, 1867; Lutie A., born Nov. 18, 1868 (deceased); Willie E., born July 22, 1871 (deceased), and Warren M., born Aug. 3, 1872. Mr. Cleaver after his marriage located on the farm where he now lives and has since resided, a period of twenty-eight years. Mr. Cleaver is one of the substantial farmers of Massie Township; a man of integrity, a kind neighbor and a good citizen; has been Township Trustee four years. [Source: Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1882., "The History of Warren County, Ohio", (reprint, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc. 1972), pg. 998, Biographical Sketches, Massie Township] | Cleaver, William Harvey (I8052)
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William Heald, father of our immigrant ancestor, Samuel, was also born in Mobberly in 1647, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hobson) Heald. He married Jane Donbobbin in 1667 and in addition to Samuel, they had children William and Mary. William, his wife, Jane and their youngest child, Mary all died in 1677 within a month's time of each other suggesting they may have been stricken with some epidemic or other catastrophe. At least one Heald researcher believes that Samuel, orphaned at age 9, was then reared by his uncle, James Heald, who lived on Broadoak Farm. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors, (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 19] | Heald, William (I8137)
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William Murphy appears to be Tippecanoe County, Ind. 1830, but one of his sons is back in Ross County in 1850. (Source: Donald H. Strong, "Southeastern Ohio Genealogies", (Preston, ID: D.H. Strong, 1992, pg. F6) | Murphy, William (I4059)
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William Rhinehart was the first editor of "The Religious Telescope, published in Dayton, Ohio by the United Brethren in Christ Church. | Rhinehart, William (I10832)
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William volunteered to fight the Indians, Captain William McClellans's Company, Colonel Bouquet's Ohio Expedition, Frederick County, Maryland, 1764; enlisted in Lieutenant Colonel James Innis' Company of the 15th Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, 22 November 1776; discharged 22 November 1779; appears Tax Lists, Hampshire County, Virginia 1782 and 1784; granted 200 acres of land, Hampshire County, Virginia 1804; had five children. (Source: Gladys Donson, Lawrence F. Athy, Jr., The Thomas Flora Family of London, Maryland & Virginia (Houston, TX: Donath Publishing, 1995), pg. 12) | Flora, William (I3994)
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William was a thoughtful, studious, serious young man. After graduating from Springboro High School, he became employed at the National Cash Register County, Dayton, Ohio. He enrolled in the YMCA night school to complete a college course in law. He passed the Bar Examination in 1917 and was employed in the Law Office with a Mr. smith, Winters Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio Bar Association, the Masonic Lodge F and AM; the Eastern Star, and the Springboro Knights of Pythias Lodge - ever seeking to improve himself by good association and selected reading.
He was always mindful of his mother and his home. He travelled through the Eastern and Western United States. On his first vacation from his law practice, he contracted a heavy chest cold which ended in tuberculosis. He was forced to end a promising career and return to his Springboro home where he died at the age of 43 years. [Source: Laura E. Rosnagle, "The John and Jane Fleming Hayner Genealogy", Cincinnati, Ohio : John & Jane Fleming Hayner Reunion, 1983 (Utica, Ky. : McDowell Publications, pg. 137] | Hormell, William B. (I8451)
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Willis R. Honeyman, Miami county is indebted for some of its best citizenship to the emigrants from Virginia, who have contributed materially to the agricultural development of this region. From this eastern community of settled conditions and ideals have journeyed many whose names stand for sterling worth in the Miami valley and among them none are more typical than the Honeyman family, a worthy representative of which is found in Willis R. Honeyman, of Monroe township. Mr. Honeyman was born December 11, 1865, in this township, a son of Eli and Annie (Miller) Honeyman, natives of the same county, and a grandson of an early settler from Virginia. The parents passed their entire lives in agricultural pursuits in this county, where both were held in the highest esteem. They had seven children, of whom only two are living: Willis R., and Oliver, who is now living retired at Dayton after many years of agricultural activities, having sold his share in the home estate to this brother. Willis R. Honeyman acquired his education in the public schools after leaving which he began farming on the home place, and after the death of his parents obtained a share of the home place. Later he bought the interest of his brother, and at this time is farming 118 acres, all in a high state of cultivation and with excellent improvements. Mr. Honeyman is a farmer and stock raiser of intelligence, experience and capability, a business man with an excellent reputation for soundness and integrity, and a citizen who has supported all worthy movements both in times of peace and war. He married, November 3, 1886, Hattie Cordelia, daughter of Philip and Mary ( Schrader) Vance, of Troy, and to this union there have been born six children: Bertha, the wife of Harvey Gray, of Tippecanoe City, and Robert, John, Albert, Glenn and Roy at home. During the recent war period, Robert and Albert were particularly active in the sale of war savings stamps, and the other members of the family also did their share in the various movements. Mr. Honeyman is a member of the Knights of Pythias. | Honeyman, Willis Ross (I2181)
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WILL… Henry Hormel
Will dated 27 August 1830
Transcript of Probate Records, Warren County, Ohio
Court of Common Pleas, April Term 1834, pg. 82
Recorded 21 April 1834
The last will and testament of Henry Hormel in the name of God amen. Not knowing the day of my death and for the better peace & satisfaction of my heirs I will as follows: First the funeral charges and lawful debts be paid. Second my will is that my beloved wife shall have all my property both real and personal during her life and after her death my will is that the residue of my property be disposed of according to law by my executors and divide the proceeds between my children and grand children as follows. 1st I will to Rebeca Merritt late Rebeca Hormell the sum of fifty dollars. 2nd I will to Henry S. Ross, Samuel Ross & Eleat Hormel the sum of ten-dollars each and after paying the above legases and lawful charges to divide the remainder equally between John Ross and Mary his wife late Mary Hormell, Joel Hormell & Lidda his wife late Lidda Hormell, Kirby Allen and Matildah his wife late Matildah Hormell, Isaac Gudgel and Sarah his wife late Sarah Hormell, Joseph Carter and Eleanor his wife late Eleanor Hormell and to my grand daughter Ellen Gudgel daughter of Isaac and Nancy Gudgel late Nancy Hormell an equal share after deducting the different sums of money which I have paid the above mentioned heirs to be divided equally share and share alike. John Ross has received the sum of seventy nine dollars Joel Hormel sum ten dollars, Isaac, Gudgel sum thirty dollars, Kirby Allen sum twenty five dollars, Joseph Carter sum ten dollars and Ellen Gudgel sum ten dollars: the remainder of my children (towit) Joseph Norton, Elizabeth Barms late Elizabeth Hormell, Margaret Hormell widdow of Henry Hormell deceased and Phebe Hormell widow of John Hormell deceased, by this my last will are not to receive any part or portion of my property as aforesaid they having received in my life time land and other property to more than and equivalent to the above legatees a reference to the records if necessary will more fully show. And lastly I do appoint Daniel Crane & Joel Hormell to be my executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1830
In presence of Henry (his mark) Hormell
Kirby (his mark) Allen
Fenton Carter | Hormel, Henry (I6778)
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Wilmington News-Journal
Wilmington, Ohio
6 November 1953, p16
Services Held for Mrs. Florea
Funeral services for Mrs. Leila E. Florea, who died Tuesday, were hled Thursday, at 2 p.m. at the Marsh Funeral Home.
...Rev. Benjamin V. Smith, of the Methodist Church, read the Scripture, and obituary, offered prayer, and delivered the sermon. Charles Fischer at the piano played "In the Garden" and "Will the Circle be Unbroken."
...Pallbearers were Arthur Pohlmeyer, James Florea, Fred Carter, O. D. Brock, Ralph Perkins and Ralph Engle. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery. | Mendenhall, Leila Ethel (I1973)
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Wilmington—Alva Florea, 75, of near Delaware, former Clinton county farmer, died at a Delaware hospital Saturday at 1:50 p.m. following an illness of two years. He is survived by his wife, Carrie; two daughters, Mrs. Stella Barger of Mildord and Mrs. Mary Jane Sloane of Blanchester; a son, Donald, Milford; one sister, Mrs. Clara Hite, Dayton, and 17 grandchildren. Services were held at Delaware yesterday afternoon and the body was taken to the Hannah funeral home, Blanchester, where services will be held today at 2 p.m. Burial, Blanchester cemetery. | Florea, Alvadore Frank (I1580)
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Winifred, the Witch of Wallingford
Winifred King was married to Joseph Benham of New Haven on January 15, 1657, in Boston. The couple had fourteen children. The youngest child Winifred, at age thirteen, was accused with her mother of witchcraft and was tried in New haven and Harttford, and finally acquitted. Winifred King's mother is probably Mary Hale of Boston, wife of John. Mary Hale was a widow who ran a boarding house/nursing home in Boston, accused in 1680 of poisoning a young man, a former boarder, who had rejected her granddaughter and was about to marry another. The granddaughter's name was Johanna Benham, and she was "aged 19 or thereabouts" when she testified at the trial, just the age of Winifred's daughter Johanna, who is said to have died young. At the trial, Johanna called Mary Hale her grandmother, and Mary was said to have called Johanna, "my granddaughter, a hump-backed jade!" Mary was acquitted. There are records of Mary Hale in Boston from 1663 when she was paid 5 pounds for taking care of an indigent but nothing has yet been found about her before or after that. No further record has been found of Johanna.
Joseph and Winifred Benham lived in New Haven until they moved to Wallingford in 1670 as one of the the thirty-seven founding families. Winifred was the only "foreign" wife, the only one among these families who had not been locally brought up and that, of course, made her particularly vulnerable to local malice. In Wallingford Joseph was allotted a six acre home lot on the main street, then called the 'Long Highway'. This was situated in the very center of the village, directly across from the site set aside for the ministry. In 1950 the First Congregational Church celebrated its 175th anniversary. For more than ten years, Joseph and Winifred Benham lived quietly. Sometime before 1680, their oldest daughter, Johanna, must have gone to Boston to live with her grandmother, and perhaps pick up some knowledge of nursing, as her mother had probably done. In 1682, their child, Joseph, was married to a widow, Hannah Merriman Ives, who was eight years older than he. Socially, this was a step up for Joseph because of the three classes in Wallingford, the Merrimans were in class 1 (paying the highest taxes and holding the most prominent positions), the Ives in class 2 (the great middle class of taxpayers and office holders), while the Benhams were in the lowest class 3 (with little money and no important jobs).
Since no more is ever heard of the second Mary and her brother Samuel, we assume they died by 1680. This left Joseph and Winifred with only four of their many children left at home; two girls, Anna age 13, Sara age 6; and two boys, John age 11, and James age 3. They were, no doubt, very surprised to have Winifred in 1684, a year after their first grandchild was born.
Rumors calling Winifred a witch must have been circulating for some years before Joseph finally lost his temper. Hannah Parker, wife of John Parker had even come to his house and suggested to Winifred that she was associated with the devil. Maybe she taunted her with having a child so late in life, (the baby Winifred had been born when she was 45, after a lapse of four years - unusual then) and suggested she had conjured up the baby! Or maybe she had asked about her "witch" mother, Mary Hale. Joseph pulled out his gun and threatened to shoot Hannah if the woman did not stop harassing his wife.
Joseph's threat so infuriated the righteous Parkers that they separately and publicly accused both Benhams before the county court at New Haven on July 25, 1692, he of threatening to shoot Hannah and she of witchcraft. Joseph Benham was cited in court and fined. Winifred had to appear again in November when she was cleared but warned "solemnly reflect upon ye case and grounds of suspicion given in and alleged against her." And told if further grounds or evidence should appear against her she might "justly feare and exspect to be brought to her tryall for it." Joseph was required to post 20 pounds to ensure her further appearance.
The fact that it took five years to find people to testify against Winifred, speaks very well for her character, and also shows that she must have had many friends in Wallingford. Outstanding among the friends are two very different families; the Dutch Johnson (or Jansens), originally from what is now Brooklyn, and the Eliasaph Prestons, the other deacon of the church. Not only was Preston a deacon but he was also one of the best educated men in Wallingford; he was the schoolteacher, and came from a line of educated men. Just as important was the fact that his wife, Elizabeth Beach, had a brother who had married the daughter of a very famous "witch" Mary Staples, of Fairfield. In 1653 Mary's husband had sued her accuser (the deputy governor of New Haven) for slander, and won. Among Mary's stated crimes was the fact that she had told a friend she did not believe in witches! In 1692 she was again accused (with a daughter and granddaughter) and again acquitted. Deacon Preston would have stood behind Winifred. Also his daughter Esther married Winifred's son James in 1703.
About 1667 a Dutchman named Jan Wouters moved to Branford, Connecticut with his wife and three sons. Lambert, born 1660 married Anna Benham, and Wouter (or Walter), born 1666 married Joanna Royce. Jan Wouter's first wife died and he married again, having nine more children. Jacob, born 1672, married Sarah Benham. Walter moved to Wallingford and settled there; even after the death of Joanna in 1688, he brought his second wife to live there. It was probably while visiting that their brother that Lambert and Jacob fell in love with the Benham girls. There is no record of when or where they were married, but it might have been Brooklyn (Flatbush), and since the first child recorded of either couple was baptized on Staten Island in 1696, it is possible they had a double wedding about 1694. This child was named Winifred, which must have brought great comfort and pleasure to her grandmother.
The Dutch did not believe in witch nonsense and were probably anxious to get their women out of the range of malicious gossip as soon as possible. It is likely that John, who would have been 23 in 1694, left home about this time to seek his fortune; the Wallingford land records show no mention of John until 1726. So Joseph, Winifred, their son James and daughter Winifred might well have been alone.
But the hounding wouldn't stop! Winifred was teased, inspected, questioned, watched all the time. Young Winifred was so like her mother, she was suspected, too. Can you hear Hannah Parker saying... "she was an unnatural child to begin with...the devil's spawn." The Benhams liked their home...they had worked hard to make it a good place to lay down roots and didn't want to tear them up. They probably spent more and more time on their farm at Cheshire, hoping against hope that the persecutions would stop
Finally came the break that Hannah Parker was waiting for. Her second daughter, Hannah, who had married Josiah Royce in 1693, was left a widow and married a second time to Ebenzer Clark on December 22, 1696. Ebenezer had a fifteen year old daughter Sarah by his first wife Sarah Peck who had died in May of that year. We can surmise it would not take long for Elizabeth to convince her disconsolate and impressionable step-daughter that most of her troubles and those of her friends were due to the wicked witch Winifred Benham.
Sarah had an orphan friend, Elizabeth, who had lost both her father and mother in the last nine years; Elizabeth Lathrop's father John died in 1688 and her mother Ruth Royce had married again to Abraham Doolittle who already had children. Then about 1694 her mother Ruth had died, her stepfather had married for a third time, and was now starting a new family. She must have felt unwanted and unloved and so was readily convinced she was bewitched. It is quite possible that by then she was living with her aunt, Martha Lathrop Moss, whose son John Moss, age 15, was the third accuser. These three were the witnesses that the Parkers and Deacon Hall had been looking for; they came from very good families and the Parkers would not appear to be involved.
The trial was held at a 'Special County Court by order of Governor, held at New Haven August 31, 1697.' The accused were: Winnifred King Benham, age 58, Wallingford and Winnifred Benham Jr, age 13, Wallingford. They were accused by: Wallingford Children; John Moss 3rd, son of John Moss Jr. and Sarah Lathrop Moss; Elizabeth Lathrop, age 19; and Sarah Clark, age 16. The three teenagers testified that "they were frequently and sorely afflicted in their bodies by the said Benhams, mother and daughter or theire Apparicon and as they strongly suspect by their means or procurance by the Devil in their shapes." The court said that the death of a young child should be inquired into "with what appeared as spots on said child and the like spots on the said Benham quickly vanishing," and this time the court found "clear and sufficient ground of suspicion against them" and bound them over for trial at the next Court of Assistants in October.
Joseph had to post a 40 pound bond to keep his wife and daughter out of jail, and guarantee their appearance. Where he found the money, goodness knows. In June of 1697, he sold 4 acres of land to Thomas Beach for 8 pounds 10 shillings. Maybe he mortgaged the rest of his land for the bond. Under no conditions would he let his family spend any time in prison.
When the two Winifreds appeared before court at Hartford in October 7, 1697, they tried the experiment of casting her into water; "the Superior Court of Connecticut has searched her several times for Tets (witch marks). The grand jury returned the verdict "Ignoramus," (not proven) and they were free to go home. After this she was excommunicated from church by the minister of Wallingford. They could not know that this was the last recorded witchcraft trial in New England. Continued suspicion drove mother and daughter to seed refuge elsewhere; they fled for the less hostile environment of Staten Island in the Colony of New York.
The two Johnson (or Wouters) girls (Anna and Sarah Benham) ended up on Staten Island and raised children. Either or both of them occupied a fine house overlooking the "Narrows" towards Brooklyn. it is now a tourist attraction, one of the oldest on the Island. Eventually both Johnsons moved to New Jersey.
Young Winifred is in the 1706 census of Staten Island, married to Evert Van Namen, who moved there from Brooklyn about that time. Until her marriage she and her parents, while they lived, had probably been with the Johnsons in Brooklyn. Joseph Jr. died in 1702, leaving three children. John turns up just once, in 1726, as a signer of a power of attorney to his brother James and nephew Joseph for the sale of Joseph Sr.'s land, and the division of profits among his heirs. He was at the time living in Kings County, New York, which is Brooklyn. James who stayed in Wallingford, either with his brother Joseph until he died in 1702, or with his friend the Deacon Eliasaph Preston, married Esther Preston in 1704, and had a large family of his own. We do not know when or where Joseph or Winifred died...Joseph had died at least by 1714, when the new land division allotted shares to "the hairs of Joseph Benham, Senor."
The last witchcraft trial in Connecticut happened in 1697, where the charges against Wallingford residents Winnifred Benham and her teenage daughter were dismissed. The last recorded accusation of witchcraft in the state is against Colchester resident Sarah Spencer, who was determined by magistrates to be innocent and awarded damages. The trial of Connecticut Colony laws were updated in 1715, at which time witchcraft continued to be listed as a capital crime. The crime of witchcraft disappeared from the list of capital crimes when the laws were next printed in 1750. | King, Winifred (I573)
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Witness in the Will of Samuel Heald as Jos'a Harlan.
Settled on 200 acres on Brandywine given him by his father. Remained there during his life. Left estate valued at L537, 04s, 8d. | Harlan, Joshua (I7934)
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Witness: Elisabeth Thompson, As to (1), Sylvester Dye, as to (2) and Walter G. McCullough, as to 1 and 2
v105, p117 | Funk, Jennie (I4609)
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WM. H. UHLENHAKE DIES IN FT WAYNE
William H. Uhlenhake, age 79, former resident of Hamilton, died at his home, Fort Wayne, Ind., Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Uhlenhake's, first Wife Addie Uhlenhake, died 15, years ago. He married Mrs. Irene Cook, also of Hamilton, who survives, with one foster daughter, Miss Peggy Cook, and two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Schellenbach, and Mrs. George Heuschen, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, all of Fort Wayne.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday afternoon at Crescent Avenue Evangelical Church with internment in Lindenwood, Cemetery, Fort Wayne | Uhlenhake, William Henry (I4833)
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Wm. Rasch and family of Cleveland came Sunday for a visit with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White | White, Frederick W. (I394)
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Woody was a widower when he married Jo. his daughter Janey was raised by Woody and Jo. (Information provided by Karen Mackey) | Price, Thomas Woodrow (I3088)
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Work of the Pension Examining Board.
The following named persons applied at the last meeting of the Board for either an increase of or for an original pension:
Increase—Samuel Colvin
Original—Isaac Florea | Colvin, Samuel S. (I9)
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Work of the Pension Examining Board.
—The following named persons applied at the last meeting of the Board for either an increase of or for an original pension:
Increase—Samuel Colvin
Original—Isaac Florea | Florea, Isaac (I4)
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Xenia Dentist Dies at Church
Xenia, Oct. 17—Dr. Burt L. Lackey, 88, a dentist here since 1915, died of a heart attack yesterday while attending services at First Reformed church.
Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Neeld Funeral home. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
A native of Clinton county, Dr. Lackey was graduated from Cincinnati Dental college in 1900. He had lived here most of his life.
Survivors include his wife, Jessella; two sons, A. Clark of Mr. Airy, N.C., and Robert of Xenia, and three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Krug of Dayton, Mrs. Helen Hormell of Englewood and Mrs. Mary E. Pipher of Xenia. | Lackey, Dr. Burt LaFetra (I6792)
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Xenia, O Dec 30/37
My dear Helen,
—I do not know what made me so forgetful. I wrote to you this morning and forgot about your birthday. We have been speaking about it lately. I said a day or two ago that New Years day doesn't seem right when you are not home to celebrate your birthday with us.
—Well, my dear, it is hard to believe that you will be 27 years old. It does not seem so long since that New Years morning that you arrived in our home. Your Mother & I were so glad you came to us and we have never been disappointed for you have always brought us such joy. I will never forget your third birthday. Your mother and I left for Pittsburgh a few minutes before the New Year and your birthday came in. We hated to be away on your birthday but arrangements had been made for us to go at that time so we left. We left a gray sweater to be given to you. How we did miss you dear children while we were away and how anxious we were to get back to you at the end of the month. Just a few short weeks and Mother left us and I can say that you dear children have meant so much to me since that time. You were the baby and she hated to have to leave you right in your tender years. She must be anxiously waiting for us on the other side and we must keep these facts in our minds as we go through this life. My best goes out in peace and gratitude to our blessed Lord Jesus for His sacrifices, which makes it possible to meet these dear once again.
—Pray that we will all be ready when the summons comes. It may be soon.
God bless you, my dear one,
Love in abundance,
Affectionately
Dad
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Xenia, O. July 12/37
My Dear Harry & Helen,
Greetings in His name. We certainly did enjoy your letter rec’d last Thursday. You certainly did get around & see your relatives on that trip into Maine. I wish I could have been with you I would have enjoyed so much meeting all those cousins I have read your letter over several times until I have all the cousins fixed in my mind pretty well now, as well as where they live. I knew that you would enjoy going up there and meeting them. I had heard so much about them from Grandpa & Grandma Clark but of course that was 30 years ago or more. The thing that puzzles me in that the old home at Winterport should burn down 30 or 40 years ago and not hear about it. The letter written to Clark Feb. 20 1927 by Ed Clark states that his brother Fred lived on the old home farm at that time. What has become of Fred and his brother Brad. I believe Clark said that Ed Clark died some few years ago. They were the sons of Uncle Augustus Clark. We have a picture taken years ago at the home place when grandpa & Grandma Clark were visiting there. It has the three brothers in it and the families of Uncle Steve & Augustus in it. I have intended to hunt tha picture and look at it again since getting your letter but haven’t got around to it. Bobby & I did take the atlas, find the map of maine and look up all the places you visited. I would like to see a road map of Maine. It would be easier to find them & be easier to understand the relative positions on that kind of map. I see by the atlas that Winterport only had about 1000 inhabitants and Auburn about 2000. It must have been quite thrilling to drive right up to Ward’s house and enquire for them. They are such good friends of Clark & Leota and I know that they were glad to meet you and have a visit with you. I never met Mrs. Ward either, but I spend a whole day with Mr. Ward the first time I visited Clark & Leota at Mt. Airy. He, Clark, Leota & I went down to Blowing Rock one day sight seeing. I found him to be quite a fine gentleman but rather quiet. We will be glad to see the pictures yu took when you get them developed. Coz. Addie must be quite an interesting person. I know you must have had quite a nice visit with her, her son & family. I have been wondering why she did not mention her brother Maurice living at Winterport. It must be a quaint old place judging from the picture you sent. I presume it looked odd to you to see the houses & barns built so close and connected by a shed. Their winters are very long and severe & they have lots of snow. In speaking of the old home place, you remember the water color picture of it that hung in Grandpa Clarke’s home & Aunt Maimie got for one of your children after Grandma’s death. It is over at Dorothy & Claudes. Your mother had it painted here by Mrs. Collins & gave it to Grandpa for Xmas 1901. It was the Xmas before we were married. I went home with her for Xmas & I carried that picture with us. I always thought it was such a pretty picture. We have a picture of Coz. Addies daughter Sara taken when she graduated from High school. I saw it among the pictures just a short time ago. She was a very pretty girl. I am wondering if you have written to Clark & Leota since you were up in Maine. I think that I will send your letter to them for they will be interested in your trip. We haven’t heard from them for two or three weeks. Leota wasn’t well at that time and they were trying to find out the cause of her ailment. Mary E. has finally gotten back home. She was gone four weeks. They came over just before supper time last evening. I wish that you could see the baby. He walks everyplace now. He is such a tiny little fellow to walk. Prudomes have fences in a portion of the back yard for Philip and a white rabbit. Philip was a year old last March, but he hasn’t been walking very long. Mary E. took the baby over there & put him in the pen with Philip & the rabbit they had quite a fine time chasing the rabbit. I wish you could see the kitchen & bath room since Mother & Bobby have painted in there. They have gotten to be real artists. I believe they are going to put one more coat on the upper part of the kitchen. I looks very nice now but another coat will make it look still better. The paint underneath the paper was so very dark. I think it would have looked “OK” if they had painted over the paper.
Mother says that she is going to work at a tailoring job this week. She is goin to alter the white suit & see if she can make it fit me. She thinks that she can do it “OK”. It surely is a nice suit such nice goods. I surely am grateful to you dear ones for it and will be so glad to wear it this hot weather when it is made to fit me.
—I presume that Dorothy has written you about their “smash up” two weeks ago. They got their car last Thursday. It would be hard to tell it had been torn up so badly. I could no tell it. Dorothy & Mary E. saw a wreck last Friday evening, at the junction of 40 & 48, from Jim & Hazel’s window. It made them so nervous again. Dorothy thought at first it might be Claude coming home from sales meeting. Well, I must close here . God bless & keep you both.
Lovingly Dad
P.S. I will send Coz. Addies letter back.
It is strange that you had not seen all the pictures we sent to you. It must have been the ones taken in NC. the last time we were there. The ones of Bobby & Nora F. was taken when they were here Xmas. | Lackey, Dr. Burt LaFetra (I6792)
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