Information Wanted

Information Wanted Genealogical inquiries of fifty words or less will be published free to members of The Society. There will be a charge of $2.00 for each additional 25 words. For other persons, the charge is $5.00 for the first fifty words, and $2.00 for each additional 25 words, payable in advance. All inquiries should be typewritten or hand printed, double-spaced, and on one side of the paper only, accompanied by a letter requesting that the material be published in the Exchange, Inquiries should be brief, and should contain dates, localities and other identifying data. Full name and address of the sender should be given. BURD. Desire information about parents and siblings of Peter Burd, born 1776.1794 per Union County, Pennsylvania census, died 1820. Also daughter Mary Burd, born 1811, died 1874 as Mary Jodun, possibly in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Also son John Burd, born 1818, died 1873, place unknown. Both children presumed born in Union County, Pennsylvania. Roger F. Burd, 1921 Harte Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046. HAMBRIGHT. Need parents of Franklin Hambright who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 20 May 1832. He married Susanna Clark 16 June 1857. He died 13 August 1864 in a Confederate prison. He was the grandson of Henry and Sarah (Davies) Hambright, Jr. Will exchange information on Pennsylvania Hambright family. Mrs. Thomas Gorton, 831 Illinois Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 HAMMAKER. Also Hamacker, Haymaker. Henry and Mary (Tschudy) Hammacker sold property in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in 1798. They were in Franklin TOwnship, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in 1800 census. Does anyone know where they were buried? Glenn Hammaker, 2915 Durbin Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97405. HESS. Seeking ancestry and descendants of Christian and Barbara (Smoker) Hess. Also their sons: John Randolph Hess, born 1837 in Williamstown (now Vintage?), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and Samuel S. Hess, born 1835. Both emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa in 1865. Any other children? Mrs. Elda Hess Anderson, 10401 Kingswood Circle, Sun City, Arizona 85351. McCABE. John and Mary McCabe came to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania ca. 1840.45 with sons Patrick McCabe, born 1836; Michael McCabe, born 1838; James McCabe, born 1845 and Charles McCabe, born 281 282 Information Wanted 1847. Born in Pennsylvania. Seek any information on the sons, including marriages, deaths and emigration information. Patrick McCabe, 10 Barry Circle, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002. PATTON. Need information on John M. Patton, born 1802-08 in Pennsylvania; married Lucinda Clay in 1857 in Raleigh County, Virginia, (now West Virginia). Their children were: William Anderson Patton; Sylvester Patton; Mary Ann Patton; Sarah Elizabeth Patton; Frances Charlotte Patton; John Patton; Eliza Jane Patton and Nancy Harriet Patton. Could John M. Patton be a descendant of Captain William Anderson Patton who settled near Carlisle, Pennsylvania? An 1757 marriage records lists his parents as Peter and Mary Patton, but this is believed to be an error. Jack E. Patton, Route 2, Box 118, Beckley, West Virginia, 25801. Researching the following names, will exchange. PIERCY. Also Pierce. Family settled in Mason County, West Virginia by 1820. COOPER. Thomas Cooper was born 1765 in York County, Pennsylvania; married Hannah Patterson, daughter of James Patterson, born 1708. MONTGOMERY. Mary Montgomery was born ca. 1710; she married James Patterson, York County, Pennsylvania. Need data on her. FINCH. Daniel Finch was born in 1805 in Pennsylvania, as were his parents. Need ancestors. CRITCHFIELD. Also Scritchfield. Hester Critchfield was born ca. 1740; married Stephen Workman before 1763, Maryland; possibly the daughter of Amos Critchfield. Need ancestors. DOSS. Also Dotts, Dotz and Daws. Priscilla Doss was born in 1765, in South Carolina?; married in 1790 to Benjamin Workman, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Need her ancestors. Mrs. George C. Schempp, 164 Oakwood Lane, Ithaca, New York 14850. POTTS. Wish information about Henry, Moses, James and John Potts of Chester County, Pennsylvania. They all migrated South about 175055 to Rowan County, North Carolina. From which Potts family of Southeastern Pennsylvania did these men descend? Mrs. Rozella Loew, 403 East Broad Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252. REAVER. Also Reever or Richer. Any information on the Reaver family who lived in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County 1749.1840, would be greatly appreciated. Correspondence and information exchange welcomed. Dennis R. Reaver, 2517 North Rolling Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21207. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 283 RENSHAW. Need information on Anna Budden Renshaw who married 29 September 1831, Reverend John Daniel Matthews in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was Captain Renshaw, born ca. 1780; died 1815; he married Frances Budden, who was born 1781; died 1846; the daughter of James Budden who died in 1788. Elizabeth Bedford Bowen Butler,1115 Country Club Drive, Riverside, California 92506. ST. CLAIR. Seek ancestry of William R. St. Clair born in Pennsylvania in 1811, (5 May or 7 June?). Was in Ohio by 1834. Can provide information on descendants in exchange. John A. Rea, Linguistics Program, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. TERRY. David Terry was residing in Bensalem Township, Bucks County in 1763. Emigrated to Sharon, Ontario, Canada ca. 1805. His brother Benjamin Terry also of Bensalem and Sharon. He married Grace Davis (of Churchville ?). Request any information on all of the above and their antecedents. Jeanine C. Avigdor, 61 Thorncrest Road, Islington, Ontario, M9A IS8, CANADA. WOODROW. Also Withrow. According to Egle's Pennsylvania Genealogies, Sarah McCormick, born 1758, daughter of Hugh and Sarah (Alcorn) McCormick, married a Mr. Woodrow in either Lancaster or Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Does anyone know his first name? Any information on the Woodrow-Withrow family of that period would be appreciated. Glenn Hammaker, 2915 Durbin Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97405. YOCUM. Wish information about the Yocum, Yon or Yahn families of the Douglassville, Berks County and Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania areas, 1800 to 1900. Moses Yocum of Douglas Township, Berks County died in 1824. His daughter Hannah Yocum. Did she marry Jacob (Van Reed) Weaver who was born in 1785? Mrs. Rozella Loew, 403 East Broad Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252. ZIMMERMAN. James McCabe, born 1845, married Emma Zimmerman, who was born ca. 1876, and settled in either Schuylkill or Northumberland County. Seek information on her parents, John and Mary (Kiefer) Zimmerman. Emma (Zimmerman) McCabe was born in 1852 in Dayton, Ohio; but her parents were born in Pennsylvania ca. 1820. A son Charles Zimmerman was born in Ohio in 1844. Patrick McCabe, 10 Barry Circle, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002.