Information Wanted

IN FORMATION 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 Eichange. Inquiries should be brief, and should contain dates, localities and other identifying data. Full name and address of the sender should be given. BLAIR. Seeking information concerning Jane Blair, born 1764, Pennsylvania ?; died July 1848, Adams County, Ohio. Wife of Joseph Finley, born 20 February 1753, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Is Jane Blair Finley related to the Reverend Samuel Blair, born 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died September 1818, Germantown, Pennsylvania? Suzanne Kay Mettle, 4385 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214. COE. Want any information on Benjamin Coe, born 1709, New York; died after 1790, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Married 1735, Rachel Prudden. Benjamin and five of his sons fought in the Revolution. His son-in-law, Edward Aram and grandson, Thomas Rule, also served in the Revolution. Benjamin Coe founded the city of Tarentum. David Streets, Rt. 1, Box 36-D, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711. DAVY. Need birthplace, parentage and family of Jarnrs LeRoy Davy, born in Pennsylvania, 20 May 1859; died 15 December 1903, Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho. Mrs. LaRetta Simpson, 204 North Emerson, Wenatchee, Washington 98801. DAYMON. John Daymon married Margaret, ca. 1822, Philadelphia. Need parents of both. Their daughters married "Gum" Marselas, fake Knous, Joseph/William McCoster/Coster. Their sons were Joseph, John, Edwin and Andrew Daymon. Need children of daughters and Joseph and .Edwin. Mrs. Roberta Daymon, 33 Chestnut Valley Drive, Doylestown, Penroylvania 18901. DOWNING. Seeking information on Captain John Downing, born 1659 in England; married Susanna Miller, May 1684. Died 17 September 1744, Newington, New Hampshire. Bertram Couch Payne, 1590 Connell Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314. DURELL. William' Duren, married jemima Brown, 8 February 1821, in Burlington County, New Jersey. Need parents of both. Mrs. Roberta Daymon, 33 Chestnut Valley Drive, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901. 88 Information Wanted 89 FRACE. Henrietta Buckingham Frace, daughter of George Emery Frace and Ella Elizabeth Welts; born 8 September 1883, Honesdale, Pennsylvania. George Frace, son of Charles Frace and Henrietta Buckingham (first wife?), born 21 January 1858, Honesdale (?). Need proof of births, marriages of all. Deaths of Charles and Henrietta Frace. Frace and Wells ancestors. Mrs. Harry M. Ketcham, Sr., R.D. 2, Box 135, Greenville, New York 12083. FRIED/FREED/FRIEDT. Seeking ancestors of Henry Fried, burn 9 April 1807, probably in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Smith. Lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania by 1850, died there 16 November 1866. Dr. Charles A. Heiberger, 100 Longview Drive, Princeton, New jerso 08510. FRY. Want parentage of Solomon F91, who married in Moselem Lutheran (Zion) Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 22 December 1806, Maria Eva Sitter, born 1786, daughter of Henry Sitler and Eva Kolb. Hariette M. Wheeler, 876 Lincoln Road, Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230. HOLDER/HOLDEN, Need information on Jacob Holder, born ca. 1796, his first wife was Elizabeth Pinkie), born ca. 1796. Their children: Cassie Holder, Joseph Holder, David Holder, Henry Holder and George Holder. The family listed in 1830 and 1840 census, Mt. Pleasant, Columbia County, and in Oley, Berks County in 1850 census. The sons moved to Henry or Wayne Counties, Indiana, ca. 1855. Patricia Smith, 1531 Third Street, Manhattan Beach,. California 90266. KENTON. Need date of marriage and maiden name of Mary, wife of George Kenton of Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Both died before May 1817. She was living in December 1809 when he wrote his will. George Kenton was born ca. 1760, and is listed in the 1790 census. Mrs. G. W. Regenos, 2.505 Costa Drive, Galesburg, Illinois 61401. KRIBS/KRIPS. Wanted any information on John Aaron Cribs mentioned in Chamber's Early Germans. of New jersg, 637. He was born in Ulm, Germany ca. 1742. Probably was a resident of Pennsylvania as well as New jersey. Customer of John Peter Nitzer of German Valley before 1763. He went to Canada before 1800. Information re: antecedents and descendants welcomed. Pauline Cummer, 59 Stanley Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P 2L2. HARBAUGH. Who were the parents and wife of Francis Harbaugh, born in Germany, ca. 1724. Came to America ca. 1756, resided in Pennsylvania; died ca. 1801. His children were Jacob Harbaugh, born 1775, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania; died 1863, in Illinois. Catharine Harbaugh, born 24 January 1776, in Pennsylvania or Maryland, married Thomas Fo(r)skr 16 October 1793 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She died 24 June 1857, in Paris, Illinois. I hear this Fo(r)ster line has been researched. Where is it? Mrs. C. Flohr-Svendsen, Fazenda Tres Balms, 17340 Barra Bonita, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 90 HEINTZELMAN. HILL. Seek ancestors of Jacob Heintzelrnan, born April 1796, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and his wife Rebecca Lynn, born 1803. Also seek ancestors of Eli Hill, born February 1814 in Pennsylvania, and his wife, Lydia Ann Hawkins, born November 1817. All died in Mahoning County, Ohio. Leonard Kyle, 9501 Long Hills Drive, Sun Clip?, Arizona 85351. HOLCOMB. Information needed about Albert (G?) Holcomb, born ca. 1825, New York or Pennsylvania, the son of Leicester and Maria (Thompson) Holcomb. They had siblings, Christiana Holcomb, John Holcomb, Jason Holcomb, Daniel Holcomb, and Elizabeth Holcomb, born in Pennsylvania. He married Mary E. Norton, 3 February 1848 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Their children were Francis Ann Holcomb, born 1849 in Ohio, and Shirley L. Holcomb (M) born 1851 in Ohio. His parents, siblings, wife (widow?), two children were living in Conneautville Borough, Pennsylvania in 1860. Also need information about Albert Holcomb's wife (widow?), daughter, sister Elizabeth Holcomb, great-great nephews Albert and Shirley Pendleton, and great-nieces Hester Davis and Amy Miller, Mrs. James A. Beans, Sr., 1086 Verona Avenue, Kent, Ohio 44240. HOSCHAAR-HOSHAER. Need- information available on Peter Hoschaar (Hoshauer), born ca. 1789 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of William Hoscharr, who was born 10 September 1760, in Berks County, Pennsylvania; and died 5 April 1823, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; his wife was Anna Maria Hoschaar, who died 29 September, in Dauphin County. Did Peter Hoschaar move to Columbiana County, Ohio, by 1830? Patricia K. Johnson, 58165 Benham Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana 46517. KENDIG. Would like to contact descendants of Henry Kendig and his wife, Maria Groff. Their daughter, Mary Kendig (1795-1842) married Peter Andrews. Their son, John G. Kendig, (1800-1876) married Susan Hartman. Another son .henry Kendig (1813-1878) married Anna Eby. Need information fir a book. Vera C. Jones, 4912 Ox Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. LIGGETT. Need Declaration of Intention by Thomas Ligget, born 17 January 1779, townland Cady, county Tyrone, Ulster. In Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1790; died about 1802. Willing to pay reasonable costs. C. Kirk Liggett, 135 Glenview Avenue, Wyncote, Pennsylvania 19095. McLEAN/McCLAIN. Seek any information on William McLean, born 1778 and Sarah Douglass, his wife, born 1783; married Old Swedes Church, Philadelphia in 1800. They lived in the Southwark area, and had fourteen children. Two sons, George P. McLean and Joseph A. McLean were in the Civil War. William McLean died in 1844. Sarah (Douglass) McLean died in 1843. Both were buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Philadelphia. Bonita McLean Yuhas, 314 Sycamore Street, Mohrzton, Pennsylvania 19540. Injormation Wanted 91 McMASTER. Seeking information on James McMaster, enlisted in Revolutionary War, credited with 26 months service. Fought in Battle of Bennington, 116 August 1777 and Fort Montgomery, 6 October 1777. He is buried in Grovesville Cemetery, Russia, New York, grave marked by D.A.R. Bronze Musket. James McMaster's grandfather came from Scotland. Bertram Couch Payne, 1590 Connell Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314. MUSSELMAN. Information needed on Jacob Musselman, resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1834. Also, David Musselman who died in Bedford County, Pennsylvania (now Huntingdon County) in 1786. Who were their parents? From what county and township did they come? Emily C. Phelan, 4028 Beavercreek Circle, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241. PAYNE. Seeking information on Thomas Austin Payne, born ca. 1770-80 in Bedford County, Virginia; married Frances Catherine Powell, ca. 1802-03; died in 1840, Macon County, Tennessee. Bertram Couch Payne, 1590 Connell Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314. REAM/REAMS. Seek ancestors and place of birth in Pennsylvania of William Ream or Reams, born ca. 1825. He married Ellen Bowen, 2 March 1850 in Ross County, Ohio. Their son, Marshall Rodney Ream, born 15 December 1850. Also need ancestors of Daniel Bowen, Ellen's father, born 1790. Leonard Kyle, 9501 Long Hills Drive, Sun City, Arizona 8.5351. SCHMIDT. Need information. Searching for descendants of Frederich Schmidt, born 1813, ? Germany; died 7 July 1888 in Philadelphia. He married Anna IA, in Germany ?. Children: Bertha Schmidt, married Albert Schewe; Frederich Schmidt, married Mathilde Kraus; Hannah Schmidt, ? daughter or daughter-in-law. Searching for descendants of Alexander Schmidt, born August 1885, Philadelphia; died ca. 1950 in Philadelphia; married 19 to Bessie ?. Children: Alexander Schmidt, Joan Schmidt, and Elaine Schmidt Young. Lt. Col. (Rd.) Sally Schmidt, 507 North 114th Street, Wauwatosa Wisconsin 53226. SHAFER/SHAFFER. Any information about Joseph Shafer, separated from his younger brother on landing in America. Philadelphia ? or Baltimore ? before 1776. Parents and sister died on the voyage to America. Was Joseph Shafer an indentured servant? Did he join Wayne's army? He was in the German Valley area before 1784. in Canada after 1800. Pauline Cummer, 59 Stanley Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8P 212. WALTENBERGER. Information needed on parents and siblings of George Henry Walienberger, born 29 October 1827 in Ohio, Wayne County according to Army discharge. He marred Ruth Alcilvaine, they moved to Wisconsin ca. 1850. He died in 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was said that both parents were born in Pennsylvania. Margaret Dahm, 1958 North Woodrow Street, Arlington, Virginia 22207.