The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol 47, No 1, Title and Contents

THE PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE h — Volume 47 Number 1 April 2011 published by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 2207 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICERS President-. Carol Sheaffer, MI> l ice Presidents'. Susan S. Koelble, c<. Deborah Coombe Haas Secretary. Karen Higgins Treasurer: Nancy C. Janyszeski DIRECTORS Terms expiring 20 12 Terms expiring 20 1.1 Terms expiring 20 1 a Kristin Bryson Donn Devine, ( <. Jane Benner Daniel Dailey Aaron Goodwin Norman E. Donaghue 11 Valcrie-Anne Lutz Nancy Cassada Nelson Shamclc Jordon Norman Douglas Nicol, PHD Michael S. Krasulski In tow soi Tin GI-NI Aiot.K.uSoc urn OF PENNSYLVANIA (LOSE) Annette Kunselman Burgert Jane Adams Clarke James M. Duffin Patricia Law Hatcher Dr. Don Yoder DECEASED FELLOWSOI TIIF GENEALOGICAL St K:IETYOF PENNSYLVANIA Charles R. Barker Raymond Martin Bell Dorothee Hughs Carousso John Insley Coddington Lewis Daniel Cook Peter Stebbins Craig Frederick Swing Crispin Francis James Dallctt John P. Dornan Eleanor C. Hand John Goodwin Herndon George E. McCracken \V. Blake Methany Ralph Dornfeld Owen Hannah Benner Roach Milton Rubincam Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. C-arl Thurman Smith Ruth L. Springer Robert M. Torrence THE PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE before 1948 called Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Volume 47 Number 1 April 201 1 Aaron Goodwin Patricia Law Hatcher, FASCi, FGSP Editors Sandra M. Hewlett, Proofreader « >201 I by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 2207 Chestnut Street, Phila¬ delphia, Pennsylvania 19103 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (ISSN 0882-3685) is published twice per annum (April and October). Nonmember subscriptions are sold by volume only (2 issues), $30.00; foreign subscriptions, $34.00; single issues, $20.00 each; back issues, contact the Society office. The Society does not assume liability for statements of fact or of opinion made by contributors. EDITOR’S NOTES LOOKING ELSEWHERE T he answers we seek frequently show up in places far afield or unex¬ pected, as shown in this issue. Correctly identifying the relationships among and English origins of the Blights of Philadelphia required con¬ necting a manumission from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society with wills from New Jersey and Jamaica. The latter pointed to the Devon par¬ ish registers that would delineate the family. A western Pennsylvania woman on the edge of the frontier is identified in her son’s Michigan marriage record, which points, indirectly, to her father’s will in Indiana Territory. The life of Richard Allen, first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was summarized in Volume 46 (Spring/Summer 2010). His two wives and six children have long been identified, but the article in this issue provides both greater detail and more descendants, using in part a set of court records from Texas. If your ancestor left no journal, look for someone else’s in a nearby place and time. Benjamin Sayre’s account book of the activities of one Susquehanna County farm sheds light on the day-to-day lives of many rural, mid-nineteenth-century Pennsylvanians. Newspaper items from Dauphin County are not county exclusive; they also cover people in Berks, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Northumberland, York, and other counties. European origins are given for some of its subjects. And three family records illustrate the wealth of information from across the state lying unexamined in GSP’s little-used Bible Record Collection. Some passes granted for the return of Civil War bodies to their Penn¬ sylvania homes were created in Washington, D.C., and later archived in New York City, where they remain today. Abstracts of these passes bring valuable genealogical data back home. Elk County marriages (somewhat hidden within microfilm of Elk County wills) give origins and more for people in a time and place of migrational flux. The gap between the 1880 and 1900 censuses is partially bridged for one Berks County township with a single, tiny notebook containing an 1891 dog tax list. Keep an eye on GSP’s website (www.genpa.org). In collaboration with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, GSP is releasing back issues of PGM among its members-only, searchable databases. Beginning with the first issue in 1895, five volumes will be added every several weeks. Thousands of your ancestors are waiting to be found there. Aaron Goodwill 2 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 17 (2011) THE PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE Volume 47 Number 1 April 20 1 1 CONTENTS EDI TOR’S NOTES 2 LOOKING ELSEWHERE i ENGLISH ORIGINS OF PETER BLIGHT OF PHILADELPHIA AND GEORGE1 BLIGHT OF PHILADELPHIA AND NEW JERSEY Michael I. Leclerc 5 CATHERINE BAREKMAN, WIFE OF JOHN DOUSMAN AND AUGUSTUS LEAPHARTOF ALLEGHENY COUNTY 16 James L. Hansen THE RICHARD ALLEN FAMILY OF PHILADELPHIA 25 Aaron Goodwin BENJAMIN SAYRE’S ACCOUNT BOOK, 1848-49 MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY 47 contributed by Louise H. Shafer BURNETT FAMILY RECORD, GREENE COUNTY 63 contributed by Sandra M. Hewlett GENEALOGICAL ITEMS FROM THE ORACLE OF DAUPHIN AND HARRISBURGH ADVERTISER, 1794-98 65 contributed by Linda E. Smith RICE FAMILY RECORD, FAYETTE COUNTY FRECHT FAMILY RECORD, LANCASTER COUNTY contributed by Sandra M. Hewlett 73 74 PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY TRANSPOR TA TION PASSES TOR CIVIL WAR BODIES contributed by Aaron Goodwin BASTARDY CHARGES AND MARRIAGES IN THE DOCKE T OF THOMAS CHEYNEY, CHESTER COUNTY, 1779-1806 75 85 contributed by Patricia Law Hatcher ELK COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1852-1854 87 contributed by Aaron Goodwin 1891 DOG TAX LIST Ct)I.EI$R( >OK DALE TOWNSI 11 1\ BERKS COU NTY contributed by Aaron Goodwin 93