Notes, Queries, and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS. Copy of a Sampler,* in possession of the late L. Taylor Dickson, Esq., in 1888, worked in the year 1784, by Ann Taylor, born 1772, grand daughter of Ann ( Ivins ) Nutt Hutchins of Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. Contributed by the late Hon. Charles P. Gummey. — G S P Levi Nutt , Son of John and Ann Nutt , was born Jany 1 , 1727 , ivas married to Ann his wife Sept . 19 , 1746 , daughter of Isaac and Lydia Ivins , born July 7 , 1732 . Amy Nutt , their daughter born July 25 , 1749 . Moses Nutt born Aug . 28 . 1751 . Abigail Nutt born Mch 29 , 1754 . Aaron Nutt born July 17 , 1758 . Bathsheba Nutt born Nov . 28 , 1760 . Levi Nutt born Nov . 8 , 1763. Levi Nutt their father died May 22 , 1763. Ann his widow married Hugh Hutchins Jany 26 , 1769 . Elisabeth their daughter born Dec . 29 , 1769 . Ann their daughter born Feb 1 , 1774 . Hugh Hutchins died Mch 25 , 1784 Worked by Ann, daughter of Aaron <& Abigail Taylor in the 12th year of her age for her grandmamy * Elisabeth Hutchins, ol the Sampler, bom 29 December, 1709 ; died 16 April , 1832 ; married first, 2 February, 1792, William B. Thorn ; second , 6 June, 179V, Sharon, or sherron , Carter of the Old Ferry, Arch Street Wharf, on the Water Street front, along the Delaware, and of whom so pleasing a pen portrait Is given in Ritter's “ PHILADELPHIA AMD HBB MEBCHAMTS," ( 88 ) 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX 89 Notes, Queries and Corrections . EARLY PHILADELPHIA MARITIME INSURANCE,/ * Assurances from losses happening at Sea, &c., being found to be very much for the ease and benefit of the Merchants and Traders in general ; and whereas the Merchants of this City of Philadelphia and other parts, have been obliged to Bend to London for such assurance, which has not only been tedious and troublesome, but even very precarious. For remedying of which, An Office of Public Insurance on Vessels, Goods and Merchandizes, will , on Monday next, be Opened, and Books kept by John Oopson of this City, at his house in the High Street, where all persons willing to bo insured may apply ; And care shall bo taken by the said J. Copson, That the assurers or underwriters be persons of undoubted worth and reputation, and of considerable interest in this City and Province. ” Philadelphia Weekly Mercury, May 25, 1721 . if — S P MARYLAND MARRIAGE RECORDS The following marriage licenses and church marriages have been printed in the genealogical publications of states other than Maryland . In the interest of ready reference, it in suggested that librarians have these eub- titled in their Maryland indexes. Caroline County, 1774 -1815, Pennsylvania Magazine of History , vol . xxviii, pp. 209-15, 320- 45, 428 - 55. Dorchester County, 1790- 1802. Publications of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. viii, pp. 252-00; vol. ix, pp. 85, et seq . Harford County, 1779-1838, Publications of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. viii, pp. 151-63. Prince George County, 1777 -1824. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 73, pp. 134-54, 217 - 32, 261- 79. St , John ’s Parish, Prince George County, 1786- 1794. The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine [ Putnam ’s], vol. i, pp. 39, 246. St. Michael ’s Parish, Talbot County, 1672 -1704. PenTisylvania Maga zine of History , vol , xxix, pp. 427-38. G - LEECH . The marriage register of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, contains an item of interest to the descendants of Toby Leech of Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania : Toby Leech and Jane Halinge married 18 February, 1648. These were the parents of Toby Leech, who, baptized at the parish church of Cheltenham, 1 January, 1652, left England for Pennsylvania, about 1682, with his wife Hester Asbmead and one or more children . The first Leach entry on the Register is 1581, the last 1798. Ashmead, is also of frequent occurrence. Thomas Ashmead was church warden in 1682. The Leech name is of common occurrence in and around Cheltenham. E. Bosden Leech,* Victoria Park, Manchester, England . — • Mr. Leech has Just printed, for private distribution , an interesting brochure on “ The Leech Family In Ashtxm-under-Lyne, Lancashire. ’ The earliest known of this family dates to 1637-8, when “ John Leech of Lumb * in the parish of Ashton under line and County of Lancaster , Doctor of physick, was ye first of this family that answered in Court to this name The antlent syraome of this ffamlly was Bosden but the predieoessours of this John, being also practitioners In Physic , were in those days called Leeches.” . 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes , Queries and Corrections, 90 — HENRIQUES. Information of families of th )3 surname is desired by a correspondent The name is found in South Jersey, in Philadelphia and vicinity Will not our genealogist members kindly bear this in mind . . and communicate with : . E H., Hawaiian Historical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii. — MYERS. John G. Myere of the vicinity of Philadelphia, bom 14 July, 1774, married Barbara Miller, bom March 13, 1787, daughter of Jacob Miller, a Revolutionary soldier Wanted, the parentage of John G. Myers and of Jacob Miller, also of the wife of the latter. M Myers, 405 North Ninth Street, Independence, Kansas, . . . . S . . , f . G - P JENNINGS Thomas Jennings removed from Burlington County New Jersey, to Newberry, York County, Pennsylvania, in, or about, 1762, with certificate from Little Egg Harbor Meeting of Friends to Newberry Meeting, in York County, dated 13 May, 1762, for himself , wife and children Before 12 November, 1763, his wife, who had accompanied him, died, and he declared his intention of marriage with Susanna, widow of Thomas Warren, on that date By this marriage, which was consum mated in November, 1763, he had at least three children, Samuel , Benjamin and Sarah, whose births ore recorded on the Newberry Meet ing Records. He died at Newberry, June 22, 1772. On 11 June, 1774, his widow Susanna, who, shortly before, had married one Davis, was disciplined “ for marriage by a priest to one not a member of Friends, 7 and, not showing sufficient penitence for her error, was subsequently disowned By his first marriage, Thomas Jennings is thought to have had Beuben, John, Ann and perhaps others Reuben Jennings requested a certificate from the Newberry Meeting to that of Evesham, New Jersey, 11 12, 1763, and John Jennings, somewhat later, to Salem, New Jersey. Wanted : The name and parentage of Thomas Jennings ' first wife, and the dates and place of birth of their children Also, the name and parentage of Reuben Jennings ' wife, and the dates and place of birth of his children, Jacob , John, Kezia and Elisa, H E W W. . . . . — HATFIELD. Nathan Hatfield, born about 1770, removed from Fayette County, Pennsylvania to Belmont County, Ohio ; is said to have been a soldier in the Wai* of 1812, entering the service from Hamilton County. Ohio, March 2, 1813. He later removed to Illinois when he died, August 22, 1843 In, or about 1792, he married, first, Elizabeth Betts, Their children were : William, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Smith, Sarah, born December 20, 1810, Nathan and Susan . He married , second, in Belmont County, Ohio, September 1, 1814, Nancy Craig and by this marriage had : Joseph Craig, James Minton, Clark Scudder, Edward Robert, David De Camp, bom November 13, 1823, Deborah, Clayton Webb, Martha Jane, Eliza Ann, the latter born November 6, 1833 Besides these children, Nathan Hatfield is known to have had brothers, Elias, Smith and Job. . IT . The first ef these, Elias Hatfield, bom March 11, 1760, married Ann Lindsay, born 1767, and both died in Fayette County, she in 1839, he in 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections. 91 1852, according to their gravestones. Adam Hatfield of Rullskin Township, Fayette County, owner of some three hundred acres in 1780, was possibly another brother. Who were the parents of these brothers, and what is their connection, if any, with the New Jersey Hatfields, descendants of Matthias Hatfield, or Hetfield, who settled at Elizabethtown in 1604/5 ? H H, J , Washington, D C . . . . — . WASHBURN Caleb Washburn and Me hitable, daughter of Benjamin Allen, were married at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 27 May, 1756 They had, at least two children: i. Lydia Washburn born 16 May, 1757 ; married 3 May, 1774, James Atherton of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, who died at Sunbury, Ohio, 5 May, 1823 She also died at Sunbury, 20 June, 1847, See Publications, vol. vii, pp, 264 5 ij Jonathan Washburn born 28 January, 1760 ; died 3 May, 1792 What is known of the family and parentage of Caleb Washburn ? When and where did he die ? When did his wife, Mehitable, die ? Was she his only wife * E. J. M., Wilkes Barre, Penna. . , . . -. . P , — . . . . S ABERCROMBIE A request is made for the parentage of one Charles Abercrombie of North Carolina and Georgia, who was a Revolutionary soldier from the former State, and married Edwiaa, daughter of John Boothe, who was also a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting from Orange County, North Carolina It is claimed that he was of the Banff County, Scotland, family It has been thought, however, that he might have been of the line of James Abercrombie of Philadelphia, who was from Dundee, Scotland Hon. James Abercrombie, who, in 1740, was president of the Society of St Andrew, at Charleston, South Carolina, believed to be of the house of Tulliebody, might also be a family connection of Charles Abercrombie of whom information is desired. G . . . . . L A N., Washington, D C KEBHABT KEPHART CAPEHART Heinrich Kebhart, born circa 1725, in or near the Odenwald, lying partly in Heese - Darmstadt and partly in Baden, evidently married in Europe, and came to America on the ship Edinburgh, which arrived at Philadelphia, September 30, 1754 In. all, six persona of the name ‘‘ Kebhart ’’ arrived here about the middle of the Eighteenth Century, doubtless related , as brothers, or cousins, or, perhaps, father and son in some instances The name Kebhart is of Swiss origin originally of form Gebhart but, pronounced “ Kephart The family moved northward through Swabia to the Odenwald, thence to America HENRY KEBHAJRT settled on a farm in Moreland Township, Philadelphia, now Montgomery County; was taxed as Gebhart in 1779, as Kephart in 1783, and appears as Capehart in the Census of 1790. His children, so far as known, were: * . . «i . . . * Perhaps another son was Henry Kephart of Indiana County, Penna., whose will dated May 19, 1806 ; was proved J uLy 7, foil owing. It named wife Margaret, children Jonathan end Kety, minors. PublioaUcna , vol. Tl, — p. 50. 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections , 92 JOHANNES KEBHART, bom 13 February, 1751 ; enlisted in the Continental Army from Philadelphia, as John Kephart, in 1776, later (1779 ) as John Capehart, in Captain Annitage 'a militia company from Bristol township ; later, shown in the same Company as Capehart, and the third and last time in the same company as John Kephart He married Eliza * beth Fretz of Bedminster township, Bucks County ; settled first near Gwynedd , Montgomery County ; later near New Britain, Bucks County ; was for fifteen years minister of the Mennonite Church at Doylestown ; died as Rev John Kephart in 1832, but signed his will “ Johannes Kebhart," For children of, see 1 FRETZ FAMILY HISTORY. * ’ • CHRISTINA CAPEHART, born circa 1756 ; married 17 May, 1776, si Jacob Whitehead. * in, WILLIAM CAPEHART, q. v. iv GEORGE CAPEHART, born circa 1761 ; married ; taxed in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, 1781, v. BARBARA CAPEHART, born circa 1767 ; married September 3 1791, Robert McAU vi MARY CAPEHART, born circa 1769 ; married May 29, 1792, Benjamin Pike WILLIAM CAPEHART ( Heinrich ) born circa 1759 ; married circa 1785 ; taxed in Bristol township, Philadelphia County, 1780, 1782 ; said to have Issue: died in young manhood ; married JOHN CAPEHART, born in 1790 in, or near, Philadelphia ; was l. an artificer in the War of 1812 ; married in 1817, Sarah (Stackhouse ) McDonald of Staten Island , New York ; moved to Western Pennsylvania and later to Bridgeport, Ohio ; died at Martin 's Ferry, Ohio, August 21, 1875. His son, Henry Capehart, M D , a distinguished officer in the Civil War, was bom in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 18 March, 1825, and died at Fargo, North Dakota, in 1894 ; was a practising physician in Bridgeport, from 1849. ii JAMES CAPEHART, boro near Philadelphia, in 1792 ; served in the War of 1812 ; married July 17, 1813, Sophia Einwechter ; died in Philadelphia, about 1843, had issue, • * m. HENRY CAPEHART, born near Philadelphia, circa 1800 ; married and had issue: 1 Capehart, married Captain George B Corse, U S A 2 Emma Capehart, married Platt 3 Sarah Capehart, married Rev M Turner Additions and corrections to this tentative outline will be gladly MRS. E, E. CAPEHART, Washington, D. C. received. i. , . . ‘ . * w ... . . . . P , S . . # G . . . . . — . . . . — . . . . DE HAVEN. A Correction At the rooms of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and also at the Historical Society of Montgomery County, in Norristown, there is the copy of a chart bearing the heading, “ Genealogy of de Haven " The descendants of some of the male lines of the immigrant “ Evert in den Hoeven ' ’ ( De Haven ) are there given How these sheets came into the possession, of these two societies the writer of this has no means of learning As, perhaps, the only one now living who knows the origin of this “ Genealogy de Haven," and, as the compiler from original sources, of the larger sheet, of a part of which the foregoing purported to be a copy, permit me to make the following statements : The original large sheet, or, as it is better known, the “ Chart," four yards long and four feet wide, written by hand and mounted on muslin, is a “ they say so " chart, compiled from a correspondence carried on with De Haven descendants in all parts of the United States, from . . . - - 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Notes, Queries and Corrections . 93 February, 1894 to May, 1895, by the writer of this article, and contains the information exactly as it was received Many of the records are from “ Family Bibles, “ or “ lineage books” kept in the families The many inconsistencies found in the earlier generations Bhow that, the constant repetition of Christian Names in all lines, caused great confusion when it came to reciting traditions No efforts were made during that year to verify any of the statements received. This large sheet is still in existence and in my possession , no material changes ever having been made in it for certain very definite reasons. Baron Eberhard von Alten, then of Weimar, Germany, whose wife was a I>e Haven, arranged the data for the printed sheet In 1894 1895, he had visited America, made some researches in New York and Philadelphia and called at my home in Chicago Returning to Germany, he employed a genealogist to collect such data as could be found there, which, later, he sent me Meanwhile, as secretary treasurer of the “ De Haven Club of Chicago, '' I had made the compilation from the correspondence to show the inconsistencies and the need of careful research ; had spent several weeks among De Haven descendants in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, being greatly assisted in Philadelphia by Mr Thomas R. Supplee, since deceased, and had continued the correspondence Returning to America about four years later, Baron von Alten re quested the privilege of copying some of the male lines from my com pilation, and himself did the copying In several places, as dates and locations seemed to justify them, he made changes or additions Records found since show that, Borne of these changes and additions were not warranted by facts There are other errors in the printed sheet, such as come from haste in copying, and typographical errors, which could hardly have been avoided since the printing was dorie in Germany, and with no opportunity for careful editing or comparison with the original The printed sheet, moreover, was not intended for general distribution, only to assist those who at that time were working on the genealogy No attempt has been made to correct errors in the printed copies which have come to my notice. A statement that all the data thereon is not accurate has, how ever, been placed on two or three copies which I have seen. My interest in the genealogy of the De Haven family began in the late winter of 1893-94 Several cousins happened to meet at my home, then in Chicago, and began to talk about the family My mother, Ann Catharine De Haven Tucker, was one of the then two living daughters of John De Haven, born in Pennsylvania It was decided to begin a correspondence to locate the members, past and present, of our own line This correspondence broadened ; we came in contact with other lines ; a meeting was held in Chicago, in May, 1894, and a “ Club ? J organized which continued active until about 1900 It was thought then that the data collected might be printed, but circumstances were not favorable More recently, however, that data has been checked up by private investigation and other valuable information obtained ; this may soon find its way into print, MBS CARRIE E TUCKER DRACASSE . formerly of Chicago, Illinois . . . . * . - P . . . S -- . . G . . . - . . . . . . . 1924 — . Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania . PGM Vol IX Notes , Queries and Corrections . 94 % — PATTERSON MAINS. In connection with the Bible Records of the Robert Patterson Family, printed in Volume viii, No 2, of the Publica tions p 197, I desire to submit two tombstone records extracted from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, which published (1900 ) a series of rubbings from the * 1 Amo rial Sculptured Tombstones of Co Antrim J J The son in law of Robert Patterson was John Mearns whose father was a resident of Bucks Co The name was not Mains or Means but Mearns and appears as such, I think, in the old Neshaminy Churchyard The Robert Mearns stone at Raloo is evidently that of the ancestor of the Bucks Co judging by the connections and , I should think it pioneer Meams likely, that the Bobert Paterson, buried at Oarneastle, was, possibly, a brother to John the Bucks County pioneer of 1740 Note that the above Robert was bora in 1697, but his son John died in Ireland (1804) I do not know who these Wilsons are, but have heard that Ex-Prest. Wilson descended on the paternal side from a Sooth Irish family “ from near Belfast * In Carncastle Churchyard, Co. Antrim, arms sculptured on stone : < t Here lyeth the Body of Robrt Paterson who died 16th January 1762 aged 65 years and his wife Elizabeth Getty who died Auget 30th 1762 aged 49 years. Also their grandson Robert Paterson died in July 1768 and their son John Paterson who died July the 25u» 1804 aged 66 years. At Raloo, Co Antrim, arms sculptured on stone: Here lyeth the body of Margaret Snody, first wife to Robert Mearns, who died Nov the 17, 1709, and his two sons, viz : John, who died May the 25, 1717 and Thomas, died July the 15, 1728, & his grandchild Martha Willson , died Feb. the 28 1733 Also the above Robert Mearns, Tanner in Larne, died Feb the 7, 1734, aged 76 yearn Thomas Willson died June 28, 1750, aged 28 years. James Willson died 16 November 1750, aged 60 years Robert Willson died 25 December 1759, aged 44 years, Also John Willson, who died Dee the 27 1766, aged 43 years, Likewise Jean Willson, who died March the 23rd, 1768, aged 71 years. i 4 ULSTER JOURNAL OP ARCHAEOLOGY ,’ ’ April, 1900. ELEANOR M HEJSTAND MOORE, M. D, * , . - - - . . , . . . — . . . - P .’ S . . . . G . — - II . . — . , WARD, An addition. Volume viii, No. 3 of the Publications pp. 297 8, gives the record of the birth of Mary Ward, April 1, 1745, daughter of Moses and Mary Clark Ward Also the death of Mary West, Febru ary 12, 1795. Mary Ward married (license dated February 24, 1769 ) , Abraham Reeves, Depford, Gloucester County, New Jersey All evidence available points to the conclusion that, he was the son of John ® ( Thomas?, Walter * ) Reeves by his wife Mary Mounson. Abraham must have died in a few years for Mary Reeves, evidently his widow, married at Christ Church , Philadelphia, June 9, 1773, John West, henee her name as above By Abraham she was, probably, the mother of Thomas Reeves, who married, in Gloucester County, January 13, 1806, Sara Barber , daughter of Jonathan Barber, as is evident by Deed Records . - . . . H. C. CAMPION , JR,, Media, Pa, • Now deceased. 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX