Hansen / Gould Family History

Robert Stiles¹

M, b. 1619, d. 30 July 1690

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Biography*

From Early Settlers of Rowley, MA by George Brainard Blodgette:

Robert Stiles had a farm of two hundred fift acres in Rowley
Village, now Boxford, 16 Dec., 1659 (Essex Deeds, 1 Ips.:234).
He married in Rowley, 4 Oct., 1660, Elizabeth Fry (Ct. R.). She
was daughter of John Fry of Andover (Savage).

He was assessed in Rowley, 1662, a tx of 6s. 9d. on property as
follows: 2 oxen, one cowe, one hogge, one yearinge, Land broke
up 7 Acres: unb 2 Acres, a house and seller (Rowley R.).

Land at the Village, now Boxford, was registered to him in 1668
(Rowley R.). His residence was in that part of Rowley called
"the Village," afterward Boxford, where he died 30 July, 1690
(Hist. of Boxford).

From Perley's "History of Boxford" (not seen):

To write his name was more than he was capable of doing.

Birth*

1619

Yorkshire, England

Marriage*

4 Oct 1660

(now Boxford) Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Bride=Elizabeth Frye^1,2,3

Marriage*

a 1673

Bride=Elizabeth ?

Death*

30 Jul 1690

Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts^1,2

Family 1

Elizabeth Frye b. 1637

Children

John Stiles+ b. 30 Jun 1661
Elizabeth Stiles b. 15 Mar 1662
Sarah Stiles b. 31 Jan 1664, d. 7 Feb 1664
Eunice Stiles b. 31 Jan 1664
Abigail Stiles b. 15 Feb 1666
Ebenezer Stiles b. 20 Feb 1669, d. 3 Jun 1746
Sarah Stiles b. 20 Oct 1672
Robert Stiles b. 15 Nov 1673
Timothy Stiles b. 1 Oct 1678, d. 7 Dec 1751

Family 2

Elizabeth ?

Child

Samuel Stiles b. 21 May 1682

Citations

[S87] George Brainard Blodgette, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts; A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley Before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants, ed. Amos Everett Jewett. (Rowley, MA: 1933).
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892).
[S89] Henry R. Stiles, Contributions Towards a Genealogy of the (Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, Descended from Robert, of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1860 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1863).

John Stiles^1,2,3,4,5

M, b. 30 June 1661

Father

Robert Stiles b. 1619, d. 30 Jul 1690

Mother

Elizabeth Frye b. 1637

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Death*

⁶

Biography*

The Descendants of Roger Preston of Ipswich and Salem Village by Charles
Henry Preston says:

John Stiles, in his will dated 1732/3, mentions wife Mary, daughter Ruth
Smith, daughter Mercy Blantchet, daughter Mehetible Gould, daughter
Eleanor Presson, and son John Stiles.

Birth*

30 Jun 1661

Rowley Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts^7,8,3,4,9

Marriage*

24 Nov 1684

Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Bride=Deliverance Towne^1,2,4,5

Marriage*

c 1727

Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Bride=Mary French

Family 1

Deliverance Towne b. 5 Aug 1664, d. 16 May 1705

Children

Family 2

Mary French d. 13 May 1753

Citations

[S41] William B. Towne, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1886, p 367-371, 1887, p12-22.
[S61] Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820 of Toppsfield, Massachusetts (Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1959).
[S87] George Brainard Blodgette, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts; A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley Before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants, ed. Amos Everett Jewett. (Rowley, MA: 1933).
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892).
[S89] Henry R. Stiles, Contributions Towards a Genealogy of the (Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, Descended from Robert, of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1860 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1863).
[S52] Charles Henry Preston, Descendants Of Roger Preston of Ipswich & Salem Village, Essex Institute, Hist Coll, Salem, MA, 1926, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 974.45A E1 E2, Vol LXII will dated 15 Jan 1732/33.
[S52] Charles Henry Preston, Descendants Of Roger Preston of Ipswich & Salem Village, Essex Institute, Hist Coll, Salem, MA, 1926, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 974.45A E1 E2, Vol LXII.
[S53] Vital Records Of Rowley, MA To The Year 1849, Salem, MA 1928, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 974.461 R11, Vol 1.
[S89] Henry R. Stiles, Contributions Towards a Genealogy of the (Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, Descended from Robert, of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1860 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1863),, much contradiction on this date in recod0d0.

Deliverance Towne^1,2,3

F, b. 5 August 1664, d. 16 May 1705

Father

Jacob Towne b. 1632, d. 27 Nov 1704

Mother

Catharine Symonds

Deliverance Towne|b. 5 Aug 1664\nd. 16 May 1705|p6.htm#i253|Jacob Towne|b. 1632\nd. 27 Nov 1704|p5.htm#i228|Catharine Symonds||p5.htm#i247|William Towne|b. c 1600\nd. 1673|p5.htm#i226|Joanna Blessing|b. c 1595\nd. 1682|p5.htm#i227|John Symonds|b. c 1595\nd. 1671|p5.htm#i246|Ruth Fox||p5.htm#i245|

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Married Name

Stiles

Birth*

5 Aug 1664

Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts^4,5

Marriage*

24 Nov 1684

Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Groom=John Stiles^4,2,6,7

Death*

16 May 1705

^8,9

Family

John Stiles b. 30 Jun 1661

Children

Citations

[S41] William B. Towne, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1886, p 367-371, 1887, p12-22,.
[S61] Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820 of Toppsfield, Massachusetts (Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1959).
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892),.
[S41] William B. Towne, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1886, p 367-371, 1887, p12-22.
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), lists date as 1665.
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892).
[S89] Henry R. Stiles, Contributions Towards a Genealogy of the (Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, Descended from Robert, of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1860 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1863).
[S52] Charles Henry Preston, Descendants Of Roger Preston of Ipswich & Salem Village, Essex Institute, Hist Coll, Salem, MA, 1926, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 974.45A E1 E2, Vol LXII.
[S88] Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America; Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Towley, Mass. 1659-1891 and the Dover, N.H. Faily, Descendants of William Stiles of Dover, N.H. 1702-1891 (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), date listed elsewhere as 1700.

Anne ?

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Death*

Wales, Scotland

Married Name

Davis

Marriage*

Groom=Thomas Davis

Family

Thomas Davis

Child

Martha Davis+ b. 28 Jan 1743, d. 1830

Thomas Davis

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Death*

Birth*

Wales, Scotland

Marriage*

Bride=Anne ?

Family

Anne ?

Child

Martha Davis+ b. 28 Jan 1743, d. 1830

Martha Davis^1,2,3,4

F, b. 28 January 1743, d. 1830

Father

Thomas Davis

Mother

Anne ?

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Burial*

in McNeel Cemetery McNeel Cemetery, Hillsboro, West Virginia

Biography*

Martha Davis was a Calvinist Methodist from Wales Scotland and is on record
as having performed the first burial rites at the McNeel Cemetery in Little
Levels (Pocohontas County).. While her husband, John , was in Point
Pleasant (battling Indians in Lord Dunmore's War) Martha bore a child who
died shortly thereafter. In the absence of her husband, she prepared the
coffin and the grave, performed the services, and buried her child in the
graveyard on the summit of the high hill overlooking their home.

Betsy Jordan Edgar's "The McNeel Family Record" includes a photograph of a
Bible, brought from Scotland by Martha Davis, and printed in Welsh. It is
still in the possession of her descendants.

Martha is buried in the McNeel Cemetery in Hillsboro, West Virginia. There
is a picture of the gravesite on page 81 of the "History of Pocohontas
County".

Some sources put her birth in 1742. The marriage date came from a D.A.R.
entry.

Married Name

McNeel

Birth*

28 Jan 1743

Wales, Scotland

Marriage*

1768

Groom=John McNeel

Death*

1830

Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia, USA

Family

John McNeel b. 1745, d. 1825

Children

Infant McNeel
Abram McNeel b. 11 May 1767, d. 15 Apr 1826
Nancy McNeel+ b. 21 Jun 1769, d. 10 Dec 1861
Isaac McNeel b. 23 Oct 1775, d. 31 Dec 1832
Miriam McNeel b. 1776, d. 8 Dec 1857
Martha McNeel b. 1776

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S15] Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas Co., WV-1981, 1981.
[S16] Mary Isetta Wallace, History of Hillsboro Community, The, 1913, Unknown repository, 975.487W192.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).

John McNeel^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, b. 1745, d. 1825

John McNeel

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Burial*

in McNeel Cemetery McNeel Cemetery, Hillsboro, West Virginia

Biography*

John McNeel was born in Frederick County Virginia and spent much of his
early life in Cumberland, Maryland. It is told that he was an athletic
person and while in a pugilistic contest; injured his opponent so severely
that injuries were regarded as fatal and, to avoid arrest for murder, he
fled from Frederick to the solitude of the Alleghanies.

McNeel came to the Little Levels (Pocahontas County) in 1765 and lived at
first (according to Thomas Condit Millers "West Virginia and Its People")
he lived almost wholly on venison an trout. One day he met two friends
from his old neighborhood, and learned that the person with whom he had
boxed was not even seriously injured. The three then returned on a visit
to the lower valley of Virginia, where McNeel met and married Martha Davis.

The McNeels returned to Little Levels. The mental sufferings which John
had undergone, his penitence, and his gratitude for the outcome seem to
have made a deep religious impression on him; he built a church (the White
Pole Church) and was the pioneer of Methodism in his new home.

Wallace: Rev. Francis Asbury made three evangelist tours of the country
(in 1788, 1790, and 1796). Each time he stopped to preach at the home of
McNeel in the Little Levels... "At the McNeel home lively religious
discussions were indulged by the whole community."

A few years after John and Martha settled in the Levels the Dunmore War
opened up. John McNeel went to Camp at Lewisburg and joined the expedition
to Point Pleasant in 1784. He survived a few battles and came home, but in
a short while went across the eastern mountains and enlisted in a company
which went from Frederick County during the American Revolution. He was a
Private in the Militia. See Volume XIV Hammond, for possible Revolutionary
War Listings.

McNeel died from pneumonia and is buried at the McNeel graveyard on the
summit of the hill overlooking his homesite. There is a photograph of the
gravesite on page 81 of "History of Pocahontas County."

Birth*

1745

Pocahantas Co?, Frederick Co., Virginia

Marriage*

1768

Bride=Martha Davis

Death*

1825

Pocahontas Co., West Virginia, USA

Family

Martha Davis b. 28 Jan 1743, d. 1830

Children

Infant McNeel
Abram McNeel b. 11 May 1767, d. 15 Apr 1826
Nancy McNeel+ b. 21 Jun 1769, d. 10 Dec 1861
Isaac McNeel b. 23 Oct 1775, d. 31 Dec 1832
Miriam McNeel b. 1776, d. 8 Dec 1857
Martha McNeel b. 1776

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S15] Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas Co., WV-1981, 1981.
[S16] Mary Isetta Wallace, History of Hillsboro Community, The, 1913, Unknown repository, 975.487W192.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).
[S102] Thomas Condit and Maxwell, Hu Miller, West Virginia And Its People, multi volume. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913).
[S108] Ross B., ed Johnston., West Virginians in the American Revolution (Parkersburg, WV: The West Augusta Historical and Genealogical Society).

Nancy McNeel^1,2,3,4

F, b. 21 June 1769, d. 10 December 1861

Father

John McNeel b. 1745, d. 1825

Mother

Martha Davis b. 28 Jan 1743, d. 1830

Nancy McNeel|b. 21 Jun 1769\nd. 10 Dec 1861|p6.htm#i258|John McNeel|b. 1745\nd. 1825|p6.htm#i257|Martha Davis|b. 28 Jan 1743\nd. 1830|p6.htm#i256|||||||Thomas Davis||p6.htm#i255|Anne ?||p6.htm#i254|

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Married Name

Hill

Marriage*

Groom=Richard Hill

Birth*

21 Jun 1769

Pocahontas Co., West Virginia, USA

Residence*

1860

Pocahontas Co., Virginia, USA, Enumerated in the household of her son, Abraham. Household starts on page labelled "Academy P.O." and ends on page labelled "Mt. Murphy P.O."⁵

Death*

10 Dec 1861

Family

Richard Hill b. 13 Jul 1763, d. 4 Jun 1849

Children

Thomas Hill b. 17 Aug 1788, d. 15 Feb 1865
Elizabeth Hill b. 7 Sep 1790, d. 1880
John A. Hill+ b. 29 Jul 1792, d. 25 Dec 1869
Martha Hill b. 25 Aug 1795, d. 8 Jan 1877
Margaret Hill b. 10 Aug 1797
Abraham Hill b. 3 Dec 1799, d. 6 Jan 1871
Isaac Hill b. 23 Jul 1802, d. 30 Nov 1842
William Hill b. 27 Dec 1804, d. 25 Nov 1868
Joel Osborn Hill b. 23 Feb 1807, d. 18 Feb 1884
George Chapman Hill b. 3 Jun 1811, d. 23 Jan 1888

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S15] Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas Co., WV-1981, 1981.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).
[S102] Thomas Condit and Maxwell, Hu Miller, West Virginia And Its People, multi volume. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913).
[S328] 1860 US Federal Census, Academy / Mount Murphy PO, Pocohontas Co., p 15-16.

Richard Hill^1,2,3,4

M, b. 13 July 1763, d. 4 June 1849

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Burial*

Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia

Biography*

Thomas Condit Miller's, "West Virginia and Its People":

He is commonly believed to have come from North Carolina soon after
the Revolutionary Armies were disbanded, to the Greenbrier Valley,
Virginia. As a scout and vigilant defender of the forts he was one
of the most distinguished of the Pioneers in what is now Pocahontas
County, West Virginia. From the Indians he had many narrow and
remarkable escapes. He settled on Hill's Creek and entered a large
body of land.

Miller's history gives his year of death as 1842.

P.C.:

He built his house in the neighborhood of Lobelia. His house was
an unusually good one for that age. Simon Girty, the renegade,
told that the Indians were so impressed by the fine display of the
home of Mr. Hill that they called him the white man's King.

The house was built of hewed logs, and the space between was filled
with wood, mortar, or mud, and then white washed. It had three
porches, two tall chimneys, and eight rooms.

There is a photograph of the gravestone of Richard Hill in Hill Cemetery on
page 198 of the Pocahontas History.

Marriage*

Bride=Nancy McNeel

Birth*

13 Jul 1763

North Carolina, USA

Death*

4 Jun 1849

Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia

Family

Nancy McNeel b. 21 Jun 1769, d. 10 Dec 1861

Children

Thomas Hill b. 17 Aug 1788, d. 15 Feb 1865
Elizabeth Hill b. 7 Sep 1790, d. 1880
John A. Hill+ b. 29 Jul 1792, d. 25 Dec 1869
Martha Hill b. 25 Aug 1795, d. 8 Jan 1877
Margaret Hill b. 10 Aug 1797
Abraham Hill b. 3 Dec 1799, d. 6 Jan 1871
Isaac Hill b. 23 Jul 1802, d. 30 Nov 1842
William Hill b. 27 Dec 1804, d. 25 Nov 1868
Joel Osborn Hill b. 23 Feb 1807, d. 18 Feb 1884
George Chapman Hill b. 3 Jun 1811, d. 23 Jan 1888

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S15] Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas Co., WV-1981, 1981.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).
[S102] Thomas Condit and Maxwell, Hu Miller, West Virginia And Its People, multi volume. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913).

John A. Hill^1,2,3

M, b. 29 July 1792, d. 25 December 1869

Father

Richard Hill b. 13 Jul 1763, d. 4 Jun 1849

Mother

Nancy McNeel b. 21 Jun 1769, d. 10 Dec 1861

John A. Hill|b. 29 Jul 1792\nd. 25 Dec 1869|p6.htm#i260|Richard Hill|b. 13 Jul 1763\nd. 4 Jun 1849|p6.htm#i259|Nancy McNeel|b. 21 Jun 1769\nd. 10 Dec 1861|p6.htm#i258|||||||John McNeel|b. 1745\nd. 1825|p6.htm#i257|Martha Davis|b. 28 Jan 1743\nd. 1830|p6.htm#i256|

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Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Biography*

The town of Hillsboro, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, is said to be
named for Colonel John Hill.

WPT:

Colonel John Hill, when far advanced in years, migrated to
Missouri, and located in Davies County. So many families from this
region have gone to that county that it might be called Missouri
Pocahontas.

It was one of the most mournful episodes that ever occured in the
social history of The Levels when Moses Poage, George Poage, and
Colonel Hill set out for the west with their families in order to
seek new homes in their old age.

Birth*

29 Jul 1792

Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia

Marriage*

9 Sep 1811

Bride=Elizabeth Poage

Residence

1850

Pocahontas Co., Virginia, USA, Farmer, Real Estate = $7000⁴

Note*

1860

Slave schedule. The slave schedule for the 1860 census of Grand River Township in Daviess Co., MO shows the following:

Slave Owner: John Hill

38 Years, Female, Mulatto
12 Years, Female, Mulatto
10 Years, Male, Black
6 Years, Male, Mulatto
1 Year, Female, Mulatto

I have not determined whether the Slave Owner John Hill of Grand River Township is the same person as this John A. Hill as he is the only John Hill listed as a head of household and he was relatively prosperous compared to the farmers around him.
⁵

Residence*

1860

Grand River Township, Daviess Co., Missouri, USA, Farmer, Real Estate = 9200; Personal Estate = 450. Also enumerated in his household in 1860 are his daughter, Mary, age 27 and two young men, Erin Thompson (born VA) and A. Smett (born IN).⁶

Death*

25 Dec 1869

Daviess Co., Missouri?, USA

Family

Elizabeth Poage b. 14 Oct 1792, d. 17 Sep 1854

Marriage*

9 Sep 1811

Bride=Elizabeth Poage

Children

Nancy Davis Hill
John Hill
Margaret L. Hill+ b. 17 Aug 1812, d. 1851
Richard Poague Hill+ b. 1815, d. 5 Feb 1890
William Poage Hill+ b. 31 Oct 1818, d. 19 Oct 1885
Robert P. Hill b. c 1824, d. 1870
Samuel Davis Hill b. 11 May 1825, d. 3 Oct 1872
Thomas M. Hill b. c 1828
George Washington Hill+ b. 23 May 1829, d. 23 Mar 1899
Elizabeth Rebecca Hill b. Sep 1831, d. 9 Jun 1896
Mary Warwick Hill b. 20 Jul 1833, d. 24 Mar 1918

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S15] Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas Co., WV-1981, 1981.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).
[S327] 1850 US Federal Census, District 47, Pocahontas Co., VA., p 261.
[S328] 1860 US Federal Census, Grand River Township, Daviess Co., P 27.
[S328] 1860 US Federal Census, Grand River Township, Daviess Co., P 26.

Elizabeth Poage^1,2,3

F, b. 14 October 1792, d. 17 September 1854

Father

William Poage b. 17 Feb 1756, d. 7 Apr 1830

Mother

Margaret Davies b. 1745, d. 1843

Elizabeth Poage|b. 14 Oct 1792\nd. 17 Sep 1854|p6.htm#i261|William Poage|b. 17 Feb 1756\nd. 7 Apr 1830|p5.htm#i240|Margaret Davies|b. 1745\nd. 1843|p5.htm#i235|John Poage|b. 1726\nd. 1789|p5.htm#i242|Mary Crawford||p5.htm#i241|||||||

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Married Name

Hill

Birth*

14 Oct 1792

Pocahontas Co., Virginia

Marriage*

9 Sep 1811

Groom=John A. Hill

Residence*

1850

Pocahontas Co., Virginia, USA⁴

Death*

17 Sep 1854

Family

John A. Hill b. 29 Jul 1792, d. 25 Dec 1869

Children

Nancy Davis Hill
John Hill
Margaret L. Hill+ b. 17 Aug 1812, d. 1851
Richard Poague Hill+ b. 1815, d. 5 Feb 1890
William Poage Hill+ b. 31 Oct 1818, d. 19 Oct 1885
Robert P. Hill b. c 1824, d. 1870
Samuel Davis Hill b. 11 May 1825, d. 3 Oct 1872
Thomas M. Hill b. c 1828
George Washington Hill+ b. 23 May 1829, d. 23 Mar 1899
Elizabeth Rebecca Hill b. Sep 1831, d. 9 Jun 1896
Mary Warwick Hill b. 20 Jul 1833, d. 24 Mar 1918

Citations

[S14] Betsy Edgar Jordan, The McNeel Family Record, Parsons, WV, McClain Print Co, 1967, Unknown repository, CS71.M1695 1967, 496p.
[S98] William T. Price, Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia (Marlinton, WV: Price Borthers Publishers, 1901).
[S101] Robert Bell, ed Woodworth., The Descendants of Robert and John Poage (Pioneer Settlers in Augusta Co, VA); A Genealogy Based on the Manuscript Collections of Prof. Andrew Woods Williamson, Henry Martyn Williamson, and John Guy Bishop (multi-volume, Staunton, VA: McClure Printing Co., 1954).
[S327] 1850 US Federal Census, District 47, Pocahontas Co., VA., p 261.

Albert Albertse Terhune^1,2

M, d. 1708

Father

Albert Albertse Terhune b. c 1619, d. 1685

Mother

Geertje ? d. 1693

Albert Albertse Terhune|d. 1708|p6.htm#i262|Albert Albertse Terhune|b. c 1619\nd. 1685|p15.htm#i710|Geertje ?|d. 1693|p15.htm#i709|||||||||||||

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Ancestry of Grace Harris

Birth*

Flatbush, Long Island, New York

Biography*

Bergen, Teunis G:

Albert Albertse Terhune, Jr. reseided at first in Flatlands,
where he cultivated a farm. From there he went to Hackensack,
NJ. He and his wife, Hendrikje, were members of the Dutch
Reformed Church of Flatlands in 1677. In 1689 he was a member of
the Reformed Church of Hackensack.

In 1696 he was a member of the New Jersey Legislature.

Marriage*

Bride=Hendrikje Stevense VanVoorheese¹

Marriage*

Bride=Weyntje Brickers

Christening

13 Aug 1651

NA Ref Church, New Utrecht¹

Marriage*

8 Sep 1705

Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, Bride=Maritie DeGraves^1,2

Death*

1708

Probate*

27 Sep 1709

Family 1

Maritie DeGraves

Marriage*

8 Sep 1705

Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, Bride=Maritie DeGraves^1,2

Children

Family 2

Hendrikje Stevense VanVoorheese

Marriage*

Bride=Hendrikje Stevense VanVoorheese¹

Children

Annett Terhune
John Terhune b. 1676
Stephen Terhune b. 4 Apr 1680
Antje Terhune b. 1681
Gerrebrecht Terhune b. 13 Aug 1682
Willemtje Terhune b. 7 Aug 1684
Willemtze Terhune b. 7 Dec 1684
Maritie Terhune b. 31 Oct 1685

Family 3

Weyntje Brickers d. b 1705

Marriage*

Bride=Weyntje Brickers

Children

Rachel Terhune b. 20 Aug 1690
Goertjie Terhune b. 6 Nov 1694
Albert Terhune b. 10 Aug 1695
Johans Terhune b. 21 Jun 1700
Dirck Terhune b. 15 Nov 1702
Weyntje Terhune b. 1 Apr 1705

Citations

[S35] Henry B.(editor) Hoff, Genealogies of Long Island Families, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub, 1987, Unknown repository, 127 L8.645 1987.
[S131] Holland Society of New York., Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey (Holland Society of New York, Volume I, Part I, 1891).

John Gray¹

M, b. circa 1660, d. after 1733

Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Marriage*

Ireland, Bride=Elizabeth ?¹

Birth*

c 1660

Londonderry, Ireland¹

Immigration*

4 Aug 1718

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA¹

Death*

a 1733

Worcester, Massachusetts¹

Family

Elizabeth ? d. a 1730

Children

Matthew Gray b. c 1692, d. 21 Sep 1758
Mary Gray b. c 1694
William Gray b. c 1696, d. 17 Jan 1759
Robert Gray b. c 1696, d. 16 Jan 1766
John Gray+ b. 1700, d. 17 Jun 1782
Samuel Gray b. c 1702
Sarah Gray b. c 1704, d. 9 Jun 1790

Citations

[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).

John Gray^1,2

M, b. 1700, d. 17 June 1782

Father

John Gray b. c 1660, d. a 1733

Mother

Elizabeth ? d. a 1730

John Gray|b. 1700\nd. 17 Jun 1782|p6.htm#i264|John Gray|b. c 1660\nd. a 1733|p6.htm#i263|Elizabeth ?|d. a 1730|p13.htm#i648|||||||||||||

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Birth*

1700

Ireland^1,2,3

Immigration*

4 Aug 1718

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA²

Marriage*

c 1726

Worcester, Massachusetts, Bride=Isabel ?²

Death*

17 Jun 1782

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA^1,4

Family

Isabel ? b. 1707, d. 5 Jan 1799

Children

Daniel Gray b. 12 May 1728, d. 14 Dec 1803
Isaac Gray b. 10 Mar 1730, d. a 1787
John Gray b. 24 Jun 1732, d. 1803
Elizabeth Gray b. 2 Jun 1734
Nancy Gray b. 1739, d. 7 May 1824
Ebenezer Gray+ b. 1 Jul 1743, d. 18 Jan 1834
Nathanial Gray b. 1745
? son Gray b. 1 Feb 1747

Citations

[S80]
[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).
[S91]
[S91] Lists date as 7 Jun.

Ebenezer Gray^1,2,3,4

M, b. 1 July 1743, d. 18 January 1834

Father

John Gray b. 1700, d. 17 Jun 1782

Mother

Isabel ? b. 1707, d. 5 Jan 1799

Ebenezer Gray|b. 1 Jul 1743\nd. 18 Jan 1834|p6.htm#i265|John Gray|b. 1700\nd. 17 Jun 1782|p6.htm#i264|Isabel ?|b. 1707\nd. 5 Jan 1799|p13.htm#i649|John Gray|b. c 1660\nd. a 1733|p6.htm#i263|Elizabeth ?|d. a 1730|p13.htm#i648|||||||

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Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Biography*

Ebenezer Gray was married twice. His first wife was Sarah Johnston
(married in 1767) and his second wife was Agness Berry (married in
1776). Ebenezer Jr. was from the second marriage.

Ebenezer is referred to as "Deacon Ebenezer Gray" when he appeared as a
character witness foor Thomas Johnson in reference to Sharp's Rebellion
on 18 April 1787 (see NE Hist & Gen Reg., V 48).

Although his father is sometimes listed as "John Gray" I have not yet
been able to confirm this satisfactorily.

Ebenezer Gray served in the Revolutionary War and was a Sergeant in
Captain David Cowden's Company of Minutemen. He was also with Colonel
Benjamin Ruggles Woodridge Regiment and Lt. James Holbert's and Colonel
Elisha Porter's Regiments.

In 1832, at the age of eighty-nine, Ebenezer attempted to gain the
pension benefits coming to him for his service in the Revolution.
Although the mircofilmed documents were difficult to decipher
completely, a partial transcription follows:

Declaration

in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the
seventh of June 1832.

State of Massachusetts
County of Hampshire

On this sixteenth day of August in the year of our lord one thousand
eight hundred & thirty two, before the Hon Samuel Hinkley Esquire, Judge
of the County of Probate in afor said County, the same being a Court of
__, Ebenezer Gray of Pelham in the same County, at the dwelling house of
the said Ebenezer, in said Pelham, he being so aged and infirm that he
is unable to go out of his said dwelling house, he being eighty nine
years of age, who being first duly sworn according to __, & doth on his
oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision made by the act of Congress of this January 1832. That he
entered the service of the United States and of the following named
officers and served as herein stated: that in __ __ __ about the first
of May 1775, I the said Ebenezer Gray enlisted into the __ of the United
States, into the Company under the command of Capt. David Gordan of said
Pelham, Lt. Robert Hamilton, & Lt. Hopkins, in Col Ruggles Woodbridge's
Regiment, went immediately to Cambridge near Boston, & remained in that
vicinity with said Gordan & Regiment until the first of January
following, when I was discharged, but not in writing, being then eight
months, the term for __ __. I further say that I was orderly Sergeant
in said Company during all said term & kept all the __, orders, details
& of the same: that I now have in my possession weekly __ t__ of said
company between the extreme dates of July 1 1775 & Dec 29 1775, one of
each of those dates being hereto annexed in my handwriting, No: 1 & 2.
I also say that the paper No. 3 hereto annexed, __ Rich Master Sgt.. is
an original signed & delivered me at the time of the date thereupon.
Also the paper No. 4 signed R. Woodbridge Col. Also the paper No. 5 also
hereto annexed is in my hand writing & was made, at the time of the __
therein mentioned, or immediately after, that it has been p__
accidentally among the other papers mentioned above. The paper No. 6
hereto annexed XX an original paper &

I further testify, that in June 1777. the day I cannot remember I
enlisted again into the Company of the said Capt. Gordan & Lt Hamilton &
marched to Tyconderoga. was then __ that __ __ given up & dismissed _o
days before - R_ Battle being out six weeks, as written on paper No. 5
hereto annexed, making in all nine months & an half. I further say that
I was also orderly sergeant during this term, as before. In this Capt
__ __ was ordered to go to Albany & then up the __ which we did & when
dismissed was at Still__ no written discharge. I am so infirm that I
can not go from my dwelling house to make this declaration.

I was born in said Pelham July 2 of 1743 & have always lived there.

The party relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the
present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any
agency in any State.

Sworn to, & __, the day & year aforesaid.

his
Ebenezer X Gray
mark

Before Mr. Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for the County.

We John Gray and Francis Adams residing in the town of Pelham aforesaid,
do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Gray, who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to
be eighty nine years of age: that he is __ & believed in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution
& that we concur in that opinion. John Gray Francis Adams

sworn to & prescribed by said Gray & Adams the day & year aforesaid
before me Samuel Hinckley, Judge of Probate.

Birth*

1 Jul 1743

Worcester, Massachusetts^1,3,4

Engagement

12 Feb 1767

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiancee=Sarah Johnston

Marriage*

b 1768

Bride=Sarah Johnston^1,4

Marriage*

3 May 1776

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Bride=Agnes Berry³

Death*

18 Jan 1834

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA^1,3,4

Probate*

9 Feb 1834

Family 1

Sarah Johnston b. 3 Sep 1749, d. Feb 1776

Engagement

12 Feb 1767

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiancee=Sarah Johnston

Marriage*

b 1768

Bride=Sarah Johnston^1,4

Children

Sally Gray
Patience Gray b. 13 Mar 1768, d. 26 Mar 1768
Daniel Johnston Gray b. 1768, d. 8 Jul 1776
Jenny Gray+ b. 19 Jun 1771, d. 1 Apr 1839
Nancy Gray b. 6 Oct 1778, d. 22 Dec 1803

Family 2

Agnes Berry b. 16 Jun 1753, d. 10 Aug 1831

Marriage*

3 May 1776

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Bride=Agnes Berry³

Children

Ebenezer Gray b. 1777, d. 18 Apr 1854
James Gray b. 1780, d. 8 Apr 1802
Isabel Gray b. 1783, d. 3 Sep 1858
Betsy Gray b. 1783, d. 3 Nov 1793
George Gray b. 8 Jun 1786, d. 16 Mar 1787
John Gray b. 8 Jan 1788, d. 15 Apr 1846
Neemi (Nancy) Gray b. 17 Nov 1789, d. 29 Jun 1870
Amos Gray b. 8 Sep 1792, d. 6 Feb 1823
Clarissa Gray b. 26 Jun 1795, d. 7 Apr 1812
Elizabeth Alexander Gray b. 1798, d. 10 Feb 1802

Citations

[S80]
[S89] Henry R. Stiles, Contributions Towards a Genealogy of the (Massachusetts) Family of Stiles, Descended from Robert, of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1860 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1863).
[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).
[S91]

Agnes Berry¹

F, b. 16 June 1753, d. 10 August 1831

Father

James Berry

Mother

Jean ? Berry

Agnes Berry|b. 16 Jun 1753\nd. 10 Aug 1831|p6.htm#i266|James Berry||p13.htm#i650|Jean ? Berry||p14.htm#i651|||||||||||||

Burial*

West Pelham Cemetery, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA¹

Married Name

Gray

Birth*

16 Jun 1753

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA¹

Marriage*

3 May 1776

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Groom=Ebenezer Gray¹

Death*

10 Aug 1831

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA¹

Family

Ebenezer Gray b. 1 Jul 1743, d. 18 Jan 1834

Children

Ebenezer Gray b. 1777, d. 18 Apr 1854
James Gray b. 1780, d. 8 Apr 1802
Isabel Gray b. 1783, d. 3 Sep 1858
Betsy Gray b. 1783, d. 3 Nov 1793
George Gray b. 8 Jun 1786, d. 16 Mar 1787
John Gray b. 8 Jan 1788, d. 15 Apr 1846
Neemi (Nancy) Gray b. 17 Nov 1789, d. 29 Jun 1870
Amos Gray b. 8 Sep 1792, d. 6 Feb 1823
Clarissa Gray b. 26 Jun 1795, d. 7 Apr 1812
Elizabeth Alexander Gray b. 1798, d. 10 Feb 1802

Citations

[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).

Jenny Gray^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, b. 19 June 1771, d. 1 April 1839

Father

Ebenezer Gray b. 1 Jul 1743, d. 18 Jan 1834

Mother

Sarah Johnston b. 3 Sep 1749, d. Feb 1776

Jenny Gray|b. 19 Jun 1771\nd. 1 Apr 1839|p6.htm#i267|Ebenezer Gray|b. 1 Jul 1743\nd. 18 Jan 1834|p6.htm#i265|Sarah Johnston|b. 3 Sep 1749\nd. Feb 1776|p17.htm#i845|John Gray|b. 1700\nd. 17 Jun 1782|p6.htm#i264|Isabel ?|b. 1707\nd. 5 Jan 1799|p13.htm#i649|||||||

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Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Biography*

Jenny Gray's first name is alternately listed as "Jean" or "Gennet."

There are some conflicts from various sources in the dates of her birth,
marriage, and death... most significantly in the date of her death. I
have seen the date of death listed as April 1839, and alternately as 8
March 1852. Place of death for the earlier listing is "Lewis Co., VA.
Place of death for the latter is "French Creek, WV."

Name Variation

Jane

Married Name

Peebles

Birth*

19 Jun 1771

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA^2,3,6

Engagement

19 Jul 1801

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiance=Patrick Peebles^3,5

Marriage*

6 Aug 1801

Groom=Patrick Peebles^1,2,3,4,6

Death*

1 Apr 1839

of Lewis, Virginia, USA^2,3,8

Burial*

French Creek Presbyterian Church, French Creek, Upshur Co., West Virginia, Gravestone reads:
Jane
Relict of
Patrick Peebles
Died
April 1, 1839
Aged
67 years, 9 mos
& 18 days¹

Family

Patrick Peebles b. 20 Apr 1760, d. c 1826

Engagement

19 Jul 1801

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiance=Patrick Peebles^3,5

Marriage*

6 Aug 1801

Groom=Patrick Peebles^1,2,3,4,6

Children

? daughter Peebles b. 1802, d. 1803
Sarah Peebles b. 25 Jul 1803, d. Mar 1829
James Gray Peebles b. 31 Aug 1805, d. a 1826
Nancy Peebles b. 25 Jun 1809, d. 24 Mar 1894
Maria Peebles b. 9 Sep 1809, d. 25 Oct 1855
Jane Peebles+ b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 19 Apr 1886

Citations

[S22] Cemetery Inscription, personally observed, Dixie A. Hansen.
[S23] Virginia Bly Hoover, The Pioneer - 1984, French Creek, Upshur Co, WV, 1984.
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964).
[S80]
[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).
[S91]
[S119] Raymond Jr. Wolfe., Meade District Cemeteries, compiled for Upshur County Genealogical Society (1987).
[S80] Lists death as 8 Mar 1852, French Creek, WV.

Patrick Peebles^1,2,3

M, b. 20 April 1760, d. circa 1826

Father

Patrick Peebles b. 1703, d. 10 Jun 1777

Mother

Margaret Coats b. c 1720, d. 12 Feb 1794

Patrick Peebles|b. 20 Apr 1760\nd. c 1826|p6.htm#i268|Patrick Peebles|b. 1703\nd. 10 Jun 1777|p6.htm#i271|Margaret Coats|b. c 1720\nd. 12 Feb 1794|p6.htm#i272|Robert Piebols|b. 1675\nd. 3 Sep 1772|p6.htm#i269|Sarah ?|b. 1678\nd. 15 Nov 1760|p6.htm#i270|||||||

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Burial*

French Creek Presbyterian Church, French Creek, Upshur Co., West Virginia⁴

Biography*

Josiah Hughes in "Pioneers of West Virginia" says that the Peebles came
originally from Scotland and from there went to Pennsylvania to Virginia
and then to West Virginia.

Patrick Peebles bought large tracts of land in western Virginia and sent
land agents back to England to sell it in the early 1800s. (That action,
and the action of others who did the same, had considerable influence in
the settlement of the French Creek area of western Virginia.)

Peebles built the first grist mill in the Meade District in 1801.

Cutright:

Mr. Patrick Peebles, of Pellham Massachusetts acquired some interest
in land here and made the first visit to this country. He went
back, made a report to his neighbor, Zedekiah Morgan whose family
returned with him and made settlement in 1801.

Patrick Peebles built the first saw-mill on Saw Mill run near its
mouth, which was swept away by high waters. This misfortune
discouraged him so much that he returned to Massachusetts and did
not return to his Virginia lands until 1819, when he came back
bringing his entrie family.

Patrick's bequest in his father's will (Registry of Probate for
Hampshire County at Northampton, Mass, 1777) consists of 2/3 rights (the
other 3rd going to his mother) in the family farm, stock, and laboring
tools. Patrick is also granted 50% use (as is his brother, John) of his
father's "smith's tools" - and, when he is "of age", full ownership. The
other sons are stated to have received their portions before the death
of their father and are not further provided for in the will.

Leslie Peebles:

First, we know that he (Patrick Peebles) went from Pelham to
Buckland, Mass., where his first child died in 1802. The next 3
children are on record as being born in Pelham, and yet he is listed
as a voter in 1806 in Buckland, Mass. He was apparently living in
Charlemont, Mass. in 1809 and 1811, where his last 2 children were
born. In fact, we know he was still in the Charlemont, Mass. area
for some years after 1811, but for severaly years had been interested
in a tract of land in W.Va., as will be seen from the following.
Patrick eventually moved to Lewis County, W.Va., but we do not have
the exact date of his removal. It was probably shortly before 1820.

We know that in 1796 Patrick made a journey on horseback from Hadley,
Mass. to W.Va. to survey this large tract of land of over 100,000
acres, in what is today Lewis and Upshur Counties, W.Va. We believe
he was accompanied by Iassc Abercrombie on this journey, undertaken
at the direction of Dr. Stebbins, a graduate of Yale and a resident
of Northampton, Mass. Dr. Stebbins was one of several residents of
Mass. who had banded together to purchase these lands opened to
purchase by the State of Virginia, and we believe the Doctor acted as
the head of this land purchasing group.

From the Last Will of Patrick Peebles, Jr., drawn 9th August 1826 in
Lewis Co., West Va.:

Know all men by these presents that I, Patrick Peebles of Lewis
County and Commonwealth of Virgiia, do make and order this my last
Will and Testament in the manner and form following, that is I give
and bequeath unto my son, James Peebles, all my land, goods and
chattel with this injunction that he the s'd James is to pay to his
sisters (4) in no that is Sarah, Marriah, Nancy and Jane three
hundred dollars provided that the title to the s'd land proves good
and said James is to pay to his sisters one third of all the property
which he shall get from th sale of the said Lands as fast as he the
s'd James shall sell Land till he shall pay each the above mentioned
sum of three hundred and fifty dollars the s'd James is to provide
for and maintain his mother during her natural life the s'd sisters
of James are to have a home with him while they remain single and
unmarried.

I nominate Constitute and appoint James G. Peebles sole Executor of
this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other and former
Wills by me at any time hertofore made in witness to herof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of August in the year of
our Lord 1826.
Patrick Peelbes (Seal)

Alpheus Ren )
Gilbert Gould )
Sallie Peck )

Lewis Co. Court - November Term 1826

The last will and testament of Patrick Peebles deceased was presented
in open Court proved by the oath of Alpheus Ren and Gilbert Gould and
is order to be recorded. Teste D. Stringer C.L.C.

Will Book I, page 197

Birth*

20 Apr 1760

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA^1,2,5

Engagement

19 Jul 1801

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiancee=Jenny Gray^2,6

Marriage*

6 Aug 1801

Bride=Jenny Gray^4,1,2,7,3

Death*

c 1826

Lewis Co., West Virginia^1,2,8

Probate

Nov 1826

Lewis Co., West Virginia

Family

Jenny Gray b. 19 Jun 1771, d. 1 Apr 1839

Engagement

19 Jul 1801

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, fiancee=Jenny Gray^2,6

Marriage*

6 Aug 1801

Bride=Jenny Gray^4,1,2,7,3

Children

? daughter Peebles b. 1802, d. 1803
Sarah Peebles b. 25 Jul 1803, d. Mar 1829
James Gray Peebles b. 31 Aug 1805, d. a 1826
Nancy Peebles b. 25 Jun 1809, d. 24 Mar 1894
Maria Peebles b. 9 Sep 1809, d. 25 Oct 1855
Jane Peebles+ b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 19 Apr 1886

Citations

[S23] Virginia Bly Hoover, The Pioneer - 1984, French Creek, Upshur Co, WV, 1984.
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964).
[S91]
[S22] Cemetery Inscription, personally observed, Dixie A. Hansen.
[S91] Lists year as 1769.
[S90] Ruth (Thayer) Ravenscroft, John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts (Colorado Springs, CO: unpublished, 1947).
[S80]
[S91] Lists date as 1828-29, The Loup, PA.

Robert Piebols¹

M, b. 1675, d. 3 September 1772

Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Biography*

From: "Robert Peebles from Ulster, 1718; Patrick Peebles of
Pelham, Mass., 1738" by Leslie A. Peebles:

On August 4th, 1718 the "Five Ships from Ulster" landed at Boston
carrying many of the Ulster-Scots who had earlier signed the
petition to Governor Shute of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

One of the ships was the "William" under command of Capt. Robert
Montgomery and on this ship were Robert and Sarah Peebles and two
sons.

Upon their arrival in America these immigrants began to disperse
to different localities in groups. Some remained in Boston,
while others went to Stowe, Hopkinton, Coleraine and other
places.

One group of sixteen families went to Nutfield (now Londonderry,
NH). One of the largest groups, which included the family of
Robert Peebles, went to Worcester, MA. It is with these
Worcester families and those of Londonderry and Colerain with
whom our story is most closely connected. We have found in our
search that close bonds existed between these families of the
"Five Ships" for many years after their arrival in the new land.

Marriage*

Bride=Sarah ?

Birth*

1675

Antrim?, Ulster, Ireland

Immigration*

4 Aug 1718

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, Ship: William¹

Death*

3 Sep 1772

Bedford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA

Burial*

Bedford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, Cemetery is located on the West side of the river about one and one half miles South of the Manchester Country Club in the Town of Bedford, New Hampshire

Inscription: Death like an overflowing flood, Doth sweep us away. The Old, the young and the middle aged, To death becomes a pray."²

Family

Sarah ? b. 1678, d. 15 Nov 1760

Children

Patrick Peebles+ b. 1703, d. 10 Jun 1777
John Peebles b. 1705
Sarah Peebles b. 29 May 1719
Mary Peebles b. 12 Oct 1722
Anna Peebles b. 25 May 1726

Citations

[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964).
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964), p. 32 (with photographs).

Sarah ?¹

F, b. 1678, d. 15 November 1760

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Marriage*

Groom=Robert Piebols

Burial*

Married Name

Piebols

Birth*

1678

Ulster, Ireland

Immigration*

4 Aug 1718

S: William, Boston, Massachusetts¹

Death*

15 Nov 1760

Bedford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA

Family

Robert Piebols b. 1675, d. 3 Sep 1772

Children

Patrick Peebles+ b. 1703, d. 10 Jun 1777
John Peebles b. 1705
Sarah Peebles b. 29 May 1719
Mary Peebles b. 12 Oct 1722
Anna Peebles b. 25 May 1726

Citations

[S223] Robert /Piebols/.
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964), p. 32 (with photographs).

Patrick Peebles^1,2

M, b. 1703, d. 10 June 1777

Father

Robert Piebols b. 1675, d. 3 Sep 1772

Mother

Sarah ? b. 1678, d. 15 Nov 1760

Patrick Peebles|b. 1703\nd. 10 Jun 1777|p6.htm#i271|Robert Piebols|b. 1675\nd. 3 Sep 1772|p6.htm#i269|Sarah ?|b. 1678\nd. 15 Nov 1760|p6.htm#i270|||||||||||||

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Birth*

1703

Ulster, Ireland

Immigration*

4 Aug 1718

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, Ship: William²

Marriage*

b 1737

Bride=Francis Hamilton

Marriage*

8 Mar 1757

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Bride=Margaret Coats¹

Will*

7 Feb 1777

Pelham, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, Will of Patrick Peebles:

In the Name of God, Amen. Know all Men by these Presents that I Patrick Peebles of the County of Hamshire and State of Massachusetts Bay senior and Blacksmith being weak in Body but of sound Mind and Memory and knowing the Mortality of all Mankind have upon mature Consideration thought fit to dispose of my Worldly affairs in the following manner that is to say I give unto my beloved Wife Margaret Pebbles and Son Patrick Pebbles the Farm or Lott I know live upon with all the Buildings Improvements and Privilidges thereunto belonging with all my Stock labouring Tools and Household furniture in the following Manner she to enjoy the third Part of the Profits of said Farm during her Life bearing one Third Part of the Charge of the Labour and He out of my Personal Estate to pay any Debts and out of the Farm if that not sufficient and also six pounds Lawful Money to my kind Step Daughter Elizabeth Taylor my sons John and Patrick are mutually to use my Smiths Tools until Patrick is of age: when they are to be entirely his: 2ndly I give to my daughters Mary Conkey Margaret and Sarah Peebles the remaining part of the Lot I had of Mr. Dickinson esteemed to be about Sixty Acres besides what I formerly gave to my Son John to be equally divided amongst them and I appoint them to pay to my Daughter Elizabeth the Sum of Six pounds more besides what is mentioned in the former Gift. My sons Robert James and John having received their Portions formerly I find myself unable to give them more in this my last Will. 3rdly I appoint my beloved wife Margaret Peebles and son John Peebles Executors of this my last Will and Testament and Guardians unto Margaret Sarah and Patrick until they are of age. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal at Pelham Feb. 7th in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven and beging the first year of the declared Independency of the United States of North America.

Read, Published, Signed, Sealed and Declared to be his Last Willl and Testament before us Subscribing as Witnesses hereto in his Presence and the Presence of one another.
R. Abercrombie
Mathew Clark
James Clark

Patrick Peebles

A true copy, so far as legible, of the Will of Patrick Peebles, late of Pelham, recorded in the second part of Vol. 4, Page 10. Attest: 1954 Register Frank Tuit³

Death*

10 Jun 1777

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA

Probate*

2 Feb 1779

Northhampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

Family 1

Francis Hamilton b. 1714, d. 7 Sep 1752

Marriage*

b 1737

Bride=Francis Hamilton

Children

Robert Peebles b. 22 May 1737
James Peebles b. 1739
John Peebles b. 1741
Mary Peebles b. 1752

Family 2

Margaret Coats b. c 1720, d. 12 Feb 1794

Marriage*

8 Mar 1757

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Bride=Margaret Coats¹

Children

Margaret Peebles b. 20 May 1759
Patrick Peebles+ b. 20 Apr 1760, d. c 1826
Sarah Peebles b. c 1762, d. b 1791

Citations

[S23] Virginia Bly Hoover, The Pioneer - 1984, French Creek, Upshur Co, WV, 1984.
[S223] Robert /Piebols/.
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964), p. 35.

Margaret Coats^1,2

F, b. circa 1720, d. 12 February 1794

Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Sidney Ross Gould

Biography*

Margaret Coat's first marriage was to James Taylor of Pelham. They had
four children.

Margaret married Patrick Peebles second. He was a widower.

IGI indicates that a Margaret Coats was born 23 December 1719 in Hampden,
Westfield Massachusetts to Charles Coats and his wife Esther. I have not
yet confirmed that this is the same Margaret Coats. C50261 0736

Married Name

Peebles

Married Name

Taylor

Birth*

c 1720

Marriage*

b 1756

Groom=James Taylor^1,2

Marriage*

8 Mar 1757

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Groom=Patrick Peebles¹

Death*

12 Feb 1794

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA²

Family 1

James Taylor

Marriage*

b 1756

Groom=James Taylor^1,2

Child

Elizabeth Taylor

Family 2

Patrick Peebles b. 1703, d. 10 Jun 1777

Marriage*

8 Mar 1757

Pelham, Massachusetts, USA, Groom=Patrick Peebles¹

Children

Margaret Peebles b. 20 May 1759
Patrick Peebles+ b. 20 Apr 1760, d. c 1826
Sarah Peebles b. c 1762, d. b 1791

Citations

[S23] Virginia Bly Hoover, The Pioneer - 1984, French Creek, Upshur Co, WV, 1984.
[S78] Leslie A. Peebles, Robert Peebles From Ulster, 1718. Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with Some "Other" Peebles (Marathon, NY: unpublished, 1964).

Janet Hamilton?^1,2

Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Grace Harris

Death*

Birth*

County Down, Northern Ireland³

Married Name

Cree

Marriage*

County Down, Northern Ireland, Groom=Robert Cree^4,3

Burial*

probably Shepherd Church, Greene Co., Pennsylvania³

Family

Robert Cree b. c 1732, d. c 1813

Children

Jane Cree
William Cree
John Cree
Patrick Cree
Robert Cree b. c 1758, d. c 1795
Margaret Cree b. 1761, d. 4 Jan 1813
James Cree b. c 1765, d. 1837
Anne Cree b. 1766, d. 22 Aug 1820
Florence Cree+ b. 1769, d. 1 Jun 1826
Hamilton Cree b. 11 Jan 1776, d. 23 Dec 1848

Citations

[S8] W.F. Horn, The Horn Papers - Early Westward Movement, Greene Co, Historical Soc, Waynesburg, PA, 1945.
[S66] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families, 8 volumes (only 1st 7 published). (volume 8: 1953).
[S205] Notes about the Cree family of PA authored by Robert H. Cree of Huntington, PA in June 1999., in possession of Dixie Hansen.
[S65] Mrs. Gerald Inman., The Cree Family of Pennyslvania and Iowa and Related Lines (unpublished, 1975).

Robert Cree^1,2

M, b. circa 1732, d. circa 1813

Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Grace Harris

Burial*

probably Shepherds Church, Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA³

Biography*

Cree was an elderly man when he came from the eastern part of
Cumberland County Pennsylvania and went (after 1781) to Tenmile County.
He served in Crawford's militia in the arraignment for 1781.

It is probable that he is buried in Shepherd's Church Cemetery.

No. 176 Will of Robert Cree deceased

The last Will and Testament of Robert Cree of Cumberland township in the
county of Greene and State of Pennsylvania yeoman being in health of
body and of sound and disposing mind and memory blessed to God and
calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
apointed for all men once to die, do make this, and ordain my last Will
and Teasteament, Imprimis I comit my Soul into the hands of the Almighty
God who give it, and my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be
buried in a decint and Christian like manner at the discreation of my
Executors nothing doubting but at the general resuraction I shall
receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such
wordly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of it as
follows, to wit, I order that all my just debts and funeral expences by
paid by my Executors in a reasonable time after my decease. Secondly, I
give and bequeath unto my wife Jennet Cree the use of the plantation as
it now stands togather with two Cows and one Horse and what part of the
Household furniture she chooses to keep for her own use provided that it
should please God to call me first if not the above writen articals to
rmain in my hands and to be at my disposal as I see fit at or before my
decease exclusive of this Will. Thirdly, I give and bequeath unto my
wife Jennet Cree as above writen Sixteen pounds two shilling and six
pence to be aded to the above mentioned and to be fixed in the same way
of the above. Thirdly, I give and bequeath unto my Son Hambleton Cree
Sixty six pound two shillings & six pence and furth- er I do alow him to
keep and to hold the plantation that he now lives on after my decease
and further it is my desire that he shall pay unto the other heirs one
hundred and fifty pounds to be taken out of the place or the price of it
fifty pounds to be paid unto my Daughter Margret Jackson wife to Samuel
Jackson one year and six months after our deceases. Fourthly, I give
and bequeath unto my Son James Cree twenty pounds the one half in Cash
and the othar half Country produce at market price two years and six
months after our deceases. . Fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my Son
Robert Crees heirs fifteen pound the one half to be paid in Cash and
the othar half in Country produce at market price three years and six
months after our deceases. Sixthly, I give and bequeath unto Ann Mundle
wife to Eli Mundle twenty five pounds the one half in Cash and the othar
half in Country produce to be paid four years and six months after our
deceases. Seventhly, I give and bequeath unto Florence Roseberry wife
to John Rosebery twenty five pounds the one half in Cash and the othar
half in Country produce at market price five years and six months
after our deceases. Eightly, I give and bequeath unto Jane Rose wife to
Robert Rose twenty pounds the one half in Cash and the othar half in
County produce six years and six months after our deceases. Ninthly, I
give and bequeath unto my son William Cree twenty five pounds the one
half in Cash and the othar in Country produce at market price seven
years and six months after our deceases. And further I do impower my
wife Gennet Cree and my Son Hambleton Cree Executors of my last Will and
Teastement hereby revoking all former Wills and Teaste- ments made by me
ratifying this and no other to be my last Will and Teastement written.
Signed Sealed published and delivered by the said Robert Cree as and
for his last Will and Testement in the presence of us.

Robert Cree mark ? Seal

William Cree
Richard Swan
Robert Ferguson

Greene County

On the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirteen, before me John Boreman Register for the
probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the
said County, personally came William Cree and Richard Swan two of the
Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing and annexed Instrument of
writing, and on their solemn Oaths did depose and say, that they were
present, and saw and heard Robert Cree the Testator within named, sign,
seal, publish, pronounce and de- clare the same as and for his last Will
and Testament, and that at the time of doing thereof, he was of sound
and disposing mind, memory and understanding, to the best of their
knowledge, observation and belief, and that they also saw Robert
Ferguson the other Witness subscribe his name thereto. Sworn and
Subscribed the day above written before me,

John Boreman-Register

William Cree
Richard Swan

Registered the 6th April 1813, and Letter Testamentary granted to Jennet
Cree Executrix and Hamilton Cree Executor the same day.

Cree Family Notes (Robert H. Cree - 1999):

Robert cree, Sr. and his wife, Janet hamiton Cree, along with a number of their children, came from County Down in Northern Ireland, sometime prior to 1770 and first settled in what is now Bart Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Extensive research in County Down by members of the Cree Family History Society of England has not at this time (1998) established the parents of Robert Cree or of his wife Janet Hamilton.

The first recorded evidence of Robert Cree's residence in Pennsylvania is taken from the tax records int the Pennsylvania Archives where he is listed as paying taxes in Bart Township, Lancaster County for the years of 1771 and 1772. In these lists he is taxed for owning livestock but not for owning real estate property. Robert Cre and his family moved from Lancaster County westward to Cumberland (now Perry) county about 1773 as he is shown in the Land Grant section of the Penna. Archives as having warranted 50 acres of land in Rye Township, Cumberland County on 23 November 1773.

He evidently acquired additional land during the next few years as he was taxed for 150 acres in Rye Township for the years 1779, 1780 and 1781. Robert Cree and his family lived on this Rye township homestead farm on the Big Buffalo Creek during the years of the American Revolution. At least three and possibly four of his sons served during this time in the Cumberland County Militia.

Sometime between 1781 and 1784, Robert Cree and some of his family left Cumberland County and moved westward more than 200 miles to Cumberland township, Washington (now Greene) County, Pennsylvania. For some reason, he is not shown on the first assessment rolls for Cumberland Township, which were published in 1784, although his sons, Robert, Jr., Patrick and William are listed on these rolls. However, in the Cumberland County Courthouse at Carlisle, Pa. is the record of a transaction whereby Robert Cree of Washington County, Pa. sold his farm of 182 acres in Rye Township, Cumberland County, to Benjamin Bonsall on 1 November 1785. It is most likely that some of his children first moved to Washington County and that Robert, Sr. followed them there in late 1784 or early 1785. He did keep some land in Cumberland County as he sold a property on Big Buffalo Creek to John Kane on 24 November 1802.

The next record that we have of Robert Cree, Sr. is in the assessment rolls for Cumberland Township, Washington County for the year 1788 where he is listed along with his sons Robert, Jr., James, William and Patrick. Robert Cree is next shown as the head of a family in the 1790 federal census for Cumberland Township, Washington County. In the census listing under his name ish shown one male under 16 years of age and three females.

On 31 March 1795, Robert Cree, Sr. purchased 300 acres of land in the northwestern part of Cumberland Township, Greene County from John Carmichael for the sum of 320 pounds. The deed for this land was recorded in the Green County courthouse on 28 September 1795. Robert Cree lived on this land until his death in 1813 when in accordance with the provisions of his will, it was bequeathed to his youngest son, Hamilton Cree.

Robert Cree and his wife Janet are most likely buried in the old abandoned Sherherd's Methodist Church Cemetery, located in Cumberland Township, Greene County, approimately one mile from their homestead farm. Although there are no tombstones marking the location of their graves, it is a known fact that they were early members of this church congregation and that at least two of their children and a number of their grandchildren are buried in this cemetery. Also, as a matter of convenience, this was the nearest public burial ground to their place of residence. Robert Cree and his wife were the parents of at least six known sons and four known daughters. Their son John possibly died at an early age while still living in Cumberland County. He is listed in the 1778 tax assessment lists for Rye Twp., Cumberland County, as a single freeman (over age 21 and unmarried), but he does not appear in any of the Washington county assessment lists or in Washington or Greene County census records. there is also a remote and as yet unproven possibility that he could have been the John Cree who settled in Huntingdon County, PA. and who died in Clearfield County, Pa. in 1824.

Marriage*

County Down, Northern Ireland, Bride=Janet Hamilton?^1,3

Birth*

c 1732

County Down, Northern Ireland³

Probate

Apr 1813

Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Death*

c 1813

Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Family

Janet Hamilton?

Children

Jane Cree
William Cree
John Cree
Patrick Cree
Robert Cree b. c 1758, d. c 1795
Margaret Cree b. 1761, d. 4 Jan 1813
James Cree b. c 1765, d. 1837
Anne Cree b. 1766, d. 22 Aug 1820
Florence Cree+ b. 1769, d. 1 Jun 1826
Hamilton Cree b. 11 Jan 1776, d. 23 Dec 1848

Citations

[S65] Mrs. Gerald Inman., The Cree Family of Pennyslvania and Iowa and Related Lines (unpublished, 1975).
[S66] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families, 8 volumes (only 1st 7 published). (volume 8: 1953).
[S205] Notes about the Cree family of PA authored by Robert H. Cree of Huntington, PA in June 1999., in possession of Dixie Hansen.

John Michael Roseberry^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, b. 29 April 1761, d. 20 August 1855

Father

Michael Roseberry

Mother

Mary Mapel

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Appears on charts:

Ancestry of Grace Harris