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3. SAMUEL, b. 23 Oct., 1932, m. Sarah Voorhees ; res. at Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
(IV). MARY, m. a Sigman.
(V). LYDIA, m. a Philips, of Port Murray.
IV. CHARLES, b. 3 Jan., 1763, d. in Virginia, m. Mary E. Dunham, (dau. of Jacob) who m. for her second husband, her cousin, Jas. Dunham; had ch. :
(I). JOHN, b. 15 Oct., 1786, d. 21 March, 1872, m. Mary Beavers, (grand- daughter of Col. Joseph), b. 22 May, 1789 ; had ch .:
1. GEORGE B., b. 1812 ; res. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
2. CHARLES, b. 1813, m. Matilda Stiger, (dau. of Adam); res. at Perryville, N. J.
3. JAMES D., b. 1815 ; wholesale grocer in Brooklyn, N. Y.
4. MARTHA B., b. 1818, m. J. S. Kels ; res. at Perryville, N. J.
5. WILLIAM B., b. 1820, unmarried ; res. at Brooklyn, N. Y .; whole- sale grocer.
6. WHITFIELD D., b. 1825, m. Mary E. Rockafeller ; res. at Clinton, New Jersey.
7. ELIJAH H., b. 1827, unmarried ; res. at Macon, Georgia.
8. MARY E., b. 1829, m. Dr. Sylvester Van Sickle ; res. at Clinton, New Jersey.
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(II). DANIEL, b. 11 June, 1788, d. 3 Dec., 1879, m. Elisabeth Bonnel (dan. of Clement) ; res. at Clinton, N. J .; had ch .:
1. CHARLES, b. 1814 ; res. at Anandale.
2. MARY, b. 1816.
3. ABRAHAM, b. 1818, unmarried.
4. WILLIAM, b. 1821, unmarried ; res. at Clinton, N. J ..
5. AsA, b. 1822 ; res. at Clarksville.
6. JOHN, b. 1825, m. Amanda Larason ; res. at Clinton, N. J.
7. SAMUEL, b. 1827 ; res. at Elwood, N. J.
V. CORNELIUS, b. 5 Oct., 1765, d. 6 Dec., 1818, m. Sarah Dunham, (dau. of Jacob) ; res. at Perryville ; had ch .:
(I). CHARLES, b. 16 Nov., 1786, d. 4 June, 1863, m. Christina Bird Car- hart ; res. at Perryville, N. J .; had ch .:
1. ELISABETH, b. 1826, m. William F. Hoffman.
2. JOSEPH B., b. 1829.
3. C. WHITFIELD, b. 1832.
4. MARY V., b. 1833.
5. SAMUEL, b. 1835 ; res. at Ocean Beach, N. J.
6. CHRISTINA, b. 1837, m. William Dunham ; res. at Clinton, N. J.
7. DANIEL, b. 1839, m. Josephine Story; Professor of Mathematics ; res. in Virginia.
(II). ELISABETH, b 3 March, 1789, d. 25 Jan., 1847, m. John Eckel.
(III). MARY, b. 30 April, 1790, d. Oct., 1836, m. Daniel Van Syckel.
(IV). LYDIA, b. 18 Jan., 1793, m. John Van Buskirk.
(V). SARAH, b. 18 Dec., 1794, d. March, 1833, m. first, Philip Runkle ; second, Daniel Van Syckle.
(VI). DANIEL, b. 6 March, 1797, d. 29 Sept., 1819, m. Christina Bird; res. at Perryville ; had ch .: Cornelius.
(VII). SAMUEL, b. 10 May, 1799, m. first, Lavinia Larason ; second, Fanny Britton ; res. at Lambertville, N. J., and Cecil Co., Md .; had ch .:
1. LAVINIA, b. 1826.
2. HELEN M., b. 1831.
3. LARRISON B., b. 1832.
4. JOSEPHINE, b. 1840.
(VIII). RACHEL, b. 15 Oct., 1801, m. Moses Craig, of Peapack.
(IX). JOHN, b. 6 March, 1804, m. Kesiah Larason ; res. at Clinton, N. J .; has ch .:
1. JAMES L., b. 5 July, 1830.
2. DEWITT C., b. 19 July, 1884.
3. ELWOOD, b. 20 Dec., 1836.
4. SARAH, b. 9 Feb., 1839.
5.'ALBERT, b. 10 Sept., 1841.
6. KATE L., b. 18 Nov., 1843.
7. FANNY A., b. 9 April, 1845.
8. JOHN C., b. 23 Feb., 1849.
9. AUSTIN C., b. 3 April, 1853.
(X). NEHEMIAH, b. 24 Aug., 1806, m. Sarah Patty ; res. at Auburn, N. Y .; had cb .:
1. SAMUEL N., b. 1835.
2. SARAH A., b. 1837.
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3. JOHN P , b. 1845.
4. HENRY E., b. 17 Oct., 1851. 5. FRANCIS L., b. 7 Oct., 1854. (XI). CATHARINE, b. 15 April, 1809.
VI. LYDIA, b. 28 Oct., 1769, m. James Bowlby : removed to Virginia.
VII. WILLIMPIA, b. 15 April, 1771, m. Benjamin Lacy ; res. at Washington, Warren Co., N. J.
VIII. PHEBE, b. Feb., 1774, m. John Coleman ; res. in Sussex Co.
IX. SAMUEL, b. 28 Jan., 1777, d. 24 April, 1852, m. first, Annie ; second, -; res. at Washington, Warren Co., N. J .; had ch .:
1. CORNELIUS, b. 1804, m. Margaret Lomson [Lomerson ?).
2. WILLIAM, b. 1806, m. Julia A. Lomson.
3. MARY H., b. 1809, m. Joseph Weller.
4. SARAH, b. 1812, m. first, Rev. Jesse Fritz ; second, M. Pitnord.
5. SAMUEL M., b. 1814.
6. ROBERT, b. 1817, d. 1818.
7. ISABELLA, b. 1818, m. Mr. Rassenberg, of Pennsylvania.
8. JACOB, b. 1823, m. Mary Youmans.
9. LYDIA, b. 1825, m. John W. Fritts.
10. JESSE, b. 1836.
11. JOHN b. 1838.
CARLISLE.
ROBERT, came from Ireland to Bridgehampton, L. I .; removed to Roxbury twp. before 1763, and buys, 1778, 100 acres of Eleazer Lindsley ; in 1775, 112 acres of Thomas Faircloe ; in 1783, 94 acres of W. Topping, all adjoining pieces of prep- erty and on the road from the turnpike to the D., L. & W. depot at Chester ; had ch .:
I. ROBERT, b. 10 June, 1758, d. 20 March, 1838 ; buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery, near Chester ; m. Mary Stark, (dau. of John), b. 11 July, 1768; had ch .:
(I). MARGARET, b. 29 March, 1787, m. David Larason, (s. of Andrew).
(II). JOHN. b. 27 Jan., 1789.
(III). ROBERT, b. 13 Nov., 1790, m. Catherine Beard, (dau. of David); had ch .:
1. MARGARET, m. Tunis Crater, (s. of Will).
2. LYDIA, m. John Petri, (s. of John).
3. WILLETT, m. Clarissa Kellaban.
4. ROBERT, m. Susan Swarts, (dau. of Jacob).
5. LOUISA, died young.
6. CATHERINE, m. Daniel Budd, (s. of Gilbert), b. 9 Aug., 1827.
(IV). REUBEN, b. 5 May, 1793, d. 3 July, 1867, m. Ann Messlar, (dau. of Bergen) ; had ch .:
1. JOHN, b. 19 March, 1821 ; died young.
2. BERGEN, b. 7 Aug., 1823 ; died young.
3. MARY JANE, b. 10 Dec., 1827, m. first, Joseph Budd, (s. of Gilbert) b. 11 Oct., 1822 ; second, Mulford Skellenger.
4. ROBERT, b. 8 June, 1822, m. Lydia E. Leek, and had one child, Reuben C.
(V). MARY, b. 10 Feb., 1796, m. William Willett, (s. of William).
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(VI). LYDIA, b. 17 Jan., 1800.
II. JOHN, m. 20 March, 1796, Mary Mulford ; had ch .:
(I). CATHERINE, unmarried.
(II). SARAH, b. Jan., 1798, d. 20 Dec., 1884, m. Sam'l Willett, (s. of Wm.)
(III). ELIZA, m. David B. Hurd, for second wife.
(IV). CATHERINE, died at 22.
(V). NANCY, b. 1806, m. for third husband, Casper Apgar, (s. of Jacob and Charity Pickel).
(VI). MARIETTA, b. 1808, m. Samuel Sweazy, (s. of Samuel and Margaret Hughey).
(VII). THOMAS MULFORD, m. Eliza Howell ; had ch .:
1. ELIAS. m. a Brown.
2. THOMAS, m. first, a Pridham ; second, a Shumacker.
3. JOHN, m. first, Eliza Larue ; second, Elisabeth Hoffman.
4. MARY, m. Charles Ellis Jackson, of Wichita, Kansas.
5. NANCY, m. Lewis Shields.
(VIII). JOHN D. G., m. first, Elisabeth Smith ; second, Lettie Cutler; had ch .:
1. SMITH, m. Kate Larue.
2. LAVINIA, m. Carlisle Axtell.
3. ANNA, m. Carlisle Axtell.
4. GEORGE, unmarried.
III. ABIGAIL, m. John Wise, (s. of Jacob).
IV. Wife of John Coleman, (brother Azal and Joseph).
CASE.
CASES OF SOUTHOLD, L. I. AND ROXBURY, N. J.
WILLIAM, left England in the "Dorset," Sept., 1635, aged 19 ; freeman of Rhode Island, 1665 ; m. Martha, who, after his death, (1681 ?) m. Thomas Hutchinson, (see Moore's Indexes of Southold) ; prob. had ch .:
I. HENRY, (who might be son of Henry who owned land at Southold in 1658) ; 1660, has suit with Theophilus Corwin ; 1681, deed from Martha Hutchinson to him as her eldest son, of 7 acres ; 1686 has 3 males and 3 females in his family ; m. Tabitha, who d. 16 Dec., 1735 ; prob. had ch .:
(I). HENRY, JR., b. 1684, d. 16 April, 1720, at 36.
(II). SAMUEL, b. 1687, d. 10 May, 1755, at 68.
(III). TABITHA.
(IV). HANNAH, m. 1709, Philemon Dickerson.
(V). BENJAMIN, b. 1692, d. 14 Nov., 1774, at 82.
(VI). MARY, b. 1697, d. April, 1777, at 80 ; m. Abiah (or Gershom) Terry.
II. THEOPHILUS, d. 26 Oct., 1716 ; 1686 has one male and one female in his family ; prob. m. Hannah, who afterwards m. 1717 Jabez Mapes ; prob. had ch .:
(I). WILLIAM, m. Anne, who d. 1769 ; had ch .;
1. JAMES, b. 1742, d. 12 Sept., 1753, at 11.
2. AZUBAR, b. 1747, d. 1753. at 6.
(II). ICHABOD, m. first Mary Terrill in 1715, who d. 1716 ; second, Abi- gail Mapes in 1717, who d. 1724-5 ; third, Hannah Goldsmith in 1725 ; had four children who were b. in the years 1716, 1721, 1739 and 1740 ; prob. removed to Roxbury twp., Morris Co., where his will is dated 22 July, prob. 28 Sept., 1762, and names wife Hannah,
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grandson Joseph Case, and ch .:
1. WILLIAM.
2. ABIGAIL.
3. HANNAH.
4. KEZIAH.
(III). JOHN, b. 1718 (7), d. 6 Feb., 1775, at 57 ; m. Jemima Hulse, 1733-4.
(IV). THEOPHILUS, perhaps the son of Theophilus ; 1741, surveyor of the highways in Roxbury twp., Morris Co .; perhaps had son
1. JOSHUA, b. 1722, d. 9 July, 1777, at 55 ; buried at Succasunna ; will "Roxbury," 1 July, prob. 16 Aug. 1777, names w. Elisabeth and ch. :
(1). JOSHUA.
(2). JOSEPH.
(3). SAMUEL.
(4). JOHN.
(5). AUGUSTUS.
(6). RHODA.
(7). SUSANNA. (8). SARAH
MISCELLANEOUS-Married at Branchville, Sussex Co., by Squire Price, Peter Case to Rebecca Peterson, 19 Oct., 1783 ; Theophilus Case to Anna Suriterman, 9 Dec., 1787.
EPHRAIM CASE to Elisabeth Lanterman, 3 Oct., 1792 ;; his will, 9 March, prob. 22 March, 1797, names ch .:
(a). AARON.
(b). JOSHUA, b. 3 July, 1778, d. 15 May, 1858, m. Mary Cor- win, (dau. of Benjamin), b. 14 Aug., 1781, d. 1854. Both buried at Succasunna. He had Adam and Joshua.
(c). JANE, m. Joseph Corwin, (s. of Benjamin).
(d). LAWES.
(e). ELISABETH.
CASES FROM GERMANY.
JOHN PHILIP and WILLIAM KAES [Kes, Kase or Case], probably brothers are naturalized by act of the Assembly July, 1730. ANTHONY Kase, of the same generation, was probably a third brother. JOHN PHILIP settled near Flem- ington ; naturalized by act of Assembly, July, 1730 ; bought 9 March, 1739, a part of the Wm. Penn tract, now known as the " Mine Farm," m. first, Anna Elisabeth ; second, Rachel ; his will, "Amwell," 27 Nov., 1754, prob. 1 March, 1756, (Lib. 8 fol. 426), names 5 children by first wife and 4 by the second.
I. WILLIAM.
II. EVA MARIA.
III. FRONA CATHERINE, m. Henry Winters.
IV. ELISABETH, m. Peter Aller, who had grdch. b. from 1768-1777.
V. ANN, m. [Peter ?] Dilts, and had ch .: Philip Dilts and Henerick Dilts. VI. HENDRICK.
VII. PETER.
VIII. PHILIP. IX. CATHERINE.
WILLIAM, settled on Copper Hill, near Flemington ; naturalized by act of Assem- bly, July, 1738 ; his will, "Amwell," 18 April, prob. 5 May, 1769, (Lib. 14, fol. 172), names wife Elisabeth and ch .:
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I. MARY.
II. PETER.
III. CATHERINE.
IV. WILLIAM.
V. PHILIP. VI. FRANK.
VII. CHARITY.
VIII. ADAM, m. Elisabeth and bad ch .: (I). WILLIAM, b. 15 Aug., 1763.
(II). ADAM, b. 18 Aug., 1770, prob. m. Elisabeth, b. 14 Feb., 1776; had ch .:
1. WILLIAM, b. 23 April, 1797.
2. MAHLON, b. 28 Feb., 1799.
3. SYBILLA, b. 24 July, 1800.
4. HESTER, b. 20 March, 1802.
5. JONATHAN, b. 15 April, 1804.
6. JACOB, b. 9 July, 1806.
7. SARAH, b. 26 April, 1808.
8. NATHAN, b. 28 March, 1810.
9. CHRISTIAN, b. 29 March, 1812.
10. REBECCA, b. 1 Aug., 1813.
11. MILTON, b. 1 Aug., 1815. 12. SUSANNA, b. 30 Jan., 1817.
(III). JOSEPH, b. 14 April, 1772.
(IV). ANNA, b. 17 March, 177 -.
(V). MARY, b. 22 Oct., 1774.
(VI). PHILIP, b. 12 Dec., 1782.
(VII). REBECCA, b. 12 Oct., 1784.
(VIII). ISAAC, b. 27 Dec., 1789 ; prob. m. Margaret and had ch .: 1. ELISABETH, b. 6 April, 1811.
2. JOHN, b. 1 Sept., 1812.
(IX). One other.
ANTHONY, his will, "Amwell," 7 June, 1769, prob. 11 Dec., 1772, (Lib. 14, fol. 461), names wife Eva Catharine and cb .:
I. PETER, perhaps the one whose will, "Amwell," 1779, (Lib. 82, fol. 23), names wife Anna and ch .:
(I). HENRY.
(II). CATHARINE.
(III). TUNIS, [Anthony].
(IV). JOHN.
(V). ANNA.
(VI). PETER.
(VII). JACOB.
(VIII). CHRISTIAN.
II. JOHN, perhaps the one of Clover Hill, whose family is found History of Hunterdon and Somerset Co., page 418, as follows :
(I). JACOB, had ch .:
1. ANTHONY L. 2. JOHN L.
(II). JOHN.
(III). WILLIAM, [prob. m. Anna]; had ch .:
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1. MARGARET, [? b. 16 March, 1791], m. Levi Mettler.
2. JOHN, [? b. 28 Feb., 1801], m. first, Elisabeth Hoffman, (dau. of Thomas) ; second, Amy Hoff, (dau. of Will.) ; had ch .:
(1). WILLIAM.
(2). JOHN F.
(3). JEREMIAH H.
(4). MARY, m. John Opdyke.
(5). ANNA, m. Jonathan Kugler.
(6). ELISABETH, m. Will Wilson. By second wife.
(7). ELI.
(8). CATHERINE, m. Holloway H. Hewitt.
(9). MARGARET, m. Wilson Silverthorn.
3. CHRISTOPHER, m. first, Catharine Rupel ; second, a Case ; had ch. :
(1). WILLIAM. By second wife.
(2). ANNE.
(3). GEORGE.
(4). PETER.
(5). CHRISTOPHER.
4. MAHLON.
5. MARY, m. Daniel Marsh.
(IV). PETER, [? m. Margaret]; had ch .:
1. DANIEL, [? b. 4 Sept., 1807].
2. HENRY, [? b. 3 Sept., 1808].
[3. CORNELIUS, b. 10 Nov., 1810].
4. GODFREY, m. Sallie Curtis, (dau. Daniel) ; had four children :
(1). SAMUEL.
(2). ELISABETH, m. Samuel Worthington.
(3). PETER.
(4). MARY MARTHA, m. a Mathis.
(5). ELISABETH.
(V). GODFREY, had ch .:
1. LEVI, m. a dau. of Jacob Bunn ; has ch .:
(1). WHITFIELD.
(2). ELISABETH.
(3). LUCY.
2. JOHN, m. Eliza Rittenhouse, (dau. of Elijah) ; has three sons :
(1). ELIJAH R., C. E.
(2). LEVI W., A. M., M. D.
(3). JOSEPH.
3. MARY, m. William Drake.
4. MARGARET, m. William Besson ; had ch .:
(1). JOHN Besson, a lawyer of Hoboken.
(2). SAM. AUSTIN Besson, a lawyer of Jersey City.
(3). ELISABETH Besson.
(4). HANNAH Besson.
(5). FRANCIS Besson.
5. CATHERINE, m. Spencer Alpaugh ; has three daughters living at Little York, Hunterdon Co .:
(1). MARY Alpaugh.
(2). ADELLA Alpaugh.
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(3). CAMELLA Alpaugh.
6. SUSAN, m. Henry Eckel ; has one dau. living at Trenton, Lydia, m. Dr. Will. Rice.
(VI). MARY, m. Peter Bloom and res. near Mt. Pleasant, Hunterdon Co. (VII). ELISABETH, m. and res. in Bethlehem twp.
(VIII). MARGARET, m. David Stem ; res. near Easton, Pa.
(IX). CHARITY, m. Lewis Rope ; res. near Easton, Pa.
(X). CATHERINE, m. John Case, a distant relative : res. near Patten- berg ; has ch .:
1. HENRY.
2. GODFREY.
3. JOHN.
MISCELLANEOUS-BASTIAN KES was naturalized by act of Assembly, 12 Nov., 1744 ; JOHANNES and MATTHIAS KASE, 1754, and TUNIS and PETER CASE, 20 Aug., 1755.
CASTNER.
JOAN PETER KASSENER (JOHN PETER CASTNER), widower from the Palatinate, is m. in New York, 2 April, 1711, to Magdalena Paan, the widow of Jacob Hoof, from Wirtemberg : perhaps is the father of JURGEN (or George), and PETER, who are the first of the name in New Jersey; there certainly was a family of the name who came to New York in the "2d emigration," 1710, since Gov. Hunter apprenticed a child of this name with other children of the Palatines, in 1711-14 ; perhaps had ch .:
I. PETER Cassinor, whose will, "Somerset Co.," Sept. 14, prob. Dec. 1, 1756, names wife, Mary, and ch .: Witness to a baptism "On the Raritans," 1719 ; buys land on "2d Mountain," Som. Co., of Alex. McDowell, 1727, Feb. 1 ; had ch .:
(I). PETER, perh. d. 1788 ; rem. to Morris Co., m. Mary ; had ch .:
1. JEREMIAH, m. Mary Thomas, (dau. of Matthias) : rem. to Penn.
2. JOHN, b. 9 Sept., 1767, d. 24 Feb., 1824, m. Catherine Schenkel, (dau. of Anthony), b. 28 July, 1772, d. 16 July, 1860 ; res. near German Valley ; had ch .:
(1). JOHN, m. Elisabeth Lomerson, (dau. of ); had ch .: (a). JOHN, b. 17 Feb. 1825, m. Mary Ann Hoffman, (dau. of Jacob) and had ch .: Mary Ann; Acka; Elisabeth ; Mary; Arthur; Edith.
(b). JACOB, m. Ellen Beam, (dau. of William); res. near Blairstown.
(c). WILLIAM, m. Sarah Schuyler, (dau. of William); rem. to Hardwick, Warren Co.
(2). MARY, m. Abraham Hall.
(II). JACOB, perb. s. of Peter 2d ; will, 12 Jan., prob. 4 March, 1788, names wife Catherine and witness Daniel Castner, Sr .; had ch .:
1. DANIEL, perh. s. of Jacob, b. 10 May, 1741, d. 10 March, 1829, m. 8 May, 1775, Mary Thompson, b. 1752, d. 30 Dec., 1830 ; will, 18 Dec., 1828, prob. 7 April, 1829, names wife Mary and cb .:
(1). JACOB.
(2). JOHN.
(3), SARAH, m. John Gaston.
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(4). JULY, m. a Yawger.
(5). MARY, m. a Baker.
(6). CATHERINE, b. 2 Nov., 1786, d. 4 March, 1854, m. John M. Powelson.
(7). ELISABETH, m. a Van Doren.
(8). MARGARET, m. a Willet.
2. JOHN PETER, perhaps s. of Jacob and Catherine), b. 21 July, 1750; res. at Liberty Corner, Somerset Co .; soldier in the Revolution ; m. Margaret Compton ; had ch .:
(1). REV. JACOB RANDOLPH, b. 24 July, 1785, d. 19 Nov., 1848, m. 1814, Sarah Shafer, of Stillwater, N. J., b. 9 Feb., 1795, d. 2 May, 1868 ; had several children.
(2). JAMES.
(III). JULIANA.
II. JURGEN (or GEORGE) m. Naomi : prob. the George who was apprenticed in 1710, at 13 years of age, in N. Y .; "on the Raritans," member of Lutheran Church in N. Y., 1721 : had ch. (perhaps) :
(I). JOHN, perh. m. Babara ; had ch .:
1. JOHN, JR., b. 1751, d. 1801 ; his will, 1786, prob. - , names mother, Barbara, brother Conrad and brother-in-law Peter Bockover.
(II). JAMES, subscribed to building of Lutheran Ch. at Pluckamin. 1756. (III). PHILIP, perb. son of Jurgen, m. Susanna, who was b. 1727, d. 1777 in Morris Co.
(IV). GEORGE, m. Dorothea ; had ch .: JACOB, b. 4 March, 1779.
(V). DANIEL, SR., in Tewksbury twp., 1766 ; prob. had cb .:
1. JACOB, m. Eva ; had ch .:
(1). JOHN, b. 1 Sept., 1798. (2). DANIEL, b. 27 Dec., 1812.
2. DANIEL, b. 1757, d. 12 Feb., 1829 ; rem. to Spruce Run from Som. Co., m. first, Elisabeth Souers ; second, Elisabeth Moore : had ch. :
(1). JOHN, m. Maria Parks, who was murdered with her husband in 1842 by his brother ; had ch .: Victor, b. 27 Sept., 1833. m. first, Sarah E. Hill ; second, her sister Semantha Hill : John P., b. 3 Nov., 1837, m. Lydia A. Sunder and had Laura, Eugene and Sadie).
(2). JACOB, JR., m. Elisabeth Anthony, (dau. of Jacob) ; had ch .: Daniel, unmarried ; Elijah, m. first, Elisabeth Hoover ; second, Crechy Kitchen ; third, married in Ohio : Jacob, m. Betsey Karns : John R., m. Margaret Moore, (dau. of John and a Rodenbach) ; Betsey, m. Chris. Smith ; Phemie, m. first, Sam. Coleman ; second, John Hazely : Lydia, m. Richard Bennett ; Rachel, m. Peter Baldwin ; Sally Ann ; Becky ; Polly.
(3). ADAM, m. Elisabeth Swarts ; had ch .: John, m. Ann Read, (dau. of William); Isaac; Elisabeth, m. John Bowlshy ; Becky; Maria, m. David Alpock ; Mary Catherine, m. Mansfield Beatty, (s. of George) ; Susan, m. Jacob Hipp, (s. of Leonard).
(4). PETER, m. Jeannette Cratzly ; had ch .: Daniel; William, m. Sarah Thomas, (s. of Joseph); George, m. Louise Ben-
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nett ; Andrew, m. Nancy Castner, (s. of John); David, m. Abbie Gerry, (dau. of Philip); " Kal," m. Susan Smith ; Mary, m. John Anderson ; Amanda, m. William Smith.
(5). MOORE, m. Susan Force, (dau. of John) ; had ch .: Michel, m. Susan Lance, (dau. of Joseph) ; Nathan, m. Margaret Orts; Benjamin; Becky, m. George Walters, (s. of Thomas); Keziah, m. Wm. Read, (s. of Philip); Lydia, m. a Pigeon. (6). GEORGE. m. Elisabeth Lance, (dau. of John); had one child, Whitefield, m. Rachel Sliker, (dau. of Daniel).
(7). BETSEY, m. William Anderson, (s. of William).
(8). ABRAHAM, m. Elisabeth McClean, (dau. of Amos) ; had ch .: Amos, m. Susan Brown ; William and Nicholas, went West ; Stewart, m. a Trimmer, (dau. of John); Susan, m. Jacob Bess.
III. DANIEL, perh. s. of Peter Ist ; witness to will of Peter Castner, Sr., of Somerset Co., 14 Sept., 1756.
MISCELLANEOUS-It has been impossible to get satisfactory information with regard to the Castner family, even after considerable correspondence. The above is offered as a basis for further research. John Kastner, settled in Schoharie, 1713; removed to Tulpehocken Creek, Pa., in 1723, with 33 other German families (Rupp p. 467). A certain Paul Kastner is said to have come to New Germantown, 1694, with Rev. Francis Daniel Pastorius.
CHAMBERS.
Four brothers of the name of CHAMBERS, JAMES, ROBERT, JOSEPH and BENJAMIN, came from the county of Antrim, Ireland, and landed at Phila. about 1726. The youngest, Benjamin, in a deposition, made in Philadelphia, 8 Dec., 1736, styles himself "a millwright about 23 years of age," and he is said to have been at the time of his death, 17 Feb., 1788, "eighty years of age and up- wards." He was, therefore, probably born about 1710. For a time the brothers lived together at the mouth of Fishing Creek, on the eastern bank of the Busque- hanna, a few miles above Harris' Ferry. Here they erected a mill, which was, at that period, of great utility for a large district of country. Attracted, however, by the prospect of other locations for such establishments and for farms, they crossed the Susquehanna, on or before the year 1730, and settled at different places : JAMES, at the head of Green Spring, near Newville ; ROBERT, at the head of Mid- dle Spring, near Shippensburgh, and JOSEPH and BENJAMIN at the confluence of Falling Spring and the Conecocheague, where Chambersburg now stands. Joseph, however, soon returned to Fishing Creek. But the others remained where they had last settled and were distinguished for their enterprise and public usefulness. They were soon followed by large numbers, who were not slow to hear of the attractive region soon to be opened for settlement. In the settlement commenced by James Chambers, about three miles south of Newville, was one of the most numerous clusters of inhabitants in the valley. It was very early (1738), strong enough to form a religious congregation which offered to pledge itself to the sup- port of a pastor .- {Wing's History of Cumberland County).
RANALD and ROWLAND CHAMBERS, two brothers, according to tradition, came to America about 1720, from the north of Ireland and settled at Meeting House Springs, near Newville, Pa. They were of Scotch Irish descent. The
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name, Chambers, is said to have come from the Scotch Cameron. This became Camerarius, when the Camerons fled to France. On their return to Ireland the name became Chambers. Notwithstanding the tradition, mentioned above, it could very easily be that these two brothers were sons of one of the first four, probably of JAMES. Ranald died in 1746, prob. soon after his marriage. He could hardly have been over thirty years of age and too young to have come to Philadelphia alone in the year 1720 or 1726. However, in 1736-7, Randle [Ran- ald ?] Chambers receives a grant of land, for the use of his son James, on Great Spring Creek, a branch of the Conecocheague, (History of Cumberland Co., p. 23). James Chambers commanded one of the three companies that fought the Indians in the battle of Sideling Hill, April, 1756.
ROWLAND, settled "near the mouth of the Letort on the State road"; buried at Meeting House Springs ; had ch .:
I. GEORGE.
II. CATHERINE.
RANALD, d. at 1746 ; buried at Meeting House Springs ; had two ch., JOHN and RANALD.
I. JOHN, d. early and left only one child :
(I). WILLIAM, d. 5 Oct., 1809, m. Eleanor Talbot, of a family which settled in, and gave the name to, Talbot Co., Maryland ; lived at Middlesex, Cumberland Co., Pa. Capt. William Chambers is men- tioned in the minutes of the Council of Safety as connected with the First Regiment of Cumberland Co., 1777, under Col. Ephraim Blaine, the great-grandfather of Hon. James G. Blaine ; Colonel in command of Pennsylvania Associators and Militiamen, 31 July, 1777 ; was present at battles of Trenton and Princeton ; had ch .:
1. BETSEY, b. 2 March, 1772, m. Dr. Kelso and had William Kelso and Joseph Kelso.
2. POLLY, b. 11 June, 1773, d. 1866 ; became second wife of Mordecai Mckinney, 3rd.
3. JOHN, b. 20 Jan., 1775, m. a Uhrie ; rem. to Dayton, Ohio ; had ch .: (1). THOMAS.
(2). TALBOT. (3)-(5). Three daughters.
4. JANE, b. 1 Nov., 1776, d. 16 Dec., 1856 ; unmarried.
5. WILLIAM, b. 16 June, 1779, m. and had ch .; res. in Adams Co., Pa.
6. TALBOT, b. 8 Feb., 1783 ; Col. in U. S. Army, d. in Texas ; unm.
7. MARGARET, b. 6 Oct., 1788, d. 25 Feb., 1848.
8. ANN, (perhaps the first child of Col. William), d. 1795, m. Arthur Chambers, of the same name but not related. He was b. 1758, d. 29 Sept., 1794, at 36 ; buried in Derry church-yard ; she was buried in church-yard of Welsh Run, near Greencastle. They had three children :
(1). ARTHUR, died early.
(2). ANN, b. 1789, d. 18 March, 1877, m. Louis L. Near, M. D., a Surgeon in U. S. Army, who d. 31 Dec., 1845.
(3). WILLIAM Chestnut, M. D., b. 1790, d. 16 Dec., 1857, m. 11 Jan., 1816, Mary Ege, dau. of Michael, a large manufac- turer of iron, the owner of four furnaces and about eight thousand acres of land in Cumberland Co., Pa. "Dr.
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William C. Chambers was born near Harrisburg, his grandfather [great-great-grandfather ?] was no doubt one of the four brothers, JAMES, ROBERT, JOSEPH and BENJA- MIN, who emigrated from Antrim, Ireland, about 1726 and settled first upon the Susquehanna, but soon crossed over and took possession of lands in different parts of Cumber- land Valley ; Benjamin, the youngest, going as far West among the Indians as Chambersburg, which bears his name. The other brothers are said to have taken up lands at Middle Spring, Green Spring, Middlesex and along the river. The subject of this sketch was brought up in the Presbyterian Church. He was educated in Dickinson Col- lege (where he was a classmate of the late President Bu- chanan), and in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. He settled in Carlisle, as a practitioner of medicine, and soon after married. Dr. Chambers, though much esteemed as a physician, relinquished the practice of medicine after several years and engaged in the manufac- ture of flour and iron. In 1838 he removed to Philadelphia." -(History of Cumberland County, Pa., by Rev. C. P. Wing. D.D., p. 186). He was an elder for many years of the First Presbyterian Church, of Carlisle. His wife in- herited from her father the valuable Cumberland property, in the management of which Dr. Chambers was engaged until his removal to Philadelphia ; had ch .:
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