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(Reprinted from The Transscrip- tions of The Herkimer County His-| torical Society.)
Of the aboriginal history of what is now known as the town of Dan- ube, but littie save tradition is known. At the time of the advent ofthePalatin .known
canoes upon the stream that yet bears their name and made war upon their savage neighbors east, west and south of them. But with the advent of the sturdy Hollander neighbors from the lowlands and their German neighbors from the highlands of Central Europe, a mighty change was brought into the history of these sons of the forest. Civilization opened up a great gap and where the war-whoop had once rung out could be heard now the whack of the axe and the roar of the falling forest tree.
History gives mention of naught but peace between the native and the foreign residents of the valley. until the breaking out of the French and Indian war, about the year 1755. From thence forward until the close of the Revolutionary struggle, the early settlers of Danube, like all of their neighbors up and down the Mo -! hawk valley, were subjected to the inhuman treatment of the traitorous Tories and their Indian allies.
The land lying upon both sides of the Mohawk was patented about the year 1730, and settlements were soon afterward rapidly made. The town of Manheim was more fully settled at an early date than the town Danube. The flat lands on the of north of the river afforded greater inducements to the keen-eyed Hol- lander than the rough and rugged shores upon the south side, and tho a number of families were located near the mouth of the Nowadaga early in 17 00 I've greater portion of Danube was unbroken forest until the close of the war of the Revolu- tion.
The Herkimer family were among the earliest settlers, and while they accumulated a large property and members thereof became prominent in the history of our county and state, they showed a great lack of judgment in the location of their lands-for of all the rough and rocky farms lying in the Mohawk Valley, the Herkimer farm can eas- ily take the lead.
History both local and national has time and again given to the pub- lic a record of the prominent events In the life of our favorite general and a repetition here would be en- tirely out of order, The Herkimer, Van Alstyne, Seeber, Schuyler and Hess families were among the earl- ¡iest settlers, and the most of them were loyal to their adopted country The German wwwweis in the selec- at the time of the commencement tion of farming lands by far out- of the Revolutionary struggle, but it generaled the New Englanders. The was not an uncommon occurrence to former were reared upon the rich find one or more of the members of bottom lands of Holland, and the lat- each family who chose to cast their ter had never seen aught but the lot with the followers of the crown. rocks and clay of sterile New Eng- and thus cast a shadow upon the land, and thought that New York history of many an otherwise hon- State was all built on the eastern ored family.
pian. The finest farms in Danube at Soon after the treaty of peace be- this date and lying adjacent to Mont -: tween Great Britain and colonies, gomery county are owned and almost settlers from the Hudson river coun- exclusively occuped by the descend- tries, Connecticut and Rhode Island ants "of the early German families. began to found new homes for them- As the Hollanders for generations seives and their descendants upon past have used wind mills for procur- the hitherto unoccupied lands lying ing water for the use of the dairy, both north and south of the Mohawk so these descendants of the thrifty river, and within twenty-five years Lowlander today use wind mills for the lands within the present limits a like purpose. of Danube had been entirely taken
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Questions and Answers
A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers, Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
BRATT, BRADT
On page 16 "History of Schenecta- dy County," by Austin A. Yates, I find the following: Arent Andrise Bradt was a half-breed, the son of Andries of Albany and Kinetis, a daughter of a Mohawk chief. Arent Bradt was an actual ' resident of Schenectady. Cuyler and Bradt were brewers and warm personal friends.
Salome bapt. Oct. 21, 1781. Huldah bapt. Oct. 17, 1784.
From "Richard Church of Ply- mouth" and "Gregory Stone of Cam- bridge."
Would like the lineage of Elizabeth Walker, second wife of Caleb 6 Church.
Gretchen Joubert Campbell, 1145 East Maple,
Cornelius Antoinsen Van Slyke had Glendale 5, Calif.
married Alstock, a sister of Bradt's wife.
I also find on page 334, Vol. 1 of "The Mohawk Valley Gateway to the West," by Nelson Greene:
About 1620 a French trader nam- ed Hartell entered the Mohawk val- ley and became enamored of an In- dian girl who owned the island in the river at. Schenectady now called Hog Island. Hartell had two children by this woman, one called Ots-toch who married Cornelis Antonissen Van Slyck and Wenutje who married a Bradt.
John O. Evjen states on page 19 of "Scandinavian Immigrants to New York 1630 to 1674:
Albert Andriessen Bratt was one of the earliest Norwegian settlers of New Netherlands. He came from Frederikstad, Norway. His wife was Annetit. Barents and on page 33 of the same book Arent Andriessen, brother of Albert Andriessen Bratt. He appears to have come over with his brother Albert Andressen on the Rensselaerwyck which sailed from
Texel Oct. 8, 1636 and arrived in New Amsterdam March 4, 1637. His wife was Catalyntje De Vos.
I am a descendant of Arent Andri- essen Bratt and would like to know more about the ancestry of Arent and where did Mr. Austin A. Yates learn this story about Andries Bratt living in Schenectady.
DE VOS
Who was the mother of Catalyntje De Vos? Her father was Andries De Vos who was in Beverwyck as early as 1640.
VAN BREMEN
Was Jan Dircksen from Bremen, who was in New Amsterdam as ear- ly as 1639. His wife was Tryntje An- ders, the same person as Jan Dirkse Van Bremen whose daughter Sara married Jan Jacobse Gardenier.
VAN TIENHOVEN
What was.the name of the wife of Cornelius Van Tienhoven. His daugh- ter Alfgy married Peteri Stouten- burgh about 1650, probably in New Amsterdam.
VROOMAN
Anntaje Vrooman married Sept. 4, 1762 Jacobus Schermerhorn. She was daughter of Pieter Vrooman. Who was Vrooman's father ? TELLER
Abraham Compton, possibly of Steuben county, N. Y. married Ma- rie Gee ca. 1818, and parents of Mary Margaret Teller, daughter of Jo- 'hanner Teller married Nov. 20, 1712 Jacob Ryer Schermerhon. Who was her mother? Ann married Henry Samuel Wedge about 1846, Wellsboro, Pa. and had two sons, N. H. who seemed to have taken the name N. H. Compton and Mildred A. Shaw, another brother who died in infancy. Box 3075 R. 2 Del Paso Heights, California. A Mary Ann Compton Wedge died Aug. 21, 1851, Wellsboro, Pa. Martin Compton moved to Washington (state) and Nelson, nothing further ELIZABETH WALKER is known of him. Another daughter The following is not a New York of Abraham and Marie Gee Compton line but it is hoped that some reader __ of the genealogy department can furnish information about this Wal- ker line.
SMITH
1. Data wanted of David Smith, born March 25, 1793 at Pine Hill, town of Olive, Ulster county, N. Y .; IRELAND
lived Lackawack, town of Wawar- sing, Ulster county, died 1877, Lack- awack, married 1824, Larina Oster- hout; had among others son, Chris- topher Columbus Smith, born 1828, who married Mary Almira Trites, daughter of John and
(Blakesley) Trites of Windham
OSTERHOUT
2. Want data of parents of Larlna Osterhout (see query 1). Was her father's name Jacob ? Mother's name not known.
DECKER
3. Data of Samuel Decker, who resided at Sandburg ( ?); died 1898 near Grahamsville, Sullivan Ct., N. Y .; married (date wanted) Abigail Sheeley, daughter of Cornelius Shee- ley, an original member of Dutch Reformed church.
SHEELEY
4. Want data of wife of Cornelius Sheeley. Her first name was Eve; surname not known.
DECKER
5. Samuel and Abigail (Sheeley) Decker (see Query 3) had among others, son Alfred Decker, born 1847 near Grahamsville, N. Y .; Alfred married Loretta Jane Castle, born 1847, daughter of Coles F. and Eliza A. (Jemp) Castle. Want data of parents of Coles F. Castle. Was his father Comfort Castle who lived in 1810 near Bridgeville, Sullivan Co., N. Y. ?
JEMP
6. Eliza A. Jemp (see query 5) was daughter of Joseph and Sally (Rice) Jemp. Want data of Sally Rice. Was she daughter of Ephraim 6 Rice, (to Robert 1 and Margaret) and Sarah Johnson who lived 1811 Catskill ?
8. Stephen. See Stephen 6 Ireland, Would appreciate list of children of born 1793, Malta, NY, above. foregoing Ephraim and Sarah (John- son) Rice which may include Saily who married Joseph Jemp.
Emily Weiss,
913-7th Street,
Des Moines 14, Iowa.
COMPTON
married Erastus Kelley and lived in Charlestown Tws., Tioga Co., Pa. The fifth child was Mahala Comp- ton married Francis Smith, died 1000 Mohale ond Francia
Anwer to contact also the descend- ants of N. H. Compton, Mary Ann Compton who married Wedge, Nel- son Compton or Martin Compton who moved to the state of Wash- ington possibly by 1860.
I have considerable amount of ma- terial on Abraham Comptons and very anxious to ascertain the begin- ning of the name Abraham in the Compton family. Appreciate any leads, suggestions, information, ad- dresses and names that would or could possibly throw additional in- formation on the Abraham Comp- tons of Steuben Cunty, N. Y., Tioga county, Pa, and Botetourt county, . Va.
C. V. Compton,
Route 8, Box 363, San Antonio, Texas.
5. No record/ US census 1790 leaves 1 of 4 females unaccounted for.
6. Jacob born Nov. 27, 1787, Malta, N. Y., died Aug. 3, 1866, W. Bain- I bridge, N. Y., buried there, married Abigail Sept 17, 1809, Saratoga County, N. Y. Lydia Davis, born Feb. 5, 1787 prob. at Saratoga; died Oct. 7, 1857, W. Bainbridge, buried there; daugh- ter of Ebenezer Davis and wife Su- sanna above. 1820 Census, Bain- bridge: Family head: Jacob Ireland; 3 males under 10, (Edward W. 8; Corsman 5; James Wm. 2); 1 26 to .45, (Jacob 32); 2 females under 10, (Anginette 6; Caroline 1); 1.26 to 45, (wife Lydia, 33). NY Census 1855: "Jacob Ireland, age 68, and wife Lydia, age 67, both born in Sar- atoga Co., in Bainbridge . 40 years (since 1815). Corsman born Dec. 13, 1814, named after the Cossman (Cos- man) family, was by tradition, 6 weeks old when moved from Malta to Bainbridge. His parents, Steph-
en 5 and Mary Cosman Ireland dceded 24 March 1815 80 acres in lot 39 to Elisha Ackerman and Ja- cob. Children: 1 Davis 1810-14; 2 Edward W. 1812-87; 3 Anginette Ire- land Lyon 1813-18; 4 Corsman 1814- :93; 5 James Wm. 1817-57 ;; 6 Caro- line 1819-29; 7 Angeline 1819-19; 8 Mary Emma Ireland Riley 1820-79; 9 Sally A. Ireland Barstow 1825-93. 7. Rachel born about 1789, Malta, N. Y., died Dec. 2, 1833 in the 44th year of her age, Saratoga Co. Epi- taphs; buried in Bacon Hill ceme- tery, Northumberland Twp., Sarato- ga county, N. Y., married about 1805 Malta, NY, Holmes Lyon. They had 7 or more children, 3 sons and 4 daughters.
9. No record. U. S. Census 1800 leaves "1 female under 10" unac- counted for. -
10. Job born about 1798-9. Malta Ridge cemetery inscription: "In memory of Job, son of Stephen and Mary Ireland, who died April 28, 1817 in the 19th year of his age." · One Ireland genealogist has asked: From whence came all of those strange names? Johannas and Bar- bara Cosman s known children were: Jonathan, Jacob, Oliver Ruluff, Bar- bara, Rachel, James, David, Mary, Sarah and Haunse. Johannas trans- lates into John and the nicknames, Hans and Haunse. Thomas 4 Ire- land's known children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Job, Stephen, Amos and Martha. Barbara repeats in the fam-
Jacob, of Stephen 5 and Thomas 6; ily of James 6, Cosman, of Jacob 6, James, of Stephen 5, James 6, Ja- cob 6 and Stephen 6; John, of Stephen 5 and John 6; Mary of James 6, Elizabeth 6, Jacob 6 ;and Stephen-6; Oliver, of John 6; Rachel, of Stephen 5, Elizabeth 6 and John 6; Job, of Stephen 6, James 6 and John 6; Stephen, of Stephen 5, James 6, and . Elizabeth 6; Thomas, of Stephen 5, Elizabeth 6 and Stephen 6.
Other accounts of this "Ireland family which err in important details are: Page 136, Harvey Ireland, Bain- bridge, N. Y., sketch, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Chenango Co., N. Y., Biographical Pub. Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 1898; Fran- cis Asbury Ireland sketch, Part II, : page 115, Landmarks of Albany Co., N. Y., edited by Amasa J. Parker, Syracuse, 1897 and the Aug. 25, 1909 address by Oliver Butts Ireland on Chenonga, Sarat ga and Albany Ire- land family history before the 7th Annual Reunion of the Ireland Fam- ily Association at Bainbridge, pub- lished by the Bainbridge Republican. The first sketch helped confirm re- search by its general truths. It said: "Th ancestor of our subject, who was of English birth, emigrated to this country before the Revolutionary War and settled on Long Island." (His tradition seems founded on the arrival in Boston from London about 1635 of Thomas Ireland, born 1625 or earlier, died 1669 at Hempstead, probably joined at Watertown, Mass., followers of Rev. Richard Denton, 1603-62 who had come in 1630 from Hemel Hempstead, 23 miles NW of London, His Hemel Hempstead con- gregation moved
to Watertown,
Mass., Wethersfield, Hartford, Stam- ford and Middlebury, Conn. and in 1644 to Hempstead, Long Island .. Nieuw Nederland.
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De Vos? Her father was Andries De Vos who was in Beverwyck as early as 1640.
VAN BREMEN
Was Jan Dircksen from Bremen, who was in New Amsterdam as ear- ly as 1639. His wife was Tryntje An- ders, the same person as Jan Dirkse Van Bremen whose daughter Sara married Jan Jacobse Gardenier.
VAN TIENHOVEN
What was the name of the wife of Cornelius Van Tienhoven. His daugh- ter Alfgy married Peterl Stouten- burgh about 1650, probably in New Amsterdam.
VROOMAN
Anntaje Vrooman married Sept. 4, 1762 Jacobus Schermerhorn. She was daughter of Pleter Vrooman. Who was Vrooman's father ? TELLER
Margaret Teller, daughter of Jo- hanner Teller married Nov. 20, 1712 Jacob Ryer Schermerhon. Who was her mother?
Mildred A. Shaw,
Box 3075 R. 2 Del Paso Heights, California.
ELIZABETH WALKER
The following is not a New York | of Abraham and Marie Gee Compton
line but it is hoped that some reader of the genealogy department can furnish information about this Wal- ker line.
Pilgrim.
2. Elizabeth Warren married Rich- ard Church, Plymouth and Hingham, Mass.
Sprague, Hingham and Watertown, Mass.
4. 1saac Church married Mary Hutchin, Watertown and Sherborn, tenant of Steuben Co,, N. Y. 1816. Mass.
5. Joshua Church born Watertown, married 1728 at Lancaster, Mass., Annis Johnson, daughter of Josiah and Annis (Chandler) Johnson. Dled at Templeton, Mass.
6. Caleb Church born June 3, 1741, Lancaster, Mass. Married 1st May 1765, Templeton, Mass. (V. R.), Dan- Nathan and Dorothy (Goodenough) Warner. She died in 1763 and he married 2nd July 11, 1764 at Bol- ton, Mass. Elizabeth Walker. Their children were Hannah born Feb. 11, 1765, Templteon, Mass (V. R.), Dan- lel born Oct. 11, 1766, Eplton, Mass., married 1792 Leicester, Vt., Pru- dence Stone, daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Russell) Stone. (V. R.)
Sila's baptized Jan. 6, 1771, Lan- caster, Mass. (V. R.)
Baptisms at Rockingham, Vt. in N. E. Hist. and Gen. Reg. Jemima bapt. May 8 1774.
Arinice bapt. Aug. 8, 1778.
parents of Coles F. Castle. Was his father Comfort Castle who lived in
JEMP
6. Eliza A. Jemp (see query 5) was daughter of Joseph and Sally (Rice) Jemp. Want data of Sally Rice. Was she daughter of Ephraim 6 Rice, (to Robert 1 and Margaret) and Sarah Johnson who lived 1811 Catskill ? Would appreciate list of children of foregoing Ephraim and Sarah (John- son) Rice which may include Sally, who married Joseph Jemp.
Emily. Weiss,
913-7th Street,
Des Moines 14, lowa.
COMPTON
Abraham Compton, possibly of . Steuben county, N. Y. married, Ma- rie Gee ca. 1818, and parents of Mary Ann married Henry Samuel Wedge about 1846, Wellsboro, Pa. and had two sons, N. H. who seemed to have taken the name N. H. Compton and another brother who died in infancy. Mary Ann Compton Wedge died Aug. 21, 1851, Wellsboro, Pa. Martin Compton moved to Washington (state) and Nelson, nothing further is known of him. Another daughter
married Erastus Kelley and lived in Charlestown Tws., Tloga Co., Pa. The fifth child was Mahala Comp- ton married Francis Smith, dled
1. Richard Warren, Mayflower about 1889. Mahala and Francis Smith had these children: One of the girls married Alvarus Smith in Wellsboro, Pa. Mary Ann married and moved to Montrose, Mich. Albert
3. Caleb Church married Joanna - moved to New Lathrop, Mich. Mar- tin lived at Grand Rapids, Mich., Martin, Lewis and Henry.
We find Abraham Compton, Lieu- Is this the Abraham Compton who married Marie Gee and had these above named children ? Whose son is this Abraham if one and the same, if not whore sons are these two Abraham Comptons? Very anxious to contact some of their descend- ants as my great great grandfather Abraham Compton came from N. J. to Botetourt Co., Va. in 1772 and was killed in the Continental Army in 1770 leaving son Abraham 1, Jer- emiah and a daughter. Believe these Abrahams belong to the same branch of the Compton family. As tradition in my Compton family is that the grandfather of Abraham Compton 1 had a son who migrated in later years to the Lake Regions of west- ern New York. Abraham Compton's grandfather was 1sselstyne Comp- ton who married Alltjie Blaaw some- pleased to contact any descendants where in N. J. about 1722. Would be Joseph Warner bapt: May 11, 1777. of 1sselstyne (Hesslstyne, Usselton) Compton of that date in N. J,
9 Sally A. Ireland Barstow 1825-93. 7. Rachel born about 1789, Malta, 1810 near Bridgeville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., died Dec. 2, 1833 in the 44th N. Y. ?
year of her age, Saratoga Co. Epi- taphs; buried in Bacon Hill ceme- tery, Northumberland Twp., Sarato- ga county, N. Y., married about 1805 Malta, NY, Holmes Lyon. They had 7 or more children, 3 sons and 4 daughters.
8. Stephen. See Stephen 6 Ireland, born 1793, Malta, NY, above.
9. No record. U. S. Census 1800 leaves "1 female under 10" unac- counted for.
10. Job born about 1798-9. Malta inscription: "In Ridge cemetery
memory ef Job, son of Stephen and Mary Ireland, who died April 28, 1817 in the 19th year of his age." · One Ireland genealogist has asked: From whence came all of those strange names? Johannas and Bar- bara Cosmans known children were: Jonathan, Jacob, Oliver Ruluff, Bar- bara, Rachei, James, David, Mary, Sarah and Haunse. Johannas trans- lates into John and the nicknames, Hans and Haunse. Thomas 4 1re- land's known children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Job, Stephen, Amos and Martha. Barbara repeats in the fam-
arrival in Boston from London about 1635 of Thomas Ireland, born 1625 or earlier, died 1669 at Hempstead, probably joined at Watertown, Mass., followers of Rev. Richard Denton, 1603-62 who had come in 1630 from Hemel Hempstead, 23 miles NW of London. His Hemel Hempstead con- gregation moved to Watertown,
Mass., Wethersfield, Hartford, Stam- ford and Middlebury, Conn. and in 1644 to Hempstead, Long Island .. Nieuw Nederland.
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IRELAND
Samuel Ireland, probably a broth- er at Wethersfield, died 1630, leav- ing no sons but a widow and two daughters. For the 1st and 2d gener- ations and children of the 31.1 gen- eration, see Some Account of the Ireland Family, Originally of Long Island, 1644-1880, by Joseph Nor-
Oliver B. Ireland appears to have ton Ireland, Bridgeport, Conn. 1800. welded an often repeated encycloped-' The same sketch continues: "As far
ia sketch of some Irelands of Lon-
as is known, he sympathized with don, England, to what he had heard the Tories, and because of his lack
of the 3 brothers James 6 (his grand- of patriotism for his new country It father), Thomas and Jacob living in was made so hot for him that he re- turned to his native country, leav-
Saratoga county and moving to W. Bainbridge. He declined to give the ing his family behind. His family in writer the title of the book from order to escape the many evils of a which he obtained his proof. His city, moved up the river and located, statement is believed by many and at Poughkeepsie. Later they went can be undone only by indisputable still further up the river, and at one step by step evidence. As an ob- time were living between Albany| struction to trutb it added years to and Saratoga on what is known as Ireland's Four Corners."
the research needed to collect and arrange .the above facts. It rendered (A John Ireland of Charlotte Pre- real service by compelling thorough-'! cinct, Dutchess Co., forfeited in 1782/ ness.
he The writer wishes to acknowledge
was a Tory. If a descendant of the valuable assistance received from Thomas 1 of Hempstead, he was not Charles Winfield in Stephen Ireland's line of descent. 1940 and family, Bainbridge, N. Y .; Rev. Denton returned to England in Mrs. Inez Imogen 9 Miles Ellis Ches- 1659 after considerable success at aning, Mich. and Mrs. Lulu' 10 New- Hempstead, 'leaving his adult child- Mrs. Upton did much of the research ren behind. Peter Bousman and wife, lon Upton, Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. and : Elizabeth Anderson above, left N. Y. work. Additional information, quot- city and Phillipsburg, Westchester ing sources, is, solicited.
9 Ireland 1869-'
At about the same time that the eastern portion of the town was tak- THE END en possession of the of the families of Ackermans, Deckers, Carvers, Snells, Bushes and Bellingers settled JOYCE My hobby is the gathering into on place and preserving for generation to come, the genealogy and family records of all persons bearing th name of Joice, Joise, Joyse and Joye In the western part of the town. These families were less fortunate in the selection of their land. They were possessed of less means, and in most instances they occupied land leased from the Bleeker estate at a A record on each Joyce is set up le to include the following: yearly rental of so many pecks of 1. His full name with birth andwheat per acre, payment of which death dates and places. was made at Albany. For many 2. His father's full name andyears the . occupants of the land
mother's maiden name. sought to purchase the title in fee,
3. His wife's full maiden nameand it is only within the past thirty with birth and death dates and plac-years that the last full title has been es acquired. In nearly every instance 4. Her father's full name andthe land thus leased and afterward
name a
mother's maiden name.
5. Marriage date and place.
6. Children's full names with birthlands lying in the eastern and south-
dates and places.
7. Daughter's husband's full namewithout an exception owned and oc-
with marriage dates.
8. Short biography of the manoriginal settlers.
and family.
9. Sources of the records.
, The general appearance of the
above mentioned locality is quite
Won't you please help the causemarked, and I can partially attribute along by sending records on all yourit to two causes: First, the soil is Joyces as far back as you can go aless productive, and discouragement no matter how incomplete any of thesoon follows a scanty crop. Second, records may be ?
If I have records which may tie i among the last mentioned settlers, with yours, I shall be glad to ex and mankind everywhere knows that change such records for any you ma' the Yankee is satisfied only with quick returns and large profits .. If the soil fails to respond it is leased
send.
John Warren Joyce,
16 Front street,
Schenectady 5, N. Y.
Early Settlers Of the Town Of Danube
An address by Edward Simms, of the town of Manheim, delivered be- fore the Herkimer County Historical Society September 10, 1898.
(Reprinted from The Transscrip- tions of The Herkimer County His- torical Society.)
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The name of the first family to found a home in eastern Danube I have been unable to ascertain, but during the time from 1790 to 1810, the families of the Cronkhltes, Da- vies, Snells, Smiths, Bellingers, Dil- lenbecks, Dueslers Wagoners and
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