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I shall appreciate further addi- tions to this line.
Marie Lyle,
Lyle Heights,
Paso Robles, Calif.
RIGGS, COLLINS, SCOTT
Want parents and brothers and sisters of Esther M. Riggs who mar- ried Stephen H. Coliins of Amster- dam, N Y. They had a daughter Electa A. and a son Charles E.
Electa A. Collins married Dec. 28, 1875, Nelson Scott born June 28, 1852, Amsterdam, N. Y., son of Al- exander Scott and Louisa J. Clisbe. In 1859, Nelson Scott bought the old Bell farm and the family resided there.
Charles E. Collins born April 11, 1848, Amsterdam, N. Y. married March 5, 1879 Sarah Cole, died July 26, 1886, daughter of. Lewis Cole and Angeline Ruggles.
I shall appreciate any information on the family of the above Ester (Riggs) Collins.
. Marie Lyle,
Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Calif.
REMORE, LASHER
Christopher Remore born 1759 (census 1850) in N. Y. state. Wife was Margaret L. Does L. stand for Lasher? Their lines of descent and list of children, with dates and proof wanted. One son was Peter Remore, born Herkimer county 1795-6. He was in War of 1812, enlisting at Cherry Valley 1814. Married 1 Nancy Rowe and removed to Jefferson Co. before 1835. Nancy died in Sept. 1838, in Watertown or Brownville. Married 2 May 10, 1838 at Water- town, Mercy Lasher who died May 10, 1893, aged 84. Want ancestry of both wives and lists of children of each, with dates and proofs. I have a good many items about this fam- ily in Jefferson county. Mrs. L. S. Lansing.
920 Washington street,
Watertown, N. Y.
BRISCOE, VAN DYKE, GOODYEAR
Wan't any and as much Informa- tion as possible on James Henry Briscoe, dentist in Philadelphia ,Pa., in the middle of the 19th century,
4. Alexander, 5, Catherine, 6. Jane, 7, Van Dyke, 8 Julia, 9 Eva, 10 Eliz- abeth.
Jane Briscoe (No. 6 above) owned and directed a girls' preparatory school in Oxford, Chester county, Pa. in the 1870s. When was this school established and when did it cease to operate?
One of the above Briscoe daugh- ters (which one ?) married a Mr. Barton (given name wanted). They had a son James Barton who had a son James Van Dyke Barton, or visa versa. Another of the daughters (which one ?) married a Mr. Mayo (given name and children wanted).
Daughter Elizabeth Briscoe (No. 10 above), born Sept. 19, 1843
(where ?), died April 11,
1884 (where ?) married Feb. 1864 George B. Goodyear, born Schoharie, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1838, son of Charles Good- year, of Cobleskill, N. Y., and Char- lotte Seitz Gebhard, daughter of John Gebhard of Schoharie. (Ref. Goodyear Fam., by Grace Goodyear Kirkman). George B. Goodyear was residing in Charlottesville, Va., in 1899. When did he move there?
They had children. 1 Lottie Good- year born May 3, 1865, married; a Mr. Flanagan. His given name and their children wanted. 2 George Goodyear born Sept. 3, 1871. Did he marry and have children ? 3. John V. Goodyear born June 16, 1883. Did he marry and have children ?
Marie Lyle,
Lyie Heights,
Paso Robles, Cal.
BEEBE
I wish to have any available in- formation of people by the name of Beebe in Oneida county, N. Y. in the early days, especially a Silas Beebe who may have been living in West- moreland or Verona In 1800 or be- fore.
Desire Beebe ( ?Desiah Beebe) born March 23, 1772, in Vermont married Nov. 16, 1794 to Ell Whelan a soldier of the War of 1812. He was born at Brandon, Vermont, and I think she was born at Rutland or Brandon, Vermont. The Whelans went to Westmoreland before 1800 and I think the marriage occurred in Westmoreland, but am not sure of that.
. I think Desire was related to Al- exander Beebe who was born Oct. 29, 1759 at New London, Conn., and his wife Sarah Bowker born Aug. 29, 1764, at Simsbury, Conn., who were married at Rutland, Vermont, July 31, 1780 and removed to Bran- don, Vermont, about 1786 and to Westmoreland, N. Y. about 1796. I believe her to have been a niece of Alexander Beebe, o r possibly on- ly a second cousin. Alexander Beebe died Jan. 30, 1841 at Mexico, N. Y., and Sarah (Bowker) Beebe died there Nov. 16, 1850.
Silas Beebe had a daughter De- siah (Silas 5, Sammel 4, 3, 2, John 1); was she the "Desire" who mar- ried Eli Wheian ? (See Beebe Geri- ealogy, by Clarence Beebe who does not give Desiah's birth date.) Florence S. Whelan,
601 W. Chicago Blvd.,
Tecumseh, Michigan.
AWARD FOR FLAVOR
from four districts as chfief colonel and commander."
Campbell's Annals of Tryon Co." states that the first meeting of the united committee was held June 2, 1775, with 41 members. This com- miteee resolved to carry into execu- tion everything recommended by the Continental Congress and to be free or die.
Committee members from districts were:
Palatine district 11.
Canajoharie 8.
Kingsland and German Flats 12. Mohawk 10.
Beers History of Herkimer county page 48 names William Petrie, Johan Petrie and Marcus Petrie as mem- bers of this Tryon County Commit- tee June 2, 1775.
Both Beers and Benton In lists of field officers in 4th Battalion or- ganized in 1775 name among others 2nd company:
John Petry, Captain
Hanyoost M. Petry, 1st lieuten- ant.
Hanyoost H. Petry, 2nd lieutenant. Third company:
Daniel Petry, Captain
It is further stated that John Pe- trie, 'a son of the patentee, was a member of the Tryon County com- mittee from - the German Flats and Kingsland district, in June, 1775 to consider the state of affairs between the mother country and the col- onies. On August 16, 1779 he was s, delegate from the county to a state convention.
John, a son of the patentee, would be 6X Johannes, called Hannes in his father's will.
Orlskany Roster
Dr. Wilhelm Petry, surgeon. It is not known that he was any relation to the Johann Jost Petrie family. Lieut. Dieterick M. Petrie, killed.
Lieut. Hans Yost Petrie, killed.
Lieut. Wilhelm Petrie ..
Segt. Nicholas Petrie, killed.
Johann Petrie, private, killed.
(Not listed above) in 2nd Regi-
ment, Klock's .:
Joseph Peatrie. Joseph Petrie.
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Will Petry.
In 4th Regt .; . BellInger's:
Ens. Jacob Petry, prisoner of wa June, 1780 to Dec. 1782. Sergt. Hanyost Petrie wounded a
Oriskany and died Aug. 30, 1777. Marx Pedery
Diterich Petry John Marx Petrey, engaged a
Oriskany
Daniel Petri killed at mill in Littlı Falls
Jacob Petri
Johannes Petri wounded in the shoulder. In 1787 when he was 37 years old, he was granted $1 a month pension. Joseph Petrl wounded
Marx Petry
Diterich Retry
John Petry killed at Oriskany Johni M. Petry -
Jost Petry
(The foregoing lists are given as found In "New York in the Revo- lution" and in "Book of Names.' There are probably some duplicates .. A Jacob Petry fought in The Line 1st Regt. under Col. Goose Vai
Men of judgment make Utica Club Schaick. This may have been No. 2! OLD ENGLISH Brand ALE their
Jacob, son of John Conrad Petri preference. Distinguished for quali- Conrad C. Petrie of same famll; ty . Costs more. ... wortlust .- Adv. served in the 10th Regt., Albany C
Militia (N. Y. in Rev.)
Connad Petri served in the ranks during the Rev. (Columbia Co. Hist.) . N. Y. in . Rev., claimants for dam- ages by the enemy in Tryon Co .:
Johannes M. Petri Mars Uetri John Marks Petry William Petry
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS
(Continued from last week) LIVINGSTON COUNTY
AVON
1881. Register, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1881-1907, no index; 1908 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriag- LEICESTER
1910. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Custodian, Craig Harring- ton, town clerk, Leicester, N. Y. LIMA
1881. Register, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1881-1913, no index; 1914 indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. es 1881-1907 and deaths, 1881. Cus- todian Harold B. Gilbert, town clerk, Avon ,N. Y.
CALEDONIIA
1881. Register, 8 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Charles M. Sutherland, town clerk, Caledonia, N. Y.
CONESUS
1881. Register ,3 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Mrs. Ethel Pfluke, town clerk, 'Co- nesus, N. Y.
GENESEO
1881. Register, 7 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian J. A. Newton, town clerk, Geneseo, N. Y.
GROVELAND
1847-50, 1881. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes mar- riages 1847-50 and deaths 1847-50, 1881. 'Custodian Charles C. Bennett, town clerk, Groveland, N. Y. Custodian Mary P. Guinan, village clerk, Lima, N. Y.
LIVONIA
1881. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Charles H. Cary, town clerk, Livonia, N. Y.
MOUNT MORRIS
1881. Register, 3 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Custodian William De Camp, Jr., town clerk, Mount Mor- ris, N. Y.
NORTH DANSVILLE
1881, 1913, 1920. Register, 8 vols. Arr .alph. No index. Custodian Ralph H. Smith, town clerk, Dansville, N. Y. NUNDA
1898. Register 3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian Leo Atherton ,town clerk, Nunda, N. Y.
OSSIAN
1888. Record, 2 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian Raymond E. Neis, town clerk, Dans- ville, N. Y.
PORTAGE
1882. Record, 3 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths 1914. Cus- todian Mrs. Daisy L. Gelser, town clerk, Hunt, N. Y.
SPARTA
Andrustown-a Page from Herkimer County's Past
Continued from last week) Powers' commenced to secretly en- tertain suspicious nightly characters in the shape of red-patched, skulking Tories, and slinking, gaudy-blanketed savages could be seen stealing away from his cabin before the rise of the sun. A letter written in the Tory cy-,
The settlers would have rendered him a burnt offering to his Moloch in the yard when, by chance he learned of their intentions and with his family fled to Canada. He soon returned and associated himself with of atrocious a company composed
Two years after the commence- ment of the Revolutionary War, General Herkimer learned that a large force of British, Indians and Tories, were · about to sweep down the Mohawk vale, and the comman- der of the Tryon county militia is- sued his proclamation that every man between 16 and 60 should hold himself in readiness to take the field against the enemy. The Oneida In- dian, Thomas Spenser, carried a més- sage from General Herkimer to Paul von Grimm, who acted as Mayor of Andrustown. The men in silence heard the friendly savage deliver the Hollander's message with his crude Indian eloquence. They returned to their cabins and took down flint lock muskets from branching antlers on the wall and carefully prepared them for the coming conflict.
Paul von Grimm, though some years ibeyond ' the age limit, knew what defeat meant at the hands of this savage horde that threatened the lives of loved ones, their homes on the hillside, and their rights and liberties. When the day arrived Paul
von Grimm and the other men of An- drustown cheerfully responded .to
their country's call and shouldered their muskets and left their wives, mothers and sweethearts and child- ren on the hills and marched to the valley. The next day they met the enemy at the pass of Oriskany. No pher by Powers was lost; it chanced braver record of service inscribed on there were men in the who could read these strange marks. The substance of the note dropped by settlement stately marble or wrought in bronze, or deeds quoth from ancient or mod- ern verse, can surpass that of brave the savage was to the effect that Herkimer and the crude farmers of Brant should come any time, as cat- tle were plenty, goods likewise; all thought him a good rebel like them- selves; but some dark night they would know that he was a King's man.
the Mohawk. It was through the ef- forts of the men of Andrustown, though few in number, coupled with that of the men in the valley, that the folds of the first glorious red, white and blue waved to the breeze from the flagstaff of Fort Stanwix in New York State on that eventful day so many years ago.
After the battle of Oriskany the pioneers from the hills experienced more hardships. Another settler by Mohawks and merciless Loyalists disguised as savages. With the ter- rible weapons of war, the scalping knife and torch, they roamed about the country like some unsatiated tigers. Only the shades of the many unfortunate settlers hovering over their nameless tombs could have re- vealed the butchery of this murder- the name of Shaffer came to dwell among them. Small bands of ma- rauders were lurking in the shade of the forest ready to fall upon the set- tlers. The women kept guard while the men worked; half-grown child- ren learned to act as scouts and read the signs in the grass and woods of the enemy and be on the alert. Dur- ing the winter of 1777 they were ous gang as they wandered over the | obliged to go to Fort Herkimer and frontier or hovered near the vale of the Mohawk under the captainship of Sir William's Indian son, the treach- erous half-breed-Thayendanegea.
remain there several months. A few. men would journey to the hills, look after the stock, and then return to the valley. In the spring the settlers heavily armed, ventured back to plant the crops and many of the wo- ment returned to look after material for clothing in the way of wool
and flax.
The high winds of the bluff would whirl the old head on the cedar pole in first one direction and then in an- other. Often it faced the trail lead- ing to Youngs Settlement, then with a creak-like groan it would swing
back and the staring, malevolent eyes and the great grinning teeth would gaze down on the settlement. The Tory sign proved to be more significant than they had dreamed. The settlers felt a strange premoni- tion when they learned the newly elected captain of the Six Nations bore the same name as the treach- erous German of twenty years be- fore, whose remains still lay among the weeds and stones of his partially consumed log hut. In their hearts there was fear which would not be . quieted, as though some terrible ca- lamity was about to break over their heads.
(To be continued)
MORGAN'S RIFLEMEN AT THE MIDDLE FORT
By Paul B. Mattice
Sixty-three years after the first settlement by the Palatines at Weiserdorf (Middleburgh) in the Schoharie Valley, the War for Inde- pendence started. There were in 1775 well over a thousand residents in the valley. The loss in population, caus- AA hw the land title troubles between
New Jersey to New York city. Then British Army as it retreated across. when disaster threatened the North- ern Continental Army, as it was forced to retreat before the invasion of Gen. Burgoyne up the Champlain Valley into the Upper Hudson Valley. they had been ordered by Gen. Wash- ington to the assistance of Schuy- law and Notas In stiffen and if nneed.
N. Y. GROVELAND
1847-50, 1881. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes mar- riages 1847-50 and deaths 1847-50, 1881. Custodian Charles C. Bennett, town clerk, Groveland, N. Y. Custodian Mary P. Guinan, village clerk, Lima, N. Y.
I'LIVONIA
1881. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Charles H. Cary, town clerk, Livonia, N. Y.
MOUNT MORRIS
1881. Register, 3 vols. Arr. alph.
No index. Custodian William De Camp, Jr., town clerk, Mount Mor- ris, N. Y.
NORTH DANSVILLE
1881, 1913, 1920. Register, 8 vols. Arr .alph. No index. Custodian Ralph H. Smith, town clerk, Dansville, N. Y.
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NUNDA
1898. Register 3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian Leo Atherton ,town clerk, Nunda, N. Y.
OSSIAN '
1888. Record, 2 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian Raymond E. Neis, town clerk, Dans- ville, N. Y.
PORTAGE
1882. Record, 3 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths 1914. Cus- todian Mrs. Daisy L. Gelser, town clerk, Hunt, N. Y.
SPARTA
1887. Record, 6 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian William J. Bar- ber ,town clerk, Scottsburg, N. Y. SPRINGWATER
1883. Record, 6 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian, Mrs. Edith W. Norton ,town clerk, Springwater, N. Y.
(To be continued)
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Then, before help came, grim tragedy struck at Cobleskill. Capt. Patrick of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment and 21 aoldiers and militia- men were slain, 20 buildings were burned and 19 · families rendered homeless. The Schoharie Valley had become the cauldron of the hills. Schoharie valley stood out like sore thumbs on the New York frontier.
The exact date of the arrival of two companies of Morgan's Rifle Corps at the Middle Fort is un- known. It was not ;far from the first of August 1778. Their fame hatl pre- ceded them. They had been seasoned et Brandywine, Va'ley Forge And
Mowrouth. They hal harresed
New Jersey to New York city. Then British Army as it retreated across when disaster threatened the North- ern Continental Army, as it was forced to retreat before the invasion of Gen. Burgoyne up the Champlain Valley into the Upper Hudson Valley. they had been ordered by Gen. Wash- ington to the assistance of Schuy- ler and Gates to stiffen and if possi- ble to stop the falling back toward Albany.
They had played a major roll in thelr slashing attacks and marvelous fighting in the two battles of Sara- toga. Gen. Burgoyne said that they were the finest infantry regiment in the world. And later Gen. Gates strongly resisted their transfer from the Northern Army. They had be- come the elete troops of the Conti- nental Army.
The Riflemen were delayed in Al- bany, getting new and much needed uniforms, shirts, shoes, blankets and repairs to their flintlock rifles. Gun shops were not very numerous in New York State. None of the New
York State gunsmiths
understood
of Lancaster, Pa., to come to New York and set up gun atiops in Eei- Johnstown. pus, Schenectady and Bat the work of these shops seems. to have been devoted largely to re- pairs of old muskets and smooth- bore guns rather than to the mak- ing of new rifles. And Gen. Stark, the new commander of the North- ern Army, was not very anxious about the Riflemen. leaving Albany or much concerned about the protec- tion of the , southwestern frontier of New York And there had been a lot of wrangling over the plans for invasion of the Indian country of western New York and who should have command of; such an expedi- tion.
(To be continued)
Six Months $2.00
man between 16 and 60 should hold | Otici. ... ing to Youngs Settlement, then with
himself in readiness to take the field a creak-like groan it would swing against the enemy. The Oneida In- dian, Thomas Spenser, carried a mes- sage from General Herkimer to Paul back and the staring, malevolent von Grimm, who acted as Mayor of eyes and the great grinning teeth would gaze down on the settlement. Andrustown. The men in silence heard the friendly savage deliver the Hollander's message with his crude Indian eloquence. They returned to their cabins and took down flint lock muskets from branching antlers on the wall and carefully prepared them for the coming conflict. The Tory sign proved to be more significant than they had dreamed. The settlers felt a strange premoni- tion when they learned the newly elected captain of the Six Nations bore the same name as the treach- erous German of twenty years be- fore, whose remains still lay among the weeds and stones of his partially consumed log hut. In their hearts there was fear which would not be quieted, as though some terrible ca- lamity was about to break over their
Paul von Grimm, though some years beyond ' the age limit, knew what defeat meant at the hands of this savage horde that threatened the lives of loved ones, their homes on the hillside, and their rights and | heads. liberties. When the day arrived Paul
(To be continued)
MORGAN'S RIFLEMEN AT THE MIDDLE FORT
By Paul B. Mattice
Sixty-three years after the first settlement Weiserdorf by the Palatines at (Middleburgh) in the Schoharie Valley, the War for Inde- pendence started. There were in 1775 well over a thousand residents in the valley. The loss in population, caus- ed by the land title troubles between 1715 and 1729, had never been fully recovered.
Late in 1775 there was an enroll- ment of the Schoharie Valley men in the new state militia. The Scho- harie Committee of Safety was form- ed in June 1776 and some, of the militia called into service the same year. In August 1777 Capt. McDon- ald and Lt. Adam Chrysler invaded the Upper Valley with a force of British, Tories and Indians estimated at more than a hundred and fifty per- sons. They were turned back at the "Flockey" in the first clash of the Revolution in the Schoharie Valley by the cavalry and militia but Mc- Donald took 20 Tories with him to Fort Niagara.
This turned the valley into a tur- the art of rifleing. Most flintlocks were made in England and attached to the barrels and stocks here. Sir William Johnson had realized the in- moil.Appeal after appeal was made to the State Council of Defense at Kingson for the protection of Con- tinental troops, without results. Then feriority of smoothbore guns and had the Schoharie Militia in service at attempted to establish rifle making in the Mohawk Valley. He had in- distant points threatened to throw down their arms, return home and duced Jacob and Frederick Palm, remove their families to places of ; Henry Hawkins and John Folleck, all safety. This brought results.
Entered at the St. Johnsville Post-, The forts at Cherry Valleyand in the office, St. Johnsville, N. Y. as second elass matter. Published Every Thurs- day SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Montgomery, Fulton and Herkimer Counties-One Year $2.50. All others $3 except Canatla $4
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MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND
HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. . N. Y.
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947
Questions and Answers
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THORP
Would like some information of a John Thorp who was a member of the Old School Baptist church at Warwick, Orange county, N. Y. 'in 1788. In the letters of administration of his estate, on file in Goshen, N. Y. (Letters of Adm. Liber A and B page 92) it says "John Thorp, (late of Warwick, N. Y.) estate adminis- tered by Azariah Ketchem; son in law, witnessed by James Everett, Esq., Surrogate of said county, at Goshen, N. Y. April 22, 1795 and our independence, Nineteenth."
Liber L-46 p. 198 Jan. 26, 1777 John Thorp sold land to Thomas Welling in Warwick.
Liber J. page 242 April 16, 1779 John Thorp sold or bought land of James Aspell and wife Christian in Waywayanda Patent.
He was a carpenter and also sold land in New York city Nov. 1, 1770 to Eleanor Cook, widow of David, a house on the corner of Worth street and William street. Liber 39 p. 520, N. Y. City Conveyances.
Was this John the father of Mat- thew Thorp of Monroe and Cornwall, N. Y. who died about 1841 leaving a widow Hannah and children, Benja- min, Stephen, Catherine and Susan Maria and William C. Thorp.
The inventory of the estate of John Thorp was destroyed in a fire and the names of his helrs are missing. Who were his wife and children ? Who was Azariah Ketchem and which daugter of John's did he mar- ry ?
Mrs. E. Everett Thorpe,
107 East 82 St.
New York 28, N. Y.
DE GROOT, JOHNSON
Dr. Richard De Groot, son of Reu- ben and Margaret (Blaine) Groot, was born on his father's farm, in the town of Duanesburgh, Schenectady county, N. Y. in the year 1813. He died Dec. 15, 1856, aged 43 years (where ?) He married . (when and where) Jane Johnson who was born in 1820 (where) and died June 2, 1910 in Schenectady, N. Y. Who were her parents? Dr. Richard DeGroot, his wife and the children mention- ed below are buried in the Reformed church cemetery, Minaville, Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., N. Y.
In 1847 Dr. De Groot headed the expedition organized by Horace Greeley to explore the California gold fields .He was a graduate of Union College, Albany Medical Col- lege and Albany Law School. He be- came a mining expert whose opinion was widely sought, and he made a name in journalism as editor of a daily paper in San Francisco where ha ramnin
WHITE
Benjamin Ford White lived at or near Gorham, N. Y. Born Jan. 15, 1811, died at New London, Ohio August 29, 1855, married Betsey E. Stultz born Oct. 25, 1811, Gorham, N. Y., died at New London, Ohio April 4, 1861.
Would like date and place of mar- riage. and names of father and mother of Benjamin Ford White ? Also names of grandparents and where they were from.
B. F. White had one brother Dan- iel and four sisters. Harriet M. Todd, Polly or Mary Derrick Sut- fin, 2 girls in east ,one married an 'Ainsley ,the other a Cole, I think.
Mrs. Ona Porter Wood,
Route 2
New London, Ohio
DOCKSTADER, WAGGONER
Want proof for Jerg and Elizaeth Dockstader's having been the par- ents of Barbara Elizabeth who mar- ried Lt. Col. Johan Peter Waggoner in 1750, rather than Marcus Dock- stader, as given by Mrs. Hortense Wagner Greene on p. 15 of the Wag- ner Booklet.
I have been informed that Dock- stader authorities are now accepting Jerg and Anna Elizabeth as her parents. This was also W. P. Web- ster's opinion, as shown in unpub- lished notes. The entry in the "Sim- mendinger Register," p. 12 would appear to favor this view. It reads: "Dachstaetter, Georg and his wife Anna Elizabeth with 4 children." This statement shows them to have been the Palatinate immigrants to America in 1710. Barbara Eliza- beth's age, 88 years, at her death on July 1, 1812, would place her birth in 1724 in America,
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