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PITTSBURGH AND PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGIES
Vol. I.
PITTSBURGH AND PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGIES
(FRAGMENTA GENEALOGICA HERALDICA)
Editio
Vol. I.
PIERPONT-SIVITER CO. PITTSBURGH 1906
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FOREWORD
Fifty copies, only, of this magazine have been printed for the persons and institutions whose names appear opposite.
It is issued, not for profit, but to assist genealogical research and to provide for the preservation of authentic genealogical data.
The attention of librarians is especially called to "British-American Genealogy," page 3.
The editor will be pleased to receive any suggestions as to the contents of Volume II., which is to appear during 1907, under the title of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Genealogies. He may be addressed care of Pierpont, Siviter & Co., 119 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, E. E.
No. 18
Jela. 18, 190%
L gift of N. M. B. Hayman Fitteburgh, To - -
1. Mr. Charles Gibbs Carter.
2. Mr. Thomas Howe Fahnestock.
3. Mr. George Walker McBride.
4. Mrs. John Jackson O'Leary.
5. Professor Arthur L. Judson.
6. Mr. Ellicott Fisher.
7. Mr. William D. Brelsford.
8. The Editor.
9. Mrs. William Thaw.
10. The Countess of Yarmouth.
11. His Excellency, The Governor of Pennsylvania.
12. The Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh.
13. The Public Library, Atlantic City, N. J.
14. Pennsylvania State Library.
15. New York Public Library.
16. Boston Public Library.
17. Yale University Library.
18. The Newberry Library, Chicago.
19. The Carnegie Library, Allegheny, Pa.
20. The Library of Congress.
21 to 50. James Richardson, Genealogical Bookseller.
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CONTENTS
Fahnestock of Pittsburgh, A Pedigree of - - 1
Notes
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Bibliography, Old North West Genealogy - 3 O'Leary Genealogy, "The Stem of the Irish Nation" 5
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19, 20, 33, 39
Westcomb Memoranda
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Ege
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Carter Surname
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Notes
31, 40
Gibbs Surname
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Baptismal Names
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Boiling Springs 17
Reilly O'Reilly, Query, - 22
Quinn Genealogical Notes 20, 32 21
Wilkins
McBride Arms
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Shepard
21,38
Shephard
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Shepperd
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Seymour, A Pedigree of, with notes on the family of Thaw - - 25
McCarty Arms
31
Colwell, Caldwell - 31
Billing, Billings 31
Armorial Engraving - 33
British-American Genealogy - 33
The Early Gentry of Pittsburgh
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Puritan
A PEDIGREE OF FAHNESTOCK OF PITTSBURGH, PA.
1. Diederick Fahnestock, of Ephrata, Lancaster County, Penn., Yeoman, son of Laborious Fahnestock, of Halten in Westphalia, born at Halten, 2nd Feb., 1696. Emigrated to America, via Holland and England, 1726. Arrived at New York "Michaelmas Day" [October] same year. Settled on the Raritan River, New Jersey, removed to Ephrata, Penn., 1728. Obtained by patent21 June 1749 three hundred and twenty-nine acres of land "on a branch of the Cocoalico Creek," two miles from Old Ephrata, and one mile south of New Ephrata, where he lived and died 10th Oct., 1775. He married at Halten, Anna Margaretta Hertz, who was born there 23 July, 1702, and who accom- panied him to America. She died at Ephrata, 29 Sept. · 1782, and is buried with him at Ephrata. The headstones marking their graves were taken down in 1878, and a marble tombstone erected in their place by Adam K. Fahnestock, of Harrisburg, and others of their descend- ants.
I. Caspar. Born 11th April, 1724, at Halten, in Westphalia.
II. Andrew b.
III. Peter b. 3d March, 1730, at Ephrata.
IV. Diederick b. 25 December, 1733, at Ephrata.
V. John b. 1735, at Ephrata.
VI. Daniel b. 1739, at Ephrata.
VII. Joseba [daughter] b 1742, at Ephrata.
VIII. Benjamin b. 2d May, 1747, at Ephrata.
IX. Borius b. 9th May, 1749, at Ephrata. .
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2. Peter Fahnestock, (Diederick 1) of Ephrata, Lan- caster Co., yeoman, born 3rd March, 1730, married Elizabeth Bolthouser. Served as co-executor of his father's will. Died 15th Sept., 1805, and is buried at Ephrata.
I. Samuel born 27 March, 1761.
II. Conrad born 19 July, 1763.
III. Obed born 25 July, 1770.
IV. Peter born 1776.
V. Andrew born 29 Nov., 1781.
and four daughters, viz .: Sarah, Hannah, Marga- retta and Elizabeth.
3. Samuel Fahnestock, (Diederick 1, Peter 2), of Ephrata, Lancaster Co., yeoman, born 27 Mar., 1761, married Elizabeth Studebaker, born 15th Oct., 1755. Died 13th Oct., 1825.
I. Peter b. 9th Oct., 1788.
II. Samuel b. 11 Mar., 1791, died 17 May, 1793.
III. George b. 26 Nov., 1795, died 27 Oct., 1804. IV. Samuel b. 4th Nov., 1797, died 13 May, 1869. and three daughters, viz .: Elizabeth, Rebecca and Catherine.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
of Mr. Horace W. Whayman's Genealogical Contri- butions to the Old North West Genealogical Quarterly.
Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 1, 1898.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JONATHAN JEN- NINGS, 1st Governor of Indiana, 157, 3 pp.
Bookplates of Members of the "Old Northwest," Genea- ological Society, 172, 3 pp.
Books relating to Geneaology and Heraldry in Ohio State Library, 130, 8 pp.
English Parish Registers, 74, 5 pp.
List of Parishes and Missions of the American Church Possessing Records of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 78, 2 pp.
List of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Church Pos- sessing Records of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 173, 4 pp.
List of Scottish Surnames in the United States, 189, 4 pp. "Old Northwest" Bookplates, 170, 3 pp.
Parish Register of St. John's Church, Worthington, O., 125, 176, 5 pp.
List of English Surnames in the United States, 28, 84, 128, 20 pp.
Vol. 2, 1899.
A complete list of newspapers in the Ohio State Library, 24, 5 pp.
Co-operative Genealogy. Pengelly, Ackland and Whay- man, 95, 3 pp.
Vol. 3, 1900.
English County Records, 89, 2 pp. Land Records, 184, 2 pp.
Philander Chase, the Pioneer, Missionary and Educator, 157, 5 pp.
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Vol. 4, 1901.
€ 5
American Church Plate, 47, 2 pp.
Fragmenta Genealogica, 44, 85, 122, 6 pp.
Notes on the Family of LaSerre, 43, 2 pp.
Notes on the Stone Family of Maryland, 45, 3 pp.
Vol. 5, 1902.
A list of addresses to be made before the Society, Season . 1901-7, 9, 3 pp.
Fragmenta Genealogica, No. IV., Wainman-Wayneman, 42, 1 p.
The Relation of Genealogy to History, 7,
Villers, Villiers, Villiers-Stuart, 1, 38, 6 pp.
Vol. 7, 1904.
Some Early German Settlers in Germantown, Pa., and their Descendants in the Old Northwest Territory, 123, 183, 10 pp.
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THE STEM OF THE IRISH NATION From Adam Down to Milesius of Spain, Showing the Descent of O'Leary.
"God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, who was from all eternity, did, in the beginning of Time, of nothing create Red Earth; and of Red Earth framed Adam; and of a Rib out of the side of Adam fashioned Eve, after which Creation, Plasmation and Formation succeeded Generations, as follows :- " FOUR MASTERS.
1 Adam
2 Seth
3 Enos
4 Canaan
5 Mahlaleel
6 Jared
7 Enoch
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Methusaleh
9 Lamech
10 Noah
11 Japhet
12 Magog
13 Baoth
14 Phoeniusa Farsaidh [Fenius Farsa]
15 Niul
16 Gaodhal
17 Asruth
18 Sruth
19 Heber Scut
20 Beouman
21 Ogaman
Kings of Scythia
22 Tait
23 Agnon
24 Lamhfionn
25 Heber Glunfionn
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26 Agnon Fionn
27 Febric Glas
28 Nenurall
29 Nuadhad
Kings in Galicia
30 Alladh
31
Arcadh
32
Deag
33 Brath
34 Broghan was King of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile and Portugal, all of which he conquered. He built Brighan's Tower, or Brigantia, in Galicia, and the city of Brigansa (or Brajanza) in Portugal, called after him, and the kingdom of Castile was also called after him, Brigia. He was succeeded in his kingdom by his son, Bile.
35 Ithe, younger brother of Bile, son of Broghan, King of Spain, and uncle of Milesius, King of Spain, was sent by the latter to Ireland, where he was killed in the Battle of MacIthe (or "the plain of Ithe," in the Barony of Raphoe, County Donegal). His descendants settled mostly in Munster.
36 Lughaidh, his son
37 Mal
38 Adaman
39 Logha
40 Mathsin
42 Gossaman
43 Adaman
44 Heremon
45 Logha Feile
46 Lachtnan
47 Nuaclad Argni
48 Deargthine
49. Deagha Derg
50 Deagha Amhra
51 Ferulnigh
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52 Sithbolg
53 Daire
54 Each-Bolg
55 Ferulnigh
56 Daire
57 Luy
58 MacNiadh, married Sabina, daughter of Conn, of the "Hundred Battles" -
59 Luy MacCon, the 113th Monarch of Ireland
O'LEARY
Tobhash Canaan, the fifth son of Luy MacCon, Anno Domini 195, the 113th Monarch of Ireland was the ancestor of O'Laeghaire anglicised O'Leary and Leary.
60 Fobhach Canaan, his son
61 Duach
62 Treana
63 Eirc
64 Ros
65 Laeghaire, his son, a quo O'Leary
66 Fiach
67 Dunlang
68 Ros
69 Main
70 Aongus (or Eneas)
71 Earc
72 Conon Cliodhrn
73 Teige
74 Donoch Na Tuaima
75 Conamnan
7ò Dermod
77 Cumumham
78 Donoch
79 Teigh
80 Maolseaghlainn
81 Teige
80 Maolseaghlainn
83 Tomhas Mor
84 Tomhas Oge
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85 Athbriadh
86 Cummuhan
87 Amhailgadh
88 Dunlang
89 Art
90 Teige
92 *Conogher O'Leary, his son, first assumed this surname.
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93 Donogh, his son, married to Ellen, daughter of Dermod O'Crowley, died January 4th, 1637.
94 Amhailgadh (or Auliff O'Leary) had a brother named Conogher.
DERIVATION OF THE NAME.
O'Laoghaire: Some geneaologists derive this sur- name from the Irish "laogh," a calf, and "gair," an outcry; others from the Irish "leath," a half, and "gair," a laugh; and others from "lear," the sea, and "righ," a king, meaning "king of the sea."
TERRITORY OF O'LEARY.
"O'Leary, chief of Hy-Laoghaire or "Iveleary" and Iveleary, or O'Leary's Country, lay in Muskerry, in the County Cork, between Macroom and Inchageela."
REFERENCES : "Irish Pedigrees," O'Hart, Dublin, 1892; MSS. collections, Ulster's office, Dublin Castle.
The descent of William O'Leary, Esq., of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, from Connogher O'Leary, will be given in a subsequent issue .- [ED.]
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WESTCOMB MEMORANDA
Showing the Descent of Elizabeth [Barbara], Mother of William O'Leary, Esq., of Pittsburgh, Pa.
ARMS-Westcombe of Lincolnshire; argent, on a cross engrailed between four rams sable, as many bezants. CREST-On the top of a rock ppr, a bird, close, argent. Or, two bars sable, a canton ermine, Crest, out of a Ducal coronet, a griffin's head or. Motto, Festina Lente. Westcomb of Somersetshire, Baronet, title extinct, 1752.
OBITUARIES. Nov. 9th, 1748 Joseph Wescombe, of Mayfield, Essex, Esq.
22 Nov., 1740
Gregory Westcombe, Esq., of the Band of Pensioners.
Nov. 6, 1752 Sir Anthony Westcombe, a Deputy Muster General of the forces. 10 Sept., 1771 The only son of Matthew Westcomb, Esq. in Broad Street, in his 20th year.
Westcomb, Daniel, Secretary to the South Sea Company, 7 Sept. 173I. Gent. Mag. 403.
Westcomb, Adny, Clerk. 19 Dec., 1728. Chronicle.
Hist. Reg.
Westcomb, Rev. M. A., St. John Coll., Oxford, Feb. 1729. The London Mag.
Westcomb, Hertfordshire, 28 Dec., 1744. G. M. 52. Westcombe, Anthony, Sir, Bart. 6 Dec., 1752. London Mag. 577. G. M. 584.
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Westcombe, Clem., 1652, Woods, Ox.
Westcombe, Sir Martin, of Dorset, E. B. 1700. April 1732. L. M. 42.
Westcombe, Nicholas, of Winchester, Hants, Cler. Trinity Coll., Matric, 13 Dec., 1763, aged 19. B. A., New Coll, 1768, rector of Barton Tracey, Hants, Vicar of Collingbourn, and a minor canon of Winchester Cathedral. Murdered by a soldier of the
102nd Regiment 13 Aug. 1813. Gent Mag. 11, 183.
Westcombe, Thomas, son of Nicholas, of Winchester,
Hants, Cler. Trinity Coll. Matre, 14 Dec., 1803, Aged 19 B. A. 1807. M. A. 1810.
Minor Canon of Winchester, Vicar of Preston Candover, Hants, and of Letcombe Regis, Berks, 1821, until his death, 25 July, 1852. Aug. 14, 1831, p. 183, Gent. Mag.
Early in the morning, the body of Rev. Nicholas West- combe was found in a lane, adjoining to the City of Winchester, inhumanly murdered and robbed. A soldier of the 102nd Regiment, from some suspicious circumstances in his conduct, was arrested, and a verdict of willful murder returned against him.
MARRIAGES
Feb. 6, 1816, the Rev. William Wescomb, clk. of the Parish of Langford, Co. Essex, and Jane Douglas, Spinster, License.
June, 1820, James Wescomb and Mary Heath.
Jan. 3, 1798, Elizabeth Barbara, sister of John Wescomb, Esq., alias Westcombe, of Greenway House, Ads- borough, Co., Somerset .- Portrait of John Wescombe in possession of the Rev. Sidney Edwin Dodderidge, 1898.
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EGE MEMORANDA
In August, 1906, the writer, with Mr. F. A. O'Leary, of Pittsburgh, spent a few days in the quaint little village resort of Boiling Springs, in Cumberland County. On the 26th of that month, during a ramble upon the top of the hill near "the Old Furnace", he came across a small disused graveyard, enclosed by a stone wall, the entrance being through a quaint cast iron doorway. The yard itself containing about an acre, was in a sad state of disorder-a mass of brambles and weeds, with only one stone bearing any sort of a complete inscription, viz. :
"In Memory of Catherine Ege, Mother of George and Michael Ege, who departed this life November 25th, 1786, In the - year of her age
Stop, passenger, and weep, But not for me. As I am now so shall ye be, Prepare yourself to follow me."
Upon inquiry the writer was informed that the subject of the inscription was "Old Madame Ege" and that "she was a heap of trouble to the British at Carlisle," and that she formerly lived in the mansion house near the Furnace, in fact the house had been built for her, and furnished in sumptuous style. Subsequently he was able to secure from Jared C. Bucher a pair of brass andirons which had been given to her by Baron William Henry Stiegle, the famous iron master of Mannheim.
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The Catherine Ege of this inscription was evidently Anna Catherine Holz [Wood in English] who had mar- ried in Philadelphia, in 1745, *Michael Ege, who died January 19, 1759, leaving her a widow with two sons. George born 1748, and Michael born 1753. These young boys were brought up by Baron William Henry Steigle, their uncle by marriage, under whom they learned the details of the then infant iron industry, both becoming at their majority, proprietors and operative iron masters. George in Berks County, and Michael in Cumberland County.
Michael Ege II., born 1753, died August 31, 1815. married in 1772, Ann Dorothea Wolff, daughter of Peter Wolff of Spring Forge, York County, leaving seven children. The third son, Michael III., inherited from his father, the furnace and estate at Boiling Springs, "which he continued to operate with much success." He married Mary Galbraith, and had issue seven children.
I. Oliver.
II. Andrew.
III. Michael.
IV. Charles.
V. Peter F., born November 23, 1818. Died Jan- uary 3, 1881.
VI. Edward.
VII. Mary, a daughter who married Judge Watts of Carlisle.
The connection of the Ege Family with Boiling Springs seems to have ceased in 1863, when the Furnace
*Michael was the younger of the two sons of the founder of this family of Ege, in Pennsylvania, one Bernard [Peter] Ege, who at the age of fifty years with his two sons, Jacob and Michael, aged twenty-five and twenty-three respectively, came to Pennsviva! a from Wurtemburg, Germany, sailing from Holland in the Ship "Freundschaft," arriving in Philadelphia Sept. 20, 1738.
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passed into the hands of C. W. and D. V. Ahl, who operated it until 1885, when it was purchased by Jared C. Bucher, the present owner, in whose possession are many relics of the Ege's and their old time industry. H. W.
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THE ORIGIN AND EARLY USE OF CERTAIN SURNAMES
Gibbs-Baptismal in origin [the son of Gilbert] from nickname Gib.
"How Gyb, good morne, wheder goye Thou."
The Nativity, Townely Mysteries.
Adam Gibbe 1311 A. D. M. -.
Gyb, A. D. 1379. P. T. Yorks p. 148.
Thomas Gybbs XXI.
Robt. Gybbs, F. A.
Carter-Occupative [the Carter].
Jocuis Caretarius, Có. Oxford, A. D. 1273.
Juliana le Cartere, Co. Cambridge.
Nicholas le Cartere, Co. Oxford.
John le Cartere, Co. Norfolk.
Ricardus Carter, A. D. 1379, P. T. Yorks p. 5.
ORIGIN AND MEANING OF CERTAIN · BAPTISMAL NAMES
Diederick-Dederik, "people's ruler," derived from Theodoric of Bern. The Dietrick of the Ubelungen- lied.
Anna, from the Hebrew Charnach.
Margaretta, child of light-a pearl-from the Persian.
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BOILING SPRINGS.
Altho' the village of Boiling Springs, was laid out as recently as 1840, by Abraham, son of Daniel Kauffman, - we must look much earlier [1762] for the origin and use of the name as applied to the locality.
"One tract in Middleton [now South Middleton Township] in the County of Cumberland, containing 1,644 acres, surveyed in the name of John Rigby and Company, on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th days of July, 1762, and which was returned in pursuance of certain warrants by the proprietors of Pennsylvania, dated May 31, 1762, to "John Rigby, Francis Saunderson and Joseph Samuels and John Morris, Jr." This tract was divided into sixteen equal parts. John Armstrong and wife own- ed two in 1764, but re-conveyed them to Michael Ege II. in 1792. The whole tract passed by various convey- ances to Michael Ege [the second of the name].
In 1762 Richard Peters, of Philadelphia, obtained a patent "for 368 acres of land, called Boiling Springs," and executed a deed to John S. Rigby and John W. Ket- terer, under the firm name of Rigby and Co., for the erection of a furnace. This firm, about the same time purchased two ore banks situated at the foot of the South Mountain, a mile from the village. In 1764 Rigby and Co. conveyed the furnace to a company of four men : who carried it on until the year 1768, when Michael Ege became part and subsequently sole owner and began the erection of a rolling mill. At his death, in 1815. the furnace was given by will to Michael Ege, Jr .. [III.], who carried it on until his death in 1829. From 1829 to 1847, it was operated by his widow, and the executors of his will. In the latter year it passed into the hands of Peter Ege, who operated it until 1859, when it came into the possession of his assignees, who in turn transferred
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to a new company. This company remodelled the old furnace and built a new forge.
In 1863 it passed into the hands of C. W. and D. V. Ahl, brothers, who operated it until 1885, when it became the property of Jared C. Bucher, who after a few years abandoned its use.
In August, 1906. I had the pleasure of visiting the old furnace and other buildings, and by the courtesy of the owner, was permitted to examine an old rusty pro- jectile, bearing this partly obliterated inscription, "Adam Carr, fecit 17 [74]." This relic is said to be the foundry model of the projectiles used by the Continental Army, and it is claimed and apparently not without reason, that Boiling Springs was the site of the first manufactory of cannon in the American colonies.
The furnace stands, almost hidden by the dense shrubbery, away from the public road, its masonry almost as perfect as the day it was first used, altho' ferns are growing in the crevices of the walls, while birds have built a nest in its great open mouth, and owls and bats are living in the corners of its roof. Thus has the old building gone back to nature, and nature is, indeed, tak- ing care of her own. H. W. W.
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O'LEARY MEMORANDA
"According to 'Ortelius Improved'; or a new map of Ireland" O'Leary appears among the names of the "Prin- cipal Families of Irish and English extraction", who possessed that kingdom in the commencement of the seventeenth century. O'Hart Vol. II., p. 18.
In the manuscript volumes in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, marked F. 4. 18. is given the genealogy, marriage and deaths of the O'Leary family.
Mon. ins. from the Abbey Church, Kilcrea, County Cork :
Lo, Arthur Leary, generous, handsome, brave, slain in his bloom, lies in this humble grave. Died May 4th, 1773, aged 26 years.
Arthur O'Leary, D.D., priest, politician and author, died in London, January, 1802, aged 72 years, buried in Old Saint Pancras, where a monument was erected to his memory by his faithful friend, Lord Moira.
The late R. C. Bishop O'Connor of Pittsburgh, gave the baptismal name of Arthur in memory of the above Doctor O'Leary, to one of the infant sons of the late William O'Leary of Pittsburgh by his wife Mary, daugh- ter of Dennis Murphy, a pioneer citizen and grocer of that city.
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Mon: Ins: St. Mary's Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. Quinn-O'Leary Families. John Quinn, Died June 26, 1869, In the 53rd year of his age.
Mary Cecillia Phillips, Wife of John Quinn, Died August 4th, 1885, In the 66th year of her age.
Arthur O'Leary, 1842-1906. His Wife *Katherine A. E. Quinn.
John Chrysostom, only son of John and Mary Cecillia Quinn.
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Patrick Quinn, Who died July Ist, 1852, in the forty-second year of his age.
Susanna Quinn. Died November, 1838, Aged 18 years and 4 months.
*Only daughter, and only surviving child and heir of John and Mary Cecillia Phillips Quinn.
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NOTES
Wilkins-John Wilkins, Jr., born in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pa., December 23, 1761. Married Catherine Stevenson, December 25th, 1783. Quartermaster General 1796 to 1812. Died in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 30th, 1816. A portrait of him in Quartermaster Gen- eral's Office, Washington, D. C.
McBride [Anciently McBraid and Macbride], formerly of Newville, Cumberland County, Pa.
ARMS-Gules, on a fess or, a Lion Rampant Sable, between three Stars Argent.
CREST-Out of a Coronet a Demi-Swan with Wings addorsed Argent, beaked Gules.
MOTTO, 1698. Ferme et Fidelis.
Shepard-English Printed References to Shepard- Shep- pard Genealogy.
Shepard-Vide Visitation of Oxford in 1634, printed by Sir Thomas Phillips, Middle Hill, Vol. 10.
Shephard-Visitation of Sussex, 1570, printed by Sir Thomas Phillips.
Sheppard-Gentlemen's Magazine, 1830. Berry's Sussex Genealogies. Burke's Landed Gentry.
Shepard of Frome Selwood Gentry.
Shepard of Folkington.
Shepard of High House.
Shepard of Campsey Ashe.
Shepard vide Harleain. Vol. V. 315. Vol. VIII. 446. Vide Page's Hist of Suffolk. H. W.
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Fahnestock,
ARMS-Sable, a crescent or, between three goats, argent, horned, bearded, and hoofed or,
CREST-Out of a ducal coronet, a goat's head between two ostrich feathers argent.
SUPPORTERS-Dexter a wolf rampant Gules. Sinister, a wolf rampant Ermine.
MOTTO-Fortis cadere, cedere non potest.
Authorities for a Pedigree of Fahnestock ante ps. I,
2.
Church Records at Halten, district of Hagen, West- phalia.
Letter [trans.] of Diederick Fahnestock at New York, October 15th, 1726, to his brother, John Heinrich Fanestock, at Halten, Westphalia, and another dated at Ephrata, October 25th, 1728, to "Dear Friends, rela- tions and all good acquaintances in Christ Jesus."
Records of Land Office, Harrisburg, Pa.
Records of Lancaster County.
Fahnestock Memorial 1879.
Monumental Inscriptions at Ephrata, Pa.
H. W.
QUERY.
Reilly, Riley, O'Reilly, of Philadelphia, Pa., died 1766, by his will he bequeathed money to his mother "living at St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland." Wanted any information concerning her. Address Luther R. Kelker, Harrisburg, Pa.
O.K.
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A PEDIGREE OF SEYMOUR
of Ragley Hall, Co. Warwick, with notes on the family of Thaw of Pittsburgh.
1. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England, in the reign of Edward VI, had by his first wife, Katherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Filliol, of Filliol's Hall, Co. Essex, two sons, viz:
I. Edward. [2]
II. John. [Died sine prole.]
2. Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, Co. Devon, married Mary, daughter of Mr. Justice Walsh, of the Court of Common Pleas, and was succeeded by their son. [3]
3. Sir Edward Seymour, created a Baronet 29th June, 1611, Member of Parliament, for Devon, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Champernon, Kt. of Dartington, Co. Devon, and dying on 11th April, 1613, was succeeded by his eldest son. [4]
4. Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet, married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew and dying in 1659, was succeeded by his eldest son. [5]
5. Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament for the Co. Devon, married Ann, daughter of Sir William Portman, and dying 7th Dec., 1688, was suc- ceeded by his eldest son. [6]
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6. Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, married first, Margaret, daughter, and co-heir of Sir William Wall, Kt. by whom he had two sons, and secondly, Letitia, daughter of Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Co. Wilts, and had issue by her, three sons, viz:
I. Popham Seymour, who inherited the estates of his cousin, Edward Conway, Earl of Conway, (who died sine prole), under the will of the said Earl, dated 19th Aug. 1683, and assumed in consequence the surname of Conway, and dying uumarried in June, 1699, his estates devolved upon his next brother, Francis.
II. Francis, vide 7.
III. Charles.
7. Francis Seymour, Ist Lord Conway, born 28th May, 1679, who also assumed the surname and arms of Conway, and was elevated to the Peerage of England, 17th March, 1702, as Lord Conway, Baron Conway, of Ragley, County Warwick. Part of his extensive inherited estates being situated in the Co. Antrim, in the North of Ireland, he was created a Peer of that Kingdom, 16th October, 1712, by the title of Baron Conway, of Killutt- agh, Co. Antrim. He married first, 17th Feb., 1703, Mary, 3rd daughter of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester. She died 25th Jan., 1709, leaving issue four daughters. Lord Conway married secondly, Jane Bowden of Drog- heda, by whom he had a son, who died in infancy, and a daughter who died unmarried, and thirdly, July, 1718, Charlotte, daughter of John Shorter, of Bybrook, Co. Kent, by whom he had issue, three daughters and four sons, the eldest of whom, Francis (8) succeeded to the honors. Lord Conway died at Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 3rd Feb., 1731-2.
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