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. i. Ann, m. Thomas Mathews.
ii. Mary, m. Thomas Mathews
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iii. Eliza, m. Thomas Chapman.
it. Nancy, In: Thomas Moorehead.
v. Abraham, m. Elizabeth Lee : had one son killed in the Con- federate States army.
vi. Joseph, m. Hannah C. Van Meter; had two sons in the Con - federate States army.
vii. Susan, d. unm.
viii. Sarah Jane, m. Thomas Clark.
ix. James, removed to Kentucky.
x. Thomas.
ci. Catharine, m. Rev. James Rankin ; graduated A. B. Wash- ington College, 1842.
VII. JOHN POLLOCK. (James.) b. 1783 ; d. March 16, 1862 ; m. September 15, 1807, to ELIZABETH HAMILL, of Westmore- land county, b. December 18. 1788; d. February, 1864. He is said to have been "a remarkable man in his day. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. and an active politician. He possessed clear. penetrating intellect, keen wit, and admir- able social qualities. His intelligent, fervent, practical piety was his greatest ornament. A ready and forcible writer, he was invariably found on the side of public questions which the progress of events has vindicated as right." Children :
i. Darid, b. May 11, 1809; d. March 28, 1882, Cleveland, O .; m. Jane Johnston, b. Jan. 22, 1821 ; d. July 26, 1879.
ii. Ann, m. Robert Graham.
iii. James, d. in Ky.
iv. Robert Hamill, D. D., b. Sept. 15, 1807, Greensburg : clergyman United Presbyterian church ; d. July 20. 1877 ; m. Jane II. Scroggs, and had Mary and Thomas. (See mem. of him by Rev. J. P. Lytle, Erangel Repos., April. 1878.)
v. Thomas C., m. Martha J. Barnett.
ri. Mary, m. Rev. Moses Amott; grad. A. B. Jeff. Col. 1841. d.
vii. Jane Elizabeth.
VIII. NANCY POLLOCK. (James,) b. 1789; d. 1845; m. William Lytle. Children :
i. Mary, m. David Brown.
ii. Jane, d. Burlington, Iowa, 1847 ; m. David Kyle.
iii. Francis, M. D., m. Florida Routt, in Tenn. Was surgeon 36th Ill. Vol. U. S. A. 1861-5. P. O. Lebanon, Ill ..
14. iv. James P., m. Elizabeth. Wilson.
v. Nancy, m. Thomas McCaughey. P. O. Wooster, O.
vi. William, m. Martha Wilson.
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IX. ADAM POLLOCK. (Charles,) b. 1767, in Northumberland county, Pa. : d. in 1816; m. 1801, ELIZABETH GILLILAND. In 1796 he lived in White Deer township, Northumberland county, and owned a farm. a stone dwelling house, and double barn. In 1800 he, with his brothers James, Thomas, William, and Robert, removed to Erie county, Pa., with their widowed mother. and settled on adjoining farins near Waterford. In 1806 Thomas and William removed to Armstrong-now Clarion-county, near Callensburg. Adam had several chil- dren. The only one that lived was:
15. i. Charles, b. April 3, 1803 ; d. 1850, at Erie; m. Elizabeth W. Wallace.
X. JAMES POLLOCK, (Charles,) b. August 8, 1769, North- umberland county; d. May 24, 1857; removed with his brothers, in 1800, to Erie county, Pa .; m. June 2, 1801, MARY STEELE, who d. May 4, 1829. His farm was located four miles south of Waterford. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 1837-8, from Erie. Children :
i. William, b. June 4, 1802; d. Oct. 23, 1850.
ii. Nancy, b. Feb. 12, 1804: d. Feb. 21, 1870.
iii. Eliza, b. April 14. 1806.
iv. Charles, b. April 2. 1SOS; d. July 15, 1877.
v. John, b. Oct. 3, 1810 ; d. Sept. 10, 1833.
vi. Jane, b. June 11, 1812.
vii. Mary, b. June 4, 1814.
viii. Thomas, b. Aug. 5, 1816.
ix. Robert L., b. Jan'y 12, 1819; d. Dec. 10, 1849.
x. James, b. July 5, 1820 ; d. Aug. 20, 1820.
xi. Steele, b. Nov. 10, 1823.
XI. THOMAS POLLOCK, (Charles,) b. 1772, in Northumber- land county, Pa ; d. September 29, 1844, Erie county, Pa .; m. 1st 1796, MARGARET FRUIT, daughter of Robert Fruit, of Fruitstown, Pa .; b. 1774: d. Nov. 23, 1817 ; m. 2ª, October, 1820, ELEANOR KNOX; b. May 21, 1796; d. March 23, 1859. In 1800 removed to Erie county, and in 1806 to Clarion county, Pa .; locating near Callensburg, where his descendants still live. Children by first marriage :
16. i. Nancy, b. North4 county, Mch. 3, 1797 ; d. Aug. 29, 1866 : m. 1822, Abel Grant.
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17. ii. Catharine. b. N. county, Mch. 12. 1799 ; d. Dec. 29, 1865 : m. March 11, 1819, Ross Porter.
iii. Mary. b. Erie county. Feb. 10, 1801 : unm.
18. iv. Jane Fruit. b. E. county, Mch. 21, 1803 : d. Oct. 19, 1849 : m. Joseph Troutman.
19. r. John, b. E. county, May 19, 1805 : d. July 12. 1851 : m. Ju- liet Porter in 1832.
20. vi. Robert, b. Clarion county, May 4, 1808: d. Nov. 17, 1892 ; m. May 6, 1830, Mary Miller.
vii. Thomas, b. July 4, 1810; d. Aug. 24, 1835; unm .; was a millwright.
21. viii. James, b. May 18, 1813 : m. July 30, 1842, Elizabeth Stewart. ix. Richard, b. Mch. 26. 1815: d. Dec. 10. 1855 : unm.
22. x. William, b. Oct. 27, 1817; d. Sept. 25, 1876; m. Martha Tullis about 1$40.
Thomas Pollock had the following children by second mar- riage, all born in Clarion county, Penna :
23. xi. Margaret, b. Oct. 13, 1821; d. Jany. 14, 1SS1; m. July 4, 1842, Sam' Kifer.
24. xii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1823: m. Dec. 12, 1844, Wm. Stitt. > 25. xiii. George Knox, b. Mch. 24, 1826; m. Rachel J. Longwell, Apl. 6. 1854.
26. xiv. Charles H., b. Nov. 21, 1828 ; m. Caroline Richards, Apl. 22, 1856.
xv. Joseph B., b. May 11, 1831 ; d. Oct. 12. 1569, Kansas City, Mo .; unm.
27. xvi. Samuel S., b. Oct. 23. 1833 : m. Emma Knight.
2S. xvii. Thomas, b. April 28, 1:37 : m. Augusta Brower.
XII. WILLIAM POLLOCK. (Charles.) b. 1773. in Northum- berland county, Pa. ; d. 1824: m. 1798 to SALLIE FRUIT. sister of his brother Thomas' wife. and daughter of Robert Fruit. of Fruitstown, Pa. She d. 1823. Robert Fruit was an early settler of Dauphin county. His name appears in the Paxtang assessment list for 1770. He was a juror on the first criminal case tried in Sunbury. 1772. Sworn as one of the County Commissioners of Northumberland county. April +. 1774. In 1775 he was assessed for three acres cultivated land. three horses. five cows, one sheep, and one servant. He was elected member of the Assembly for the same county in 1776, and in the same year was chosen to serve on the Committee of Safety for the said county, from White Deer township. In 1778 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly. In
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1790 he was constable of White Deer township and super- visor in 1791. William Pollock had children :
29. i. Nancy. b. 1799 : d. 1833 ; m. Alexander Porter, brother of Ross Porter.
ii. Jane. b. 1801 : d. - , 1824.
iii. Catharine, b. 1803: d. 1841 : m. William Porter, brother of Ross : had six children.
iv. Hannah, b. 1805: d. Dec. 17, 1823.
30. r. Charles, b. 1807 : d. April 31, 1874: m. Ann Stewart in 1829.
vi. Margaret, b. 1809 : d. 1834. Brown county, Ohio.
31. vii. Robert, b. 1811 ; d. May 14, 1869 : m. -
viii. Sally, b. 1813 : d. Felicity, O., April. 1837 : m., 1835, Wm. Porter, nephew of Ross: had one dau., living Clarion county, Pa.
ix. Adam, b. 1815 or 1816: d. 1851 or 1852: m. Rose Walters, d. s. p.
x. Mary, b. 1817 ; d. 1835, in O.
xi. Elizabeth, b. 1819 or 1820; d. in Ky .: m. Whalen Thomas : had two sons.
XIII. ROBERT POLLOCK. (Charles. ) b. May 22. 1785. North- umberland county, Pa. : d. February 22. 1844: moved to four miles south of Waterford, Pa., 1800; m. MARGARET ANDER- SON. Children :
i. Charles, b. Oct. 12, 1811.
ii. Nancy, b. March 27, 1813.
iii. Betsey, b. Oct. 18, 1815: d. May, ISIS.
iv. Sallie, b. March 10, 1817.
r. James, b. Jan. 24, 1819 : d. Aug. 16, 1820.
vi. Mary, b. April 17, 1822.
vii. Jane, b. July 14, 1824 : d. March 7, 1855.
viii. Eliza, b. April 30, 1826: d. Aug. 16, 160.
XIV. REV. JAMES POLLOCK LYTLE. (Nancy, James. ) m. ELIZABETH WILSON, of Xenia. Ohio. He is a clergyman at Sago, Muskingum county, Ohio. Children :
i. Mary.
ii. Nannie.
iii. Samuel.
iv. Frank.
t. Paul. vi. William, d. inf.
XV. CHARLES POLLOCK, (Adam, Charles,) b. April 3, 1803, near Waterford, Erie county. Pa .; d. Erie. May 31. 1850; m., 1831, to ELIZABETH WILSON WALLACE, dau. of Dr. John C.
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Wallace, the first resident physician of Erie, Pa. She d. July 5, 1881. Children :
i. John Adam, b. Jan. 5, 1832; d. Feb. 18, 1838.
32. ii. Otis Wheeler. b. Aug. 7, 1833 ; m. 1st Ellen Thomas; 21 Sarah A. Black.
33. iii. Charles Gilliland, b. Feb. 2. 1835: m. Mary Lincoln.
ir. Benjamin Wallace, b. Oct. 16, 1836: d. Dec. 13, 183S.
r. James Steele, b. Oct. 18, 1838 ; m. March 26, 1870, Elizabeth Knight, of Little Rock, Ark. He was for a long time postmaster at L. R., and is now cashier of the Exchange bank, in that city. No issue.
vi. Robert Anderson, b. Oct. 21, 1840. Is a stock farmer at Wisner, Neb.
vii. Jane Wallace, b. April 3, 1843 ; d. April 1877 ; unm.
viii. Elizabeth Wilson, b. June 13, 1845; unm ; P. O. Erie, Pa. ix. Ellen, d. inf.
XVI. NANCY POLLOCK, (Thomas, Charles,) b. Northum- berland, March 3, 1797; d. August 29, 1866; m. 1822, ABEL GRANT, shoemaker. from Providence, R. I. He purchased the farm in Butler county now known as the Grant Farm. He was b. January 13, 1788. and d. August 26, 1882. Children : i. Andrew M., b. Aug. 14, 1823; d. Octo. 7, 1841.
ii. Artemus, b. Sept. 24, 1825; m. May 23, 1853, Amanda Sexton : have eight children living-four married.
iii. Thomas, b. July 15, 1828 ; d. July 1, 1854; m. 1853, Elizabeth Grant ; had one posthumous son, who is married.
iv. Sally Ann. b. Oct. 28, 1830 ; m. S. P. Eakin ; had seven chil- dren-two married.
v. William D., b. Aug. 26, 1833; m. Martha Wilson ; have five children-one son at Allegheny Coll., Pa.
vi. Joseph S., b. Feb. 23, 1836; served in 78th reg. Penn'a Vol., 1861-5; m. 1866, Emma Laughner ; have three daughters.
vii. Mary Jane, b. Mch. 13, 1$39; d. Aug. 13, 1866; m. Aug. 29, 1864, Aranthus Carnathan: had one child.
viii. John L., b. Dec. 12, 1840; entered 78th reg. Penn'a Vol. dur- ing the civil war; d. Va. Dec. 14, 1863.
XVII. CATHARINE POLLOCK, (Thomas, Charles,) b. March 12, 1799; d. December 29. 1865; m. January, 1819, Ross PORTER, b. March 3, 1794; d. March 31, 1864. Children :
i. Thomas, b. Dec. 1, 1819; m. Feb. 29, 1844, Maysville, Ky., Ann Holliday ; live at Healsburg, Cal. ; eleven children.
ii. Polly, b. July 5, 1821 ; d. Sept. 18, 1838.
iii. Nancy, b. July 10, 1824; d. Sept. 23, 1860; m. MIch. 20, 1856, Andrew Porter; had one daughter-now married and has two children.
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iv. Margaret, b. Oct. 6, 1826: d. Apl. 27, 1831.
r. Alexander, b. Mch. S, 1829 ; d. Nov. 4, 1829.
vi. Sally Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1830; m. Feb. 10, 1853, to Robert Por- ter; have eight children.
vii. Jane F., b. Apl. 20, 1833; Aug. 24, 1865, d. s. p .; m. Oct. 13, 1859, to John Howe.
viii. Keren, b. June 20, 1836: d. Jan. 24, 1837.
i.c. Olive, b. Nov. 26, 1837 ; m., 1st, June 7, 1859, James Kerr, served U. S. A. 1861-3 ; had seven children ; he died 1863. M., 2', Herman Knight ; have two children.
x. Eliza Mary, b. May 1, 1840 ; unm.
xi. Emma C., b. Sept. 1, 1842; d. Feb. 26, 1843.
XVIII. JANE FRUIT POLLOCK, (Thomas, Charles,) b. March 21, 1803 : d. Oct. 19, 1849 ; m., 1821, JOSEPH TROUTMAN, who was b. Dec. 4, 1793; d Oct. 19, 1881. Children :
i. William Pollock, b. Nov. 11, 1822 ; d. Aug. 31, 1827.
ii. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1824; m., July 9, 1847, to Rev. H. M. Chamberlin, M. E. Church ; a daughter m. Rev. D. C. Plannett.
iii. Margaret Fruit, b. Feb. 5, 1827 ; d. 1858; m., Sept., 1857, Rev. Elliot Zingling.
iv. Nancy Grant, b. June 5, 1829 ; m. Frank R. Fritz ; P. O. Parker City.
v. Thomas George, b. Aug. 17, 1831 ; m., Jan. 28, 1856, Chris- tiana Arner ; is a carpenter ; P. O. Perryville.
vi. Mary Ellen, b. March 6, 1835; m. Elias Osman, carpenter. Butler county, Penna.
vii. Hannah Jane, b. Dec. 20, 1837 ; d. 1871 ; m., 1862, Martin Maloney ; had five children-removed to Virginia.
viii. Sarah Emma, b. July 14, 1844; m., 1st, S. Newell ; 24, Wm. Bell, Esq., of Bradford ; carpenter and J. P. in Oil City for two years. Mr. Bell was a ruling elder in the U. P. Church.
XIX. JOHN POLLOCK, (Thomas, Charles,) b. May 19, 1805 ; d., Higginsport, O., July 12, 1851 ; m., 1832, JULIET PORTER, niece of Ross Porter; b. 1813. He was a mill-wright, and a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. Children :
i. Charlotte Jane, b. 1832; m., 1st, 1852, to Col. Parks Calvin, U. S. A. He was a lawyer and Col. of - Ohio regt., U. S. A., 1861-5 ; d. Ironton, Ohio, 1866. She m., 24, ---- Crumlish, engineer on the Ohio river. He d. at Ironton. She m., 34, Mr. Hamilton, of Sherman, Texas, where she resides.
ii. Josephine, b. May, 1834 ; d. Aug., 1836.
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iii. Granville, m. Hattie Jamison ; served in U. S. A. during civil war; taken prisoner at Guyandotte. Is foreman Franklin Stereotype Foundry, Cincinnati, O.
iv. Arethusa, m. James Sargent. P. O. Felicity, O.
v. Theresa, m. Joshua McGraw. He was killed by steamboat explosion, Cincinnati, O .; P. O. Felicity, O.
vi. Henrietta James, m. Wmn. Miller Pollock, (Robert, Thomas, Charles,) May 12, 1868.
vii. Thomas, d. inf.
viii. Laura, m. J. R. Newcomb, of Texas.
XX. ROBERT POLLOCK, (Thomas, Charles,) b. May 4, 1808, Clarion county, Pa. ; d. Nov. 17, 1882, Callensburg, Pa. ; m., May 6, 1830, MARY MILLER; b. Clarion county, Nov. 3, 1810; d. Dec. 20, 1881. These both died within one mile of the spot where they were born. They celebrated their golden wedding May 6, 1880. They were both life-long and earnest members of the Presbyterian Church, having united with it in early youth. (For Obit., see Presbyterian Banner Dec., 1881, and Nov., 1882.) Children :
i. Sarah Jane, b. April 24, 1831 ; d. Jan. 19, 1867 ; m., Jan. 12, 1856, Wm. R. Watson : four children living in the West.
ii. Thomas G., b. May 2, 1833 ; d. U. S. A., Yorktown, Va., June S, 1862.
iii. Wm. Miller, b. Feb. 5, 1835; m., May 12, 1868, Henrietta James Pollock dau. of John Pollock, supra, and his first cousin ; served three years in company E, 62d regt., Pa. vol. inf., U. S. A., enlisting July 25, 1861 ; honorably dis- charged July 13, 1864.
iv. John Core, b. Aug. 22, 1837; enlisted for three years U. S. A. with his brother, July 25, 1861, company E, 62d regt., Pa. vol. inf. ; d. in hospital Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 1862.
v. Fruit, b. Dec. 2, 1840.
vi. Robert Walker, b. Nov. 10, 1842; m., June 6, 1872, Maggie Meals.
vii. Alvin R., b. Aug. 4, 1815 ; m., June 15., 1876, Amelia Richey. viii. Hamilton H., b. July 8, 1847 ; grad. A. B. Lafayette College 1875, A. M. 1878; taught in Blair Academy 1875-8; P. O. Leadville, Col.
ix. Margaret, b. Oct 31, 1849; d. Feb. 20, 1852.
x. [dau.,] b. Oct. 29, 1851 ; d. same day.
xi. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 29, 1853 ; d. Oct 6, 1865.
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FIRST SETTLERS OF THE IRISH SETTLEMENT.
BY JACOB FATZINGER, JR. III.
Robert Gregg owned a large tract of land on the left bank of the Lehigh river near the town of Catasauqua, as also another tract on the left bank of that river below the town of Beth- lehem. containing 575 acres, including three islands, in the river opposite this latter tract. containing. respectively, sixteen, twelve, and eighty-five acres. He resided here as early as the year 1746. We find that the corner of the division line sep- arating the township of Bethlehem from that of the township of Forks was a Spanish oak sapling near Robert Gregg's house. Robert Gregg married Margaret He died March 9. 1756, in his fortieth year. Margaret Gregg died April 24, 1800, in her ninety-seventh year. They had issue: Margaret. who m. Dr. Matthew McHenry, and Robert. junior, of whom we have no record.
John Hays and Jean. his wife, with four children emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1730: settled in Chester county, where his house burned. He then moved to Northampton county, where he kept public-house and store, on the road leading from Bethlehem to Gnadenhütten. Dur- ing the Indian troubles he used to beat a drum, on the hill top near his house, to warn the settlers of approaching danger. He died November 16, 1789, aged eighty-five years. His widow died at Derry, Northumberland county, aged ninety- four, in 1806. (See Linn's Annals of Buffalo Valley, pp. 540, 541.)
We have in our possession a draft of the survey and di- vision of a tract of land containing 1800 acres and allowance, situated on the Lehigh river. in Allen township, Northampton county. This survey was made by a certain George Golgouf-
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sky. (a Moravian draftsman and surveyor residing at Nazareth. Penna., where he died in December, 1813,) during the years 1760-62. Among the names of the settlers on this tract we find that of John Hays-104 acres and ninety-four perches- undoubtedly the same person here referred to.
Of the children of John and Jean Havs four were born in Ireland, viz: William, Isatella. John, and Mary. Those born in Pennsylvania were Elizabeth, James, Robert, Francis, and Jane. William Hays owned a tract of land containing ninety- five and a quarter acres, part of the 1800 acre tract above men- tioned, adjoining his father's tract on the south-west. Isabella m. [Thomas] Patton. From the draft in our possession we find that a Thomas Patton owned a part of the 1800 acre tract joining lands of John Hays on the south.
John Hays (2d) m .. first, Barbara King; d. August 11, 1770, aged thirty years ; daughter of James and Mary (Boyd) King ; and their children were :
1. Mary Hays, d. September 9, 1776, in her fifteenth year.
2. John Hays, d. October 9, 1821, in Lycoming county, Penna .; m. Jane Horner, d. September 23, 1824; their only child, John K. Havs, d. March 11, 1878, aged eighty-one years, at Williamsport. Pa.
3. James Hays. d. March 1. 1829, in his sixty-fifth year ; m. Hannah Palmer: their only child, Maria, married John Latti- more, son of William and Mary (Ralston) Lattimore.
John Havs (2d) m. secondly Jane Walker, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Blackburney Walker. In the year 1763, John Hays (2d) purchased a tract of land, containing 108 acres, from his mother-in-law, Mary King, situated on the Catasauqua creek, in Allen township. Northampton county, being part of a larger tract which the said Mary King, by deed dated Decem- ber 4, 1750. purchased from the attorneys of Evan Patterson, of the city of London. Under date of April 25, 1763, Mary King took a lease for life of the following part of said tract, as follows :
"A certain piece or lot of ground situate in Allen township, on the west side of a creek or rivulet called Callisuka, (Cata- sauqua,) and upon the south line, (within the bounds of his,
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the said John Havs, 108 acre tract, lately granted to him by the said Mary King. ) containing seven and a half acres, bounded eastward with Callisuka creek, southward and westward with the said Hays' orchard and land, and northward with the land of Robert Lattimore, in the occupation of the said Mary King. Also, one acre of meadow-ground, to be allotted and staked out on such part of the said John Hays grass land, as she shall think fit to choose."
During the year 1760, John Hays. (2d.) together with the celebrated missionary, Frederick Post, and the Indians Isaac Stille and Moses Tatamy, were sent by the Provincial Gor- ernment to attend an Indian treaty west of the Ohio river. The journal of John Hays is recorded in Pennsylvania Ar- chives, vol. iii. (first series.) pages 735-741. John Hays also served during the Revolutionary war as quartermaster to Col. John Siegfreid's battalion, Northampton county militia.
John Hays (2d) resided on the tract of land previously re- ferred to, where he carried on a tannery, and where in the year 1790, he erected a grist mill, vet standing and in operation, now owned and occupied by the writer, whose father purchased it in the month of January, 1827. Capt. Havs died at Mead- ville, Pa., on the 5th of November. 1796. while on a trip to the North-western part of this State. accompanied by his son William, in order to examine some property purchased by him from John Heckewelder and George Huber, of Bethlehem. Pa, as appears from the following letter from Mrs. Jane Hays to the Honorable Samuel Sitgreaves. viz :
"January 10, 1803.
To Mr. S. SITGREAVES :
"My late husband, in his lifetime, purchased two certain tracts of land, lying on the French Creek, then Allegheny county, one from John Heckewelder, the other from George Huber, each tract con- taining about 400 acres, and paid, on each tract, two hundred pounds and gave obligations for the remainder. They, for their parts, gave deeds warranting and defending the same, (since recorded in Alle- gheny county.) Since his decease one hundred dollars has been paid to the said Huber by the Administrators. The administrators then being scrupulous as to their different titles not being good, as part of each tract was claimed by the agents for the Holland Land Company by a prior right, the parties then agreed to have it settled by an ami-
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cable action. It was then ordered, by court, that William Lattimore and Abraham Levering should settle the contest. They accordingly agreed that George Huber should pay back the money that was paid, and have the land again. Now, what I wish to be informed of is whether that money is real or personal estate, and how it is to be divided ?
"JANE HAYS."
To which Mr. Sitgreaves made the following reply :
"I have considered the case within stated, and am of opinion that the money restored to the estate of Mr. Hays, in consequence of the accommodation within mentioned, must be considered as real and not as personal property. Of consequence the widow is entitled to the interest on one third of the amount during her life, and the prin- cipal will be divided among the children, subject to the widow's rights, according to the directions of the acts of Assembly regulating the descent of real estate in cases of intestacy.
"S. SITGREAVES."
EASTON, 25th January, 1803.
According to the records of the orphans' court for the county of Northampton, John Hays (2d) died possessed of the following real estate situated in Northampton county, viz : "A tract of land situated in Allen township, said county, con- taining 108 acres and allowance. upon which is erected a man- sion house and other buildings, grist-mill, and tan-yard. One other tract, also situated in Allen township, containing about 270 acres, being a part of the late proprietaries manor of Fer- mor, commonly called the dry lands. One other tract of un- improved land, also situated in Allen township, containing twenty-five acres. Also, another tract of land, situated in Towamensing township, containing about 150 acres." The records also state that he died intestate, leaving a widow-Jean -and thirteen children, viz: John (3d), James, Jean, Eliza- beth, Ann, William, Isabella, Robert. Thomas, Richard, Samuel, Mary (2d), and Rebecca. John and James, sons of John Hays (2d) by his first wife, have already been referred to. John Hays (3d), by a release, dated July 28, 1795, and dur- ing the lifetime of his father. relinquished his right in and to his father's estate.
4. Jean Hays, m. - Grier; both died in Chester county, leaving issue ; John C .; James K .; Joseph; Nancy, m.
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Ralston; Jane ; Fanny, m. - Lewis; Elizabeth, m.
McClure ; Mario, m. - - Long ; Martha, m. - Hays; and Isabella, m. - Long.
5. Elizabeth Hays, b. March 3, 1770; d. January 27, 1844; m. Dr. Edward Humphrey; b. June 1, 1776; d. Dec. 5, 1847 ; and they left issue ; John, now living in Illinois; m. first, Mary Ann -; d. July 20, 1845, in her 39th year. Dr. Charles, lately deceased; m. Mary Stanton. Sarah E., b. Nov. 29, 1800 ; d. Oct. 19, 1871 ; m. Hugh Horner; b. April 21, 1788 ; d. July 15, 1861. Mary R., m. John Lyle. Jane, m. Michael Weit- zel
6. Ann Hays, b. June 8, 1771; d. January 8, 1851 ; m. John Nilson ; d. January 1, 1857, in the 91st year of his age. They left issue : Charles ; William Me Vair, d. January 18, 1851, aged 44 years ; John ; Margaret, m. Joseph Horner; d. January 27, 1866, aged 75, and had four children; Sallie Ann, m. Baxter McClure; Jane ; Mary Ann, d. Sept. 13, 1877, aged 63 years, m. Rev. Leslie Irwin ; b. July 22, 1806, at Ballibay, county Mona- ghan, Ireland; d. November 16. 1873, at Quincy, Ill.
7. William Hays. m. and removed to Pittsburgh; served as an associate judge of Allegheny county; where he died about 1846, leaving issue : John, Robert, William, Henry, Richard, Charles, and Jane.
8. Isabella. Hays, m. John Ralston.
9. Robert Hays, married. Under proceeding in partition upon the estate of John Hays, (2d) the homestead and tannery, including ninety-eight acres and twenty perches of land. were awarded to Robert; who, in the year 1803, sold the same to Michael Weaver (grandfather of the writer). Robert afterward removed to the central part of Pennsylvania, and died at Belle- fonte, leaving issue: William, Alfred, and Ann.
10. Thomas Hays, m. -- - Houston ; he died at Williams- port, Pa., leaving issue: Thomas; William; Charles ; Sarah, m. Paine ; Jane; Mury, m. Kline; Martha, m. Polk'; and Isabella.
11. Richard Hays, d. in Lycoming county, Penna. .
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