History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 51

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1320

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The Mitchells .- James Mitchell was a land sur- veyor. He was appointed a ju-tice of the peace for Donegal township in 1722, when it was part of Chester County. In the same year he was one of the com- missioners appointed to survey "Springgett-bury Manor," on the west side of the river, and when

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the homestead of five hundred acres and the grist- mill thereon. To his son Evan he gave four hundred aeres, with fulling-mill, tenter-yards, etc., and to his sons George and l'eter the remaining six hundred acres.

The children of John and Jane Evans were Mary, born 1724, who married Evan Rice, and died Jan. 20, 1752; Lydia, born 1726; John, born 1728; Evan, boru 1732, died Oct. 22, 1794; George, born 1734; Peter, born 1736.

John Evans (3d) was appointed by the Supreme Executive Couneil "third judge of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth," Aug. 16, 1777, and in October, 1783, he and Gen. Anthony Wayne were elected to the Council of Censors. He died prior to Dec. 9, 1783.

Judge Evans married Mary, daughter of Rees and Rachel Jones, and had several children, all of whom died before him except Mary, and she survived him only a few years. Ilis lands, seven hundred and nine- teen acres, in London Britain were divided between his brothers Evan, George, and Peter. His daughter Mary also inherited four hundred and sixty-seven acres in Pencader and White Clay Creek Hundred, which she devised to her uneles.

Evan Evans married Margaret, daughter of Wil- liam Nevin, and had ten children.

George Evans studied medicine in Philadelphia, and when the war broke out he was commissioned surgeon of the Third Battalion of militia of the city of Philadelphia on the 6th day of December, 1776. He became attached to Col. Bailer's regiment of Vir- ginia troops, and marched with them to New York. A number of these troops were surprised at night

when quartered in a barn by the British, and a great > Alexander was born March 22, 1799. He mar- many put to the bayonet, among whom was Surgeon Evans, who had a bayonet thrust through his body. Ile was thrown into the bottom of a common wagon, and hauled for some distance over a corduroy road to New York City, and placed in a hospital, where he recovered from what was pronounced a fatal wound. ried Hannah Slaymaker, daughter of the Hon. Amos Slaymaker, late of Salisbury township, in 1820. They had but one son, Samuel, born Jan. 20, 1823, upon the old mansion farm in Donegal; was apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade with Israel Cooper, of Co- lumbia, in April, 1838; was elected justice of the peace in 1853, clerk of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Ter- A few years after the war he removed to Virginia, where he married. One of his daughters married Mr. Miller, who became Governor of North Carolina. Another daughter married Mr. Johnson, the " king of the turf." The descendants of this branch of the family are numerous in the South, and many of them have risen to positions of prominence. miner of Lancaster County in the fall of 1857; en- listed as a private in the " Cookman Rangers" on May 5, 1861, promoted to orderly-sergeant in Com- pany K, Fifth Regiment Penn-ylvania Reserves, and on June 21, 1861, was commissioned second lieutenant of that company, and marched with his regiment to West Virginia. In November, IsGt, he was commis- Peter Evans married Rachel Evans, a native of Wales, and settled for a time in Montgomery County, where he practiced medicine. They had six chil- dren, -- John, Lydia, Peter, Daniel, Septimus, born Feb. 1, 1771, and Sarah. Septimus Evans was twice married. By his first wite, Mary Morgan, he had a daughter, Matilda, who married Dr. Andrews Mur- phy. By his second wife, Aun Whitting, he had a daughter, Sarah Ann, who married the late David B. Nivin, of London Grove, Chester Co. Their children sioned quartermaster of the Fifth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Reserves, with the rank of first lieutenant. During the campaign in Eastern Virginia in 1862 he was assigned to the brigade and took charge of the quartermaster department, and was transferred to the subsistence department, and for eighteen months was division commissary of subsistence. On April 23, 1864, he was appointed upon Maj .- Gen. Warren's stail' as acting commissary of subsistence. He was mus- tered out at Harrisburg with the Fifth Pennsylvania

were Anna M., Septimus E., Ella M., Myra B., Clara T., and J. Wilkin Nivin. A portion of the land taken up by John Evans in 1734 remains in possession of members of this family.

Samuel Evans, son of Evan Evans, was born at the old homestead in London Britain, July 14, 1758. While in his minority he served as ensign in the Revolutionary war under his father, who was colonel of a battalion of militia and commanded the Chester County militia at the battle of Brandywine.

Samuel Evans was elected a member of the General Assembly in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1791. He was com- missioned one of the associate judges of the Chester County Court in the winter of 1793 by Governor Thomas Mifflin. On the 16th day of April, 1793, he married Frances Lowrey, youngest child of Col. Alex. Lowrey, of Donegal. He resigned his judge- ship, and removed to the homestead of Col. Lowrey at Marietta, and took the active management of Mr. Lowrey's farm. They had a large family of children. Alexander was born Feb. 8, 1794, and died an in- fant. Ann West was born Feb. 27, 1795, and married the late Henry MeElderry, of Baltimore. Margaret was born Sept. 14, 1797, and married Jacob Zell, son of John Zell, Esq., who resided in Churchtown in this county. (The oldest of their children was Eliza- beth, who married John W. Clark, whose father owned the farm now owned by J. Donald Cameron ; and Thomas.) After his marriage he purchased the old homestead farm of Col. Lowrey. He and his brother- in-law, Thomas Zell, entered into the lumber and coal business in Marietta. He sold his farm to Col. James Duffy in 1865, and removed to the State of Delaware. Ile died in Philadelphia about the year 1867.

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Reserves June 11, 1864. On the 13th day of March, 1865, he was commissioned brevet captain for "faitli- , ful and meritorious services in the Wilderness cam- paign, Virginia." After his return from the army he sent " substitutes" to the army. He was elected sev- eral terms a justice of the peace in the Second Ward of Columbia, and is now a notary public. Ile mar- ried Mary Shoch, daughter of Benjamin Worrell Shoch, late of York, Pa. They had three children,- Fanny, born April 17, 1859, died Jan. 8, 1863; Lillian S., born Nov. 5, 1861; Samuel, born Dee. 18, 1865, died Feb. 2, 1868.

Jane Ilowell, born June 23, 1800, married Jasper Slaymaker, E-q., son of the late Hon. Amos Slay- maker, of Salisbury township. Ile graduated with high honors at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to practice at the Lancaster bar in 1812. When the British threatened Baltimore he volun- teered and marched to Maryland in defense of his country. He was a member of Assembly for the years 1817-18. When Lancaster was chartered as a city he was appointed the first prosecuting attorney of the mayor's court. His name was connected with many important enterprises started to develop and foster domestic industries and the construction of internal improvements, lle died in 1826, aged thirty-nine years. He left a widow, Jane II., who survives and resides in Lancaster City. Their family consisted of Amos, Fanny, Sammel Evans, James, and Jasper. Of Amos a sketch appears in the bench and bar chapter. Fanny married Rev. Solomon MeNair, a Presbyterian minister, who pre-ided for many years over Middle Octorara Church, in Bart township. Samuel Evans, born in 1822, entered the mercantile | business at John N. Lane's store. Soon after he at- tained his majority he opened a broker's office in Philadelphia, and has continued in that business since. Ile married Miss Charlotte Taitt, of Phila- delphia.

James married Miss Wilson, of Path Valley, Frank- lin Co., Pa., and after the war he removed to the State of Delaware, near the town of Dover.

- Jasper, the youngest child of Jasper and Jane Slaymaker, removed from Path Valley to Mifflin, thence to Sunbury.

- Evan Rice, son of Samuel and Frances Evans, born Feb. 26, 1802, received a collegiate education, and was admitted to practice law at the Lancaster bar in 1823. He died in Texas in 1837.

Elizabeth, born Dee. 3, 1803; died Dec. 1, 1881.

Jane, daughter of Evan and Margaret Evans, mar- ried Thomas Henderson, Esq., of New London, Ches- ter Co.

. Margaret married Mr. Garrett, of Philadelphia. His son- were extensively engaged in the manufac- ture of souff and tobacco near Philadelphia.

Lancaster bar in 1793. He remained there but a short time, when he removed to the then new town of Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa. Ile married, first tinte, Miss Grace Wallis, by whom he had sey- eral children, to wit : Sarah, who married Gen. Hugh Brady ; Elizabeth, who married Judge Henry Ship- pen, son of Hon. Joseph Shippen, judge of Common Pleas Court at Lancaster. He raised a company, in which were James Buchannan and Jasper Slay- maker, and marched to Baltimore in 1814. He read law with the late James Hopkins, and was admitted to the bar in 1811. Ile removed to Huntingdon, Pa., after he married. Governor Andrew Shulze ap- pointed him judge of the Crawford County Distriet. He died March 2, 1839, and left a widow and a large family. Evan Rice Evans' second wife was a Mrs. Forrest, whose maiden name was Cowden.

John Evans, son of Evan and Margaret Evans, went with his elder brother, Evan, to Sunbury, with whom he studied law, and after being admitted to practice removed to Wilkesbarre. He married Elizabeth Wallis, a sister of his brother Evan's first wife, by whom he had seven children.

Other Prominent Early Residents .- Robert Mid- dleton and his brothers, George and William, settled in what is now Martie township in 1713. Robert came to Donegal in 1716, and took up five hundred acres of land adjoining the glebe land of Donegal Church on the southwest. He died in May, 1731, leaving a widow, Mary ( who was called " Mary Moth- erel"), and a son John and a daughter Jean. After the death of Robert Middleton, his widow took out a patent for the land in her own name. She was prob- ably the second wife of Robert Middleton, whose son John and daughter were grown up at the time of his death. She did not die until after the Revolution. John came into possession of the entire estate. He died in 1782, and left but one child, Mary, who mar- ried John Whitehill, Jr.

John Whitehill, Jr., the head of the Donegal branch of this family, was born in Salisbury township, in this county, in 1753. He married Mary, daughter of John Middleton (whose father settled near Donegal Church in 1716), about the close of the Revolutionary war, and through his wife came into possession of several hundred acres of Donegal's choicest land, situated a mile northeast from Maytown. He was elected county commissioner in 1801, and served three years. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Thomas Mifflin. He died on the 10th day of Decem- ber, 1806, aged fifty-three years, and left surviving him his wife, Mary, and the following children, to wit : John Middleton (1788-1866), who married Eliz- abeth Cameron ; Ann (178) 1860) ; Margaret (1796- 1844), married --- M. Powell; Jane (1799-18:46), married James Wilson ; James (1786-1860), married Mary Curren in 1811 ; and David, born about 1790.

Evan Rice Evans, brother of Samuel Evans, re- ceived a collegiate education and entered the profes- There was surveyed for James Le Tort in 1719 nine sion of the law. He was admitted to practice at the hundred acres of land along the river from one to three

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miles above Marietta ; Le Tort sold the land to James Logan, who took out a patent for it Sept. 9, 1734. In 1747, James Logan gave to Peter Haig, of Chil- tonham who had been long in his service, one hun-

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miles above Marietta ; Le Tort sold the land to James , and left the following family, viz. : Joseph, Susannab, Logan, who took out a patent for it Sept. 9, 1734. John, Thomas, William, Robert, Martha, and Re- beeea. In 1747, James Logan gave to Peter Haig, of Chil- tenham, who had been long in his service, one hun- Alexander MeNutt was one of the pioneer settlers, and came to Donegal in 1722. He died, leaving four children ;- Margaret (who married Hugh Willson, who resided at Donegal Church), Robert, James, and a daughter, who married Patrick Hays, who lived on Chikis Creek, and was one of the first lieutenants in Col. Lowrey's battalion in 1777. dred and fifty-two acres of this land, who, in 1748, sold to James Lowrey, who sold the same to James Patterson, who, in 1748, sold to Lazarus Lowrey, who, in 1749, sold to Jacob Graeff (Grove), of Manheim township. In 1753, Graff sold to Jacob Downer for four hundred and seventeen pounds, who sold part of the land to Christian Fox. This farm adjoined Robert MeFarland settled on the right bank of Little Chikis Creek, about one mile south of Mount Joy, in 1720. Ile died in 1750, and left the following- named children: John, Joseph, Robert, Rachel, and Rebecca. Christian Garber, Thomas Mitchell (Bogg's farm), and Ulrich Engle. The six or eight farms located below the Grove-Shock's Run extending two miles back from the river-belonged to Le Tort's nine hun- dred aeres.

Samuel Fulton wa, one of the pioneer settlers, and came to Donegal in 1720 and took up several hundred aeres of land along the "old Peter's road," about a mile north of Maytown. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George and Jean Stewart, who settled near Marietta. Their children were James, John, and Samuel, and one daughter. Samuel Fulton died in 1760.

James Harris was an Indian trader. He located upon the Le Tort-Logan tract of land, about a mile above Marietta. He met with great losses in the French and Indian wars, becoming more and more involved in debt, and was finally thrown into jail for debt a few years prior to the Revolution. His lands were soll, and we hear no more of him in Donegal.

George Stewart came from the north of Ireland in 1717 or 1718, and located near the river in East Done- gal township, and took up three hundred and fifty acres of land, upon part of which the eastern end of Marietta is built. Ile belonged to and was a very active member of Donegal Church, He was elected to the General Assembly in 1730 and 1732. In 1722, when the township was a part of Chester County, he was appointed a justice of the peace. He was elected one of the county commissioners in 1731. Early in the winter of 1733, while serving as a member of Assembly, he died suddenly, leaving a family of sev- eral children. John, being the oldest son, got the mansion farm, for which he took out a patent for three hundred and fifty-seven and one-half acres in 1739. In 1749 he sold one hundred and fifty aeres of the tract to David Cook.

Gordon Howard was one of the pioneer Indian traders, and settled about one mile and a half north- east of Donegal meeting-house, where he took up six hundred neres of land. His trading-post and man- sion stood upon the land of Mr. J. Hershey, and about fifty yards south of his present dwelling. Ile | son. In 1783 he sold to Daniel Stauffer, of Codorus, was married two or three times, the last time on York Co., Pa. John Hoover owns part of this land, and the State batching-house occupied a part. Gen- cral Simon Cameron also owns a part of the tract, which he purchased from Samuel Garber. Hugh Willson, brother of William Willson, owned the April 16, 1751, to Rachel, the widow of James Ram- sey. Ile was related by marriage to James l'atter-on, the old Indian trader. He was elected county com- missioner for the years 1735-37. Ile. died in 1754,

James Moore settled on Chikis Creek in 1720, where he owned a large farm. He also purchased three hundred acres of land adjoining the glebe lands of Donegal Church on the west, which he gave to his son, Ephraim, who gave it to his son, Zacha- riah, who married Mary Boggs, sister of Capt. Alex- ander Boggs. Zachariah was second lieutenant in Col. Lowrey's battalion, and was in the battle of Brandywine. Hugh Moore, brother of Zachariah, died in 1795, and left wife (Ann) and children,- .Nancy, Mary, Rebecca, and Andrew.

Nathaniel Lytle settled on Little Chikis Creek in 1722. He was married the second time to Jenet, the widow of William Wilkins, one of the pioneer Indian traders. He came into possession of Mr. Wil- kins' land, situated a short distance above the mouth of Little Chikis Creek. He died in 1748, leaving his wife, Jenet, and one son, John Lytle, to whom he gave the Wilkins land. John sold the farm to An- drew Hershey. He was compelled to pay the chil- dren of William Wilkins, and get an act of Assembly passed to give him authority to make a title to Mr. Hershey. During the Revolution John Lytle moved to Middletown, where he established a ferry, and from thence moved several miles above Harris' Ferry, where he again established a ferry.

James Cunningham was one of the pioneers who settled near the Donegal meeting-house in 1723. He took up several hundred acres of land adjoining the glebe land on the north. On the 10th day of March, 1730, he sold to John Gass, whose executors, in 1736, sold to William MeClelland and Michael MeCleery, who, in 1789, sold to James Kerr, who sold to Andrew Kerr, William Willson, and William Kerr. This land was held in common between them until 1766, when they divided the land equally. An- drew Kerr (shoemaker) removed to Hanover town- ship, and sold his share of the land to William Will-

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farm immediately east of the Garber tract. llis son, Ilugh Willson, married a daughter of Rev. Colin McFarquahr.

Thomas Ewing was here early in the century. In November, 1720, Peter Gardner, of New Jersey, took up six hundred and thirty-six acres of land, extending up the river from Chikis Rock about three-fourths of a mile, and running back about a mile and one-fourth, which embraced some land in West Hempfield, where Big and Little Chikis Creeks unite, and also about two hundred acres between the two creeks. Peter conveyed to John Gardner, who conveyed a portion of the land to John Bortner, who received a patent May 29, 1733, for two hundred and thirty acres along

Ludwig Lindemuth was a Lutheran, and came from Germany in 1750. On the 2d day of March, 1752, he purchased a farm of two hundred and six acres from Robert MeFarland, who removed to Virginia. This farm lay along Little Chikis Creek about a mile south of Mount Joy. There was no Lutheran Church in the neighborhood, and he attended church regularly at Lancaster, twelve miles away, and often walked there and back again the same day. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church at May- town, in 1765. llis farm adjoined that of Thomas Clingan, a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian. There was a James, oldest son of Thomas Ewing, born 1736, who became a distinguished general in the Revolu- tionary war, and when iu minority served as lieuten- ant in Braddock's and Gen. Forbes' armies in the Indian wars, He was a member of the General As- semby and of the Council, and of the State Senate for a number of terms. He died in 1806 at his plan- tation near Wright's Ferry. Ile left but one child, a fine spring upon the former's land, the water from which flowed through the meadow of the latter to the creek. For some reason best known to himself Mr. Lindemuth undertook to make a passage through solid rock along the edge of his own land to conduct the water from his spring to the creek. After he had expended several hundred pounds in the under- taking, Mr. Clingan applied to the court for relief, daughter, who married Dr. John Ewing, of Maryland. " and it compelled Mr. Lindemuth to turn the water

John, second son of Thomas Ewing, resided in Lancaster. He was also an officer in the Revolu- tionary army.

John Kelley settled upon the land adjoining that part laid out into town lots by Mehaffy, Dufly, and Pedan at the western end of Marietta in 1740. It contained one hundred and forty acres. In 1766 his son, Andrew Kelley, conveyed the farm to James Bayley, Esq. John Kelley left the following-named children : Andrew, William, who was elected sheriff in 1777 and 1778, who was also a justice of the peace. He resided about one and a half miles west from Mount Joy on the turnpike. He married, the first time, Susanna Anderson, who was a daughter of Thomas Anderson. He married, the second time, Margaret, daughter of Abraham Scott. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ewing, married Robert Hannalı.

about two miles west from Marietta. His son, Chris- . tian, purchased the ferry and about seventy-five acres of land. For many years it was better known as "Viyegar's Ferry."

The children of Christian Winiker, Sr .; were Ilenry, born 1756; Christian, born 1758; Elizabeth, born 1760; David, born 1763; George, born 1765; Jolin, born 1768.

Samuel Cook was the son of David Cook, Sr., and the brother of David Cook, Esq., who laid out New Haven. le resided upon a plantation his father gave him. It was part of the land taken up by Samuel Fulton, and was situated on the old Peter's road about one mile north of Maytown. He married the river, who sold the land to John Ross in 1734, ! Anna, daughter of John Allison. Cook was a justice who was sold out by the loan commissioners in 1788. , of the peace, and a member of the Legislature in The land was then purchased by Thomas Ewing, who 1801. Ile owned several slaves, all of whom he man- umitted in his will, dated 1804. Ilis sister married James Willson, who purchased his farm. in the previous year purchased two hundred acres of the Gardner tract adjoining George Stewart's land on the cast. Upon this land there are now two grist- mills, one saw-mill, five anthracite blast furnaces, one rolling-mill, and the eastern extension of Mari- etta. Mr. Ewing also took out a patent for four hun- dred acres on the east side of the Swatara at Quitapa- hela, in Lebanon township, in 1738. Ewing was not only a person of large means, but was also one of the most intelligent of the old pioneer settlers, He mar- ried, the second time, Susanna, widow of James Pat- terson, the Indian trader. They took out a patent for three hundred acres, surveyed for James Patter- son. It was located in Conestoga manor.

from his spring to it- natural channel. The ditch remains there, and is a silent witness to his folly. Mr. Lindemuth died in 1777, leaving a widow, Mar- garet, and children,-John Peter, George, Martin, Aun Margaretta, Faust, and Elizabeth.

On the 24th day of April, 1761, Herman Long pur- chased four hundred and sixty-nine acres of land from William Smith ( who took out a patent April 13, 1749), to which he added, on Dec. 24, 1785, eighty acres of land, purchased from the estate of John Stayman. On the 24th day of December, 1785, John Haldeman and John Brenneman, the executors of John Stehman, deceased, soll three hundred and thirty-six .acres of land to Herman Long, being the same land which Christian Breneman and Susannah conveyed to their son-in-law, Jolm Stehman, May 7, 1751. This land extended along the Maytown and Bainbridge road. Herman Long died in 1810, and

Christian Winiker, Sr. ( Vinegar), came to Donegal township about the year 1750, and rented the ferry i left the following children, viz .: John, Christian,

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IIerman, Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, Ann, and Elizabeth.

century near Big Chikis Creek. In 1777 his family consisted of his wife and the following-named chil- dren : Ann, Polly, Margaret. There also lived in the family Andrew Manchean.

There was also a James Keys in his family, who was probably his father. In 1778 be rented Ander- son's Ferry. He also purchased one hundred acres of land two miles farther up the river, where he also established a ferry in 1779. In the same year he pur- chased one hundred and fifty acres of Rev. Joseph Tate's farm, near Maytown. He married Mary, daughter of James Bayley, through whom he came | into possession of the one-fourth of one hundred and seventy acres of land at the mouth of Conewago Creek, where he, in connection with James Hopkins and his brother-in-law, laid out the town of Fal- mouth in 1792. He was elected to the Legislature for the years 1796, 1797, 1798, and 1799.

Christian Bucher came from Switzerland to avoid religious perseention. Hle was a member of the Men- nonite persuasion. He located among the Mennon- ites in the western part of Donegal township about the year 1760. On the 5th day of April, 1768, he married Frena (Frances), daughter of Melchoir Bren- eman. On April 17, 1768, the latter conveyed to him a tract of land, and on the 26th day of April, 1774, he conveyed to him another traet adjoining the first. This land was taken up and settled by William Bryans in 1720. The first-mentioned tract, where Mr. Bucher had his homestead, is now owned by John Hollinger. The old Peter's road, which ex- tended from the eastern end of the county to Conoy, ran through both of these farms. The road leading from Maytown to Elizabethtown also ran through the land, which is about one mile and a half from the former place. They had the following-named chil- dren : Annie, born Jan. 18, 1769; Elizabeth, born Nov. 1, 1770 ; Frances, born Dec. 30, 1772; Christian, born March 19, 1775; Mary, born Nov. 22, 1777; John, born Jan. 15, 1780; Martin, Joseph.

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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 51

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1320

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1320