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ARTHUR PATTERSON was a cousin of Alexander McNutt.
There was a HUGH WILSON who re- sided at Donegal Church, whose son Hugh (Hotel keeper) m. a daughter of Rev Colin McFarquahr.
SAMUEL EVANS
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Relating to the History of Dauphin County.
LXVIII.
THE SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY, 1689 .- Through the courtesy of J. Montgomery Forster, Esq., we have had the privilege of perusing a copy of Walker's "Diary of the Siege of Londonderry," Ireland. We found it contained the names of many of the ancestors of our Scotch-Irish set-
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tlement, and in order that our readers may learn the names ot some of those brave defenders of two centuries ago, we glean which follow :
William Campbell, John Hamilton, Adam Morrow, Richard Robinson,
Alexander Stewart, James Curry,
Thomas Johnston,
Wm. Hamilton,
John Hamilton, Robert Rogers,
Robert Boyd,
Arthur Hamilton,
Ralph Fullerton,
James Cunningham,
Cunning-Arch. McCulloch,
Michael ham, Alex. Sanderson,
Robert Bayley,
Arch. Sanderson,
John McClelland,
Andrew Hamilton,
James Graham,
Wm. Thompson,
Robert Wallace, Richard Fleming, Benj. Wilkins, John Buchanan,
Joseph Johnston, James Young,
Richard Cormach,
Thomas Barnett, WVm. Stewart,
Patrick Moore,
John Humes, Robert Dennison,
Francis Wilson, John Logan,
MarmadukeStewart, Robert Walker,
James Fleming, James McCormick,
John Campbell, John Cochran,
James Carr, John Cunningham, Wm. Montgomery, Francis Boyd. James Moore,
Among "the clergymen who stayed in London-Derry during the siege," was Rev. Andrew Robinson, who we are in- inclined to believe was the father of An- drew Robinson, of Derry, and Thomas Robinson. of Hanover, early settlers of this locality.
TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTS found in the family grave yard on the "old Peter Ebersole farm" in South Hanover twp., Dauphin county, one mile north of Hum- melstown:
Ebersole, Peter, b. Sept. 29, 1757; d. Sept. 4, 1804.
Ebersole, Barbara, w. of P., b. Dcc. 5, 1764; d. Mar. 20, 1825.
Ebersole, John, b. Nov. 12, 1786; d. Jan. 12, 1868. Ebersole, Annie, w. of J., b. Oct. 10, 1794; d. June 24, 1869.
Ebersole. Jacob D., s. of Peter and Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1849; d. July 16, 1875. Carberry, James, sen., b. Nov. 27, 1797 ; d. Mar 3, 1837.
Carberry, Margaret, w. of J., sen., b. April 17, 1796; d. July 31, 1865.
Carberry, James, Jr., b. 1816; d. Oct. 10, 1841.
Brenneman, Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1784: d. May 2, 1834.
Gerberich, David, b. Mar. 27, 1812 ; d. April 3, 1839.
Gerberich, Mary Ann, d. of David and Rebecca; b. Sept. 9, 1837 ; d. Nov. 24. 1852. Schmidt, Jobn, b. Sept. 24, 1777: d. Aug. 26, 1811.
THE FAMILY OF SHAFFNER.
I. HENRY SHAFFNER came to Amer- ica about the middle of the eighteenth century from Bossell, Germany ; settled at Gloucester, Lancaster county, Penn. sylvania, where he worked two years with a Mr. Harris, where he worked for his fare. He afterwards came to Middle- town, Dauphin county, where he bought two lots of ground and where he died in the year 1773: his trade was a hemp dresser. His wife was a native of Bar- ren, Germany. They had issue :
i. Henry, the oldest son; settled in Lebanon county, Penna .; m. Christiana
ii. Barbara, m. a Mr. Hess, of Switz- erland.
2. iii. Elizabeth; m. Christopher Alle- man.
iv. Susan, m. a Mr. Rewalt.
v. Jacob, m. Margret Smith. 3. vi. Martin, m. Fanny Haldeman. II. ELIZABETH SHAFFNER (Henry) m. CHRISTOPHER ALLEMAN of Middle- town, Pa. They removed at the close of the century to Cumberland county, in the vicinity of Newville; he was the owner of a grist and saw mill; both buried in a farm graveyard, and had issuc (surname Alleman) :
i. John, m. Catharine Shott, b. Feb 23, 1782, and had issue, Catharine and Christiana, who became respectively the wives of Samuel Boyer and Michael New- man, the latter residing in Harrisburg.
Mrs. Alleman m. secondly March 14, 1809, by Rev. F. Peterson, JOHN WHIT- MAN; b. Dec. 30, 1786, in Wernsheim, Wurtemburg, Germany ; he was the grandfather of Benjamin Whitman, a native of Middletown, Pa., now a promi- nent and influential citizen of Erie, Pa.
ii. Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1781; d.
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April 21, 1835; m. John Jacob Parthe more; b. Dec. 21, 1766; d. June 13, 1843; son of John Philip Pa' themore and Ann Eve Hypsher; they had a large family, of whom our townsman, George F. Rohrer, is the grandson.
iii. Magdalena, b about 1790; d. about 1839; m. Oct. 7, 1806, Frederick Parthc- more; b. 1781; d. 1846; son of John Philip Parthemore and Ann Eve Hyp. sher; they had a large family of whom the wife of George W. Rhoads, of this city, is a granddaughter.
III. MARTIN SHAFFNER, (Henry) b. Feb. 27, 1759; m. Aug. 5, 1782, Fanny Haldeman, b. January 30, 1762, whose mother's maiden name was Herr and came from Germany accompanied with her five brothers. Martin Shaffner at an early age bought for $200 225 acres of land in the vicinity of Middletown, Pa., where he lived; at the end of twenty two years sold it for $3,500 and moved to Ly- kens valley, where he purchased one hundred acres. They had issue:
i. Jacob, b. August 22, 1783; was mar- ried and had seven children.
ii. Nancy, b. Oct. 7, 1785; d. - 1830 in Millersburg, Pa .; m. John Fleish- er, b. - , 1780; they had issue twelve . children, one of whom, Simon Fleisher, b. March 31, 1821, m. Elizabeth Parthe- more resides in Annville, Pa.
iii. Martin, b. January 22, 1787; m.and had twenty-one children.
iv. Henry, b April 25, 1789, m. and had eight children.
v. Christian (first), b. Oct. 16, 1791; d. aged 16 mo.
4. vi Frederick, b. December 9, 1793; m. Catharine Deibler
vii. John, b. Jan. 28, 1796; m. and had five children.
viii. Christian (second), b. April 1,1799; m. and had eight children.
ix. Fanny. b. Jan. 21, 1801; m. and bad nine children.
x. Elizabeth, b Jan. 9, 1803; m. and had ten children.
IV. FREDEICK SHAFFNER (Martin, Henry) b. Dec. 9, 1793; resides at Steel- ton, Dauphin county, Penna., at the ripe old age of ninety-two years, and the only survivor of his father's family ; m. August 29, 1815, CATHARINE DEIBLER, b. May 7, 1797; d. Nov. 18, 1859; dau. of George
Deibler and Barbara Garman (b. Jan. 25, 1773-May 19, 1853) ; they had issue :
i. Mary, b. Oet. 13, 1816.
ii. Sophia, b. July 2, 1818; d. aged 9 mo. 22 days.
iii. John George, b. Feb. 22, 1820; had a number of children ; John and Jacob, residing in Harrisburg, Pa.
iv. Isaac, b. June 17, 1823.
v. Emanuel, b. May 23, 1825.
vi. John Frederick, b. March 7, 1827. vii Jacob b. April 12, 1830; m., first Miss Reily ; second, Miss Rise; resides in Harrisburg, Pa.
viii. Philip b Jan. 10, 1832.
ix. Catharine b. Jan. 26, 1834.
x. Barbara b. December 7, 1835.
xi Fanny b. Dec. 2, 1837.
xii. Martin b March 4. 1842.
OLD TIME REMINISCENCES.
[The following items of interest con- corning matters and people figuring more especially in the "Upper End," were gathercd from the recollections of Joseph Miller, of Lykens, in 1876, whe for many years was clerk to the county commis- sioners. ]
William Clark, from whom Clark's Valley was named, was United States Treasurer, at Washington, under John Quincy Adams' administration. He was also in Congress for many years. He was a member of the Convention to Re- form the Constitution of Pennsylvania in 1838. He lived in Clark's Valley, near what is now known as the Red Bridge- at the terminus of the Peter's Mountain turnpike. He was a venerable man- florid, healthy complexion, iron-gray hair, well dressed, in black, tall and stately. William Robinson's wife, of Dauphin, is a daughter of his. His son was elected to the Legislature in Mark Whitman's place. William Clark was supposed to have been in Government service on Lake Erie during the war of 1812.
Dauphin was formerly called Greens- burg, until incorporated into a borough, in honor of Innes Green, son of Col. Timothy Green, of Revolutionary fame. Innes Green had been a member of Con- gress from the Congressional district of which Dauphin forms a part for a num-
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ber of years. He was also an Associate Judge of Dauphin county for many years, in fact until he died. Innes Green lived in Dauphin where William J. Robinson resided. There he died.
Among the Hessians captured at the battle of Trenton, who remained in America, was Peter Stein, grandfather of Charles and Peter L. Stein, living in Washington township; Schwalm, father of the present aged Frederick, yet living in Schuylkill county, five or six miles east of Gratz.
Andrew Daniel, sr., in the army of the Revolution, held a commission of cn- sign; lived and died on the farm now in possession of one of his grandchildren, Simon Daniel; in Lykens township. He told of the battle of Brandy wine-in the retreat. meeting his captain, inquiring where the other men were.
The last slave in Dauphin county was the property of Archibald McAllister, living on the land occupied by Fort Hun - ter. This slave is buried on this land. Tomb yet to be seen near the railway.
The land of the Summit Branch R. R. company, from Williamstown, including the whole of Williams' Valley, eastward across the Schuylkill line, and northward, including the whole of Bear Valley, and for some distance eastward in Bear Val- lcy, had been warranted by Daniel Wil- liams prior to the year 1800 This tract also included the property known as the "Old Mill" property. Daniel Williams was a native of Philadelphia; a very extensive land owner throughout the State, and had been a county commis- sioner from the county of Philadelphia for 15 years prior to the year 1800. He had also patented lands now in Union, Lycoming, Clinton, Northumberland, Schuylkill. Berks, Mifflin and other counties The whole of New Jack's mountain, from Berlin Lewistown, was patented to him, in different name =. About 150,000 acres were thus patented. He died in 1805. His heirs, having no sons to the narrator's knowledge but a daughter married to a man by the name of Moulson, of Phila- delphia, he (Moulson) claimed these lands. He came up frequently and sold parts for farming, considering the moun- tains as worth nothing, which are now
the most valuable. The heirs of Moulson neglected this valuable estate. The taxes remained unpaid-lands sold for the taxes-all could yet have been redeemed as late as 1846. In 1854 John McKee, a son-in law of Moulson, made efforts to secure them-all in vain, however. They were sold for taxes in 1848. Henry Buehler, in 1830, or thereabouts, war- ranted these same lands by new warrants and suffered the lards so warranted- being the same of Williams' or Moulson's -to be sold, and then had them bought in for the purpose of erasing the claims of Daniel Williams and heirs. He also had bought the interests of some of the heirs of Moulson. These warrants ot Williams and Buehler also included the only settlement that ever existed in Bear Valley, which was occupied by a man by the name of Conrad, whose right of possession was purchased by Charles Snyder, and others, of Harrisburg, prior or immediately after the year 1828. Conrad had lived in Gratz, and was a shoemaker by trade.
Conrad Updegrove had squatted on parts of these lands of Daniel Williams, including the lands now occupied by the best portion of Williamstown. Some timc prior to the years 1832 or 1833 a man by the name of E. W. Roberts laid claim to the part so occupied and in possession of Conrad Updegrove. He claimed it under the Williams title, and entered suit of ejectment against Conrad Updegrove in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas of the year 1833, upon which suit Updegrove engaged John Adams Fisher, of Harrisburg, as his counsel. who defended the title of Updegrove, which he held by right of possession. The Court awarded Upde- grove 300 acres.
Williams' patents embraced the lands from east of the Schuylkill line west- ward through Williams and Bear Valleys, to a place called by him the "Narrows" -according to his letters now on file in the County Commissioner's office, Har- risburg Those letters are valuable, as detailing much of his life and troubles.
John MeKee who came with his trunk- full of patents of Williams' marricd a grand-daughter of Williams'.
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EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE FOUN- DER.
[As at this period mueh interest is taken in every portion of the life of the Founder of our eity, John Harris, we give plaec to the following ineidents in his history, which are in fact portions of that of our State.]
In 1755 the disastrous defeat of Brad- doek oceurred on the banks of the Mo- nongahela. This unfortunate and unex- pected event east a pall of gloom over the minds of the settlers, and they feared the worst consequenees. True to their cx pectations, scarce three months had elapsed after this event till a body of In- dians from the West Branch tell upon the settlement at Penn's ereek. The attack was made upon the 12th of October, 1754, and every person in the settlement, consisting of twenty five, ineluding men, women and children, with the exception of one man, who made his escape, though dangerously wounded, were either killed or earried into eaptivity. The seenc of havoe and devastation pre- sented in this onee happy settlement, is deseribed to have been mournful in the extreme. They barbarously killed and scalped a large number, and carried the rest into captivity. Their houses were burned and their fields laid waste. A number of settlers near the scene of the massaere immediately came up to bury the dead. They deseribed the scene as follows : "We found but thirteen, who were men and elderly women. The children we suppose to be carried away prisoners. The house where we suppose they finished their murder we found burned up; the man of it named Jacob King, a Swisser, lying just by it. He lay on his back barbarously burn- ed, and two tomakawks sticking in his forehead; one of those newly marked W. D. We have sent them to your Honor. The terror which has driven away almost all the baek inhabi- tants, except the subscribers, with a few more, who are willing to stay and defend the land; but as we are not at all able to defend it for want of guns and ammuni- tion, and few in numbers, so that without assistance we must flec and leave the country to the mercy of the enemy." Jacob King, alias Jacob LeRoy, who was
so inhumanly butehercd, had only lately arrived from Europe. At the time of his murder his daughter, Annie LeRoy, and some others, were made prisoners and taken to Kittanning, where she was kept a captive for about four years.
This massacre spread terror and eon- sternation throughout the settlements; and on intelligenee being received below, about the 20th of October, a party of forty five, commanded by John Harris, set out from Harris' Ferry (now Harris- burg, ) and proceeded to the seene of the disaster, where they also found and buried a number of mangled bodies of the victims. From this place they pro- eeeded to Shamokin to see the Indians and prevail upon them, if possible, to re- main neutral. This visit, it is alleged, they were persuaded to make by John Shiekelemy and Old Belt. Their recep- tion at the village was civil, but not cor dial, and they perceived, as they thought, that their visit had diseoneerted the sav ages. They remained there till the next morning. During the night they heard some Indians, about twelve in number, talking to this purpose: "What are the English come here for ?" Says another: "To kill us, I suppose; and we then send off some of our nimble young men to give our friends notice, that can soon be here." They soon after sang the war song, and four Indians went off, in two canoes, well armed. One eanoe went down the river, and the other aeross. In the morning they made a few presents to the Indians, who promised to remain neutral, and as- sist them against a large scalping party of French and Indians, that they had learned were on their way aeross the Al- legheny mountains to attack the settle- ments. They were distrustful of the good faith of the Indians, after what they had heard the previous night, and were anxious ta get away. Before leaving the village on their return, they were privately warned by Andrew Montour, a half breed Indian interpeter, not to take the road on the western side of the river, but continue on down the eastern side, as he believed it to be dangerous. They, however, disregarding his warning, either relying on the good faith of the Indians at Shamokin, or suspecting that
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he intended to lead them into an ambuscade, and marched along the flats on the west side of the river. The fording place across Penn's Creek was then at the place where the stream divides, one part passing soutb, the other and main embouchure turning nearly due east, towards the Susquehanna. This was the branch which Harris and his party were to pass. The northern shore of the creek, where they entered the water, was low; on the southern side-the head of the Isle Que-was a high and steep bank, near and parallel to which was a deep natural hollow where the savages. some thirty in number, lay concealed. Before the whites, partly on foot and partly mounted, had well time to ascend the bank, the savages rose and fired on them. Four were killed. Harris states that himself and about fifteen of his men immediately took to trees and returned the fire, killing four Indians, with the loss of three more men. They retreated to the river, and passed it with the loss of four or five men drowned. Harris was mounted, and in the flight was entreated by one of the footmen, a large fat man, and a doctor, to suffer him to mount behind him. With some un- willingness he consented (fortunately for himself, ) and they entered the river. They had not got entirely out of rifle distance when a shot struck the doctor in the back, and he fell wounded into the river, from whence he never rose. The horse was wounded by another shot, and faliing, Harris was obliged to abandon him and swim part of the way. The remainer of the party, after several days of toilsome marching through the rugged country, reached home in safety.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Relating to the History of Dauphin County.
LXIX.
DR. PRICE, OF MIDDLETOWN-(N. & Q., lxvii). - I can only say that the Wash . ington Hotel was at the corner of Main street and Centre Square, now occupied by Mr. Jacob Rife, and Dr. Price's office and residence, at the time of his death, was on the Square, at the corner, and Main cross street, now Union street, in
the present ownership of George Rod- fong. The Dr.'s. widow afterwards mar- ried Christian Spayd. J. R.
A NEW DIRECTORY OF THE CITY .- We see it announced that a new Direc- tory for the city of Harrisburg is being canvassed for by the agents of the former publisher. As so much fault has been found with the Directories for 1883 and 1884, we deem it proper to give a few words of advice, which to the wise is al- ways appreciated. We have taken notice that in recent years the directory for this city has been very carelessly gotten ur. Those whose duty it is to secure a full and perfect record of the names of our citizens have slighted their work, and "the sins of omission" are without number. According to the directory of 1884, the number of inhabi- tants judging by a comparison with 1883 would be from 500 to 1,000 less-while that of 1883 compared with the previous directory would show a similar falling off. We know that this is not the case- but that our city's population is on the increase due The cause of this discrepancy is to the sloven)y manner in which the record is made-or per chance to the giving the work into the hands of persons too ignorant or too lazy to perfect their labor. A new directory for Harrisburg is indispensable-and it is especially appropriate in this Centennial year of our City's History. But it should be done well. It should be no partial re- cord, but every householder's name and residence should be given, no matter in what portion of the city hc or she resides. Our citizens have been imposed upon long enough, and now we think that every subscriber or advertiser in the Centennial Directory will insist that the work shall be thoroughly and well done. It is deserving so to be, and if Mr. Boyd will assure us all of this fact, he will deserve to be encouraged. If not, we hope it will be the last Directory published by him. W. H. E.
THE PURITY OF THE BALLOT BOX.
[The following memorial is just as worthy of consideration to day as it was over a century ago. It is deserving preservation in Notes and Queries, and
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should remind us of the faet, that the purity of our elections is just as sure a safeguard to our liberties now as then. ]
PAXTANG, 26th Jan. 1781. To the Hon'ble Gen'l Assembly of
Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, when sitting:
The Petition of the Subseribers belong- ing to the 9th and 10th Battalions of Laneaster eounty, most humbly sheweth:
That when the County was divided into Distriets, for the greater ease and Encouragement of the Inhabitants to at. tend our annual Eleetions, the Place ap- pointed for us to meet in this District, is quite inconvenient, lying so mueh off to the one side, and so remote from the greatest number of the Inhabitants, that it, by no means, answers the valuable purpose of said Division: may it there- fore please this Hon'ble House to alter our Place of Meeting on that occasion, and order it, instead of John Garber's, to be for the future at - as more con- tiguous to the majority of the voters, and so tending greatly to promote the lauda- ble design of the original plan.
That, as not only the place of eleetion, but even the elections themselves while kept pure, and are properly conducted, are of the last tmportance, as being in a great measure the foundation of our Lib. erties; we flatter ourselves, this Hon'ble House will do every thing in their power to seeure their purity and freedom; and, as it's well known that the Laws respeet- ing eleetions now in being are either in- sufficient, or that the force of them may be eluded by some base and low arts, to the great Prejudice of our invaluable privileges; For may we not as well be bound by the decisions of the British Parliament as subjected to Laws framed in this house by a set of Men not duly eleeted by the fair and un biass'd votes of the Freemen; but thrust in hy the collusive arts of a few corrupt and ill designing men; and how soon such a house may be formed and the dis- mal consequences felt, if not timely pres vented, may be easily conjectured; May it therefore please this Hun'ble House to take this dangerous and alarming evil under their serious and immediate con sideration, and provide some effectual
remedy against it; and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray.
NEIDIG FAMILY.
I. PETER NEIDIG, died prior to 1800, leaving a wife Anna Maria, and chil- dren :
i. John.
ii. [A dau. ]; m. George Hartman.
iii. Peter; d. Mareh, 1852; and by will left his estate to his nephews, Henry Nei- dig, of East Hanover, and his relative, George Mumma, of Cumberland county, Pa.
iv. John George.
The widow and son John were execu- tors of the estate.
II. JOHN NEIDIG, probably of the fam- ily, b. May 20, 1771, in Berks county, Pa .; d. January 11, 1844, in Swatara township, Dauphin county, Pa .; was a minister fifty-one years; m. MARY BEAR, b. May 20, 1771, in Lancaster county, Pa .; d. October, 1842, in Dauphin eounty. They had issue:
i. Elizabeth; b. April 10 1790; d. Dec. 3, 1821; m. Michael Frantz; and had issue (surname Frantz) :
1. Mary; m. John Raysor. 2. Elizabeth; m. John Miller.
ii. Abraham, b. June 12, 1793, d. July 19, 1853, in Frederick county Md. ; m. Feb. 12, 1818, by Rev. George Loehman, Naney Hagey, and had one son.
iii. Daniel, b. 1795; d. Sept. 6, 1822; m. Fanny Nisley, and had a daughter, Mary married Samuel Bowman.
iv. John, b Jan. 18, 1787; d. Dec. 20, 1871, in Linn county, Iowa; m. Nancy Hershey, daughter of Rev. Hershey, of Lancaster county, Pa.
3. v. Samuel, b. April 27, 1798; m. Elizabeth Miller.
vi. Annie ; d. at the age of tw Ive years, in Dauphin eo. Pa.
wii Jacob; b. Dee. 25, 1806 ; d. March 10, 1888, in Cumberland co. Pa .; m. Catharine Shoop; and had issue:
1. John.
2. Harry.
viii. Benjamin ; b. February 22, 1808 ; resides in Muscatine, Iowa; m. 1st., Cath- arine Snavely, of Cumberland co., Pa., m. 2dly, Mary Hershey, of Hagerstown, Md.
ix. Isaac ; b. Oct. 8, 1809 ; resides in
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Muscatine, Iowa ; m. Mary Miller, d. April, 1849; daughter of Andrew Miller; and had one son and four daughters.
x. Jonathan, b. April 3, 1811; d. Feb. 20, 1868, in Lancaster co , Pa .; m. Catha- rine Hershey, danghter of Rev. Hershey, of Manor township, Lancaster co., Pa.
III. SAMUEL NEIDIG (John, ) b. April 27, 1798, d. April 27, 1851, in Highspire, Dauphin Co. Penna. ; m. Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Andrew Miller and his wife Anna Good. They had issue :
i. Mary, b. July 29, 1827; d Jan. 14, 1852; m. Isaac Nisley, son of Martin Nisley and had issue (surname Nisley) : 1. Emma m. Michael Cassel. ii. Solomon, b. April 5, 1833; d. Jan. 6, 1853.
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