Again, I've had the pleasure of "meeting" new family members. When Dawn commented on something she had seen on my blogsite, concerning her great grandmother, Addie Brachvogel Dague, our enthusiasm for this new contact encouraged me to be more diligent in blogging.
To begin...Addie's mother, Rosella Wilson Brachvogel was the twin sister of my ggrandmother, Rosetta Wilson Carrington. They were twins that had come to South Dakota by covered wagon when young girls. Addie had seven children. One of them, Dale had many children (13?) of whom one was Doyle Dean.
Dawn's information sent to me starts here: I may decide to "pick and choose" and paraphrase as I go along. I will eliminate the names of those living relatives but will include Dawn's information on my Family Tree program.
"Doyle Dean was born August 27, 1951 at Huron, SD and married Helen (Earlene) McDaniel, Sept. 16, 1972. Doyle was a miner. Pop died September 19, 2007 of a heart attack."
"Doyle Dean Dague of Pueblo West died at home Sept. 19, 2007 of a heart attack. He was born August 27, 1951 at Huron, SD to Dale and Betty Jean (Tollefson) Dague.
Mr. Dague worked in various jobs, starting with Spino's as a mobile home setter and then with Climax Molydenum Company as an underground miner until it closed in 1982. He then worked at Poncha Lumber, and returned to Climix until its second closing at which time he went to work for Salida Salvage.
He and Earlene moved to Kansas for a short time, but returned to Colorado which was home to them. He was currently employed in Colorado Springs for SkyWest Airlines.
He loved hunting pheasants in the Dakotas, boating on the pontoon with his family, especially his grandchildren, who lived to drive Poppy's pontoon.
Working with his hands was something he loved to do too, whether it was helping any of his many friends, extended family or working on their new dream home in Pueblo West, you could count on his help and expertise.
First and foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandpa, brother and friend, whose sense of humore and quick laugh will be greatly missed.
Mr. Dague is survived by...omitted, by blogger for privacy of surviving family.
Though not mentioned...I'm assuming that Doyle passed away in the state of Colorado. He sounds like someone who respected his role in family and gave his all to those who knew him. I wish I could have met him.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Part Two of Erich's Enke Findings
Quoting from Erich..."It turns out there was indeed a Ludwig Jakob Encke, age 23 as of 1776, from Bieber in the Hesse province in Germany. He was enrolled and immediately shipped to America in May 1776 as a bombadier in the Hanua Artillery Unit, after the first wave had already left. Incidently, a Johann Ludwig Encke of similar age and enrolled at the same time from Bieber, seem to have accompanied Ludwig. The nature of their relationship to him is unknown." Note: I guess I can see why I previously had John's father written down as Jacob.
"The majority of the unit was captured at Saratoga by the Americans. The prisoners were transferred to Virginia in Nov. 1778. The commander feared being transferred to Pennsylvania, because of the close association the Hessians had with the Pennsylvania Deutsch. In September 1782, "selling oneself" into three years indentured servitude began and subsequently being able to stay in the New World, as well as recruitment amongst the prisoners for the American side. The records say that Ludwig was indeed sold."
"How interesting...on April 10, 1786, almost exactly after those three years are up, we see Ludwig having his first child, Magdelene, with his wife, Elizabeth Muschlitz, daughter of Gottfried Muschlitz from Towamensing. Ludwig almost assuredly served Gottfried Muschlitz and became acquainted with his daughter. Gottfried was a German-speaking immigrant. At this point, we start seeing 'Lewis' in some documentsw, and 'Ludwig' in others.?"
"It is my belief that Lewis and Elizabeth had three children; the aforementioned Magdalene, Elizabeth born 1788 who later married Henry Swank, and John. If John's gravestone can be believed, John was born in 1786, and would have been twins with Magdalene, but if this is the case, then why isn't John recorded beside Magdalene in the baptismal registers?"
Erich then lists the documents that Lewis shows up in over the years. He ends this particular document with "Since Lewis doesn't appear on the 1830 census (but John does), my guess is that Lewis died by 1830, and did not move to Ohio with John. Finding Lewis' grave would be most helpful, as would any other primary sources."
I can use Erich's finding as examples of how to do family research the correct way. He doesn't assume anything, uses family "knowledge" as pointers, but looks towards documentation for everything. Erich is patient and though the internet is very important, he checks and double checks what is found there. I've spent too long assuming that gggrandfather, Peter DeLong, was indeed lost in a snowstorm in SD, as per my aunts. There is not hard evidence of this, and I'm going to direct my research to the state of Michigan where a death certificate awaits. A lesson learned!
"The majority of the unit was captured at Saratoga by the Americans. The prisoners were transferred to Virginia in Nov. 1778. The commander feared being transferred to Pennsylvania, because of the close association the Hessians had with the Pennsylvania Deutsch. In September 1782, "selling oneself" into three years indentured servitude began and subsequently being able to stay in the New World, as well as recruitment amongst the prisoners for the American side. The records say that Ludwig was indeed sold."
"How interesting...on April 10, 1786, almost exactly after those three years are up, we see Ludwig having his first child, Magdelene, with his wife, Elizabeth Muschlitz, daughter of Gottfried Muschlitz from Towamensing. Ludwig almost assuredly served Gottfried Muschlitz and became acquainted with his daughter. Gottfried was a German-speaking immigrant. At this point, we start seeing 'Lewis' in some documentsw, and 'Ludwig' in others.?"
"It is my belief that Lewis and Elizabeth had three children; the aforementioned Magdalene, Elizabeth born 1788 who later married Henry Swank, and John. If John's gravestone can be believed, John was born in 1786, and would have been twins with Magdalene, but if this is the case, then why isn't John recorded beside Magdalene in the baptismal registers?"
Erich then lists the documents that Lewis shows up in over the years. He ends this particular document with "Since Lewis doesn't appear on the 1830 census (but John does), my guess is that Lewis died by 1830, and did not move to Ohio with John. Finding Lewis' grave would be most helpful, as would any other primary sources."
I can use Erich's finding as examples of how to do family research the correct way. He doesn't assume anything, uses family "knowledge" as pointers, but looks towards documentation for everything. Erich is patient and though the internet is very important, he checks and double checks what is found there. I've spent too long assuming that gggrandfather, Peter DeLong, was indeed lost in a snowstorm in SD, as per my aunts. There is not hard evidence of this, and I'm going to direct my research to the state of Michigan where a death certificate awaits. A lesson learned!
More on the Enke Family
Little by little, the amazing Enke family is coming more clear to me. Recently Erich, of Enke history fame, shared a map on Google that showed the passage of that family from Germany to various parts of the United Sates.
A synopsis of Erich's hard and probably tedius work follows. John Enke is my ancestor, the father of Lydia Enke who married William White Wilson. He traveled (with wife Anne Pryor) "to Trumbull/Mahoning County, Ohio from somewhere in Pennsylvania, and that he traveled on from there to Knox County, Illinois. There is some disagreement regarding which and how many children John had, but for many, John has a sure place in their ancestry." Note: First I had nine children listed, though heard numbers as high as 15. Found at least two more today, while going through information.
I have a tentative "Jacob, married to Elizabeth" as John's father. Here's what Erich says. "I think I have definitely proven that our John's father is Lewis, from Auch Chunk, in Northampton county Pennsylvania (present day Jim Thorpe in carbondale county)."
"Lewis and Jesse Pryor Enke (John's son) stayed behind in Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County (the next county over). John is mentioned by name as Jesse's father in Alfred Alonzo's (Jesse's son) published family history (although facts ascribed to John pertain rather to Lewis --John left Pennsylvania before Alfred was even born so the confusion is understandable) and place names travel with our Enkes ("Elm", "mahoning', and "union") which link Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Northampton county Pennsylvania."
"Lewis was a native of Germany, who left his native country during the struggle for independence between England and the young colonies, and in this conflict he bore an active part AGAINST the Americans'. He was a man of considerable ability and intelligence, whose parents had set him apart for the church, but who thought for himself as he advanced in years and determined to choose his own career (the polite way of saying 'mercenary'). After the war ceased and the colonists were victorious, he settle at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania."
"Edith Elizabeth Enke (aka Edie Adms) also mentions in a documentary that her family has passed down the idea that our ancestor was a Hessian soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War."
A synopsis of Erich's hard and probably tedius work follows. John Enke is my ancestor, the father of Lydia Enke who married William White Wilson. He traveled (with wife Anne Pryor) "to Trumbull/Mahoning County, Ohio from somewhere in Pennsylvania, and that he traveled on from there to Knox County, Illinois. There is some disagreement regarding which and how many children John had, but for many, John has a sure place in their ancestry." Note: First I had nine children listed, though heard numbers as high as 15. Found at least two more today, while going through information.
I have a tentative "Jacob, married to Elizabeth" as John's father. Here's what Erich says. "I think I have definitely proven that our John's father is Lewis, from Auch Chunk, in Northampton county Pennsylvania (present day Jim Thorpe in carbondale county)."
"Lewis and Jesse Pryor Enke (John's son) stayed behind in Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County (the next county over). John is mentioned by name as Jesse's father in Alfred Alonzo's (Jesse's son) published family history (although facts ascribed to John pertain rather to Lewis --John left Pennsylvania before Alfred was even born so the confusion is understandable) and place names travel with our Enkes ("Elm", "mahoning', and "union") which link Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Northampton county Pennsylvania."
"Lewis was a native of Germany, who left his native country during the struggle for independence between England and the young colonies, and in this conflict he bore an active part AGAINST the Americans'. He was a man of considerable ability and intelligence, whose parents had set him apart for the church, but who thought for himself as he advanced in years and determined to choose his own career (the polite way of saying 'mercenary'). After the war ceased and the colonists were victorious, he settle at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania."
"Edith Elizabeth Enke (aka Edie Adms) also mentions in a documentary that her family has passed down the idea that our ancestor was a Hessian soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War."
Getting Back in the Swing of Things with the DeLong Family
As I have mentioned before, I worried about repeating myself in my blog so therefore "blogged myself" down and literally stopped using this wonderful communication tool. Recently there have been people visiting my site and commenting back to me, adding to my knowledge of family members. It's pretty exciting. Perhaps from them, and their parents I can fill in the many remaining questions I have. I just sent my Sept. Prairie Roots Newsletter to the printer, so this is a great time to restart. Don't know about Prairie Roots? Just let me know. A terrifically fun publication that I put out each quarter.
One such person Historian is Doug, whose information on the DeLong family has been very useful. He gave me a long report on the Descendents of Peter DeLong (what descendencey chart isn't long?). I'm going to go through it once again and share with readers that information that I hadn't know before. At the same time, I'll add these facts/stories to my Family Tree Program.
This Peter is the son of Arie (Orra) Delong and Jannetje (Jane) Van Vleckeren. He was born in 1805. He and two of his brothers, John and Richard all resided in Whitby Twp., Ontario County in 1851. Just checked and Ottawa County is near Grand Rapids.
Peter Sr. had a son, Peter, Jr., born 1838. Doug has mentioned the story of this Peter, moving to Michigan, and as a farmer and inventor, was killed when slipping between rail cars, while demonstrating his rail car coupler. I've been told, by family, that this Peter was killed in a snowstorm in Bonilla, SD. As I just wrote Doug, I must rid myself of this last story, enough to do some serious research on the inventor story. I had made the assumption that Peter Sr. was the inventor. I'm sure I'm not correct. I've had a Gentleman working with the railroad in Whitby looking for any history on this, and he has come up empty.
I've already posted most of Doug's information on my Family Tree program. It still was a good chance to think about these DeLong Ancestors and give more clearance on the movement this family made from New York, to different areas of Canada, to Michigan, than SD, then back to Canada.
One such person Historian is Doug, whose information on the DeLong family has been very useful. He gave me a long report on the Descendents of Peter DeLong (what descendencey chart isn't long?). I'm going to go through it once again and share with readers that information that I hadn't know before. At the same time, I'll add these facts/stories to my Family Tree Program.
This Peter is the son of Arie (Orra) Delong and Jannetje (Jane) Van Vleckeren. He was born in 1805. He and two of his brothers, John and Richard all resided in Whitby Twp., Ontario County in 1851. Just checked and Ottawa County is near Grand Rapids.
Peter Sr. had a son, Peter, Jr., born 1838. Doug has mentioned the story of this Peter, moving to Michigan, and as a farmer and inventor, was killed when slipping between rail cars, while demonstrating his rail car coupler. I've been told, by family, that this Peter was killed in a snowstorm in Bonilla, SD. As I just wrote Doug, I must rid myself of this last story, enough to do some serious research on the inventor story. I had made the assumption that Peter Sr. was the inventor. I'm sure I'm not correct. I've had a Gentleman working with the railroad in Whitby looking for any history on this, and he has come up empty.
I've already posted most of Doug's information on my Family Tree program. It still was a good chance to think about these DeLong Ancestors and give more clearance on the movement this family made from New York, to different areas of Canada, to Michigan, than SD, then back to Canada.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Getting Back to Martha (Pepper) Daugherty
This is Martha Peper Daugherty, 1838-1924. I'm getting tired of worrying about what my previous postings have contained and the desire NOT to duplicate. I'm thinking that that is what has made me cautious about blogging lately. Phooey...if I repeat myself, too bad. This is my 175th posting and I guess thath I want to get back to Martha.
What do I know about Martha Pepper Daugherty? Above you'll see an obituary of her.
Martha was born January 3, 1838, in Chillocothee, Ross County, Ohio. I need to find out where that is in the state. She was married to William Henry Daugherty February 19th, 1861 in Wapello, Iowa, though I do have an possibility of Delavan, Tazwell County, Iowa (stated by her obituary.) In front of me, after a bit of hunting through all my Daugherty information, I have a State of Iowa, Certificate of Marriage, County Wapello, of William H. Daugherty and Martha Pepper. There really is very little information other than this. They were married by A.A. Douglas, Justice of the Peace. Their marriage was License No. 23. I just deleted the Delavan, Tazwell County fact. I'm wondering who mistakenly wrote that in. Don't always believe everything in an obituary!
William Henry Daugherty and Martha Pepper Daugherty had 10 children, one being my ggrandfather, George Henry Daugherty. There is a possibility of them having only 9 children. William was said to have had some habits that were detrimental to their marriage. I have heard philandering, gambling, drinking...a "scallowag". No matter what his problems were, I have heard that Martha kicked him out of the house, where he ended up in a poor farm in Kansas. Martha was heard saying, "Don't bury me by that son-of-a-bitch." So needless to say, she's buried in Wessington Cemetery and he, in an unmarked grave in Glen Wood Cemetery, Glen Elder, Kansas. You've got to admire a woman with that kind of guts. I rather believe the gambling part, as William started with quite a bit of land and I'm not sure where it went. I need to do some more research on this.
Martha was the daughter of John Pepper and Rebecca Gordon. She was one of 11 children...many of them well educated. Thomas Shawcross has been very helpful in sharing his Pepper information. We really don't know about the Pepper family before John's parent, Frederick Pepper ( b. 1762 in Pennsylvania) and Deborah Gisburt ( born 1779 in Ohio). Of Deborah's parents, I know nothing. Of Frederick's maybe his father's name...Jacob.
There is so much information needed on the Pepper/Peppers family. Perhaps they were originally from Germany.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Letter to Bill (John William) Daugherty 1935
To begin this posting, I must admit a confusion of dates. Mother's great uncle Bill (John William) Daugherty was the brother of my ggrandfather George Daugherty. I have his death date as 1927, which does not jive with the date this letter was sent to Bill...Feb. 15th, 1935. Note: Just got a message from Mom and she said that that date must be wrong, as she remembers her mother and Dad (Irene and Fred Daugherty) living at Bill's place before they moved to Colorado and maybe before they lived in Bonilla. She remembers visiting them there. That certainly would date Bill's death no earlier than 1947. The letter was sent from Muscogee, Oklahoma.
I have John William Daugherty as born May 1862 in Illinois, the son of William Henry Daugherty and Martha Pepper Daugherty. He was married to Mary Murphy, in 1904. The area of Gettysburg, SD is located NW of Miller, or SE of Mobridge, on the east side of the Missouri River. This letter was written during the Great Depression.
Here are portions of the letter, copied from information from Helen McNeil (McGirr).
"Dear Friend, Will,
Your letter at hand and glad to hear from you. I often live over the times we had in Dakota during the summer of 1883--regarding the killings of a Buffalo near Gettysburg (SD). Chas. Bently and his cousin Ned Abercrombie and I were on claims in Potter County, some 8 miles SW of Gettysburg. It was late in the afternoon. I had a tent in which we had our beds and other belongings. Nearby was their shack, built across their two claims in which we had a stove and cooked and ate all our meals. Ned and I noticed Charley coming out of the tent and running out to where his horses were staked, jumping on one of them and away he went in a dead run towards the north, and towards two black looking objects, which we couln't make out what they might be.
Sometime during the night, Charley came to the tent and threw in one forefoot of the Buffalo, which he had brought to show us the reason for his wild ride. He told us in detail how he saw the 2 buffalo coming toward our habitation and ran to the tent for a bridle and jumping on his horse with one suspender holding his trousers up, gave chase. Knowing the buffalo had come from the direction of Gettysburg, he headed thence back that direction hoping that he could find the settlers there on the hunt for them and sure enough as he approached Gettysburg he saw several out, some on horses and one man afoot and who had an old army musket and who gave the gun to Charley. During this time our man who had a good gun had been shooting at one of the buffaloes, the other having escaped. Charles rode alongside the animal and let him have the contents of the old army musket, which brought the animal down and the other men with guns soon finished the battle. As I remember, two men with guns were at the finish and claimed it their game.
Charles claimed it was his one shot that brought the animal to the ground and as he had run them to these men he was going to have part of it. Well, Charles said to Ned and I, "Boys, we will get up early in the morning, go over to Gettysburg and we will bring back 1/3 of that buffalo." Of course, we unanimously agreed. So soon after sun up we were in Gettysburg. As I remember, these 2 men had a Hardware store. The 3 of us went into the store, quite a few townspeople were there standing around. The storekeeper had all the meat cut up and offering it for sale. Charles addressed the man, saying "I have come for my share of that buffalo." (Ned and I never said anything but tried to look as if we were ready for any emergency.) The man didn't agree that Charles was entitled to any of it. Charles says, "I run them in here and it was my shot that brought the animal to the ground, whereupon your men finished him and I claim 1/3 of it."
Charles knew one of the citizens who was in the store and evidently the town people were favorable to our having a share of the meat, so the 2 store keepers said all right. Charles at once offered some of our part to the man he was acquainted with and some others, but they said, "no, you have neighbors over where you are located and who would like it, we can get what we want of these men who were in at the killing" so we returned home after favoring out neighbors with fresh met, ourselves with several bountiful feeds. We salted the remainder and having it out in the hot sun for a few days where it cured.
Charles gave me a hunk of it when he left us to return home to teach school, having engaged to teach near his home town Aleda, Ill. Ned returned to Aledo and became a veterinarian. I came to Mo. and finally became a druggist. Have had my ups and downs and it seems mostly downs, but for all I had had a good time generally speaking. I have good health, like to work, have been busy today making a garden. Have a comfortable home in Muskogee, modern, gas, water and electricity. Due to my age (76) unable to have a steady job so I get a day or so now and then as relief for some druggist who want off. We came here in 1920 or '30. Wages $35.00 now $15 to $20 would be considered good. One man gave me $40 a week is just about broke now, has no clerk except the soda fountain help.
Well, Will, you had better sell out your Dakota holdings and come to the Ozarks. Here we have a fine climate, have had scarcely any winter. Letters from Mo. and Chicago today tell me all are well. I am glad to hear from you. Hope you can read this, 'tis 10:30 bed time. With very best regards, W.L.Crabb
I thought this letter very interesting. Killing a buffalo meant a lot of food for the people in that area. I did find the name W.L.Crabb periodically in Internet searches.
I have John William Daugherty as born May 1862 in Illinois, the son of William Henry Daugherty and Martha Pepper Daugherty. He was married to Mary Murphy, in 1904. The area of Gettysburg, SD is located NW of Miller, or SE of Mobridge, on the east side of the Missouri River. This letter was written during the Great Depression.
Here are portions of the letter, copied from information from Helen McNeil (McGirr).
"Dear Friend, Will,
Your letter at hand and glad to hear from you. I often live over the times we had in Dakota during the summer of 1883--regarding the killings of a Buffalo near Gettysburg (SD). Chas. Bently and his cousin Ned Abercrombie and I were on claims in Potter County, some 8 miles SW of Gettysburg. It was late in the afternoon. I had a tent in which we had our beds and other belongings. Nearby was their shack, built across their two claims in which we had a stove and cooked and ate all our meals. Ned and I noticed Charley coming out of the tent and running out to where his horses were staked, jumping on one of them and away he went in a dead run towards the north, and towards two black looking objects, which we couln't make out what they might be.
Sometime during the night, Charley came to the tent and threw in one forefoot of the Buffalo, which he had brought to show us the reason for his wild ride. He told us in detail how he saw the 2 buffalo coming toward our habitation and ran to the tent for a bridle and jumping on his horse with one suspender holding his trousers up, gave chase. Knowing the buffalo had come from the direction of Gettysburg, he headed thence back that direction hoping that he could find the settlers there on the hunt for them and sure enough as he approached Gettysburg he saw several out, some on horses and one man afoot and who had an old army musket and who gave the gun to Charley. During this time our man who had a good gun had been shooting at one of the buffaloes, the other having escaped. Charles rode alongside the animal and let him have the contents of the old army musket, which brought the animal down and the other men with guns soon finished the battle. As I remember, two men with guns were at the finish and claimed it their game.
Charles claimed it was his one shot that brought the animal to the ground and as he had run them to these men he was going to have part of it. Well, Charles said to Ned and I, "Boys, we will get up early in the morning, go over to Gettysburg and we will bring back 1/3 of that buffalo." Of course, we unanimously agreed. So soon after sun up we were in Gettysburg. As I remember, these 2 men had a Hardware store. The 3 of us went into the store, quite a few townspeople were there standing around. The storekeeper had all the meat cut up and offering it for sale. Charles addressed the man, saying "I have come for my share of that buffalo." (Ned and I never said anything but tried to look as if we were ready for any emergency.) The man didn't agree that Charles was entitled to any of it. Charles says, "I run them in here and it was my shot that brought the animal to the ground, whereupon your men finished him and I claim 1/3 of it."
Charles knew one of the citizens who was in the store and evidently the town people were favorable to our having a share of the meat, so the 2 store keepers said all right. Charles at once offered some of our part to the man he was acquainted with and some others, but they said, "no, you have neighbors over where you are located and who would like it, we can get what we want of these men who were in at the killing" so we returned home after favoring out neighbors with fresh met, ourselves with several bountiful feeds. We salted the remainder and having it out in the hot sun for a few days where it cured.
Charles gave me a hunk of it when he left us to return home to teach school, having engaged to teach near his home town Aleda, Ill. Ned returned to Aledo and became a veterinarian. I came to Mo. and finally became a druggist. Have had my ups and downs and it seems mostly downs, but for all I had had a good time generally speaking. I have good health, like to work, have been busy today making a garden. Have a comfortable home in Muskogee, modern, gas, water and electricity. Due to my age (76) unable to have a steady job so I get a day or so now and then as relief for some druggist who want off. We came here in 1920 or '30. Wages $35.00 now $15 to $20 would be considered good. One man gave me $40 a week is just about broke now, has no clerk except the soda fountain help.
Well, Will, you had better sell out your Dakota holdings and come to the Ozarks. Here we have a fine climate, have had scarcely any winter. Letters from Mo. and Chicago today tell me all are well. I am glad to hear from you. Hope you can read this, 'tis 10:30 bed time. With very best regards, W.L.Crabb
I thought this letter very interesting. Killing a buffalo meant a lot of food for the people in that area. I did find the name W.L.Crabb periodically in Internet searches.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Continuation of Ann Pryor Enke
The following is the rest of Jack's story of Mauch Chunk, Penn. I am quoting him on most of this posting.
"I mentioned that Mauch Chunk (Penn.) was founded in 1818 by Josiah White, head of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. Josiah had an aunt Hannah who married Thomas Pryor. These were all Quaker folk from Burlington Co., New Jersey (and later Philadelphia). Thomas and Hannah had four known children: Mary, John, George, and Thomas Jr. Mary Pryor married William Letchworth and several years ago I was surprised to find that this was the ancestry of my uncle (by marriage - husband of my dad's sister). John Pryor (2/14/1771) married Keziah Weeks and they had 12 children, the third of which was Anne (6/24/1799) who married 'Mr. Enk'. John and Keziah Pryor were among the early settlers of Mauch Chunk and he died in 1838 in Mauch Chunk. Keziah died in 1843 in Wilkes Barre.
Of the other children of Thomas and Hannah Pryor, George married Betty Pierson in 1803 (the extent of what I know of that branch) and Thomas White Pryor married Susanna Edge and they seem to have settled in Montgomery Co., Pa.
It is interesting that John and Anne (Pryor) Enke ended up in Mahoning Co., Ohio. A few miles south of Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe is the township of Mahoning. It was carved out of East Penn Township about 1833 and is still a mostly rural area. The town of Lehighton was originally part of this township but separated from it in the 1860s. It would be interesting to know the roots of Mahoning Co., Ohio and how it got its name.
Enke sounds like it could be a name of Pennsylvania German background. Maybe the spelling is a variation on 'Eck', a common 'Pennsylvania Deutsch' surname in southeastern PA. As for Annie White Wilson and her son, Wm. White Wilson, it is probably just a coincidence with no connection to the Josiah White. I had mentioned that Lydia (Anne's daughter) married a William White Wilson...interesting repetition of the White name. Josiah White had 5 children but only a couple reached maturity and none had children - so there's no living descendent of Josiah White today. Of Josiah's 5 siblings, only one brother seems to have had children.
You should be in luck researching the Pryors and Whites since my understanding is the Quakers kept very good genealogical records. I haven't been able to find anything on the background of Thomas Pryor, but the Whites I've traced back to the 1600s using the Family Search (Mormon Archives) website.
Looking at the map of Pennsylvania, I see that Jim Thorpe is located not far from the home of my uncle David. He lives in Allentown. I checked the Internet for information concerning the Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe area and found some terrific photos and information. I think I'll visit eBay and see what is to be found there.
"I mentioned that Mauch Chunk (Penn.) was founded in 1818 by Josiah White, head of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. Josiah had an aunt Hannah who married Thomas Pryor. These were all Quaker folk from Burlington Co., New Jersey (and later Philadelphia). Thomas and Hannah had four known children: Mary, John, George, and Thomas Jr. Mary Pryor married William Letchworth and several years ago I was surprised to find that this was the ancestry of my uncle (by marriage - husband of my dad's sister). John Pryor (2/14/1771) married Keziah Weeks and they had 12 children, the third of which was Anne (6/24/1799) who married 'Mr. Enk'. John and Keziah Pryor were among the early settlers of Mauch Chunk and he died in 1838 in Mauch Chunk. Keziah died in 1843 in Wilkes Barre.
Of the other children of Thomas and Hannah Pryor, George married Betty Pierson in 1803 (the extent of what I know of that branch) and Thomas White Pryor married Susanna Edge and they seem to have settled in Montgomery Co., Pa.
It is interesting that John and Anne (Pryor) Enke ended up in Mahoning Co., Ohio. A few miles south of Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe is the township of Mahoning. It was carved out of East Penn Township about 1833 and is still a mostly rural area. The town of Lehighton was originally part of this township but separated from it in the 1860s. It would be interesting to know the roots of Mahoning Co., Ohio and how it got its name.
Enke sounds like it could be a name of Pennsylvania German background. Maybe the spelling is a variation on 'Eck', a common 'Pennsylvania Deutsch' surname in southeastern PA. As for Annie White Wilson and her son, Wm. White Wilson, it is probably just a coincidence with no connection to the Josiah White. I had mentioned that Lydia (Anne's daughter) married a William White Wilson...interesting repetition of the White name. Josiah White had 5 children but only a couple reached maturity and none had children - so there's no living descendent of Josiah White today. Of Josiah's 5 siblings, only one brother seems to have had children.
You should be in luck researching the Pryors and Whites since my understanding is the Quakers kept very good genealogical records. I haven't been able to find anything on the background of Thomas Pryor, but the Whites I've traced back to the 1600s using the Family Search (Mormon Archives) website.
Looking at the map of Pennsylvania, I see that Jim Thorpe is located not far from the home of my uncle David. He lives in Allentown. I checked the Internet for information concerning the Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe area and found some terrific photos and information. I think I'll visit eBay and see what is to be found there.
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