[73810]
[S9340]
1850 Census, Kensington Ward 3, Philadelphia Co., PA
[73811]
[S9340]
1850 Census, Kensington Ward 3, Philadelphia Co., PA
[54042]
[S5938]
1850 Census, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL
[54043]
[S5938]
1850 Census, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL
_Isaac Harrington BROWN _+
| (1822 - 1901) m 1844
_Frank Fee BROWN ____|
| (1848 - 1911) m 1876|
| |_Sarah Ellen FEE ________+
| (1826 - 1901) m 1844
|
|--Bertha B. BROWN
| (1881 - ....)
| _________________________
| |
|_Anna Jane ROBERTS __|
(1856 - 1920) m 1876|
|_________________________
[38733]
[S3279]
1900 Census, Fremont, Dodge Co., NE
__
|
_James ELDER ________|
| (1712 - 1818) |
| |__
|
|
|--Robert ELDER
| (1730 - 1807)
| __
| |
|_Elizabeth COLE _____|
|
|__
[92764]
1790 Census, Franklin Co., PA
1 M 16+ (Robert), 3 M 0-15.
2 F.
THE WILL OF ROBERT ELDER,1807
From the papers of Louise Elder Gillispie, Rt. 2 Billings, Missouri, 7/81. Path Valley map
THE WILL OF ROBERT ELDER, 1807 Will Book "B" p. 320, Chambersburg, PA.
The Will of Robert Elder, of Fannett Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, yeoman.
I give and devise the plantation I now live upon in the township, county and state aforesaid I give and devise the same unto my two sons Joseph and Samuel to be equally divided between them and I give and devise wife Mary all personal effects. I give and devise to my son Samuel all my moveable property after the death of my wife Mary. To my son David, all my waering apparel and forty pounds in cash and to son Abraham in Huntingdon County, forty pounds in cash and to my son John, thirty pounds in cash. To my son Robert, fifty pounds to be paid to him by the said Joseph and Samuel. And I also give to my son Matthew, three pounds five shillings to be paid to him by the said Joseph and Samuel and lastly I nominate and appoint my two sons Joseph Elder and Samuel Elder to be executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me made. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 4th day of October, 1799.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Robert Simeson
James Alexander
Proved April 27, 1807.
Deed Feb 4, 1819 Between Samuel Elder, of Fannett Twp, Franklin Co, PA and Jean his wife and Joseph Elder of same. Consideration Twenty pounds, far all his the said Samuel's share in the plantation situated in Fannett Twp. which was bequeathed to the said Joseph and Samuel by their father, Robert Elder by his last will and Testament dated Oct 4, 1791.
Deed Book 12, p. 190 Chambersburg, PA
Deed March 13, 1815. Release of Joseph Elder and wife Mary, to Samuel Elder for all his the said Joseph Elder's share in the Plantation bequeathed to the said Joseph and Samuel by their father, Robert Elder, by will dated Oct 4, 1791.
Deed Book 11, p. 533, Chambersburg, PA.
Patent to Robert Elder, 1765
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To All to whom these presents shall come. Know Ye that in consideration of the munies paid by Robert and Mary Elder in trust, and Alexander McConnell, for the Warrants hereinafter mentioned and of the sum of fifty-five dollars and twenty-two cents in full since paid by Nicholas Keefer, into the Treasury office of the Commonwealth, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Nicholas Keefer, a certain tract of land situated in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, adjoining lands of John Bossart, John Eatten, John Hindman, Abraham Keefer, heirs of Andrew Marshall, heirs of James Hindman, containing 239 acres and 24 perches, which said tract of land was surveyed in pursuance of two warrants, one dated 20 Aug. 1765, and granted to the said Robert Elder and Mary his wife in trust, and the other dated 27 March 1788, granted to the said Alexander McConnell and the right of the said land became vested in the said Nicholas Keefer.
Patent Book H-8, p. 466, Harrisburg, Pa.
Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Robert's (1730-1807) Children:
[Added brackets from Lee Elder's list]
1. David [b. 1752, son of Robert and Elizabeth Watt] m. [11-15-1787] Jane BOGGS, dau. of Andrew
Settled 1796 Huntingdon Co PA or [Half Moon] Centre Co PA d. 9 May 1822
[Buried: Graysville, Huntington Co PA]
2. Abraham, b. 1754, son of Robert and Elizabeth Watt]
m. Susannah ARDERY, 1784 [1780], dau of James and Sarah
Settled in Centre Co, PA 1785 [d. 7-07-1827]
[Buried: Graysville, Huntington Co PA] Susannah [d. 1831, Buried Graysville]
3. John, b. 1757, [son of Robert and Mary ___]
m. Sarah BARR [6-24-1790, Cumberland PA-Middlespring Presb. Ch],
dau of Thomas of Lurgan Twp
d. after 1836 [Land record of 1836 - To Laird]
4. Robert, b. 27 Dec 1760 [son of Robert and Mary ____]
m. 7 Mar 1793 Susanna GAMBLE [dau Samuel and Eliz.] Clymer to Robert Jr. - Land record of 1794
d.1804 Will 3 Aug 1804 [Buried: Dry Run? Rev. soldier of Franklin Co]
5. Matthew, b. [1764, son of Robert and Mary___]
m. Jane McConnell 15 Dec 1796? dau of John and Rachel Matthew Elder to Piper -1825
[Buried: Dry Run?]
6. Joseph, b. abt 1770 [11-20-1770, son of Robert and Mary___] Joseph to son John - 1824
m. Mary "Polly" Walker May 8, 1800
See: Path Valley Presbyterian Marriage Records, 1794 - 1800 (in Harrisburg, PA State Archives)
Joseph Sr. moved with JR. - to Westmoreland Co PA before 1850 [Sr. d.1858, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co PA]
7. Samuel, b. after 1772 [son of Robert and Mary____]
m. Jane TRUESDALE, 1797 (her mother: m/2 Isaac STARK)
d. Fannett Twp. Will probated 3-18-1847
Children: Robert, Elizabeth, Joseph (b.1804),James,William,Abraham,Samuel,Sarah,John (b.1816?)
Joseph's children: William Oliver Elder, David, Mary Ann (m. Denton Oliver Shearer)
Joseph (1804-1886) and wife Mary buried in Upper PV Presb. Church Cem
***
Thanks to Alfred Young for sending handwritten copy of Orphans Court Records:
RE: ROBERT ELDER and wife MARY (-) THORN:
Cumberland County, PA Orphans Court Records,
Docket (Book) 2, Page 174, 176, 177
Year 1773, February
"Upon the petition of Joseph Thorn eldest son of JOHN THORN late of Hamilton township Yeoman Deceased to the Court setting forth that his Father Died Intestate owner of two small Tracts of Land Situate in Hamilton Township in this county adjoining Lands of George Mathews John Hindman John Bussard and the North Mountain including a small improvement; and containing in the whole two hundred and Forty Acres or Thereabouts: That he left Mary his Widow (now the Wife of a certain Robert ELDER) and lawfull Issue Five Children namely Joseph (the Petitioner) James, Martha, Ester, & Ann:That the said Lands cannot be Divided amongst all the children of the Deceased without predudice to ...the whole and praying the Court to appoint an Inquest to view and value the same Lands...."
The Court do order that the high Sheriff of the county of Cumberland aforesaid Summon an inquest and go to the Lands and Tenements in Said Petition mentioned and appraise the same and make report of their proceedings to next Orphans Court.
-- By the Court--
Whereas by an Order of Orphans Court held at Carlisle for the County of Cumberland the Seventeenth Day of February last the Sheriff of the County aforesaid was Ordered to Summon an Inquest and go to the lands and Tenements of a Certain John Thorn Dec'd in Said Order mentioned and if they should find that the same could not be Divided to and among all the Children of the said Deceased without Injury to and affecting the whole that then they should apprise the same and make report of their proceedings to Next Orphans Court.
Whereupon Ephraim Blaine high Sheriff of the County aforesaid did according to the said order Summon an Inquest of twelve Lawfull men of his Bailiwick (viz) Joseph Armstrong, Robert M'Connel, Samuel Patton, James M'Connel, Alexander Mathews, George Mathews, Joseph Eatton, John Eatton, John M'Connel, James Hindman and James Kelly, who upon their respective Gather did say that they went in their proper persons to the Improvement and Lands therein mentioned in said order late the property of said John Thorn and then and there did Find that the same could not be Divided to and among the said parties in said order Mentioned without prededuce to and spoiling the whole. Therefore the Inquest upon their oaths did value and appraise the same tract of Land and appurtenances at the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds Lawfull Money of Pennsylvania Subject to the Propriators purchase money and Quit Rents now due and to become due for the same.
Whereupon Joseph Thorn the oldest son of the said John Thorn Deceased came into Court and prayeth the Court that he may hold and possess the said Improvements and Tract of Land and Premisis in as full and ample a manner as his late father John Thorn Dec'd held and Possessed the same he paying the other Children and Legal Representatives of the said Deceased their respective shares agreeable to the said Valuation.
Whereupon it is further Considered by the Court that the said Joseph Thorn Eldest son of said Deceased do ... in his hands the sum of Seventy six pounds Thirteen Shillings and ten pence being his share of the same as eldest son of the said Deceased also pay Mary the Widow of the said Dec'd now the Wife of Robert Elder the sum of six pounds Eighteen Shillings yearly during her natural Life, to James Thorn son of John Dec'd the sum of Thirty eight pounds six Shillings and eleven pence, to Martha the sum of Thirty eight pounds six Shillings and eleven pence. To Ester the sum of Thirty eight pounds six Shillings and elven pence. To Ann the sum of Thirty eight pounds six Shillings and eleven pence: It is also Considered by the Court that the said Joseph
Thorn eldest son of said Deceased pay the respective shares above mentioned to each of the Children and Widows dower at or upon the 18th Day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Seventy four and Lawfull Interest from Thence until paid and that upon Payment or giving Security for Said Shares and Dower as aforesaid that the said Joseph Thorn hold and Possess the said Improvement and Tract of Land and Premesis in a full and as ample a Mannor as the said John Thorn Deceased Possessed the same in his Life-time.
--By the Court.
Alfred Young notes:"Mary Thorn was captured by Indians during the French & Indian War at a small frontier fort named Fort McCord on 1 Apr 1756. She escaped with her infant daughter [Martha] and three other small children the next day during a running battle at Sideling Hill/Mtn. between her captors and several pursuing parties of settlers and soon thereafter appeared with them at Fort Lyttleton."
[92758]
[S13228]
Tempalexander Family Tree on Ancestry.com
[92759]
[S9119]
Pennsylvania land warrants
[92760]
[S13669]
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Quarter Session Dockets 1750-1785
[92761]
[S14610]
Franklin County, PA, Will Book A, Page 141.
[92762]
[S14594]
Per the Will of Robert Elder, Franklin Co., PA
[92763]
[S13228]
Tempalexander Family Tree on Ancestry.com
[107674]
[S14594]
Per the Will of Robert Elder, Franklin Co., PA
[107916]
[S14595]
Cumberland County, PA, Orphans Court, Docket (Book) 2, Page 174, 176, 177
[20653] Kennedy was spelled "Kenaday" in the marriage record.
[20652]
[S5848]
1860 Census, Sherard, Marshall Co., WV
[102767]
[S2055]
Marriage index for Marshall County, West Virginia.
_Benjamin MCCONNELL _+
| (1852 - ....) m 1876
_John MCCONNELL _____|
| (1877 - ....) m 1901|
| |_Genevieve O'MALLY __
| (1858 - 1910) m 1876
|
|--Howard MCCONNELL
| (1907 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Sophie NYE _________|
(1880 - ....) m 1901|
|_____________________
[63490]
[S7629]
1910 Census, Guttenberg, Hudson Co., NJ
[63491]
[S7629]
1910 Census, Guttenberg, Hudson Co., NJ
[63492]
[S7628]
1920 Census, Guttenberg, Hudson Co., NJ
_____________________
|
_James MCCONNELL ____|
| (1809 - 1894) m 1834|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Mary A. MCCONNELL
| (1848 - ....)
| _John STARK _________
| | (1762 - 1849) m 1792
|_Mary Ann STARK _____|
(1817 - 1854) m 1834|
|_Janet MORTON _______
(1777 - 1845) m 1792
[59799]
[S6775]
1850 Census, District 4, Scott Co., IA
[59800]
[S6775]
1850 Census, District 4, Scott Co., IA
[59801]
[S7015]
1860 Census, Princeton, Scott Co., IA
[59802]
[S7157]
1870 Census, Princeton, Scott Co., IA
__
|
_Ebenezer Augustus THORNDIKE _|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Estella THORNDIKE
| (1852 - ....)
| __
| |
|_Philura R. FOGG _____________|
|
|__
[83047]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
__
|
_Garrett VAN NESS ___|
| (1833 - 1893) |
| |__
|
|
|--Grace VAN NESS
| (1860 - ....)
| __
| |
|_Hannah CHAFER ______|
(1834 - ....) |
|__
[85307]
[S7005]
1860 Census, Union Twp, Boone Co., KY
[85308]
[S7005]
1860 Census, Union Twp, Boone Co., KY
[85309]
[S7004]
1870 Census, Carleton Twp, Boone Co., KY
[85310]
[S10861]
1880 Census, Carleton Twp, Boone Co., KY