John CARTER

27 MAR 1774 - 3 JUL 1868

Family 1 : Mary ("Polly") EMMERTON
  1. +Job B. CARTER

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Florence Jane COFFIN

MAR 1884 - 24 JUN 1954

Father: Charles Homer COFFIN
Mother: Elizabeth Mary GRAY

Family 1 : Marcellus Jeremiah GRAY
  1. +Florence Audrey GRAY

                                                                                                        _Richard COFFIN _______+
                                                                                                       | (1729 - 1777) m 1750  
                                                                                  _Mathew COFFIN ______|_Mary ("Molly") COOKE _
                                                                                 | (1756 - 1830) m 1780  (1732 - ....)         
                                                  _Richard COFFIN _______________|
                                                 | (1783 - 1871) m 1805          |
                                                 |                               |                      _Wilmot WASS __________+
                                                 |                               |                     | (1711 - ....) m 1733  
                                                 |                               |_Jane WASS __________|_Rebecca ALLEN ________
                                                 |                                 (1761 - 1853) m 1780  (1716 - 1790)         
                         _John W. COFFIN	 _______|
                        | (1818 - 1889) m 1845   |
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                        |                        |_Hannah WHITTEN _______________|
                        |                          (1783 - 1842) m 1805          |
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 _Charles Homer COFFIN _|
| (1852 - 1900) m 1875  |
|                       |                                                                               _Richard COFFIN _______+
|                       |                                                                              | (1729 - 1777) m 1750  
|                       |                                                         _Mathew COFFIN ______|_Mary ("Molly") COOKE _
|                       |                                                        | (1756 - 1830) m 1780  (1732 - ....)         
|                       |                         _Elisha COFFIN ________________|
|                       |                        | (1784 - 1871) m 1808          |
|                       |                        |                               |                      _Wilmot WASS __________+
|                       |                        |                               |                     | (1711 - ....) m 1733  
|                       |                        |                               |_Jane WASS __________|_Rebecca ALLEN ________
|                       |                        |                                 (1761 - 1853) m 1780  (1716 - 1790)         
|                       |_Mercy Jane COFFIN _____|
|                         (1826 - ....) m 1845   |
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|                                                |_Rebecca DRISCO _______________|
|                                                  (1786 - 1851) m 1808          |
|                                                                                |                      _______________________
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|
|--Florence Jane COFFIN 
|  (1884 - 1954)
|                                                                                                       _Andrew GRAY __________+
|                                                                                                      | (1737 - ....) m 1757  
|                                                                                 _William GRAY _______|_Lydia BROWN __________
|                                                                                |                       (1737 - 1782)         
|                                                 _William (Jr) GRAY ____________|
|                                                | (1803 - 1879)                 |
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|                                                |                               |_Hannah WHITNEY _____|_______________________
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|                        _Seward Worcester GRAY _|
|                       | (1833 - 1892) m 1852   |
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|                       |                        |_Sarah H. ("Sally") WORCESTER _|
|                       |                          (1808 - 1891)                 |
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|_Elizabeth Mary GRAY __|
  (.... - 1939) m 1875  |
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                        |_Mary Merritt NASH _____|
                          (1829 - 1910) m 1852   |
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                                                 |                                _____________________|_______________________
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                                                                                 |                     |                       
                                                                                 |_____________________|_______________________
                                                                                                                               

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Abigail LEWIS

9 MAR 1743 - ____

Family 1 : Jotham TRAFTON

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Dugal MCQUEEN

[39647]

1690 - 1746

Family 1 : Grace MCLEAN
  1. +Thomas MCQUEEN

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[39647] This person is from the unverified Eberly tree in Ancestry.com in 2015 which states Dugal arrived in MA in 1716 and is son of John McQueen, b. ca. 1670 in Scotland. www.geni.com offers in 2016: "Dugal MacQueen was born and raised in the Highlands of Scotland. He was thought to have live d in Strathdearn at Corryborough on the Findhorn River near Inverness. Dugal and the Highlanders believed that James of the Royal House of Stuart should be the King of Great Britain, so they started the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. On November 14, 1715 Dugal was captured at the Battle of Preston by the English, tried at Carlisle and sentenced to transportation. On August 20, 1716 Dugal arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on the Friendship of Belfast commanded by Michael Mankin and sold into seven years ind endentured servitude to William Holland, Esq. His seven years of servitude should have been comp leted in 1723. Dugal named some of his children the same as William Holland's family, Francis, William and Thomas was the name of Holland's sons. They must have gotten along pretty well during Dugal's servitude. In 1732 Dugal was a taxpayer in the Upper 100 of the Cliff, Calvert County, Maryland. On September 2, 1740 he received a land deed from the county court of Charles County, Maryland for seventy-two acres called Cranberry Plains located in Baltimore, County, now Carroll County near Westminster, Maryland. On March 26, 1746 Dugal signed his will in Baltimore County and it was filed in 1746 . A copy can be found at the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, will book 25, pages 10 an d 11. The McQueen Family by generations: http://shellypeters.webs.com/mcqueenfamilyhistory.htm. Dugal was captured 14 No 1715 at Preston, Lancastershire, England when Gen Thomas Forster surrendered the Jacobite army to the English. He was shipped in chains with 79 other rebels from Liverpool on 24 My 1716 on board the ship Friendship arriving in Annapolis, Md on 20 Ag 1716 (31 Ag 1716). He was sold to William Holland as an indentured servant for 7 years on 25 Ag 1716 (5 Se 1716). He paid taxes as a landowner in Upper Cliffs Hundred in Calvert Co, Md in 1732/3. On 1 Se 1740 (12 Sep 1740) received a land patent for 72 acre Cranberry Plains between Little Pipe Creek and the great falls of the Patapsco in Baltimore Co (now near Westminster, Carroll Co, Md). Dugal literally means Black Viking or Dane. His will was probated on 4 Mr 1746."

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Robert E. (Jr) MYERS

[10325]

10 OCT 1919 - 29 MAR 2018

Father: Robert E. MYERS
Mother: Viola REEMSNYDER


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                                                                                   _Jacob D. MOYER ______________|__________________________
                                                                                  | (1776 - 1834)                                           
                                                   _Sam MYERS ____________________|
                                                  | (1805 - 1883) m 1827          |
                                                  |                               |                               _Andrew HAFFER ___________
                                                  |                               |                              | (1737 - 1791)            
                                                  |                               |_Maria Anna Catharine HAFFER _|_Elizabeth DRUCKENMILLER _
                                                  |                                 (1778 - ....)                  (.... - 1809)            
                       _Joel MYERS _______________|
                      | (1843 - 1925) m 1869      |
                      |                           |                                                               _Daniel PAULUS ___________+
                      |                           |                                                              | (1755 - ....)            
                      |                           |                                _Daniel PAULUS _______________|__________________________
                      |                           |                               | (1791 - ....)                                           
                      |                           |_Mary Ann (Pontius or) PAULUS _|
                      |                             (1809 - 1868) m 1827          |
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                      |                                                           |_Hannah MILLER _______________|__________________________
                      |                                                             (1787 - 1866)                                           
 _Robert E. MYERS ____|
| (1884 - 1958) m 1911|
|                     |                                                                                           _Johannes SCHNEE _________
|                     |                                                                                          | (1758 - 1826) m 1780     
|                     |                                                            _Joseph SCHNEE _______________|_Anna Maria STOHR ________
|                     |                                                           | (1792 - 1838) m 1813                                    
|                     |                            _John F. SCHNEE _______________|
|                     |                           | (1823 - 1873) m 1846          |
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|                     |                           |                               |_Elizabeth FISHER ____________|__________________________
|                     |                           |                                 (1795 - 1838) m 1813                                    
|                     |_Melissa Elizabeth SCHNEE _|
|                       (1852 - 1932) m 1869      |
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|                                                 |_Hannah YOUNG _________________|
|                                                    m 1846                       |
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|--Robert E. (Jr) MYERS 
|  (1919 - 2018)
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|_Viola REEMSNYDER ___|
  (1885 - 1967) m 1911|
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[10325] Robert m. 9 Nov 1952 at Copley, OH Florence M. Blough (d. 1977) and had Molly Mae Myers (26 June 1960), Margaret Frances Myers (11 Oct 1961) and Mark Newton Myers (11 Oct 1961). Robert served in the military during World War II.

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Aphia Isabel PAGE

[50020]

21 SEP 1843 - 7 MAY 1896

Family 1 : Burley R. CLOSSON
  1. +Ernest Hugh CLOSSON

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[50020] Aphia is daughter of Hugh Page (1807-1893) & Elizabeth Carter Page (1808-1887). She and Burley had John E Closson (1860-1948), Ernest Hugh Closson (1864-1941),
Linwood L Closson (1870-1950), Nettie M. Closson (1872-1885) & Agnes Maud Closson Moran (1875-1941).

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Nathaniel RISLEY

[31539]

1729 - 25 JUN 1777

Father: Jonathan RISLEY

Family 1 :
  1. +Huldah RISLEY

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                       _Richard RISLEY _____|
                      | (1648 - 1728) m 1676|
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 _Jonathan RISLEY ____|
| (1799 - 1762)       |
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|                     |                      _John ADAMS _________|
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|                     |                     |                     |_Rebecca BASEDEN ____|__
|                     |                     |                       (1608 - 1689) m 1639   
|                     |_Rebecca ADAMS ______|
|                       (11658 - 1726) m 1676|
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|                                           |_Abigail SMITH ______|
|                                             (1632 - 1673) m 1657|
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|--Nathaniel RISLEY 
|  (1729 - 1777)
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[31539] Nathaniel m. in 1749 in East Hartford, CT Ruth Cadwell (b. 1739 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, d. 1762 in East Hartford). Nathaniel is said to be son of Jonathan Risley and wife Abigail.

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Hattie Valeria SELLERS

[49400]

28 OCT 1897 - 29 JUN 1972

Father: William Marshman SELLERS
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth MERITHEW

Family 1 : Milton A. MCGADDIS

                                                                                                     _John SELLERS _______+
                                                                                                    | (1719 - 1772) m 1744
                                                                               _William SELLARS ____|_Martha BALL ________
                                                                              | (1745 - 1822)         (1722 - 1811)       
                                                    _William (Jr) SELLERS ____|
                                                   | (1776 - 1857) m 1795     |
                                                   |                          |                      _John BANKS _________+
                                                   |                          |                     | (1722 - ....) m 1751
                                                   |                          |_Tabitha BANKS ______|_Hannah PREBLE ______
                                                   |                            (.... - 1795)         (1721 - ....)       
                             _Ebenezer S. SELLERS _|
                            | (1810 - 1891)        |
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                            |                      |                           _Thomas SMALL _______|_____________________
                            |                      |                          | (1741 - 1827)                             
                            |                      |_Abigail ("Nabby") SMALL _|
                            |                        (1774 - 1857) m 1795     |
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                            |                                                 |_Sarah ROBERTS ______|_____________________
                            |                                                   (1743 - 1827)                             
 _William Marshman SELLERS _|
| (1855 - 1934) m 1879      |
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|                           |                      |                          |                     |                     
|                           |                      |                          |_____________________|_____________________
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|                           |_Hannah Reed SMITH ___|
|                             (1812 - 1895)        |
|                                                  |                                                 _____________________
|                                                  |                                                |                     
|                                                  |                           _____________________|_____________________
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|                                                  |__________________________|
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|                                                                                                                         
|
|--Hattie Valeria SELLERS 
|  (1897 - 1972)
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|_Sarah Elizabeth MERITHEW _|
  (1860 - 1935) m 1879      |
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[49400] Hattie and Milton had Dorothea Elizabeth McGaddis (1917-2002), Marion Gertrude McGaddis (1920-2006) & Merna Ethylene McGaddis (1921-2008).

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Robert SWAN

____ - ____

Family 1 : Grissell\Grace GIBSON
  1. +Grace SWAN

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Johann (John) Michael WOLFGANG

[27467]

CA 1748 - 1808

Father: Michael WOLFGANG
Mother: Charlotte (Charlet) Margretta KOPP

Family 1 : Christina WEAVER
  1. +Jonas ("Jonathan") WOLFGANG
  2. +Jacob John WOLFGANG

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 _Michael WOLFGANG ___________________|
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|--Johann (John) Michael WOLFGANG 
|  (.... - 1808)
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[27467]

http://www.wolfgangs.org in 2007 lists the children of Michael and Christina and offers: "He was listed as a minor in orphan's court records March 20, 1760 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA. He was listed as Jacob Hawn's ward 1760 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA. Since all of the children were under the age of fourteen at the time of their parents death, the Orphan's Court of Northampton Co. at Easton appointed neighbors Jacob Hawn (or Horn) and Michael Keiper as guardians. Both men requested a change of guardians in 1761. A Lewis Gordon petitioned the court March 25, 1761 because he had been appointed permanent guardian but Hawn and Keiper refused to 'deliver them up to their said guardian unless he pay them a considerable sum of money'. See Letters & Documents page of this site.

Michael was an apprentice 1762 in Upper Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA. Apprenticed to Johann Erhardt Weaver (1717-1795) who emigrated from Niefern, Pfarzheim, Baden, Germany in 1754 and settled in Upper Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA. He had anglicized the spelling from Weber.

He was christened about 1771 in Salisbury Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA. We have no baptismal record for (John) Michael Wolfgang since the nearest Lutheran Church, Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed in West Salisbury Twp., was not established until 1759.

Michael enlisted in the military August 6, 1776 in Whitehall Twp., Northampton Co., PA. (John) Michael Wolfgang served two enlistments in the Revolutionary War, listing Whitehall Twp., Northampton County, as his residence. From Aug. 6, 1776 to May 14, 1778 he was a Private, 5th Class, in Captain Christian Fisher's 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, Northampton County Militia, Commanded by Colonel Hart. In 1780-1783 he was a 2nd Corporal in the 11th Battalion of the Northampton Co. Militia under Lt. Col. Stephen Balliet. In 1782 he served as a Corporal in Captain Daniel Good's 3rd Company Rangers, 1st Battalion, Northampton County Militia when it was called up for 60 days of frontier duty.

Michael registered to pay taxes 1781 in Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA. Although not listed as owning land, Michael was taxed 12 pounds anyway, plus 3 pounds for one cow.

Michael registered to pay taxes 1783 in Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA. Listed as owning a 50 acre tract of land taxed at 25 pounds plus one horse at 6 pounds, and one cow at 3 pounds. The first record we have is the Orphan's Court at Easton for Northampton County guardianship proceedings on March 20, 1760. Thus we do not know his exact birth date, only that he was under fourteen years of age in 1760. These are the only records where the name John appears; all subsequent records simply refer to Michael Wolfgang. After being discharged from guardianship, probably around 1762 when he reached the age of fourteen, he learned the trade of a weaver.

His extensive Revolutionary War service did not prevent him from starting his large family. Eight children were baptized at the Jerusalem Lutheran Church in West Salisbury between 1777 and 1792. In 1783 he is listed as owning a 50 acre tract of land.

Sometime between 1792 and 1795 (John) Michael Wolfgang moved his family West to settle on a new farm in Upper Mahantongo Twp., Berks (now Schuylkill) County, PA. His next three children were baptized at Himmel's Lutheran Church in Rebuck, Washington Twp., Northumberland County, PA, the closest one at the time. (John) Michael Wolfgang died in 1808 and is buried in Frieden's Cemetery, Hegins Twp., Berks (now Schuylkill) County. His widow Christine is listed in the 1810 census, so died about 1811."

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