Joel ALLEN

[44427]

13 FEB 1747 - < 1 OCT 1832

Father: Joseph ALLEN
Mother: Eleanor YOUNG

Family 1 : Margaret JUNKINS
  1. +Susan ALLEN

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                      |                            |_Mary HOLMES _____________________|
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 _Joseph ALLEN _______|
| (1717 - 1761) m 1739|
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|                     |                                                                _William BARSHAM ____________|_Ann YELVERTON __________________
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|                     |                             _John BARSHAM ____________________|
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|                     |                            |                                  |                              _John (Bland or) SMITH __________+
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|                     |                            |                                  |_Annabelle (Bland or) SMITH _|_Isabel (Isabel) (Esbell) DRAKE _
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|                     |_Dorothy BARSHAM ___________|
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|                                                  |_Mehitable, wife of John BARSHAM _|
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|--Joel ALLEN 
|  (1747 - ....)
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|                                                   _Rowland YOUNG ___________________|
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|                                                  |                                  |                              _Robert KNIGHT __________________+
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|                                                  |                                  |_Joanna KNIGHT ______________|_Margaret GRIMLEY _______________
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|                      _Matthews (Matthias) YOUNG _|
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|                     |                            |                                   _Walter MATTHEWS ____________|_________________________________
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|                     |                            |_Susanna MATTHEWS ________________|
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|                     |                                                               |_Mary WARD __________________|_________________________________
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|_Eleanor YOUNG ______|
  (1718 - 1808) m 1739|
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                      |                             _Thomas HAYNES ___________________|
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                      |_Elenor HAYNES _____________|
                        (1673 - 1750)              |
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                                                   |                                   _Thomas BARNARD _____________|_________________________________
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                                                   |_Martha BARNARD __________________|
                                                     (1645 - 1706) m 1667             |
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                                                                                      |_Helen Eleanor MORSE ________|_________________________________
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[44427] Joel and his wife are from the unverified information in 2018 at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Allen-25369.

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Edward GREENSLADE

[18881]

6 OCT 1601 - ____

Father: John GREENSLADE

Family 1 :
  1. +Joanna GREENSLADE

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[18881] Edward m. in 1620 Margaret _____ (b. ca. 1602).

[18880] [S2] LDS Church's Ancestral File - not verified.

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Carlene Rosebell GRINDLE

2 NOV 1934 - 25 DEC 2005

Father: Carl Julian GRINDLE
Mother: Helen Izetta CONARY

Family 1 : Ronald Elery ANDERSON

                                                                                                          _Eliphalet Lowell ("Joel") GRINDLE _+
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                                                                           _Chesley GRINDLE _____________|_Ruth GRAY _________________________
                                                                          | (1828 - 1855) m 1848           (1790 - 1870)                      
                                                _Vinal Emery GRINDLE _____|
                                               | (1849 - 1939) m 1878     |
                                               |                          |                               _Johnson CUNNINGHAM ________________+
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                                               |                          |_Mariah Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM _|_Mary BLACK ________________________
                                               |                            (1832 - 1855) m 1848           (1803 - 1878)                      
                        _James Monroe GRINDLE _|
                       | (1882 - 1956) m 1905  |
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                       |                       |_Maria Adeline CONARY ____|
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 _Carl Julian GRINDLE _|
| (1910 - 1988)        |
|                      |                                                                                  _James C. CARTER ___________________+
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|                      |                                                   _James C. CARTER _____________|_Mary Elizabeth ("Betsey") DAVIS ___
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|                      |                        _Clarington James CARTER _|
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|                      |                       |                          |_Mercy Wardwell BUKER ________|____________________________________
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|                      |_Cora R. CARTER _______|
|                        (1882 - 1930) m 1905  |
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|                                              |                           _Charles F. JOY ______________|____________________________________
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|                                              |_Aurilla F. JOY __________|
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|                                                                         |_Sarah F. BUKER ______________|____________________________________
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|--Carlene Rosebell GRINDLE 
|  (1934 - 2005)
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|_Helen Izetta CONARY _|
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Sigramine, Count of HASBANIA

[3824]

____ - ____

Father: Lambert DE HESBAYE

Family 1 : Landrade of the FRANKS
  1. +Gunderland, Count of HASBAYE

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 _Lambert DE HESBAYE _|
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|                     |                                                  _Saint Arnulf of METZ _|_Oda the SUEVIAN ____________
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|--Sigramine, Count of HASBANIA 
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[3824] AKA Sigrand (Sigramus) (Count) de Hesbaya.

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Thomas LEONARD

[32463]

23 MAY 1577 - 6 NOV 1638

Father: Sampson LEONARD
Mother: Margaret FIENNES

Family 1 :
  1. +James LEONARD

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                                                                   _John LENNARD _______|_____________________________________
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                                             _John LENNARD _______|
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                       _John LEONARD _______|
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 _Sampson LEONARD ____|
| (1544 - 1615) m 1564|
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|                     |_Elizabeth HARMON ___|
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|--Thomas LEONARD 
|  (1577 - 1638)
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|_Margaret FIENNES ___|
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                      |                                                                  _Edward NEVILLE _____________________+
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                      |                                            _George NEVILLE _____|_Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP ________________
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                        (1520 - 1565) m 1536|
                                            |                                            _Henry Stafford, Duke of BUCKINGHAM _+
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                                            |                      _Edward STAFFORD ____|_Katherine WOODVILLE ________________
                                            |                     | (1478 - 1521) m 1490  (1458 - 1513)                       
                                            |_Mary STAFFORD ______|
                                              (1494 - 1545)       |
                                                                  |                      _Henry PERCY ________________________+
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                                                                  |_Eleanor PERCY ______|_Maud HERBERT _______________________
                                                                    (1474 - 1530) m 1490  (1448 - 1485)                       

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[32463]

Mark Welchley submitted this to Welchley Family Tree 4 Mar 2009:
"The origin of the Iron Leonards in Britain, 1577-1650, Britain and Massachusetts"

This line of the Leonard family has been called the Iron Leonards because most members of the family were associated with the iron industry both in Britain and in America. There was an old expression in New England that said: "Where you can find an iron works, there you will find a Leonard."

There has been considerable speculation about the origin of James Leonard and his father Thomas Leonard in England. Some of the published genealogies of the early generations of the family are conflicting and undocumented. Below is a study of this ancestral problem.

Thomas Leonard is commonly cited as christened 23 May 1577 in Chevening, Kent, England. He was buried 16 Nov 1638. These dates would only be true if he were the son of Sampson Leonard of that place who was Lord of Dacre (d'Arce). There were iron works in the vicinity of Chevening, but that does not prove the theory. In any case Thomas Leonard who fathered the American immigrants could not be the son of Sampson Leonard because the latter never married and left all of his estate to his godson. Sampson Leonard did have a son Sir Henry Leonard about the right age for the Henry of the Deane letter, but this Henry Leonard did not have a son named Thomas. Sampson Leonard's grandson Richard Leonard and his wife Elizabeth Throckmorton did have a son Thomas, but there is no evidence that this Thomas is the same as the Thomas who was an ironworker. In any case, Richard's Leonard's son Thomas was reported to have been born in 1617 in Northampton, England and christened in 1620, too late to be the father of James Leonard the immigrant. Nevertheless, some genealogists have attached Thomas Leonard of our line to that of the Leonards who were Lords of Dacre often transferring the burial of Thomas Leonard in Kent to Pontypool Wales or even having him migrating to America. An understanding of the social structure of England in that period would also make it unlikely that the members of a family that included Barons, knights and sheriffs would have demeaned themselves by taking employment at iron foundaries.

Recently in Sussex, England the back of a grate was found that had been cast by Richard Leonard at Brede Furnace in 1636. It contains a representation of the founder with his dog and cups; a drawing of the furnace, with the wheelbarrow and other implements for the casting, and on a shield the pincers and other marks of the blacksmith. Richard Leonard was tenant of the Sackville furnace at Little Udimore. The Brede furnace was built in 1578 to produce cannons for the Royal navy. There is no indication, of course, that the two Richard Leonards are the same man.

We do have evidence that relates Henry, Thomas and James Leonard. On 2 Feb 1732/33, Hannah Deane, daughter of the immigrant James Leonard made a deposition to her grandnephew, Zephaniah Leonard. It indicated that her great-grandfather's name was Henry Leonard and her grandfather's name was Thomas Leonard. Her grandmother's name was White and her mother's name was Martin. She also listed the children of Thomas Leonard as: Henry, William, John, Phillip, Thomas, Margery, Joan and Sarah. She also gave some details about which of these had come to America, where they had settled and whom they had married. The genealogy above reflects this information.

We do know that Thomas Leonard was in the small village of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England from 1625-Nov 1628, because there are baptismal records of 3 of his children there. In these records Thomas Leonard is called a "forgeman" or "of the forge, fyner". A fyner is a person in charge of the hearth. Thus there is an early association of the Leonard family with iron making. Cleobury Mortimer is a small village located on the Rea River. There two ancient furnaces in the town that converted iron ore into pig iron and two water-powered forges that converted pig iron into wrought iron. Cleobury Mortimer is not far from Kinver on the Stour River, another town associated with iron and Leonards. The Cleobury Moritmer parish church where the baptisms were celebrated is St. Mary's, located in the town center, that dates from the 12th century. Today it is noted for having a crooked spire.

From at least 1634 to 1636 Thomas Leonard's family was in Publow Parish, Somerset, England, where ancient ironworks also existed. Publow is a parish in the hundred of Keynsham, Somerset, England 5 miles S.E. of Bristol and a half mile N.E. of Pensford. The village is on the River Chew, a branch of the Avon. There is a medieval stone bridge over the river at Publow, which still stands. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The church edifice is an ancient structure, though it was repaired in 1860.

<><> After 1636 we lose track of Thomas Leonard. We know that Thomas Leonard, his grandson, and son of James Leonard was born in Kinver, Staffordshire in 1641 and that another son of James Leonard, James Leonard Jr. was possibly born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England in 1643. The Leonard brothers, James and Williams were also supposed to have come to America from Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England (Wales). When and if their father or mother was with them in these towns is unknown. Certainly the family had a tendency to move around seeking work at various iron foundries.

Most published genealogies indicate that James Leonard was born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is generally accepted that James and his brother Henry came to America from Pontypool, but there is no firm indication that they were born there. There have been members of the Leonard family in the area of Pontypool Wales since the early 1600's, but no birth or baptism record can be directly connected with the family that came to America. As in America the Leonards in England and Wales were involved in the trade of iron manufacturing. There was an ironworks in operation at Pontypool as early as 1588. Members of the Leonard family were still there after James and his brother Henry left the area, but there is no evidence in parish records that Thomas, James or Henry Leonard were born, married or died in Pontypool.

It seems likely that James Leonard did not stay in Pontypool very long into their adult life. James Leonard was likely an ironworker in the Bilston, Staffordshire area prior to his immigration. Bilston was the center of the Black Country Iron Industry. He may have had an interest in the works there when he left them heavily mortgaged, but later decided not to follow up on the legal procedures necessary to solidify their claims in England after they arrived in America. Apparently the works at Bilston had become profitable since James Leonard left, but the time and money needed to pursue the claim in England would have been excessive.

James Leonard's son Thomas was baptized at Kinver, Staffordshire in 1641. Kinver is located on the Stour River, 7 miles Southwest of Dudley. Immediately across the river is Whittington. This may have inspired James Leonard to name his forge on the Mill River in Taunton, Massachusetts, the Whittington or Whittington Iron Works. Kinver is positioned in a narrow finger of land in southernmost Staffordshire, surrounded by territory of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The Parish Church at Kinver is St. Peters. The current building dates from the 12th century. It is known that a fulling mill existed at Kinver as early as 1590, followed later by a slitting mill.

<><>The pathway of Leonard from Great Britain to America is a bit obscure. There were many reasons that might have caused the Leonards to leave Britain. The 1840's were a time of civil war and the western country where they lived was a royalist stronghold. As a result Cromwell's troops destroyed, when they could, many of the iron works there. There were, also, many opportunities for both religious freedom and economic opportunity in America.

There is a record of a James Leonard transported to Virginia in 1635. There is a theory that, if this is the same James Leonard that he went from Virginia to Maryland and from there to Providence, Rhode Island, but this pathway is unlikely, especially since James Leonard was still in England in the 1840's. On Jan 10 1645/46 there is a record of a grant of 25 acres of land to a James Leonard in Providence, Rhode Island, but his name had been crossed out. He seems to have been in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts in 1645 and 1646 as 2 of his children were born there. The land grant in Providence may have been a failed attempt to entice him there.1 He was apparently enticed to come to the Lynn/Saugus Ironworks in Massachusetts in 1651. In that same year he was paid at Lynn for bringing goods from Providence, Rhode Island.

James Leonard's brother Henry Leonard also settled in this area. On 27 Oct 1655, Henry Leonard of Saugus age 37 made a deposition regarding a heap of spoiled coal at the Braintree Forge about 9 years previous. That would indicate that Henry was born about 1618 and that he was in Braintree at least by 1646. This correlates with the first formation of the iron works in Braintree in 1645. It is unlikely that the Leonards were dedicated Puritans when they came to New England, but their skills at iron-making was probably more important than their theology. James Leonard went on to Taunton in Plymouth Colony where he established the Iron Industry there and passed his trade on to his children and grandchildren. Henry Taunton spent some time in the area around Lynn Massachusetts before moving to New Jersey to build and work forges there.

SOURCES:

Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1963, 3rd edition, p. 148.

Bristol County, Massachusetts deeds.

Essex Institute, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Institute Historical Collections, Essex Institute 1889, pp. 297-298.

Leonard, Brad, "Descendants of James Leonard", 1620-91 of Taunton, , 2007

Leonard, Brad, "Origin of the Massachusetts Leonards", , 2007

Nowak, Maryan "Iron Making in Colonial Taunton," The Taunton River, >
Paine, Sarah Cushing, Paine Ancestry, the Family of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence, including Material Lines, Boston, 1912.

"Taunton's Two Old Houses: An Antiquarian On The History of the Leonard Mansions," New York Times, 19 Jan 1890, p. 20.

Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to 1850

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Anna LIGHT

4 MAY 1728 - 1792

Father: Johannes Peter LIGHT
Mother: Maria Greider KREIDER

Family 1 : Rudolph MEYER

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                                                                      _Heintz oder Jost LICHT _|__
                                                                     | (.... - 1639)              
                                                _Hans LICHT _________|
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                          _Johannes LIGHT _____|
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 _Johannes Peter LIGHT __|
| (1682 - 1758) m 1723   |
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|--Anna LIGHT 
|  (1728 - 1792)
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Lillian Belle MARTIN

9 NOV 1902 - 1955

Family 1 : Elmer Linwood CARTER
  1.  Emma Frances CARTER
  2.  Edith Arleen CARTER
  3.  Elmer L. CARTER
  4.  Lawrence ("Laurie") CARTER
  5.  Augustine CARTER

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Dorothy Lillian MOULTON

[50383]

29 MAR 1929 - 23 JUN 2014

Father: Lester Clifford MOULTON
Mother: Hester Belle GOODELL

Family 1 : Edmund DULAC

                                                                                                      _Daniel MOULTON _____+
                                                                                                     | (1763 - 1822)       
                                                                                _Newall S. MOULTON __|_Molly LAMPREY ______
                                                                               | (1805 - 1882)                             
                                                      _Charles Durin MOULTON __|
                                                     | (1841 - 1906) m 1764    |
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                                                     |                         |_Eunice B. FOLSOM ___|_____________________
                                                     |                           (1808 - 1882)                             
                            _James Everette MOULTON _|
                           | (1868 - 1952) m 1891    |
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                           |                         |_Lucinda Skinner LOUGEE _|
                           |                           (1842 - ....) m 1764    |
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 _Lester Clifford MOULTON _|
| (1903 - 1974)            |
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|                          |_Mary Alice HOLBROOK ____|
|                            (1876 - 1954) m 1891    |
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|--Dorothy Lillian MOULTON 
|  (1929 - 2014)
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|_Hester Belle GOODELL ____|
  (1908 - 1973)            |
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[50383] "Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine], 30 June 2014": "Sangerville - Dorothy Lillian Dulac, age 85, passed away peacefully at home on June 28, 2014. She was born in Sangerville, March 29, 1929, the daughter of Hester (Goodell) Moulton Ronco and Lester Moulton, Sr. Dot worked for Hardwood Products Company in Guilford for nearly 40 years. Dot spent many happy summers with her husband, Ted, at their camper at Monson Pond. She enjoyed playing cards with friends and relatives, but Dot's joy in life was spending time and caring for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include son, Doug Dulac and his wife, Robyn, of Carmel; brothers and sisters, Barbara Blake of Guilford, Russ, and Alice Moulton, of Sangerville, Donnie and Beverly Moulton, of Dover-Foxcroft, Roger and Judy Moulton of Guilford; grandchildren, Kassy and Amir Baig, of Skowhegan, Bobbi Dulac and Robert Randazzo of Englewood, FL, and Jessi Trafton of Auburn; great-grandchildren, Jonah Wakefield, Anu Baig, and Zaydaan Baig. Dot was also very close to Pam and Rob Sukis. Pam visited and called Dot often and Rob was always available for handyman jobs. Amber Martell was a great help to Dot in the past few years and Dot enjoyed visits from Amber, and her children, Josiah and Athena. Dot was predeceased by her husband, Edmund (Ted) Dulac; brother, Lester Moulton, Jr.; sister, Gertrude Clukey Anderson, and sister, Bobbi (Winifred) Miles."

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Alice PENIWELL

[333]

____ - 1 OCT 1720

Father: John PENIWELL
Mother: Sarah PUDDINGTON

Family 1 : Nathaniel FREEMAN
  1. +Sarah FREEMAN
  2. +Mary FREEMAN
  3. +Nathaniel FREEMAN
  4.  Sarah Mary FREEMAN

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                       _John PENIWELL ______|
                      |                     |
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 _John PENIWELL ______|
| (1647 - ....) m 1673|
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|--Alice PENIWELL 
|  (.... - 1720)
|                                                                                                _Andrew PUDDINGTON __
|                                                                                               | (.... - 1588)       
|                                                                  _John (or Roger) PUDDINGTON _|_____________________
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|                                            _Robert PUDDINGTON __|
|                                           | (1574 - 1632)       |
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|                      _George PUDDINGTON __|
|                     | (.... - 1647) m 1631|
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|_Sarah PUDDINGTON ___|
   m 1673             |
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                      |_Mary POOKE _________|
                        (.... - 1691) m 1631|
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[333] She and Nathaniel were married before the Rev.Cotton Mather.

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Carol I of ROMANIA

[43360]

20 APR 1839 - 10 OCT 1914

Father: Charles Anthony HOHENZOLLERN
Mother: Josephine Zahringen of BADEN

Family 1 : Elisabeth of WIED

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                                 _Karl Anton Friedrich Fürst VON HOHENZOLLERN-SIGMARINGEN _|
                                | (1785 - 1853) m 1808                                      |
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 _Charles Anthony HOHENZOLLERN _|
| (1811 - 1885) m 1834          |
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|                               |_Marie Antoinette MURAT ___________________________________|
|                                 (1793 - 1847) m 1808                                      |
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|--Carol I of ROMANIA 
|  (1839 - 1914)
|                                                                                                                                                                                              _Friedrich Magnus, Prince of BADEN __+
|                                                                                                                                                                                             | (1703 - 1732) m 1727                
|                                                                                                                                   _Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of BADEN _____________________|_Charlotte Amalie of ORANGE _________
|                                                                                                                                  | (1728 - 1811) m 1751                                       (1710 - 1777)                       
|                                                                                            _Karl Ludwig, Prince of BADEN ________|
|                                                                                           | (1755 - 1801) m 1774                 |
|                                                                                           |                                      |                                                           _Ludwig VIII, Lg of HESSE-DARMSTADT _+
|                                                                                           |                                      |                                                          | (1691 - 1768) m 1717                
|                                                                                           |                                      |_Carolina Louisa of HESSE-DARMSTADT ______________________|_Charlotte of HANAU-LICHTENBERG _____
|                                                                                           |                                        (1723 - 1783) m 1751                                       (1700 - 1726)                       
|                                _Ludwig Karl, Grand Duke of BADEN _________________________|
|                               | (1786 - 1819) m 1806                                      |
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|                               |                                                           |                                       _Ludwig IX, Landgrave of HESSE-DARMSTADT _________________|_____________________________________
|                               |                                                           |                                      | (1719 - 1790) m 1741                                                                           
|                               |                                                           |_Frederike Amalie of HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
|                               |                                                             (1754 - 1832) m 1774                 |
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|                               |                                                                                                  |_Karoline Henriette Christine of ZWEIBRüCKEN-BIRKENFELD _|_____________________________________
|                               |                                                                                                    (1721 - 1774) m 1741                                                                           
|_Josephine Zahringen of BADEN _|
  (1813 - 1900) m 1834          |
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                                |_Stéphanie Louise Adrienne DE BEAUHARNAIS ________________|
                                  (1789 - 1860) m 1806                                      |
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[43360] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_I_of_Romania.

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Johannes Heinrich SCHREFFLER

[32358]

24 SEP 1714 - 6 SEP 1784

Family 1 : Anna Maria WEBER
  1. +Gottfried SCHREFFLER
  2. +George SHREFFLER

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[32358]

Henry [Heinrich] is from an unverified Arnold tree in Ancestrty.com in 2013 which states he arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749. The Parkin/Shreffler/Trostle Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013 states Henry died 29 Sept 1784 and that he ws a "stocking weaver" and made his will 6 Sept 1784 in Reading, PA in German, and was a Private in the Berks Co. Militia during the War for Independence.

A file in Ancestry.com in 2013 offers:

Johanna Heinrich Schreffler was born Abt. 1714 in Germany, and died June 29, 1784 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Berks County. He married (1) Anna Marie Weber Abt. 1745, daughter of Godfriedt Weber. She was born Abt. 1716 in Germany, and died 1777 in Reading, Pennsylvania Berks County. He married (2) Anna Magdalena Schneider Haas December 08, 1778 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA, daughter of Erici Schneider. She was born November 29, 1733 in Katholisch, Berrend, Rheinland, Prussia, and died May 09, 1813 in Reading, Pennsylvania Berks County.

Johannas Heinrich Schreffler is the original ancestor that came to America from Germany in about 1749. His age at this time is not known, so his year of birth cannot be confirmed. He and Anna Marie had 6 sons as they listed in his will. Five of the six served in the Revolutionary War. Charles (Carolus) was the youngest son, and not old enough to serve. Note that the "c" in the name "Schreffler" is eventually dropped with later generations.

The following information is from Harvey Lubold (via Ed) and is not to be used for anything other than personal use, since a book is currently in the process of being published.

Johann Heinrich Schreffler arrived in America on Tuesday, 26 Sept., 1749 on the ship "Ranier", Henry Browning, Master from Rotterdam, but last from .... in England. Whole freights 277. [From] Hanau, Wirtemberg, Darmstat, Isenburg.

Most historians separate the trip to America into three parts. The first lasting four to six weeks, was the portion down the Rhine River to the Port of Rotterdam. There were a considerable number of places along this route where the ship had to stop, and each stop included taxes passed along to the passenger.

Next the ships sailed to England where they stopped, usually at Cowes, for supplies. There they stayed for one or two weeks, waiting either to pass through customs or waiting for favorable winds. The passengers had to pay for their food and lodging during this period. Then followed a journey of seven to fourteen more weeks, depending on wind conditions during which time they lived on overcrowded, under-provisioned, and often not too seaworthy ships. Many of the passengers had never been to sea before, and seasickness was not uncommon. Medical attention was virtually nonexistent, and many died of their illnesses and were buried at sea. After arrival, each ship was inspected by the Port Doctor, and if no infectious diseases were found, the passengers were allowed to disembark. The immigrants then went before the local court to renounce all ties to Germany and take the oath of allegiance to the English King and the colony of Pennsylvania. Henry (Johann) took the Oath of Allegience to the British Crown, required of all foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania, before Benjamin Shoemaker, Joshua Maddox, Esq. and Wm. Hartley at the Court House at Philadelphia, PA on that same day.

Those passengers who had finished their journey on "credit" owing money to the ships captain, were sold to willing buyers waiting at the docks. They then worked for their "owners" until they had paid their debts.

The first item about Henry (Johann) appeared in the German Newspaper "Sower" where in it mentions Henry Schreffler has oil mill near Germantown for sale. This could have been a liquidation sale of someone's estate.

Henry was on the tax rolls in Reading, PA starting in 1771.

Henry on April 19, 1772, partook of the sacrament, a proviso of the law by which a resident of the colonies renounced allegience to his native land and became a subject of the King of England. He did this before John Lawrence and Thomas Willing, two judges of the Supreme Court in Philadephia, PA.

He also took the Oath of Allegiance to the new government on July 8, 1777, before Jacob Shoemaker of Philadelphia, PA.

While Henry did not serve in the Revolutionary War, he is listed as a public servant and paid taxes and furnished supplies during the war. His sons served in various battallions of the Pennsylvania Militia with the one son, Conrad, giving the supreme sacrifice.

At the time of his death, 1784, Henry was living in Reading PA on a lot described as lot 144 (which he bought from Conrad Draft on June 4, 1774) on Richard Street. The lot and dwelling were to be sold at public auction following his death with one-third of the estate going to his widow, Magdalena, and the other two-thirds divided in six equal parts among his five living sons and his grandson, Conrad, son of his deceased son, Conrad. Henry was a stocking weaver by trade, and he bequeathed his loom to his son, George. The will was written April 25, 1783.

Schreffler is the 15,674th most popular last name (surname) in the United States, frequency is 0.001%; percentile is 75.711 (Source: CBN)

(1) "German settlers of Pennsylvania & Adjacent Territory" quote Sower Newspaper of July 1, 1752. (2) "Persons Naturalized in the Province of Penn. 1740-1773", (1967) Genealogy Publication. (3) Oath of Allegience Book "D", Page 112, #88. (4) Patent Book AA, Philiadelphia, Vol 10, page 3. Also, Clerk of Records, Reading, Pa., Deed Book 0009, page 241-2 5. - Office Recorder of Wills, Reading, Pa. "S" file (1784) Vol. 3 page 47, Vol A page 85.

Anna Maria Weber (Weaver) was the first wife of the immigrant Johann Heinrich Schreffler and accompanied him on their journey to America in 1749. Anna's father is Godtfriedt Weber. She apparently died sometime between Sept. 8, 1776, when she and Heinrich appeared as sponsors for Henry, Jr.'s son, John Henry, at Trinity Church in Reading, PA and Dec. 8, 1778, when Heinrich married Anna Magdalena Haas, widow of Michael Haas, at Trinity Church. Anna Maria and Henry are most likely buried at Trinity Church although there is no record and no tombstones any longer exist. Trinity Church was located at the Northwest corner of Prince and Thomas Streets, now known as Sixth and Washington Streets. The first church was built of logs and the new church built in 1752. Walter Shreffler from Celina, Ohio, has been doing some research in PA and he dug up the following quote listed in records of the St. Michael's Zion Evangelical Church, "Henrich Schreffler - Anna Marie Seine Frau Getauft von Philipp Henrich Rapp".

Anna Magdalena Schneider was the second wife of Henry, and was first married to Michael Haas. According to her will, which was probated on June 3, 1813, in Berks Co., Pa., had two daughters by her first husband, namely Magdalena, married to Lawrence Fix and a second daughter, un-named, married to Balser Minich. Jacob Fix, a grandson, was the executor of her will and she also named another grandchild, namely Anna, daughter of Balser Minich and wife, who was listed in the will as being lame. According to Daniel Schumacher's Baptismal Register, Johann Michael Haas and wife, Anna Magdalena were the sponsors at the baptism of Johann Michael Berner, son of Jacob Berner and wife, Hanna at a Lutheran Church five miles north of Fogelsville in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County on July 4, 1773. Mrs. Michael Haas married Henry Schreffler on Dec. 8, 1778. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Daniel Lehman at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pa. Magdalena's death was recorded in the records of the Trinity Lutheran of Reading, Pa., on Page 1, Vol. II. The funeral services were officiated by Rev. H.A. Muhlenberg. +++++++++++++Berks Co., PA, Church

Church: Misc. records of Rev. Daniel Lehman

Name Title Event Description Place Date Haas, Michael Mrs. Marriage Bride

Reading, Berks Co., Pa. 8 Dec. 1778 Michael, Marriage Deceased husband

Reading, Berks Co., Pa. 8 Dec. 1778 Schreffler, Heinrich Marriage Groom

Reading, Berks Co., Pa. 8 Dec. 1778 Schreffler, Heinrich Mrs. Marriage Bride

Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, authors Nein and Hesser is an alphabetized compilation. Death index gives Schneider as maiden name, born March 1733, actual record in German states (geborn) born Schneider. >From Wayne R. Minnick
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Children of JOHANNA SCHREFFLER and ANNA WEBER are:

i. CHRISTOPHER2 SCHREFFLER, b. October 15, 1749, Mt. Holly, PA; d. September 05, 1822, Reading, Pennsylvania, Berks County; m. (1) JUDITH WINDE, Bef. 1772; b. October 15, 1751; d. May 25, 1803; m. (2) MARGARET UNKNOWN BICKEL?, March 31, 1811. Christopher Schreffler was baptised at German Ev. Luth. St. Michael's Church in Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 1749. At the time of his baptism, the church was located at the NE corner of 5th and Apple Tree Alley. This church moved to 4th and Cherry in 1766 and changed their name. His sponsors were listed as being Christoph Scheibeler and wife Margretha. Pastor Muhlenberg was the minister at that time. Christopher's occupation is listed as Stocking Weaver. Christopher took the Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. on March 27, 1778. Military Record: Capt. Geist's Co., 6th Battalion Militia, Reading 1776; Capt. Ritter's Co. of 6th Berks Co. Militia, 1780 - Col. Heister (Pvt.) Berks Co. 7th Co., 4th Battalion, 1786 Note: See PA Arch., 3rd. Ser., Vol. 6, page 285 (Capt. Crouse's Co.) Christopher was a member of the PA militia group that was in the detail that guarded the captured Hessian soldiers from the Battle of Trenton, since they were held in the Reading jail.

1790 Census, Reading PA 1m>=16, 3m<16, 4f; Christopher Schreffler of the town of Reading, labourer and Judith his wife for 14 L. (money in pounds) paid by Mary Schull of Reading, widow, a tract of land on Mahoning Creek adjoining land surveyed by Edmund Milne, on application No. 159 and land applied for by Ann Roberts containing 150 acres in pursuance of a warrant granted said Charles Shreffler by the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania dated 8 Feb., 1772, with the ways, woods, underwoods, waters, water courses, Right Liberties, Privilaeges and Hereditaments & Appurtenances for 12L. 7s. & 6d. subject to a yearly Quit Rent, sell same to Mary Schull, date 21 Feb., 1772, Christoph Schreffler (signed in German characters), Judith Schreffler (signed by her X mark). Witness Henry Hahn (signed in partial German) and David Fuchs (German). Recorded 12 Oct., 1776, James Read, recorder. The tax roll of 1784 shows his occupation as "Inn and Tavern Keeper". According to Jacob Fry's History of Trinity Lutheran Chruch, Reading, PA, Reading, 1894 Christoph/Christopher/Christian Schreffler was a member of the congregation at the time the by-laws of the church were revised in 1772 as was Henry Schreffler (brother or father ?). He was also listed as one of the contributors to the building fund for the new Trinity Lutheran Church begun on Dec. 28, 1790, along with Martin Schreffler. In the Reading Eagle of Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1822, "Died last Thursday (Sept. 5, 1822) Christoph Schreffler of Reading in 77th year". There was also an entry made in the Trinity Church Records in 1822, 6 Sept. Christof Schrafler, born 8 Aug, 1747, nearby Philadelphia, a son of Heinrich Schrefler, wife Margaret died on 5 Sept., 75y, 1m, 3d. Note: Christopher could not have been born in Philadelphia in 1747 for Heinrich did not arrive in America until September of 1749. If the 1749 birthdate is correct then his mother Anna Maria was pregnant during the voyage from Germany and Christopher may have been born in Germany.

Pay roll of Captain Ferdinand Ritter's Company, of the Sixth Battalion of Berks County, Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Hiester in the service of the United States, taken from the 10th of August, 1780, to the 9th of September, 1780. Captain Ferdinand Ritter; Lieutenant Andrew Smith; Ensign Leonard Dietrich; Sergeants Peter Bousher, Christian Minig, Jacob Conner; Corporals Joseph Conrad, Peter Richard, Peter Drumm; Drummer John Burtchel; Fifer Philip Willfl (spelling unsure). Privates listed were: Adam Albrecht, Peter Lutz, Henry Albright, Dewalt Miller, Christian Bantzy, Jacob New, John Berry, Jacob Nonemacker, Dewald Billner, John Plott, Tobias Boutcher, John Rangler, Peter Brown, Nicholas Schwenk, Philip Daubens, John Shoman, Jacob Dengler, Joseph Shomo, Jacob Donard, HENRY SHREFFLER, Michael Dress, STOFFEL SHREFFLER, George Fige, Philip Smith, Christian Fisher, Henry Snyder, Peter Fiss, Michael Snyder, Melchior Fritz, John Stear, Jacob Gerhard, John Straser, Frederick Glick, Nicholas Straser, Godleib Heiser, Christian Swabel, Thomas Johnson, John Umbehaker, Daniel Kamp, John Wagner, Philip Kauffman, Stoffel Wagner, Jacob Kelchner, Frederick Walls, John Kisling, Christian WEBER, Martin Kisling, Christian Winter, Matthias Laub, George Zeichman, Christian Lerch.

Captain Geist's Company. Pay Roll of a Detachment of the Sixth Battalion, Berks County Militia guarding prisoners in Reading Goal, that had attempted to break out and afterwards guarding them from Reading to Lancaster. Captain Conrad Geist; Ensign Jacob Stehly; Sergeants George Gertner, William Shener. Privates listed were Mathias Rapp, Isaac Ermel, Peter Custard, Peter Feather, Christian Deringer, Conrad Fesig, Christopher Diem, Peter Fesig, George Donnelly, Christopher Fisher, Paul Egy, John Fister, George Eisenbeis (page 250), George Fry, John Miller, Jesse Grinding, Frederick Nagel, John Heiner, Philip Nagel, George Houser, Jacob Petry, George Jeager, Zacharia Rexroad, Philip Klinger, Christian Settely, William Knorr, Henry Settely, Mathjas Leib, CHRISTIAN SHREFFLER, Abraham Levan, James Simpson, Daniel McCoy, John Snyder, Dewalt Miller, and Henry Wolff.

2. ii. HENRY SCHREFFLER, b. March 15, 1750/51, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. January 10, 1837, New Berlin, Union Co., PA.

3. iii. JOHANN CONRAD SCHREFFLER, b. September 18, 1756, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. Abt. 1778.
iv. ANNA MARIE SCHREFFLER, b. July 12, 1758, Germantown, PA. Anna Maria was baptized on Sept. 10, 1758 in Germantown Reformed Church, Germantown, PA. Sponsor was Christopher Scheibeler and his wife, Margretha.

v. GEORGE SCHREFFLER, b. Abt. 1760, Pennsylvaina; d. May 13, 1828, Reading, Pennsylvania Berks County; m. MARGARETHA ELIZABETH KOCHENDEFFER, Abt. 1786; b. February 13, 1770; d. August 16, 1829. George Schreffler's occupation was listed as: Hatter. George may have served in the Revolutionary War per John H. Schreffler. He was listed on the tax rolls of Tulpehocken Twp. in 1788. According to the 1790 census his household consisted of 1m>=16, 2m<16 and 2f. Reportedly was Berks Co. Commissioner during the years 1814 to 1817. On April 27, 1820, he and his wife sold lot #319 and 1/2 lot #322 in Reading, PA for $160 to John Adams. They also sold lot #413 in Reading to John Kendall for $195 on July 29, 1820. George's will is dated 8 Dec. 1828 (Information from Cheryl Schreffler Leban)

4. vi. GODTFREIT SCHREFFLER, b. May 17, 1762; d. August 31, 1812, Bethel Township, Pennsylvania Berks County.

5. vii. CHARLES SCHREFFLER, b. November 17, 1764, Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, Berks County; d. January 25, 1826, Milheim, Haines Twp., Centre County, Pennsylvania.

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