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Randolph— Pangburn 

William    Pangburn    and    His 
Wife  Hannah  Fitz  Randolph 

Their    Ancestry  and  Descendants 

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To  all  those  in  whose  hearts  dwell  the  Spirit  of 
Veneration  and  of  Parental  Love. 


TO  MY  KINDRED. 

THE  compiler  of  this  record  has  fully  realized  the 
responsibility  imposed  on  him.  He  has  made  no 
statements  that  have  not  been  fully  verified,  and  for 
the  satisfaction  of  the  critical  reader,  even  at  the  risk  of 
being  tedious  through  repetition,  has  quoted  fully  from 
many  authorities  both  of  early  and  later  date. 

In  this  research  he  has  had  the  help  of  many  willing 
hands.  Old  family  registers  that  had  been  apparently 
lost  were  again  brought  to  light,  and  modern  ones  copied 
for  his  use.  That  a  few  have  not  done  so,  and  that  in 
some  instances  they  have  been  destroyed  by  fire  and  acci- 
dent, that  the  record  is  not  complete  in  every  line,  can 
only  be  regretted. 

To  Mr.  Lines  Pangburn  of  Brown  County,  Ohio,  the 
last  link  between  the  past  and  the  present,  our  people  are 
especially  indebted.  Through  him  have  lived  many  of  the 
traditions  of  the  past,  and  by  him  are  preserved  the  relics 
that  point  back  to  the  old  home  in  New  Jersey. 

Should  this  little  book,  the  record  of  a  worthy  ances- 
try, bring  them  again  to  mind,  and  arouse  in  the  heart  of 
the  reader  a  desire  to  live  up  to  the  high  standard  of 
those  who  have  gone  before,  the  writer  will  be  well  repaid. 

C.  P.  McClure. 


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PREFACE. 

"  Men   may   come,   and   men   may   go,   but    I    go   on   forever." 

THE  following  genealogical  record  represents  but  a 
small    section    of    that    continuous    stream,    which 
reaches  back  to  the  Beginning  and  will  run  on  to  the 
End. 

Ancestry,  like  posterity,  branches  out  into  many  lines 
of  descent,  and  it  would  be  fruitless  to  attempt  to  follow 
them  very  far. 

But  this  much  has  been  done,  incomplete  though  the 
record  be,  a  foundation  has  been  laid,  upon  which,  the 
present  and  future  generations  of  this  branch  of  the 
Pangburn  family  can  build,  if  they  care  to  do  so. 

The  credit  for  this  work  is  mainly  due  to  Mr.  C.  P. 
McClure  of  Bunola,  Pa.,  who  first  suggested  it,  and  whose 
labor  and  researches  have  put  it  in  form,  and  added  much 
to  our  knowledge  of  our  progenitors. 

Having  had  some  share  in  gathering  together  the  ma- 
terial, I  think  it  fitting  that  I  should  write  this  introduc- 
tion. 

Lines  Pangburn. 


Chapter  I. 

RANDOLPH-FITZ  RANDOLPH. 

Origin  of  the  Name.     A  Brief  Review 
of  its  Early  Associations. 

THE  family  Randolph  becomes  of  record  and  has  been 
prominent  in  both  English  and  Scottish  history 
almost  from  the  days  of  William  the  Conqueror; 
that  the  family  is  of  Norman  origin  is  conclusively  proven 
by  numerous  historical  references. 

A  certain  modern  writer  in  his  essay  on  family  names 
says  in  his  opening  paragraph :  "  Now  that  we  all  have 
surnames  we  are  apt  to  forget  that  it  was  not  always  so. 
We  cannot  easily  realize  the  time  when  John,  Thomas 
and  Andrew,  Mary  and  Abigail,  were  each  satisfied  with 
a  single  name,  nor  reflect  that  the  use  of  two  is  not  a 
refinement  dating  from  an  obscure  and  unknown  anti- 
quity, but  quite  within  the  reach  of  record  and  history." 

When  the  Normans  conquered  England  in  1066  the 
surname  as  we  understand  it,  scarcely  had  an  existence ; 
and  with  the  invaders,  though  they  have  been  lauded  as 
the  chivalry  and  refinement  of  the  age,  the  distinguishing 
name  was  derived  from  the  title,  from  the  name  of  his 
estates,  or  from  some  peculiarity  of  person,  and  was  sub- 
ject to  change  and  variation  in  succeeding  generations. 


—12— 

'  Randolph,"  as  we  now  spell  it,  seems  to  belong  to 
the  later  class  of  names ;  but  should  the  shade  of  the  old 
Viking  pirate  Hrolf,  or  Rolf,  return,  he  would  hardly 
recognize  his  name  in  its  modern  dress.  It  came  to  Eng- 
land in  the  more  amplified  forms  of  Ranulph,  Radulph, 
etc.,  and  in  the  diminutive,  or  monosyllable  form  of  Rauf, 
the  modern  Ralph. 

In  the  old  Latin  records  of  England,  the  forms  are 
Ranulfus,  Radulfus,  and  other  variations  of  spelling;  and 
yet  the  antiquarian,  historian,  and  authorities  on  her- 
aldry, agree  that  these  are  the  forms  that  have  crystal- 
lized into  the  family  name  Randolph. 

Like  many  other  names  of  foreign  origin  the  mean- 
ing is  obscure ;  a  very  plausible  suggestion  is  that  it  comes 
from  Harulf,  Hraudulf,  Hroarulf,  that  is,  high,  red,  or 
fierce  wolf. 

The  Norman  prefix  "  Fitz,"  meaning  son  of,  in  some 
instances  became  a  part  of  the  surname — hence  the  family 
name  of  Fitz  Randolph. 

The  rise,  and  we  might  add,  the  decline  and  fall  of 
the  Randolphs  would  fill  a  volume ;  and  has  no  place  in 
this  little  book  which  is  designed  only  as  a  tribute  of 
remembrance  to  our  more  humble,  though  no  less  worthy 
American  ancestors.  However  a  few  facts,  or  what  have 
been  accepted  as  facts  for  centuries,  briefly  stated,  seem 
to  have  a  place  here. 

When  William  the  Norman  parceled  out  among  his 
followers  the  lands  of  the  conquered  Saxon,  and  consti- 
tuted a  new  order  of  English  nobility,  he  gave  an  immense 


—13— 

domain  in  the  north  of  England  to  Allen  of  Brittany,  with 
the  title  of  Duke  of  Richmond.  One  of  the  "  Honors  of 
Richmond  "  bestowed  by  the  great  Duke,  was  to  his 
brother  Ribald,  of  estates  in  Yorkshire.  The  first  Lord 
of  Middleham.  Died  about  1131.  His  eldest  son  was 
Ranulph  or  Randolph,  the  second  Lord  of  Middleham, 
who  married  Agatha  a  daughter  of  the  first  Robert  de 
Bruis,  or  Bruce.  Their  son  and  heir  was  Lord  Robert 
Fitz  Randolph.  He  was  the  builder  of  Middleham  Castle, 
afterwards  enlarged  by  the  Nevills,  and  which  remains 
today  as  one  of  the  most  noted  ruins  of  feudal  England. 
We  turn  aside  now  to  the  family  of  Bruce,  which  as 
we  have  noted,  was  one  of  the  heads  of  the  Fitz  Randolph 
family. 

"  Early  in  the  13th  century  many  of  the  noble  Anglo 
Norman  families  went  to  Scotland,  and  with  few  excep- 
tions they  form  the  ancestors  of  the  Scottish  nobility,  and 
of  many  of  the  most  distinguished  families  among  the 
gentry ;  a  fact  so  well  known  that  it  is  useless  to  bring 
proof  of  it"  (Scotts  Scotland). 

The  first  Robert  de  Bruis,  a  follower  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  was  rewarded  by  the  gift  of  many  manors, 
chiefly  in  Yorkshire.  His  son  (or  grandson)  the  second 
Robert,  received  from  David  the  First  of  Scotland  the 
Lordship  of  Annandale  and  gave  his  allegiance  to  the 
Scottish  King.  From  him  was  descended  (1274-1329) 
King  Robert  Bruce  the  hero  of  Scottish  history,  and  who 
with  his  nephew  Thomas  Randolph,  and  the  "  good " 
James  Douglass  form  the  immortal  trio  in  the  cause  of 


—14— 

Scottish  liberty.     From  the  ancient  document,  the  "  Rag- 
man Roll,"  we  have  the  following: — 

Thomas  Randolph,  soldier  1291 

Thomas  Alius  Randolph  1291 

John    Fitz   Randolph,   Fifeshire  1296 

John  Fitz  Randolph,  Roxboroughshire  1296 

One  of  these  names  doubtless  refers  to  the  Randolph 

who  married  Isabel  a  sister  of  King  Robert  Bruce,  and 

whose  son  was  Sir  Thomas  Randolph  the  Scottish  patriot, 

Earl  of  Moray  1313,  after  the  death  of  Bruce  Regent  of 

Scotland.     Died  1332.* 

Alas  for  earthly  glory.  In  Scotland,  the  once  proud 
name  of  Randolph  is  known  no  more.  Its  titles  have 
lapsed  or  have  passed  to  others,  and  the  very  name  has 
almost  passed  away. 

The  Randolphs  of  England  have  been  more  numerous 
and  wide  spread  than  the  Fitz  Randolphs,  although  as 
we  are  led  to  believe,  of  a  common  origin.  Fitz  Ran- 
dolph, seems  to  have  crystallized  into  a  fixed  surname 
in  the  descendants  of  '  Robert  the  Castle  Builder  "  of 
Middleham. 

Much  of  the  glory  of  the  name  was  lost,  when  through 
female  succession  their  title  and  Baronial  possessions 
passed  to  other  names ;  when  their  blood  mingled  with 


*Thomas  Jefferson  in  his  autobiography  in  speaking  of  his  mother's 
ancestry  (Randolph)  says:  "They  trace  their  pedigree  far  back  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland.  In  England  it  connects  with  the  Warwickshire  Ran- 
dolphs, and  in  Scotland  with  Sir  Thomas  Randolph,  Earl  of  Moray, 
whose  mother  was  Isabel,  a  sister  of  King  Robert  Bruce."  The  extrav- 
agance of  the  assertion  disappears  when  we  remember  that  the  head 
of  the  family  of  Bruce  of  Scotland  was  also  one  of  the  ancestors  of  the 
Randolphs.  The  heritage  of  Jefferson,  then,  is  common  to  probably 
every    Randolph    and    Fitz    Randolph   in    America. 


—15— 

that  of  Percy,  united  with  that  of  Neville.*  They  were 
shorn  of  political  power  in  the  wars  of  royal  succession, 
when  the  Knights  of  the  Red  Rose  of  Lancaster  went 
down  on  the  fatal  field  of  Towton,  when  the  great  Charter 
was  ignored,  and  when  England  stepped  backward  to 
the  autocracy  of  old  King  John.  Still  at  Spennithorne 
in  Yorkshire,  they  continued  to  occupy  a  portion  of  their 
ancient  heritage,  and  from  those  we  are  led  to  believe, 
came  the  Fitz  Randolphs  of  Nottingham,  where  as  plain 
country  gentry  they  occupied  their  lands  for  several  gen- 
erations. 

****** 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  two  American  gentlemen, 
one  of  New  York  City  and  the  other  of  eastern  New 
Jersey,  both  descended  from  the  pioneer  of  this  name  in 
New  England,  in  an  independent  research  into  their  an- 
cient ancestral  lines,  have  reached  practically  the  same 
conclusions,  namely : — that  in  Edward  Fitz  Randolph 
of  Langton  Hall,  Nottinghamshire,  the  first  and  only 
progenitor  of  the  American  branch  of  the  family,  who 


*Randolph  Fitz  Randolph,  the  fifth  Lord  of  Middleham,  married 
Anastasia,  a  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Percy ;  their  oldest  daughter, 
Mary,    Lady    of    Middleham,    married    Robert    de    Neville,    Lord    of    Raby. 

When  we  consider  the  prominence,  the  wealth  and  power,  of  their 
posterity,— their  potency  for  good — and  for  evil — this  union  has  scarely 
a  parallel  in  the  history  of  England.  Of  their  descendants  were  not  only 
the  Dukes  of  Westmoreland,  the  great  Earl  of  Salisbury,  and  his  more 
famous  son,  Richard  Neville,  Earl  of  Warwick,  but  through  intermarriage 
their  blood  was  carried  into  the  royal  line ;  entering  through  Richard 
Duke  of  York  (who  married  Cicely  Neville  a  sister  of  the  Earl  of  Salis- 
bury) was  carried  down  through  the  Plantagenet,  Tudor,  and  Stuart  lines. 
A  certain  historian  remarks  : — "  Nearly  every  royal  family  of  Europe  can 
trace  its  descent  from  the  same  noble  and  beautiful  lady,  called  '  The 
Rose   of   Raby.'  " 

For  a  fuller  statement  of  the  above  the  reader  is  referred  to  "  Fitz 
Randolph   Traditions." 


—16— 

came  to  Plymouth  Colony  in  1630,  we  have  a  scion  of 
the  Lords  of  Middlcham  of  the  twelfth  century. 

Catholics  they  were,  but,  as  we  have  reason  to  believe 
of  the  type  of  Wycliff,  who  would  have  even  the  plow- 
boy  read  his  Bible  in  his  native  tongue.  Communicants 
of  the  Church  of  Henry  VIII..  yes,  for  imprisonment  and 
confiscation  of  property  was  the  alternative ;  yet  right 
in  their  county  of  Nottingham,  at  the  little  town  of 
Scrooby,  rose  the  first  organization  that  totally  threw  off 
all  allegiance  to  the  State  Church  of  England,  and  went  to 
a  foreign  land  to  enjoy  that  freedom  of  conscience  that 
was  denied  them  at  home. 

Puritans  of  Massachusetts,  yes  and  remained  so  until 
the  most  liberal  policy  of  the  Old  Colony  was  dominated 
by  the  greater  settlement  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  when 
they  again  took  up  their  pilgrimage  to  a  land  where  entire 
freedom  of  conscience  was  assured,  there  to  perpetuate 
a  new  order  of  nobility,  not  founded  on  title  or  power, 
nor  wealth,  but  on  real  moral  worth. 

Are  these  conclusions  correct?    Let  the  reader  judge. 


Chapter  II. 

THE  FAMILY  IN  MASSACHUSETTS. 

NATHANIEL  FITZ  RANDOLPH'S 

RECORDS.  PLYMOUTH  COLONY 

RECORDS.   FITZ  RANDOLPH 

TRADITIONS. 

OUR  knowledge  of  the  family  through  the  centuries 
that  have  passed  is  mainly  due  to  the  forethought 
of  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph  of  Princeton,  New 
Jersey,  who  about  1750  wrote  in  his  journal  and  family 
register,  not  only  of  his  ancestry  and  family  history,  but 
made  notes  of  current  events  that  are  of  great  interest 
at  the  present  time.  This  journal  is  very  fully  quoted 
from  in  "  The  History  of  Princeton  and  its  Institutions  " 
by  John  F.  Hageman,  and  published  at  Princeton  in  1878. 
The  author  says  in  regard  to  this  record,  that  he  was  per- 
mitted to  use  it  by  Mrs.  Charles  Steadman,  a  descendant 
of  Fitz  Randolph,  in  whose  possession  it  then  was. 
Several  copies  of  the  record  have  since  been  made,  and 
the  writer  has  had  the  satisfaction  of  having  his  data 
compared  and  made  to  conform  to  that  given  by  Mr.  Fitz 
Randolph. 

"  Edward  Fitz  Randolph  came  with  his  parents  when 
a  lad  from  Nottinghamshire  in  old  England  to  New  Eng- 


—18— 

land  in  1630,  and  lived  at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts. 
There  he  married  a  wife  whose  maiden  name  was  Blos- 
som. Her  parents  had  fled  from  persecution  in  Eng- 
land in  about  1620.  They  put  into  Holland  and  she  was 
born  there." 

"  Edward  Fitz  Randolph  had  six  children,  the  young- 
est of  whom  was  Benjamin,  who  came  to  Piscataway, 
New  Jersey,  about  1668  and  about  1696  came  to  Prince- 
ton, where  he  bought  lands  of  Richard  Stockton,  about 
100  acres  embracing  the  ground  where  the  college  now 
stands,  and  as  early  as  1704  he  bought  the  Mrs.  Potter 
farm,  and  before  1709  he  bought  of  the  Stockton  tract 
that  portion  then  unsold  between  Bayard  and  Wither- 
spoon  streets,  on  the  north  side  of  Main  Street." 

The  following  genealogical  data  not  only  confirms 
the  traditional  narrative  of  Mr.  Fitz  Randolph  but  adds 
much  to  our  knowledge  of  our  early  ancestors. 


PIONEERS  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

BY 

Charles  Henry  Pope — 1900. 


FITZ  RANDOLPH. 

Mr.  Edward  Fitz  Randolph  came  from  Notting- 
hamshire, England;  settled  at  Scituate :  property  1636; 
admitted  to  Church  14  May.  Hi.'.;  ;  freeman  4  Sept.,  1638. 
He  went  to  Barnstable  in  1639.     He  married  10  May, 


—19— 

1637  Elizabeth  Blossom,  who  was  admitted  to  Church 
27  Aug.  1643.     Had  children:— 

Nathaniel Born ,  died  young. 

Nathaniel   (No.  2) Born  about  1642.      (Married 

Mary  daughter  of  Jos.  Hoi- 
ley.) 

Mary    Born  Oct.  6,  1644. 

Hannah  Baptized  June  2, 1650.  (Mar- 
ried Jasper  Taylor.) 

Mary  (No.  2)    Born  May,  1651. 

John Baptized,  June  2,  1652. 

John  (No.  2)   Born  Oct.  7,  1653. 

Joseph   Born  Mar.  1,  1656. 

Thomas  Born  Aug.  16,  1659. 

Hope    Born  Apr.  2,  1661. 


NEW  ENGLAND  GENEALOGICAL 
RECORD. 
VOL.  HI. 

First  Settlers  of  Barnstable. 

Copied  From  The  Original  Records  By 
Mr.  David  Hamilton. 


EDWARD  FITZ  RANDOLPH. 

CHILDREN  : 

Hannah   Born  April,  1649. 

Mary    Born  May,  1651. 


—20— 

John Born  Oct.  7,  1653. 

Joseph    Born  Mar.  1,  1656. 

Thomas   Born  Aug.  16,  1659. 

Hope    Born  April  2,  1661. 

Benjamin Born  April  4,  1663. 

Admitted  after  1660  and  before  1700:— 

Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph,  married  Mary  Holley 
daughter  of  Jos.  Holley,  Feb.  1662.     Children — 

John   Born  Nov.  1,  1662. 

Isaac Born  Dec.  7,  1664. 

Hannah  Fitz  Randolph,  married  6  Nov.  1668,  Jasper 
Taylor.  Children : — John,  Mercy,  Hope,  Seth,  Eleanor 
and  Jasper. 


THE  ENGLAND  AND  HOLLAND  OF  THE 

PILGRIMS. 

Dexter- 1907. 


Blossom,  Thomas :  From  Cambridge ;  George 
Rogers,  student  when  matriculated  in  Leyden  University 
Oct.  27,  1609  lived  with  him.  Gave  power  of  attorney  to 
wife  Ann,  Mar.  12,  1610,  to  sell  houses  in  Cambridge, 
England.  Buried  child  Ann  in  St.  Peters  April  12,  1610. 
Then  lived  in  Preterskerkhof.*  Wrote  to  William 
Bradford  at  Plymouth,  New  England,  Nov.  30,  1625. 
Wrote  to  same  Dec.  15,  1625.     Came  to  New  England 

*A  large  building  with  an  enclosed  court  purchased  by  Pastor  Robin- 
son  and  three  others,  when  they   went  to   Leyden  in   1609. 

The  church  met  for  worship  in  this  house,  and  some  of  the  company 
seem  to  hare  built   houses  within  the  court. 


—21— 

with  wife  and  two  sons  in  1629.  Ann,  wife  of  Thomas, 
inherited  by  will  of  mothers'  father  certain  houses  in 
Cambridge,  England,  and  records  power  of  attorney  to 
sell  them,  especially  two  in  St.  Giles  Parish,  Mar.  12, 
1610. 

LOG  OF  THE  MAYFLOWER. 

Deacon  Thomas  Blossom  and  his  son  were  well 
known  as  of  Pastor  Robinson's  flock  at  Leyden.  They 
returned  moreover  to  Holland  from  Plymouth,  England 
(when  they  gave  up  the  voyage)  via  London. 

The  father  went  to  New  Plymouth  ten  years  later, 
the  son  dying  before  that  time.  Letter  dated  at  Leyden, 
Dec.  15,  1625,  he  says: — "  God  hath  taken  away  my  son 
who  was  with  us  in  the  ship  (Mayflower)  when  I  went 
back  again." 


GENEALOGICAL  DICTIONARY  OF  FIRST 
SETTLERS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 

BY 

James  Savage,  Past  President 
Mass.  Historical  Society.      1860. 

Thomas  Blossom,  one  of  the  Pilgrims  from  Leyden 
to  Plymouth,  but  being  of  the  Speedwell  was  disappointed 
of  passage  on  the  Mayflower  from  England,  and  soon 
went  back  to  encourage  emigration  of  the  residue.  A 
son  who  came  and  returned  with  him  died  before  Dec. 


—22— 

1625  and  two  other  children  had  been  born  in  the  interval. 
(See  a  good  letter  from  him  to  Gov.  Bradford  in  Youngs* 
Chron.  of  the  Pilgrims.)  He  came  again  in  1629,  perhaps 
on  the  Mayflower,  if  the  beloved  name  would  attract  the 
few  from  Leyden,  when  the  larger  part  of  the  fellow 
voyagers  with  Higgenson  were  bound  for  Salem. 

Was  Deacon,  and  died  after  short  possession  of  the 
land  of  promise  in  the  summer  of  1633.  Princes  Annals. 
P.  437  of  Edit.  1826. 

His  widow  Ann  married  17  Oct.  of  that  year  Henry 
Rowley,  and  his  daughter  Elizabeth  married,  1637, 
Edward  Fitz  Randolph.  A  son  Thomas,  of  Plymouth, 
married  18  June,  1645,  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Ewer  of  Charlestown  and  had  Sarah,  and  Thomas. 
Was  living  at  Barnstable  1643,  was  drowned  at  Neucett 
while  exploring,  22  Apr.  1650. 

A  son  Peter  of  Barnstable  married  4  June,  1663 
Sarah  Bodfish  and  had: — 

Mercy    Born  9,  Apr.  1664,  died  young. 

Thomas   Born  20,  Dec.  1667. 

Samuel    Born  1669,  died  young. 

Joseph    Born  10,  Dec.  1673. 

Thankful    Born  1675. 

Mercy  (No.  2) Born  Aug.  1678. 

Jabez    Born  16,  Feb.  1680. 


After  collecting  and  arranging  the  foregoing  data  of 
these,  our  remote  ancestors,  the  writer  was  pleased  to 


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learn  that  he  had  not  been  alone  in  this  line  of  research, 
by  the  publication  under  the  auspices  of  the  New  Jersey 
Hist.  Society,  of  that  unique  work  "  Fitz  Randolph  Tra- 
ditions, A  Story  of  a  Thousand  Years  "  by  Lewis  V.  F. 
Randolph  of  New  Jersey — 1907.  He  traces  the  family 
of  Edward  Fitz  Randolph  far  into  the  dim  and  distant 
past ;  but  we  will  only  note  in  this  connection  that  he 
was  one  of  the  younger  sons  of  Edward  Fitz  Randolph 
of  Langton  Hall,  Nottinghamshire,  that  the  records  of 
the  Parish  Church  at  Sutton-in-Ashfield  give  the  date  of 
his  baptism  17,  July,  1607. 

As  to  the  impelling  influence  that  induced  our  first 
American  ancestor  to  leave  his  English  home  and  cast  his 
lot  with  the  little  colony  at  Plymouth,  Mr.  Randolph 
says : — ■ 

"  In  considering  the  fact  of  Edward  Fitz  Randolph's 
emigration  to  Massachusetts,  the  question  arises  as  to 
the  particular  impelling  motive  for  a  departure  so  radi- 
cal. 

A  certain  aggregation  of  notes  or  memoranda,  occa- 
sionally spoken  of  as  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph's  Record 
(made  probably  in  the  second  generation  following  the 
arrival  of  the  Pilgrims)  indicate  that  young  Edward's 
father  came  with  him  to  the  New  World. 

Supposing  this  statement  to  be  correct,  we  ask,  Why 
did  they  come?  There  is  hardly  more  than  one  answer 
that  could  be  given  to  such  a  question.  Not  long  after- 
wards, divers  persons  came  (from  the  Old  World  to 
the  New)  simply  to  better  their  fortunes,  and  such  as 
these  have  continued  to  come  ever  since,  and  increasing 
in  numbers ;  but  aside  perhaps   from  the  sufferings  of 


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their  family  under  Tudor  rule,  still  fresh  and  harrowing 
to  the  recollection,  there  was  practically  but  one  influ- 
ence guiding  the  Fitz  Randolph  steps,  and  it  was  the 
same  influence  that  guided  the  steps  of  all  American 
Immigrants  of  the  first  three  decades  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  and  that  was  Religion.  It  was  the  settled  pur- 
pose to  enjoy  liberty  of  conscience  and  an  untrammeled 
communion  with  the  Heavenly  Father  that  determined 
these  sturdy  citizens  of  the  British  Motherland  to  seek  a 
land  (though  of  a  climate  of  doubtful  hospitality)  in 
which  might  be  established  a  broader  and  freer  citizen- 
ship.* This  earlier  immigration  included  not  a  few  per- 
sons in  whom  high  principle  and  piety  were  united  with 
a  good  degree  of  education  and  social  position,  as  well 
as  of  ability  and  courage.  It  is  true  that  of  those  who 
fled  from,  or  struggled  with,  prelatical  power  and  kingly 
oppression,  many  were  of  the  lower  social  rank ;  but  com- 
mingled with  these,  and  holding  fraternal  relations  with 
them,  were  English  gentlemen  whose  blood  had  de- 
scended for  centuries  from  titled  families. 

If  we  were  disposed  to  proceed  on  a  line  of  thought 
and  theory  growing  out  of  the  emigration  of  the  Fitz 
Randolphs  we  would  have  no  difficulty  in  associating 
earlier  religious  developments  of  this  family.  We  have 
seen  how  for  many  hundreds  of  years  their  religious 
character  and  loyalty  had  sustained  and  continued.  From 
the  days  of  the  Norman  Conquest  and  afterwards 
through  the  ages  that  followed,  the  Fitz  Randolphs  had 


'It  will  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  Stuarts  had  succeeded  the  Tudors 
and  had  fairly  out-Tudored  the  Tudors  in  forcing  the  state  religion,  as 
established  by  Henry  VIII.  alike  on  the  old  Catholics  of  Yorkshire  and 
on    the    Presbyterians    of    Scotland. 


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generously  and  even  lavishly  contributed  to  the  Chris- 
tian causes  and  charities,  established  monasteries, 
churches,  and  hospitals  without  pause  or  stint.  In  the 
fourteenth  century  it  would  appear  that  this  family  was 
socially  and  otherwise  identified  with  the  great  movement 
toward  religious  freedom  which  eventuated  in  the  publi- 
cation of  the  Wycliffe  Bible.  Wycliffe  was  under  the 
protection  of  John  of  Gaunt,  whose  descendants  were  the 
kings  of  the  House  of  Lancaster,  and  also  of  the  Earl 
of  Northumberland,  Lord  Henry  Percy,  a  devoted  Lan- 
casterian ;  so  the  Lancasterians  were  inclined  to  be  Lol- 
lards, or  advocates  of  Bible  reading,  and  were  opposed 
to  extreme  papal  power  and  practices. 

The  Lollard  leaven  was  ever  at  work,  and  to  the 
thoughtful  student  of  history  it  will  appear  that  the  open 
Bible,  as  opposed  to  priestly  bigotry  and  restriction,  found 
friends  in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries  amongst 
the  intelligent  and  thoughtful  members  of  the  powerful 
families  of  Britain ;  and  the  seed  thus  sown  developed 
afterwards  not  so  much  indeed  in  the  breaking  away  of 
the  English  Church  from  Roman  Catholicism  as  in  the 
more  significant  separation  from  the  established  church 
in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries,  in  which  last 
separation  even  many  thoughtful  and  conscionetious 
members  of  noble  families  participated.  These  are  facts 
which  fit  naturally  with  the  emigration  to  America  of 
families  of  the  Fitz  Randolph  type ;  and  it  is  hardly  possi- 
ble to  avoid  the  surmise  and  the  inference  that  the  mak- 
ing of  common  cause  by  the  men  of  patrician  blood 
with  the  plain  people  who  had  come  to  the  point  of  sacri- 
ficing their  all  in  the  cause  of  an  Open  Bible,  was  in  keep- 


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ing  with  the  traditions  of  a  noble  line  whose  ancestors 
in  the  fourteenth  century  had  supported  the  outspoken 
father  of  religious  liberty.  John  Wycliffe. 

As  a  resume  of  the  foregoing  genealogical  data,  the 
following  is  quoted  from  Mr.  Randolph's  work : — 

"  Young  Edward,  the  emigrant,  kept  in  close  touch 
with  the  advanced  religious  thought  of  those  with  whom 
he  had  embarked  his  fortune  and  his  life.  Sometime  fol- 
lowing the  formation  of  a  non-conformist  religious  soci- 
ety and  the  establishment  of  a  regular  pastorate  of  the 
same,  Edward  joined  this  society  or  church. 

Its  pastor  was  Rev.  John  Lothrop,  who  came  to 
Massachusetts  a  little  later  than  young  Edward,  and  who 
was  an  earnest  preacher  of  those  days,  having  been  pastor 
for  eight  years  of  a  non-conformist  society,  worshiping 
secretly  in  London.  Upon  his  meetings  being  discovered 
in  1632,  in  London,  preacher  and  parishoners  were  im- 
prisoned for  something  more  than  two  years.  They  were 
released  upon  Mr.  Lothrop's  pledging  himself  to  leave 
the  Kingdom. 

So  soon  as  the  prison  doors  were  opened  for  him,  he 
embarked  (in  the  year  1634)  in  the  ship  "  Griffin  "  accom- 
panied by  thirty  of  his  parishoners.  They  settled  at  Scit- 
uate,  and  established  a  church  there  January  18,  1635. 

The  following  quaint  entries  in  the  original  style  and 
orthography  of  Pastor  Lothrop  himself  are  copied  from 
his  church  register : — 

Marryed 
Edward  Fittsrandolfe 
May  10,  1637 
Elizabeth  Blossome. 


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Edward  Fitz  Surrandolph 
joyned  church  May  14,  1637 
Scituate. 

Our  Brother  Fittsrendolfe 

wife  joyned  August  27,  1643 

Barnstable. 

Incidentally  it  will  be  noted  that  here  in  the  hand 
writing  of  a  preacher,  and  a  leader  of  men,  are  several 
new  and  distinct  ways  of  spelling  the  old  Norse  name, 
which  for  eight  hundred  years  prior  to  Pastor  Lothrop's 
Records  was  undergoing  numerous  odd  and  curious 
changes  in  the  course  of  the  centuries,  and  yet  was  always 
susceptible  of  being  traced  and  identified  and  even  kept 
in  line  of  historical  narrative. 

The  Pilgrim,  Edward,  became  very  soon  a  factor  of 
importance.  He  was  a  man  of  substance  as  well  as  of 
character.  Mr.  Leonard  quotes  from  Pastor  Lothrop's 
diary  the  statement  that  "  Master  Fitsrandolphe  "  built 
a  house  in  Scituate  during  1636 ;  and  it  appears  that  he 
sold  his  property  there  in  1639  and  moved  to  Barnstable 
with  his  minister  and  twenty-five  townsmen.  Here  he 
built  another  home  on  an  eight  acre  lot  and  lived  in  it 
till  1649,  when  he  sold  it  (and  three  other  town  lots) 
and  removed  to  his  farm  in  West  Barnstable,  a  tract  of 
143  acres.  This  he  occupied  for  twenty  years,  when  he 
sold  out  and  moved  with  his  family  to  Piscataway,  New 
Jersey.  This  important  change  seems  to  have  been 
brought  about  (like  that  from  England)  by  a  desire  for 
ampler  religious  freedom.  The  augmenting  restrictions 
and  exactions  of  Puritan  rule  in  New  England  seemed 
oppressive  and  unscriptural  to  a  considerable  body  of 


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excellent  men  and  women,  who  longed  for  a  larger  liberty 
of  thought.  Religious  freedom,  complete  and  unstinted, 
was  promised  to  new  settlers  by  the  New  jersey  Proprie- 
tors, and  this  constituted  the  chief  lure  to  the  pious  Pil- 


grims. 


We  now  arrive  at  a  point  in  this  history  and  line  of 
traditions  at  which  some  especial  consideration  should 
be  given  to  an  alliance  with  another  branch  of  Pilgrim 
stock. 

In  the  ages  gone  by  the  Fitz  Randolphs  were  from 
time  to  time  exceedingly  fortunate  in  their  marriages, 
gathering  increase  of  strength,  character,  and  standing,  as 
well  as  wealth,  from  a  number  of  these  alliances.  It  may 
safely  be  said,  however,  that  in  no  instance  of  this  sort 
did  greater  advantage  accrue  to  him  who  made  the  con- 
tract than  was  gained  by  the  young  Edward  who  in 
May,  1637,  at  Scituate,  Mass.,  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anne  Blossom. 

Elizabeth  Blossom  was  born  in  Leyden,  Holland,  of 
pious  Pilgrim  parentage,  about  the  year  1620.  Her 
father,  Thomas  Blossom,  was  a  prominent  member  of 
Rev.  John  Robinson's  church  from  the  time  its  members 
left  Scrooby  in  Nottinghamshire,  England.  In  the  year 
1620  the  "Mayflower"  and  the  "Speedwell"  were  to 
sail  as  companion  ships  for  America.  The  "  Speed- 
well "  was  a  little  ship  of  sixty  tons,  which  had  been  pur- 
chased and  fitted  out  in  Holland  for  the  Pilgrim  Congre- 
gation. She  sailed  July  26,  1620,  from  the  port  of  Delft- 
haven,  about  twenty-four  miles  from  Leyden,  for  South- 
ampton in  England,  where  the  "  Mayflower  "  for  a  week 
had  been  waiting  with  a  partial  list  of  passengers  from 


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London.  It  was  found  that  the  little  "  Speedwell " 
needed  repairs  before  putting  out  to  sea.  Repairs  were 
made  at  considerable  expense  and  delay.  The  two  vessels 
then  set  sail  for  their  long  voyage,  but  the  "  Speedwell  " 
proved  leaky  and  both  vessels  put  into  Dartmouth  for 
further  repairs.  Then  once  more  they  sailed  together 
and  progressed  some  three  hundred  miles  westward  from 
Lands  End,  where  the  Captain  of  the  "  Speedwell "  com- 
plained further  of  his  boats  unseaworthiness.  Again  the 
two  vessels  turned  back,  this  time  putting  into  Plymouth 
harbor,  and  here  it  was  decided  to  dismiss  the  "  Speed- 
well "  after  a  redistribution  of  passengers  and  cargo. 
Referring  to  this  event,  Gov.  Bradford  wrote: — "So, 
after  they  had  took  out  such  provisions  as  the  other  ship 
could  stow,  and  concluded  what  number  and  what  per- 
sons should  go  back,  they  made  another  sad  departing, 
the  little  ship  (the  'Speedwell')  going  to  London,  and 
the  other  (the  '  Mayflower  ')  proceeding  on  her  voyage." 

This  grievous  and  discouraging  work  was  performed 
by  September  6,  1620,  and  eighteen  persons  returned  in 
the  "  Speedwell  "  to  Leyden  by  way  of  London,  where 
the  leaky  boat  was  sold. 

Among  those  returning  was  Thomas  Blossom  with 
his  little  family.  He,  with  a  few  other  leading  Pilgrims, 
accompanied  the  despondent  passengers  back  to  their 
church  friends  in  Holland.  Here  he  remained  with  Pas- 
tor Robinson,  who  continued  to  shepherd  the  flock  until 
such  time  as  the  Society  was  able  to  send  over  to  Amer- 
ica others  of  the  congregation. 

Two  such  embarkments  took  place  prior  to  the  death 
of  the  pious  old  preacher  in  1625,  and  the  remaining 


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members  embarked  in  subsequent  voyages  about  1630. 
The  ship  "  Fortune  "  in  November,  1621,  brought  over 
twenty  members  of  the  church  besides  children ;  and  in 
August,  1623,  the  "  Ann  "  and  "  Little  James  "  carried 
sixty  more  church  members  in  addition  to  children. 

The  Pilgrim  church  in  Leyden  and  its  transported 
membership  at  New  Plymouth  in  America,  continued  as 
one  body.  The  branch  in  the  New  World  never  chose  a 
pastor  so  long  as  Pastor  Robinson  was  living.  During  the 
interim  Elder  Brewster  presided  over  the  spiritual  con- 
cerns of  the  struggling  congregation  at  Cape  Cod  until 
1629.  He  had  been  one  of  the  foremost  pioneers  in  the 
Nottinghamshire  movements  in  England,  which  resulted 
in  establishing  the  "  Separatists  "  Society  in  1607.  From 
1589  to  September,  1607,  he  had  been  postmaster  at 
Scrooby  by  appointment  from  Sir  Thomas  Randolph, 
Comptroller  of  all  Her  Majesty's  Posts. 

After  Pastor  Robinson  died,  in  1625,  Thomas  Blossom 
wrote  sorrowfully  to  Governor  Bradford  of  this  event 
and  of  the  distress  of  the  church,  and  strenuous  efforts 
were  put  forth  by  the  Pilgrim  congregation  to  bring  over 
to  America  the  remainder  of  the  parent  Society  at  Ley- 
den.* So  soon  as  they  were  able  to  arrange  payment  of 
their    obligations    to    the    organized    "  Adventurers "    in 


*See  Young's  Chronicles,  pp.  480-3.  Thomas  Blossom's  letter  to 
the  Governor  is  dated  at  Leyden,  Dec.  15,  1625.  Its  closing  lines  are 
as  below  : — ■ 

"  I  commend  you  to  the  keeping  of  the  Lord,  desiring,  if  He  see 
it  good  (and  that  I  might  be  serviceable  unto  the  business)  that  I  were 
with  you.  God  hath  taken  away  my  son  that  was  with  me  in  the  ship, 
when  I  came  back  again  ;  I  have  only  two  children,  which  were  born  since 
I    left    you.      Fare   you   well." 

One  of  these  children  was  Elizabeth,  destined  wife  of  Edward  Fitz 
Randolph. 


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England,  and  buy  out  their  interest  in  the  Pilgrim  colony 
in  New  England,  they  began  to  bring  over  the  remainder 
of  the  brethren  though  at  great  cost,  sacrifice  and  anxiety. 

"  Thomas  Blossom  came  over  to  Plymouth,  probably 
in  1629,  and  was  chosen  Deacon  of  the  church.  Brad- 
ford speaks  of  him  as  one  of  our  '  ancient  friends  in  Hol- 
land.' The  church  records  describe  him  as  '  a  holy  man 
and  experienced  saint.'  He  died  in  the  summer  of  1633  " 
(Plymouth  Ch.  Rec.  1.  42.,  and  Prince's  Annals  P.  437.) 

On  May  1,  1629,  six  vessels  left  the  shores  of  England 
with  a  passenger  list  which  included  the  bulk  of  the  Ley- 
den  congregation,  all  bound  for  New  England.  One  of 
these  ships  appears  to  have  been  the  famous  :<  May- 
flower " ;  and  included  among  its  passengers  were  Pastor 
Robinson's  widow  and  children ;  and  it  is  believed  that 
Thomas  Blossom  and  his  family  were  also  among  the 
passengers  of  this  same  vessel.  It  is  certain  that  they 
came  over  in  1629. 

He  was  one  of  the  first  Deacons  of  the  Pilgrim  Church 
in  Plymouth  after  his  arrival  in  the  Colony,  and  continued 
in  that  office  so  long  as  he  lived.  After  the  death  of 
Deacon  Blossom,  in  1633,  his  widow  joined  the  church  at 
Scituate.  In  1639  the  family  moved  with  Pastor  Loth- 
rop  from  Scituate  to  Barnstable.  Edward  Fitz  Randolph 
had  joined  the  church  in  1637  at  Scituate.  His  wife  (as 
has  been  seen)  joined  it  half  a  dozen  years  later  at  Barn- 
stable. She  attained  the  age  of  ninety-three  in  her  later 
home  in  New  Jersey.  The  aroma  of  a  fine  Christian 
character  has  ever  surrounded  the  memory  of  this  blessed 
and  venerated  woman.  Her  children  and  her  children's 
children  for  many  generations  have  risen  up  to  call  her 


—32— 

blessed.  She  came  with  her  family  from  Massachusetts 
to  New  Jersey  in  1669 ;  and  near  the  spot  where  the 
peaceful  Raritan  finds  the  sea,  her  soul  went  out  to  the 
Eternal  and  Divine  Peace." 

Below  we  give  the  closing  numbers  of  a  condensed 
review  as  given  by  Mr.  Randolph. 

(24)  "  Christopher  Fitz  Randolph  (son  of  Ran- 
dolph, fifth  son  of  Duke  of  Westmoreland).*  Married 
Joan,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Cuthbert  Langton  of  Lang- 
ton  Hall.    Died  1588. 

(.25)  "Edward  Fitz  Randolph  of  Langton  Hall. 
With  whom  was  found,  and  in  whom  was  confirmed  by 
the  '  Visitation  '  of  1614  the  Fitz  Randolph  Arms,  sub- 
stantially as  borne  by  the  Lords  of  Middleham  and  by  the 
Spennithorne  branch  of  Fitz  Randolph.  Died  probably 
about  1635." 

(26)  "Edward  Fitz  Randolph-Pilgrim.  Married 
May  10,  1637.  at  Scituate,  Mass.,  to  Elizabeth  Blossom, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anne  Blossom,  moved  to  Pist- 
cataway,  New  Jersey,  1669.     Died  1675." 


•While  it  is  possible  that  the  exact  line  of  descent  to  the  family 
in  Nottingham,  as  given  by  Mr.  Randolph  may  not  be  entirely  accepted 
without  question,  yet,  that  the  Nottinghamshire  Fitz  Randolphs  from 
whom  came  Edward  the  Pilgrim,  were  descended  from  the  ancient  and 
noble  family  of  Yorkshire  seems  to  be  proven  beyond  a  doubt. 


Chapter  III. 

THE  FAMILY  IN  NEW  JERSEY.— FAMILY 
RECORDS.— EXTRACTS  FROM 
NATHANIEL  FITZ  RAN- 
DOLPH'S JOURNAL.— HIS 
MILITARY  SERVICES. 

AS  we  have  already  noted,  Edward  Fitz  Randolph 
and  his  family  left  their  Massachusetts  home  in 
1669,  and  settled  in  East  Jersey,  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Raritan  river,  where  he  purchased  from  the  Pro- 
prietary a  large  tract  of  land.  Several  of  his  older  sons 
also  taking  up  lands  in  their  own  right  at  the  same 
time.  At  the  time  of  his  death  in  1675  his  land  had  not 
been  surveyed  as  we  learn  from  the  following  memoran- 
dum on  file  at  the  office  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey, 
at  Perth  Amboy. 

"  Ano  1676,  21  March,  A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  the 
widow,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fitz  Randolph,  within  the  bounds 
of  Piscataway,  in  right  of  herself,  her  husband,  and  three 
sons,  John,  Joseph,  and  Thomas,  300  Acres  of  upland  and 
meadow  in  proportion  etc." 

The  survey  of  these  lands  in  seven  different  tracts 
is  only  of  interest  in  showing  their  location  on  the  Rari- 
tan river. 


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In  1685  she  deeds  lands  to  her  sons  Joseph,  Thomas, 
anl  Benjamin.  This  indicates  that  the  mother  had  been 
acting  as  guardian  for  her  minor  children. 

Several  of  the  Fitz  Randolph  families  made  East  Jer- 
sey their  home  for  many  generations.  But  Benjamin  in 
a  few  years  moved  to  the  site  of  the  present  town  of 
Princeton.  That  he  was  a  man  of  thrift  and  enterprise 
is  evident.  Our  knowledge  of  his  family  is  entirely  due 
to  the  records  left  by  his  son  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph 
of  Princeton. 

Adopting  now  the  genealogical  form,  we  will  attempt 
to  trace  our  ancestral  line. 

Benjamin  Fitz  Randolph,  youngest  son  of  Edward 
Fitz  Randolph  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  born  in  Massachu- 
setts, April  4,  1663,  came  with  other  members  of  the 
family  to  Piscataway,  New  Jersey,  in  1669 ;  came  to 
Princeton  about  1696,  where  he  died  Oct.  5,  1746  "  aged 
eighty-three  and  one  half  years." 

He  married,  first,  1689,  Sarah  Dennis,  who  died  at 
Princeton  Nov.  22,  1732.  By  this  marriage  was  born  the 
following  children : — 

I.     Sarah  Fitz  Randolph Born      April      14, 

1691.    Died  young. 

II.     Grace  Fitz  Randolph Born  July  25, 1692. 

Died  aged  12  years. 


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III.  Ruth  Fitz  Randolph Born  April  8,  1695. 

Died  Sept,  25, 1780. 
Married  first,  Feb. 
6,  1711,  Edward 
Harrison  of 
Griggstown,  and 
afterwards  in  1720, 
John  Snowden  of 
Philadelphia.  She 
h  a  d  t  w  o  children 
by  her  first  mar- 
riage, and  four  by 
the  second. 

IV.  Hope  Fitz  Randolph Born  at  Piscataway 

Feb.  12,  1696.  Died 
Aug.  1711.  Mar- 
ried Nov.  27,  1718, 
Henry  Davis,  and 
had  seven  children. 

V.     Benjamin  Fitz  Randolph. ..  .Born  in  Princeton, 

Apr.  2  4,  16  9  9. 
Died  Jan.  17  5  8. 
Married  March  10, 
1727,  Elizabeth 
Pridemore  and  had 
three  children. 


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VI.     Isaac  Fitz  Randolph Born   in   Princeton 

Apr.  10, 1701.  Died 
May  13,  175  0. 
Married  first,  Nov. 
28,  1728,  Rebecca 
Seabrook  who  died 
March  2  5,  17  4  4, 
and  afterwards, 
Feb.  17,  17  45, 
Hannah  Lee  Wil- 
son. He  had  nine 
c  h  i  1  d  r  e  n  by  the 
first  marriage  and 
two  by  the  second. 

VII.     Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph Born  in  Princeton 

Nov.   11,  1703. 

VIII.     Grace  (2nd)   Fitz  Randolph.  Born  Oct  5,  1706. 

Died  Feb.  26,  1786. 
Married  June  26, 
172  8,  Stephen 
Johns  of  Maiden- 
head, (now  Law- 
renceville)  and  had 
seven  children. 

IX.     Elizabeth  Fitz  Randolph Born  Dec.  31, 1708. 

Died  Oct.  4,  1759. 
Married  Mar.  11, 
1730,  Ephraim 
Manning  and  had 
two  children. 


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He  married,  second,  May  14,  1733,  Margaret  Robert- 
son   (died  1747)   and  had  two  children. 

X.     Mary  Fitz  Randolph Born  April  4, 1734 

XL     Margaret  Fitz  Randolph ....  Born  Nov.  7,1736 

VII.  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph,  the  seventh  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin  Fitz  Randolph  and  his  wife  Sarah 
Dennis,  was  born  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  Nov.  11, 
1703.  He  married,  Oct.  20,  1729,  Rebecca  Mershone, 
born  March  10,  1711.  They  were  the  parents  of  four- 
teen children. 

1  Eunice  Fitz  Randolph Born    Nov.    10, 

1730,died  in  North 
Carolina  May  28, 
1759.  Married  Sep. 
4,  1  7  51,  Gresham 
Hunt  and  had  three 
children. 

2  Sarah  Fitz  Randolph Born  April  26, 

1732,  died  April  3, 
1759.  Married  Aug. 
1753,  Thomas  Nor- 
ris,  and  had  four 
children. 

3  Ann  Fitz  Randolph Born  May  7,  1734, 

Married  Mar.  16, 
17  5  7,  Paul  Fitz 
Randolph  and  had 
thirteen  children. 


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4  Ruth  Fitz  Randolph Born   Jan.   4,  1735, 

married  Feb.  4, 
17  6  1  Christopher 
Shilliman  and  had 
seven  children. 

5  Job  Fitz  Randolph Born  Nov.  6,  1737, 

died  Apr.  11,  1760. 
during  the  epidemic 
of  smallpox  at 
Princeton. 

6  Abigail  Fitz  Randolph Born  Oct.  18,  1739. 

Married  Thomas 
Shilliman  and  had 
three  children. 

7  Samuel  Fitz  Randolph Born  May  2,  1741. 

Married  Mar.  6, 
1762,  Amy  Edwards 
and  had  five  chil- 
dren. 

8  Rachael  Fitz  Randolph Born  Jan.  31,  1742. 

Married  Mar.  18, 
1764  Thomas  Weth- 
erill  and  had  seven 
children. 

9  Hannah  Fitz  Randolph Born  Jan.  20,  1744, 

died  Oct.  7,  1746. 


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10  Hannah  (2nd)   Fitz  Randolph .. Born  Jan.  5,  1746, 

and  died  in  Brown 
County,  Ohio,  June 
11,  1835.  Married 
at  Cranbury  church 
Dec.  10,  1770,  Wil- 
liam Pangburn. 

11  John  Fitz  Randolph Born  Apr.  4,  1749. 

Married  Feb.  9, 
1775,  Elizabeth 
Vance. 

12  Rebecca  Fitz  Randolph Born  Jan.  19,  1750. 

Married  Mar.  24, 
1771,  James  Perrine 
and  had  seven  chil- 
dren. 

13  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph Born    May    2  4, 

1753,  died  Sept.  16, 

1757. 

14  Elizabeth  Fitz  Randolph "  Born  in  my  brick 

house  near  Prince- 
ton "  Feb.  15,  1757, 
died  Sept,  6,  1757. 

Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph  was  a  large  land  owner  in 
and  about  Princeton,  and  one  of  its  prominent  citizens. 
To  him,  perhaps  more  than  to  any  other  person  the  city 
of  Princeton  is  indebted  for  the  great  university  located 
there.  A  number  of  other  locations  for  the  college  of 
New  Jersey  were  considered.  New  Brunswick  was  more 


—40— 

favored  than  any  other  site  by  the  Trustees,  but  Fitz 
Randolph  by  his  energy  fulfilled  the  monetary  require- 
ments for  the  location  of  the  college,  where  others  failed, 
and  won  the  prize.  The  following  from  the  minutes  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  is  of  interest  in  this  connection. 

"  Trenton,  May  15,  1751,  Voted  that  New  Brunswick 
be  ye  Place  for  the  Building  of  the  College,  provided 
the  inhabitants  of  sd  Place,  agree  with  the  Trustees  upon 
the  following  Terms,  Vis: — That  they  secure  to  the  Col- 
lege a  Thousand  Pounds  proc.  Money,  ten  acres  of  land 
contiguous  to  the  College,  and  two  hundred  acres  of 
Wood  Land  the  furthest  part  of  it  to  not  be  more  than 
three  miles  distant  from  the  town :  or  such  a  Quantity 
of  Wood  Land  as  the  Trustees  of  the  College  shall  judge 
equivalent  to  two  hundred  Acres  of  Wood  Land  offered 
to  be  given  by  some  gentlemen  of  Prince  Town." 

The  citizens  of  New  Brunswick  having  failed  to  com- 
ply with  the  terms  imposed  by  the  Board,  at  the  next 
meeting  it  was  voted  Sept.  27,  1752 : — 

"  That  the  College  be  fixed  at  Princeton  upon  condi- 
tion that  the  inhabitants  of  sd  place  secure  to  the  Trus- 
tees that  two  Hundred  Acres  of  Woodland,  and  that  ten 
Acres  of  Cleared  Land  which  Mr.  Sergent  viewed ;  and 
also  one  Thousand  Pounds  proc.  Money." 

We  note  as  an  item  of  interest  in  this  connection 
that  as  a  memorial  to  Mr.  Fitz  Randolph  a  magnificent 
fence  and  gate-way  has  been  erected  (1905)  in  front  of 
what  was  the  original  campus  donated  by  Fitz  Randolph. 
'  The  Fitz  Randolph  Gate-way  "  however,  was  through 
a  bequest  from  one  of  his  descendants. 


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The  following  from  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph's  Journal 
as  quoted  by  Hageman  in  his  history  of  Princeton : — 
under  date  of  Dec.  28,  1758: — "Princeton  first  named 
at  the  raising  of  the  first  house  built  there  by  James 
Leonard,  A.  D.  1724.  Whitehead  Leonard  the  first  Child 
born  at  Princeton  1725."  Under  the  same  date  he 
rehearses  what  he  did  for  the  college  under  its  first 
Charter : — 

'  When  it  was  first  reported  that  Hamilton,  our 
Deputy  Governor,  had  granted  a  Charter  for  a  College 
to  be  erected  somewhere  in  New  Jersey,  and  twelve 
Trustees  appointed,  I  was  the  first  man  who  proposed 
to  set  subscriptions  on  foot  for  this  town ;  also  I  was  the 
first  man  that  drew  a  subscription  for  that  purpose  and 
the  first  man  that  rode  to  obtain  subscriptions,  and  did 
obtain  five  hundred  pounds  under  the  first  Charter." 

The  first  charter  was  granted  Oct.  22,  1746.  The 
new  Charter  by  Gov.  Belcher,  Sept.  14,  1748.  He 
records  his  services  to  the  college  when  located  at  Prince- 
ton as  follows : — "  I  also  gave  four  acres  and  one-half 
of  land  to  set  the  college  on  and  twenty  pounds,  besides 
time  and  expenses  for  several  years  together — but 
whereas  I  did  sign  but  three  acres  in  the  subscription,  so 
I  took  a  receipt  of  some  of  the  Trustees  only  for  three 
acres  of  land  to  answer  the  subscription ;  and  although 
the  consideration  mentioned  in  the  deed  I  gave  for  the 
College  lands  is  150  Pounds,  I  never  did  receive  one 
penny  for  it.     This  was  only  to  confirm  the  title." 

The  total  amount  of  land  donated  by  Fitz  Randolph 
to  the  college  was  about  ten  acres.  The  date  of  the  deed 
as  given  in  the  journal  is  Jan.  25,  1753. 


— 42— 

"  July  29,  1754  Joseph  Morrow  set  a  man  first  to 
begin  to  dig  the  college  cellar." 

"  Sept.  19,  1754  the  corner-stone  of  the  New  Jersey 
College  was  laid,  in  the  north-westerly  corner  of  the 
cellar,  by  Thomas  Leonard,  Esq.,  John  Stockton,  Esq., 
John  Horner,  Esq.,  Mr.  Wra.  Worth  the  Mason  that 
built  the  stone  and  brick  work  of  the  college,  myself, 
and  many  others." 

"  November,  1755,  the  roof  of  the  College  was  raised 
by  Robert  Smith  the  carpenter  that  built  the  timber  work 
of  the  College." 

The  writer  here  wishes  to  acknowledge  his  indebted- 
ness in  these  early  researches,  to  his  friend  and  col- 
league Mr.  J.  Sutton  Wall  of  Harrisburgh,  Pa.  "  The 
keeping  of  such  a  Journal  in  these  early  days,"  he  says, 
"  indicates  a  man  of  no  ordinary  intellect  and  foresight, 
and  what  a  mine  of  valuable  information  that  old  journal 
must  contain.  It  leaves  no  doubt  of  the  important  part 
he  took  in  founding  that  great  college  of  the  present  day, 
which  ought  to  have  been  called  Randolph  instead  of 
the  obscure  name  of  Princeton." 

Of  the  later  years  of  the  life  of  Nathaniel  Fitz  Ran- 
dolph we  have  but  little  information.  He  has  had  no 
biographer  and  in  fact  was  forgotten  for  almost  a  cen- 
tury by  his  native  town.  His  own  records,  and  contem- 
porary notices  of  him.  seem  to  have  been  preserved  more 
by  accident  than  design,  and  only  in  recent  years  have 
been  brought  to  light. 

That  he  should  be  an  ardent  champion  for  the  cause 
of  liberty  in  the  war  for  independence,  would  only  be  liv- 
ing up  to  the   family  traditions ;  but  we  could   hardly 


—43— 

expect  one  who  had  reached  his  three  score  and  ten  years 
to  take  an  active  part  in  the  conflict.  But  after  the  army 
had  withdrawn  to  other  points,  when  the  country  left 
without  protection  was  overrun  and  plundered  by  bands 
of  Tory  refugees,  whose  outrages  would  have  put  to 
shame  the  painted  savage,  then,  forgetting  his  years,  he 
joined  his  distressed  people  in  the  protection  of  their 
property  and  their  homes.  For  some  account  of  the  serv- 
ices of  Capt.  Fitz  Randolph  and  his  little  band  of  vol- 
unteers the  reader  is  referred  to  the  Archives  of  New 
Jersey,  2nd  Series-1906. 

The  following  from  the  New  Jersey  Gazette,  Tren- 
ton:— 

"  We  learn  that  the  Legislature  of  this  state  has  ord- 
ered a  genteel  sword  to  be  presented  to  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Randolph   in   consideration   of   his   merit   and   services." 

Col.  James  Ross  Snowden,  Director  of  the  U.  S.  Mint 
at  Philadelphia,  1853-1861,  in  his  "  Biographies  of  the 
Directors  of  the  U.  S.  Mint,"  says  that  his  maternal  great 
grandfather  was  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph  of  Prince- 
ton, who  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  being  known 
as  "  Fighting  Nat  Randolph,"  and  was  presented  with 
a  sword  by  the  legislature  of  New  Jersey. 

The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  but  it  seems  that 
he  was  still  living  at  least  as  late  as  1786,  that  being  the 
latest  date  appearing  on  his  record.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  believed  to  have  been  buried  in  the  family  burial 
ground,  now  a  part  of  the  college  campus.  The  burial 
place  had  been  forgotten.  The  knowledge  of  it  came 
from  a  map  of  the  Fitz  Randolph  property  which  has 
been  preserved.     The  location  is  between  Nassau  Street 


and  the  "  Class  of  '  77  '  Dormitory,  near  the  burial 
ground  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.*  Princeton 
has  reared  many  monuments  to  her  illustrious  dead ; 
but  somewhere  in  that  classic  ground  sleeps  another,  per- 
haps in  an  unknown  grave,  than  whom  none  was  more 
worthy  of  her  honor. 

A  few  words  as  to  the  Fitz  Randolph  family  in  gen- 
eral, though  not  of  our  ancestral  line,  seems  in  place  here. 

They  were  prominent  residents  of  Old  Monmouth  and 
Ocean  Counties,  prominent  in  business  and  patriots  in 
our  wars  for  independence.  The  following  is  quoted 
from  the  genealogical  appendix  of  a  "  History  of  Mon- 
mouth and  Ocean  Counties  "  published  by  Edwin  Salter 
in  1890:— 

"  Reuben  F.,  Benjamin  F.,  and  Joseph  F.  Randolph 
owned  lands  in  Stafford  Township  as  early  as  1762. 
Reuben  F.  Randolph  was  Captain  of  the  Militia  in  Staf- 
ford during  the  Revolution. 

James  F.  Randolph  was  a  prominent  business  man 
of  Toms  River  during  the  early  part  of  the  Revolution, 
owning  saw-mills,  etc.  The  late  Judge  Job  F.  Randolph 
of  Barnegat  it  is  said,  was  a  son  of  Thomas  F.  Randolph 
who  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  98  years." 


*In  April  1909,  while  excavating  for  the  new  Sage  Dormitory,  the 
workmen  encroached  on  a  portion  of  the  Fitz  Randolph  burial  ground, 
and  the  remains  of  three  bodies  were  uncovered.  One  of  these  is  believed 
to   be   that   of   Nathaniel    Fitz    Randolph. 

The  remains  were  reintered  and  a  special  tablet  will  be  placed, 
commemorative  of  Mr.  Fitz  Randolph,  and  his  services  in  the  founding 
of    Princeton    University. 


— 45— 

"  The  ancient  name  of  the  family  was  Fitz  Randolph, 
for  which  reason  the  descendants  retain  the  letter  "  F  " 
as  the  initial  letter  of  a  middle  name." 

"  The  ancestor  of  the  family  was  Edward  Fitz  Ran- 
dolph who  came  from  England  in  1630  while  a  lad."* 


*The  often  quoted  statement  that  "  Edward  Fitz  Randolph  came  to 
New  England  with  his  parents  while  a  lad,"  cannot  be  sustained  by  the 
evidences  of  later  research.  He  was  at  least  23  years  of  age  in  1630, 
and   there  is   nothing  to  indicate  that   his   parents   ever  came  to  America. 


Chapter  IV. 

PANGBURN.— STEPHEN  PANGBURN 
AND  FAMILY. 

A  tradition   that   obtains   in   many   branches   of   this 
family  makes  the  family  of  Welsh  origin.     While 
this  may  be  true,  still  in  all  probability  they  came 
to  America  from  England. 

The  early  assessment  lists  of  Rhode  Island  give  the 
name.  Edwin  Salter  says  that  the  Pangburns  came  to 
New  Jersey  from  New  Town,  Long  Island,  where  the 
name  appears  from  1675  to  1683. 

It  is  a  fact  that  quite  a  colony  of  English  did  settle 
on  western  Long  Island  under  the  protection  of  the 
Dutch  Government  as  early  as  1643,  and  founded  the 
town  of  Gravesend,  etc. : — These  were  mainly  from 
Massachusetts  and  made  up  of  those  who  differed  in 
religious  mode  from  the  "  Established  Church,"  and  left 
to  escape  the  religious  intolerance  and  persecution  then 
being  enforced  by  the  rulers  of  that  colony. 

The  name  has  several  variations  in  spelling,  as: — 
Pangborn,  Pangborne,  Pangburn,  etc.  The  village  in 
Berks  County,  or  Shire,  England,  is  "  Pangbourne  "  of 
which  the  above  are  evidently  corruptions. 

Stephen  Pangburn,  the  oldest  known  ancestor,  was 
in  1774  a  resident  of  "The  south  end  of  Perth-Amboy, 


—47— 

County  of  Middlesex,  Province  of  New  Jersey."  He 
died  in  the  spring  of  1778.  His  will  on  file  at  Trenton 
is  given  in  full : — 

WILL  OF  STEPHEN  PANGBURN. 
Liber  20,  Vol.  4,  Page  243. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  This  16th  day  of  Octo- 
ber A.  D.  1774,  I,  Stephen  Pangburn  of  the  south  end 
of  Perth-Amboy,  County  of  Middlesex,  Province  of 
New  Jersey,  Yeoman,  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of 
the  body,  and  being  in  perfect  mind  and  memory,  do 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

In  the  first  place  I  recommend  my  soul  to  Almighty 
God,  expecting  life  and  salvation  by  the  merits  of  Jesus 
Christ  the  only  Savior. 

And  touching  such  worldly  estate  which  God  has 
given  me  in  this  life,  I  dispose  of  it  all  in  the  following 
manner  and  form : 

In  the  first  place,  here  I  give  unto  my  beloved  wife 
Anna  Pangburn  one  bed  and  furniture,  and  one  cow,  also 
the  services  of  my  negro  boy  called  Lester  during  her 
natural  life.  And  again,  I  give  unto  my  oldest  son  called 
Lines  Pangburn,  30  bushels  of  rye  as  pay  on  balance  of 
all  accounts  between  us. 

Again,  I  order  all  my  estate,  both  personal  and  real, 
said  negro  boy  Lester  excepted,  and  the  above  legacies 
excepted,  to  be  sold  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor 
hereafter  named,  and  my  funeral  charges  and  all  other 
just  debts  by  them  to  be  paid  out  of  the  moneys  arising 
from  said  estate.     All  the  overplus  or  remainder  of  my 


— 48— 

estate  to  be  divided  into  four  equal  parts.  One  fourth 
part  I  give  unto  my  said  wife  Anna;  another  one  fourth 
part  I  give  unto  my  eldest  son  Lines  Pangburn ;  another 
one  fourth  part  I  give  unto  my  youngest  son  William 
Pangburn ;  and  the  other  one  fourth  part  I  give  unto  my 
only  daughter  Rebecca  Johnson. 

And  after  the  death  of  my  said  wife  Anna  I  order 
said  negro  boy  Lester  to  be  sold  and  the  money  arising 
therefrom  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  said  three 
children.  Lines,  William,  and  Rebecca,  or  their  heirs. 
And  all  and  every  legacy  herein  given  is  given  to  them 
respectively,  to  each  one  of  them,  their  heirs  and  assigns 
forever. 

I  order  that  my  executor  speedily  after  my  decease 
make  sale  of  my  estate,  movables  especially,  and  pay  all 
debts  and  legacies  within  one  full  year  if  it  can  be  done. 

Lastly  I  appoint  my  trusty  friend  Robt.  Montgomery 
of  Upper  Freehold  the  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will 
and  testament. 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  pronounced  and  declared 
by  the  said  Stephen  Pangburn  to  be  his  last  will  and 
testament. 

STEPHEN  PANGBURN. 

In  the  presence  of 

Thomas  Morford 
William  Vance 
Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph. 

Pro.  June  16,  1778. 


—49— 

Of  Stephen  Pangburn  we  have  but  little  information. 
The  following  from  Edwin  Salter's  history  we  believe 
refers  to  him : — 

"  Stephen  Pangburn  was  a  land  and  mill  owner  in 
old  Dover  Township  1750-60  and  thereabouts."  "  Ridge- 
ways  saw-mill  appears  to  have  originally  been  built  by 
James  Hepburn  and  Stephen  Pangburn  before  1757." 

Stephen  Pangburn,  born ,  died  1778. 

Married  Anna  and  had  three  children: — 

1  Lines  Pangburn Married  Anna  . 

2  William  Pangburn . .  Married  Hannah  Fitz  Randolph 

3  Rebecca  Pangburn. .  .Married Johnson.* 

1. — Lines  Pangburn.  In  Lines  Pangburn,  the  eldest 
son  of  Stephen  and  Anna  Pangburn,  we  first  find  the 
name  that  has  held  the  first  place  in  the  Pangburn  genea- 
logy to  the  present  times.  It  was  in  all  probability  the 
family  name  of  his  mother. 

The  tradition  of  his  patriotic  services  and  tragic  death 
is  still  retained,  and  was  rehearsed  to  the  writer  by  his 
namesake,  Mr.  Lines  Pangburn  of  Ripley,  Ohio. 

Lines  Pangburn  was  a  resident  of  Stafford  Township, 
Monmouth  County,  before  the  Revolutionary  war.  He 
helped  to  organize  the  first  Baptist  society  at  Manna- 
hawkin,  Aug.  25,  1770,  and  he  was  made  a  delegate  to 
the  Baptist  Association  the  following  year. 

*Rebecca  Pangburn  Johnson  afterwards  married  in  New  Jersey,  Jon- 
athan Quick.  They  came  to  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  about  1789  and 
purchased  lands  in  (now)  Forward  Township,  which  they  owned  for 
many    years. 


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From  Edwin  Salter's  history  we  find  under  the  head 
of  "  Mannahawkin  in  the  Revolution  " : — "  Probably 
no  place  in  Old  Monmouth  furnished  a  greater  number 
of  men  in  proportion  to  the  population  than  did  Manna- 
hawkin. Captain  Reuben  F.  Randolph  with  his  heroic 
band  of  militia  was  very  active  in  guarding  against  Tory 
outrages  at  home  as  well  as  abroad.  Among  those  who 
nobly  stood  by  him,  besides  his  own  sons,  Thomas  and 
Job,  were  the  ancestors  of  many  well  known  families  now 
residing  in  the  village,  among  whom  may  be  named  the 
Cranes,  Bennetts,  Johnsons,  Pangburns,  Browns,  Leets, 
Haywards,  Pauls  and  others."  Captain  Randolph's  com- 
pany was  called  the  "  Fifth  Company  of  Monmouth." 
Then  follows  a  roster  of  the  company  in  which  the  name 
of  Lines  Pangburn  appears  as  a  private. 

FIFTH  COMPANY,  MONMOUTH 
MILITIA. 

Reuben  F.  Randolph,  Captain. 

Nathaniel  Crane,  Lieutentant. 

James  Marsh,  Ensign. 

Michael  Bennett  Thomas  Johnson 

Jeremiah  Bennett  David  Jones 

Samuel  Bennett  Thomas  Kelson 

Israel  Bennington  Phillip  Palmer,  Jr. 

Joseph  Brown,  1st.  Benjamin  P.  Pearson 

Joseph  Brown  2nd.  Benjamin   Paul 

Joseph  Camburn  Enoch  Read 

Thomas  Chamberlain  Job  Randolph 

William  Casselman  Thomas  Randolph 


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Luke  Courtney  David  Smith 

Seth  Crane  Joseph  Soper 

Amos  Cuffee  Zachariah   Southard 

David  Howell  Jeremy  Sutton 

David  Johnson  Lines  Pangburn 

Sylvester  Tilton 

Our  author  says: — "As  the  names  of  these  heroic 
men  should  be  preserved  as  far  as  possible,  and  espe- 
cially by  their  decendants,  we  give  the  list  of  such  as 
far  as  we  have  ascertained." 

Captain  Randolph  and  his  heroic  band,  just  previous 
to  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  marched  on  foot  to  join 
Washington's  forces  beyond  Freehold,  but  were  inter- 
cepted by  General  Morgan's  forces  at  Shumars  Mills,  and 
were  prevented  from  engaging  in  that  battle. 

General  Washington  had  stationed  Morgan  at  that 
place  with  positive  orders  not  to  move  without  further 
orders  from  him. 

After  the  war  the  widow  of  Lines  Pangburn  applied 
to  the  Court  at  Freehold  for  relief,  and  the  following  is 
a  copy  of  the  record  in  the  clerk's  office : — 

"  To  the  Honorable  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  to  be 
holden  in  and  for  the  County  of  Monmouth.  Whereas 
Lines  Pangburn,  a  militia  man,  an  inhabitant  of  Stafford, 
under  Command  of  Joseph  Randolph,  who  was  shot  dead 
as  he  stood  on  guard  by  a  party  of  Refugees,  on  the 
thirty-first  day  of  December,  1780,  in  the  presence  of 
Sylvester  Tilton  (who  was  shot  through  at  the  same 
time)    and    Reuben    Randolph    both    being    sworn    and 


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affirmed  before  me  Amos  Pharo,  say  the  above  facts  are 
true. 

AMOS  PHARO.  SYLVESTER  TILTON. 

REUBEN  RANDOLPH. 

"  Now  the  widow  of  him  the  deceased  by  the  name  of 
Ann  Pangburn  prays  your  honor  may  give  her  some  aid 
for  her  support  as  she  is  blind  and  in  low  circumstances." 

The  court  allowed  her  half  pay.* 

2. — William  Pangburn,  the  second  son  of  Stephen 
and  Anna  Pangburn,  was  born  in  New  Jersey  probably 
about  1744.    Traditions  say  that  he  also  was  a  soldier  of. 
the   Revolution,   and   this   is   confirmed   by   the  military 
records  of  New  Jersey. 

In  the  "  Official  Roster  of  Officers  and  Men  of  New 
Jersey  in  the  Revolutionary  War,"  page  710,  is  given 
both  William  Pangburn  of  Middlesex,  and  Lines  Pang- 
burn of  Monmouth,  "  killed  at  Mannahawkin." 

He  married  Dec.  30,  1770,  Hannah  Fitz  Randolph  of 
Princeton,  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Fitz  Randolph  and  his 
wife  Rebecca,  born  at  Princeton,  January  5,  1746,  died 
at  the  home  of  her  son  Samuel  Pangburn.  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  June  11,  1835,  and  is  buried  at  Red  Oak  cemetery. 

$  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  * 

Red  Oak  Presbyterian  church  is  situated  on  the  head- 


*The  tradition  is  that  Lines  Pangburn  was  ambushed  ftnd  assasinated 
by  Tory  sympathizers, — Bushwhackers,  as  they  were  called  during  the 
Civil  War.  The  tradition  is  fully  supported  by  the  record.  There  is 
however  a  discrepancy  of  dates  as  to  the  skirmish  at  Manahawkin  and 
the  death  of  Lines  Pangburn.  The  official  roster  of  "  Officers  and  men 
of  New  Jersey  in  the  Revolutionary  War  "  gives  the  date  Dec.  30,  1781. 
The  court  record  is  Dec.  31,  1780.  We  have  followed  the  sworn  to 
statement   in    the    court    record. 


GRAVE   OF    HANNAH    FITZ    RAXDOLPH-PANGBURN. 
RED   OAK   CEMETERY,   BROWN   CO.,   O. 


PUBLIC    L1BKART 


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waters  of  Red  Oak  Creek,  five  miles  north  of  Ripley, 
Ohio.  It  was  the  privilege  of  the  writer,  in  company  with 
Mr.  Lines  Pangburn,  to  visit  this  sacred  spot  a  few  years 
ago.  On  the  road  we  passed  the  fine  farm  with  its 
substantial  brick  mansion,  formerly  the  home  of  Samuel 
Pangburn  and  his  family,  and  where  his  venerated  mother 
passed  away.  The  burial  ground  at  the  church  is  one  of 
the  oldest  in  that  vicinity.  It  is  enclosed  by  a  substantial 
stone  wall,  and  while  it  has  been  abandoned  as  a  place 
of  interment  it  is  still  kept  in  good  repair.  We  read 
from  the  lichen  grown  stone  the  inscription : — 

In  Memory  of 

Hannah  Fitz  Randolph, 

Consort  of  William  Pangburn. 

A  Native  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 

Died  June  11,  1835. 

Aged  89  yrs.,  6  mos.,  and  6  Days. 

"  And  can  you  remember  her,  Mr.  Pangburn  ?" 
"  Yes,  I  was  but  a  little  boy,  but  I  can  tell  you  just  how 
she  looked.  She  was  very  slender  and  light  in  her  old 
age.  I  have  seen  my  father  take  her  up  in  his  arms  as  he 
would  one  of  the  children." 

What  a  bridge  of  time  their  united  memories  made : 
The  war  of  Independence,  when  the  scene  of  the  conflict 
came  almost  to  her  own  home,  would  seem  as  but  yester- 
day to  her.  As  a  little  girl  she  saw  the  gray  walls  of  old 
Nassau  Hall  raised  up,  and  knew  that  the  crowning  ambi- 
tion of  her  father's  life  had  been  realized. 

From  her  parents  she  had  heard  the  story  of  the  past, 
— leading  back  to  the  English  home  in  the  motherland. 


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For,  from  what  other  source  could  come  these  traditions, 
traditions  that  in  every  case  have  proved  to  be  facts. 

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Of  William  Pangburn  we  know  very  little  indeed. 
He  left  New  Jersey  shortly  after  the  death  of  his  father 
in  1778  and  came  to  western  Pennsylvania.  He  lived  for 
a  short  time  in  the  "  Jersey  Settlement,"  now  Forward 
Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  and  then  moved  on  to 
the  newly  opened  territory,  now  Mercer  County,  Pa., 
where  we  find  him  in  1788.  In  1790  he  had  returned  to 
Allegheny  County. 

As  he  never  was  a  land  owner  in  Pennsylvania,  it  is 
more  than  probable  that  he  followed  mill  building  like 
his  father  before  him,  and  moved  about  as  his  services 
were  required.  As  it  is  well  known,  the  Pangburns  have 
been  millwrights  and  coopers  for  several  generations. 
The  time  and  place  of  his  death  is  not  known. 

About  1815  several  of  his  sons  went  to  southern 
Ohio,  and  a  few  years  later  the  mother,  then  a  widow, 
and  the  other  members  of  the  family  moved  there,  and 
to  other  points  further  west. 

They  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  and  taking 
each  of  these  as  the  head  of  a  family  an  attempt  is  now 
made  to  trace  their  genealogy  to  the  present  time. 

I.     Nathaniel  Pangburn .  Died  in  infancy        1 
II.     Stephen  Pangburn..  .Born  Nov.  9,  1771,   f- Twins 
died  1797.  J 

III.  John  Pangburn Born   Mar.    15,   1773,   died 

Oct.  1849. 

IV.  William  Pangburn. ..  Born   June   10,    1775,   died 

May  26,  1853. 


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V.     Elizabeth  Pangburn .  Born    1777,    died    Aug.    8, 
1845. 
VI.     Abigail  Pangburn... Born  1779. 

VII.     Anna  Pangburn Born  Sept.  6,  1781. 

VIII.     Lines  Pangburn Born   Sept.    13,    1783,   died 

Sept.  28,  1863. 

IX.     James  Pangburn ....  Born ,  died . 

X.     Samuel  Pangburn ...  Born   Mar.   20,   1788,  died 
Sept.  15,  1849. 

XL     Randolph  Pangburn .  Born  ,  died  1863  or 

1864. 


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Chapter  V. 
PANGBURNS  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

II.  STEPHEN  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 
oldest  son  of  William  Pangburn  and  Hannah  Fitz  Ran- 
dolph, born  in  Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey,  Nov.  9, 
1771,  died  in  (now)  Forward  Township,  Allegheny 
County,  Pa.,  in  1797,  and  was  buried  at  Taylor's  grave- 
yard, Forward  Township.  It  is  said  that  the  large  willow 
tree  that  formerly  stood  in  the  north-east  corner  of  the 
yard  marked  his  grave ;  that  one  of  the  funeral  party 
planted  his  riding  whip  at  the  head  of  his  grave. 

Stephen  Pangburn  married  Nov.  10,  1793,  Elizabeth 
a  daughter  of  Walter  and  Alice  (Applegate)  Wall,  pion- 
eer settlers  from  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey.*  They 
had  issue: — 

1.  Isaac  Pangburn 

2.  John  Pangburn 

♦Elizabeth  Wall  Pangburn  married  again  Sept.  9,  1799,  Job  Egbert 
(born  Dec.  17,  1778,  died  at  Higgensport,  Brown  County,  Ohio,  Nov  9, 
1849).  His  wife  died  at  Georgetown,  Brown  County,  Ohio,  May  10, 
1850.      The   children   by   this   marriage   were: — 

Elizabeth  Egbert Died    young. 

William   Egbert 

Walter  Wall  Egbert Born   Oct.   21,   1809,  died  July   3,   1879. 

Rebecca   Egbert Married    —       — ■    Ellis. 

Jackson  Egbert 

Alice  Egbert Married   Stitt. 

Harriet  Egbert Married    Ellis. 

Lewis  J.    Egbert 

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1.  Isaac  Pangburn,  born  January  4,  1794,  died 
November  23,  1869.  He  married  November  2,  1820, 
Susan,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Hill,  born  March 
5,  1802,  died  May  13,  1865.  Both  are  buried  at  Currys' 
graveyard,  Forward  Township. 

A  few  years  after  the  re-marriage  of  the  mother,  as 
noted  above,  Mr.  Egbert  and  his  family  moved  from  Alle- 
gheny County  to  Mercer  County,  Pa.,  where  they  endured 
many  privations  and  hardships  incident  to  a  new  settle- 
ment. Some  years  later  the  Egbert  family  removed  to 
Brown  County,  Ohio,  but  the  two  Pangburn  boys  returned 
to  the  vicinity  of  their  old  home  to  make  their  own  way 
in  the  world. 

Isaac  Pangburn  learned  the  mill-wright  trade  with 
Amos  Robins,  and  followed  that  occupation  for  many 
years.  Later  he  bought  the  Robins  mill  and  began  oper- 
ating mills  on  his  own  account,  and  at  the  same  time 
carrying  on  the  building  business.  He  built  the  Walker 
mill  at  Elizabeth  and  many  others  of  the  old  time  mills 
of  Allegheny  and  Washington  Counties.  About  1822  he 
bought  and  completed  the  famous  Pangburn  mill  near 
Lock  No.  3  and  carried  on  a  very  extensive  milling  and 
cooperage  business  there.  He  built  a  fine  dwelling  house 
there  and  the  declining  years  of  this  worthy  couple  were 
passed  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  justly  earned  competence. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pangburn  were  among  the  initial  mem- 
bers who  organized  the  Baptist  church  at  Elizabeth.  Mr. 
Pangburn  was  one  of  the  first  board  of  deacons  chosen 


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and  continued  to  hold  that  office  as  long  as  he  lived. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

Elizabeth  Pangburn.  . 

Stephen  Pangburn. .  .Born    Feb.    10,    1823,    died 

May  5,  1824. 
John  Pangburn 
James  Pangburn 
Nancy  Pangburn 
Samuel  Pangburn 
Margaret  Pangburn 
Rebecca  Pangburn. ...  Born  Sept.   26,   1834,  died 

Feb.  13,  1854,  unmarried. 
Isaac  Pangburn Born    July    6,    1837,    died 

April  8,  1839. 
Noah  H.   Pangburn 
Cicero  Pangburn Born   Jan.    20,    1843,    died 

Dec.  23,  1846. 

Elizabeth  Pangburn,  oldest  daughter  of  Isaac 
Pangburn  and  Susan  Hill  Pangburn,  was  born  Sept  13, 
1821  in  the  borough  of  Elizabeth,  Pa.,  and  died  Nov. 
4,  1906,  at  the  home  of  Noah  H.  Pangburn,  Beaver  Falls 
Pa.  In  her  early  life  she  was  the  promised  wife  of  the 
Rev.  Audley  Calhoun,  a  talented  young  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  whose  early  death  was  lamented  by 
all  who  knew  him.  Later  in  life  she  married  John  Storer, 
Esq.,  who  died  Feb.  6,  1879.  Both  are  buried  at  Mount 
Pleasant  cemetery,  Westmoreland  County,  Pa.  Mrs. 
Storer  was  in  many  respects  a  most  remarkable  woman. 
Cultivated  and  refined  in  her  manner — the  friend  of 
everyone,  her  memory  will  long  be  cherished  by  all  who 


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knew  her.  She  retained  her  mental  faculties  almost  to 
the  end  of  her  long  life,  and  to  her  we  are  indebted  for 
many  incidents  in  the  history  of  the  family. 

John  Pangburn,  son  of  Isaac  Pangburn  and  Susan 
Hill  Pangburn  was  born  April  5,  1824,  died  in  the  prime 
of  life  May  31,  1855,  and  is  buried  at  Currys'  graveyard. 
He  married  Feb.  26,  1846,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Owen 
and  Elizabeth  (Gillespie)  Carmichael  of  this  vicinity.* 
John  Pangburn  was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  worked  for 
many  years  for  his  father  in  the  shops  of  the  Pangburn 
mill.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  saw-mill  and  lumber  busi- 
ness at  Elizabeth,  and  on  the  Youghiogheny  river,  where 
he  died  of  fever  as  above  stated.  He  was  a  splendid  speci- 
men of  that  physical  manhood,  for  which  the  past  gen- 
erations of  this  family  have  been  noted. 
He  left  the  following  children: — 

Sarah  E.  Pangburn ..  Born   Nov.   29,    1847,   died 

Dec.  9,  1849. 
Martha  B.  Pangburn .  Born  July  12,  1850,  married 

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Edward  H.  Pangburn .  Born  Jan.  5,  1853. 
Susan  Pangburn Born  Jan.  7,  1856. 

*Margaret  Carmichael  Pangburn,  widow  of  John  Pangburn,  remar- 
ried July  7,  1857,  Harvey  Hughs  McClure,  a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Applegate)  McClure  of  this  vicinity.  He  died  Dec.  30,  1892,  and  is 
buried  at  the  Elizabeth  Cemetery.     Margaret  McClure  died  Jan.  13,  1907. 

By     this     marriage     were     born     the     following     children : — 

Fannie  McClure Born  June  26,  1858,  died  June  30,  1890. 

John   McClure Died    young. 

James   McClure Died    young. 

Charles   McClure Died    young. 

O ra  McClure Died    young. 


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Edward  H.  Pangburn,  born  Jan.  5,  1853,  married 
Sept.  13,  1877,  Sarah  Matilda  Weddell,  born  April  27, 
1855,  a  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Sarah  J.  (Weaver)  Wed- 
dell of  Westmoreland  County,  Pa.  Mr.  Pangburn  is 
senior  member  of  the  Elizabeth  Planing  Mill  and  Table 
Company.     They  have  the  following  children : — 

Jessie  W.  Pangburn ....  Born  July  9,  1879. 

John  W.  Pangburn Born  Dec.  9,  1881. 

Margaret  W.  Pangburn .  Born  Jan.  24,  1887. 
Weaver  W.  Pangburn. .  .  Born  May  15,  1889. 
Edward  W.  Pangburn.  .Born  Sept.  15,  1892. 

Susan  Pangburn,  born  Jan.  7,  1856,  married  Nov. 
16,  1876,  William  Douglass,  son  of  James  and  Martha 
Douglass  of  this  vicinity.    They  had  children : — 

Charles  Douglass Born  Dec.  14,  1877,  died 

Sept.  13,  1905. 

Emma  Douglass Born  June  19,  1881,  died 

May  12,  1886. 

Frank  Douglass Born  Oct.  12,  1887. 

Charles  Douglass,  born  Dec.  14,  1877,  died  at  Eliza- 
beth, Pa.,  Sept.  13,  1905,  was  married  June  4,  1897  to 
Sarah  Rupert.     They  had  children: — 

Ora  Douglass 
Jessie  Douglass 
Margaret  Douglass 
William  Douglass 

James  Pangburn,  born  April  2,  1826.,  died  of  fever 
contracted  in  the  service  during  the  Civil  war,  August 


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1,  1865,  and  is  buried  at  Currys'  graveyard,  Forward 
Township.  He  married  Dec.  1,  1853,  Martha,  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Eleanor  (Canon)  Findlay  of  Pittsburgh, 
born  Oct.  8, 1835 ;  died  at  Vanceville,  Washington  County, 
Pa.,  Aug.  9,  1897.*  James  Pangburn  was  for  many  years 
the  head  operative  of  the  Pangburn  mills.  He  and  his 
brother  Samuel  were  members  of  Company  G.,  101  Regt. 
Penn.  Vol.  Inf.,  from  Jan.  1865  until  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  and  lived  but  a  few  days  after  being 
brought  home.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  attainments 
and  ability  and  his  death  in  the  prime  of  life  was  mourned 
as  a  loss  to  every  one  who  knew  him. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Infant  Daughter Born  Aug.  27,  1854,  died 

Aug.  28,  1854. 

Luella  M.  Pangburn Born  March  30,  1856. 

Laura  Pangburn .Born  May  17,   1859. 

Elmer  E.  Pangburn  ....  Born  June  3,  1861. 

Nancy  Pangburn Born  Oct  18,  1862,  died 

Nov.  23,  1865. 

Luella  M.  Pangburn,  born  March  30,  1856,  married 
Nov.  1,  1876,  John  Sitman  Schumaker,  born  Nov.  21, 
1845,  a  son  of  Tobias  and  Elizabeth  Schumaker,  of 
Westmoreland  County,  Pa. 


*Martha  Findlay  Pangburn  remarried  Dec.  19,  1878,  Joseph  McDon- 
ough  of  Washington  County,  Pa.  She  is  buried  at  Pigeon  Creek  Church, 
near    Vanceville,    Washington    County,    Pa. 


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They  had  the  following  children : — 

Ada  Elizabeth  Schumaker 

Mary  Laura  Schumaker Born     June     11, 

1879,    died    Oct. 

7,  1885. 
Charles  Storer  Schumaker Born    Dec.   4, 

1880. 

Martha  Estella  Schumaker Born    March    5, 

1882. 

James  Tobias  Schumaker Born    Sept.     27, 

1883,    died    Oct. 

16,  1902. 
Henry  Milligan  Schumaker Born   Jan.    3, 

1886,    died    Jan. 

19,  1886. 
Rebecca  Olive  Schumaker Born     April     1, 

1887. 
Don  Cameron  Schumaker Born     Oct.     22, 

1888. 
Elmer  Pangburn  Schumaker. ..  .Born.   April    18, 

1890. 
Joseph  McDonough  Schumaker. Born     Sept.     3, 

1891. 

Ada  Elizabeth  Schumaker,  born  April  16,  1878., 
married  May  30,  1900,  I.  L.  Fiscus  of  Westmoreland 
County  Pa. 

They  have  one  child : — 

Merle  Ross  Fiscus Born  Mar.  22,  1901. 


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Laura  Pangburn,  born  May  17,  1859 ;  married 
March  8,  1888,  Edgar  Messenger,  born  August  20,  1853, 
a  son  of  John  C.  and  Alary  Messenger  of  Washington 
County,  Pa. 

They  had  the  following  children: — 

Mabel  Messenger.  .Born  Dec.  28,  1889,  died  July 

20,  1890. 
Luella  Messenger. .  Born  Jan.  30,  1900. 

Elmer  Ellsworth  Pangburn,  born  June  3,  1861., 
married  Sept  7,  1887,  Annie  M.  Swagler,  born  Sept  15, 
1864,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Julia  Swagler  of  Washing- 
ton County,  Pa.  Elmer  E.  Pangburn  has  for  a  number 
of  years  been  associated  with  Edward  H.  Pangburn  in  the 
lumber  and  building  business  at  Elizabeth,  Pa. 

They  have  a  son: — 

James  Alfred  Pangburn Born  Sept.  20,  1896. 

Nancy  Pangburn,  born  Feb.  19,  1828,  died  Dec.  30, 
1905,  married  Nov.  19,  1846,  James  McClure,  born  Feb. 
22,  1822,  died  June  13,  1897,  a  son  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth (Applegate)  McClure  of  Forward  Township,  Alle- 
gheny County,  Pa. 

They  had  the  following  children  : — 
Cicero  Pangburn  McClure 
Elizabeth  Gertrude  McClure.. 

Susan  Rebecca  McClure Born  July  9,  1853, 

died  Oct.  31,  1854. 
Mary  Ida  McClure. 
Frank  Storer  McClure 


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Cicero  Pangburn  McClure,  born  Nov.  6,  1847.,  mar- 
ried Oct.  28,  1868,  Rebecca  Olive  Warren,  born  Oct.  28, 
1848,  a  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza  (McGuire)  Warren 
of  that  vicinity.    They  occupy  the  home  farm. 

They  have  the  following  children : — 
Burt  Warren  McClure 
Violet  Gertrude  McClure 
James  Harvey  McClure 

Burt  Warren  McClure,  born  Dec.  20,  1871,  married 
July  28,  1892,  Bertha  B.  Shrader,  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Eliza  (Byers)  Shrader  of  Elizabeth  Township,  Alle- 
gheny County,  Pa. 

They  have  the  following  children : — 

Mary  Eugenia  McClure Born  July  31,  1894. 

Burt  Harold  McClure Born  July  23,  1897. 

Frederic  Boyd  McClure Born  July  17,  1900. 

Elizabeth  Gertrude  McClure.  .B  o  r  n  June  11, 

1907,  died  April  14, 
1908. 

Violet  Gertrude  McClure,  born  Oct.  15,  1879,  mar- 
ried Sept.  5,  1899,  E.  Roy  Gardner,  M.  D.,  of  Easton,  Pa. 

They  have  a  son  : — 

Shannon  McClure  Gardner. Born  April  29,  1901. 

James  Harvey  McClure,  born  Feb.  12,  1882,  married 
June  14,  1906,  Elva  E.  Hageman,  born  Jan.  29,  1883,  of 
Belle  Vernon,  Pa.    Residents  of  Clairton,  Pa. 

Elizabeth  Gertrude  McClure,  born  May  1,  1850., 
married  Nov.  16,  1871,  Isaac  Yohe  of  Monongahela,  Pa. 


C.  P.  McCLURE. 


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Mr.  Yohe  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Yohe 
Brothers,  contractors  and  builders. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yohe  have  traveled  extensively,  and 
both  take  a  great  interest  in  archaeology  and  kindred  sub- 
jects, as  well  as  the  practical  work  of  the  present. 

Mary  Ida  McClure,  born  Dec.  16,  1864.,  died  Jan. 
27,  1890.  She  was  a  young  woman  of  more  than  ordin- 
ary ability,  and  her  early  death  is  sorrowfully  remem- 
bered by  all  who  knew  her. 

Frank  Storer  McClure,  born  March  13,  1870,  mar- 
ried June  15,  1898,  Gertrude  Pierce,  born  Oct.  22,  1873,  a 
daughter  of  David  and  Eliza  Pierce.     Residents  of  For- 
ward Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa. 
They  have  the  following  children : — 

Gladys  Elizabeth  McClure..  .Born  April  30,1899. 
Davida  Olive  McClure Born  Feb.  12,  1906. 

Samuel  Pangburn,  born  Feb.  21,  1830,  married  Jan. 
11,  1853,  Elizabeth  Egbert,  born  Aug.  23,  1836,  died  July 
7,  1893.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Walter  W.  and  Eliza 
(Trunnel)  Egbert,  a  grand-daughter  of  Job  and  Eliza- 
beth (Wall-Pangburn)  Egbert,  of  Brown  County,  Ohio.* 

Mr.  Pangburn  for  a  number  of  years  worked  at  the 
cooperage  business  with  his  brother  John.  Later  he  went 
to  Brown  County,  Ohio,  and  worked  at  the  carpenter 


*Elizabeth  Egbert  claimed  descent  on  the  maternal  side  from  General 
John  Sullivan  of  the  American  Revolution.  The  following  is  from  the 
old    family    Bible. 

"  Evan  Trunnel,  born  August  25,  1776,  married  Nancy  Keeys, 
a   daughter   of   General   Sullivan.      She   died   July   19,   1837." 

"  Eliza  Trunnel,  born  Sept.  6,  1814,  died  Jan.  10,  1873,  married 
January  31,  1832,  Walter  Wall   Egbert." 


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trade.  He  married  there,  as  has  already  been  noted,  his 
remote  relative  and  in  a  few  years  returned  to  the  home 
place  and  followed  farming  as  his  occupation.  As 
already  stated  he  was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war  in 
company  with  his  brother  James. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Walter  C.  Pangburn 

Rebecca  S.  Pangburn 

Nancy  Pangburn Died  young. 

Flora  A.  Pangburn 

Isaac  G.  Pangburn. 

Walter  C.  Pangburn,  born  Oct.  20,  1853.,  married 
in  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  July  5,  1884,  Jennie  Metz,  born 
June  20,  1859,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Metz. 
Mr.  Pangburn  was  for  many  years  a  trusted  employe  of 
the  Monongahela  Navigation  Company  and  now  holds  an 
important  position  in  the  same  under  the  U.  S.  Govern- 
ment.   Residents  of  North  Charleroi,  Pa. 

Rebecca  S.  Pangburn,  born  Jan.  12,  1855.,  married 
June  11,  1874,  Walter  Speer  of  Elizabeth,  Pa.     Their 
present  home  is  at  Webster,  Westmoreland  County,  Pa. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 
Samuel  P.  Speer 
Nellie  E.  Speer 
Elizabeth  Speer 

Samuel  P.  Speer,  born  Mar.  7,  1875.,  married  June 
5,  1902,  Bessie  Lang  of  Westmoreland  County,  Pa. 
They  have  the  following  children: — 

Sarah  Speer Born  July  12,  1904. 

Nellie  Elizabeth  Speer.. Born  Jan.  22,  1908. 


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Nellie  E.  Speer,  born  March  4,  1878,  married  Apr. 
2,  1895,  Milfred  Snyder.     She  died  Aug.  18,  1898. 
They  had  the  following  children: — 

Lela  M.  Snyder Born  Aug.  24,  1896. 

Roy  P.  Snyder Born  Nov.  19,  1897. 

Elizabeth  Speer,  born  Oct.  30,  1884,  married  July 
6,  1901,  George  Felmeth. 
They  have  a  daughter : — 

Marian  Felmeth Born  Oct.  12,  1902. 

Flora  A.   Pangburn,   born   Nov.   2,   1859,   married, 
Nov.  2,  1880,  Pollock  Davidson,  who  died  at  Irwin,  West- 
moreland County,  Pa.,  Dec.  8,  1888. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 
Grace  F.  Davidson 

Roy  P.  Davidson Born  June  12,  1884,  died 

April  12,  1888. 

Mabel  E.  Davidson Born     Sept.     18,     1887, 

died  Oct.  2,  1900. 

Grace   F.   Davidson,   born  July  31,   1881,   married 
July  10,  1902,  Samuel  K.  Leonard  of  Monongahela,  Pa. 

Isaac   G.   Pangburn,  born   Dec.   23,   1862,   married 
Jan.   12,   1887,  Appalonia  Stilley  of  this  vicinity.     Mr. 
Pangburn  was  a  river  engineer  for  a  number  of  years 
and  later  a  successful  dealer  in  real  estate. 
They  have  the  following  children : — 

Samuel  Pangburn Born  Oct.  30,  1888. 

Blanche  Pangburn Born  March  7,  1891. 

Anna  Pangburn Born  June  10,  1893. 

George  H.  Pangburn ...  Born  March  2,  1895. 


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Margaret  Pangburn,  born  April  15,  1832,  died  Sept. 
3,    1856.      She   married   Jan.    4,  1853,    Harvey    Hughs 
McClure,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  McClure. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

Emma  J.   McClure Born  Oct.  26,  1853,  died 

Aug.  29,  1876. 
Anna  McClure 

Anna  McClure,  born  Oct.  5,  1855,  married  July  8, 
1885,  Joseph  Austin  Coolidge  of  Cambridge,  Mass., 
where  they  now  reside. 

They  have  the  following  children : — 

Emily  Storer  Coolidge Born  April  27, 1887. 

Joseph  Arthur  Coolidge Born  Nov.  26,  1888. 

Noah  Hill  Pangburn,  born  Feb.  12,  1840,  died  at 
his  home  in  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.,  Oct.  7,  1908,  and  is  buried 
at  Curry's  grave-yard.  His  early  life  was  spent  at  the 
old  home  near  Lock  No.  3,  Pa.  He  enlisted  in  August 
1862  in  Co.  E,  155th  Regiment  Penna.  Vol.  Inf.,  and 
served  continuously  with  his  regiment  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  He  was  one  of  the  detail  appointed  to  receive 
the  parole  of  Lee's  surrendered  army  at  Appomatox.  He 
kept  a  journal  of  daily  events  while  in  the  service  and  was 
an  authority  on  the  history  of  his  regiment  which  is 
now  being  published  and  furnished  much  material  for 
that  work.  Mr.  Pangburn  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Grand  Army,  and  the  Union  Veteran  Legion.  After  the 
war  he  went  to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  County,  Pa.,  where 
he  was  elected  burgess  for  several  terms,  and  was  a  most 
respected  resident  of  his  town. 


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He  married  first,  Feb.  20,  1866,  Mary  E.  Roberts  of 
Elizabeth,  Pa.,  who  died  Sept.  1873.  They  had  one  son  :■ — 
William  W.  Pangburn 

Mr.  Pangburn  married  again,  Aug.  21,  1879,  Britania 
Howe  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.     She  died  July  7,  1907. 

William  W.  Roberts  Pangburn,  born  Jan.  15,  1867, 
at  Elizabeth,  Pa.,  married  Sept.  21,  1897,  Sarah  Jean 
Martin,  born  Sept.  13,  1876  of  Allegheny,  Pa.,  died  Feb. 
18,  1902. 

They  had  a  son : — 

George  Stanley  Pangburn ..  Born  August  5,  1899. 

Mr.  Pangburn  served  during  the  Spanish-American 
war  as  a  sergeant  in  Co.  G.,  11th  Regt.  Vol.  Inf.,  enlisting 
at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  was  honorably  discharged 
Oct.  12,  1898.    He  is  a  resident  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pa. 


2.  John  Pangburn,  born  Dec.  4,  1795,  died  at  his 
home  near  Felicity,  Brown  County,  Ohio,  July  24,  1883. 
He  like  his  brother  Isaac  was  a  mill-wright  by  trade,  and 
they  worked  together  for  some  years.  In  later  life  Mr. 
Pangburn  was  a  land  owner  and  farmer. 

He  married  first,  August  15,  1826,  Mary  a  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Mary  McDonough  of  Washington  County, 
Pa.,  born  Feb.  2,  1796,  died  July  3,  1843.  John  Pang- 
burn and  his  wife  were  among  the  initial  members  who 
organized   the   earliest    Christian    (Disciple)    church    in 


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Washington  County,     A  few  years  later  they  moved  to 
Brown  County,  Ohio.     By  this  marriage  were  born : — 

Henry  K.  Pangburn 

Elizabeth  Pangburn 

Mary  Pangburn Died  in  infancy. 

John  Pangburn 

John  Pangburn  remarried  in  Oct.  1844,  Sarah  Logan 
and  had : — 

Margaret  Pangburn 

Martha  Pangburn Born  1847,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

Henry  K.  Pangburn,  born  May  29,  1829,  died  at 
Hutchins,  Dallas  County,  Texas,  Dec.  8,  1892.  He  was 
a  prominent  minister  of  the  Christian  church,  for  which 
he  was  educated  at  Bethany  College,  and  preached  for 
a  number  of  years  at  Maysville,  Kentucky.  He  married 
March  12,  1863,  Susan  H.  Owens,  born  Apr.  10,  1837, 
of  Washington,  Kentucky,  and  they  later  (1876)  located 
near  Dallas,  Texas.  Both  the  father  and  oldest  daughter 
were  smitten  with  fever  about  the  same  time  and  both 
died  within  a  few  hours  of  each  other. 

Mrs.  Pangburn  died  Feb.  17,  1906.  Her  family  still 
live  in  that  vicinity.    They  had  children. 

George  H.  Pangburn. ...  Born  Feb.  1,  1864. 

Eliza  Pangburn Born     Nov.     26,     1865, 

died  Dec.  9,  1892. 

Mary  M.  Pangburn Born  Oct.  28,  1867. 

Nellie  Parry  Pangburn ..  Born  July  21,  1870. 

Henry  Pangburn Born  May  29,  1873 

Hugh  F.  Pangburn Born  Oct.  23,  1875. 


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Elizabeth   Pangburn,   born   May  8,    1832,   died   in 
Washington  County,  Pa.,  Dec.  1873.    She  married  Joseph 
McDonough  of  Vanceville,  Washington  County,   Pa. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

Lavina  McDonough Born    Feb.    17, 

1853. 

Mary  Jane  McDonough Born  Oct.  11,  1856, 

died  young. 

John  McDonough Born  Oct.  26,  1860. 

Samuel  Emery  McDonough.  .Born  April  15,  1864 
Susan  Ervena  McDonough. .  .Born  Jan.  28,  1870. 

John  Pangburn,  born  Dec.  11,  1836,  in  Brown 
County,  Ohio,  died  at  Vanceville,  Pa.,  May  9,  1908.  He 
came  to  Washington  County,  Pa.,  when  a  young  man  and 
was  for  many  years  a  merchant  at  Vanceville.  He  mar- 
ried Feb.  8,  1866,  Ervena  Hoover.  Their  only  child  to 
live  to  mature  years  was  a  son : — 

Harry  Pangburn Born    April    20,    1880, 

died  Oct  10,  1901.  He 
married  Lillian  Jones  of 
that  vicinity  who  sur- 
vives him. 

Margaret  Pangburn,  daughter  of  John  Pangburn 
and  his  wife  Sarah  Logan,  was  born  Dec.  8,  1845,  died 
June  1882.  She  married  Dec.  5,  1865,  M.  T.  Hedges  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.     She  left  no  family. 


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III.  JOHN  PANGBURN— (William  Stephen) 
born  in  New  Jersey,  March  15,  1773,  died  at  the  home  of 
his  brother  Lines  in  Brown  County,  Ohio,  Oct.  1849,  and 
is  buried  at  Pisgah  cemetery,  Brown  County,  Ohio. 

He  married,  first,  Dec.  13,  1810,  Jane  Young  of  Eliza- 
beth Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.  He  was  a  cooper 
by  trade,  and  was  also  a  farmer  by  occupation.  The 
greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in  (now)  Lincoln 
Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa. 

By  this  marriage  were  the  following  children : — 

1.  Abigail  Pangburn 

2.  Mary  Pangburn 

3.  Elizabeth  Pangburn 

4.  Alexander  Pangburn ...  Died  in  the  Mexican  war. 

Unmarried. 

5.  Nancy  Pangburn 

6.  Rachael  Pangburn 

7.  Sarah  Pangburn 

8.  William  Pangburn Died  in  Ripley,  Ohio,  aged 

22  years,  unmarried. 

Late  in  life  Mr.  Pangburn  married  again,  Margaret 
McCormick  and  had  a  daughter : — 

9.  Hannah  Jane  Pangburn 

1.    Abigail  Pangburn  married  John  Evans.    He  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  and  died  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
They  had  the   following  children : — 
Benjamin  Evans 
Nancy  Jane  Evans 
Alexander  Evans 
George  Evans 


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John  Evans 
Margaret  Evans 
Rebecca  Evans 
Descendants  of  this  family  are  mostly  in  the  vicinity 
of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

2.  Mary  Pangburn  married  Thomas  McMasters 
and  lived  in  (now)  Lincoln  Township,  Allegheny  County, 
Pa. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 
Samuel  McMasters 
Sarah  McMasters 
Margaret  McMasters 

3.  Elizabeth  Pangburn,  married  George  Simpson 
and  lived  on  Neville  Island,  below  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

They  had  the  following  children  :< — 

Olive  Simpson 

Mary  Simpson 

Anna  Simpson 
Descendants  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 

5.  Nancy  Pangburn  married  Capt.  Daniel  Pollard 
of  McKeesport,  Pa.    They  had  the  following  children : — 

Matilda  Pollard. .  .Married    Richard    Wilson    of 

McKeesport,  Pa. 

Norval  Pollard ....  Married     Annie     Dewalt     of 

McKeesport,  Pa. 

6.  Rachael  Pangburn  married  Isaac  McGrew  and 
lived  in  McKeesport,  Pa. 


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They  had  a  daughter : — 

Sarah  McGrew Married  William  Fields  of 

McKeesport,  Pa. 

7.  Sarah  Pangburn  married  Hezekiah  McGaffick. 
They  lived  for  a  time  in  McKeesport,  Pa.,  afterwards 
moved  to  Columbiana  County,  Ohio.  He  died  June  1900. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

Jane  McGaffick 

Norval  McGaffick 

Alice  McGaffick 

Maud  McGaffick 

Annie  McGaffick 

Thomas  McGaffick    ]         . 

Matilda  McGaffiick  j         ns 

Frank  McGaffick 

Emma  McGaffick 

Carrie  McGaffick 

9.  Hannah  Jane  Pangburn,  born  Nov.  6,  1834,  died 
at  the  home  of  her  son,  Elzie,  near  Manchester,  Ohio, 
Feb.  20,  1908,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Pangburn  and 
his  wife  Margaret  McCormick.  She  went  with  her  par- 
ents to  Brown  County,  Ohio,  in  1844,  married  there  in 
January  1853,  Brownlee  Perry,  a  farmer  of  Adams 
County.  Mr.  Perry  died  at  his  home  near  Manchester, 
Oct.  1,  1898. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Elzie  P.  Perry Born  Dec.  9,  1853,  married 

Harriet  Foster. 


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Margaret  Perry Born  1855,  married  George 

Lindsy.     Both  deceased. 

John  Perry Born  1857,  married  Can- 
dace  Tucker.  Both  deceased. 

Leroy  Perry Born    1859,    married    Ella 

Thompson. 

George  W.  Perry Born    1861,    married    Miss 

Osman. 

Elizabeth  J.  Perry  ...Born  1863,  married  Henry 

Edgington. 

Mary  E.  Perry Died  young. 

Louemma  Perry Died  young. 

Eva  M.  Perry Died  young. 


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Chapter  VI. 

PANGBURNS  OF  OHIO,  KENTUCKY, 
AND  THE  WEST. 

IV.  WILLIAM  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 
born  in  New  Jersey,  June  10,  1775,  died  in  Clark  County, 
Ind.,  May  26,  1853.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Penn- 
sylvania. He  married  Elizabeth  Applegate  of  (now) 
Forward  Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  born  Feb. 
1,  1786,  died  Feb.  11,  1865,  a  daughter  of  William  Apple- 
gate  and  his  wife  Catherine  Wiggens  of  Monmouth 
County,  New  Jersey.  Both  are  buried  at  the  old  grave- 
yard at  Hibernia,  Ind. 

William  Pangburn,  it  is  thought,  first  moved  to  south- 
ern Ohio  with  the  other  members  of  the  family,  but  in  a 
short  time  he  went  to  Clark  County,  Ind.,  where  he 
located  before  1820.  He  was  a  man  of  some  prominence 
in  his  community,  as  we  learn  from  a  letter  written  from 
that  section  at  an  early  date.  This  couple  were  the  par- 
ents of  a  very  large  family,  but  owing  to  the  fact  that 
the  family  record  was  lost  in  the  burning  of  the  house 
of  his  son  Samuel  many  years  ago,  and  that  none  of  his 
children  are  now  living,  but  scant  data  can  be  had  of  his 
descendants.  They  are  widely  separated  and  but  few 
remain  in  the  vicinity  of  the  old  home.    . 

We  have  data  of  the  following : — 


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1.  Rebecca  Pangburn,  born  January  16,  1803,  died 
in  Highland  County,  Ohio,  Aug.  9,  1854.  She  married 
June  20,  1822,  James  Wall,  born  May  2,  1794,  died  April 
4,  1850.  Both  are  buried  at  Buford,  Highland  County, 
Ohio.  James  Wall  was  a  son  of  William  Wall,  and  a 
grandson  of  James  Wall  of  (now)  Forward  Township, 
Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  who  came  from  Monmouth 
County,  New  Jersey  in  1766. 

They  had  the  following  children: — 

William  Wall Born    Oct.    20,    1823,    died 

July  11,  1862. 

Hannah  Wall Born  May  19,  1825. 

Alice  Wall Born  Sept.  20,  1827. 

Elizabeth  Wall .Born  April  29,   1829,  died 

Nov.  7,  1898. 

Mary  A.  Wall Born  May  20,  1832. 

Samuel  Wall Born   May   24,   1833,   died 

May  26,  1858. 
Rebecca  Wall Born    Oct.    5,    1835,    died 

Aug.  25,  1853. 
Harriet  Wall Born   Dec.    14,    1837,   died 

Feb.  16,  1855. 
James  Wall Born   Mar.   24,   1840,  died 

Oct.  13,  1865. 
Charles  Parker  Wall. Born  July  5,  1842. 
Lucetta  Wall Born    Oct.    14,    1846,    died 

Oct.  9,  1848. 

2.  Stephen  Pangburn,  died  unmarried. 


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3.  Nelson  Pangburn,  married  and  left  family : — 
Jesse  Pangburn 

William  Pangburn 
Harriet  Pangburn 
Hannah   Pangburn 
Abigail  Pangburn 

4.  Derrick  Pangburn;  was  twice  married  and  had 
children : — 

Stephen  Pangburn Born  May  16,  1829. 

William  Pangburn 
John  Pangburn 
Webster  Pangburn 
Martin  Pangburn 
Hannah  Pangburn 
Ellen  Pangburn 
Jane  Pangburn 
Edgar  Pangburn 
Elzie  Pangburn 
Charles  F.  Pangburn 
Mary   Pangburn 
Lulu  Pangburn 

5.  Walter  W.  Pangburn. 

6.  Duncan  Pangburn. 

7.  Randolph  Pangburn,   died  August  1904,  leav- 
ing sons: — 

Webster  Pangburn 
James  Pangburn 


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8.  Abigail  Pangburn. 

9.  Samuel  Pangburn. 

10.  Garret  Pangburn. 

11.  Calvin  Pangburn,  died  young. 


V.  ELIZABETH  PANGBURN,  (William-Ste- 
phen) born  1777  in  New  Jersey,  died  in  (now)  Forward 
Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  August  8,  1845,  aged 
68  years.  She  married  David  Kerr,  born  Feb.  15,  1778, 
died  Sept.  16,  1851.  Both  are  buried  at  Currys'  grave- 
yard, Forward  Township. 

This  worthy  couple  left  the  following  children : — 

1.  Varner  Kerr 

2.  Samuel  Kerr 

3.  William  Kerr 

4.  Sarah  Kerr 

1.  Varner  Kerr,  born  Dec.  1,  1809,  died  in  Brown 
County,  Ohio,  Dec.  8,  1866.  He  married  there,  Margaret 
Thompson  of  Brown  County,  Ohio,  who  died  Aug.  20, 
1886.  Both  are  buried  at  Maple  wood  cemetery,  Ripley, 
Ohio.     Mr.  Kerr  was  a  man  of  great  ability,  he  and  his 


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brother-in-law   Samuel   Pangburn  were   for  many  years 
partners  in  the  milling  business  in  that  vicinity. 

They  had  but  one  child  who  died  in  infancy : — 
David  Kerr,  died  July  7,  1841. 

2.  Samuel  Kerr,  born,  1812,  died  May  3,  1875,  aged 
63  years.  He  married  Prudence  Manown,  a  daughter  of 
William  Manown,  who  died  Jan.  3,  1863.  Both  are 
buried  at  Round  Hill  church,  Allegheny  County,  Pa. 

Mr.  Kerr  was  a  blacksmith  in  his  younger  days,  later 
a  farmer  and  land  owner  of  Elizabeth  Township,  Alle- 
gheny County,  Pa.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature ;  took  a  great  interest  in  military  affairs,  and  was 
a  prominent  and  respected  member  of  his  community. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Elizabeth  Kerr Born  July  30,  1839,  died  Aug. 

31,  1839. 

Josephine  Kerr.... Born  June  4,  1841,  died  un- 
married. 

William  Kerr Born  May  3,  1843. 

Sarah  Kerr Born  Dec.   10,   1846,  married 

Andrew  Montgomery. 

David  Kerr Born  July  3,  1848,  died  Jan. 

30,  1850. 

James  W.  Kerr. .  .Born  Feb.  20,  1851. 

Varner  Kerr Born  Feb.   18,  1853,  married 

Rebecca  Garrison. 

3.  William    Kerr,    born ,    died    in    Adams 

County,  Ohio.     He  married  Jan.  1,  1846,  Isafena  Lytle, 
a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Martha  Lytle,  born  May  27, 


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1821,  died   Feb.   18,  1890.     Both  are  buried  at  Wheat 
Ridge  church,  Adams  County,  Ohio. 

The  early  married  life  of  this  couple  was  spent  in 
(now)  Forward  Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.  Later 
they  went  to  Brown  County,  Ohio,  and  the  last  years  of 
their  lives  were  spent  in  Adams  County,  Ohio. 
They  had  the  following  children: — 

Elizabeth  Kerr.  ..  .Married  Newton  Smith,  now 

of  Bayard,  Iowa. 

Martha  Kerr Died  1875. 

David  Kerr Deceased. 

Margaret  Kerr.  ..  .Married  Samuel  Williamson. 

Samuel  Kerr Resident   of    Adams    County, 

Ohio. 

4.     Sarah  Kerr.     Married  Jacob  Gallatin  and  left 
issue. 


VI.    ABIGAIL  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 

born  1779,  died  in  Indiana.     She  married  Caleb 

Crane,  and  their  early  life  was  spent  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio. 

They  had  the  following  children: — 

1.  John  Crane Born  March  16,  1804. 

2.  Stephen  Crane Born  March  22,  1806. 

3.  Daniel  Crane Born  Sept.  21,  1808. 

4  Caleb  Crane Born  Oct.   1,  1810. 


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2.  Stephen  Crane.  Nothing  can  be  learned  of 
him  except  that  he  was  well  known  in  his  youth  in  Brown 
County,  Ohio. 

3.  Daniel  Crane,  or  Dan  as  everyone  knew  him, 
as  a  young  man  worked  at  the  blacksmith  trade,  but  later 
was  a  farmer.  He  married  Ann  Eckman,  a  daughter  of 
Jacob  Eckman  of  Brown  County,  Ohio.  After  the  death 
of  Mr.  Eckman  they  moved  to  Audubon  County,  Iowa, 
in  1854,  at  that  time  almost  bare  of  settlements. 

"  Dan  "  Crane  was  a  unique  character  and  deserves 
more  than  a  passing  notice ;  about  six  feet  tall,  finely 
formed,  with  laughing  blue  eyes  and  a  winning  smile,  he 
was  good  to  look  upon.  His  geniality  and  unfailing 
fund  of  anecdotes  and  story,  coupled  with  a  disposition 
to  be  convivial,  made  him  a  welcome  guest  at  hotels  and 
other  places  of  resort.  A  hotel  keeper  in  Panora,  Iowa, 
said  that  it  was  an  event  when  Dan  Crane  came  to  town, 
as  a  considerable  part  of  the  male  population  would  pass 
the  night  listening  to  his  drolleries.  But  when  he  went 
home  to  his  high  bred  wife  and  bright  children,  he  entered 
a  different  atmosphere,  then  all  unseemly  levity  was  dis- 
placed by  kindly  interest.  She  surely  knew  of  his  faults 
but  seemed  oblivious,  at  least  in  the  presence  of  others. 

About  1871  the  writer  again  met  them  at  their  west- 
ern home:  a  beautiful  old  couple,  tender  and  affectionate 
as  in  their  young  and  more  youthful  days,  he  with  snow 
white  hair  and  no  trace  of  dissipation  on  his  fine  face ; 
she  without  a  thread  of  silver  in  her  wavy  black  tresses, 
benignant  and  lady-like  always. 


DANIEL   CRANE. 
1808-1876. 


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They  had  the  following  children: — 

Mary  Crane Born   in   Ohio,  Aug.   1831, 

died  in  Iowa  Nov.  14,  1867. 
John  Crane Born    in    Ohio,    Sept.    25, 

1833. 
Catherine  E.  Crane.. Born  1835,  died  at  Salida, 

Col.,  Dec.  4,  1899. 
Van  B.  Crane Born  in  Highland  County, 

Ohio,  July  14,  1843. 

John  Crane,  born  Sept.  25,  1833,  died  Oct.  21,  1907, 
married  Dec.  24,  1859,  Isabel  Harris,  a  daughter  of  Judge 
Harris  of  Exira,  Audubon  County,  Iowa. 
They  had  the  following  children  : — 

William  A.  Crane.. .  .Born  Dec.  31,  1860. 

Dan  H.  Crane Born  Nov.  30,  1873. 

Emma  C.  Crane Born  Aug.  20,  1875. 

William  A.  Crane  has  three  daughters; — 
Frankie  B.  Crane.  .  .  .Born  July  9,  1886. 

Lillie  Mae  Crane Born   

Aileen  Adele  Crane.. Born  Oct.  29,  1904. 

Daniel   H.   Crane   married    Linna   Epperly.     They 
have  one  daughter: — 

Velma  Crane Born  Sept.  2,  1899. 

Emma    C.    Crane    married    William    Brinkerhoff, 
April  17,  1895.    They  had  three  children:— 
Lola  M.  Brinkerhoff. 
Linna  B.  Brinkerhoff. 
Ethel  L.  Brinkerhoff. 


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Van  Buren  Crane,  second  son  of  Daniel  Crane, 
born  July  14,  1843,  died  March  1907,  married  May  9, 
1863,  Mary  E.  Bush  of  Omaha. 

Their  living  children  are : — 

Ernest  C.  Crane Born  June  22,  1864. 

Laura  A.  Crane Born  Mar.  13,  1866. 

Stella  M.  Crane Bora  Mar.  5,  1869. 

Edna  J.  Crane Born  Mar.  10,  1873. 

Van  H.  Crane Born  May  16,  1876. 

4.  Caleb  Crane,  born  Oct.  1,  1810,  youngest  son 
of  Caleb  and  Abigail  Crane,  married  Elizabeth  Wills. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Samuel  Crane 
Ellis  Crane 
John  Crane 


VII.      ANNA    PANGBURN,    (William-Stephen) 

born  Sept.  6,  1781,  died ,  married  January  5,  1804, 

William  Newcomb,  born  in  Ireland  Aug.  6,  1777, 

They  were  for  a  time  residents  of  Brown  County, 
Ohio.  Many  of  their  descendants  at  this  time  are  living 
in  Kentucky. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

1.  Stephen  Newcomb Born  Oct.  16,  1804. 

2.  Not  named Born  March  15,  1806. 


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3.  Mary  Newcomb ' Born    July    13,    1807 

married    Sept.    20, 
1828,  John  Hardwick. 

4.  Hannah  R.  Newcomb Born    May    9,    1809, 

married  Mar.  16, 
1826,  John  Young. 

5.  Elizabeth  Newcomb Born    Oct.    26,    1810, 

married  Apr.  24, 1824, 
John  McFadden. 

6.  John  M.  Newcomb Born   Nov.   19,   1812, 

married  July  7,  1842, 
Penelope  Jones. 

7.  Rebecca  Newcomb Born    Dec.    13,    1814, 

married  July  17, 1839, 
Samuel  A.  Dawson. 

8.  Lines  Pangburn  Newcomb. ..  Born   Jan.    23,    1817, 

married  July  6,  1837, 
Ruth  A.  Grice. 

9.  Emmaline  Newcomb Born    Sept.    18,    1821, 

married  Sept.  22, 1842 
Thomas  G.  McCarter. 

7.  Rebecca  Newcomb,  born  Dec.  13,  1814,  mar- 
ried July  17,  1839,  Samuel  A.  Dawson,  born  Jan.  23, 
1815,  died  March  22,  1891. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

John  G.  Dawson Born  April  25,  1843. 

Orissa  Ellen  Dawson Born  Sept.  15,  1845. 

Annie  Elizabeth  Dawson. ..  Born  Aug.  10,  1848. 
William  Wirt  Dawson Born  June  16,  1852. 


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William  Wirt  Dawson,  born  June  16,  1852,  mar- 
ried April  2,  1876,  Nancy  E.  Crawford.  They  live  near 
Vanceburg,  Ky. 

They  have  the  following  children : — 

Evalena  Dawson Born  Feb.  3,  1877. 

Annie  Laura  Dawson. Born  May  28,  1879. 


VIII.  LINES  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 
born  Sept  3,  1783,  probably  in  Allegheny  County,  Pa., 
the  first  of  the  sons  born  after  coming  to  Western  Penna. 
He  bore  the  name  of  his  father's  brother  who  had  been 
assassinated  at  Mannahawkin,  New  Jersey,  three  years 
before  as  already  noted.  He  died  Sept.  28,  1863  at  his 
home  three  miles  west  of  Ripley,  Brown  County,  Ohio. 
He  married  in  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  Feb.  7,  1805,  Re- 
becca Applegate;  born  Jan.  15,  1784,  died  Aug.  15,  1871, 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Catherine  Applegate  of  (now) 
Forward  Township,  a  sister  of  his  brother  William's 
wife.  Both  are  buried  at  Pisgah  church,  Brown  County, 
Ohio.  He  and  his  brother  Samuel  were  volunteer  sol- 
diers of  the  war  of  1812  and  marched  to  Lake  Erie  but 
saw  no  service.  With  several  other  members  of  the 
family  he  went  to  Brown  County,  Ohio,  about  1815. 
By  trade  he  was  a  cooper,  but  became  a  land  owner  and 
followed  farming  as  his  occupation. 


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They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  large  family : — 

1.  Polly  (Mary)   Pangburn Born  Feb.  26,  1806. 

2.  Garret  Pangburn Born  Sept.  6,  1807. 

3.  Nathaniel  Pangburn Born  Nov.  13,  1808. 

4.  Hannah  Pangburn Born  Sept.  15,  1810. 

5.  Sene  (Assenath)  Pangburn)  .Born    Nov.    25,    1812, 

died  unmarried. 

6.  Samuel  Pangburn Born    Dec.     6,     1814, 

died  Jan.  3,  1815. 

7.  Randolph  Pangburn Born    Jan.     4,     1816, 

died  May  14,  1882. 

8.  Anna  Pangburn Born  Aug.  31,  1817. 

9.  John  Pangburn Born  Sept.  18,  1819. 

10.  William  (Rev)   Pangburn. .  .Born  July  26,  1821. 

11.  Washington  Pangburn Born   Sept.    14,   1825, 

died  May  27,  1846. 

12.  Bebecca  Pangburn Born  Jan.  29,  1846. 

1.  Mary  Pangburn,  oldest  member  of  the  family 

of   Lines   Pangburn,   born   Feb.   26,   1806,   died  . 

She  married,  first,  James  H.  Wall,  a  son  of  Walter  Wall 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Applegate,  born  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  1802,  died  April  6,  1830.  She  later  married  James 
McKee  and  left  issue  by  both  marriages. 

2.  Garret  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  6,  1807,  went  to 
Texas  before  it  was  organized  a  state,  married  there  and 
left  a  family. 


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3.  Nathaniel  Pangburn,  born  May  18,  1808,  died 
May  17,  1870,  in  Brown  County,  Ohio.  He  married,  first, 
about  1826,  Sarah  Hamen. 

By  this  marriage  were  born : — 
Alfred  Pangburn 
Matilda  Pangburn 
America  Pangburn 
Lines  Pangburn Died  young. 

He  married  again,  April  8,  1857,  Mary  Cooper,  who 
died  May  18,  1905. 

By  this  marriage  were  born : — 

Ella  Pangburn 
Charles  Pangburn 
Robert  Pangburn 
James  Pangburn. 

Alfred  Pangburn  married  Anna  Thompson.     They 
had  the  following  children  : — 
Alexander  Pangburn 
Sarah  Pangburn 
John  A.  Pangburn 
William  J.  Pangburn 

Matilda  Pangburn  married  Amos  Mitchell.  They 
had  the  following  children  : — 

America  Mitchell 
Nathaniel  Mitchell 
Sarah  Mitchell 
James  Mitchell 
Albert  Mitchell 
Minerva  Mitchell 


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America    Pangburn    married    Alson    T.    Chapman. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 
Matilda  Ann  Chapman 
Henry  Gill  Chapman 
Isaac  Holten  Chapman 
Sarah  Frances  Chapman 
Benjamin  Herrick  Chapman 
Nellie  B.  Chapman 
Mary  E.  Chapman 
Myrtle  May  Chapman 
William  Lee  Chapman 

Ella  Pangburn,  born  May  1858,  died  July  28,  1894. 
She  married,  1887,  Collins  Grishem. 
They  had  a  son: — 
Archie  Grishem. 

Charles  Pangburn,  born  April  19,  1860,  died  Aug. 
5,  1898.    He  married,  1890,  Jessie  Jones. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 
Robert  Pangburn 
Albert  Pangburn 
Lola  Pangburn 

Robert  Pangburn,  born  June  24,  1862,  married  Dec. 
20,  1884,  Lucinda  Jordan,  born  Oct.  12,  1862,  died  Sept. 
15,  1899. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 
Bessie  Pangburn 
Alson  Pangburn 
Nellie  Pangburn 
Wylie  Pangburn 
Lottie  Pangburn 


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James  Pangburn,  born  July  28,  1864,  married  Oct. 
1890  Alice  Chapman. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 
Golda  Pangburn 
Blanche  Pangburn 

4.  Hannah  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  15,  1810,  mar- 
ried Aug.  16,  1831,  John  W.  Parker  of  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  born  June  24,  1811.  They  removed  to  Illinois  in 
Oct.,  1837.    She  died  at  Danville,  111.,  Feb.  2,  1890. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Lines  L.  Parker Born  Sept.   1,  1832. 

William  A.  Parker..  .Born  Jan.  19,  1834,  de- 
ceased. 

James  W.  N.  Parker. Born  Mar.  23,  1835. 

Elizabeth  W.  Parker. Born  Sept.  21,  1836. 

Rebecca  Parker Born  Mar.  10,  1838. 

Stephen  K.  Parker. .  .Born  Aug.  18,  1839,  de- 
ceased. 

John  W.  Parker Born  June  10,  1841,  de- 
ceased. 

Alice  Parker Born 1842,  deceased. 

Lydia  Parker Born 1844,  deceased 

Thomas  M.  Parker. ..  Born  Sept.  17,  1845,  de- 
ceased. 

Amy  J.  Parker Born  June  14,  1847. 

Willis  J.  Parker Born  Aug.  18,  1849,  de- 
ceased. 

Hannah  E.  L.  Parker  Born  July  9,  1851. 

Hattie  Luella  Parker. Born  Nov.  28,  1854,  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Pangburn. 


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The  descendants  of  Hannah  Pangburn  Parker  are 
numerous  and  prominent.  Their  oldest  son  Lines  L. 
Parker,  was  a  captain  in  the  Civil  war,  and  held  many 
official  positions  in  his  county  and  state.  He  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Tuscola,  111. 

8.  Anna  Pangburn,  born  August  31,  1817,  died  in 
Brown  County,  Ohio,  May  30,  1890.  She  married  Sept. 
25,  1834,  John  Mefford  of  Brown  County,  Ohio,  who  died 
May  17,  1891.  Both  are  buried  at  Pisgah  cemetery, 
Brown  County,  Ohio.  John  Mefford  was  a  substantial 
land  owner  and  farmer.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

George  N.  Mefford. ..  Born  Sept.  25,  1835. 

Polly  Mefford Born   Nov.   24,   1836,  died 

Sept.  24,  1837. 

Melissa  Mefford Born  June  8,  1838. 

Clamenza  Mefford Born  Nov.  25,  1839. 

Lines  P.  Mefford.. .  .Born  June  27,  1841. 
Sarah  E.  Meff ord.'. . .  Born    Sept.    3,    1842,    died 

Mar.  26,  1884. 
John  W.  Meff  ord....  Born    July    5,    1844,    died 

Aug.  11,  1908. 
Alex.  B.  N.  Mefford. Born   Mar.   22,   1846,   died 

June  23,  1881. 
Joseph  W.  Mefford.  .Born  Jan.  11,  1848,  died  at 

Ft.  Collins,  Col.,  Nov.  27, 
1908. 

Theo.  E.  Mefford Born  July  28,  1849. 

William  P.  Meff  ord ..  Born  Mar.  16,  1851. 


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Flora  D.  Mefford.  ..  .Born  May  11,  1853. 
Samuel  B.  Mefford. ..  Born  Dec.  7,  1854. 
Rebecca  A.  Mefford.. Born   Jan.    29,    1858,   died 

Feb.  25,  1871. 
Emma  C.  Mefford.  .  .Born  July  8,  1863. 
Many  of  the  Mefford  family  are  residents  of  Brown 
County,  Ohio,  and  take  an  active  part  in  the  Pangburn- 
Mefford  reunions. 

9.    John  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  18,  1819,  died  Nov. 
21,  1897.     He  was  a  prominent  land  owner  and  a  life 
resident  of  Brown  County,  Ohio.     He  married  Sarah  J. 
Hodkins,  born  Feb.  9,  1820,  died  Mar.  24,  1882. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

Hannah  Pangburn Born  June  16,  1838. 

Mary  Ann  Pangburn Born  March  19,  1840, 

died . 

Martha  Pangburn Born   Oct.    16,    1841, 

died  Jan.  4,  1843. 

William  Pangburn Born  ,  died 

young. 

James  E.  Pangburn Born  Oct.  26,  1845. 

Lines  A.  Pangburn Born  Dec.  29,  1847. 

George  W.  Pangburn Born  Sept.  20,  1850. 

Winfield  S.  Pangburn Born  Nov.  21,  1852. 

Alexander  B.  Pangburn.  .  .Born  March  7,  1854. 

Alfred  Pangburn Born    Sept.    4,    1856, 

died  Apr.  3,  1891. 

Calvin  H.  Pangburn Born    June    4,    1858, 

died  Nov.  3,  1879. 


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U.  S.  Grant  Pangburn Born   Nov.    28,    1861, 

died  at  his  home  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  Dec. 
1908. 

Hannah  Pangburn,  oldest  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Pangburn,  born  June  16,  1838,  married  Dec.  2, 
1862,  Nelson  Ellis.  They  were  prominent  residents  of 
Higgensport,  O. 

They  had  the  following  children: — 

Oston  Ellis Born  July   10,   1864,  died  Mar. 

20,  1865. 

Oscar  Ellis Born     Oct.     1,     1865,     married 

Martha  Shaw. 

Edgar  Ellis Born   March   12,   1867,  married 

Sarah  Thompson. 

James  E.  Pangburn,  born  Oct.  26,  1845,  married 
Louisa  Liggett.  They  are  residents  of  Manchester,  Ohio. 
They  have  no  family. 

Lines  A.  Pangburn,  born  Dec.  29,  1847,  married 
July  2,  1881,  Laura  E.  Richey.  Their  only  living  issue  a 
daughter : — 

Goldie  Russell  Pangburn,  born  Apr.  7,  1882,  married 
Aug.  16,  1898,  George  W.  Robinson.     They  are 
residents   of   Cincinnati,   Ohio.     They   have   one 
son: — 
George  Russell  Robinson Born  Oct.  5,  1899. 

Rev.  George  W.  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  20,  1850, 
married  Sarah  Ann  Watters,  born  May  10,  1854,  died 
March  24,  1906. 


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They  had  one  son : — 

John  Frank  Pangburn Born  Sept.  20,  1885. 

Winfield  Scott  Pangburn,  born  Nov.  21,  1852,  mar- 
ried Mar.  30,  1876,  Frances  F.  Graybill,  born  Apr.  26, 
1855.  Their  home  overlooks  the  beautiful  river  near 
Levana,  Ohio. 

They  have  the  following  children : — 

Ida  May  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  2,  1878 ;  married 

Feb.  29,  1904  Edward 
Thompson.  They  have 
a  son : — Carl  Norman 
Thompson.  Born  Aug. 
26,  1905. 

George  W.  Pangburn Born  Dec.  13,  1880. 

Robert  Everett  Pangburn.  .Born.  Apr.  10,  1883. 
Edward  Leon  Pangburn. .  .  Born  Jan.  6,  1887. 

Alexander  B.  Pangburn,  born  Mar.  7,  1854,  mar- 
ried July  31,  1880,  Jennie  Strausbury,  born  June  24,  1860. 
They  are  residents  of  Manchester,  Adams  County,  Ohio. 
They  have  the  following  children : — 

James  Pangburn Born  Mar.  13,  1881. 

Lee  Pangburn Born  Sept.  16,  1882. 

Eva  Pangburn Born  Dec.  10,  1883. 

Elsie  Pangburn Born  Nov.  21,  1885. 

Harry  Pangburn Born  June  24,  1889. 

Stanley  Pangburn. ...  Born  Feb.  10,  1890. 

10.  (Rev.)  William  Pangburn,  born  July  26,  1821, 
died  at  his  home  on  Straight  Creek,  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  July  26,  1904.     Mr.  Pangburn  was  a  land  owner 


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and  a  prominent  minister  of  the  Christian  church  (New 
Light).  Through  his  labors  were  organized  a  large  num- 
ber of  their  churches  in  southern  Ohio,  and  adjacent  parts 
of  Kentucky.  He  married,  first,  Melissa  Mefford  who 
died  young,  leaving  two  sons: — 

John  H.   Pangburn,  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war, 

died  1894. 
Alexander  B.  Pangburn,  also  a  soldier  of  the  Civil 
war,  died  about  1865. 
He  married,  second,  Mary  Mitchell  and  had  the  fol- 
lowing children : — 

James  W.  Pangburn Born  Feb.  23, 1846, 

died  Apr.  3,  1870. 
Rebecca  A.  Pangburn Born  Feb.  8,  1848, 

died  Apr.  28,  1853. 
Mary  E.  Pangburn Born  Feb.  15,  1850, 

died  May  8,  1853. 

Minerva  J.  Pangburn Born  Aug.  12, 1852 

Nathaniel  W.  Pangburn Born  Feb.  16,  1855. 

Elmore  C.  Pangburn 4 . .  .  Born  Dec.  17,  1857, 

died  1880. 

Charles  G.  Pangburn Born  Sept.  18, 1859 

U.  S.  Grant    Pangburn Born  May  15,  1863. 

Mary  S.  Pangburn.. .  Born  Feb.  17, 1866, 

Twins  married    Joseph 

Cochran. 
Martha  S.  Pangburn     Born  Feb.  17,  1866, 

died  Mar.  11,  1866. 
William  Sherman  Pangburn. .  Born  Sept.  23, 1868. 
George  W.  Pangburn Born  Jan.  22,  1872. 


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Minerva  J.  Pangburn,  born  Aug.  12,  1852,  married 
Jan.  1,  1877,  P.  M.  Moore  and  have  children : — 
Kate  S.  Moore 
Nellie  Moore 
Henry  Moore 

Nathaniel  W.  Pangburn,  born  Feb.  16,  1855,  mar- 
ried Oct.  9,  1876,  Hattie  L.  Parker,  youngest  daughter 
of  John  W.  Parker  and  his  wife  Hannah  Pangburn, 
born  Nov.  28,  1854. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Mary  A.  Pangburn,  born  May  15,  1878,  married 
Aug.  29,  1895,  James  Newton  Myers,  and  have  one 
daughter: — Lila  Gardner  Myers. 

Hannah  Pangburn Born  Dec.  3,  1880. 

Thomas  G.  Pangburn. .  .Born  Feb.  9,  1882,  died 

Oct.  27,  1882. 
Leone    D.  Pangburn. .  .  .Born  May  9,  1885,  mar- 
ried Dec.  7,  1904  Mar- 
shall Richmond. 

Paul  P.  Pangburn Born  Sept.  25,  1885,  died 

in  infancy. 
Natalie    P.  Pangburn. .  .Born  April  5,  1886,  mar- 
ried Aug.  10,  1904,  Bert 
Entler. 

Grace  F.  Pangburn Born  Mar.  30,  1888. 

John  W.  Pangburn Born  July  9,  1892. 

They  are  residents  of  Tuscola,  111. 


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Elmore  C.  Pangburn  born  Dec.  17,  1857,  died  1880. 
He  married  Ella  Cheesman,  and  left  children: — 

Maud  Pangburn 

Lee  Pangburn 

Oscar  Pangburn 
Charles  G.  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  18,  1859,  married 
May  26,  188G,  Leora  C.  Wilson,  born  Jan.  16,  1868.    They 
have  family : — 

Roxie  Lee  Pangburn.  .  .Born  Apr.  25,  1887,  died 

Oct.   7,   1901. 

Georgia  Pangburn Born  August  28,  1889. 

Nellie  Pangburn Born    Oct.    30,    1891. 

Pauline  Pangburn Born  Jan.  24,  1894. 

Martha  Pangburn Born  Feb.  29,  1896. 

William  B.  Pangburn. ..  Born  March  12,  1899. 

U.  S.  Grant  Pangburn,  born  May  15,  1863.  Lou  E. 
Pangburn,  his  wife  was  born  Feb.  17,  1869. 
They  have  the  following  children : — 

Ernest  P.  Pangburn Born  Dec.  20,  1890,  de- 
ceased. 
Florence    Pangburn Born  Dec.   3,   1892,  de- 
ceased. 
John  F.  Pangburn Born  Nov.  28,  1895  de- 
ceased. 
Lizzie  May  Pangburn ...  Born  Dec.   29,   1897. 

Bessie  E.  Pangburn Born  May  31,  1906. 

Mary   S.   Pangburn,   born   Feb.   17,   1866,   married 
May  16,  1878,  Joseph  S.  Cochran,  and  have  children : — 
Harry  Cochran 
Robert  Cochran 
Lee  Cochran 


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William  Sherman  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  23,  1868 
married,  first,  Oct.  1,  1893,  Fannie  Q.  Miller,  who  died 
Aug.  24,  1902.  He  again  married,  July  20,  1905,  Nellie 
Z.  Ross. 

George  W.  Pangburn,  born  Jan.  22,  1872.  Lennie 
M.  Pangburn,  his  wife,  born  May  1,  1875.  They  are  resi- 
dents of  the  vicinity  of  the  old  home  near  Levana,  Ohio. 

They  have  one  son : — 

Robert  J.  Pangburn Born  Nov.  17,  1897. 

12.  Rebecca  Pangburn,  the  youngest  of  the  family 
of  Lines  and  Rebecca  Pangburn,  was  born  Jan.  29,  1828, 
died  at  Fort  Collins,  Col.,  in  1901.  She  married  Feb.  5, 
1846,  Samuel  R.  Wasson  of  Brown  County,  Ohio,  born 
May  25,  1821,  died  at  Fort  Collins,  Col.,  Oct.  23,  1904. 

On  the  5th  of  June  1846,  Mr.  Wasson  enlisted  in  Co. 
G,  of  the  1st  Ohio  Volunteers,  for  the  Mexican  war  and 
served  throughout  the  war. 

In  1857  the  family  moved  to  Henry  County,  111.,  and 
later  to  Warren  County,  Iowa.  In  1882  they  moved  to 
Colorado. 


IX.  JAMES  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 
Of  this  son  of  William  Pangburn  no  record  can  be  found 
of  his  birth  or  death.     He  lived  in  Mason  County,  Ky., 


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and  died  at  a  comparatively  early  age.    He  married  Mary 
Fulton  who  died  leaving  their  only  child : — 
Margaret  Pangburn. 

1.     Margaret  Pangburn,   born   May   3,   1813,   died 
She  married  July  17,  1834,  Alexander  Mower, 


born  July  22,  1809,  died  July  6,  1839,  leaving  a  son  :- 

1.  Alexander  Mower,  who  went  to  Texas  in  1861. 
She  later  married  Calvin  Holton  of  Mason  County, 

Ky.    By  this  union  were  born  : — 

2.  Mary  Huston  Holton.. Born  July,  1849,  died  1893 

unmarried. 

3.  James  F.  Holton Born  Oct.  20,  1850,  married 

June  15,  1894,  Elizabeth  A. 
Hanna.  Residents  of  Dover, 
Ky. 


X.  SAMUEL  PANGBURN,  (William-Stephen) 
was  born  at  the  home  on  the  Shenango  river,  in  what  is 
now  Mercer  County,  Pa.,  March  20,  1788,  during  the  few 
years  that  his  parents  lived  in  that  section. 

He  died  in  Brown  County,  Ohio,  Sept.  15,  1849.  He 
married,  first  in  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  August  8,  1810, 
Mary  Robins,  born  Feb.  11,  1790,  died  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  Aug.  23,  1830,  without  issue. 

He  married  again  Jan.  10,  1831,  Mary  Thompson, 
born  May  27,  1802,  died  Sept.  4,  1852,  a  daughter  of 


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William  and  Agnes  Thompson  of  Mercer  County,  Pa. 
Later  residents  of  Brown  County,  Ohio. 
They  had  the  following  children : — 

1.  William  T.  Pangburn Born    Mar.    21,    1833, 

died  Jan.  4,  1848. 

2.  Lines  Pangburn 

3.  John    Pangburn Born    Dec.    8,    1835, 

died  Aug.  28,  1836. 

4.  Elizabeth  Pangburn 

5.  Margaret  Pangburn 

6.  Samuel  Pangburn 

7.  Stephen  Randolph  Pangburn .  Born    Feb.    18,    1845, 

died  Sept.  20,  1854. 
It  was  the  good  fortune  of  the  writer  to  see  four  of 
the  sons  of  William  and  Hannah  Pangburn  together  and 
to  hear  them  recount  the  experiences  of  their  youth. 
These  were:  John,  William,  Lines,  and  Samuel..  John 
lying  helpless  in  bed  with  rheumatism  forgot  for  the 
time  his  aches  and  pains  and  joined  in  the  cheerful  con- 
versation. They  were  all  men  of  large  frame,  stalwart 
and  powerful,  and,  with  the  exception  of  John,  pious 
Christian  men. 

Samuel,  the  subject  of  this  short  memoir,  was  noted 
for  uncommon  energy  in  his  work  and  business  affairs, 
and  as  a  consequence  accumulated  much  property.  For 
many  years  he  extensively  engaged  in  the  cooperage  busi- 
ness, as  well  as  farming  and  milling,  besides  making 
occasional  trips  to  New  Orleans  with  flatboats  of  pro- 
visions. His  home  life  was  unusually  happy,  and  he  was 
devoted  to  his  wife  and  children.     As  before  noted  he 


LINES  PANGBURX. 


MARGARET    PANGBURN. 
1839-1867. 


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died  in  1849,  his  wife  survived  him  only  a  few  years,  and 
was  buried  by  his  side  in  the  old  Red  Oak  cemetery, 
Brown  County,  Ohio. 

(LINES  PANGBURN.) 

2.  Lines  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  20,  1833,  married 
Feb.  10,  1879,  Mary  Ann  Robb,  born  March  2,  1834,  a 
daughter  of  David  and  Martha  Robb  of  Lewis  County, 
Ky.    They  have  no  family. 

4.  Elizabeth  Pangburn,  born  July  3,  1837,  died 
Dec.  15,  1862.  She  married  in  1856  Dr.  A.  N.  Wylie,  a 
physician  of  Ripley,  Ohio.    She  left  no  family. 

5.  Margaret  Pangburn,  born  July,  16,  1839,  died 
Sept.  2,  1867,  unmarried.  She  was  a  graduate  of  Hills- 
boro  Female  College  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  She  went  to  Adrian  County,  Missouri,  in  1867 
with  her  brothers,  Lines  and  Samuel,  and  died  there. 
She  was  buried  at  Maplewood  cemetery,  Ripley,  Ohio. 
Miss  Pangburn  was  a  most  estimable  woman  and  is  lov- 
ingly remembered  by  all  who  knew  her. 

6.  Samuel  Pangburn,  born  Sept.  19,  1841,  died  at 
Maysville,  Ky.,  Oct.  4,  1900.  He  married,  June  14,  1870, 
in  Adrian  County,  Mo.,  Elma  J.  Keep,  born  in  Illinois, 
Oct.  28,  1851,  a  daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Mary  Keep, 
then  of  Adrian  County,  Mo. 

Dr.  Pangburn  after  attending  school  at  the  O.  W.  U. 
at  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  Miami  University,  Oxford,  Ohio, 
took  up  the  study  of  medicine.    Before  he  could  complete 


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the  course  the  Civil  war  broke  out  and  he  at  once  enlisted 
May,  1861,  and  a  little  later  his  company  was  assigned 
to  the  12th  Reg.  O.  V.  In  ft.  He  was  chosen  1st  ser- 
geant and  shared  the  perils  and  hardships  of  his  com- 
rades for  more  than  three  years. 

Besides  many  smaller  engagements,  he  fought  in  the 
battles  of  Second  Bull  Run,  South  Mountain,  and  Antie- 
tam. 

After  being  mustered  out  he  again  took  up  the  study 
of  medicine,  graduating  at  a  medical  college  in  Cincin- 
nati, and  later  at  Belleview  Medical  College,  New  York 
City. 

For  twenty  years  he  practiced  his  profession  at  Perry, 
Iowa,  and  for  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life  at  Maysville, 
Ky.,  where  he  was  greatly  esteemed  and  his  death  much 
lamented,  especially  by  the  poor,  to  whom  his  services 
were  always  rendered,  day  or  night,  without,  in  many 
instances,  any  expectation  of  recompense.  He  was  a 
cheerful,  sunny,  lovable  man,  who  wore  himself  out  in 
labor  for  others. 

(LINES  PANGBURN.) 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

Charles  Lines  Pangburn .  .  . Born    Feb.    2,    1873, 

died  Feb.  21,  1875. 
Edward  Verner  Pangburn .  Born    Oct.    12,    1874, 

died  July  2,  1877. 
Samuel  Elbert  Pangburn,  born  July  24,  1877,  mar- 
ried June  6,  1901,  Mary  Lou.  Fitch,  and  have  the  follow- 
ing children. 

Helen  Fitch  Pangburn Born  Dec.  20,  1904. 

Samuel  Lines  Pangburn ...  Born  Sept.  21,  1906. 


DR.  SAMUEL  PANGBURN. 
1841-1900. 


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Harry  K.  Pangburn,  born  Mar.  27,  1879,  a  graduate 
of  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  is  practicing  medicine 
in  Mexico. 


XL  RANDOLPH  PANGBURN,  (William-Ste- 
phen) the  youngest  member  of  the  family  of  William 
and  Hannah  Pangburn,  was  born  in  Allegheny  County, 
Pa.,  about  1790,  after  the  return  of  his  parents  from 
Mercer  County. 

He  died  about  1864  at  Metropolis,  Massac  County,  111. 
He  probably  went  with  the  others  to  Brown  County,  Ohio, 
and  from  there  to  southern  Illinois  about  1836. 

He  was  twice  married  but  the  name  of  his  first  wife 
and  the  mother  of  his  children  is  not  certainly  known. 
Late  in  life  he  married  Mrs.  Fannie  Horner,  who  died 
at  Metropolis  about  1860. 

We  have  information  of  the  following  children: — 

James  Pangburn Died  1861. 

Samuel  Pangburn ....  Died  . 

John  Pangburn Went    to    Aksansas    about 

1885. 


Chapter  VII. 

BRIEF   OUTLINE   OF   THE   WALL  AND 
APPLEGATE  FAMILIES;  THEIR  CON- 
NECTION WITH  THE  PANGBURNS 
OF  THIS  RECORD. 

THAT  portion  of  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  lying  be- 
tween the  Monongahela  and  Youghiogheny  rivers, 
formerly  known  as  the  "  Forks  "  or  "  Forks  of  the 
Yough,"  has  the  distinction  of  being  not  only  one  of  the 
earliest  settlements,  but  was  also  for  many  years  the  most 
populous  section  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 

While  it  is  true  no  settlements  could  be  legally  made 
here  until  the  spring  of  1769,  still  the  fact  remains  that 
several  years  before  that  time  many  hardy  adventurers 
had  come  here,  and  had  built  their  cabins  in  the  unbroken 
forest,  there  biding  the  time  which  they  knew  would  soon 
come  when  the  Indian  would  again  give  up  his  rights  to 
another  great  territory  to  his  white  brother. 

In  course  of  time  this  became  "  Old  Elizabeth  Town- 
ship "  of  Allegheny  County,  now  subdivided  into  the 
townships  of  Lincoln,  Elizabeth,  and  Forward. 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  the  present  Forward 
Township  were  quite  a  number  of  families  from  New 
Jersey,  who  commenced  to  come  here  as  early  as  1766; 
in  a  few  years  they  formed  quite  a  community  made  up 


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of  kindred,  neighbors  and  friends,  principally  from  Mon- 
mouth and  Middlesex  Counties.  Of  these  were  the 
Walls,  Applegates,  Storers,  Pierces,  Ketchams,  Imlays, 
Pangburns,  and  others.  This  was  known  as  the  "  Jersey 
Settlement,"  a  name  that  is  still  more  or  less  familiar  to 
the  people  of  the  present  day. 

Of  course  their  young  people  married ;  but  as  a  usual 
thing  the  young  man  in  seeking  a  wife  went  no  further 
than  to  the  home  of  his  next  neighbor,  with  the  result 
of  many  snarls  of  relationship  for  the  genealogist  to 
untangle.  However,  it  is  only  intended  here,  to  show 
very  briefly  the  line  of  descent,  and  the  connection  of 
some  of  these  people  in  later  years  with  the  Pangburn 
family,  as  noted  in  this  record. 


WALL  FAMILY. 

The  Wall  family  was  represented  in  the  Jersey  Settle- 
ment by  two  brothers,  Walter  and  James,  whom  the 
records  show  came  here  as  early  as  1766. 

Their  ancestry  is  traced  to  Walter  Wall  the  emigrant, 
who  came  to  America  from  near  London,  England,  in 
1643.  He  with  a  number  of  others  settled  on  Long  Island 
where  they  founded  the  town  of  Gravesend,  and  where 
they  remained  some  twenty  years  or  more.  About  1665 
he  and  a  number  of  his  townsmen  came  to  East  Jersey 
where  they  purchased  from  the  proprietors  a  large  body 
of  land,  embracing  a  part  of  the  present  counties  of  Mon- 
mouth and  Middlesex. 

Walter  Wall  was  a  man  of  prominence  in  this  com- 
munity.   It  is  noted  that  this  colony  fairly  and  honorably 


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purchased  from  the  Indians  these  lands,  each  settler  pay- 
ing his  proportion. 

Garret  Wall,  one  of  the  sons  of  Walter,  is  also  prom- 
inently mentioned  in  the  records  of  Middletown  and 
Shrewsbury  (Freehold).  He  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Baptist  church  at  Middletown,  said  to  have 
been  the  first  Baptist  society  in  New  Jersey. 

The  brothers,  Walter  and  James,  who  came  to  west- 
ern Pennsylvania  were  great  grandsons  of  the  emigrant 
Walter  Wall,  and  sons  of  James  Wall  and  his  wife 
Hannah  Storer,  who  lived  and  died  in  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey. 

Walter  Wall  married  in  New  Jersey,  about  1760, 
Alice  (Elsa)  Applegate,  a  sister  of  Benjamin  and  William 
Applegate,  who  also  came  to  the  Jersey  Settlement. 

The  old  home  is  now  owned  by  William  Mayhugh, 
senior.  There  this  couple  spent  their  lives,  and  were 
buried  in  the  family  burial  ground  on  the  farm. 

They  had  children : — 

1.  James  Wall  who  married  Naomi  Wall,  a  daughter 

of  James  Wall. 

2.  Isaac  Wall,  who  married  Mary  Maxwell,  and  second 

Margaret  Smith. 

3.  John  Wall,  who  married  Mary  Wilson. 

4.  Hannah  Wall. 

5.  Elizabeth  Wall  who  married  Nov.  10,  1793,  Stephen 

Pangburn,  and  after  his  death  married  again,  Sept. 
9,  1799,  Job  Egbert.  She  died  at  Georgetown, 
Brown  Co.,  Ohio,  May  10,  1850. 


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6.  Rebecca  Wall,  who  married  Feb.  18,  1803,  Joseph 
McClure,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Margaret  (Barnet) 
McClure  of  Mifflin  Township,  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa. 
She  died  in  Brown  County,  Ohio,  May  24,  1850. 

James  Wall  took  up  a  tract  of  land  adjoining 
that  of  his  brother  Walter.  He  married  Catherine  Van- 
eman  and  had  the  following  family: 

1.  Naomi    Wall,   who   married   James    Wall,    son   of 

Walter  Wall. 

2.  Mary  Wall,  who  married  James  Applegate,  a  son 

of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Wall)  Applegate. 

3.  Walter  Wall,  who  married  Elizabeth  Applegate,  a 

daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Applegate. 
Walter  Wall  bought  a  Revolutionary  land  warrant 
for  a  large  tract  of  land  in  southern  Ohio,  and 
went  to  Brown  Co.,  before  1802.  They  had  a 
large  family,  and  many  of  the  descendants  are 
still  in  that  vicinity,  but  we  will  only  note  that  a 
son,  James  H.  Wall,  born  1802,  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  married  Mary,  oldest  daughter  of  Lines 
Pangburn,  and  had  five  children.  He  died  April 
6,  1830.    His  widow  later  married  James  McKee. 

4.  William    Wall,    who    married    Alice    Applegate,    a 

daughter  of  William  and  Catherine  (Wiggins) 
Applegate.  This  family  also  went  to  Brown  Co., 
Ohio.  William  Wall  died,  leaving  several  children. 
Their  son  James  Wall,  married  Rebecca  Pang- 
burn,  oldest  daughter  of  William  Pangburn  of  this 
record.  The  widow  of  William  Wall  later  mar- 
ried John  T.  Parker,  of  Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio. 


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5.  Garret  Wall,  who  married  Mary  Sparks,  and  second 

Mary  Watson.  Garret  Wall  was  the  grandfather 
of  John  Sutton  Wall  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Mr.  Wall 
has  given  much  time  to  genealogical  research  in 
the  lines  of  the  Wall  and  Applegate  families. 

6.  Nicholas  Wall,  who  married  Rebecca  Ketcham. 

7.  Andrew  Wall,  who  married  Rachael  Ferree. 

8.  Hannah  Wall,  who  married  Isaac  Ferree. 


APPLEGATE  FAMILY. 

A  family  of  English  origin,  whose  colonial  history  is 
contemporaneous  with  that  of  the  Walls. 

Benjamin  Applegate.  He  with  several  brothers 
and  others  of  the  same  name  came  from  New  Jersey,  and 
were  among  the  earliest  in  the  new  settlement.  He  had 
married  in  New  Jersey,  Rebecca  Wall,  a  sister  of  the 
Wall  brothers,  Walter  and  James. 

Benjamin  Applegate  took  up  a  tract  of  about  400 
acres  of  land,  on  which  he  lived  and  where  he  died. 
They  had  a  large  family,  but  as  they  do  not  enter  into 
the  Pangburn  connection,  no  further  note  of  them  is  made 
here. 

William    Applegate,    a   brother   of    Benjamin    had 
married  in  New  Jersey,  Catherine  Wiggins.     They  lived 
on  lands  adjoining  the  property  of  Benjamin. 
Of  their  family  we  only  note : 
1.     Alice  Applegate,  who  married  WTilliam  Wall,  a  son 
of  James  Wall,  and  later  married  John  T.  Parker, 
of  Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio. 


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2.  Elizabeth  Applegate,  who  married  William  Pang- 

burn,  and  went  to  Clark  Co.,  Ind. 

3.  Rebecca  Applegate,  who  married  Lines  Pangburn, 

and  went  to  Brown  Co.,  Ohio. 

Daniel  Applegate.  The  exact  relationship  between 
this  member  of  the  Applegate  family  and  those  we  have 
noted,  has  not  been  determined.  He  was  among  the  early 
families  who  came  from  New  Jersey  and  was  a  promin- 
ent member  of  the  Jersey  settlement. 

He  had  married  in  New  Jersey,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Har- 
vey-Brown.     They  had  the  following  family: 

1  Frederick  Brown Born  December  1,  1759. 

2  John  Applegate Born  February  11,  1764. 

3  George  Applegate Born  November  10,  1765. 

4  Aaron  Applegate Born  April  30,  1768. 

5  Isaac  Applegate Born  February  21,  1773. 

6  Elizabeth  Applegate.  .  .  .Born  April  1,  1775,  married 

Walter  Wall  and  went  to 
Brown  Co.,  Ohio  as  already 
noted. 

7  Rachael  Applegate Born  June  8,  1777. 

8  Hannah  Applegate Born  May  15,  1780. 

4.  Aaron  Applegate  of  the  above,  married,  1787, 
Mary  Taylor,  a  daughter  of  William  Taylor  of  the  same 
vicinity.  He  died  May  29,  1848.  His  wife  died  June  8, 
1840.  Both  are  buried  at  Taylor's  cemetery,  Forward 
Township. 

They  had  children : 

1  Elizabeth  Applegate Born  February  3,  1788. 

2  Jesse  Applegate Born  January  28,  1793. 


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3  Lucy  Applegate Born  May  7,   1794. 

4  Daniel  Applegate Born  December  25,  1799. 

5  Hannah  Applegate Born   December  2,   1801. 

6  Sarah  Applegate Born  December  20,  1803. 

7  Mary  Applegate Born  March  18,  1806. 

8  Aaron  H.  Applegate...  Born  January  26,  1808. 

9  Ellenor  Applegate Born  May  9,  1811. 

1.  Elizabeth  Applegate  of  the  above,  born  Febru- 
ary 3,  1788,  died  May  4,  1827.  She  married  1806,  James 
McClure  born,  August  6,  1781,  died  March  8,  1861.  Both 
are  buried  at  Taylor's  grave  yard,  Forward  Township. 


HILL  FAMILY. 

John  Hill,  the  earliest  known  ancestor  of  this  family, 
was  born  in  County  Down,  Ulster,  Ireland,  about  1747. 
He  came  to  America  when  a  youth,  together  with  other 
members  of  the  family,  who  at  the  beginning  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  were  residents  of  Lancaster  County,  Pa. 

In  the  spring  of  1776  John  Hill  enlisted  in  Captain 
Peter  Grubb's  company  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rifle  Regt., 
under  command  of  Colonel  Samuel  Miles.  At  the  battle 
of  Long  Island,  August  27,  1776,  this  command  suffered 
severely,  and  many  were  captured  by  the  British,  includ- 
ing their  Colonel.  After  the  capture  of  Colonel  Miles, 
the  command  of  the  remainder  of  the  battalion  devolved 
on  Lieut.  Colonel  Daniel  Brodhead,  later  Colonel  of  the 
Eighth  Pennsylvania. 

It  is  a  family  tradition  that  John  Hill  was  for  a  time 
a  prisoner  of  war  in  the  hands  of  the  British,  and  that 


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he  used  to  tell  his  children  of  the  many  hardships  he  and 
his  comrades  endured  at  their  hands. 

He  re-enlisted  for  a  three-year  term  of  service  and 
joined  the  Eighth  Pennsylvania  Regiment  in  New  Jersey 
then  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Daniel  Brodhead. 

The  Eighth  Regiment  was  raised  in  western  Penn- 
sylvania, for  the  protection  of  the  frontier ;  but  in  Decem- 
ber 1776,  they  were  ordered  by  the  Continental  Congress 
to  march  to  New  Jersey  and  join  the  hard  pressed  army 
of  General  Washington.  The  Eighth  Pennsylvania,  en- 
camped on  the  Allegheny  river,  was  the  most  distant  com- 
mand summoned  to  the  support  of  the  patriot  cause. 

The  trying  march  of  more  than  300  miles  in  the  dead 
of  winter  was  begun  on  January  6,  1777,  and  after  incred- 
ible hardships  reached  Philadelphia  in  the  later  part  of 
February,  and  in  a  short  time  joined  the  American  forces 
in  northern  New  Jersey.  As  a  result  of  their  terrible 
privations,  many  died,  among  others,  their  commander, 
Colonel  Aeneas  Mackay  of  Pittsburg. 

The  regiment  passed  the  winter  of  1777-78  at  Valley 
Forge,  and  the  following  summer  after  a  long  detour  up 
the  Susquehanna  river  to  protect  the  inhabitants  against 
the  Indians,  the  command  again  took  up  the  long  march 
over  the  mountains  to  Fort  Pitt. 

John  Hill  came  with  the  regiment  to  western  Penn- 
sylvania,  which  may  account  for  his  returning  here  in 
later  years. 

After  the  war,  he  married  Nancy  and  went 

with  others  of  his  people  to  White  Deer  Valley  and  settled 
near  the  town  of  Milton,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa.  Here  all 
his  children  were  born.    After  the  death  of  his  wife,  about 


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1812  he  and  all  the  family  except  his  daughter  Nancy, 
who  had  married  there,  came  to  what  is  now  Forward 
Township,  Allegheny  Co.,  where  he  died  August  11, 1834. 
He  is  buried  at  Round  Hill  Presbyterian  church. 
They  had  the  following  children : 

1  Margaret  Hill....  Married  Stephen  Davis. 

2  Elizabeth  Hill. ..  .Died  unmarried. 

3  Nancy  Hill Married  Robert  Maffet. 

4  Mary  Hill Married  Dempsy. 

5  Sarah  Hill Married  George  W.  Ramsey. 

6  Rebecca  Hill Married  Elijah  Kerr. 

7  John  Hill Married  Charlotte  Wilson. 

8  Annie  Hill Married  George  McKinley. 

9  Susan  Hill Married  Isaac  Pangburn  . 

10     Samuel  Hill Married  Margaret  Laughlin. 


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WARREN  FAMILY. 

Frederick  Warren,  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Franklin 
Township,  Adams  Co.,  Pa.  He  died  Feb.  1801,  and  was 
buried  on  his  farm  in  Buchanan  Valley.  He  was  survived 
by  his  wife  Mary  and  eight  sons: 

1  Thomas  Warren Born  Oct.  5,  1770. 

2  Edward  Warren Born  1774,  died  Sept.  1855. 

3  Isaac  Warren Born  1779,  died  July  7,  1867 

4  William  Warren 

5  Joseph  Warren 

6  David  Warren 

7  John  Warren 

8  Frederick  Warren  Jr. 

Of  the  above  family,  Edward,  Isaac,  and  David,  re- 
mained in  Adams  County  where  they  have  many  descend- 
ants. 

William  lived  near  Steubenville,  Ohio,  John  is  said  to 
have  gone  to  Kentucky,  Frederick  and  his  mother  came 
to  Pittsburg,  where  she  died.  He  then  went  farther  west. 
Joseph  lived  at  West  Newton,  Pa.,  where  he  died  1856. 

1.— Thomas  Warren,  born  Oct.  5,  1770,  died  at  his 
home  in  Elizabeth  Township,  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa.,  June  6, 
1856. 

He  married  first  in  Adams  County,  Sarah  Davis,  who 
died  Feb.  17,  1806,  leaving  a  son. 

1     William  Warren Born  July  25,  1804,  married 

Mary  Davis. 
He  married  second,  July  2,  1807,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Dent 
Noble,  of  Prince  George's  County,  Maryland,  who  died 
June  3,  1843. 


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By  this  marriage  was  born : 

2  John  Warren Born  May  10,  1808,  married 

Mary  Guffey. 

3  Shepperd  Warren Born  Dec.  5,  1809,  married 

Mary  Hurley. 

4  David  Warren Born  March  10,  1811,  mar- 

ried Eliza  McGuire. 

5  Clement  Baden  Warren. Born   Dec.   25,   1812,   mar- 

ried Susan  M.  McLaughlin. 

6  Perry  Decatur  Warren.  Born    May    7,    1816,   mar- 

ried Elizabeth  Hollingshead 

7  Thomas  Warren  Jr Born    May    8,    1818,    died 

January  23,  1833. 
Captain  Thomas  Warren  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
late  Indian  wars,  and  commanded  a  volunteer  company  of 
cavalry  at  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe  under  General  Harri- 
son. At  the  opening  of  hostilities  with  England  in  1812, 
this  company  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
and  served  in  the  Northwestern  Army  under  General 
Harrison  from  Oct.  2,  1812  to  April  2,  1813. 

4.  David  Warren,  born  March  10,  1811,  died  at  his 
home  in  Forward  Township,  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa.,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1865. 

He  married  January  1,  1839,  Eliza  D.  McGuire,  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Luker)  McGuire,  of 
West  Newton,  Pa.,  born  March  19,  1820,  died  August 
13,  1895. 

They  had  children : 

Samuel  H.  Warren Born  January  18,  1840, 

married  Annie  Lutes. 


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Mary  J.  Warren Born  June  17,  1844,  died 

April  18,  1869. 


Rebecca  Olive  Warren, 


Minerva  Belle  Warren. 


.  Born  Oct.  28,  1848,  mar- 
ried C.  P.  McClure. 
.Born  Jan.  21,  1852,  mar- 
ried Clarence  H.  Mc- 
Clure. Died  January  19, 
1904. 


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