Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Elmer Gene Bruner
Ancestors of Elmer Gene Bruner
180.Johann George Pfrimmer, born 1715 in Brumath, France; died 1776.He was the son of 360. Michael Pfrimmer and 361. Catherina Pfrimmer.He married 181. Catherina Lobstein.
181.Catherina Lobstein, born November 04, 1724; died November 16, 1803 in Berstett, Alsace, France.She was the daughter of 362. Jacob Lobstein and 363. Anna Fritsch.
Children of Johann Pfrimmer and Catherina Lobstein are:
i. | Jacob Pfrimmer, born December 16, 1758. | |||
90 | ii. | Doctor John George Pfrimmer, born July 24, 1762 in Bischheim, Alsace, France; died September 05, 1825 in Corydon, Harrison, Indiana; married Elizabeth Anne Senn January 06, 1784 in Switzerland. | ||
iii. | Michael Pfrimmer, born April 06, 1765. |
182.Hans Jacob Senn, born January 15, 1725/26 in Wenslinger, Baselland, Switzerland; died August 23, 1793 in Sissach, Switzerland.He was the son of 364. Heinrich Senn and 365. Sara Strub.He married 183. Maria Kaiser.
183.Maria Kaiser, born October 08, 1724 in Lausen, Baselland, Switzerland; died October 05, 1799 in , Switzerland.She was the daughter of 366. Martin Kaiser and 367. Elizabeth Schaffner.
Notes for Hans Jacob Senn:
Hans Jacob was a silk merchant.
Child of Hans Senn and Maria Kaiser is:
91 | i. | Elizabeth Anne Senn, born June 20, 1762 in Switzerland; died July 03, 1839 in Corydon, Harrison, Indiana; married Doctor John George Pfrimmer January 06, 1784 in Switzerland. |
184.John Cuppy, Jr., born March 11, 1761 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey; died June 28, 1861 in , Montgomery, Ohio.He was the son of 368. John Cuppy and 369. Margaret Parker.He married 185. Elizabeth De Vore 1779 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia.
185.Elizabeth De Vore, born Abt. 1763; died September 22, 1803 in , Brooks, Virginia (now WV).She was the daughter of 370. John De Vore and 371. Anne Parker.
Notes for John Cuppy, Jr.:
John Cuppy, Jr., the third child of John Cuppy and his wife Margaret Parker, was born March 11, 1761, near Morristown in Morris County, New Jersey. He was only one year old when his parents moved to Hampshire County, Virginia, and settled on Mill Creek.In 1778 John Cuppy, Jr. served in the Virginia Militia, in Captain Van Metre's Company, taking part in General McIntosh's Expedition to the Ohio River.He later served in Captain Isaac Mean's Company, putting down a Tory insurrection.In 1779 he married his first cousin, Elizabeth DeVore. the daughter of John and Anne (Parker) DeVore.They settled on 131 acres on Mill Creek until 1788 when they moved to Brooks County (now West Virginia).The Minute Book Records of Hampshire County, Virginia, show that John Cuppy, Jr. served on the Grand Jury as late as the spring of 1788.
After arriving in the Ohio River country, John Cuppy served as a member of Captain Samuel Brady's Scouts during the Indian Wars of the 1790's until after General Anthony Wayne's army defeated the Indians in 1795. (see DOWNING, James II, Captain, RIN# 17679 for an interesting account of this fight).John Cuppy, Jr. was an exceptionally good scout. He weighed around 200 pounds and was six feet in height. In 1796 he was commissioned with the rank of captain and placed in charge of the militia to put down the Wkisksy Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania.Elizabeth (DeVore) Cuppy died in Brooks County on September 22, 1803, leaving a family of seven children. the youngest of whom was a child of five.John's aged mother Margaret took charge of his home and the care of his minor children.In 1818 he sold his land in Brooke County, Virginia and moved to Dearborn County, Indiana, where his youngest daughter and her husband had settled. By 1823 he had moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he married a widow Mrs. Lydia (Oilar) Russell, the daughter of Henry Oilar.Lydia, born February 8, 1798, in Greembriar County, Virginia, died in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, at the home of her son, Henry Oilar Cuppy.She was the mother of three sons by John Cuppy.On June 28. 1861, shortly after his interview with Dr. Draper as previously mentioned, John Cuppy, Jr. died in Montgomery County, Ohio, at the age of one hundred years, three months, and seventeen days.He is buried beside his second wife, in the Fairfield Cemetery, Green County, Chio, where a tall granite shaft with apowder horn and flintlock musket chisled thereon, mark their graves.
Children of John Cuppy and Elizabeth De Vore are:
92 | i. | Benjamin Cuppy, born February 20, 1780 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia; died Abt. 1865 in , Wapello, Iowa; married Margaret Downing March 11, 1796 in , Hancock, West Virginia. | ||
ii. | Anna Cuppy, born December 25, 1782 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia; married Francis Sunderland; born Abt. 1779. | |||
iii. | Abraham III Cuppy, born April 23, 1785 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia; married Jane Chapman; born Abt. 1787. | |||
iv. | Margaret Cuppy, born January 13, 1788 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, Virginia; died in died young. | |||
v. | Catherine Cuppy, born March 04, 1791 in , Brooks, Virginia (now WV); married Aaron Bartholomew; born Abt. 1789. | |||
vi. | Susan Cuppy, born October 25, 1794 in , Brooks, Virginia (now WV); married N? Cook; born Abt. 1793. | |||
vii. | Elizabeth Cuppy, born October 16, 1798 in , Brooks, Virginia (now WV); married Samuel Bartholomew; born Abt. 1796. |
186.James II Downing, Captain, born July 02, 1750 in Williamsport, Washington, Maryland; died September 22, 1822 in Magnolia, Sandy twp. Stark, Ohio.He was the son of 372. James Downing and 373. Susannah N?.He married 187. Sarah Laughlin 1774 in Redstone Old Fort, Fayette, Pennsylvania.
187.Sarah Laughlin, born Abt. 1758 in Pleasant Grove, Little Britain twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died January 15, 1829 in , Stark, Ohio.She was the daughter of 374. Adam Laughlin and 375. Margaret N?.
Notes for James II Downing, Captain:
James Downing was born July 1750 in Maryland near where Conococheague Creek enters the Potomac River. He was the brother of Timothy, John, Robert and nancy Downing(See letters by John Downing, Draper MSS Vol 4BB and Series E., interview with is daughter).He was married in 1774 to Sara Laughlin, daughter of Adam and Margaret Laughlin at Redstone Old Fort, Fayette Co. Pa.They lived in Washington Co. Pa. during the Revolutionary War and he served under his brother Timothy in the militia.
A record of his service in the 3rd Battalion, 7th Company, Washington Co Militia during 1782-1783 is recorded in Pennsylvania Archives (A, 6,11, pl 17).He also served as an Indian Scout with General Anthony Wayne.His encounter with Indians in 1793 is recorded in Stark Co, Ohio Histories.On 10-7-1777 he is on a list of soldiers who took the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia in Ohio County.
He was a Presbyterian and in 1779 signed a petition from the Bluffalo and Cross Creek Congregations of Washington Co, Pa.
His land on Cross Creek, Hopewell Twp., Washington Co was near that of John and Timothy.The land 'Poland' was based on his warrant of 11-17-1788. It was surveyed 10-30-1800 after he sold it on 7-26-1790, confusion over the title caused a late survey and the title was then patented to William Patterson in 1801, (Ref Survey Bk 1, p303 & Warrant Cert. p-47-61 and Vol 3, p60, Horn Papers)
During the 1890's he lived in Brooks Co. (now Hancock Co, W. Va) Va. and moved to Stark Co , Ohio in 1805. He settled on Sandy Creek and lived there until his death9-22-1822.His wife Sara died 1-16-1829, aged 75 y, l1 m, 15 da.They are both buried in the Downing Cemetery, 1/2 mile from Magnolia, Ohio.
His son-in-law Van Meter came with him to Stark Co.James Downing was born in Maryland on the Potomac near the confluence with Conococheague Creek (Today near Williamsport, Maryland) in July 2, 1750, the second eldest in the family of five sons and three daughters of James and Susannah N?.In the late 1750's Indian uprisings forced the settlers to leave the area but where the Downings spent the intervening years (possibly Cumberland County, PA) until they reappeared some ten years later in the Ten Mile Creek area of Southwestern Pennsylvania is not documented.
Here in late December, 1774, or early January 1775, at Redstone Old Fort, across the Monongahela in what today is Brownsville, Fayette County, PA, James Downing and Sarah Laughlin were married. Sarah, the daughter of Adam and Margaret Laughlin, was born01 Feb 1753 in Pleasant Grove, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, PA. Her father had died in 1758 and Sarah evidently had come West with her brothers.
During the Revolutionary War, James served under his brother, Capt. Timothy Downing, in the 3rd battalion, Washington County Militia, and on 07 Oct 1777 his name is on a list of soldiers who took the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia in Ohio County.
James settled in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA, following the lead of his brothers, Timothy and John, whose properties were contiguous while James' land was separated from Timothy's by one small parcel.
Until 1785 the Downing family remained close-knit; siblings married and raised families, but settled close-by.In 1786, Timothy Downing moved to Mason County, Kentucky, followed by John and Robert in 1787. James, about this time, moved to the Cross Creek area of Washington County.In 1799 his name appears on a petition from the Buffalo and Cross Creek Presbyterian Congregations of Washington County, PA.
'His land on Cross Creek, Hopewell Township, Washington County, was surveyed 30 October 1800. The land, Poland, was based on his warrant of 17 November 1788 which he sold 26 July 1780, however, confusion over the title caused the survey and title being patented in 1801 to William Patterson.'W. J. Downing, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Here, his proximity to the Ohio River probably put him in touch with Samuel Brady, the Poe Brothers, and others of that group of men who reconnoitered the Ohio Territory. James received his commission as captain of scouts under General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne probably in 1792 as Wayne did not receive his command until after the disastrous defeat of General St. Clair 03 Nov 1791. Thus, any reports of the exploits of Captain James Downing during the Kaskaskia campaign of 1778 attributed to the subject have been erroneously credited to the wrong man.
In 1793, Captain Downing was assigned to Brooke County with four men--Cuppy, Dillon, Faulke and Miller. They took up a position on the Virginia side of the Ohio River opposite the mouth of Yellow Creek making frequent incursions into the land across the river to keep abreast of Indian activities. On one of these patrols, they were surprised by an Indian war party and the story of that skirmish has been reported by many writers of that era: Lyman Draper; Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio beginning on page 608 records a version by Dr. Lew Slusser of Canton, and another variation may be found in Beers.The one that follows is from A History of Sandy Valley, by F. C. Orlando Sr., whose version, a composite, corrects some of the inaccuracies of the earlier reporters.
A RUNNING FIGHT
"It was in the latter part of April, 1793, that Gen. Anthony Wayne's Army broke camp at Legions Fields [Ambridge], Penn., and proceeded down the Ohio River. As a precautionary measure, spies or scouts were sent out to range at will through the territory west and north of the river. They were to report promptly any unfavorable condition of affairs at a certain states rendezvous.
"One of these parties was composed of five trustworthy men, Captain James Downing, Sr., Isaac Miller, John Cuppy, George Faulke, and John Dillon. Their station was opposite the mouth of the Yellow creek on Tumblesons Run at the farm of Jacob Neisly. They were well adapted to their task, because of their skills in wood craft and the fact that Dillon and Faulke had been captured by the Indians in boyhood and had grown to manhood among them. These men had just escaped a short time before. The party left their place of hiding for a scout in April of 1793. They crossed the Ohio River at the mouth of Yellow Creek, followed up the North branch to near its source, then directed their course west to the head waters of Sandy Creek. After reconnoitering for miles around without discovering any sign of Indians, they came to the conclusion there were none about. Up to this time they had not discharged a gun, from fear of being discovered. The rations with which they had supplied themselves on starting were nearly exhausted and they concluded it would be safe to kill some game. Downing, Sr., shot a deer and another of the party a turkey. This was on the morning of the fourth day out, between Little Sandy and Indian Run, North of the village of Waynesburg. As they had not eaten breakfast, they concluded to prepare the meal.
"Miller was kindling a fire; Faulke was preparing the turkey for roasting; Downing was in the act of bending down a sapling upon which he intended to hang his deer that he might more easily skin it; and Cuppy was sitting at the root of a tree examining the gun on his lap. A party of Indians numbering eighteen or twenty of the Delaware and Wyandot tribes heard the firing and detected the locality of the scouts. They divided their force into two parties with the purpose of approaching them from a different course, one of which was from a direction the scouts would be most likely to take in an effort to escape. While Cuppy was engaged in examining his gun, he happened to look up and saw at a distance an Indian moving about peering through the underbrush. He immediately sprang to his feet and gave the alarm. As soon as the Indian saw he was discovered, he turned and ran and as he did so, Cuppy fired at him, but without effect. Miller and Faulke snatched up their guns and gave chase. The ground was sparsely timbered. Miller was in the advance when Faulke called him to halt, for he knew that just as soon as the Indian reached a more heavily timbered piece of ground he would stop behind a tree and shoot Miller as he approached.
"Miller turned about and he and Faulke started for the place they had left. Meanwhile the other party of Indians, numbering six or eight, made their appearance in another direction. They were bold and demonstrative. Downing said to Cuppy and Dillon: 'Let us stand together and defend ourselves to the last.''No', replied Dillon, 'each one for himself' and suiting his action to the sentiment, started on a run.
"Downing and Cuppy kept together and moved cautiously along the higher ground toward the forks of the Sandy. As the Indians pressed upon them too closely, they would turn and raise their guns as though they intended to shoot. Then the Indians would jump around, throw up their hands, and run upon their hands and knees, evidently for the purpose of diverting the aim of the whites. By degrees they became boulder and advanced closer. Downing taking the advantage of a good opportunity shot the nearest, which had the effect of keeping the others at a greater distance. Soon after Downing and Cuppy caught up with Dillon, who appeared much exhausted as though about to fall.
"Dillon begged for 'God's sake' that they would help him. As Downing turned and saw his face, he discovered that he was choking with his necktie. Dillon in his haste to loosen it and assist his breathing pulled the wrong end and made it tighter. Downing cut the necktie with his belt knife, thereby releasing him. Dillon immediately took a fresh start and was soon out of sight. Downing and Cuppy were both past middle age and somewhat fleshy.They had both run until exhausted, and knew they could not hold out much longer. Downing said to Cuppy, 'I can't go any further, I'll stand and fight under this thorn bush till I die.'And stand he did.
At the same time Cuppy got behind a tree and both awaited the approach of the savages, determined to make the best resistance possible. They had not long to wait, for soon the Indians were seen approaching.
Downing reserved his fire until the foremost Indian came within close range. Taking deliberate aim he fired and brought him down. The others returned a volley which cut the bushes around Downing and Cuppy, but did not strike either.Miller and Faulke hearing the firing hastened in the direction from which it came, and before being aware of it were among the Indians.
"Miller spied one of unusual size with a silver half moon hanging on his breast and in the act of loading his gun. Just as Miller was drawing a bead upon him, the chief saw him, gave a yell, and sprang behind a tree. Miller soon discovered that he was so surrounded that it would be impossible to protect himself behind a tree, thereupon he determined upon Right as the only hope of safety for his scalp. Quick as a thought, he sprang from the upper bank and ran across the bottom or swamp toward the North branch of the stream.
"The Indians left Downing and Cuppy, threw down their guns, drew their tomahawks, gave a scalp yell and gave chase after Miller. At one time they were so near that he recognized a tall warrior known among the whites as Tom Jilleway. After Miller crossed Little Sandy and was in an open plain, he thought as he afterwards expressed it, 'Now legs for it.'He always considered himself swift on foot, and now he put his best efforts for about a mile and a half until he reached the highlands or ridge. He stopped to look back and listen, but he could neither hear nor see anything of the Indians.After resting for a short time, he concluded to return to the place where they were first surprised, in the hope of finding the rest of the company. As they were not there, and the day was far advanced, he decided upon making for the company's place of Rendezvous on the East side of the Ohio River.He continued to travel as long as he could see his way until he reached the Yellow Creek. Here under a fallen tree that laid up from the ground, he made a bed of leaves upon which he slept soundly amid the howling of wolves and screeching of wild cats. The next day he crossed the Ohio at the mouth of Yellow Creek and reached the place of rendezvous where he found Downing, Cuppy and Dillon safe and unhurt, except Downing's face was much swollen and his eyes bloodshot from exertion.
"In the evening of the next day, Faulke made his appearance and reported that at the time the Indians started after Miller, he hid himself in the brush. When they were out of sight, he crossed over a branch of the Sandy, the same that is now called 'Indian Run' from this identical fight, and secreted himself on a hill where he could overlook the plains South without being observed. He could see the Indians in camp not a mile distant and was satisfied from his knowledge of their ceremonies that two of their members had been killed.
"In discussing the matter, the company was of the opinion that they had the best of the fight and that they made a fortunate escape.
"In October of 1793, these same five scouts, Dillon, Miller, Downing, Cuppy and Faulke made an excursion, passing through Sandy Township to a point within about six miles of the villages of the Huron Indians on the Huron River in the present county of Huron in this state [Ohio]. Here at day break as soon as they could see the sights of their rifles, they made an attack upon an Indian Camp. One of the Indians becoming uneasy from some cause took up his gun and came out, standing between the scouts and the camp fire. Faulke declared with an oath that he would shoot him. He did so, when they rushed upon the camp and killed two more savages. The Indian whom Faulke had first shot was not yet dead but Faulke declared that he had begun the task and he'd finish him off. He drew his tomahawk, buried it in the Indian's skull and scalped him. The Scouts then returned to their rendezvous on the Ohio River."
A History of Sandy Valley, by F. C. Orlando, "The Press-News," p. 13 - 14.
We have more definite dates on John Downing (James' elder brother) because his daughter-in-law had a family bible completed in the mid-1800's which states John was born 10 May 1749, the son of James and Susannah Downing - the only place I know where his parents are shown.
Children of James Downing and Sarah Laughlin are:
i. | Drusilla Downing, born September 21, 1775 in , Washington, Pennsylvania; died December 30, 1835 in Magnolia, Sandy twp. Stark, Ohio. | |||
93 | ii. | Margaret Downing, born March 11, 1777 in , Washington, Pennsylvania; died 1837 in Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana; married Benjamin Cuppy March 11, 1796 in , Hancock, West Virginia. | ||
iii. | Susannah Downing, born January 23, 1780 in , Washington, Pennsylvania; died April 23, 1863 in , Putnam, Ohio. | |||
iv. | James III Downing, born 1786 in , Washington, Pennsylvania; died December 15, 1858 in Magnolia, Sandy twp. Stark, Ohio. | |||
v. | Hugh Downing, born March 30, 1789 in , Washington, Pennsylvania; died March 17, 1855 in Rose twp, Carroll, Ohio. | |||
vi. | Adam Downing, born November 06, 1792 in , Virginia; died April 23, 1881 in Brown twp, Carroll, Ohio. | |||
vii. | Sarah Downing, born June 07, 1793 in , Brooke, Virginia; died April 23, 1881 in Brown twp, Carroll, Ohio; married Robert Thompson; born Abt. 1790. |
192.Nathaniel III Chamberlin, born 1726 in Colchester, Connecticut; died April 16, 1794 in Colchester, Connecticut.He was the son of 384. William III Chamberlin and 385. Sarah Day.He married 193. Abigail Welles Abt. 1755 in Colchester, Connecticut.
193.Abigail Welles, born February 02, 1729/30 in Colchester, Connecticut; died February 11, 1775 in Colchester, Connecticut.She was the daughter of 386. Ephraim III Welles and 387. Lydia Chapman.
Children of Nathaniel Chamberlin and Abigail Welles are:
96 | i. | Nathaniel IV Chamberlin, born July 18, 1756 in Colchester, Connecticut; died June 03, 1840 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts; married Rhoda Dewey December 30, 1784 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. | ||
ii. | Elijah Chamberlin, born March 25, 1759. | |||
iii. | Elizabeth Chamberlin, born April 11, 1762. | |||
iv. | Erastus Chamberlin, born August 05, 1764. | |||
v. | Ralph Chamberlin, born October 04, 1767. | |||
vi. | Paoli Chamberlin, born August 05, 1770; died May 20, 1845. |
194.John III Dewey, born December 12, 1735 in Lebanon, Connecticut; died June 11, 1830.He was the son of 388. John II Dewey and 389. Experience Woodward.He married 195. Rhoda Gillette November 18, 1756 in Lebanon, Connecticut.
195.Rhoda Gillette, born March 27, 1743 in Lebanon, Connecticut; died August 30, 1820 in Lebanon, Connecticut.She was the daughter of 390. Ebenezer Gillette and 391. Mary Ordway.
Notes for John III Dewey:
JOHN DEWEY is listed in the DAR index, page 190, as a Revolutionary War
PATRIOT.He was Private in the Connecticut unit.
Children of John Dewey and Rhoda Gillette are:
i. | Darius Dewey, born August 22, 1756. | |||
ii. | Rebecca Dewey, born July 04, 1759. | |||
97 | iii. | Rhoda Dewey, born March 06, 1761 in Lebanon, Connecticut; died May 02, 1847 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts; married Nathaniel IV Chamberlin December 30, 1784 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. | ||
iv. | John Woodard Dewey, born December 31, 1762. | |||
v. | Bezaleel Dewey, born October 28, 1764; married Sybil Metcalf; born Abt. 1766. |
Notes for Bezaleel Dewey: |