VERY IMPORTANT - please note the following . . .

Much of my information is still in the DRAFT PHASE, especially the older material. The format required for this home page does not allow inclusion of my notes and sources warning of theoretical rather than proven links. Please check the following notes so that a theoretical link is not taken as proven and passed from genealogy to genealogy, perpetuating a possible error. Thank you. PALE

ALLEN, BARBER, KENNEDY:

I do not have definite proof that these names are connected to my PEGG/FARVER genealogy, although circumstantial evidence is making it look very possible. See Joanne FAIRMAN's three sites (listed below) for more information on these lines.

BRITTAIN, BRITAIN, BRITTON, BRITTEN, BRATTEN, BRITAN, etc.:

I am desperately seeking the parents of Nancy BRITTAIN (7 Oct 1828 - 22 Mar 1856, buried St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Cole's Creek, Sugarloaf Twp., Columbia Co., PA - her daughter's name was also Nancy), who was the first wife of "Squire" Andrew J. LAUBACH. It is said that her family lived just across the Columbia County line (near the Cole's Creek/Benton area) in the area of Fairmount or Huntington Twps., Luzerne Co., PA, when she married. If anybody can give me any hints about her, I would very much appreciate it!

BUTT:

The William and Mary (UNKNOWN) BUTT family came from England to America, settling for a while in New Jersey. They moved to the Jackson Township area of Columbia County in Pennsylvania around 1840. William and Mary are buried there in the Waller Cemetery with a few of their children. However, most of this family "disappeared" from the area. One part of the family, the family of Clarence A. BUTT, son of Zephiniah A. [son of Joseph and Mary BUTT] and Clara (EVERHART) BUTT, became a lawyer and removed to the state of Oregon where he became a two-time senator. He died about 1932.

COLE:

Note that the name COLE at one time was usually spelled KOOL and COOL in the old Dutch circles, but was occasionally spelled COEL; and, it sometimes also shows up as KOHL, although this appears to be either a German line, or a German scribe writing down the COLE/KOOL family's name in most cases.

The old family legend tells a tale about the line coming from England (in 1553) and being related to "Old King COLE." [See image of old article. Note that there are mistakes in the genealogical links of much of the old material concerning "Old King Cole" and his relationship with King Arthur Pendragon, etc.] First, it is very possible that the COLE line originated in England, as many in England did leave for religious and economic reasons, among others. Some emigrants were soldiers who went to fight in Holland and ended up staying there. The point is, we have no proof of an English origin at this time.

We DO have proof that the COLE family lived in Amsterdam in the 16^th century.On 27 January 1596, Jacob Arentson KOOL appears in the banns register of Amsterdam Town Hall as an Amsterdam sailor, about 27 years old, who wishes to marry Aeltje DIERIKSDR. In Amsterdam in about 1610, their son, Barent Jacobsen KOOL, was born; he was baptized 18 May 1610 in New Church, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Barent Jacobsen KOOL was later employed by the Dutch West India Company and arrived in New Amsterdam (later New York) before 1633. He died in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, in 1676. [Most of this information comes from the research of Mr. Brad COLE of Maryland.] See my Dutch Time Line for more information.

I cannot guarantee that the early COLE information is correct, especially the spelling of the old Dutch names.

+ For Barent Jacobson KOOL/COLE: I have as his wife "Marretje LEENDERTS DEGRAW." I don't know whether LEENDERTS is a middle name or another surname. I also show DEGRAW as spelled DUGRAUW. She is names Marretje LEENDERTS in Arent's baptism.

+ For Theunis Barentson COOL/COLE: I show his wife as EITHER Willemje LANGET *or* Willemje DELANGE. I have no further information on this discrepency. Also, I show her as the second wife, but have no name or proof of the first wife.

+ For T(h)eunis COOL/COLE: I have seen info describing him as "Sr.," although Theunis is also his father's name. According to one Huntingdon Co., NJ, researcher - Theunis COLE's widow was pregnant when Tunis Sr. died in 1759/60. The researcher feels it's more plausible that Benjamin COLE I was the son of a "Tunis Jr., NOT "this" Tunis Sr. His wife's name is usually given as Zara BIKS, a.k.a. "Sarah." Receipts exist showing the payment of "1 year legacy" to "Sarah COLE." According to a researcher, Tunis COLE's will stipulates a payment to his wife in the amount of these receipts. [I do NOT have copies of these receipts, only re-typed information, so please do not ask me to send copies to you!] I have no further information on her.

+ For Benjamin COLE I: According to information from the Huntingdon Co., NJ, Historical Society, Benjamin married about 1752. When he wrote his will, Benjamin lived in Reading Twp. His 2 March 1762 will names his children as Sarah, Ezekiel and Arriantie, and appoints Benjamin's brother, Ezekiet COLE, as executor. Benjamin also names his mother, Sarah COLE, in his will. Benjamin's wife's name is given as Geertje or Gurtje COURSEN or CORSON. Brad COLE of Maryland states that the given name of "Geertje" is translated as "Charity." This is also shown in some documents. There exist receipts of payment to Benjamin's wife, "Charity," after her husband died. This appears to be from Benjamin's estate. Also, it appears that Charity may already have remarried, as a receipt states, "For cash paid on Thomas HALL & Charity his wife late widow their dower - 60 pounds." [I do NOT have copies of these receipts, only re-typed information, so please do not ask me to send copies to you!]

COLEMAN:

A good-sized group of us are still struggling to figure out this line. We have not yet pin-pointed the country of origin, although the theory is leaning toward a history similar to that of the COLE family. Indeed, this group of people often seem to crop up wherever the members of the COLE family are living, which could be merely a coincidence originating from outside influences of the time period, or it may indicate a common bond between the families. Anyhow, There is a lot of material showing many COLEMANs in the Old Dutch areas in New Amsterdam and New Jersey. It's possible this is another case of a family emigrating from England or Ireland to the Netherlands for several generations before emigrating again to America. Others feel that the family has a German origin. I have no proof of any origin of country at this time.

In my COLEMAN line, I have not yet found the burial sites for Margaret "Peggy" (COLEMAN) HESS and her twin, unmarried daughters, Adaline and Helen HESS. Peggy's husband, Elijah HESS, died long before she did and is buried in St. Gabriel's Cemetery at Cole's Creek, Sugarloaf Twp., Columbia County, PA. Adaline's son, Ezra O. HESS (called COLE until he took his mother's last name of HESS by the age of 12), is buried in the Waller Cemetery, Waller, Jackson Twp., Columbia County, PA, only a short distance from the family's old farmhouse.

I am also searching for the burial sites of Cornelius and Catharine (HULSHIZER) COLEMAN. They had lived in the St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church area of Cole's Creek, but are later in life listed as communicants of the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA. Their deaths are also listed in the church records: Cornelius 7 Aug 1853, and Catharine 10 Sep 1852.

Note that, for a while, it was believed that Benjamin COLEMAN, Jr., (b. 1757 NJ) may have removed from Pennsylvania to Michigan. We now know that this is not true.

In my other COLEMAN line, also connected to the COLE family, I am descended from Rebecca COLEMAN, 1756/66 - 1829, daughter of Benjamin (Sr.) and Sarah (UNKNOWN) COLEMAN, and the first wife of Ezekiel COLE (b. 1756 in NJ). I have no further information on her.

DAVIS:

I have two DAVIS lines, apparently unconnected. The first is of William T. DAVIS Jr., son of William T. DAVIS Sr., son of Morgan DAVIS, supposedly from Wales. I have been unable to prove this line definitely, so far, especially with connection to Morgan DAVIS.

I have yet to research the Reuben H. DAVIS line of Benton, Columbia County, PA. There were several Reuben DAVISes in this area who were born at about the same time. This is Reuben **H.** DAVIS. His stone is in the Benton cemetery alongside his wife, Mary "Polly" (LONG) DAVIS and some of their children. At this point, I haven't a clue as to who are the parents of Reuben H. DAVIS.

DeMOTT:

This line is very difficult and confusing. A rather large number of people are working on untangling the names. I have put down how we presently **think** the line may run, but I consider my information on this lineage very suspect. I have VERY few sources for the information at this time. The DeMOTT family is said to be of French Hugeunot heritage.

FARVER:

Other FARVER researchers have stated that the family had lived in the Black Forest region of Germany. I have never seen proof of this, so I don't know whether it is true. You should visit the three FARVER sites of Joanne Fairman of Arizona (listed on this page) for an excellent overview and genealogy of this same line. I will let her explain more about the genealogy rather than duplicate the material. The FARVER name variations include FARVOR, FARBER, FERVER, and FERBER, among many others.

This line was living in the Heidelberg Tounwship area of Northampton County in the mid-1700's, and are listed in the records for the Heidelberg Union Church of Saegersville (now in Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, founded in 1740. The surviving records of this church are compiled in a 1977 book by Raymond E. Hollenbach.

Around 1790-1805, part of the FARVER line removed to northeastern Columbia County (part of Northumberland County until 1813), settling in the Jackson Township area where many of the early FARVERs are buried in the Derr's Lower Jackson Baptist Church Cemetery.

My mother remembers stories about the bobcats "mrow-ing" and snarling, and jumping onto the roof of the old homestead which was built against the side of a mountain, as told by my great grandfather, Arwillis "Tustin" FARVER (s/o George William FARVER and grandson of George Edel FARVER). Tustin was born and raised in Jackson Township on the old "Austin Trail." Even today, this area is very remote, still containing bobcats, turkeys, bear, coyotes, deer, and many other wild "critters."

A few FARVER "Not Proven" notes:

+ The surname of Johan "Hans" Jacob FARVER/FERBER's wife, Susanna, is unknown. It is hypothesized that it could be "Fur," which was a name also found in Northampton County at the time, including the Heidelberg Church area. A Susana Elisabeth FUR was b. 31 Oct 1752 [baptized at the Egypt Church], daughter of Leonard FUR and wife Maria Catharina. The sponsors were Jacob FERBER and wife Susanna.

+ John Conrad/Konrad FARVER/FERBER is still something of a mystery. He was supposedly born Heidelberg Twp. In 1755. We have no record of his wife's name. For along time, it was hypothesized that her name was Christina SPRINGER BRICE, but, to my knowledge, none of this has ever been proven. This is the same FARVER about whom so many rumors said he was married to an "Indian lady," and which came complete with a photo of the Indian woman. After many people searching for many years for this information, I have very serious doubts as to this statement's truthfulness. I consider this matter a hoax. The fact remains, however, that we still have no proof of a name for John Conrad FARVER's wife, although we do have his children's names.

+ Note that some early records indicate that George Edel FARVER may have moved to Ohio. Helen E. FARVER WICHERT nows says this is incorrect; it was George Edel's son who removed to Ohio.

GODHARD:

Also spelled GODDARD, GOODHEART, GOTTHARDT, GETTERT, GETTERD, GATTERD, etc. This line is discussed in detail in other sections of this homepage.

**NEW INFORMATION** -

Earlier information indicated that John GODHARD's daughter, Anna Maria FRUTCHEY, may have married a Mr. CORRELL **before** she married FRUTCHEY. New information indicates that she was married to Andrew "Andreas" CORRELL **after** FRUTCHEY, had at least one child by him, and is buried with him in Mt. Bethel, Northampton County, PA. I hope to soon visit her grave and take photos. NOTE: Her first husband, Frederick FRUTCHEY, is buried in the Lower Saucon Cemetery, Northampton County, PA -- probably with his first wife. His stone is adjacent to an unmarked, rough-hewn, flagstone. FRUTCHEY's stone faces the row of stones of the LAUBACH immigrants and their children.

HESS:

At this time, almost all of my early HESS information (pre-William HESS, Sr., b. abt. 1750) is second-hand, and much of it having been passed along without the original researchers' sources, so PLEASE do not take this early information as written in stone! There were many Johan "Conrad" HESSes and Jeremias HESSes in the same area at the same time; it is very possible that this part of the line is incorrect. Also, most of the documents for these people were written in German, further complicating this research. In this same line and in the same vein is the elusive genealogy of Anna Maria BEST which a great many people are still puzzling over.

HULSHIZER:

The HULSHIZER line is said to have benn in Warren County, New Jersey, during the 1700's. I have little additional information on this line.

KLINE:

The KLINE family has been documented in many published genealogies and books. They came from the Hunterdon County, New Jersey area to the Orangeville area of then-Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (now Columbia County) in the late 1700's.

LAUBACH:

Please note the following - If you have an old genealogy which states that the LAUBACHs originated in Alsace-Lorraine, IT IS INCORRECT!!! This incorrect genealogy has been floating around for many decades and contains many mistakes. It has been PROVEN that the LAUBACHs came from Buedingen, Hessen, Germany. Another mistake in this old genealogy is that the wife of Johann Georg LAUBACH (1726-1802) was Elizabeth Jansen. THIS IS INCORRECT! We believe a researcher confused the name with that of one of the sons' wives' names. The correct name of the wife of Johann Georg LAUBACH is MARGARETHA. Her last name **may** be JANSEN, but that has not yet been proven.

The LAUBACHs lived in the Lower Saucon Township of Northampton County, PA, until Johann "Christian" LAUBACH moved to Northumberland County, PA. For more information, see the information on John Jacob GODHARD and the image of the LAUBACH land survey map. I will soon put up photos of the immigrants' stones, room permitting.

If you are confused about whether your information is from the old genealogy, please e-mail me and I will try to help you.

Also, the LAUBACH FAMILY ASSOCIATION has published an excellent, very well-researched and well-sourced, and beautifully hard-bound book concerning the first four generations in America. Their Internet address is listed below. (This is a new version, published in 1993; the older, soft-bound book of 1988 contained a few mistakes.)

LONG:

My information for the parents of Mary "Polly" (LONG) DAVIS comes from several published genealogies of the LONG family. These genealogies offer sources, but I have not yet obtained copies of my own of these sources to study, so take the information with a grain of salt.

MANNING:

The old Irish variation of MANNING is MANNON or MANNION. John MANNING/MANNON Jr. (1784-1860) is buried in the Jerseytown Cemetery, Madison Township, Columbia County, PA His and his wife's (Sarah nee DeMOTT) stones spell this surname as "MANNON." John MANNON Jr.'s son is buried nearby. His name is spelled as Jacob MANNON. His wife's stone (Rebecca nee KISNER), next to him, spells the same name "MANNING." Jacob and Rebecca MANNON/MANNING's son, Davis, used MANNING. Davis MANNING is buried at Lemon's Cemetery in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA.

I have very little information on John MANNON/MANNING Sr. There is an early record that a John MANNON married a Catharine HINKLE on 4 Aug 1760 in Pennsylvania, but I have not been able to prove or disprove that this is the same John MANNON as is in my line. I do not have John MANNON, Sr.'s, burial site.

MASTELLER:

I received much of this information from Millard "Scott" Masteller. I hope to soon add his webpage address to my list.

MCHENRY:

The McHENRY family came from the northern tip of Ireland - County Antrim, just a stone's throw across the water from Scotland - to America probably sometime in the mid-1700's. There are many stories about the McHENRYs coming to America, not all of them accurate. [See the other information on McHENRY on this page, including the origin of the name and the newspaper clipping.] On mistake perpetuated through passed-along genealogies is that Thomas McHENRY (b. 1760) was born in "Lime Kiln," New York. This is almost certainly a mistake, and should probably read "Walkill" or Walkyll." There is also confusion concerning the line in Ireland. Some genealogies show Patrick b. 1635 as the son of Daniel b. 1590, while others claim that Patrick and Daniel are brothers. I have no proof for any of the early genealogy, before John b. 1725; however, several researchers are currently checking sources and have even visited Ireland, so we may someday be able to unravel the McHENRY line better.

PEGG:

For more information, please see the three genealogy home pages of Joanne Fairman, listed below.

** NEW INFORMATION ** as of February 2000: From the co-author of the PEGG book with Milton J. PEGG, Mr. Roger HUFF - The name of the wife of Nathan PEGG the 2^nd, b. 1698 (son of Daniel the 1^st), is wrong in most people's genealogies. It got all twisted up in the re-telling, apparently. Her name is often given as Mary PARKER. Her surname is actually UNKNOWN. It is usually stated that she she was the widow of a Mr. HEATH when she married Nathan PEGG. This is reversed. It should read that Mary UNKNOWN was #1 the wife of Nathan PEGG; when he died, she married #2, a Mr. HEATH; when HEATH died, she married a Mr. PARK/PARKS/PARKE - **not** PARKER.

Also, there has been some confusion as to whether Daniel PEGG the 1^st had two or three wives. Mr. HUFF explains how that confusion came about. Daniel had two wives. The first was Martha ALLEN, daughter of Samuel ALLEN. After she died, Daniel PEGG married Barbara JONES, daughter of Ellis Emauel JONES. The confusion arises because Barbara's name was for some reason recorded as "Rebecca" on the ship list when she came to America. Thus, some people list a third wife, Rebecca, for Daniel.

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