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317. Isabelle ???

Notes for Johannes Linebarger:
Ancestor of the Lineberger family of Lincoln Co., NC

Paul Myron Linebarger, a descendant of Eli Linebarger and author of "Family of Five Republics," reports that the Linebargers were a royal family in Germany, and that the father of Johannes Linebarger was beheaded for a stand that he had taken and the estate was confiscated; Johannes, his mother and brothers sought safety in America.

Another version put forth by Ralph P. Lineberger, Sr. in his book "The Peter Lineberger Story" (Spindale Press, Spindale, NC, May 1973) is that the three brothers and their parents sailed for America, and the parents died in transit. Mr. Lineberger further states that the brothers arrived with a trunk of gold which was appropriated by the ship's authorities.
Mr. Lineberger reports that the ship was the Billander Oliver, and that the ship's master was Samuel Merchants of Charleston, SC. The ship's roster lists eighteen men, eighteen women, six boys and three girls aboard; 45 in all. They were German-Swiss people from Canton, Bern, Switzerland. The ship arrived in America on 26 August 1735.
Included in the roster of the Billander Oliver:
Hans Ludenborg
Hans Leyenberger
Peter Leinberger (under 16)

(He may also have been the Johannes Lienberger who arrived on the ship BROTHERS on 16 Sept 1751 at Philadelphia, but it is more likely that he arrived on the Billander Oliver.)

Lewis, Johannes and Peter landed in Philadelphia and stayed for awhile in Pennsylvania, then came south to North Carolina.

Peter Linebarger is the ancestor of the Lineberger family of Catawba County, North Carolina. Peter wrote his will in 1802, and it was probated in 1803 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

For the most part, the Lincoln County family of Johannes Linebarger kept the "Linebarger" spelling.

Lewis Linebarger is the ancestor of the Lineberger family of Gaston County, North Carolina. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Lewis resided about 4 miles northeast of what is now Dallas, Gaston County, North Carolina.

[Ralph P. Lineberger, Sr., The Peter Lineberger Family, 1973] On September 6, 1769, John Linebarger bought a tract of land from N. Crowder and wife, Calamia, of 200 acres on Long Branch of Killian's Creek, above the Shoals and above Joseph Sailors place.

[Irene L. Armstrong, A Lineberger Genealogy, 1978] January 10, 1792, Jackson Harwell sold land to John Linebarger of Pennsylvania, 150 acres starting on the west side of the Catawba River, part of a tract granted to Samuel Fisher on August 7, 1767, Book 18, page 237, Lincoln County Court House. Witnesses: Samuel Harwell, Peter Lineberger.

Children of Johannes Linebarger and Isabelle ??? are:

		i.		Peter Linebarger (Source: Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in North Carolina 1750-1800, (SCK Publications, 1994), 282.).
		ii.		Jacob Linebarger

Notes for Jacob Linebarger:
Went to Illinois about 1830

iii.

Eli Linebarger

Notes for Eli Linebarger:
Went to Illinois about 1830

Great grandson Paul M. Linebarger, a lawyer of Chicago, Illinois, wrote the book "Family of Five Republics," a history of the Linebarger family.

		iv.		Michael Linebarger
		v.		Daniel Linebarger
		vi.		Frederick Linebarger

Notes for Frederick Linebarger:
Died young.

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John Linebarger, Jr., born 17 Apr 1771; died 08 Dec 1854; married (1) Katherine Miller 24 Jun 1794; married (2) Maria Marshall 12 Jun 1834.

320. Isaac Benton, Sr. (Source: (1) Dorothy Benton, Dorothy Benton's DAR Paperwork., (2) Josiah Henry Benton, Jr., Samuel Slade Benton, His Ancestors and Descendants, (The Merrymount Press, 1901), Page 34.), born 08 Feb 1703 in Hartford, Hartford, CT (Source: (1) New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 22, Apr 1868 page 193., (2) Dorothy Benton, Dorothy Benton's DAR Paperwork.); died 17 Sep 1757 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT (Source: (1) Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32., (2) Dorothy Benton, Dorothy Benton's DAR Paperwork.). He was the son of 640. Joseph Benton, Sr. and 641. Sarah Waters. He married 321. Ruth Norton 16 Mar 1730 in Tolland, Tolland, CT (Source: (1) Dorothy Benton, Dorothy Benton's DAR Paperwork., (2) CD397: Marriage Index : Connecticut, 1635-1860, "Electronic.").

321. Ruth Norton (Source: Dorothy Benton, Dorothy Benton's DAR Paperwork.), born Abt. 1708 in Edgartown, MA; died Aft. 1760 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT.

Notes for Isaac Benton, Sr.:
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From "Benton Genealogy" pp7-8:

"ISAAC4 BENTON (Joseph3, Andrew2, John1), who lived in Hartford, Tolland,
Kent, and Salisbury, Conn., married Mar. 16, 1730, Ruth Norton of Edgartown,
Mass. He was in Tolland, as early as 1716, removed from there to Kent in
1743, where he and his wife joined the church, Mar. 14, 1744, and from there
went to Salisbury in 1746. He became a freeman April 8, 1751; was a sealer of
weights and measures in 1753 and '55; a tither in 1754; and a lister and
grand-juror in 1756. His gravestone in the Old Cemetery at Salisbury is
inscribed: 'Here lies Interred The Body of Mr Ifsaac Benton He Died September
17th A.D. 1757 [ae 54].'

"His son Isaac was executor of his will, and his estate of seventy-nine acres
in the southwest corner of the town, near Ore Hill, and personal property of
L43-19-8, was distributed, Aug. 16, 1760, to his widow, Ruth, and his eight
surviving children."

[brackets in "Benton Genealogy": [ae 54]]

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[Note: an "Exact Copy" of Isaac Benton's will is given on page 82 of the
Benton Genealogy.]

[Additional information on Isaac's children Isaac, Stephen, Nathan and Levi is
given that is not reproduced in this database. -JBC 1995]

Notes for Ruth Norton:
.

From Benton Genealogy, pp62-63:

"'RUTH NORTON of Edgartown,' (Dukes Co. Mass.), who was married to Isaac, son
of Joseph and Sarah (Waters) Benton, in Tolland, Ct., Mar. 16, 1730, was a
descendent, probably in the third degree, of Nicholas and Elizabeth Norton,
who were at Weymouth, Mass. as early as 1637, at which time he was a tax
collector and constable. A daughter Ruth, who married a Cleveland in 1676,
and four sons: Isaac, Jacob, Benjamin and Joseph, were born there -- Isaac,
May 3, 1641, and Jacob, Mar. or Apr. 1, 1643. And while there is no record of
the birth of the others, it appears elsewhere that Joseph, who left a will,
was eighty-nine years old at the time of his death in 1741, and hence born in
1652. The family removed to Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard) as early as 1659,
where both parents died in 1690--the father first at the age of ninety years.
Their son Isaac Norton married Ruth, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Baker)
Bayes, who were at Edgartown as early as 1653, from Dedham, Mass., where they
were married, Oct. 26, 1639, and the daughter Ruth was born, April 5, 1642.
The will of Thomas Bayes, dated Feb. 14, 1680, probably the year of his death,
mentions his daughter Ruth as 'the wife of Isaac Norton.' As Jacob Norton
died unmarried, and neither of his brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, had a
daughter Ruth, the inference is strong that Isaac Benton's wife, Ruth, was a
granddaughter of Isaac and Ruth (Bayes) Norton. Diligent research has failed
to discover the missing link."

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[I'm not sure I follow his logic. He doesn't say where he gets the name 'Ruth
Norton of Edgartown, Mass' but I guess it's from Tolland, CT marriage records.
If there's only one Norton family of Martha's Vineyard, it seems reasonable
to trace descent from Nicholas, but I don't see where he gets descent from
Isaac, surely Benjamin or Joseph could have a granddaughter named Ruth even if
their wife's name was not Ruth. For example, Joseph could marry an Ann, have
a son named John who married a Ruth Smith, and they name their daughter Ruth
Norton. Or they could just pick the name Ruth without naming her after anyone
in the immediate family. How did Ruth get from Edgartown to Tolland? She may
have come with her parents, or perhaps her husband- Norton may be her married
name and she may have been a widow. -JBC 1995

Children of Isaac Benton and Ruth Norton are:

Sarah Benton, born 14 Jun 1731 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; married John Tousley Abt. 1748; born Abt. 1727 in <Tolland, Tolland, CT> (Source: Family Search Ancestral File (2 Jan 1966).).

Notes for Sarah Benton:
.
"married John Towsley"

	ii.	Isaac Benton, Jr., born 13 Nov 1732 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; died Jan 1812 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT; married Jemima St. John 30 Oct 1755 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT (Source: (1) Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32., (2) CD397: Marriage Index : Connecticut, 1635-1860, "Electronic."); born 04 Aug 1739 in Wilton, CT.
160	iii.	David Benton, Sr., born 23 Jan 1734 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; died 06 Aug 1797 in N. Sheffield, MA; married Sarah Winchell Abt. 1758 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT.
	iv.	Stephen Benton, born 10 Jul 1737 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; died 13 Nov 1820 in Richmond, MA (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923, Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection.); married Prudence Reynolds 04 May 1759 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.); born Abt. 1740 in Westerfield, CT; died in Richmond, MA (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923, Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection.).
	v.	Joseph Benton, born 03 Sep 1740 in Tolland, Tolland Co., CT; died Bet. 1761 - 1762.
	vi.	Nathan Benton, born 28 Feb 1743 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; died 10 Feb 1813 in Moretown, VT (Source: Matt Bushnell Jones, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, (Boston, Mass: George E. Littlefield, 1909), Page 230.); married Esther ??? Abt. 1765; born Abt. 1742; died 22 Jan 1819 in Moretown, VT (Source: Matt Bushnell Jones, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, (Boston, Mass: George E. Littlefield, 1909), Page 230.).
	vii.	Levi Benton, born 20 Mar 1746 in Kent, Litchfield, CT; died Aft. 1820 in Franklin, IN; married Mary Woodworth 30 Oct 1769 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; born Abt. 1752; died in Franklin, IN.
	viii.	Ruth Benton (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.), born 23 Jul 1748 in Oblong, Litchfield, CT (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.).
	ix.	Jehiel Benton (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.), born 09 Aug 1752 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.); died 01 Jun 1753 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT (Source: Historical Collections relating to the Town of Salisbury Vol. 1, Page 32.).

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