he following is a chronology of some of the events in which members of our family were involved. Most are historical including some of the most important events in the history of the world. Others are important only to our family and still others are simply interesting. We cannot take credit for the achievements of our ancestors nor can we be responsible for their transgressions. We can only know the difference. But, like it or not, good or bad, our DNA was there.

Our family’s history is an ongoing process and this timeline will always be subject to correction and additional information.

For simplification, the relationships of the persons noted herein are listed at the end of each entry according to their relationship to my four grandparents: Roscoe Clinton Myers (RCM), Mattie Irene Jones (MIJ), Raymon German Rollins (RGR) or Margaret May Harvey (MMH). For example MMH 2c4xr means the 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Margaret May Harvey (GGF=great grandfather; gga=great grandaunt; etc.). I have placed members of our family in bold italics for easier identification. Sources for this information can be provided upon request.---RCM

Updated: 15 May 2000

Alsace is located in the northeast of what is now France along the German border. Near the Vosges Mountains near Colmar was located the Chateau de la Feld, the residence of the de la Feld family. The Counts de la Feld were once the powerful proprietors in this area.

Sir Hubertus de la Feld was born in 1030 and he was the first of his family to migrate to England.

Also in the 11th century, the de la Felds entertained Pope Leo IX on his way to consecrate the cathedral at Strasburg. Sir Hubertus was the 22nd great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

When Edward the Confessor died, he bequeathed the English crown to Harold Godwin, the Earl of Wessex. William, Duke of Normandy and a distant relative of Edward, decided to take the crown by force. He soon had the support of all of Normandy and even beyond. All who supported him stood to gain rewards in land and plunder if he were successful.

Hubertus de la Feld, of Alsace, recognized this important opportunity and joined the invading Norman army.

King Harald Hardrada of Norway had ambitions of his own and landed his Viking army on the northeast coast of England. Harold of Wessex quickly marched north and met them at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. The Anglo-Saxons defeated the Norse army and killed Harald Hardrada on 25 September.

Three days later, William’s army of 7,000 landed on the south coast of England at Pevensey Bay. Harold quickly marched his army south and accomplished one of the great feats in military history, arriving at Senlac Hill on 13 October. He had recruited an army, marched the length of England, defeated an invading army, killing its king, and then again marched the length of England, appearing on Senlac Hill to face the surprised William who was camped at Hastings.

After an early setback, William’s army won the day and Harold was killed. William earned the title "The Conqueror" and ten weeks later, on Christmas Day, he was crowned William I in Westminster Abbey. For his reward from William, Sir Hubertus received land grants in Lancaster and Kent Counties. He died at Chester in Lancaster County in 1092 at the age of 62.

The Ogles were of Norman blood. They are said to have been at Hastings and received rewards of land grants in England for their support of William. The Ogles descend from Maude Grey, a descendant of Edward I, Longshanks.

What happened at Hastings changed the course of the history of the world and those who were there in the Norman army moved into the land that would become the most powerful in the world.

Sir Hubertus was the 22nd great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey. Maggie was also a descendant of the Ogles. Maude Grey was Maggie’s 12th great grandmother and Edward I was her 17th great grandfather.

When Alfonso VI King of Castile and Leon married (or she was perhaps his mistress) Zaida of Denia, European royalty was united with the bloodline of Muhammad The Prophet. Muhammad was the 15th great grandfather of Zaida. Alfonso VI, by another of his wives, Constancia, continued a line of descent that intersected with most of the other royal families of Europe, including the Plantagenets of England. Alfonso VI was the 24th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

"As ‘Document Number One’ in England’s Public Record Office, "Domesday Book" is stll cited regularly as evidence of local charters and land grants." (Hinde, Thomas, editor, "The Domesday Book; England’s Heritage, Then and Now", 1995 Crescent Books)

By order of William I, royal commissioners went out to every shire in the 37 counties of England and completed a detailed survey of the people and the land. Included are many of our ancestors.

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The gathering on the meadow at Runnymede almost 800 years ago could have been called a "pre-union" for the ancestors of Margaret May Harvey.

Signers of the Magna Carta

William de Fors Count of Aumale

Geoffrey de Mandeville Earl of Gloucestor

Sear de Quincy Earl of Winchester

Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford

Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford

Robert fitz Walter

Eustace deVescy, The Earl of Pembroke--MMH 1stC25XR

Serlo the mercer Mayor of London

William de Lanvellei

Robert de Ros

Richard de Percy

John fitz Robert

William Malet

Geoffrey de Say

Roger de Montbegon

Richard de Munfichet

The Magna Carta (the opening paragraphs)

by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Earl of Anjou, to his Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons, Justiciaries, Foresters, Sheriffs, Governors, Officers, and to all Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects, Greetings

Know ye, that We, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our own soul, and of the souls of all our ancestors, and of our heirs, to the honor of God, and the exaltation of the Holy Church and amendment of our Kingdom, by the counsel of our venerable fathers, Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Henry Archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Joceline of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, and Benedict of Rochester, Bishops; Master Pandulph our Lord the Pope's Subdeacon and familiar, Brother Almeric, Master of the Knights-Templars in England, and of these noble persons,

William Earl of Salisbury

William Earl of Arundel

Warin Fitz-Gerald

Hubert de Burgh Seneschal of Poictou

Peter Fitz-Herbert

Hugh de Nevil

Matthew Fitz-Herbert,

Thomas Basset

Alan Basset

Philip de Albiniac

Robert de Roppel

John Fitz-Hugh

and others our liegemen; have in the First place granted to God, and by this our present Charter, have confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever

Following the First Crusade, nine French Knights became the patrons of the newly crowned Baudouin II, King of Jerusalem. They were given financial support and lodgings on the site of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem for nine years. Their stated purpose was to protect christian pilgrims on the highways of the Holy Land. In 1128, the Catholic pope granted them status as a Holy Order and at that point the group was formalized into the Order of the Poor Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon. The group became more commonly known simply as the Knights Templar.

These knights took a mutual vow of 'chastity, obedience and to hold all property in common.' They were: Hugues de Payen, the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar; Geoffrey de St. Omer; Andre de Montbard; Payen de Montdidier, the first Master of the Knights Templar of England; Achambaud de St-Amand; Gondemare; Rosal; Godefroy; and, Geoffrey Bisol.

From these humble beginnings, this organization grew to become one of the most powerful political and military entities in the world. They became soldiers of the church and bankers and diplomats for kings. Their wealth and property holdings became immense. They served in the Holy Land throughout the Crusades and in such notable European battles as Bannockburn.

They were driven from the Holy Land in the spring of 1291 by the Muslims. They retreated to Cyprus and while their wealth remained, their influence began to decline. Philippe IV, King of France, was fighting wars in Flanders and with the English and he had inherited a national debt that he calculated would take over three centuries to repay, much of it to the Knights Templar. He had confiscated all of the property of the Jewish population and much of the property of the Catholic church, but, was still under an immense burden of debt. His constant friction with the pope had brought both to the brink of doom. Philippe was able to poison the pope and replace him with one of his own choosing and he then moved the pope to Avignon in southern France. The king and the pope agreed on a mutual relief of their financial situation.

'Shortly before daybreak on the morning of Friday, 13 October 1307, the seneschals of France swooped on 15,000 Knights Templar who had gone to bed as highly respected members of a holy order, but were now rudely awakened as accused heretics. In the capital, Philip IV watched from a safe distance as his officers took possession of the Paris Temple and its contents, along with the preceptors of Aquitaine, the prior of Normandy and the Grand Master-Jacques de Molay himself.' [from "The Second Messiah" by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas.] Hence the notoriety of a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month continues to this day.

The Knights Templar were accused of heresy and many were mercilously tortured, burned or otherwise slain to satisfy the French king and the pope in their solution of their financial predicament. The order's property was confiscated but the famed Templar treasure was never found. Perhaps the knights who were able to escape to friendly territory in Portugal or the British Isles had taken it with them. Jacques de Molay became the last Grand Master and many believe that the impression on the Shroud of Turin is his.

Margaret May Harvey was an 18th great grandaughter of Philippe IV; a 4th cousin 22 times removed of Catherine St. Clair, the wife of Hugues de Payen; a 2nd cousin 25 times removed of the wife of Baudouin II; and, a 1st cousin 24 times removed of Payen de Montdidier.

After his death in 1543, Copernicus’ "About the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" was published. It’s theory of the sun as the center of the solar system challenged 16 centuries of church doctrine and it was not safe to be published while he was alive else he would be persecuted by the church.

John Field (1525-1587) was an English astronomer who was inspired by Copernicus. In 1557, he published "Ephemeris," the first proto-Copernican book in English. Only two copies are known to exist today. One is at the British Museum in London and the other is at the Bodleian Museum at Oxford.

On 4 September 1558, a patent was granted in which the crown of England recognized the coat of arms of John Field. This was a reward for his contribution to the science of astronomy. Field was born and died in East Ardsley in Yorkshire.

He was the 13th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

Richard Field, the son of the famous English astronomer, is said to have been the chaplain to Elizabeth I (1533-1603, reign 1558-1603). It is interesting to note that John Field’s will does not refer to Richard favorably

"Itm I do give to my dislyall and loose lyved sonne Richard Feild one sylver spoone in full payment and satisfacon of his child's porcon wth weh yf he be not satisfied I will he lose the benefyt of the same."

The Springfield, MA, Library records that in 1899, the statue "The Puritan" was erected in the Quadrangle of that city. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the foremost sculptor in the United States at the time, was commissioned for the project which memorializes Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the earliest settlers of Springfield.

Deacon Chapin who was of Welsh extraction, migrated from England c1632-1634 with a group of Puritans and lived in Roxbury, MA, and Dorchester, MA, as well as Springfield.

Deacon Chapin was the 8th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

Field "...is believed to have retired from the stage somewhere near 1623, appears in the same registers under the date, Feb. 20, 1632-3. Field's married life seems to have been disturbed by jealousy. Among the Heber MSS. is an epigram, quoted in Collier's 'Annals of the Stage,' iii. 437, calling him the trne 'Othello' for his jealousy of his wife.

"Field's first appearance as a dramatist was made with his 'A Woman is a Weathercock,' 4to, 1612, which, according to the title, was 'acted before the king at Whitehall, and divers times privately at the Whitefriars by the children of Her Majesty's Revels.' This was followed by 'Amends for Ladies,' 4to, 1618 and 1639. 'The performance of the latter play could not have been much later than 1610, since in 1611 an allusion to it is found in a work of Anthony Stafford (Collier, Annals of the Stage, iii. 104). It was acted at the Blackfriar's theatre, 'when it was employed by the actors of Prince Henry and of the Princess Elizabeth, as well as by the king's players' (ib. iii. 429). That Field played in his own pieces is probable, but not uncertain. These plays, one of which, as a satire upon women, was dedicated 'to any woman that hath been no weathercock,' i. e., to nobody, while the second, as its title implies, was intended as a species of apology for the former, are included in Collier's and in Mr. W. C. Hazlit's editions of Dodsley's 'Old Plays.' They are excellent comedies in their class."

Nathan Field was the 1st cousin 11 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

Edward Hawes, Jr., was born in New Amsterdam in 1616, the son of English parents who had come from Holland. Edward, Sr., was a stonemason working for the Dutch West India Company.

The following is from "The Edward Hawes Heirs" by Raymond G. Hawes: "You figure this legend out .... but I don't advise you to believe it. Old Edward not only would be in America from 1615, but he would be here five years earlier than the Mayflower, and earlier in America than any other Englishman north of Jamestown, Virginia. His son Edward Jr., would be a native son here in North America four or five years earlier than the Mayflower. Also, as there were no English women in Jamestown until long after [1607], it is quite probable Edward Jr. would be the first child of all English parentage in North America. Wouldn’s that be rich? We are the old settlers, and the Mayflower folks are just recent arrivals. But, it would be dangerous too. Those who make a career of early dates would hate, dislike and chase you around. This makes no difference to me as I live far away. I believe this legend myself."

Edward Hawes, Sr., was a 6th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

Darby Field was sent by his father, John Field, Jr., to the New World to look after his business interests. About 1635 or 1636, Darby sailed to America and in the course of his duties and probably driven by his own desire to explore, found himself in the backwoods frontier of New Hampshire and Maine. In the course of his travels, he was led by the indigenous Native Americans to the White Mountains and he became the first European to ascend them. Darby was born in Lincolnshire and died at Dover, NH.

Darby was the 2nd cousin 10 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

William Brewster, (1567-1644), leader of the Pilgrims and a founder of the Plymouth Colony, born probably in Scrooby, England. He studied briefly at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. From 1584 to 1587 he was in the service of an English ambassador, William Davison, and after 1590 he was bailiff and postmaster in Scrooby. There he organized a group of religious dissenters, often called the Pilgrims, who in 1606 separated from the Church of England. Two years later Brewster and some Pilgrims, to avoid persecution, moved to the Netherlands, settling in Leyden. He was the ruling elder of the sect, and he supported himself by teaching and by publishing religious books that had been banned by the English government. With another Pilgrim leader, William Bradford, he returned to England in 1619 and secured a patent from the Virginia Company for a tract of land in America. Brewster remained in England until September 16, 1620, when he boarded the Mayflower for the trip to America. He was a signer of the Mayflower Compact and continued as a leader of the Plymouth Colony. Until 1629, when an ordained minister was appointed, Brewster was the only church officer at the Plymouth Colony.---"Brewster, William," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000, http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Brewster was a 9th great granduncle of Margaret May Harvey.

Samuel Morse and family sailed to America with the Winthrop Fleet in 1635. On 15 August 1636 the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony issued a covenant to 12 men, granting them a tract of land along the south bank of the Charles River for a new settlement. Morse was one of these twelve men. The settlement was first called Contentment but was soon renamed Dedham after the city in England.

Samuel was an 8th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

In 1636 Zechariah Field was among the founding settlers of Hartford, Ct., on the Connecticut River. He purchased nine square miles along the east side of the river from the Nonotook tribe of Native Americans. He was also one of the original 25 settlers who founded Hatfield, Ma. He was born in Yorkshire in 1596 and sailed from Bristol to New England in 1629. He died in Hatfield in 1666.

He was a 7th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey. Thomas Hosmer, another of the founders of Hartford, was also Margaret’s 7th great grandfather.

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An uprising by the Pequot tribe of Native Americans in New England in 1636 led to a punitive expedition by colonists the following year. On 5 June 1637, 70 colonists and 100 Native American allies attacked the Pequot stockaded village of 600 people near Stonington in southeast Connecticut, under the leadership of Capt. John Mason. The village was burned and the survivors fled west where they were intercepted and slaughtered near Southport by colonials from Plymouth Plantation and Connecticut on 13 July.

Zechariah Field was one of 42 men selected to serve in the Pequot War from Hatfield, Ma. He was one of the original 25 settlers who founded Hatfield. Born in Yorkshire in 1596, he had to cross Wales undercover (because of the current royal restrictions to travel) to Bristol and from there sailed to New England in 1629. He died in Hatfield in 1666.

Jacob Janse Schermerhorn was arrested by order of Governor Peter Stuyvesant on a charge of selling guns to the Native Americans. His books and papers were seized and he was taken prisoner to Fort Amsterdam. Jacob was sentenced to banishment for 5 years. Leading local citizens intervened and the sentence was struck, however, the seized property was lost. Jacob later filed suit against Governor Stuyvesant for unlawful arrest.

Jacob’s daughter, Jannetje married Caspar Joosten Springsteen who, by his marriage to Maria Storm was the 6th great grandfather of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

About the middle of the seventeenth century 1645-50 there came from Pontipool, Monmouthshire County, England, three brothers, James, Henry, and Philip Leonard, the sons of one Thomas Leonard, 1577-1638, and his wife Lydia White. James Leonard brought his family with him. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Martin and he had two small sons, Thomas and James, Jr., both of whom are our ancestors by different lines. These immigrants were the founders of the first successful iron-works in America.

It is said that the Leonards had been in the iron industry for twelve hundred years, since the days of the "forestsmiths" of Germany, where the name Leonard is found in old German records of the sixth century. The Saxon Leonards, workmen in metals, came to England very early and settled among the iron hills of Kent and Sussex. Later, as the mines in this vicinity were less productive, some of them removed to the iron mining districts of Wales--later Monmouthshire, England--from whence James and Henry Leonard came, leaving their forges in England "plastered with mortgages," not only at Pontipool but also at Belaton, Stafford County. In the nineteenth century the Leonards might have redeemed their title to this property, but it would have involved an expensive and lengthy suit in the Court of Chancery, which was not undertaken.

Being well versed in the iron lore, the secrets of which had been long handed down from father to son, James and Henry Leonard, on their arrival in America, at first found employment with one John Winthrop at his bloomery near Lynn, established by Adam Hawkes in 1630. The following entry has been found in an old account book of Winthrop's dated 1651. "James Leonard, fifteen days' worke in ye forge œ 1.13.0." John Winthrop's forge at Lynn collapsed through a law suit brought against him for the flowage of land where he obtained iron ore. There is prescrved a small iron pot holding about a quart and very heavy, which was the initial ont-pnt of the Lynn forge. Iron was much used as a medium of exchange in early daya.

After a short connection with John Winthrop's iron effort at Braintree, the Leonard Brothers struck out for themselves, testing the streams and ponds for chalybeate evidence, little Thomas and James who had come holding onto "Uncle Henry's finger," probably having the time of their lives fishing with birch rods on these expeditions. Their elders found large deposits of bog iron, particularly in Quittacus Lake, Middleboro, which were extracted by means of great tongs from the lakes and swamps. They made a contract with the town of Taunton to set up a bloomery there. A stock company was formed, one of the stock holders being Elizabeth Pole, who had bought Taunton from the Indians for a peck of beans.

The Leonards called their bloomery Raynham forge, doubtless from Raynham in England, which is the station where one alights to visit Belhus mansion at Aveley Easex, the headquarters of the English Leonards where the beautiful portraits are of our English ancestors. The owner, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, is a landed proprietor of at least 10,000 acres of land inberited from the early Leonards. It may be that James and Henry Leonard lived here in their boyhoods and had childhood's associations with Raynham, for which they named their forge. The site of this old forge which was carried on by seven generations of Leonards.

H. W. Swan says in "The New York Sun" (May, 1905), "In the 'Sun' of May 21, is an enquiry about the earliest Iron Foundries. The one at Raynham, Mass., was run by a family of the name of Leonard. The place is now called the Anchor Forge, as anchors were one of the principal products. The anchors for the 'Constitution' were made there and sent to Boston by the aid of many oxen. The iron was called bog iron and was dug from the surrounding country until the iron mines in Pennsylvania made it unprofitable. Nothing remains now but a few of the stones used in the foundation, and the old dam. The descendants of the Leonards are still engaged in the iron industry in Taunton and vicinity."

In the New York Tribune of September 25, 1904, is a picture of a monument which has been designed to commemorate the establishment of the iron industry in this country, to be erected in Taunton. The model prepared by the sculptor, Charles Neihous, is quite attractive. The artist has attempted to typify the secret of the Leonard family success in three figures, although they are only a small part of the statuary which surround the tall over-shadowing shaft. One figure is that of an old man, seated and bowed but still powerful; before him stands a youth listening, in his hand is the hammer, and he seems to be only waiting for a word from the old man, to wield it. The son is thus preparing to take up his father's business. Near the youth, also stands his mother, ready to encourage him in his chosen work. On the other side of the pedestal, are groups, illustrating miners digging out ore; foundrymen pouring the molten metal from the crucible, and smiths fashioning the metal into wrought bars. The figures will be of bronze, the shaft will be of granite to reach a height of eighty feet.

Margaret May Harvey was: a 7th great grandaughter of James Leonard; a 7th great grand niece of Adam Hawkes, and; a 5th cousin 5 times removed of Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, the Baron D’Acre 16th.

From the website: "The Genealogy of Walter Gilbert"

The dismal roll of witch hangings in Connecticut begins with that of Alse Young who was hanged May 26, 1647. No witches were ever burned in New England. Mary Johnson of Wethersfield went the same way in 1648, and on March 6, 1651/2, John Carrington and his wife Joan were convicted., There is a record showing that both were executed. The fifth victim was Lydia, wife of Thomas Gilbert of Windsor. We shall give as full an account as possible of her case.

Who Lydia Gilbert's accusers were is unknown. Whether ignorant gossip or private enmities brought this ghastly charge upon her, it is impossible to say. That the charge of procuring the death of Henry Stiles could be brought against her seems incredible, when everyone of mature age in Windsor must have known that Henry Stiles met his death by the carelessness of Thomas Allyn, three years before. But this charge was brought against her. She was charged with other witchcrafts besides this, and it may be that she was one of those unfortunate women to whom suspicion of witchcraft clung, for reasons which cannot now be stated. The evidence upon which Lydia was convicted, and the names of the witnesses against her, are unknown. The juror's oath, the names of the jury and the names of the magistrates who heard the case are on record, as well as the indictment and the verdict. Six of the magistrates and jurymen were residents of Windsor, five of Hartford, and the rest belonged to Wethersfield. The Court considered the case in a special session beginning November 28, 1654. The jury brought in the indictment and the records seem to show that they brought in the verdict as well. These two functions of a jury are separate in our time, but in 1654 it was not so. This seems repugnant to our ideas of justice. We should like to hope that the Court proceeded after the ancient English manner, receiving the indictment from the jury, hearing the evidence and deciding in accord therewith.

The Juror's Oath

You do sware by the Ever living god that you will diligently enquire & faithfully present to this Court what soe Ever you know to bee a Breach of any Established Law of this Jurisdictyon so far as may conduce to the glory of god and the good of the commonwealth as allso what Oreginall offences you shall Judge meete to be presented, as you expect helpe from god in Jesus Christ.

The Indictment

Lydea Gilburt thou art here indited by that name of Lydea Gilburt that not having the feare of god before thy Eyes thou hast of late years or still dust give Entertainment to Sathan the greate Enemy of god and mankind and by his helpe hast killed the Body of Henry Styles besides other witchcrafts for which according to the law of god and the Established Law of this commonwealth thou Deservest to Dye.

The Verdict

Ye party above mentioned is found guilty of witchcraft by the Jury.

All the authorities upon the witchcraft cases state that she suffered death. Lydia was an 8th great grandmother of Margaret May Harvey.

Dirck Goriez Storm was taking his family to the New World to escape religious persecution and the other perils of living in 17th century Netherlands.

In Amsterdam, on 21 May 1662 Dirck, along with his pregnant wife and three children boarded De Vos (The Fox), a ship bound for America. Between that date and their arrival in New York on 31 August 1662, Marie Pieters Van Montfoort Storm gave birth to a girl they named Maria.

In 1693, Maria married Caspar Joosten Springsteen at Philipse Castle in the Sleepy Hollow of Westchester, NY. The little girl who was born At Sea, Atlantic Ocean aboard De Vos, lived until 1739. Maria and Caspar were the 6th great grandparents of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

The Narraganset Native Americans joined the Wampanoags against the colonists in the King Philip’s War. The Narragansets were in a fort located on high ground in the middle of a swamp. The colonists’ contingent from Massachusetts attacked the front entrance to the fort but were repulsed. Meanwhile the Connecticut and Plymouth colonists attacked the rear gate and entered the fort. Setting fire to the fort, the colonials drove the Narragansetts out onto the frozen ice. About 1,000 Narragansetts were killed trying to escape. Chief Canonchet escaped but was killed the following year.

George Denison served at the Swamp Fight. He was a 7th great granduncle of Margaret May Harvey.

Metacom, chief of the Wampanoags, was known to New England Colonists as King Philip. Following some fairly peaceful coexistance, King Philip’s people terrorized the Anglo settlements. The colonists organized and retaliated in kind and 12 August 1676, King Philip was killed by a Native American in the service of the colonists. Although Native American raids continued, their tribal power in southern New England was virtually eliminated.

King Philip had become friends with James Leonard and ordered his forces that the Leonard family and property was to be spared. King Philip hunted on the Leonard property, shooting wild birds at Fowling Pond. When King Philip ordered the town of Taunton to be burned, he spared the Leonard home. James Leonard was a warm friend of the good chief Massasoit, King Philip’s father, who used frequently to visit him, sleeping under his roof and eating his bread. James gave him every assistance in the repair of his guns and making his weapons and tools. Massasoit, before his death (1661), required a solemn oath of his son Philip that he would never harm a Leonard, and Philip in 1675 in an imposing meeting in Taunton Church at which James Leonard was present, affixed his mark to a document promising peace with the men of Taunton. Philip's tribe molested the white settlers in Middleboro and New Bedford, but the inhabitants of Taunton and Bridgewater suffered little in King Philip's war, and no harm was done to the Leonards with Philip's consent. Thus the name of Leonard represents to Taunton not only splendid enterprise, but the hospitality and friendliness which secured safety for the town at a critical period. King Philip had a summer home near the Leonards, and Lake Nipenicket between Raynham and Bridgewater was a favorite fishing ground of his. There is a tradition that Philip's head was secreted after his death under the old Leonard house in Raynham.

James Leonard was a 7th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey. James Hosmer, a 1st cousin 8 times removed, was killed in King Philip’s War at Sudbury, MA, on 21 April 1676.

Samuel Field served as a sergeant in the militia at the Turners Falls Fight, which was a battle with Native Americans. Samuel was slain by Native Americans on 24 June 1697 while he was hoeing corn in Hatfield Meadows, Ma.

Japhet Chapin, the son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, was also at Turner Falls. He wrote "I went out Volunteare against ingens the 17th of May, 1676 and we ingaged batel the 19th of May in the morning before sunrise and made great Spoil upon the enemy and came off the same day with the Los of 37 men and the Capt. Turner, and came home the 20th of May."

Thomas Chapin, son of Japhet, was one of the original grantees of the large tract of land which was granted to the officers and soldiers and their descendants for their service at the battle.

Samuel Field was the 6th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

In February, 1704, Deerfield, MA, was sacked by the French along with Native Americans and several Anglos were taken captive, including Sarah Mattoon. She was 17 and engaged to Matthew Clesson, although, she was in love with Zechariah Field. The night before the attack, Zechariah attempted to influence Sarah to change her mind and marry him instead. However, Sarah felt that she had given her word and should stand behind it, especially since Matthew Clesson was such an honorable person himself.

Many were killed and many were taken captive in the Sack of Deerfield and a battle was fought at Turners Falls in an unsuccessful attempt at rescuing the captives. The captives were taken to the Indians' homeland in Canada. Many died in captivity and there are many stories about individuals who successfully made their way back home after years in bondage.

Sarah remained a prisoner for five years when on 9 June 1709, she made her escape by river in a canoe, barely reaching Quebec ahead of her pursuing Indian captors. As a result of the ordeal and poor health, it took many months for her to recover at a convent, tended to by the sisters there. After two years in Quebec, Sarah returned home and was met on the road into town by Zechariah. They rekindled their old feelings for each other and Zechariah gave her the sad news that Matthew had been killed by Indians on 9 June1709, the same day on which she had made her escape. Zechariah and Matthew had been best friends and he had arranged for an appropriate marker for Matthew's grave.

Sarah and Zechariah married and raised ten children. They were the 5th great grandparents of Margaret May Harvey. Also taken captive in the Deerfield Raid were Sarah’s brother, Philip Mattoon; Mary Bennett Field and her children, Mary and John; and Marguerite Field (MMH 1C6XR).

Mary Bennett Field, age 28, wife of John Field (MMH 1C7XR), and her two children, Mary, age 7, and John, age 4, were taken captive and mother and son returned home in 1706. The daughter, Mary, "became an Indian and married one." According to family tradition, her name was Walahowey...With her Native American husband, the younger Mary visited her family, who had moved to Connecticut. It was said that the Indian-husband was willing to stay but she could not be persuaded. Her brother Pedajah, born after the raid traveled from Northfield to Connecticut to see her. She told him that he would someday be carried off, that he, too, might enjoy the savage life and the benefits of the Catholic religion. He believed that the attempt was once made, when he was mowing in the "Little Meadow" at Northfield, but he escaped in his canoe. Nothing more is known of Mary.

A young captive by the name of Marguerite Field, thought to be Mary, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Field, was taken in the Deerfield Raid. She is something of a mystery in that no one in New England recognized the name. The name being French, it is possible that it was given to her by the French Catholics in Canada during her baptismal. Marguerite, a girl about the age of 3 when she was taken captive, never returned home. She married a French-Canadian and bore 12 children, dying at the age of 40 in Canada. The motherless and nameless little girl may have been left with Mary Bennett Field, wife of the father's cousin and so have been carried away with her cousins, Mary and John.

Zechariah Field purchased 30,000 acres of land from the son of a chief of the Native Americans in Massachusetts on the Millers River at a place now called Athol.

Pompanoot was the son and heir of Chief Wawalet. Zechariah recognized an opportunity to buy the land at an insignificant price before the English presence in the area increased thereby increasing the value of the land.

Zechariah bought the land for the pittance of L12 and gave it to the Governor of Massachusetts, Jona Belcher. He memorialized the transactions in a letter to the governor in April 1733.

Zechariah was born in Hatfield, Ma., in 1685 and died in nearby Northfield, Ma., in 1746. He served as an ensign and a lieutenant in the militia and participated in actions against the Native Americans such as the Meadow Fight. In 1733, the tax rolls reported that Zechariah was the largest landholder in Northfield, Ma.

Caspar Joosten Springsteen died 21 May 1729. His will bequeaths a property to his son David Springsteen which borders on two sides the property of Robert Field

"I leave to my son David, the house and lot he now lives on, bounded east by George Remsen, north and west by Robert Field, south by highway."

Robert Field is also a witness for the will and his signature is on the document.

About 220 years later in Jackson County, Ok., Carroll Rufus Myers, the 7th great grandson of Caspar Joosten Springsteen, married Bettye Jane Rollins, the 6th cousin 8 times removed of Robert Field.

Peter and Clement Studebaker disembark the ship "Harle" to begin their new lives in America. From Germany, the Studebakers settle in Adams County, Pennsylvania amongst neighbors also of German descent, including the Rhoadses and others. Their descendants migrate west to Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. In Indiana, Clement’s descendants are noted for making the best wagons in America Later they form the company that manufactures the Studebaker automobile.

Some of their descendants changed their name to Baker, including Israel Jacob Baker, Sr. (1815-1858), who married Elizabeth Ann Myers, the daughter of Henry Myers and Mary Rhoads. Israel is the great grandson of immigrant Peter Studebaker.

The following largely Germanic settlers of Monocacy Valley, led by Stephen Remsberg (Riemensperger) protested their treatment by tax collectors in June 1748 to the Maryland Council, which included Governor Samuel Ogle, Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, Edward Lloyd and Benedict Calvert:

Jacob Fout, Peter Apple, Henry Trout, Melchior Warfield, Christian Thomas, John Browner, Jacob Browner, Nicholas Reisner, Casper Windred,

Peter Hoffman, Henry Roads, Conrad Kemp, Francis Wise, Isaac Miller, Joseph Browner, Henry Browner, David Delauter, Peter Shaffer,

Christian Getzendanner, Jacob Smith, John Smith, George Loy, Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Fink, Kenneth Bechdold, Martin Wetzel, Jacob Brunner.

Joseph Ogle was sent by the governor to investigate and testified in support of the harassed settlers and reported that several were planning to move to Virginia.

Almost exactly 200 years later in Jackson County, OK, Carroll Rufus Myers married Bettye Jane Rollins. Carroll was the 6th ggs of Stephen Remsberg; the 1st cousin 8 times removed of Christian Thomas; the 5th ggs of Henry Roads; the 6th ggn of the wife of Christian Getzendanner; and the 7th ggs of Jacob Brunner. Bettye was the 3rd cousin 7 times removed of Gov. Samuel Ogle and the 1/2 4th ggn of Maj. Joseph Ogle.

Johann Gottlieb Wunderlich emigrated to America, arriving at Philadelphia on the ship Duke of Wurtemburg, 16 October 1751. In connection with Johann's coming to America there is a curious family tradition for which, however, no corroborative evidence can be found. According to the story, when Johann Wunderlich came to America he was accompanied by a sister and her husband. As Johann was but a boy of eighteen, his father entrusted to the brother-in-law the money with which to pay for Johann's passage and the other expences of the journey. When the ship arrived at Philadelphia and many of the passengers were being sold at auction, to pay for their passage as redemptioners, the brother-in-law decided to retain the money given to him by the elder Wunderlich and let the young Johann be sold as a redemptioner. When Johann's sister learned of this determination on the part of her husband, she absolutely refused to leave the ship until her brother's passage money and other expences had been paid. This story was handed down by Johann's grand-daughter. (FROM THE WILF WUNDERLICH WEBSITE AT WWW.ISLAND.NET/~WILF/114FAM.HTML).

Johann was the 4th great granduncle of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

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Gaius Field, British Army

Gaius Field was a soldier serving with the British army in the French and Indian Wars. He was the 5th great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

With the outbreak of revolution by the colonists, Henry Rhoads of Brothersvalley was one of the first to enlist with the volunteers to fight. He was soon promoted to Captain and served at Brandywine, Germantown and Valley Forge under Gen. George Washington. After the war, upon leaving the army, Henry was further honored by being promoted to general.

The hero was in trouble at home though. The Church of the Brethren, of which the Rhoads family was prominent, were pacifists and were opposed to the taking up of arms and holding public office, both of which Henry had done.

Henry and several others were released from the church as a result.

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After the harsh winter at Valley Forge, Gen. George Washington selected Capt. Henry Rhoads to represent the areas of Pennsylvania beyond the Alleghenies at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Henry gave a stirring speech at the assembly regarding his support for the section of the constitution covering religious toleration. He was congratulated on his speech by his constitution co-signer, Benjamin Franklin.

Capt. Henry Rhoads served as the first representative of Bedford County to the Pennsylvania State Assembly.

Committees of Safety were the executive powers that carried out the orders of the Continental Congress and enforced the Articles of Association which all colonies had signed. County-level committees frequently usurped the powers of the regular county courts, some even requiring that every suit brought before a regular court of law had to be authorized by the committee. They also appointed military officials and judicial personnel for certain courts; appointed patrols to control African Americans; exchanged prisoners; fined militia members for refusal to serve; relocated, paroled, or jailed Loyalists (Tories); punished counterfeiters; administered loyalty and test oaths; supervised elections to provincial congresses and the Continental Congress; ordered lists of taxable property and census rolls; censored publications and speech, frequently jailing offenders; passed moratoria on collection of debts or confiscations to be paid to creditors; corresponded and cooperated with other committees; offered bounties and premiums for manufacture of needed items---cotton, wool, lime, steel, etc.---regulated travel; controlled horse racing, billiard playing, and dances; seized vessels and prizes; made lists of inhabitants to submit to Provincial Councils; and inventoried estates of suspected Loyalists.

The local militias were under their direct control. They tried all cases of disobedience and reported to the provincial congresses. Once state constitutions were ratified, the extralegal units were replaced by regular governments

In Culpepper County, William Ball and Henry Field, Jr., served on that county’s committee. Almost 200 years later, in Jackson County, Ok., Carroll Rufus Myers, the 1st cousin 8 times removed of William Ball, married Bettye Jane Rollins, the 5th cousin 8 times removed of Henry Field, Jr.

British Gen. Sir William Howe ordered three assaults on the 1,600 colonists at Breed’s Hill, commanded by militia Gen. Artemas Ward.. The first two were repulsed. Despite heavy casualties, the third assault forced the militia to retreat from Breed’s Hill and militia Gen. Israel Putnam’s men from Bunker Hill. Two weeks later, Gen. George Washington arrived to take command and the British were forced to evacuate Boston.

The Battle at Breed’s Hill cost the British 1,054 casualties to their 2,500 man army. The American militia suffered 441 casualties.

James Field served with others from New Hampshire in the American militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was born at Winchester, NH, in 1740, and died at Nelson, NH.

James was the 3rd great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

Militia Gen. John Stark had 2,000 volunteer New England riflemen, including James Field, to protect the colonists’ supply depot at Bennington, Vt. British Gen. John Burgoyne sent his Lt. Col. Friedrich Baum with 800 men, mostly Germans, to attack the depot.

The American volunteers encircled the British army on the Walloomsac River and defeated them, killing Lt. Col. Baum. At the moment of victory, 642 Germans arrived to support the British army and threatened to overcome the disorganized militia, but, the Americans finally subdued these men also. At the end of the day, 207 Germans were dead and 700 captured. The Americans had 70 casualties.

Gen. George Washington with 10,500 men took up a defensive position behind Brandywine Creek in southeastern Pennsylvania to protect Philadelphia from British Gen. Sir William Howe’s 15,000 man army who had sailed up the Chesapeake.

The Continental Army was overwhelmed and lost over 1,000 men killed, wounded or captured. The British casualties were less than 500 wounded and 90 dead.

Capt. Henry Rhoads and the Bedford County Militia were there and fell back with Gen. Washington to Chester, Pa.

The first 128 pages of the Rhoads family Bible, which is written in German, are missing. This is because they were used as musket wadding at the Battles of Brandywine Creek and Germantown.

Gen. George Washington’s 11,000 man army, including Capt. Henry Rhoads attacked Gen. Sir William Howe’s 9,000 men who had recently taken Philadelphia.

The colonists’ attack was repulsed. The Americans lost 673 men killed and wounded and 400 captured. The British casualties were 520. Gen. Washington and his men fell back to Valley Forge where they took up winter headquarters.

Capt. Henry Rhoads, 3rd Co. 1st Batt. Bedford Co. Militia, served under Gen. George Washington and spent the winter with him at Valley Forge. After two defeats at the hands of the British Gen. Sir William Howe at Brandywine Creek and Germantown, the Americans were to suffer even more through the hardships of that terrible winter. The British spent the winter comfortably, 24 miles away in Philadelphia.

Titus Hosmer, Esq., of Connecticut, graduated Yale College in 1757 and began the practice of law. In addition to holding various town offices, he was elected a Representative to the General Assembly and was subsequently the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He served on the Council of Safety and in 1780 he was a member of the Continental Congress. He was one of three judges chosen to establish a Court of Appeals for revising maritime and admiralty cases for the United States. Before he was assumed this important position, Titus died suddenly on 4 August 1780. Noah Webster regarded him as one of the greatest men Connecticut ever produced.

Titus was the 3rd cousin 5 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

"Being a decided Tory he was obliged to leave the country during the Revolution. He was driven out of his office and property by Rebel mobs and the Committee of Safety. He was taken prisoner but escaped with several others and fled to New York City. In May 1783 he and his family sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Rebecca died soon thereafter. After the war he retumed to the States from New Brunswick, but returned to Canada during the War of 1812, living in Elizabethtoun near Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario. In 1818 at age 84 while living in Clinton, he was granted 200 acres of land in Chinquacousy Twp., Peel Co., as compensation for his service to the Crown. [Arch. Ont.] [Biographical sketch by Robert S. SUMNER (corr.) Tampa, Fla.] Thomas died near Toronto, York Co., 4 (7?) January 1820."

Alex Sumner, a descendant of Judge Sumner, and Ron Myers would be distant cousins. Alex advised that he lives on land in Ontario that was part of the grant mentioned above. Judge Sumner was the 3rd great granduncle of Margaret May Harvey.

In 1785 Capt. Henry Rhoads led a party of German Brethren from Pennsylvania to Kentucky and they settled in the Green River Country. Their group numbered in excess of 100.

Beside the river, Capt. Rhoads laid out the townsite and it was named Rhoadsville. This is in what is now McLean County.

The name Rhoadsville was short lived. An old friend of Capt. Rhoads, John Hanley, who represented land agents in Maryland, sued Capt. Rhoads for ownership of the land. The Ohio Circuit Court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor in John Hanley v. Henry Rhoads and Others and they were forced to move a few miles south to Browder. Getting proper land claims filed had been an issue with the Germans in Pennsylvania as well. The town was then called Vienna and today is named Calhoun.

This group of settlers included many ancestors and their relatives of Roscoe Clinton Myers, including possibly his 3rd great grandfather Philip Myers.

On this date, Soloman Rhoads married Rachel Boone, niece of the frontiersman Daniel Boone. The Rhoads and Boone families lived in south central Pennsylvania and were both members of the group of churches included in the German Reformed Church. Soloman’s father, Henry Rhoads also explored Kentucky with Boone in preparation to moving there to obtain his Revolutionary War land grant. The two families intermarried and were close friends. Henry named a son Daniel Boone Rhoads.

Clark, George Rogers (1752-1818), American soldier and frontiersman, who commanded important victories over British troops in the Northwest Territory during the American Revolution (1775-1783). The brother of famed explorer William Clark, he was born near Charlottesville, Virginia. With little education, he became a surveyor while still a young man. Clark was living in Kentucky, then part of the Virginia Colony, when the American Revolution began. He convinced the colonial government of Virginia to send aid to Kentucky settlers who were under attack from Native Americans. The British, who were supplying these Native Americans with weapons, were trying to gain control of all land west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1777 Clark was made a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. He led an expedition of 175 men against the British in the Illinois country, where he quickly captured the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia (now in Illinois) and Vincennes (now in Indiana) during the summer of 1778. The British retook Vincennes, but Clark returned on a forced march of 290 km (180 mi) to recapture the fort in February 1779. He prevented the British from reestablishing control in the region, and in 1782 he overwhelmed the Shawnee at Chillicothe (now in Ohio). His conquests allowed the United States to claim the region after the war and to develop it as the Northwest Territory after 1787. Clark later supervised the settlement of the Northwest. He completed his Memoirs in 1791 and eventually retired to his sister's home in Kentucky.---"Clark, George Rogers," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000

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The sister of George Rogers Clark, Anna Rogers Clark, was married to John Field, the 5th cousin 7 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

After leading the Continental Army to victory over the British, George Eskride Washington (1732-1799) is elected the first president of the United States The Father of Our Country. He served two terms in office.

George was the second cousin, seven times removed of our Roscoe Clinton Myers.

John Adams became the second President of the United States and was the first President to live in the White House located in the new capital city.

Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate letters to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words "Thomas Jefferson survives." But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier.

President Adams was the 6th cousin 3 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

In 1798 Henry Rhoads was sent to Lexington as the first state legislator from the Logan and Muhlenberg County area. It was he who proposed the name for the new county in honor of his Revolutionary War General Peter Muhlenberg.

As a pioneer settler, Revolutionary soldier and legislator, Henry became known as the "Godfather of Muhlenberg County." To make it official, there is now a highway historical marker proclaiming the same.

Thomas Jefferson was elected third President of the United States in 1800 and was re-elected to a second term in 1804. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States and was a brilliant man in many different pursuits.

Thomas was the sixth cousin six times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

Clark, William (1770-1838), American explorer, Native American agent, and frontier politician, who served as co-leader, with Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), the first overland exploration of the American West and Pacific Northwest, beginning in May 1804 and ending in September 1806. Clark was born in Caroline County, Virginia. In 1784 the Clark family moved to the Kentucky frontier, establishing a plantation called Mulberry Hill near present-day Louisville.

In June 1803 Lewis asked Clark to join him as co-leader on a government-sponsored expedition through the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean. Clark was promised a captain's commission to match Lewis's rank, but bureaucratic confusion made him a lieutenant. Despite this, both Lewis and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who commissioned the expedition, always considered Clark an equal partner in command.

As commanding officers on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis and Clark informally divided leadership responsibilities. Clark was the expedition's mapmaker. Years of frontier experience had taught him to understand and record intricate terrain, land, rivers, and mountains. Clark's army experience also prepared him to be the expedition's most able negotiator and diplomat, a role he played in many meetings with Native Americans.

After Lewis's death in 1809, Clark assumed responsibility for completing the report of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark employed American financier and diplomat Nicholas Biddle to prepare the two-volume collection, finally published in 1814. The large map of the West that Clark drafted for the report is a landmark in the geographic understanding of the American West.

The exploration covered a total of about 13,000 km (about 8000 mi), from a camp outside St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back. Like other scholars in his time, Jefferson believed in the existence of a Northwest Passage, or some kind of water connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The principal goal of the expedition was to locate such a route and survey its potential as a waterway for American westward expansion. Although Lewis and Clark did not find this route, the expedition succeeded in making peaceful contact with Native Americans and uncovering a wealth of knowledge about the peoples, geography, plants, and animals of the western United States.

The sister of William Clark was Anna Rogers Clark who married John Field, the 5th cousin 7 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

In a letter to her parents, dated March 29, 1807, Mrs. Ellis tells of a tragedy that cast sorrow over her small circle of friends. It was the killing of Captain William Ogle, landlord of Cape Girardeau's first hotel, by Joseph McFerron, clerk of the first American court established in Cape Girardeau.

Mention of this first duel between Missourians has already been made in these stories, but as Mrs. Ellis gives the details of the duel in her letter it will be told again. In writing about the duel she said: "He caused his own death by the fighting of a duel. I will also inform you what induced the fight. He and the clerk of the court and two or three other gentlemen were talking about one Mr. Blank, a Presbyterian preacher who now lives near Pittsburgh on the Ohio.

"It was reported that he had taken away another man's wife and the clerk of the court, whose name is Joseph McFerron, who had come from Pittsburgh about two years ago, and Captain Ogle asked him if he was acquainted with him.

"He said that he was, and the report was true respecting his taking away another man's wife and he began to abuse him very much and said it was not the first man's wife he had been intimate with.

"Captain Ogle then said he (the preacher) was an old and intimate friend of Mrs. Ogle and he believed she had a high opinion of him, for she always spoke very much in his favor. And he said the preacher had been to his home several times and always behaved himself like a gentleman. (Capt. Ogle's wife, Sussannah Johnson Ogle, had died of tuberculosis Oct. 20, 1806.)

"Then Mr. McFerron hinted as much as if he thought the preacher had been intimate with Mrs. Ogle, too, as it was a common thing with him. And from that it got worse and on Sunday, the 8th ultimo (Feb. 8) he sent Captain Ogle a challenge. He accepted it and in the morning (February 9) they and their seconds crossed the river for the purpose of fighting.

"The first shot Captain Ogle wounded Mr. McFerron through the thick part of the thigh. The second shot, nothing done. Then McFerron offered to beg pardon and the seconds left them to themselves. But it was not long before Captain Ogle called for the pistols to be loaded again. The seconds tried to get him to quit but he said that one or the other must fall before they left the ground.

"The pistols were then loaded and before the word was given McFerron shot and his ball struck Captain Ogle, who fell mortally wounded." The death of Captain Ogle added a heavier burden to Mrs. Ellis who had the care of her family and the additional responsibility for the tavern left without a landlord by Ogle's death. She does not mention whether Mrs. Ogle had died prior to the duel, not why she had the responsibility of operating the tavern but in a letter to her parents under date of January 20, but not mailed until January 31, 1808, she writes: "I have a great deal of trouble on my hands. I have six children with me and we are keeping public house, which is a thing I always despised and that you know. But I was partly obliged to do it after Mr. Ogle's death."

Note added by William J. McIntosh: The first hotel license in the Cape Girardeau District was issued to Captain William Ogle, on Dec. 17, 1806, by Joseph McFerron, clerk of the first American court in the district. It is interesting to note that this was the same Joseph McFerron who, not quite a year later, killed Captain Ogle in a duel. Captain Ogle had built the hotel on the northwest corner of Lorimer Street and Harmony Street (now Broadway). An account of the due] as written by a Mrs. Ellis of Cape Girardeau, Mo., to her father in Georgia in March of 1807, just after it happened, is the best information extant on that episode of Missouri history. Mrs. Ellis was a good friend of the Ogles, and raised the Ogle children after William Ogle's death. She confirmed that William Ogle "our good friend died of his wound on the third day from then - on a Sunday - and we were much grieved." This does correct Goodspeed's history.

In addition to the Bible, map of Maryland, and chart book mentioned as being in Captain William Ogle's inventory, were one sword and scabbard, one regimental coat, and one treatise on "The Defense of Fortifications." This is evidence that he probably had some army experience which accounted for the title "Captain" which has not been otherwise explained.(from the Ogle/Ogles Family Association "Genealogist" page 28, vol 1, #1, 9/1980)

Captain William Ogle was the 3rd cousin 3 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

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Barnabas Wing Rhoads was no doubt named for Barnabas Wing, one of the wealthiest and most influential people in New Bedford, MA, and father of Charles Fox Wing, well known and highly regarded circuit clerk for Muhlenberg County. See the chapter on Charles Fox Wing (1788-1861) in the "History of Muhlenberg County." Charles Fox Wing was at the Battle of the Thames (War of 1812), serving under William Henry Harrison against the British and their Native American allies. After the battle, Wing witnessed the body of the fallen Shawnee Chief Tecumseh.

The Wing family was prominent in New England and in Muhlenberg County and had close associations to the Rhoads and Myers families in Kentucky. Barnabus Wing Rhoads, of Muhelnberg County, was the great granduncle of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

John Quincy Adams followed in his father’s footsteps to become President. The only President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm.

John Quincy Adams was the 5th cousin, 4 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

Robert Findlay Reid, Sr., was born 4 August 1804 at Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland. In May 1827 he sailed from Belfast to begin a new life in America. His ship arrived in the New World at St. John’s, New Brunswick. Robert eventually made his way to Dauphin County, PA, and married Sarah Ogle and began a family. Moving west yet again Robert settled at Indianapolis where he died in 1843. He is buried there. Shortly after is death, Sarah and the children returned to Pennsylvania. This Irishman provided three sons for the Union cause in the Civil War. One of whom gave his life.

Robert and Sarah were the great grandparents of Margaret May Harvey.

FROM THE CARLISLE, PA, "SENTINEL," 6 SEPT 1989

"TOMBS TELL TALE," BY LORENA HICKS, SENTINEL CORRESPONDENT

A bit of folklore from the Duncannon area has its proof in two gravestones on Cove Mountain behind Susquenita High School. Eugene Boyer of Duncannon tells the tale he says has been handed down from the "real old timers going way back."

The story is that on December 16, 1827, a hunter named David Ogle shot and wounded a bear on Cove Mountain, Perry County. Enraged, the bear attacked the 59-year-old man and held him in a death grip. Ogle was able to cut the bear's throat with a knife but was killed in the fight. When Ogle was found both he and the bear were dead and Ogle was held in a bear hug," Boyer says. Ogle's family buried the combatants where they were found. Bear and man were laid to rest side by side. Two tombstones still stand on the mountain, weathered with age. Underbrush may make the stones difficult to find, but, Ogle's name and age can still be read on the larger stone, the other one is blank. No mention is made of the bear or the death struggle. But, Boyer says the story is widely accepted to the area and he himself has heard it from other sources.

"I heard it from the son of a man who fought in the Civil War, and he was an old man at the time," says Boyer, who was born in 1925. "Everyone around here accepts it as true." (courtesy of John Cook.)

David Indian Ogle, Sr., was the great great grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

After 27 years of work, Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. The son of a farmer, Noah attended Yale University and worked as a teacher. In 1783 he wrote the "Blue-Backed Speller," the first American textbook for students. The first dictionary contained 70,000 words. "Webster’s 9th Collegiate Dictionary" contains over 13,000,000 words.

Noah was the 3rd great grandson of Connecticut Colonial Governor John Webster and the half 3rd cousin 5 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

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Peter Bailey III, died at the Alamo

James Northcross, died at the Alamo

In 1836 Samuel Augustus Maverick arrived in Texas from Alabama. He served in the war of independence and was prominent in local and Texas politics. He eventually became one of the largest landholders in the world. His name has become known to us especially because he refused to brand his cattle which grazed on the open range of south Texas. Since that time, the term "Maverick" has come to be synonymous with being independent minded.

Samuel Maverick was the 6th cousin 4 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

President Santa Anna arrived in San Antonio on 23 February 1836 and besieged the small mission containing Col. William Barrett Travis, David Crockett, James Bowie. In total 182 Texian defenders. From that day to this, fact, legend and passion have combined to ensure that the Alamo has been remembered.

Peter Bailey III was among those inside the mission. He and six other Kentuckians from Logan County had come to Texas seeking opportunity, fortune and or adventure. They paid the ultimate price and their names now echo in the hallowed halls of the history of Texas.

Peter was born in Logan County, KY, in 1812. He was a college graduate from Transylvania University in Kentucky. His sister, Nancy Hicks Bailey married Benjamin Franklin Nelms, nephew of John Archibald Nelms. Nine years later, John Arch and others arrived in the Republic of Texas from Logan County.

James Northcross was born in 1802, probably in Virginia. The son of Thomas Northcross and Hester McGlamre. When the smoke cleared at the Battle of the Alamo, James’ name was among the heroes who perished.

He was the 2nd cousin 5 times removed of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

"...According to information in the family, Col. Edwin Nelms (I think that was an honorary title) left Virginia with a veritable army of slaves, including craftsmen, to build a plantation, Edgewood, in Grimes Co., TX. When his plantation was completed, many of the slaves were returned to Virginia so that they might accompany his brother, I thought Presley, to GA to construct his plantation. Edwin Nelms had what was said to be the largest library west of the Mississippi, and one of his daughters, Edwina Moss Nelms, served as librarian. In that capacity she met and married John Henninger Reagan, Postmaster General of the Confederacy. Edwin and Diana had seven children, but they were unfortunate to have many early deaths." (email from LaFaye Sutkin to RCM 1/31/00).

Presley Nelms was the 3rd great grandfather of Roscoe Clinton Myers and Col. Edwin Nelms was Roscoe’s 3rd great granduncle.

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Susan Nelms was born in Logan County, KY. After marrying and having one son, her new young family joined other families, including her father’s, and moved to Peters Colony, TX. The small family homesteaded on White Rock Creek in later southwest Collin County. After only a year, during which she had another son, Susan became ill during a fever epidemic that swept along White Rock Creek. Susan and her newborn son died. Her husband returned to Kentucky and her living son stayed on in Texas living with Susan’s parents. She was the great grandmother of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

News came to Sutter’s Fort in California that a party of emigrants were snowed in at Donner Pass. Capt. Sutter asked for volunteers to form a rescue party. Among the 14 men that formed the party were Daniel Rhoads and John Pierce Rhoads, brothers. The brothers had been part of a group of emigrants who left Illinois and followed the Oregon Trail, some going to Oregon and some turning south to California. They were working on the Sinclair ranch near Sutter’s Fort when the news of the Donner party arrived.

Though most of the emigrants and some of the rescuers perished that winter on Donner Pass, a few of the emigrants were saved. The story of the emigrants being forced to cannibalism for survival is part of the well known lore of settling the West.

The Rhoads brothers were the second cousins, four times removed of our own Roscoe Clinton Myers.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

"...the most famous 19th century U. S. Supreme Court case." Dred Scott was the slave of army surgeon Dr John Emerson. Scott lived on a military base in the free state of Illinois and at Ft Snelling in Missouri Territory, later to be the state of Minnesota. In the "Missouri Compromise" of 1820, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and slavery was prohibited in the territory north of the new state, which was called Missouri Territory. After Dr Emerson died, Scott sued for his freedom and in 1850, a state court in St Louis declared him free. The Missouri State Supreme Court reversed the decision. Scott then sued in federal court. The U S District court upheld the Missouri Supreme Court decision. By the time the case reached the US Supreme Court (1857), slavery was the central issue of the day. The avidly pro-slavery Chief Justice Taney led the way to a 6-3 vote against Scott's claim. The decision outraged northerners and further inflamed the controversy. A few years later, the Civil War made the issue moot.---"The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court" page 796

Roswell Martin Field was the first lawyer retained by Dred Scott, to represent his cause. Roswell was born in 1807 in Windham County, Vt., and he died in 1869. Roswell’s son gained his own reputation as a journalist and a poet.

Roswell was the 4^th cousin 4 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

Marshall Field was born in 1835 in Conway, Ma. He became a retail business man and moved to Chicago. Eventually, his retail department store, "Marshall Field’s," became the largest retail outlet in the world. A Chicago radio station broadcast from the same building. Its call letters were WLS (World’s Largest Store).

Eugene Field was born in St. Louis, the son of a famous attorney. He studied journalism at the highly regarded journalism school at the University of Missouri. Eugene became a world renowned journalist and poet. He wrote poetry mostly for children including "Little Boy Blue" which he wrote after the death of his son. Often ignorant of the inspiration of the poem, many asked him to recite the poem in social gatherings and this upset his wife terribly.

"Wynken, Blynken and Nod" was another of his successful creations. Eugene Field died in Chicago, in1895.

He was the 5^th cousin 3 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

Benjamin Collins Field was born in Dorset, Vt. He was an attorney and a New York state senator. On a long business trip to Chicago aboard a train, he complained about not being able to sleep in the cramped cars then in use. He then designed a sleeper railroad car that would enable passengers to sleep more comfortably on long trips.

He and a partner, George M. Pullman, founded the Field and Pullman Co., and they called their creation the "Pullman Car."

Benjamin never married and he died in Albion, NY. He was the 5th cousin 3 times removed of Margaret May Harvey.

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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

John Samuel Beaty, Co H Texas 9th Inf & Mounted Texas 14th Cav. -gu of RCM.

Americas Leonidas Nelms, Co E 34th Texas Cav. -ggu of RCM.

Christopher Columbus Nelms, Co E 34th Texas Cav. -ggu of RCM.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Othaniel H. Field, Michigan Vols. -3c2xr of MMH.

David Ogle Reid, 1st Lt 45th Illinois Inf. -gu of MMH.

James Gillespie Reid, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers. -gu of MMH.

Robert Findlay Reid, Jr., Sgt Maj 45th Illinois Inf. -gf of MMH.

John Beaty grew up living with his mother’s family along Caney Creek in Texas. With the outbreak of hostilities, he served with the Mounted Texas 14th Cavalry in the CSA, Co. H. The unit was later the Texas 9th Infantry.

They served at the Battles of Locust Grove, Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Mansfield and Pleasant Hill.

On the evening of 23 September 1861 a company of CSA soldiers camped and spent the night at Myers Chapel. Kentucky was a border state and there were sympathizers for both sides of the conflict who were neighbors to each other.

One of the soldiers in the company was Moses Wicliffe. Moses had just resigned as sheriff of Muhlenberg County to enlist in the CSA army. While there was no direct relationship of Henry Myers to Moses Wickliffe, the Myers descendants would also be descendants of the Wickliffe family.

Robert Findlay Reid, Jr., and his two brothers volunteered for service in the US Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. Robert was a sergeant major in the 45th Illinois Infantry. He was at the Battle of Vicksburg and served with General Sherman in the March to the Sea and the later Carolina campaign. After the war, Robert marched in the Grand Parade in Washington, DC, in which the victorious Union Army was honored.

Robert was the grandfather of Margaret May Harvey.

David Ogle Reid volunteered and served in the 45th Illinois Infantry eventually rising to the rank of 1st lieutenant. In May 1863 he was with his unit along the Black River in Mississippi where he was wounded and captured. Fortune smiled on him and saved him from his brother’s fate. He was paroled and released. After recovering in an army hospital in Missouri, he returned to active duty. David volunteered to serve in a "colored regiment", however, before his request was considered, the war ended and he returned to civilian life.

David was the granduncle of Margaret May Harvey.

Othaniel was the 3rd cousin 2 times removed of Marbaret May Harvey.

D. C. Humphreys lived in Spring Station, Woodford County, KY, but, owned land in Muhlenberg County. He and Gilbert Vaught Rhoads were close friends and 2 letters from Humphreys to Rhoads have survived. They were written during the latter part of 1863.

Shortly before the war Alexander Todd arrived to oversee the Muhlenberg property for Humphreys, who was his uncle. Young Todd's father was Robert S. Todd, who by his first wife was the father of six children, among whom was Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. Young Todd's mother was Humphreys' sister, Elizabeth.

Alexander received an invitation to attend the inaugural of President Lincoln, his brother-in-law, March 4, 1861. Shortly after his return, he joined the southern army. He was killed at Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862.

After Young Todd's death, Gilbert Vaught Rhoads took over the management of Humphreys' Muhlenberg property for his old friend.

In the second letter, Humphreys tells Rhoads "My sister Mrs. Todd is now in Alabama where she got permission from President Lincoln to go for her daughter (who was married to General Helm who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga.)."

Gilbert Vaught Rhoads was the great granduncle of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

James Gillespie Reid volunteered for the 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers and served in the east. On 16 May 1864 he was wounded and captured at Drewry’s Bluff, VA. He was moved to the Confederate POW prison at Andersonville, GA. Because of the poor state of his health and the poor treatment of the prisoners, James died 16 October 1864 to become one of the many victims of the infamous prison. James is buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery.

James was the granduncle of Margaret May Harvey.

January 1, 1865

Dear Sir

At your request I will state what little I know of your brother, James. He was captured on the 16th. day of last May, and taken to Richmond; after being there a short time, he was taken to Andersonville, Georgia, at which place he remained until his death which happened on the 19th of October last. He was as lively as he possibly could be under the circumstances, until, owing to the bad treatment and miserable food we received, he took sick and after an illness of about three weeks of the diarrhia he died.

He seemed to be calm and collected while he was sick and said he never expected to get well. He often expressed a desire to see his relatives and friends before he would die, but at the same time he knew it couldn't be done. We spoke in particular of a lady friend he wished to see, but never told her name and I never thought of asking it, for I never expected to see home myself, and in that sense the name would have been of no use to me.

In regard to his money and watch, the money was taken from him by the rebels the day of his capture, but the watch he managed to conceal about his person, and he was lucky in keeping it, until after being at Andersonville for some time where he traded it for an overcoat, which was the only thing he had for shelter, until he died, and even that he was kind enough to share with me at night, I having nothing at all. The rebs took all our clothing except what we had on, in fact in most every case they took all but our shirt and pants, leaving us barefooted and bareheaded all the time we were in captivity. James was allowed to keep his shoes and hat which he, with the rest of us considered very lucky, his shoes, however being old, very soon got worn out.

If there is anything in particular that you wish to know, that I may have omitted, please write soon, for I shall take the field again in about three weeks, and seek revenge for my lost comrade; he was a dear friend to me and a dearer brother to you.

Yours with respect,

Samuel Cains

Harrisburg, Pa.

Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it."

Lincoln was President perhaps during the most dificult time in the history of the United States and was the first American President to be assassinated.

Thomas William Beaty was born in Kentucky in 1844. At the age of one, his family and other related families migrated to Peters Colony in Texas. After a year on White Rock Creek, Thomas’ mother and younger brother died of fever. His father returned to Kentucky and Thomas lived in Texas with his grandfather John Archibald Nelms.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Beaties and the Nelmses volunteered for the CSA army and served with the 34th Texas Cavalry. On 17 May 1864 Americas Leonidas Nelms, an uncle to Thomas, wrote home from the army to his wife Minerva Jane to tell her that he heard that "Will" had deserted.

"If he has (deserted) and they get him they will shoot him. I recen he is determined to have his own way and he will have [to] go for me."

There is a tradition in the Beaty family that Thomas had always objected to fighting what he called "a rich man’s war" in which the rich men in control lived comfortably back home and the poor common man was slaughtered in battle. The tradition goes on that he was captured and chained to an iron stove in a blacksmith shop with another prisoner. The two were able to utilize the available tools to break the chains and escape. About that time, the war ended and Thomas was prosecuted no further. His grandfather and other family members were active Freemasons and it was said that they used their influence with brother Freemasons in appropriate positions to drop the charges.

The family tradition is, whether rightly or wrongly, that Thomas’ behavior was not one of shame, but, rather an act of a principled man objecting to injustice the only way he knew how. From the tone of Americas’ letter, it seems that "Will" was known to be rather hard-headed.

Thomas William was the grandfather of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

James Gwinn Myers was born in Muhlenberg County, KY, 22 October 1824. Being a border state, sympathies among the population of Kentucky were divided between the North and the South. James was a strong abolitionist and supporter of the Northern cause. During the Civil War he lived among many who did not agree with his political views. Because of his poor health, James did not enlist into the Union Army but recruited many for the federal service in 1861 and 1862. James would suffer greatly for his federal sympathies.

He was the grand uncle of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

Although a galaxy of famous Republican speakers, and even Mark Twain, stumped for Rutherford Birchard Hayes, he did not expect to become President.. He expected the Democrats to win. When the first returns seemed to confirm this, Hayes went to bed, believing he had lost. But in New York, Republican National Chairman Zachariah Chandler, aware of a loophole, wired leaders to stand firm "Hayes has 185 votes and is elected." The popular vote apparently was 4,300,000 for Tilden to 4,036,000 for Hayes. Hayes's election depended upon contested electoral votes in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida. If all the disputed electoral votes went to Hayes, he would win; a single one would elect Tilden.

Months of uncertainty followed. In January 1877 Congress established an Electoral Commission to decide the dispute. The commission, made up of eight Republicans and seven Democrats, determined all the contests in favor of Hayes by eight to seven. The final electoral vote 185 to 184.

He was the 22nd cousin of Margaret May Harvey.

The most famous gunfight of the wild west. It happened in vacant lot #2, block 17 in Tombstone. Thirty-four year old Joseph Issac Clanton and his 19 year old brother William Harrison Clanton along with the McLaury brothers, Tom and Frank, face Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp, along with Wyatt’s friend Doc Holliday. Ike and Billie would go down in history as members of a notorious outlaw gang that experienced justice that day. In hindsight, the story told by history books and movies may not be accurate in labeling the good guys from the bad guys.

In any event, after it was over, Billie and the McLaurys are dead. Virgil and Morgan Earp are seriously wounded. Ike, Wyatt and Doc escape uninjured. Billie’s last words were "drive the crowd away".

Ike wanted the Earp’s and Holliday arrested for murder. In point of fact, they were and they were tried for murder, not once, but twice. They were acquitted. In the society of those times, the world of the west was too complex for good guy-bad guy labels. The Earps and Clantons had been feuding for a long time. Clantons were accused of cattle rustling and Wyatt and Doc may have muredered Old Man Clanton, Newman Haynes Clanton, the largest cattle rancher in Arizona. Doc may have held up a stage coach and murdered one of the passengers not long before the famous showdown.

Ike would be murdered in 1887 at Eagle Creek, AZ. Some say by a friend of Wyatt’s. The Gunfight at the OK Corral became a part of American history lore.

Ike and Billie were the fourth cousins, four times removed of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

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After making a name for himself in Cuba during the Spanish American War in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) became the 26th president of the United States and served two terms. He was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore was the sixth cousin three times removed of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

In 1910 Raymon German Rollins was a 14 year old farm boy in Hunt County, Tx. In 1986 he was a 91 year old retired farmer in Jackson County, Ok. On 9 February 1986 Halley’s Comet made its regular visit passing near Earth. Raymon commented that this was not the first time he had seen the comet and he was of the opinion that not many people could say that they had seen Halley’s Comet twice.

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The lavish Civil War epic movie "The Birth of a Nation" was the first feature length silent motion picture. Critics have acclaimed D. W. Griffith’s classic film as containing some of the most moving scenes ever filmed and masterful battle choreography. Nineteen-year-old actress Lillian Gish played the female leading part and was lauded for her performance. Gish also starred in such movies as "Duel in the Sun" (1946), with Gregory Peck and "Portrait of Jennie" (1948), with Joseph Cotten. Her career continued through the 1980’s.

Lillian and her actress sister, Dorothy (whose career spanned 6 decades and appeared in Otto Preminger’s "The Cardinal" (1963), were the 9th cousins of Margaret May Harvey.

During one of the low points in American history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) became the 32nd president of the United States. He led his country out of the Great Depression and through the Second World War, serving four terms and dying in office. Franklin was the fifth cousin of his wife Eleanor. Franklin was the sixth cousin, three times removed of our Roscoe Clinton Myers.

Eleanor Roosevelt is considered the first modern First Lady because of her humanitarian activities and her vocal opposition to segragation. She was the fifth cousin of her husband Franklin, the 32nd president, and the niece of Theodore, the 26th president. Eleanor was the sevent cousin twice removed of Roscoe Clinton Myers.

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On a trip to California in 1947 to visit his brothers Homer and Truman and their families, Roscoe Clinton Myers happened to be in Long Beach and witnessed the only flight of the Spruce Goose. This was the Hughes H-4 Hercules seaplane, featuring the longest wingspan of any aircraft in the world at 319 feet. The huge plane was made of plywood, hence the nickname, and its one and only flight lasted only a minute or two. Its pilot and owner was the inimitable Texas millionaire, Howard Hughes.

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Jack Owen Smiley, USMC

Around 1968, Roscoe Clinton Myers, on a trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, had the good fortune to meet Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.