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Ancestors of Austin Reed Spainhour
2048.Wernhardt Spainhour, born June 25, 1651 in Muttenz, Switzerland; died May 02, 1713 in Muttenz, Switzerland.He was the son of 4096. Hans Spainhour and 4097. Elsbeth Suss.He married 2049. Barbara Seiler June 23, 1679 in Muttenz, Switzerland.
2049.Barbara Seiler, born November 11, 1649 in Muttenz, Switzerland; died February 26, 1708 in Muttenz, Switzerland.She was the daughter of 4098. Arbogast Seiler and 4099. Barbara Dietler.
Children of Wernhardt Spainhour and Barbara Seiler are:
1024 | i. | Wernhardt Spainhour, born February 19, 1688 in Muttenz, Switzerland; died March 03, 1737 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Elsbeth Spittler June 11, 1714 in Pratteln Switzerland. |
ii. | Katherina Spainhour, born October 31, 1680 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Hans Jacob Pfau March 10, 1710. |
Notes for Hans Jacob Pfau: Couple Emigrated to America 1740 Rotterdam-Philadelphia Ship "Friendship" |
iii. | Barbara Spainhour, born April 29, 1683 in Muttenz, Switzerland; died August 28, 1733 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Hans Jakob Urbin January 08, 1708. |
iv. | Hans Spainhour, born December 20, 1685 in Muttenz, Switzerland; died August 31, 1731 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Maria Pfirter January 04, 1711 in Muttenz, Switzerland. |
v. | Niklaus Austin Spainhour, born 1690 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Ursula Schaub September 21, 1722. |
Notes for Niklaus Austin Spainhour: This couple emigrated to America in 1740 Ship "Friendship" Rotterdam to Philadelphia |
vi. | Elisabeth Spainhour, born March 17, 1692 in Muttenz, Switzerland; married Heinrich Brodbeck 1717. |
Notes for Heinrich Brodbeck: This Couple emigrated to America in 1740 " Ship Friendship" Rotterdam to Philadelphia |
2061.Margaretha Herner.
Child of Georg Romig and Margaretha Herner is:
1030 | i. | Johann Adam Romig, born 1689 in Neidenstein, Palatinate; married Agnes Margaretha Bernhardt 1712 in Ittlingen. |
2063.Elisabetha.
Child of Nicholaus Bernhardt and Elisabetha is:
1031 | i. | Agnes Margaretha Bernhardt, born 1687; died 1735; married Johann Adam Romig 1712 in Ittlingen. |
2305.Mary Hoge, born 1688; died Bef. 1755 in Prince William County Virginia.She was the daughter of 4610. William Hoge and 4611. Barbara Hume.
Notes for Mark Hardin:
Mark Hardin son of Martin and Madeleine (du Sauchoy) Hardin, was born on Staten Island in 1681, and died in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1735.His wife was named Mary, and a long standing family tradition states that her maiden name was Hogue [Chapter 25], though no actual record of her antecedents has been found.Mark Hardin first appears in the Virginia records in Northumberland County, 7 April 1707, when he was deeded 50 acres of land by the heirs of John Melton, deceased.On 22 September 1715 he had a runaway servant returned to him by William Barnes of Maryland.While still living in Northumberland County, he had in 1716 two grants of 94 acres and 122½ acres in Richmond County.On 14 March 1720 Mark Hardin and Mary his wife of Richmond County deeded away the land that he had bought in Northumberland County in 1707.A grant for 642 acres in Stafford County 4 March 1722/3 calls him Mark Hardin of King George County,and another 232 acres in Stafford County was granted him 24 July 1724.All or most of this land was in what later became the Elk Run district of Prince William County, not far from Germantown, and there Mark Hardin died March-May, 1735.His will, dated 16 March 1734/5 and probated in Prince William County, Virginia, 21 May 1735 [see below],leaves land to his eldest son John, and his other sons, Martin, Mark, and Henry, with the stipulation that if any of the three last-named sons die without issue, their land is to fall to the daughters Ann and Alice Hardin; to the daughter Elizabeth Hardin he also leaves 100 acres of land bought of James McDoneill; to sons and daughter, John, Martin, Mark, Henry and Martha McDonheill 2 shillings each; wife to be satisfied with her dower in the 200 acres left to the son Mark; after the wife’s decease, the rest of the estate to be divided among the 5 daughters, Abigail, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth and Alice; wife Mary and sons John and Martin, executors.The will indicates practically positively that none of the children was married, except Martha McDonald and perhaps John.The widow, Mary, survived her husband, but must have died prior to 24 March 1755, when the son Mark, in whose land she had a dower right, deeded his land to his brother Martin. ”
“Of the children of Mark and Mary Hardin, the sons will be treated in subsections to follow.Practically nothing is known of the daughters.Martha McDonald was already married 1734/5, probably to James McDonald, mentioned in the will.A tradition in the Cloud family, given me by Miss I. Hardin, states that the daughter, Alice, m. William Cloud, who d. 1811 in Fairfield Co., S.C., and had issue, Joseph, Anna Conphill, James, Alice Boylston, Daniel, and a daughter who m. a Bell.We have given reason to think that the daughter Ann or Nancy became the wife of Henry Holtzclaw (1711-1778).A note states that Mary Hardin probably m. Robert Hones.The daughter Elizabeth seems never to have married and to have died about 1752/3, for the Prince William County rental of 1752 shows her with the 100 acres left her by her father, but she does not appear in succeeding land-lists.”
“I have found no record to indicate that Mark was ever requested to do any public serv-ice, except for his work in appraising and dividing the estates of his immediate neighbors in King George County, in 1726-7.He was evidently not a political or social insider, although he appears to have received perfectly decent treatment by the Court in Northumberland County, even when he was probably quite young.
“Mark obtained his first land (as far as we know) when Northumberland County was al-ready quite densely settled.There is no indication that he arrived as part of any group, and he appears to have moved west entirely on his own.Only Jeffery Johnson, of Mark’s neighbors on Dutchman’s Run or Elk Run, came from Northumberland County.
“Mark probably attended the Church of England — at least he did not draw the critical attention of the Grand Jury of King George County in 1721, when his neighbors Timothy and Sarah Reading were presented to the Court for failure to attend church.The court subsequently accepted their explanation that they were Presbyterians.Mark’s neighbors, like Mark himself and his son-in-law James McDonnell, were all literate (at least they could write their names).Literacy was not too widespread in the frontier area.
“When Mark needed an attorney, and when Mary and John Hardin needed someone to back their Executor’s bonds, they turned to prominent members of the establishment.The spell-ing of Mark’s will is much more idiosyncratic than that of the court clerks or land agents, sug-gesting that it was written by Mark himself, rather than by a lawyer or clerk.On the other hand, the terminology of the will is completely conventional, showing that whoever wrote it knew per-fectly well what the courts were used to seeing.
“James McDonnell, Martha Hardin’s husband, seems to first appear in the records of King George County, in late 1730.Martha had a dower right in James’ land on Kettle Run, but I have not found a record of their purchase of that land.In any event, Martha seems to have been one of the older children of Mark and Mary, perhaps even the oldest.
“Finally, I offer the following speculation about the origins of Mark and Mary, merely to suggest where one might look for clues.I start with Judge Rigsby’s suggestion that Mary’s maiden name may have been Hogue, hastening to point out that I have seen no proof that it was.I note, however, that many Hogues came from Scotland, and that there was a very substantial Scot-tish element in Northumberland County when we first find Mark there.A major Scottish settle-ment was established a couple of decades earlier in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.Perth Amboy is only a stone’s throw from Staten Island, where we find the last record of Martyn Hardewyn, in 1685.If you are attracted to the theory that Mark Hardin of Wiccocomico Parish, Virginia, is the same as Marcus, the son of Martyn Harden and Magdalena de Soison, who was baptized 26 Nov 1681 at the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City, then you may want to search the records of Perth Amboy for any signs of Hardins in the period 1685 to 1705.
“...He obtained two grants in 1716, of 122½ and 94 acres; another for 642 acres on Elk Run in 1723 and still another for 232 acres on Mars Run in 1724.He sold 354 acres of land on Mars Run in 1733, apparently taking in exchange 300 acres of land from James McDonnell on the South branch of Kettle Run.He was still in possession of the Elk and Kettle Run tracts, comprising 942 acres at the time of his death, which he disposed of by will.
“Virginia authorities, such as Stannard, say that the Hardin family lived in St. Paul’s Parish for several generations before Mark Hardin took up land in Fauquier...”
Children of Mark Hardin and Mary Hoge are:
1152 | i. | Henry Hardin, born in Prince William County Virginia; died 1794 in Pittsylvania Virginia; married Judith Lynch Abt. 1732 in Virginia. |
ii. | Martin Hardin, born Abt. 1716 in Northumberland County,VA; died 1780 in Monongahela County,PA; married Lydia Waters. |
Notes for Martin Hardin: [Comment:A Lydia Hardin was granted 200 acres in Jefferson County, Ky., “on Sov-erns Run” in 1782,so it would appear that the widow of Martin Hardin moved to Ken-tucky with the other members of the Hardin clan.] “Martin Hardin, a descendant of one of the above brothers, was born about 1720.Known as ‘Ruffled Shirt Martin,’ he is said to have operated an ordinary (tavern) on or near Elk Creek, in Virginia, and he served in the French and Indian War.Following that, about 1765, he moved his family, consisting of his wife Lydia Waters and their four daughters and three sons, all born in Virginia between the years 1741 and 1760, to George’s Creek, on the Monongahela River in that section of Pennsylvania that is presently Fayette County.He had married Lydia Waters about the year 1740.” “According to the Ellis History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Martin Hardin married Elizabeth Hoa-gland, by whom he had seven children, in addition to Colonel John Hardin.(This is at variance with other data listing Martin Hardin as marrying Lydia Waters, and having seven children, including John.)” |
iii. | John Hardin ,Sr, born Abt. 1711 in Stafford County, Virginia; died 1789 in Nelson County, Kentucky; married Catherine Marr. |
Notes for John Hardin ,Sr: “Major John Hardin, son of Mark Hardin, and designated as John Hardin, Sr., was born about 1710, probably in Stafford County, Virginia, possibly in the Mars Elk Run Section, where he was reared, and which later became successively Prince William County in 1738, and Fauquier County in 1759.He, with his brother, Martin, was named an Executor of his father’s will.Soon after 1740 he moved to Frederick County, Virginia; took a promi-nent part in the organization of that county; built the first stone courthouse; was Sheriff, Lieutenant and Captain of the Frederick County Militia; served in the French and Indian War; and engaged in some sort of business which required numerous suits in the courts for the collection of his accounts.After 1760 he bought several tracts of land in Patterson Creek Valley in Hampshire County, Virginia [now West Virginia], and moved to that county in 1762.In 1767-69 he was one of the pioneer settlers on Georges Creek, in the Monongahela Valley, now Springfield Town-ship, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.He and his sons John, Mark, and William and Benjamin, along with his brother, Martin, his brother, Mark, and Captain James Neal, husband of Hannah Hardin, and son-in-law of Martin Hardin, were ready to file applications for surveys in Pennsylvania when the first land office opened in April 1769.John was the most dominant figure of his generation; prominent in border defense during he Revolutionary War; spoken of as Major, either by right or by courtesy; he became a Virginia patriot and a warm supporter of General George Rogers Clark; was one of the first Justices of Monongahela County, Virginia; built boats, and equipped militia and other expeditions.He went along to Kentucky with his sons about 1786 and was killed by the Indians in 1789 about a mile out of Hardinsburg, the town built by his son William (Indian Bill), on the Brandenburg Road.... “Major John Hardin Sr. married Catherine Marr (name appears only in Deeds), about 1730 in Prince Wil-liam (then Stafford County), Virginia. |
iv. | Mark Hardin, married Elizabeth Ashby. |
v. | Ann Hardin, married Henry Holtzclaw. |
vi. | Alice Hardin, married William Cloud. |
vii. | Elizabeth Hardin. |
viii. | Martha Hardin, married James McDonald. |
ix. | Abigail Hardin. |
x. | Mary Hardin, married Robert Jones. |
2307.Miss Head, born Abt. 1663 in Groves County, Kent, England.
Children of John Lynch and Miss Head are:
1153 | i. | Judith Lynch, born Abt. 1711; died Aft. 1804 in Kentucky; married Henry Hardin Abt. 1732 in Virginia. |
ii. | John Lynch, born 1697. |
2313.Mcallister, born Abt. 1670 in Virginia.
Children of Abraham Cooke and Mcallister are:
1156 | i. | Benjamin Cook, born Abt. 1702 in Virginia; died 1759 in Hanover, VA. |
ii. | Matthew Cook, born Abt. 1690. |
iii. | Hannah Cook, born Abt. 1691. |
iv. | Abraham Cook, born Abt. 1700. |
v. | William Cook, born Abt. 1701. |
vi. | John Cook, born Abt. 1703. |
Children of William Hearne are:
1160 | i. | William Hearne, married Elizabeth Williams. |
ii. | Thomas Hearne. |
2329.Tabitha Truitt, born 1688 in Virginia; died 1745 in Virginia.She was the daughter of 4658. George Truitt and 4659. Eleanor Meredith.
Children of John Parker and Tabitha Truitt are:
1164 | i. | George Parker, born 1700 in Accomock County, VA; died 1770 in Worcester County, MD; married Sarah Warren. |
ii. | John Parker, born 1702. |
iii. | Tabitha Parker, born 1704; married James Nicholas 1730. |
iv. | Philip Parker, born 1706. |
v. | Charles Parker, born 1708. |
vi. | Samuel Parker, born 1710. |
vii. | Eleanor Parker, born 1712; married Lazarius Dennis 1738. |
viii. | Sarah Parker, born 1714; married John Dennis 1740. |
ix. | Leah Parker, born 1716; died in Maryland; married John Turner 1730 in Maryland. |
2449.Dorthy Hargrave, born September 28, 1645 in Holbecke, Yorkshire, England; died April 05, 1693 in Leeds, England.She was the daughter of 4898. Adam Hargrave and 4899. Elizabeth Muncton.
Notes for Michael Gilbert , Jr:
Michael Gilbert (Jr)
Headmaster, Leeds Grammar School
At Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Following are chronological events in the life of Michael Gilbert (Jr) from Robert W Barnes, Baltimore County Families 1659-1759, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989. (Genealogical Data furnished by Mrs Harold Hannon of Bloomington, Illinois) and Horace E Gilbert, 1142 Highcliff Court, Cincinnati OH 45224:
7 Feb 1642 - Michael Gilbert (Jr), (son of Michael Gilbert (Sr) and Mary Coolston), was born at Aldborough (Parish, Boroughbridge), Yorkshire, England (Records of St Andrew’s Church, Aldborough Parish, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England).
25 May 1658 - Michael Gilbert (Jr) matriculated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, England at age 16, where he obtained his B.A. degree.
1662 - Michael Gilbert (Jr) was ordained a deacon at Lincoln, then he became a Curate (priest), and was Head Master of Leeds Grammar School from 1662 until 1690.
1 Mar 1668 - Michael Gilbert (Jr) married Dorothy Hargrave at Leeds, Yorkshire, England (From records of St Peter’s Church, Leeds, Yorkshire, England). According to Neal A Anthony, 14 Driscoll Dr, Framingham MA 01701, Dorothy Hargrave was a daughter of Adam Hargrave (1585 - 2 Mar 1652) and Elizabeth Muncton (married 1 Nov 1615) and a granddaughter of Adam Hargrave. Dorothy was born 28 Sep 1645 at Holbecke, Yorkshire, England and died 5 Apr 1693 at Leeds, Yorkshire, England. According to Horace E Gilbert, 1142 Highcliff Court, Cincinnati OH 45224, Michael Gilbert Jr and his family lived on New Chapel Road, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Following are children of Michael Gilbert (Jr) (from Larry D Gilbert, editor, Gilbert Genealogy, Vol 1, No 4, 3826 Holliday Road, Dallas TX 75224-4136 citing The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Yorkshire, 1974, Vol 1, reprinted from original edition of 1907, and Marcum, The Way it Was With Our Ancestors, 1982, with additional material furnished by Neil A Anthony, 14 Driscoll Dr, Framingham MA 01701):
Children of Michael Gilbert and Dorthy Hargrave are:
1224 | i. | Garvis Gilbert , Sr, born April 15, 1680 in Leeds, England; died June 05, 1739 in Maryland; married (1) Margaret . Abt. 1706 in Maryland; married (2) Mary . Abt. 1716 in Maryland. |
ii. | Michael Gilbert III, born January 24, 1669 in England. |
iii. | Mary Gilbert, born February 06, 1670 in England. |
iv. | Robert Gilbert, born September 04, 1673 in England. |
v. | Thomas Gilbert, born August 12, 1676 in England. |
vi. | Charles Gilbert, born April 11, 1684 in England. |