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Ancestors of Roy Franklin Unger, Jr.

Generation No. 8

      128. Johannes (George?) Unger, born 1724 in Germany; died Bef. 1785 in Lancaster County, PA. He was the son of 256. Johannes George Unger. He married 129. Eva Lenhart Abt. 1758 in Lancaster County, PA.

      129. Eva Lenhart, born Abt. 1737 ³. She was the daughter of 258. Nicholas Lenhart?.

Notes for Johannes (George?) Unger:
1. Some researchers have his full name as Johannes David George Unger. Some researchers have his birth year as 1725-1730.

2. From the notes of John Newbraugh: Johannes Unger was on the ship Phoenix, which docked at Philadelphia, PA, on September 30, 1743. His wife in early Pennsylvania records was Anna Catherine, but by the time of the baptism of Johannes Nicholas, he had a second wife, Eva. C.W. Unger of Pottstown, PA, said that her name was Lenhart.

3. From the notes of Joy Henning: After searching all the Lutheran Reformed Church records available, I have concluded that Johannes Unger was married to Anna Catherine (she could be Anna Maria Catherine) Wider. If she is Wider, this wedding is recorded in church records of the Reformed Church of Lancaster, PA. John Unger, son of Valentine, married Anna Catherine Wider, daughter of John Michael Widder on March 4, 1746. From that marriage I believe came at least three children, John George, Anna Elizabeth, and John. No matter who the first wife was, Johannes and Anna Catherine had these children.

According to Henry Hollinger, Johannes Unger arrived with the Hollinger families in 1743. He believes that Johannes Unger and the Hollingers came from Waldmohr, Germany. He probably left Philadelphia very soon, traveling to the Lancaster area. Johannes first shows up on the Lancaster County tax records in 1758, Warwick Township. A John Unger continues to be on the tax records at least until 1790. However, in 1787, John Unger appears to lose his property because of unpaid debts. This is recorded in Deed Book W, Vol. 1, p. 509-512 (PA Archives). It is my guess that at least three of Johannes' sons left the Lancaster area when they were grown. I now think that this may not have been our John Unger, as Eva appears alone as a sponsor to a baptism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA, which would indicate that Johannes had already died. We know that Johannes Nicholas went to Virginia with the Hollingers, and that John went to Franklin County. I suspect that John George also moved west. It is my guess that Johannes and his wife, Eva, stayed in the Lancaster area. If Johannes was married in 1746 and came to America in 1743, counted as an adult, he must have been born at least by 1726. He probably died between 1780 and 1785. A John Unger appears on the Lancaster County tax rolls in 1800 but his age was only 26-46, so this must be another John Unger.

4. From the notes of Joy Henning: Johannes (George) Unger arrived in the United States on the ship Phoenix, which docked at the port of Philadelphia on September 30, 1743. He is listed on the passenger list as Johannes Ungar and his name is found just above the name of Christoff Holwer (Hollinger). Johannes signed his name with XX. Several earlier Unger/Hollinger researchers believe that this Johannes Unger was our ancestor. According to Henry Kline Hollinger, an Unger/Hollinger researcher who printed a report in 1960, Johannes Unger arrived in Philadelphia from Waldmohr, Germany. He said that in 1960 Ungers still lived there. Johannes Unger's son Johannes Nicholas Unger, by his marriage to Eva Foltz, was later to marry Christian Hollinger's daughter, Catherine. Some Unger researchers believe Johannes was named Johannes George but I can't verify that information. The name "George" does stay in the family for several generations, which would follow the German naming pattern. If Johannes was an adult when he arrived in 1743, then he was born at least by 1726. However, I have no proof of this.

According to Henry Hollinger, Johannes probably left Philadelphia very soon, traveling by wagon to the Lancaster, PA area, which had a large German population. I think it likely that Johannes was single when he came from Germany, but by 1748, he was married. The first provable fact I have found about Johannes Unger is the date of January 9, 1753. At that time he and his first wife, Anna Catherine, are living in Warwick Township of Lancaster County, PA and have a daughter, Anna Elizabeth, baptized at the Cocalico German Reformed Church. Johannes' wife is listed as Anna Catherine. It is my belief that Johannes had at least three children by his first wife Anna Catherine. No one knows who Anna Catherine was, but I did uncover a marriage record for a Johannes Unger and Maria Catherine Wider. This record states: "John Unger, son of Valentine, married Anna Catherine Wider, daughter of John Michael Widder, 4 March 1746, Lutheran Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA." If Anna Catherine was Anna Maria Catherine then this could be the marriage record of our Johannes. The time would fit in with everything we know about Johannes and I have not found other Ungers in Lancaster County at that time. However, it would seem that if Johannes Unger's father was named Valentine, traditionally that name would appear in the next generation. There is more work to be done here. I have had no luck in trying to find Ungers in Germany. The first tax record I could find for Johannes (John) Unger was in Lancaster County, Warwick Township, in 1758. A John Unger continues to be on the tax records at least until 1790, however, this may have been a son, John. One of the first difficulties I discovered in researching Johannes Unger was that in the German naming pattern, most male children were named Johannes. They always had a second name which was usually the name by which they were called. That means that a man could have several sons named John and in this country, some of the men went by John and some by their second name. Some other researchers believe that Johannes Unger was actually Johannes George Unger but in this country went by their name Johannes or John. That could be correct as the name "George" appears in the Unger naming pattern for several generations.

Johannes and his first wife Anna Catherine had children: 1. John George, born about 1748 (age arrived at given date of birth of his first child), 2. Anna Elizabeth, born January 8, 1753 (baptismal record), and 3. John, born March 23, 1755 (date he gave on Revolutionary War record). I believe these to be Johannes and Anna Catherine's children for the following reasons: 1. John George: Johannes and second wife Eva were listed as grandparents when son John George and Anna Maria had a daughter, Maria Elizabeth baptized in Lancaster County; 2. Anna Elizabeth: Johannes and wife Anna Catherine listed as parents for the baptism of their daughter, Anna Elizabeth; 3. John: At the baptism of his first child, the sponsors were Christian Hollinger and wife Eva and at the baptism of his second child Johannes Nicholas and wife Catherine (John's half brother and our ancestor) were sponsors.

Sometime after March 1755 and before the birth of Johannes Nicholas Unger in 1759, Anna Catherine, first wife of Johannes Unger, died. He then married Eva. Researcher Henry Kline Hollinger said that she was Eva Lenhart, daughter of Nicholas Lenhart. A Nicholas Lenhart arrived at the port of Philadelphia on September 5, 1748, and took the Oath of Allegiance at that time. Some Lenhart researchers believe that he may have been a brother of John Peter Lenhart who arrived in Philadelphia on September 15, 1748. I have spent a great deal of time discussing this with Lenhart (Leonhart, Lenherr) researchers but no one has been able to prove that Nicholas had a daughter named Eva who married Johannes Unger. Nicholas seems to disappear from the records.

The only child I can prove from this union is our ancestor Johannes Nicholas Unger, who was born on August 20, 1759, and baptized October 29, 1759 in the Cocalico German Reformed Church, Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., PA. The parents were listed as Johannes and Eva Unger.

I believe that Johannes Unger died between 1780-85. His wife, Eva, appears as a sponsor to a baptism in Lancaster County in 1785. She is listed alone which would indicate that perhaps Johannes Unger is already dead.

Lancaster County Tax Roll, Warwick Township:

1758 - John Unger, "renting"
1769 - John Unger, "renting"
1777 - Nicholas Unger, Warwick Township, takes Oath of Allegiance
1787 - John Unger loses or deeds property to Jacob Hershey
1781 - John Unger, Warwick Township, takes Oath of Alliegance
1782 - Nicholas Unger paid tax in Elizabeth Township County, 1 horse, 1 cow, no land
1790 - John Unger, Census, 1 male over 16, 5 females
1794 - Nicholas Unger on tax list in Lancaster County

It is unclear if these John Ungers are Johannes or one of his sons but I suspect that the John Ungers listed after 1785 were not Johannes (George) Unger. It is not believed that Johannes Unger followed his son, Nicholas, his wife Catherine Hollinger and her father Christian Hollinger, to Virginia in 1790. I have found no cemetery record or death record for either Eva or Johannes. I suspect that they died and are buried somewhere in Lancaster County, PA.

More About Johannes (George?) Unger:
Immigration: September 30, 1743, Ship Phoenix at Philadelphia, PA

Notes for Eva Lenhart:
1. Researcher Henry Kline Hollinger believes that Eva was a Lenhart and the daughter of Nicholas Lenhart. No record can yet be found of this.

2. From the notes of Joy Henning: Sometime after March 1755 and before the birth of Johannes Nicholas Unger in 1759, Anna Catherine, first wife of Johannes Unger, died. He then married Eva. Researcher Henry Kline Hollinger said that she was Eva Lenhart, daughter of Nicholas Lenhart. A Nicholas Lenhart arrived at the port of Philadelphia on September 5, 1748, and took the Oath of Allegiance at that time. Some Lenhart researchers believe that he may have been a brother of John Peter Lenhart who arrived in Philadelphia on September 15, 1748. I have spent a great deal of time discussing this with Lenhart (Leonhart, Lenherr) researchers but no one has been able to prove that Nicholas had a daughter named Eva who married Johannes Unger. Nicholas seems to disappear from the records.

Children of Johannes Unger and Eva Lenhart are:

64	i.	Johannes Nicholas Unger, born August 20, 1759 in Warick Township, Lancaster Co., PA; died Abt. 1814 in Berkeley/Morgan Co., WV; married Catherine Elizabeth Hollinger in Morgan Co, WV.
	ii.	Eva Lenhart Unger, born 1757.
	iii.	Peter Unger, born 1761.
	iv.	Henry Unger³

130. Christian Hollinger, born November 29, 1729 in Switzerland or Germany; died December 1802 in Berkeley County, VA. He married 131. Eva Dorothea Foltz 1755 in Warwick Twnship, Lancaster Co., PA.

131. Eva Dorothea Foltz, born Abt. 1738 in Germany; died Abt. 1798 in PA. She was the daughter of 262. Johannes Foltz and 263. Maria Eva Bluehan.

Notes for Christian Hollinger:
1. Name also spelled Hullinger.

More About Christian Hollinger:
Burial: 1802

Notes for Eva Dorothea Foltz:
1. Last name variably spelled Fultz.

More About Eva Dorothea Foltz:
Burial: 1798

Children of Christian Hollinger and Eva Foltz are:

Daniel Hollinger, born March 12, 1757 in Lancaster Co., PA; died July 22, 1839 in Champaign Co., OH; married Ann Shockey Abt. 1783 in Shenandoah Co., VA; born December 06, 1767 in Shenandoah Co., VA; died August 20, 1836 in Champaign Co., OH.

More About Daniel Hollinger:
Burial: 1839

More About Ann Shockey:
Burial: 1836

65	ii.	Catherine Elizabeth Hollinger, born August 07, 1760 in Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., PA; died October 20, 1831 in Morgan Co., WV; married Johannes Nicholas Unger in Morgan Co, WV.
	iii.	Maria Elizabeth Hollinger, born May 09, 1764.
	iv.	Eva Hollinger, born January 15, 1774.
	v.	Johann George Hollinger, born November 03, 1775.
	vi.	Johannes Hollinger, born September 01, 1777.
	vii.	Christian Hollinger, born May 14, 1780.
	viii.	Magdalena Hollinger, born October 03, 1781.

      152. William Albin He married 153. Mary Bruce Abt. 1738.

      153. Mary Bruce She was the daughter of 306. John Bruce.

Notes for William Albin:
1. From the Virginia Albin's, Chapter Two William Albin, Progenitor of the Albin Family of Old Frederick County (compiler unknown):

William Albin, by family tradition, was of English descent, and came to the colonies from Ireland. In trying to ascertain how and when he came into what is now Frederick County all known sources were researched, including other families who came about the same time. In addition, the compiler requested the Genealogical Office at Dublin Castle to conduct a preliminary survey of Ireland for the surname Albin. Their records contained only one Albin family in the 18th century, and that was in Rockmacreany in the parish of Kilmore and Barony of Oneiland West in County Armagh. The index to Armagh marriage bonds contained six which dated from the 18th century, the earliest being that for Robert Albin and Ann Linton in 1757. The earliest will in Armagh was that of James Albin of Rockmacreany, dated April 13, 1740. Three other early wills of Rockmacreany were that of John Albin on March 13, 1755, John Albin senior on April 16, 1756, and Francess Albin on May 19, 1758. The originals were destroyed in the fire at Dublin Castle in 1922. They found no evidence of the name Albin in Quaker records.

Consideration was given to the possibility that William might have been the son of Thomas Albin, mentioned in Chap. I, who settled on "Albin's Choice" along the Monocacy in 1724, but as mentioned there, his land was escheated because he had no heirs.

Another possibility, and one considered the most logical based on circumstantial evidence, was that William was a brother of James Albin of Chester County, PA, and that he came in with others from that area who migrated into Frederick County in the mid 1730's. It was known that James was the grandson of James Albin, of County Meath, Ireland, and a nephew of Margaret Albin Hunter, wife John Hunter, who came into Chester County about 1711. They had married in 1693 in County Meath, Ireland. Margaret (born 1668) was the daughter of James and Anne Albin. She claimed to be of French descent.

Margaret's father, James Albin, of County Meath, Ireland, formerly of Derbyshire, England, made his will on December 29, 1720, w hich was probated in the Prerogative Court about 1722. The original will, unfortunately, was destroyed in the fire in Dublin in 1922. Prior to that, however, Sir William Betham, Ulster King-of-Arms had indexed and took genealogical notes from each will, forming them into chart pedigrees, which are now deposited in the Office of Arms, Dublin. The following diagram illustrates the information found on microfilm in the LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. "Betham's Genealogical Abstracts, Prerogative Wills of Ireland."

JAMES ALBIN (wife ANNE) Yeoman, of Rogerstown, in County Meath, Ireland. Will dated Dec. 29, 1720. Wife, ANNE ALBIN & JOHN HUNTER: Executors.

CHILDREN: GRANDCHILDREN:
MARGARET HUNTER
ELIZABETH EVANS JOHN AND THOMAS EVANS
MARY GUEST
BARBARA DELANY
(?) CANSEY JAMES, MARGARET & ROBERT CANSEY
(?) Albin JAMES, ELIZABETH, WILLIAM & JOHN ALBIN

MARTIN DELANY, Gentleman, of Ballyfin in Queens Co. Wife: BARBARA, daughter of JAMES ALBIN of Rogerstown, Co. Meath. Martin's will dated Aug. 23, 1731, proved Nov. 24, 1731. Barbara's will dated May 25 1738, proved May 23 1739.

CHILDREN:
DAVID DELANY
MARTIN DELANY, Gentleman, of Ballybrittas, Queens Co. Wife, ANNA DOROTHEA, daughter of THOMAS FITZGERALD of Morett, Queens Co. Will dated Dec. 1, 1759, proved 1770.
CHILD OF MARTIN & ANNA DOROTHEA (FITZGERALD) DELANY:
FRANCES DELANY m JOHN LOFTUS
CHILD OF FRANCES (DELANY) & JOHN LOFTUS: JOHN DELANY LOFTUS
MALACHY DELANY, wife JANE, daughter of JOHN LABATTEM (?LEBATIER) of Mount Melick.
JAMES DELANY
JOHN DELANY

Following their daughter and son-in-law, Mary and William Hill, who had come earlier and settled in Middletown Twp., Captain John Hunter (born 1664) ahd his wife, Margaret (born 1668), daughter of James and Anne Albin, came to the colonies in 1711, settling in Newtown, Chester (now Delaware) Co., PA.

Here he purchased 350 acres and erected a mansion house "considered very pretentious in those days." According to Joy Steel Williams this was still standing (1958) a short distance back from the Westchester turnpike and a short distance from Newtown Square. He brought with him holster and pistol used in the Battle of the Boyne (1690 County Meath) and a wedding ring, inscribed "keep this in remembrance of me, 1693," both of which have been preserved in the family. He brought, also, materials and tools for building this house, and his mechanics accompanied him as "servants to this country."

His friend and former army buddy, Anthony Wayne (grandfather of the celebrated Rev. War General) followed in 1722, bringing two of Hunter's children who had not come with him - William, christened on December 31, 1706, and Martha, christened on October 21, 1708. Probably these two were considered too small to travel on the lengthy sea journey in 1711. There is some elusive evidence that the four Albin children, along with Mrs. Cansey, "believed to be an aunt of the Albin children," and her three children also accompanied Wayne on this voyage. This does seem quite likely, for Hunter, one of the executors of James Albin's estate was in the colonies already when James Albin died. Hunter and Wayne were related by marriage, as John Hunter's sister, Sarah, married William R. Van Leer, son of Samuel and Hannah (Wayne) Van Leer. In the colonies they were both vestrymen in St. David's Episcopal Church in Radnor, where sermons were preached in the Welsh language. John Hunter died in April 1734, and both he and Margaret are buried at St. David's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard.

It follows that Hunter, being the executor of James Albin's estate, would have the responsibility for the orphan grandchildren mentioned in Jame's estate. They would need to have guardians and perhaps be indentured to someone to see that they learned a trade to provide for their livelihood. The name of the father of these four children has never been determined. Because of the naming pattern followed in the Albin family, it seems likely that this name was Robert and that both he and his wife were deceased.

James Albin, born about 1708/1709, apparently the oldest of the four Albin grandchildren of James Albin of County Meath, Ireland, settled in Chester Co., PA, where he was a tailor by trade, later acquiring land, thus becoming a yeoman.

He married Jane Edge, daughter of John Edge, a Quaker, "without her mother's knowledge and consent." They had no children. He died on September 29, 1750, in Chester Co., PA, and is buried in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Concord Twp. beside his sister, Elizabeth Bennett, as requested in his will. Most of his estate was left to Elizabeth's children and to his cousin, Elizabeth Bennett, presumably the daughter of James Bennett by his second wife, Mary Hunter Hill, daughter of John and Margaret (Albin) Hunter.

Elizabeth (Albin) Bennett, his sister, born about 1713/1714, had married J ames Bennett of Middletown and Aston, a fuller by trade, whose mill was also on Darby Creek, near the mill of Robert Steel. She died on May 23, 1748 (age 36), leaving three children: Mary, who married Isaac Yarnall (he was disowned for marrying out of unity), Hannah, who married a Grubb, and James Bennett, Jr. She is buried in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Concord Twp. After her death, James Bennett maried Mary (Hunter) Hill, widow of William Hill, and daughter of John and Margaret (Albin) Hunter. He died on May 26, 1760, age 51.

A John Albin appears in the tax lists of London Grove Twp., Chester County in 1749/50. He may be the same John Albin who was a witness to the marriage of J ohn Pleasanton and Mary Campbell in Kent County, Delaware on January 10, 1749, along with, among others, Caesar Rodney, later one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and a governor of Delaware. Kent County adjoins Delaware County, PA. He could be the fourth mentioned Albin grandchild of James Albin of County Meath. To the knowledge of the writer, his line has not been researched.

Elizabeth Hunter, daughter of John and Margaret (Albin) Hunter, married 1) Robert Steel, who had a mill on Darby Creek, Chester Co., PA. After Steel's death (intestate) she married 2) Josiah Harvey and they went "to Virginia" (Frederick Co.?). She is said to have married a third time in 1738 in Virginia to J. Beeson. There was a Beeson family found early in what is now Berkeley Co., WV, but it is understood that they moved on into North Carolina. This may account for the tradition in Beeson family of the Elizabeth Hunter who handed down in the Beeson family two pewter platters. The compiler was told this story by a Beeson descendant who had married an Albin descendant and was then living in Delaware Co., Indiana (1973). The writer has not investigated further.

It has also been reported that Capt. William Hunter, born about 1709, also came into Virginia, and that there he married in 1740, Hannah Woodward. He has not been located in Frederick Cou., so he also may have moved on southward. Based on this information, it is quite possible that William Albin came at the same time with his two cousins. If the order of birth is the same as the order in the will of James Albin, he probably was born about 1710/12.

The exact time of his coming to what is now Frederick County is not known, but about 1738/9 he married MARY BRUCE, daughter of John Bruce (christened on June 3, 1715 in Aberdeen, Scotland?). It is believed that William probably was in Frederick Co. on or before 1738, because his oldest son, John, was born there about 1739/40 according to John's son George Albin. John Bruce is believed to have come about 1736, settling on Red Bud Run, branch of the Opeckon. He was living on land on the south side of Red Bud Run about two miles east of Winchester. In his will of 1747, he mentions his son-in-law, William Albin. (See Will of John Bruce, November 4th, 1747, Frederick Co., VA, following page 20). Also named were John's daughters, Mary Albin, Margaret Carter, wife of Richard Carter, and Ann Bruce, who later married James McCoy, one of the witnesses to the will. Sons James and George were executors and inherited their father's land, including the land bequeathed to John by Hugh Parrell.

John Albin's daughter, Sarah (Albin) Lambert, is recorded in the 1870 census as stating (or her children for her, as she was quite elderly) that both of ther parents were foreign born. Her brother George, however, indicated that his father was born near Winchester, VA. Since George was the younger, and his mind probably more alert, his information is probably correct. He was very interested in family history. The family records he maintained were very complete so some credence can be given to his information.

The first record of William Albin found in Frederick County, however, was in 1745, when he declared himself a titheable. Alexander Ross declared himself and his sons the same year and Ross is believed to have been there in the early 1730's. This appears to be the earliest record of titheables in Frederick Co. although individuals had made oath previously in Orange Co. Apparently Frederick Co. was just getting organized after it was formed from Orange Co.

The land records indicate that William Albin applied for warrants for a total of one thousand seventy-eight acres from Fairfax, just north of of Red Bud, and west of the Opeckon. But from whom he made his original purchase, before Fairfax entered the picture about 1748, we have found no record. Cartmell hints that these settlers probably purchased from one of Jost Hite's sons.

Can the reader imagine what a state of panic must have been aroused among the settlers when Thomas Lord Fairfax came to the colonies, settling southeast of Winchester, and informed everyone that he owned the land upon which they were living? Land which they had purchased from others or who had received the land from the governor of Virginia. The settlers were to learn that this double and sometimes triple ownership of lands was to occur time and time again as they made their way westward into new areas of settlement. This was largely due to the fact that there were no clear cut laws as to who had the authority to grant land.

Only one man, Jost Hite, who had sold much of this land to the settlers, decided to contest Fairfax. He got together with others and filed suit against him. This suit was continued in the courts until 1771, and all the original parties were deceased. Hite and his supporters won his suit, but he didn't live to know about it. Fairfax himself died a few years later. After independence from Britain was declared and won, quit rents became a thing of the past, and anyone who bought land could own it outright.

William Albin, like many of his neighbors and Quaker friends, paid his filing fees to obtain warrants from Fairfax. No doubt their experiences in Ireland had conditioned them to expect that it was futile to try to win against the English nobility. After they had paid for and received their warrants, they next had to have a new survey made, which meant more expense. It was little wonder that money was so scarce in that period of ten or fifteen years after Fairfax came into the county, that neighbor was filing suit aainst neighbor for unpaid debts.

The first plot for which Albin obtained a warrant (copy missing) was for four hundred acres on Red Bud Run, joining Hugh Parrell. He sold this warrant to Thomas Sperry/Perry, who had it surveyed on March 14, 1750/1. The second warrant was dated February 15, 1752, for 200 acres, which he sold to James Agen/Hagen, who in turn sold it to George Meret, who had it surveyed on
March 26, 1754. The survey showed 239 acres. The third plot was for two hundred fifty-six acres, lying just northeast of the first. This warrant, dated March 27, 1753, he sold to Earnest Andrews, who had it surveyed on March 26, 1754. These plots surrounded on three sides the 189 acres that William Albin kept for himself.

So out of the original purchase, he retained only 189 acres. The warrant was dated September 21, 1751, and the survey was done on November 24, 1752. (See Fold-Out "Map of Original Surveys Along Red Bud Run and the Opeckon, Frederick County, VA," researched and prepared by the compiler, located at the end of this chapter.) He must have been a young and vigorous man (his early twenties) with dreams of making a success when he first arrived in this new country, and not without means to be able to purchase so much land. Perhaps he was buying enough so each of his sons would have a farm for himself. But with the coming of Fairfax, he had to come up with the additional money to pay for the land again, plus the cost of a second survey. Now the land would not be entirely his, for Fairfax would collect his annual 'quit rent.' What a discouraging turn of affairs. It was no better than it had been back in Ireland. With money so scarce, he must have decided that he had better save only a portion of the original purchase.

The old court minutes contain some interesting entries which tell us something about William Albin, but they are sketchy. They are listed here in sequence to give us a somewhat incomplete picture of his life and times.

Order Books 3 p. 372, 16 Feb. 1751. For examination of Robert Bird on suspicion of feloniously murdering his own child - Witnesses were William Albin, Charles Burns, Thomas Wyat, Stephen Russell and Ann Burns. Court says not guilty. The record of this suit should be in the Archives of the Virginia State Archives, but so far it has not been found.

In October of 1751, William Albin co-signed a note for William Taylor. This note, signed with his unique mark, which he also used in other documents, so apparently did not read or write

Children of William Albin and Mary Bruce are:

	76	i.		Robert Albin, born Abt. 1745; died 1814 in Frederick County, VA; married (1) Anne; married (2) Elizabeth Aft. 1791.
		ii.		John Albin

More About John Albin:
Residence: Harrison Co., VA

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