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Abraham Hempinstall was born in the state of New York and descended from a Dutch family.
---- Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, October 30, 1848
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Proposed Genealogy: Isaac Applestall of Dutchess County, NY was the father of John, Abraham, and Isaac Applestall/Haptonstall
The fate of John Applestall after 1755 is unknown.
Abraham and Isaac moved to Orange Co., NY. Abraham's son Abraham Jr. was born there. By the mid 1760's Abraham Sr. moved to Virginia, leaving his son in Orange Co.
During the Revolutionary War, Isaac and Abraham Jr. served in different Orange County military units.
In the 1780's Abraham Sr., Abraham Jr., and Isaac lived in Greenbrier Co., VA. Abraham Sr. later moved to Kentucky. Abraham Jr. later moved to Ohio.
In his 1814 will, recorded in Shelby Co., Kentucky, Abraham Sr. mentioned a brother Isaac and a sister Elenor Nap (Knap). There was no mention of other siblings.
A. Isaac Applestall of Dutchess County, NY
According to tax records, there was an Isaac APPELSTALL who lived in Rumbouts Precinct, Dutchess Co., NY from 1738 to at least 1748 (after which there was a gap in the records).
Secondly, church records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY for 2 September 1744 listed an "Annatije Ouken, wife of Isaak Haptonstaal".
Thirdly, the 29 October 1751 will of William Barnes of Rombout Precinct listed as a witness Isaac Heptonstall. See below.
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Tax Lists of Dutchess County, New York for 1729-1757 (1749-1752 missing) and for 1764-1779
Dutchess County Tax list v. C-E 1729-1757 Film 925054 DGS 8136136 (662 Images)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008136136?cat=237293
Book of Taxes 1729 to 1748 - Volume C
Image 113 of 662 : p. 167 South Ward Precinct Feb 1737/8 Isack appelStaell (8th name down)
Image 127 of 662 : p. 186b Fishkill Precinct Feb 1738/9 Isack apponstal (2nd name from bottom)
P. 210 Fishkill Precinct Feb 1739/40 Isack Apponstal
P. 218 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1740/41 Isaac Applestal
P. 239 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1741[1742] Isaac Applestall
P. 274 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1742/3 Isaac Applestall
P. 287 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1743/4 Isaac Applestall
(P.288 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1743/4 William Barnes -- see his will below)
P. 324 Rumbout Precinct Feb 1744/5 Isaac Applestall
P. 350 Rumbouts Feb 1745/6 Isaac Applestall
P. 391 Rumbout June 1746 Isaac Applestall
P. 407 Rumbout Feb 1746/7 Isaac Applestall
P. 439 Rumbouts June 1747 Isaac Applestall
Image 308 of 662 : p. 487 Rombout Feb 1747/8 Isaac AppleStall
Image 326 of 662 : p. 522 Rombout June 1748 Isaac Applestall
(The records for Volume D (1749 to 1752) were missing. I didn't find Isaac Applestall in the
subsequent tax lists which I checked. Note that he must have been there in Oct 1751 in order
to have been a witness to William Barnes' will.)
Updated source notes:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/237293?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Tax list, 1717-1779, supervisors records, 1771-1794
Authors: Dutchess County (New York). County Supervisor (Main Author)
Film/Digital Notes (This family history center has 5 of 5 films/fiche.)
Tax list v. A-B 1717-1747 Film 925907 DGS 7903001 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007903001?cat=237293 (240 Images)
Tax list v. C-E 1729-1757 Film 925054 DGS 8136136 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008136136?cat=237293 (662 Images)
Tax list v. F-G 1757-1764 Film 925902 DGS 7902981 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007902981?cat=237293 (632 Images)
Tax list v. H-I 1764-1779 Film 925055 DGS 7902998 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007902998?cat=237293 (717 Images)
Supervisors records 1771-1794 [not digitized]
To view these images you must do one of the following:
Access the site at a family history center.
Access the site at a FamilySearch affiliate library.
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See also this reference:
http://www.teachout.org/du/nan/rombout.html
"Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York that was included in the Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill," collected by William Willis Reese, President of the Dutchess County Historical Society and edited by Helen Wilkerson Reynolds, from Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, Volume 6, 1938. Published by the Society.
List of Tax-Payers of the original town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY
This list gives the names of taxpayers of the South Ward from January 1717/1718 through February 1737/1738; of the "Fishkills prisings" in February, 1738/1739, and February 1739/1740; and of Rombout Precinct from February 1740/1741 through 1779, lacking only seven years. The volume which contained the lists for 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752 has been lost. The lists for 1764 and 1776 were not entered. In 1777, 1779, 1780 all lists were not filed for each year but the list for Rombout Precinct was omitted only in 1780.
The territory constituting the South Ward included the present Putnam County, New York (set off from Dutchess in 1812). It extended from the boundary of Westchester County northward to a line between Hudson's River and the Colony of Connecticut. That line began at the river at the mouth of the Wappingers Creek and ran inland due east.
When wards were abolished and precincts laid out, Rombout precinct (at first called "the Fishkills") was created. It did not include the area which is now Putnam County, but conformed very nearly to the boundaries of the tract of land, title to which was covered by the Rombout Patent**. Rombout Precinct was equivalent to the area now divided into the towns of Fishkill, East Fishkill, Wappinger and the west half of the town of La Grange.
** [Note: See a map of the Rombout Patent at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nydutche/crownmap.htm]
A small part of the tract of land covered by the Rombout Patent was not included in the South Ward. It lay in the Middle Ward, at what is now the north end of the Town of La Grange and the eastern part of the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Another small part of the tract of land covered by the patent was left out of Rombout Precinct, namely a strip, five-hundred rods wide, lying on the west side of the Wappingers Creek, in what was then Poughkeepsie Precinct and is now the town of Poughkeepsie.
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Appelstaell, Isack; 1738-1748
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Barns, William; 1742-1748, 1753
Barns, Widow of William; 1754-1760
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Loosey, Loosie, Loossie, Losee, Losie, Lossie:
Lawrence; 1729-1748, 1753-1755
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Ocken, Martin; 1740 [Ocken is similar to Ouken, as in Annatje Ouken wife of Isaak Haptonstaal]
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Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New
York 1731-1850 (from FHC microfilm #514682 item 1)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007896034?cat=113436
Film # 007896034
Image 171 of 1052
Page 159
Church members of Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill
1744, Sept 2 ... Annatje Ouken wife of Isaak Haptonstaal...
[note: Under the Dutch system, the woman did not change her name upon marriage. Thus Ouken was the maiden name of Isaak's wife.]
However, another source for these same records indicates that for many of the names appearing under 2 Sept 1744, including Annatje Ouken, the dates they became church members are unknown:
Item 3: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, N.Y., 1727-1777
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007897688?cat=219672
Film # 007897688
Image 343 of 807 [Image 344 is a duplicate]
Page.136
1744
Sept. 2 The following were admitted by Dom. Du Bois:
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No year or date or mode of admittance:
Jacobus Buys wife
Catrina Storm
Tomus Weybert
Annaatje Ouken wife of Isaak Haptonstall
Jacobus Verplank
…
This list concludes on page 138.
QUESTION:
Were Annatje and Isaac the parents of Abraham (d. 1814 Shelby Co., KY)
and Isaac (d. 1832 Greenbrier Co., VA) and their sister Eleanor Nap/Knap?
[note: A contemporary member of this Fishkill church was a Laurens
Losee. Were the Losee and Haptonstall families kinfolk who migrated
together from Queens to Dutchess County?]
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Isaac Heptonstall was appointed to take inventory of the estate Susanah Buckhout Glean on 2 Apr 1750. This document is important because in one place his name is given as "ISack Appelstall" and in another place as "Isaac heptonstall" (or haptonstall) :
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-35088-23414-21?cc=1920234&wc=M9S9-KS4:1128670978
New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971Dutchess > Ancient documents 1721-1862 no 352-787 > Image 70 of 1403
Anno: 1750: Aprill: the 2 Day than
wie ISack Appelstall and Jacobus Ter Bos
whas Called upon by William Barranee all
of Rombout precinct in Duches County to
Taek Infetary of all the goods which Did belong to
Susanna Glian Laat Deseased at the houys of
Said William Barranee and whereas follows --
To One father Bead piller and Bolster £2.0.0
To 2 Blancked £0.12.0
To one Rogh £1.0.0
To 2 Shiets £0.10.0
To 3 : Pitty Courts £1.0.0
To 3 GouinS £2.0.0
To 3 Apperance and Bonnet £0.15.0
To 4 hankets £0.10.0
To :9: KepS and 5 Shifts £1.15.0
To : Linnen £0.15.0
To : A Clock £1.5.0
To A Tronck £0.2.0
To 2 Paar of Stockens £0.3.0
To one paar of Shroess £0.4.0
£12.11.0
This Being the Villew of the above artukles
to the Best of our Judgments as witnesses our
hands the Daat above Said
Jacobus Ter Boz
Isack heptonstall
image 71 of 1403 is apparently the cover page for the above:
Inventory Taken on
Susannah Gleen's Estate
April 2d 1750
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FYI
Detailed information about Susannah Buckhout Glean:
http://buckhoutfamily.com/d2.htm#c29 :
+ 19 F ii. Susanah Buckhout 64 died about Apr 1750 in Rombout Precinct, Dutchess Co., NY, United States.65,66,67
http://buckhoutfamily.com/sources.htm#66
SOURCES
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64 Probate Records, NY City Wills, 1730 - 1744. Anthony Gleane's will dated May 5, 1734 and proved August 19, 1734, mentions wife Susanah Buckhout and brother-in-law Johanes Buckhout.
65 Ancient Court Documents, Dutchess Co., NY (Dutchess Co., NY), File #364. Inventory Taken on Susannah Gleen's Estate April 2, 1750.
66 NY Historical Society, Collections of the New-York Historical Society - 1895 (vol. 28, 1896), p. 486, Letters of Admin., NY City. intestate, Susanah Glean, Dutchess Co., Admin. granted to William Barnes, 'farmer,' Sept. 21, 1751.
67 Probate Records, Letters of Admin., NY Co., NY, lilbre 1.5, p. 380. Granted to William Barnes, Farmer, Dutchess Co., Sept. 21, 1751, principal creditor of deceased Susanna Glean.
...
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http://buckhoutfamily.com/d3.htm
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19. Susanah Buckhout 64 died about Apr 1750 in Rombout Precinct, Dutchess Co., NY, United States.65,66,67
General Notes: William Barnes was appointed Administrator of Susanah's estate as noted in the "Collections of the New-York Historical Society" for the year 1895, New York City, p. 486:
"intestate, Susanah Glean, Dutchess Co., Admin. granted to William Barnes, 'farmer,' Sept. 21, 1751"
A copy of the Letters of Administration can be found in the NY Co., NY probate records, Libre 1.5, p. 380:
"George Clinton, Esq. Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending on American Vice Admiral of the Same and Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. To William Barnes of Dutchess County Farmer principal creditor of Susanna Glean late of the same County Widow Deceased sendeth Greeting: Whereas the said Susanna Glean lately died intestate...and I being desirous that the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased, may be well and faithfully administered, converted and disposed of according unto pious Uses, do grant unto you the said William Barnes (in whole Fidelity in this Behalf I very much confide) full Power by the Tenor of these Presents, to administer the Goods, Rights and Credits.. and of making a true and perfect Inventory thereof... at or before the twenty first day of March next ensuing; and of rendering a just and true Account, Calculation or Reckoning of the said Administration, and that on or before the twenty first day of September next following; and I do ordain, depute and constitute you the said William Barnes, Administrator, of all and singular the Goods, Rights and Credits which were of the said Susanna Glean... this twenty first day of September One thousand seven hundred and fifty one."
An inventory of Susannah's estate is captured in the Ancient Court Documents of Dutchess Co., NY:
"File #364
Inventory taken on Susannah Gleen's [sic] Estate April 2, 1750
Anno: 1750 April the 2nd Day than we Jack Appelstall [?] and Jacobus Ter Bos whas Called upon by William Barranee [sic] all of Rombout precinct in Duches County to Taek Infetary of all the goods which did belong to Susanna Glien Laat Deceased at the houys of Said William Barranee and whereas follows --
To One father Bead piller and Bolster £2.0.0
To 2 Blanckes £0.12.0
To one Rogh £1.0.0
To 2 Shiets £0.10.0
To 3 Pitty Courts £1.0.0
To 3 Gouins £2.0.0
To 3 Apperance and Bonnet £0.15.0
To 4 hankets £0.10.0
To 9 Keps (?) and 5 Shifts £1.15.0
To Cinner (?) £0.15.0
To A Clock £1.5.0
To A Tronck £0.2.0
To 2 Paar of Stockens £0.3.0
To one paar of Shroes £0.4.0
Total £12.11.0
This Being the Villew of the above artickles to the Best of our Judgments as witnesses our hands the Daat above said --
Jacobus Ter Bos
Jackques [?] Constall [?]"
It is worth noting that in August 1742, William Barnes and Susannah's brother, Johannis Buckhout, purchased 578 acres of Lot #2 in Rumbout area of Dutchess Co., NY. What exactly Susannah & William's relationship was, as she apparently was living at his house when she died, is still speculative. However, it would appear from the above inventory that she followed her brother and his family to the Fishkill area of Dutchess County sometime after her husband's death in 1734. It is possible that William Barnes may have married one of her daughters since one of his sons carried the name "Anthony Glean Barnes" but proof has not yet been found.
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Isaac Heptonstall witnessed the will of William Barnes on 29 Oct 1751:
http://books.google.com/books?id=wBsXAAAAYAAJ
Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1895.
By New-York Historical Society
Published 1896
Item notes: v. 28
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Mar 15, 2008
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK.
VOL. IV.
1744-1753.
WITH LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED 1745-1753.
INTRODUCTION.
THIS volume, the fourth of the series, gives complete abstracts of all wills and documents recorded in the NewYork Surrogate's office down to 1754. It includes a part of Liber 15, and the whole of Libers 16, 17, and 18. In this work no proper names are omitted, nor anything that can throw any light upon genealogy or real estate. In cases where it is considered advisable to follow the exact language of the will, it is indicated by quotation marks. In the Appendix are given abstracts of translations of a few wills written in the Dutch language, and a list of Letters of Administration is also given down to March 19, 1753.
p.398 Abstract of Wills---Liber 18.
Page 144.—In the name of God, Amen, I, William Barnes, of Rombout Precinct, in Duchess County, "being through the abondant marcy and goodness of God, tho' week in body, yet of sound and perfect mind." "As to my burial, I desire it may be decent, without pomp or state." I leave to my wife, while she remains my widow, the use of all my lands, houses, and buildings, and all bedding and all movable goods. After the death or marriage of my wife, all my lands are to be divided into two parts, by two indifferent men, and I give to my son Anthony the choice of the parts, " which choyce is given for his birth right." And the other part I give to my son William. And my sons Anthony and William are to pay to my son James, £100 each. "I further order that the road that now leadeth from my house to the Fishkill shall remain as it now goes, for the use of both farms." I leave to my daughters, Sarah and Margaret, all my goods and chattels after my wife's decease. " I order that my son Jeames shall be put to scool, and there to be kept till my executors shall judge he has learning sufficint to gett his living." I make my very good fnend, Captain Henry Forbes, and my wife, executors.
Dated October 29, 1751. (Name of wife not given.) Witnesses, Johan Terboss, Isaac Heptonstall, Jacobus Ter Boss. Proved, before Bartholomew Crannell, Surrogate, June 4, 1752.
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B. References to a John Applestall (tentatively assumed to be the brother of Abraham and Isaac)
lsack and Anatie Appelstael: baptism of their son Johannes on May 16, 1736 at First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island.
New York genealogical and biographical record: Volumes 107-108
2 pages matching Appelstaell in this book: p.156 and p.262 (in the Index)
books.google.com
Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight - 1976 - Snippet view
p.64
...
12. RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF JAMAICA, L.I.:
BAPTISMS, 1733 & 1734 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
...
p.128
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CONTENTS--JULY 1976
1. MARTIN SMITH APPLIES FOR A PENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
2. OUR COVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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10. RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF JAMAICA,
LONG ISLAND: BAPTISMS, 1735 & 1736 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
11. THE WILTSIE FAMILY OF EARLY NEW YORK: THIRD GENERATION
ADDITIONS; PART OF THE FOURTH GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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p.154
RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH
OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND
Transcribed by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
(Continued from THE RECORD 107:110)
...
p.155
page heading:
1976] Jamaica, L.I., R.D. Baptisms, 1735 & 1736 155
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desem. 25 [1735]
Nicklaas letten femmetie Johannes Boerem
Marregriete letten femmetie Boerem
Anno 1736, Janne. 18
Mores vannortstrant Ailtie Aaron vannortstrant
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p.156
...
mert 2
Rem Remsen Gerret Davet Sprienstien
Marretie Remsen Antie Sprienstien
Jan Dorlant Jan Joores Bennet
Catryntie Dorlant Saara Bennet
Ap. 9
Areaen Onderdonck Marten Marten Wilse
Safya Onderdonck Catryna Wilse
Matys van Velse Cornelis Tuenes Koevert
marytie van Velse Maragritie Koevert
my. 16
Are Bennett Anatie Ellebert Hogelant
Anatie Bennet Catlyna Hogelant
Gerret Blom Christiaen Jan Snedeker
Marytie Blom Catryna Snedeker
lsack Appelstael Johannes <============
Anatie Appelstael
july 2
Minne Schenk Marya
Marretie Schenk
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p.262 [Index]
[middle column]
APPELSTAEL
Anatie (—) 156
Isaac ...
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Another source with the same information:
http://archive.org/details/baptismalrecordo02jama
Baptismal record of the First Reformed Dutch church at Jamaica, Long Island, New York ... 1702 to .. (1912)
Author: Jamaica, N.Y. First Reformed Dutch church. [from old catalog]; Frost, Josephine C
Volume: 2
Subject: Registers of births, etc. -- Jamaica, N.Y. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 8704493
Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Book contributor: The Library of Congress
Collection: library_of_congress; americana
p.13
Date Parents Child Sponsors
1736
May 16 Isack Appelstael Johannes [none]
Sunday Anatie Appelstael
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http://books.google.com/books?id=x1EOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1
Muster rolls of New York provincial troops. 1755-1764
By New-York Historical Society
Printed for the Society, 1892 - History - 621 pages
p.1
Albany, June 4th 1755. A List Of Capt. Edmond
Mathews Company Mustered The 4th Day Of
June At The City Of Albany In The Year Of
Our Lord 1755. Before Hanse Hansen Esqr
Mayor And Jacob Ten Eike And Garret Mar-
seles Esqrs. Aldermen.
Their names as by Certificates produced to us and also
the men in person.
Edmond Mathews, Captain
Elias Funda, first Livetenant
John Lotteridge, 2d Lievetenant
...
William Snodgrass
John Applestall
...
Caleb Knap
...
http://books.google.com/books?id=x1EOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA44
Muster rolls of New York provincial troops. 1755-1764
By New-York Historical Society
Printed for the Society, 1892 - History - 621 pages
p.43
A Muster Roll Of The Company Of Volunteers
Raised & Commanded By Edmond Mathews And
Mustered In Lake George Octr. Ye 1st 1755 Being
In Number 77 Effective Private Men.
Edmond Mathews, Esqr., Captn.
Jellis Funda, First Lieut.
John Lottridge, Second Lieut.
...
p.44
...
30 Charles Holland
Willm. Snodgrass
John Applestall
Caleb Knapp
...
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https://books.google.com/books?id=5NwTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA781 or
https://books.google.com/books?id=5NwTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA781 or
https://books.google.com/books?id=98k6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA781
Second Annual Report of the State Historian [aka Colonial Series, Vols. I]
Annual Report of the State Historian, Volume 2
New York (State). State Historian
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1897 - New York (State)
INDEX
Applestall, John 640 (4 June 1755), 702 (31 July 1755), 706 (from 1 Aug to 31 Aug 1755), 749 (4 June 1755), 781 (May and June 1755), 786 (5 Oct 1755) , 802 (2 Nov 1755)
The above pages pertain to the muster roll of Capt. Edmond Mathews' company between June 4, 1755 and November 2, 1755.
For example,
p.780
MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN EDMOND MATTHEWS
FOR MAY AND JUNE 1755.
Paymasters of the Men Raised in the Service of the Province of
New York as p Act Dr.
...
p.781
| When | Number of | Amount of
Effective Men | Inlisted | Days * | each mans pay
…
Anthony Broderick May 24 39 | **
Will'm Snodgrass 24 39 | **
John Applestal 24 39 | **
Uriah Nilson 24 39 | ** £ 9 15 [total for all four men]
Will'm McFerson 26 37 | **
Patrick Matthews 26 37 | **
John Holley 26 37 | **
Caleb Knap 26 37 | ** £ 9 5 [total for all four men]
...
* From the Day of Inlistment to the first Day of July Included 1755.
** At one shilling and three pence per Day
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C. References to Abraham and Isaac Applestall
During the French and Indian War
[ NOTE: According to the information given below:
On April 8, 1759, Abraham Aplestrong was listed as age 20, which means he was born about 1739.
On May 21, 1762, Isaac Aplestall was listed as age 17, which means he was born about 1745.
Both individuals were born in Dutchess County, NY.]
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The Abraham Aplestrong (spelled Applestrong in the index) shown below is assumed to be Abraham Applestall (aka Haptonstall).
Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops. 1755-1764 - Google Books Result
Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops. 1755-1764 By New-York Historical Society
Copied from the original manuscript at Albany by E. B. O'Callaghan and B. Fernow. Added, an appendix of documents relating to New York's part in the war.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ULAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA156
P.134
MUSTER ROLLS OF NEW YORK PROVINCIAL TROOPS, 1759.
p.154-155
A MUSTER ROLL OF THE MEN RAISED AND PASS'D MUSTER IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR CAPTAIN JAMES
HOWELL'S COMPANY THE 16TH DAY OF APRIL 1759 OUT OF GOSHEN COL. TUSTENS REGIMENT.
[presumably Col. Benjamin Tusten, Sr.]
Captain James Howell.
Peter Lent, }
Thomas Osburn, } Lieuts.
p.156 | p.157
Day of
Men's Names. | Inlistmt. | Age. | Where Born. | Trade. | Out of what Company of Militia.
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Jonathan Knap Apl. 2 20 Goshen Labourer Capt. Thos. Decay
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Abraham Aplestrong Apl. 8 20 Dutchess County Labourer Capt. Thos. Decay <<<<<<< [Abraham was age 20 on 8 Apr 1759]
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p.521
New York, May 14, 1759. LIST OF THE CAPTAINS AND LIEU-
TENANTS OF THE SEVERAL COMPANIES COMPOSING THE TWO
NEW YORK BATTALIONS, GONE ON THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN
[the last Division from this City embarked for Albany on
the 14th inst.]
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James Howell, Captain from Orange. Francis Osborne and
Peter Lent, his Lieutenants. 130 effective Men.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=ULAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA446&dq="Isaac+Aplestall"
MUSTER ROLLS OF NEW YORK PROVINCIAL TROOPS, 1762.
p.444
A MUSTER ROLL OF MEN RAISED & PASSED IN THE COUNTIES OF ULSTER AND ORANGE & DUTCHESS FOR THE DETACHMENT UNDER CAPT GEORGE BREWERTON 3rd JUNE 1762.
...
p.446 | p.447
Date of Officer who
Men's Names. | Enlistment. | Age. | Where Born. | Trade. | enlisted. | Stature.
Orange County
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18. Isaac Knap May 20 19 Orange Co. Cooper Lieut. Gale* 5' 4 1/2"
19. William Forbes April 10 20 North Brittain Labourer Lieut. Gale 5' 5"
20. Isaac Aplestall May 21 17 Dutchess Co. Labourer Lieut. Gale 5' 6" <<<<<< [Isaac was age 17 in May/June 1762]
...
* Lieutenant Samuel Gale
p.554
Index
Applestall, Isaac, 446.
Applestall, John, 1, 44.
Applestrong, Abraham, 156 [spelled Aplestrong on p.156]
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In summary:
Here are the most informative descriptions of Isaac Aplestall (Haptonstall) and Abraham Aplestrong (Haptonstall)
from which you can determinetheir dates of birth, places of birth, and physical descriptions.
Since it is known that their sister Elenor married a Moses Knapp, also listed are the names of Knapps who served in
the same companies just in case they might have been related to Moses.
https://books.google.com/books?id=bZAbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA699
Third Annual Report of the State Historian of the State of New York, 1997 [aka Colonial Series, Vol. II]
Annual Report, Volume 3
New York (State). State Historian
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1898 - New York (State)
p.698-699
A MUSTER ROLL OF MEN RAISED & PASSED IN THE COUNTIES OF ULSTER AND
ORANGE & DUTCHESS FOR THE DETACHM'T UNDER COLL: GEORGE BREWERTON
9th JUNE 1762.
Date of Officers who Stature
Countys | Men's Names | Inlistment | Age | Where Born | Trade | inlisted | Feet | Inch's | Description of their Persons.
...
Orange Co Isaac Knap May 20 19 Orange County Cooper Lieut. Gale* 5 4 ½ Fair Comp'n Grey Eyes light Hair
" William Forbes April 10 20 North Brittain Labourer Lieut. Gale 5 5 Brown Comp'n Brown Eyes Brown Hair
" Isaac Aplestall May 21 17 Dutchess County Labourer Lieut. Gale 5 6 Fair Comp'n Grey Eyes light Hair
...
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https://books.google.com/books?id=98k6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA915
Second Annual Report of the State Historian [aka Colonial Series, Vols. I]
Annual Report of the State Historian, Volume 2
New York (State). State Historian
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1897 - New York (State)
p.914-915
A MUSTER ROLL OF THE MEN RAISED AND PASS'D MUSTER IN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE FOR CAPTAIN JAMES HOWELL'S COMPANY THE 16 DAY OF APRIL 1759 OUT
OF GOSHEN COL. TUSTENS REGIMENT.
[presumably Col. Benjamin Tusten, Sr.]
Captain James Howell.
Peter Lint, }
Thomas Osborn } Liu't.
Out of what
Day of Company of the Officers who Stature Description of the
Men's Names. | Inlistment | Age. | Where Born. | Trade. | Volun'r | Militia | Inlisted. | Feet | I | mens Persons
...
Jonathan Knap Apl. 2 20 Goshen Labourer Volun'r Capt. Thom's Decay Capt James Howell 5 7 ½ Black hair Well made
...
Abraham Aplestrong Apl. 8 20 Dutchess County Labourer Volun'r Capt. Thom's Decay Capt James Howell 5 7 Brown hair Well made
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During the Revolutionary War
(Appertell and Applestall in New York)
http://books.google.com/books?id=1JMLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA168&dq=%22Appertell%22
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
New York (State). Comptroller's Office, James Arthur Roberts
Weed-Parsons Printing Company, printers, 1897 - New York (State) - 261 pages
p.167
Orange County Militia —(Continued).
COLONEL JOHN HATHORN
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSEPH HASBROUCK
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY WISNER
MAJOR WILLIAM BLANE
MAJOR MOSES PHILLIPS
MAJOR JOHN POPPINO
MAJOR ADRIAN WYNKOOP
ADJUTANT JOHN BARBER
ADJUTANT NATHANLEL FINCH
ADJUTANT GEORGE LUCKEY
QUARTER MASTER JEREMIAH CURTIS
QUARTER MASTER PHILIP KINGSLAND
QUARTER MASTER JOHN J. LOW
CHAPLAIN Rev. JOHN CLOSE
Capt. Richard Bailey
" Peter Bertholp
" Everett Boa Ardus
" Charles Broadhead
" Stephen Case
" Jacob Conkelin
" Mattis Felter
" Samuel Jones
" John Little
" Seth Marvin
" Cornelius Masters
" Andrew Miller
" John Minthorn
" James Mcbride
" David Mccamly
" -------- Newkirk
" John Nicole
" Ebenezer Owens
" Silas Person [Pierson] [see below Abrm Appertell]
" John Sayres
" Colvill Shepard [see below Applestall, Isaac]
" Arthur Smith
" Bardowine Tarpening
" William Tilford
" Isaiah Veal (Vail)
" Christiver Van Duzer [see below Applestall, Abm]
" Hendrick Van Keuren
" Samuel Watkins
" -------- Woodhull
...
p.168
....
ENLISTED MEN
...
Appertell Abr'm [This is presumed to be Abraham Jr.]
...
NOTE:
NARA microfilm M881 shows Abrm Appertell as a private in [Col. Jonathan] Hasbrouck's [Ulster County] Regiment of New York militia.
See http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#246|h1Lf4Q2MgXL6LI8H5SH4kbO-OI7ea4PwPDMF1ucDx9RX8TK95
Specifically, see
http://www.fold3.com/image/246/19575855/
NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783.
Roll: 0740
State: New York
Regiment: Hasbrouch's Regiment, Militia
Record Type: Individual
Surname: Appertell
Abrm. Appertell
Appears with the rank of Pvt on a
Pay Roll
of Captain Silas Person's Company stationed at
Fort Montgomery, under the command of Col.
Jonathan Hasbrouck, from the time of their
entering into service until they were discharged,
both days included,
(REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
dated not dated , 17__ . [the year had to be 1776 or 1777]
Commencing July 21 , 17__ .
Ending July 28 , 17__ .
Months ______
Days 8
Pay per month 6 2/3 Dolls .
Amount 14 S. 2 1/2 d.
Remarks: ________________
A note regarding Capt. Silas Person/Pierson:
In NARA M881, Silas Person is shown as a captain in Hasbrouck's Regiment of Militia.
Silas Person is shown as a captain Hathorn's Regiment of Militia according to New York in the Revolution as Colony and State (1897).
Silas Pierson is in Col. Jesse Woodhull's regiment as captain of the Blooming Grove regiment in 1775.
In another reference, he was commissioned on 15 September 1775 as captain of the 7th (Goshen) Company. Although this created "unhappy dissatisfaction"
in the company (see, for example, http://amarch.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-amarch%3A90585 ), he evidently remained captain.
He had died by 4 Nov 1778. See, for example, https://books.google.com/books?id=cSQLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA168&dq="Silas+Pierson" .
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The name Applestall appears only in this publication:
http://books.google.com/books?id=6lQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA314&dq=%22Applestall%22
New York in the Revolution: Prepared Under Direction of the Board of Regents
University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Weed, Parsons, printers, 1887 - New York (State) - 638 pages
p.314
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER OF THE STATE TROOPS.
Name and Rank. Regiment. Company.
...
Applestall, Abm., private Van Duzer
Applestall, Isaac, private Hathorn Shepherd [Colvill/Colville Shepherd]
...
NOTE: Abm. Applestall is presumed to be Abraham Jr., even though his pension declaration did not mention a Capt. Van Duzer.
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This is a record of Shepherd's company in Hathorn's regiment found in NARA microfilm publication M881. The Applestall name does not occur in M881 Hathorn's Regiment of Militia.
Revolutionary War > Revolutionary War Service Records > New York > Hathorn's Regiment, Militia > Regiment > Page 16
Capt. Colvill Shepard's Company in Col. John
Hathorn's Regt. of Orange County Militia
(REVOLUTIONARY WAR.)
==========================
Pay Roll *
==========================
CAPTION OF ROLL.
Pay roll of Cpt. Colvill Shepards Com-
Pany in Col. John Hathorns Regt of Orange
County Militia on an Alarm at Minisink
in the Month of June 1779, beginning
12th and ending 19th June, both days
included.
...
Endorsement.
Capt. Colvill Shepherd's Pay Roll
£ 10 . 19 . 2
Audited 11th April 1785
* From copy (made in the R. & P. Office, War Department, in
October, 1896,) of an original record borrowed from the State of New
York. -- R. & P. 454,712.
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WARWICK VALLEY DISPATCH, JUNE 29, 2005
Page 8
…
Names of Warwick Men to Appear on Special Plaque
Members of the Historical Society of the Town of
Warwick have compiled a list of men from Warwick who
fought in the War for American Independence. ...
Warwick area men who participated in the War for
American Independence:
...
Issac Applestall
...
Caleb Knapp
Charles Knapp
Moses Knapp
William Knapp
Abraham Kortright
...
Colville Shepherd
...
In summary, Isaac Applestall's name does appear in the above cited New York in the Revolution (1887) as being in Shepherd's company of Hathorn's regiment, but it does not appear in the list of individuals in Hathorn's militia regiment as given in the NARA microfilm publication M881 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1976), roll 0742.
Likewise, Abm Applestall's name appears in the above cited New York in the Revolution (1887) as being in Van Duzer's company, presumably Christopher (or Christian) Van Duzer. A 1925 letter in the pension application (W 18192) of his widow Juliana, stated that Captain Van Duzer "served in Colonel [Jesse] Woodhull, John Hathorn and Rovert Van Rensselaer's New York Regiments at various times to the close of the Revolution." In his own pension application, Abraham Haptonstall made no mention of serving in a company commanded by a Van Duzer. Perhaps Abraham did serve in Van Duzer's company but forgot that service with the passage of time.
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Meanwhile, in Virginia on 20 April 1778, Abraham Hempenstall qualified as an ensign in the Augusta County militia:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or16_195.htm#page 197
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I, p.197
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. XVI.
APRIL 20, 1778.
...
(285) Joseph Gum, Lieutenant, and Abraham Hempenstall, Ensign, qualified.
...
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D. Other References to Applestall, Haptonstall, and Variations Thereof
http://archive.org/details/baptismalrecordo01jama
Author: Jamaica, N.Y. First Reformed Dutch church. [from old catalog]; Frost, Josephine C
Volume: 1
Subject: Registers of births, etc. -- Jamaica, N.Y. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 8704493
Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Book contributor: The Library of Congress
Collection: library_of_congress; americana
http://ia700302.us.archive.org/15/items/baptismalrecordo01jama/baptismalrecordo01jama.pdf [outdated link]
page 13
Date Parents Child Sponsors
1708 John Appelstel Isaac Steven Ryder [Steven Rijder]
Oct. 12, Antie Appelstel, Elizabeth Ryder
Tuesday
[Question: Did this child Isaac grow up to become the Isaac who was the father of Abraham and Isaac Applestall/Haptonstall??]
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http://books.google.com/books?id=A5syAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22Antie+Heptonstal%22
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 19-20
Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society., 1888 - New York (State)
p.53
THE REGISTER BOOK FOR THE PARISH OF JAMAICA
Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Rector from 1710 to 1732
Persons baptiz'd, ye time wn & place where. [sic? - presumably should be "Persons married, ye time wn & place where"]
(Continued from Vol. XIX., p. 12, of THE RECORD.)
...
p.55
...
Jno. Losee & Antie Heptonstal March 30, 1717, at Jamaica licens'd.
...
p.58
PERSONS BURIED YE TIME WN & PLACE WHERE.
...
Jno. Heptonstal 7BER 10, 1713 at Flushing.
...
Persons Buried, ye Time Wn & Place Where
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http://books.google.com/books?id=HogsAAAAYAAJ
Antiquities of the parish church, Jamaica (including Newtown and Flushing): illustrated from letters of the missionaries, and other authentic documents
By Henry Onderdonk
Published by Welling, 1880
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 9, 2008
162 pages
page 37
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MR. POYER.
(NO DATE. PROBABLY 1710)
left column
s. d.
...
John Heptonstall. . . . . . . . . 3
...
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http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/jamaicanydeath.shtml
Burials Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710-1731
Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York
By Horation Oliver Ladd
Published by Shakespeare Press, New York, 1914
Found at library of New-York Historical Society, 2004
Transcriber: Peter Devine Feb. 2004
The Register of Rev. John Poyer, July 22, 1710 to Nov. 28, 1731
Persons buried Ye time Wn & Place where:
Jno Heptonstal 9/10/1713 at Flushing
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http://books.google.com/books?id=OrbVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22Anna+Haptonstell%22
[Also at: http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoffirstre00onde/historyoffirstre00onde_djvu.txt ]
History of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, L.I.
Jamaica, N.Y.: The Consistory, 1884, 221 pgs.
p.10
JAMAICA, QUEENS CO., JAN. 10, 1715.
We the underwritten of the Nether Dutch Ref. church in Queens Co.
on the Island Nassau promise to pay yearly to the Consistory and their
successors for the maintenance of both the ministers as their salary. I
promise truly and honestly to pay without guile or trickery the half
thereof in 6 months and the other half at the end of the year, as signed
with my hand.
Upper Left Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Marten Wiltse 10
Johannes Van Wyck 12
Adriaen Onderdonck 7
Teunis Snedeker 8
Deriok De Moet 6
Jurian Haff 6
Joseph Van Kief 8
Margrietie Ganon 5
Wyntie Wright 3
John Marston 3
Anthony Glean 3
Thomas Eckisen 6
Johannes Noerstraent 6
Direk Brinckerhoff 13
Abm. Schenck 5
Anna Haptonstell 1 6 [i.e., 1 shilling, 6 pence] <<<<<<<<<<<
Pieter Monfort 9
Lower Left Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Abm. Dela Montanye 6
Karel Dorlandt 6
Johannes Demot 8
Christeyan Snedeker 20
Willem Gritman 6
Thos. Hendrickson 5
Jaen Hendrickson 15
Johannes Elilersen 12
Hendrick Hundricksen 6
Willem Jaense 20
Upper Right Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Frans Masten 6
Barent Bloem 10
Peter Huf 9
John Haviland 3
Jan Montfoort 10
Peter Montfort 5
Theodorus Van Wyck 13
Cornelius Wiltse 3
Cornelius Hoogelaend 9
Tuenes Coevert 5
Jan Dorlandt 2
Stephen Ryder 12
Lourens Hof 8
Rem Adreanse 6
Jan Boutse 4
John Van Leuwe 8
Adam Smith 8
Lower Right Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Haen Jaensen 20
Jan Hagewout 10
Cornelius Barns 6
Hendrick Aeten. 6
Johannes Coerten 14
Jaen Baerisen 12
Benjamin Hegeman 14
Aerent V. Noerstraen 15
Jem Bortes 7
Hendrick Doesenburgh 16
p.11
Upper Left Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Hendrick Baerisen 10
Jan Bortus 10
Jonathan Shaw 4 10
Nath'l Monse 5
Jacop Pietersen 6
Hendrick Brooher 22
Jaen Doesbuerch 6
After Burtus 7
Jaen Lenden 6
Upper Right Column
s. d. [shillings and pence]
Antonle Demoet 15
Maegiel Demoet 15
Jaen Remsen 10
Rem Remsen 18
Andries Onderdonck 18
Elbert Monfort 14
Stevie Jaense 12
Jores Springsteen 6
Magdalena Baird 12
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http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/jamaicanymarr.shtml
Marriages Grace Church, Jamaica, New York 1710 to 1731
Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York
By Horation Oliver Ladd
Published by Shakespeare Press, New York, 1914
Found at library of New-York Historical Society, 2004
Transcriber: Peter Devine Feb. 2004
The Register of Rev. John Poyer, July 22, 1710 to Nov. 28, 1731
Persons married, ye time wn [when] & place where.
Page 282
...
Jno Losee & Antie Heptonstal 3/30/1717 at Jamaica lic
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http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/jamaica_ny_bapt.htm
The Register of Rev. John POYER
22 Jul 1710 to 28 Nov 1731
Extracted from The Origin & History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York
by Horatio, Oliver LADD, A. M., S. T. D., Rector Emeritus
1913
The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica
Kept by the Rev. Thomas POYER, Rector from 1710 to 1732
Persons Married, ye Time Wn & Place Where
Jno LOSEE & Antie HEPTONSTAL, 30 Mar 1717, at Jamaica, licens'd
The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica
Kept by the Rev. Thomas POYER, Rector from 1710 to 1732
Persons Buried, ye Time Wn & Place Where
Jno HEPTONSTAL, 10 "7ber" 1713, at Flushing
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http://books.google.com/books?id=vdUwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA286#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title: The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York
Author: Horatio Oliver Ladd
Publisher: Shakespeare Press, 1914
Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized: Feb 10, 2012
Length: 441 pages
p.278
THE REGISTER BOOK FOR THE PARISH OF JAMAICA
Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Rector from 1710 to 1732
Persons married, ye time wn & place where
...
p.282
Jno Losee & Antie Heptonstal March 30, 1717, at Jamaica, licens'd.
...
p.286
PERSONS BURIED, Ye TIME Wn & PLACE WHERE
...
Jno Heptonstal 7ber 10, 1713 at Flushing.
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lsack and Anatie Appelstael: baptism of their son Johannes on May 16, 1736 at First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island.
New York genealogical and biographical record: Volumes 107-108
2 pages matching Appelstaell in this book: p.156 and p.262 (in the Index)
books.google.com
Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight - 1976 - Snippet view
p.64
...
12. RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF JAMAICA, L.I.:
BAPTISMS, 1733 & 1734 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
...
p.128
...
CONTENTS--JULY 1976
1. MARTIN SMITH APPLIES FOR A PENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
2. OUR COVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
...
10. RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF JAMAICA,
LONG ISLAND: BAPTISMS, 1735 & 1736 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
11. THE WILTSIE FAMILY OF EARLY NEW YORK: THIRD GENERATION
ADDITIONS; PART OF THE FOURTH GENERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
...
p.154
RECORDS OF THE FIRST REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH
OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND
Transcribed by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
(Continued from THE RECORD 107:110)
...
p.155
page heading:
1976] Jamaica, L.I., R.D. Baptisms, 1735 & 1736 155
...
desem. 25 [1735]
Nicklaas letten femmetie Johannes Boerem
Marregriete letten femmetie Boerem
Anno 1736, Janne. 18
Mores vannortstrant Ailtie Aaron vannortstrant
...
p.156
...
mert 2
Rem Remsen Gerret Davet Sprienstien
Marretie Remsen Antie Sprienstien
Jan Dorlant Jan Joores Bennet
Catryntie Dorlant Saara Bennet
Ap. 9
Areaen Onderdonck Marten Marten Wilse
Safya Onderdonck Catryna Wilse
Matys van Velse Cornelis Tuenes Koevert
marytie van Velse Maragritie Koevert
my 16
Are Bennett Anatie Ellebert Hogelant
Anatie Bennet Catlyna Hogelant
Gerret Blom Christiaen Jan Snedeker
Marytie Blom Catryna Snedeker
lsack Appelstael Johannes
Anatie Appelstael
july 2
Minne Schenk Marya
Marretie Schenk
...
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p.262 [Index]
[middle column]
APPELSTAEL
Anatie (—) 156 ' ' I as [Isaac]
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http://archive.org/details/baptismalrecordo02jama
Baptismal record of the First Reformed Dutch church at Jamaica, Long Island, New York ... 1702 to .. (1912)
Author: Jamaica, N.Y. First Reformed Dutch church. [from old catalog]; Frost, Josephine C
Volume: 2
Subject: Registers of births, etc. -- Jamaica, N.Y. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 8704493
Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Book contributor: The Library of Congress
Collection: library_of_congress; americana
p.13
Date Parents Child Sponsors
1736
May 16 Isack Appelstael Johannes [none]
Sunday Anatie Appelstael
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Essex Co., New Jersey court records: a John Hiponstall is listed in April 1749 and an Isaac Happinstale is listed on 9 Apr 1751. Are they related to Isaac Applestall of Dutchess Co., NY?
note: a red letter indicates I am unsure of the spelling.
New Jersey, Essex - Court records
Court records, 1709-1849 New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Essex County)
Court records v. A-C 1709-1752 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1310991 Items 2-4 ]
Liber C. - April 1740 - April 1752
p.303
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace and County Court for holding of pleas held at Newark in and for the County of Essex on the Second Tuesday in April ... 1749...
p.304
Joseph Brown } Debt 60. £ Ordered that the
ag } Sherif return his Writt by
Israel Hilton } the 1st Day of next Term
} or be Accounted four pounds
John Hiponstall } The like Motion & rule
ag } Lurting
Israel Hilton }
Daniel Hanion } Case 20. £
@ } The like Motion & rule
Israel Hilton } Lurting
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New Jersey, Essex - Court records
Court records, 1709-1849 New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Essex County)
Court records v. A-C 1709-1752 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1310991 Items 2-4 ]
Liber C. - April 1740 - April 1752
p.365:
At an Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Newark in and for the County of Essex on the Ninth Day of April ... 1751...
p.369
Israel Hylton } On Motion of Emott Ordered that
adv. } his Appearance Be Taken and that
Joseph Brown } the Plaintiff file his Declaration by
} the first of Next Term or be non Snihed [probably a legal Latin term]
The same }
adv. } the Like Rules Emot
Daniel Hannyon }
The same }
adv. } the Like Rules Idem? [The same person or being]
Isaac Happinstale }
note: "Emot" may refer to George Emott, whose name I saw on the previous page. It looks like he was a lawyer.
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Some Redundant Information
The Complete Muster Roll of John Applestall's Company dated 4 June 1755:
https://books.google.com/books?id=98k6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA640 or
https://books.google.com/books?id=pPA5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA640
Second Annual Report of the State Historian [aka Colonial Series, Vols. I]
Annual Report of the State Historian, Volume 2
New York (State). State Historian
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1897 - New York (State)
OR
https://books.google.com/books?id=bk4zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq="Applestall
Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1891
New-York Historical Society
Society, 1892 - New York (State)
621 pages
p.1
NEW YORK MUSTER ROLLS.
1755-1764.
Albany, June 4th 1755. A List Of Capt. Edmond
Mathews Company Mustered The 4th Day Of
June At The City Of Albany In The Year Of
Our Lord 1755. Before Hanse Hansen Esqr
Mayor And Jacob Ten Eike And Garret Mar-
seles Esqrs. Aldermen.
Their names as by Certificates produced to us and also
the men in person.
Edmond Mathews, Captain
Elias Funda, first Livetenant
John Lotteridge, 2d Lievetenant
Left Column
John Sidebom
Martin Rine
John Long
John Himes
Michal McDaniel
Patrick Murray
William Austin
Richard Conely
John Johnson
Thomas Lotteridge
Alexander Anderson
James Harris
Hugh Raily
John Johnson, Jr
Cox Hamilton
John Van Din
Christopher Upen
John Smith
Gasham Saxton
Thomas McCord
Daniel Calligon
William Morrison
James Bennet
John Hewnson
Right Column
John Karty
Johanathan Miller
Mykell Cassety
Anthony Brodrick
William Snodgrass
John Applestall <<<<<<<<
Uriah Nealson
William McPharson
Patrick Mathews
John Hally
Caleb Knap
Henry Waldron
William Kopps
Joseph Mitchell
Ronald McDonald
Hugh Dougherty
David Burch
John Loughran
Charles Dowdell
Johannes Shallbury
Nicholas Van Schayk
John Kaff
Thomas Morrey
William Litch
p.2
Left Column
Thomas Wells
John Hawkins
Charles Doudel
William Watson
Nicholas Kidney
James Pat Bladdo
Timothy Whelan
Dennis O'Bryan
John Collins
Christoper Whitmore
Jacob Petengill
Jasper Baly
John Scodswell
Daniel McCaleps
William Royston
John Goodwin
John Reyley
John Dolby
Dennis Low
James Kelly
Daniel Wilkison
Francis Bourgeois
William Harker
James Conner
Dennis Springer
Right Column
Oein McGarde
William Dakret
Samevill York
Hendrick Herkson
James Mars
Joseph Monci
Allick McClecklin
Garret Marselus
Johannis Beckle
Swerus Biltman
Philip Helembolt
Adam Strodbeek
Hendrick Manier
Charles Galeher
Jacob Haberman
James Herley
William Forgison
Philip Miller
Hendrick Gans
Frans Johan Shemine Elfeng
Johannes Mesker
John Liddy
This is to Certifie that we mustered the within Company for
Captain Edmond Mathews at the City of Albany as within Expressed
at the head of this List they day and year first above Written the whole
Company containing one hundred Men Officers Included.
Hans Hansen, Mayor
Gerret Marselis, Alderman
Jacob Ten Eyck, Aldm
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The Complete Muster Roll of John Applestall's Company dated 5 Oct 1755:
https://books.google.com/books?id=pPA5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA786
https://books.google.com/books?id=98k6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA786
Second Annual Report of the State Historian [aka Colonial Series, Vols. I]
Annual Report of the State Historian, Volume 2
New York (State). State Historian
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers, 1897 - New York (State)
OR
https://books.google.com/books?id=bk4zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq="Applestall
Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1891
New-York Historical Society
Society, 1892 - New York (State)
621 pages
p.43
MUSTER ROLLS OF NEW YORK PROVINCIAL TROOPS, 1755.
A Muster Roll Of The Company Of Volunteers
Raised & Commanded By Edmond Mathews And
Mustered In Lake George Оctr Ye 1st 1755 Being
In Number 77 Effective Private Men.
Edmond Mathews, Esqr, Captn.
Jellis Funda, First Lieut.
John Lottridge, Second Lieut.
Willm. Orson, }
Jas. Patblado, } Serjts.
Christopher Quin, }
Joseph Mitchel, }
John Sidebottom, }
Anthony Broadrick, } Corporals.
Hugh Dougherty, }
John Goodwin, Drummer.
Left Column
Dennis O'Brian
John Collins
Christopher Witmore
Henry Rice
Jas. Harley
John Reily
Corns. VanVaghten
Garret Marcellus
Ahasuis. Marcellus
10 Samuel Builtman
Right Column
Adam Strodbeck
Adam McLachlin
Hendrick Manier
Francis Lewis
David Burch
John Loughren
John Hermon
Adam Miller
Michl. Cassedy
20 Charles Galocher
p.44
Left Column
Jas. Guttery
Michl. Hillen
John George Burger
Samuel York
Phillip Miller
Hendk. Gano
Francis Schemel
Johans. Mesker
Joseph Munci
30 Charles Holland
Willm. Snodgrass
John Applestall <<<<<<<<
Caleb Knapp
Henry Koldron
Willm. Watson
Nichls. Kidney
Jacob Pettengal
Reynold McDonald
Daniel McKillip
40 John Cogswell
Willm. Morrison
Jas. Bennet
John Cogdil
Willm. McPharson
John Holley
Johans. Buckly
Timothy Higgins
Richd. Masterson
Johans. Salsberry
Right Column
50 Hendk. Salsberry
Conrade Freckhe
Patrick Devor
Alexander Strahan
John Dorby
Thos. Murrey
Willm. Leach
Thos. Wells
John Hawkins
Michl. Dovon
60 Hendk. Erkson
Mich1. Holenbeck
Jas. Mars
Martin Ryan
Nichs. Van Schack
Dennis Springer
Owen McCarty
John Lyddy
Jas. Connor
Patrick McDonald
70 John Johnson
John Long
Jas. Harris
Hugh Railey
Jacob Brenon
Anthony Owen
John Smith
77 John Hames
the whole amount of the Pay is £ 201. 15. 2.
The Muster Roll for the Month of October y 1st 1755.
I doe swear on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that
the men whose names are mentioned in the within Roll or
List where in Actual Service in my Company from the first
day of Octobr. to ye 31 of said Month both days Included
Except those marked otherwise.
Edmond Mathews.
Sworn before me ye 30 Decr. 1755.
Jno. De Peyster.
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Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops. 1755-1764 - Google Books Result
http://books.google.com/books?id=x1EOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA554&lpg=PA554&dq=Isaac+Applestall&source=web&ots=13ukBxxUso&sig=CRDOmLp9FvQralZbvbK453YVP9s#PPA447,M1
Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops. 1755-1764 By New-York Historical Society
Copied from the original manuscript at Albany by E. B. O'Callaghan and B. Fernow. Added, an appendix of documents relating to New York's part in the war.
MUSTER ROLLS OF NEW YORK PROVINCIAL TROOPS, 1762.
p.444
A MUSTER ROLL OF MEN RAISED & PASSED IN THE COUNTIES OF ULSTER AND ORANGE & DUTCHESS FOR THE DETACHMENT UNDER CAPT GEORGE BREWERTON 3rd JUNE 1762.
...
p.446 | p.447
Date of Officer who
Men's Names. Enlistment. Age. | Where Born. Trade. enlisted. Stature.
Orange County
...
18. Isaac Knap May 20 19 Orange Co. Cooper Lieut. Gale* 5 4 1/2
19. William Forbes April 10 20 North Brittain Labourer Lieut. Gale 5 5
20. Isaac Aplestall May 21 17 Dutchess Co. Labourer Lieut. Gale 5 6 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [Isaac was age 17 in May/June 1762]
...
* Lieutenant Samuel Gale
p.554
Index
Applestall, Isaac, 446.
Applestall, John, 1, 44.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=eLcBAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Annual+Report+By+New+York+(State).+State+Historian#PRA11-PA700,M1
Annual Report By New York (State). State Historian
Transmitted to the Legislature March 3, 1896-March 14, 1898.
Index
Apelstall, Isaac II 699 (p.648)
Applestall, John I 640, 702, 706, 749, 781, 786, 802
p.699
same as above (p.446-7) but with these additional columns:
Description of their Persons.
Comp'n Eyes Hair
Isaac Aplestall Fair Grey Light
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E. Abraham Sr., Abraham Jr., and Isaac Haptonstall in Virginia
Abraham Haptonstall/Hempenstall [Senior] had moved to Virginia by the middle 1760's. Below are some of the earliest references we have for him:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/court17.txt
CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH IN VIRGINIA, Vol. 1, p.474
COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS
AUGUSTA COUNTY.
NOVEMBER, 1767 (B).
1764.--Michael Harper, debtor to William Christian. August 23, to James
Bodkin; August 27, to Abram Hempenstall; to David Fraime; to Vance and
Doake; to Lieut. William McCutcheon; to Edward Hynds; August 30, to
Lieut. William McCutcheon; to James McCutcheon; to John Millar; to
Thomas Rhoads; to William Black; September 4, to Jean Graham; to Francis
Evick for funeral expenses. Contra: 1764, September 4, by 42 days in service,
at 1/6; by part of John Miller's order rejected; by part of Rhoads'
order rejected; by part of William Black's order rejected; by part of Jean
Graham's order rejected; by bounty.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or09_120.htm#page 122
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Volume I, p.122
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. IX. (cont.)
MAY 25, 1765.
(409) Thomas Davis and Jane vs. Thos. Hicklin, Wm. Eddens and Abraham Haffenstall.-- Abates by death of plaintiffs.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court44.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p.442
DEED BOOK No. 13.
Page 7.--19th August, 1766. James Trimble, of Greenspring, and Sarah,
his wife, of Augusta County, to Abraham Haplenstall, £10.15, 140 acres
on head of South Fork of Black Thorn, a branch of South Branch of
Potomac, corner George Wilson's land. Teste: John Paxton, Wm. Mathew,
Wm. Alexander. Delivered: Abraham Heplenstall. March Court, 1774.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court46.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p.464
DEED BOOK No. 14.
Page 195.--17th March, 1768. William Wilson and Mary ( ) of Albe-
marle County to Abraham Haptonstall (Hoplenstall), £46, 112 acres on a
branch of New Found Creek. Delivered: James Thomas, April, 1773.
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=93&last=&g_p=GP&collection=LO
Grant
Hempinstall, Abraham. grantee. [assignee of Timothy Sweet]
Land grant 5 July 1784.
[Survey date: 12 February 1768]
Location: Augusta County.
Description: 32 acres on a branch of the straight fork of Potowmack above Francis Cabbin.
Source: Land Office Grants P, 1784-1785, p. 93
... Beg=
inning at a Spanish oak on the South Side of a Branch Thence North
Sixty degrees West forty poles to a chesnut on a ridge, north one hundred
and Twelve poles to two hickories, South Sixty degrees East forty poles to a white
Walnut and hickory on Samuel Wilsons line, and with the Same South fifty
degrees West nine poles to his corner and with his line South fifty degrees East
Sixty poles crossing a Branch, Thence South Thirty nine degrees West Sixty four
poles to the Beginning ...
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court49.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VA; V. 2, p.458
AUGUSTA PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Page 451.--1767-68: Processioned by Samuel Hamilton, in Cowpasture,
from his house down the river to James Baird's: For Samuel Hamilton,
Andw. Sutlington, John Dickenson, William Sprowel, John Donaly, Hugh
Caffey, Joseph Watson, Andw. Muldrough, Wm. Dougherty, John Clendenning,
William Maze, James Beard. Processioned by John Botkin: For
Samuel Wilson, Abraham Haptonstall, Robert Duffield, James Burnsides,
Robert Carlyle, Richard Botkin, John Carlyle, Samuel Black, Edward Hynds,
John Botkin, David Bell.
[Note: the Samuel Wilson mentioned above was the Capt. Samuel Wilson who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
His widow Mary married Abraham Haptonstall the following year.]
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37T-GH8V?i=184&cat=82800
Images 185-186 of 621
Pendleton Co., VA Deed Book v.9, p.293-294
deed dated 4 October 1826 ; recorded 8 November 1826
Elibabb Wilson to James Turnbul Jr.
Elibabb Wilson of the county of Pendleton & state of Virginia acting as an attorney in fact for Abraham Heptonstall of the state of Kentucky
to James Turnbul jr heir of James Turnbul Senr. Deceasd. Who was assinee of David More
For 9 pounds current money by David More assignee as above unto the said Elibabb Wilson in hand paid ...
a certain tract or parcel of land situate lieing & being in the county of Pendleton on the head of streght creek a branch of the south branch of Potomack
joining the lands of James Jones & John Sitlington, formerly of Samuel Wilson & the lands of George Kitz containing 32 acres,
which said land was first granted to the said Abraham Hoptonstall by patent dated 5 July 1784 ...
[Note: Abraham Haptonstall was deceased by the time Elibabb (aka Eli B.) Wilson sold this 32-acre tract.]
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https://books.google.com/books?id=1GZHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16&dq="Haptonstall"+"1769"
Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 1
Lewis Collins, Richard Henry Collins
Collins & Company, 1882 - Kentucky
p.14
ANNALS OF KENTUCKY,
or Important Events in the History of Kentucky, 1539-1874.
...
p.16
...
1769–Hancock Taylor, Richard Taylor,
Abraham Haptonstall, and —. Barbour,
from Orange co., Va., go down the Ohio to
the Falls, thence to New Orleans, and
home by sea.
...
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https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA764&lpg=PA764&dq="Haptonstall"
Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2
Lewis Collins, Richard Henry Collins
Collins & Company, 1882 - Kentucky
p.764
...
In July, 1774, Col. John Floyd, Hancock Taylor, and James Douglas, each
made official survey; in now Woodford county, as assistants or deputy sur-
veyors under Col. Wm. Preston, surveyor of Fincastle county, Va., of which
the whole of the now state of Kentucky was then a part. Capt. Isaac Hite
was with Douglas. Shortly after the date above, Hancock Taylor, while sur-
veying land not far from the mouth of the Kentucky river for Col. Wm.
Christian, was wounded by an Indian rifle-ball. Two of his surveying party,
Gibson Taylor and Abram Haptonstall, attempted, with a small pocket knife,
to extract the ball, but failed.* As the company was fleeing from the country,
_____
* Communicated to the author by Mrs. Col. Thos. L. Jones, of Newport, Ky., who
learned it from papers of her grandfather, Gen. James Taylor, of that place.
p.765
under the warning sent from Gov. Dunmore by Daniel Boone and Michael
Stoner, when near what is now Richmond, in Madison county, the wound
proved fatal; and Mr. Taylor was buried 1 3/4 miles nearly s. of that town.
...
Contemporary newspaper references to the above incident:
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/
Virginia Gazette
Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 08, 1774 – pg. 2
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/VGSinglePage.cfm?issueIDNo=74.PD.45&page=2&res=LO [low resolution]
http://research.history.org/CWDLImages/VA_GAZET/Images/PD/1774/0157hi.jpg [high res.]
page 2, column 3
...
For the Satisfaction of any Gentlemen who may be concerned, the
Names of the Surveyors, and some of the principal Persons not yet
returned , are inferred, viz. James Douglass, Hancock Taylor, and
Isaac Hite, Surveyors ; John Willis, Willis Lee, Captain John Ashby,
Abraham Hempenstall, William Ballard, John Green, Lawrence Dar-
nell, Mordecai Batson, Jacob Sudowsky, James Strother, and John
Bell.
...
Virginia Gazette
Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 15, 1774 – pg. 3
http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/VGSinglePage.cfm?issueIDNo=74.PD.46&page=3&res=LO [low resolution]
http://research.history.org/CWDLImages/VA_GAZET/Images/PD/1774/0162hi.jpg [high res.]
page 3, column 1
...
Extract of a Letter from Fredericksburg September 14.
" Since Colonel Preston's Letter to you, we have Advice, by one Bell,
who is just arrived in this Town from Kentucky, that Hancock Taylor
and James Strother were both killed, as they were returning from the
Mouth of that River, where they had been to survey some Land. Hemp-
enstall, who was missing when Colonel Preston wrote to you, is since
come in ; he was with Taylor and Strother when they were fired upon
by the Indians. Taylor lived several Days after he received his Wounds,
and came with Hempenstall and Bell at least a Hundred Miles towards
the Settlements. John Willis, John Ashby, and several others, are still
missing ; but they are gone down the River, it is believed.
...
The will of Hancock Taylor, written 29 July 1774:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PX-X4R5?i=452&cat=378071
Image 453 of 474
Orange County Will Book No. 2, p.490-491
H Taylor Will
In the name of God Amen I Hancock Taylor of the County of
Orange and Colony of Virginia being weak of body but of perfect mind &
memory thanks be to almighty God do make and Ordain this my Last
Will and Testament
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Friend Abraham Haptonstall & his
Heirs & Assigns forever One Thousand Acres Land purchased of Alexander Waugh.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Cousin Willis Lee & his heirs & assigns
forever Five hundred acres of Land purchased of Alexander Waugh.
Item I Give and Bequeath to Willis Lee & Abraham Haptonstall and
their Heirs & Assigns forever Two third parts of all my Lands Lying on the Western
waters (except Five hundred Acres purchased of Alexander Waugh) also
the Same proportion of the different Sums of money due me for Surveying
Chain carrying and Looking out Lands &c. --- Lastly I do nominate
and appoint Willis Lee and Abraham Haptonstall Executors to this my Last
Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand
and Seal this Twenty ninth day of July 1774.
Signed & Sealed }
In presence of } Hancock Taylor (LS)
John Green Jur. John Bell.
Memo after all my just Debts are paid my Will is that all my Estate
should be Equally divided Between my Brothers Zachariah & Richard
Taylor and my Sister Betsy Bell and do appoint Zachariah Taylor & Thomas
Bell Executors to this part of my Will.
JGreen Junr. John Bell Hancock Taylor (LS)
At a Court held for Orange County the 27th day of October 1774
This Last Will and Testament of Hancock Taylor deceased was presented into
Court by Zachary Taylor and Thomas Bell Executors to part of the sd Will
and proved by the oath of John Bell one of the Witnesses thereto.
...
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From "Botetourt Co., VA: Its men 1770-1777" by Charles T. Burton.
Burton had prepared an index to the tithable lists (list of adult white males)
for the above years. He listed the following:
List numbers Name of tithable
50, 57 Hempinstall, Abram
Explanation of list numbers
List 50- year: 1774; pages: 125-6; type: deliquent list; location: whole county
List 57- year: 1774; pages: 140-2; type: tax list; taken by: Geo. Skillern; location: Big Levels, Sink Hole, etc.
[This area was probably in that part of Botetourt County which became Greenbrier County in 1778.]
See
Family History Library
Botetourt County Lists of tithables, 1770-1789 | Film 1906467 DGS 7856374
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007856374?cat=753667
549 Images
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From the Augusta County list of tithables for 1777-1778:
John Kinkead's List of Tithables
(note: John Kinkead's list covered much of the Bullpasture River valley,
including the Doe Hill area, in what is now Highland County.)
These three names were found together in this order:
Abram Haptonstall 2 tithables Land 112 Acres
Ralph Wilson 1 tithable -----
Elibab Wilson 1 tithable -----
The 112 Acres refer to the 112 acres he purchased from William and Mary Wilson in 1768.
Ralph and Elibab were sons of the deceased Capt. Samuel Wilson. In 1775 Abraham had
married Samuel's widow Mary Wilson.
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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4xqt;view=1up;seq=201
Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia, Vol. 1 (1912)
p.181
...
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. XVI.
…
p.197
April 20, 1778.
...
(285) Joseph Gum, Lieutenant, and Abraham Hempenstall, Ensign,
qualified.
...
Excerpt from the actual text:
Augusta County Court Order Book XVI
p.281
At a Court held for Augusta County April
20th 1778
...
p.285
...
Joseph Gum produced a Commission appointing
him Lieut and Abraham Hemplenstall another
appointing him Ensign --- they both took
the usual Oath of qualification, which
is ordered to be certified.
...
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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4xqt;view=1up;seq=262
Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia, Vol. 1 (1912)
p.256
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. XXI.
March 17, 1789.
(1-4) Philip Enoch qualified Attorney-at-Law.
( 6 ) James Poage qualified Justice.
p.258
September 15, 1789.
(133-137) Mary Hempenstall, late Mary Wilson, executrix of Samuel
Wilson.
...
Excerpt from the actual text:
Augusta County Order Book XXI
p.133
At a Court held for Augusta
County Tuesday Septem ber 5th. 1789
...
p.137
On the Motion of Mary Hempenstall late Mary Wilson executrix
&c. of Samuel Wilson deceased it is ordered that William Boywer
Alexander St. Clair , Robert Gamble & Robert Douthat Gent. or any two
of them do examine & Settle her Accounts of said Estate & return
the Same together with their report thereon to the next Court
according to Law.
...
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Abraham Haptonstall had moved from Augusta County (in the present-day area of Doe Hill in Highland County, Virginia) to Greenbrier County, Virginia by the early 1780's.
These may be the last references to Mary Babb(?) Wilson Haptonstall:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM7-N4NZ-1?i=211&cat=98577
Film # 007765143
Greenbrier Deed Book 1, p.408 [Image 212 of 390]
deed date: 28 Oct 1794 ; deed recorded 28 Oct 1794
Abraham Hepenstall/Haptonstall and Mary his Wife to Benjamine Grigsbey (both parties of Greenbrier Co.)
For 5 shillings, a Tract or parcel of Land including an old survey of 492 acres upon both sides of Greenbrier River
adjoining John Anderson, by survey date 30 Dec 1785
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008218839?cat=56556
Film # 008218839
Image 38-39 of 468
Kanawha County, Virginia Deed Book A, p.61-62
deed date: 16 December 1794 ; deed recorded: 29 April 1795
Abram Hempenstall and Mary his Wife to Jacob Skiles, both parties of Greenbrier County, Virginia
for five shillings, “A Certain Tract or parcel of Land lying in Kanhawa [Kanawha] County on Morris Creek
a branch of the Grate Kanhawa”, containing 330 acres, by Survey bearing date 25 June 1787.
...
Abram Haptonstall {seal}
Mary Haptonstall {seal}
Witnesses: Sam Henderson, Thomas Lamasters, William taylor
Kanawha County, Virginia Deed Book A, p.62-63
deed date: 17 December 1794 ; deed recorded: 29 April 1795
Abram Haptonstall and Mary his Wife to Robert Reed, both parties of Greenbrier County
for five shillings, “a Certain Tract of Land in Kanhawa County on the Ohio River adjoining a Survey made for
Jacob Lockhert”, containing 2000 acres near Letart falls, including 300 acres by Survey bearing date 7 June 1785.
...
Abram Haptonstall {seal}
Mary Haptonstall {seal}
Witnesses: William Clayton, Sam Henderson, Thom Lamasters
Thus Mary died after 17 December 1794, as shown by the above deeds.
Certainly by 2 April 1796 and evidently by 1795 Abraham Haptonstall had moved to Kentucky:
Woodford County, Kentucky Tax books 1790-1797, 1799-1814
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834527?i=208&cat=157427
Image 207 of 1165
Book of Taxable Property
by Geo Blackburn Comr for
1795
Image 209 of 1165
Dates | Persons names Chargabl | white males | Do above 16 & | Total | Blacks | Horses | Cattle |
| with Tax. | above 21 | under 21 | Blacks | under 16 | | |
[May 26?] | Hempenstall Abraham | 1 | - - | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
Having been alive on 17 December 1794, it seems probable that wife Mary was still living when Abraham Haptonstall moved to Woodford County, Kentucky in 1795.
The tentative conclusion is that Mary (Babb?) Wilson Haptonstall died in Woodford County, Kentucky some time before 29 November 1802, the date of Abraham's marriage bond to married Sarah Pigg. (See below.)
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99V1-XD13?i=799&cat=83879
Greenbrier County, Virginia Order Book C
Image 797 of 875
p.373
Saturday April the Second 1796
...
Image 800 of 875
p.378
On the motion of Michael Bowyer It is ordered that the property in the hands of
of John Dixon due to Abraham Haptonstall be retained in his hands
untill the further decree of this Court in the suit in Chancery depending
between the said Bowyer & Haptonstall be determined ; to the amount of
One Hundred and forty pounds the said Defendant being an Inhabitant
of the state of Kentucky ;
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http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/woodford/court/taxlists/tax1800a.txt
WOODFORD CO., KY TAX LIST 1800 (PART 1: A-L)
...
HIMPENSTALL, Abraham
...
TAYLOR, Richard
...
TAYLOR, Zachariah
On 2 December 1802, Abraham Haptonstall married Sally Pigg:
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=91&p=surnames.haptonstall
MARRIAGE:
#3 to Sarah Pigg
Bond:
Know all men by these presents that we Abraham Haptonstall & Manning Pigg
are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency James Garrard esq. Governor of
Kentucky and his Successors in the full sum of fifty pounds Current Money of
Kentucky and for payment well and truely to be made & done to our said
Governor is Successors etc we bind ourselves and every of our heirs Exrs &
admins. jointly & Severally firmly by thee Presents sealed with our seals &
dated this 29th day of Nov. 1802
The Condition of the above Obligation is Such that Whereas a Marriage is
shortly intended to be solemnized between The above bound Abraham
Haptenstall & Sally Pigg now should there be no lawfull Cause to obstruct sd
Marriage then the above Obligation to be void else remain in force etc.
Att: W Moore Abraham Haptonstall (Signed) Seal
Manning Pigg Seal
Return of Abrahm Haptinstall & Sally Pigg
The Rites of Mariage performed December 2d 1802 certified by me William
Williams
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZH-SXD
Abraham Hempinstatt [sic]
Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
Name: Abraham Hempinstatt
Event Type: Marriage [actually Marriage Bond]
Event Date: 1802
Event Place: Harrison, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Sally Pigg
Spouse's Gender: Female
Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 DGS 004542766
View the original marriage bond document:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-3CNC?i=669&cc=1804888
Images 670-671 of 1207
Abraham Hempinstall to Sally Pigg
Marriage Bond
29th (or 27th) November 1802
This is the one known mention of Sarah Pigg as Abraham's wife:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-69TY-G?i=278&cat=432662
[Images 279-280 of 635]
Woodford County Deed Book C1
p.542-543
11 July 1804
Abraham Haptonstall and Sarah his wife of Woodford County to William Davis of Woodford County
For 360 pounds, 90 acres ...
Based on tax records, Abraham Haptonstall lived in Woodford County, Kentucky at least until the middle of 1805.
He was last listed in the list of taxable property taken by Richard Fox for the North District of Woodford County on the date 4 June 1805.
From 1806 to 1814 Abraham Haptonstall lived in Shelby County, Kentucky. In the Shelby County tax books for those years William Taylor was listed as the trustee for Abraham Haptonstall.
Abraham's taxable land consisted of only two tracts, 250 acres on the Bullskin in Shelby County and 500 acres on Panther Creek in Ohio County. The former had been entered in Abraham's own name.
That latter had been entered in the name of James Crane.
Abraham Haptonstall died in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1814 between April and August.
In his will Abraham made no mention of any children. Nor did he mention his wife Sarah who, it is therefore presumed, predeceased him.
The only relatives Abraham named in his will were his brother Isaac and his sister Eleanor "Nap":
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DP-2SDL?i=535&cc=1875188&cat=109973
Film # 007553122
[Images 536-537 of 736]
Shelby County, Kentucky Will Book 3, p.172-173
Will of Abraham Haptonstall
written 15 April 1814; proved at August County Court 1814
p.172
In the name of God amen I Abraham Hoptonstall of the County
of Shelby and State of Kentucky do hereby Constitute ordain and make
this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all others by me
before made.
In primis I will give and devise to my friends William Taylor of Shelby
County and Hubbard Taylor of Clark County or to the Survivers of them
all my Estate both real and personal in which I may die possessed of
in trust Subject to such distribution as herein after Specified and
the said Extrs or Survivors of them or Such one of them as shall think
proper to act as Such Shall have full power and Authority to Sell
or otherwise to dispose of all my lands and other property Settle
& make Compromises and transfers to make and to receive convey=
ances as the cases may be in the name of either or both & when
Such Sale be made at the discretion Sd acting Executor or executor
as may Shall pay all my just debts and after Satisfying all
all expences attending the Same I devise the remainder some [sum]
in the following manner to be paid in the order as herein expressed
First I give and devise to my friend Mrs. Rachel Fennie for their friend
=Ship towards me the Sum of Fifty pounds in money
Second I give and devise to Mrs. Susan Taylor wife of my friend
William Taylor of Floyds Fork the Sum of two hundred dollars in money
Thirdly I give and devise the remainder of whatsoever money there
may be after paying all debts as aforsd. & the foregoing Legacies
It is my will be paid over to my brother Isaac Hoptonstall and my
Sister Eleanor Nap One moiety to each or to legal representative or
representatives of my Sd. brother & sister in Case of their death on
Application to my Sd Exors after the expiration of twelve months
after the Collection of the amount of Sales of my Sd Estate
Item It is my will and desire and I hereby give my said Extors
or the acting one the Same full power and authority over any
property I have in any of the United States or those given in this
State and further Authorize Here or their to transact the business
out of this State by power of attorney and their power to revoke
at his or their pleasure ---
Item It is my will and express desire that there be no inventory
or appraisment of my estate
In testemony of the foregoing I have Signed Sealed and Acknd.
this as my last will and testemony this 15th day of April
p.173
April in the Year of our Lord 1814
Signed Sealed and Acknd. Abraham Hoptonstall (seal)
in presence of us
William Brookie }
John Williams }
Thomas Barbour }
William T. Barbour }
Shelby County Sct August County Court 1814
The within last will and Testament of Abraham
Haptonstall was produced in Court and proved by the oaths of
Thos T Barbour & John Williams two Subscribing witnesses thereto
and thereupon the Same was ordered to be recorded which is
done accordingly. Att James Craig Ck
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Shelby County Order Book 1810-1815
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-Z2TQ?i=435&cat=190039
[Image 435 of 465]
p.139[right page]
At a County Court begun and held for Shelby County at
the Courthouse in Shelbyville on Monday the 15th day of August
1814 ...
[Image 436 of 465]
p.140 [right page]
The last Will and Testament of Abraham Hoptonstall deceased
was produced in Court and proved by the oaths of John Williams
and Thomas T. Barbour two of the Subscribing witnesses thereto
and ordered to be recorded
Whereupon William Taylor one of the
Executors in said Will named came into Court and took upon himself
the burthen of the execution of the said Will and took the oath required
by law and entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of $2250
with Larry[?] Jones his security
and entered as the law directs probate of Said will is granted
him in due form of law as Exor of the estate of said decedant.
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Abraham Haptonstall Senior had one verifiable offspring, his son Abraham Jr. Proof of their connection can be found in a Woodford County, Kentucky deed:
Woodford County, Kentucky Deed Book C-2, pg. 439, 2 Jan 1801 - Abraham Haptenstall, Sen. to my son, Abraham Haptenstall, 1/2 of my plantation where I now live, 250 acres.
See the original deed at
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-69BH-G?i=556&cat=432662
Film # 007897708
p.439-441 [Images 557-558 of 635]
Abraham Haptonstall his son Abraham Haptonstall
deed dated: 2 Jan 1801 ; deed proved 4 Jan 1802
p.439
Know all men these presents that I Abraham
Haptonstall senr. Of the State Kentucky and County
Of Woodford for divers good causes and thereunto moving
p.440
have granted and by these presents do grant quitt
and bestow, to my son Abraham Haptonstall of the County
and State aforesaid his Heirs or assigns the One half of the
plantation whereon I now live in the County aforesaid, Con-
taining by different purchasors the quantity of two Hundred
& fifty acres sd. Land to be equally divided between my son Abra
ham Haptonstall and my self so as to make the Spring equal
advantageous to both him and myself I do also acknowledge
by these presents that I have granted acquitted & bestowed to my
Son Abraham Haptonstall his Heirs or assigns the one half
of all the Lands which I now obtain in this State
by patant Deed or entry also the one half of my per=
sonal Estate both in Slaves Horses & Household furniture
I do by these presents grant gift & bestow to my Son
Abm Haptonstall & his Heirs & assigns forever and I do
hereby Acknowledge in presence of the undernamed
witnesses that it is my whole & sole desire that my son Abm
Hoptonstall shall be put in immediate possession
of all & any of the above mentioned articles and property
as soon as possible a division Can take place and I do
furthermore acknowledge that is my desire that the
above Instruments of writing be immediately recorded
in order to make this deed of gift firm & binding from
me to my son Abraham Hoptonstall, In witness of the
same I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Second day of January in the [year] of Our Lord One thousand
Eight Hundred and one
Sealed signed & delivered } Abraham Hoptonstall L.S.
In presence of }
Charles Wendling
George G. Taylor
Joseph Wallace
at a Court held for Woodford County the 4th day of
p.441
January 1801.
This Indenture was Acknowledged by the said Abraham Hap=
tastall [sp] senr. to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste GBrooke C.C.
Abraham Senior may also have had a couple of daughters who married men who lived in the present-day area of Doe Hill, Highland Co., VA. James Wilson married Elizabeth Hempenstall:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court38.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, p.346
RECORD OF MARRIAGES IN AUGUSTA COUNTY BEGINNING
15TH MARCH, 1785.
1785, _____ __--By Saml. Shannon, V. D. M.: James Mulinx and Mary
Arbocast; March 2d, John Montgomery and Sarah Hicklin; March 16th,
James Murphy and Susanna Harper; March 29th, James Wilson and Elizabeth
Hempenstall; April 11th, Cornelius Vanosdal and Jane Wilson[sister of James]; June 2d,
Robert Givens and Margaret Elliott; April 20th, Abraham Gum and
Priscilla Wade; July 4th, Thomas Tachet and Keterenah Dinnison;
July 4th, James Davison and Sarah Dinnison.
In his A History of Highland County, Virginia (1911), Oren F. Morton wrote that Samuel Blagg (born 1774 to William Blagg and Elizabeth Wilson) married Jemima Hempenstall in 1795 and that he went west.
[See https://books.google.com/books?id=ozctAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA267&dq=Jemima+Hempenstall ]
However, it is possible that Elizabeth or Jemima (or both) may have been daughters of Abraham's brother Isaac. It is also possible that Jemima might have been the daughter of Abraham Haptonstall Sr. and his second wife Mary Wilson, the widow of Samuel Wilson. Abraham and Mary had married in early 1775.
Neither Abraham nor Isaac mentioned daughters named Elizabeth or Jemima in their respective wills. In his 1814 will, the only relatives Abraham Sr. mentioned were his brother Isaac and his sister Eleanor "Nap" [Knap]. In addition, in his 1831 will (see below), Isaac did not mention his daughter Hannah, who in 1788 married Elibab Wilson, the son of Samuel Wilson and Mary Wilson:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court34.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, p.307
MARRIAGE LICENSES, MARRIAGE BONDS, AND MARRIAGES.
AUGUSTA COUNTY.
1788, October 22, Elibabb Wilson and Wm. Blagg, surety. Elibabb
Wilson and Hanah Hempenstall, daughter of Isaac Hempenstall (consent).
Teste: James Wilson, Moses Knap.
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The life of Abraham Haptonstall Jr., son of Abraham Sr. above, is summarized in his own Revolutionary War pension declaration:
"The said Abraham Haptonstall was born in the County of Orange state of New York on the 6th day of April 1761. he has no record of his age but has always been told that that was his birthday. he was living in the county of orange State of New York when called into the service of the United States and continued to live in said county untill 1779 when he moved into the State of New Jersey where he resided about eighteen months, after that moved back to the State of New York where he resided until 1783 Nov 16th when he moved to Greenbrier County Virginia, where he resided untill about the middle of December 1800 when he moved to Woodford County State of Kentucky, where he lived till September 1801 when he moved back to Greenbrier County Virginia, where he resided untill October 1816 when he moved to Racoon Township Gallia County State of Ohio where he has resided ever since & still resides."
The personal property tax lists of Greenbrier County, Virginia show that Abraham Haptonstall [Senior] living there in 1782. In 1783 he was joined by his son Abraham Jr. Thus Abraham Jr. must have come to Greenbrier County earlier than the 16 Nov 1783 date given in his pension declaration. Perhaps it was 16 Nov 1782.
Children of Abraham Haptonstall Jr. and Rachel Price who were married in Greenbrier County:
Peggy Haptonstall married Jesse Bright 20 Nov 1806.
Elizabeth Haptonstall married James Spencer in 1808.
Sally Haptonstall married Martin Perkins (aka Jeremiah Mastin Parkins) 20 Aug 1811.
Abraham Haptonstall married Barbary Eagle 5 April 1817.
Samuel Haptonstall married Elenor Perkins 23 Sept 1819.
Charity Haptonstall married Reuben Rambo presumably in Greenbrier County but possibly in Gallia Co., Ohio.
Of the above, only Margaret "Peggy" Haptonstall Bright and Elizabeth Haptonstall Spencer remained in Greenbrier County.
Margaret died 27 Nov 1867 in Greenbrier County.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2897820 ]
Elizabeth died 15 March 1831.
[See http://hackerscreek.com/norman/SPENCER/THOMAS.htm
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS BOLTON SPENCER
...
3.JAMES SPENCER 2.THOMAS BOLTON SPENCER JR. 1.THOMAS BOLTON
SPENCER
James Spencer, a son of Thomas Bolton and Mary (Morrow) Spencer, was
born in 1784 and died July 4, 1880. He married Elizabeth Haptonstall
in 1808. Elizabeth died March 15 1831. James married Mary Cook
December 12, 1833.
... ]
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Isaac Haptonstall first appeared in Greenbrier County, Virginia personal property tax lists in 1785, suggesting that he did not travel to Virginia with his nephew Abraham Jr. but came a year or two later. Or it may be that he was just somehow overlooked in 1783 and 1784.
The family of Isaac Haptonstall had lived in New York and New Jersey around the time of the birth of Isaac's son John. That would mean in Orange County, New York and probably just across the border in Sussex County, New Jersey. (Isaac was also the father of Hannah who married Elibab Wilson, son of Capt. Samuel Wilson.)
As given in the 1850 census of Greenbrier County, Virginia, John "Hoptenstall", age 76, was born in New York. (1850 - 76 = 1774 as year of John's birth.)
[See the actual 1850 census record at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11757-82868-98?cc=1401638&wc=M9H5-ZNR:474437391 ]
However, based on the information given in John's death record, which was provided by his son-in-law M. Brackman, John, age 83, was born in New Jersey. (1858 - 83 = 1775 as year of John's birth.)
West Virginia records: birth, death, marriage
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2899909
Death Record Detail:
Name: John Haptonstall
Sex: Male
Death Date: 31 Jan 1858
Death Place: Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Age at Death: 83y
...
Birth Place: N. Jersey
...
Mother: Hannah
Father: Isaac
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2899909&Type=Death
actual record image
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Another individual who lived in both Orange County, New York and Sussex County, New Jersey during the Revolutionary War and later moved to
Greenbrier County, Virginia was John Sammons. Excerpts from his pension declaration provide the evidence:
Series: M805 Roll: 713 Image: 580 File: S6045
Pension declaration of John Sammons (Excerpts)
p.4 of 7
State of Virginia { S S
Greenbrier County {
On this 24th day of September 1832
personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Green=
brier (it being a Court of Record) John Sammons a resident
of the Said County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia, aged
73 years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth
on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtai[n]
the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. ...
...
p.5 of 7
...
In the year 1781 he either enlisted or was drafted for three
months he does not now recollect which under Capt David
McCambly in Orange County New York and was Stationed at
the Fish Kills on the north river in the Regiment commanded
by Colo. Hathorn and there served out his three months
and was discharged. ...
...
p.6 of 7
...
Richard Sammons being sworn in open Court Sayeth tha[t]
he was born in the State of New Jersey in Sussex County
and was raised and lived in Orange County New York a[nd]
has heard it Said by a number of persons that John Sam[mons]
has served in the Revolutionary war, and has heard Benj[amin]
Sammons his Father who was the brother of the said John Samm[ons]
frequently State that John Sammons did serve in the rovolu[tion]
Sworn & Subscribed this} Richard Sammons
day and year aforesaid }
We Richard Sammons & John Hempinstall do hereby cer[tify]
that we are well acquainted with John Sammons who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that w[e]
believe him to be 73 years of age that he is reputed a[nd]
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have b[een]
a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opin[ion]
Sworn and Subscribed the} Richard Sammons
day & year aforesaid } John Haptonstall
Question 1st Where and in what year was you born
Answer I was born in the County of Orange and State of New York
I believe in the year 1758 or 1759
Qs. 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is [it]
Ans. 2 I have none, and only Know my age from recollection an[d]
from information from the family
Qs 3 Where were you living when called into Service, where ha[ve]
you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now [live]
p.7 of 7
Answer 3d I was living in Sussex County New Jersey, and in Orange
County New York when I was called into Service. I lived
for some time after the Revolution in Orange County New
York, and then in Greenbrier County Virginia where
I have lived for the last Forty years and where I now live.
...
[See a complete transcription of John Sammons pension declaration at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfloyd/Mis_files/pension_john_sammons.htm ]
John Haptonstall, who was the son of Isaac and Hannah and who was mentioned in John Sammons' pension declaration, was married to Mary Salmons on 11 September 1800 in Greenbrier County, Virginia by Josiah Osborne.
See their actual marriage record at
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=10970747
and
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970747&Type=Marriage
Mary Salmons was probably the daughter of John Sammons. John Sammons and Isaac Haptonstall were neighbors on Howards Creek:
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=267&last=&g_p=G43&collection=LO
Grant
Sammons, John. grantee.
Land grant 26 January 1800.
[Survey date: 6 May 1795]
Location: Greenbrier County.
Description: 220 acres on head waters of Howards Creek adjoining the lands of Pleasant Wade and Isaac Hempinstall.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 43, 1799-1800, p. 267
"... to a white oak in a flat on Isaac Hempen-
stalls line and running with the same
N 16 E 186 poles
to a white oak on a branch of Anthonys Creek waters and thence leaving said line
S 38 E 125 poles
to the beginning"
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Additional bits of information about Isaac Haptonstall in Greenbrier County, Virginia
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=523&last=&g_p=G40&collection=LO
Grant
Hempinstall, Isaac. grantee.
Land grant 23 August 1798.
[Survey date: 26 March 1795]
Location: Greenbrier County.
Description: 50 acres on waters of Howards Creek and adjoining the land of Caleb Vanosdle, and Michl Bowyer &c.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 40, 1797-1798, p. 523
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=456&last=&g_p=G34&collection=LO
Grant
Masters, Thomas. grantee.
Land grant 11 July 1796.
[Survey date: 8 March 1794]
Location: Greenbrier County.
Description: 115 acres on waters of Howards Creek adjoining the land of Abraham Hempenstall &c.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 34, 1796, p. 456
115 acres on Waters of Howards Creek joining the land of Abraham Hempenstall and a Survey made for said Hempenstall known by the Dutch draft Survey and bounded as followeth:
1. Beginning at a Maple corner to the Dutch draft Survey and Running with
S 43 E 46 poles
2. to two white oaks and
East 32 poles
3. to a large white oak and
S 60 E 80 poles
4. to three white oaks corner the same on a line of his old Survey he purchased of Patt: Davis and leaving the Dutch Survey and with Davis's Survey
S 15 W 118 poles
5. to a white oak and red oak by a branch corner the same and with same
S 85 W 36 poles crossing a branch
6. to a double white oak in a flat corner same and with
S 54 W 40 poles
7. to a double pine on a line of the same and leaving
N 30 W 54 poles
8. to a white oak by a drain and
N 20 E 38 poles
9. to a white oak and Hickory and
N 25 W 32 poles
10. to a white oak and
N 58 W 30 poles crossing a branch
11. to a large white oak in a hollow and thence
N 15 E 90 poles
1. to the Maple the Beginning
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GREENBRIER COUNTY DEEDS & WILLS 1750-1833 by Larry G. Shuck
Greenbrier County Deed Book 2, page 52
50-51 25 Sept 1798 Thomas Masters and wife Ann Masters 115 acres for $20.00 to Isaac Haptonstall on Howark Ck adj. Abraham Haptonstall.
[Note: These may the 115 acres mentioned in Isaac's will.]
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=74&last=&g_p=G41&collection=LO
Grant
Hempinstall, Isaac. grantee.
Land grant 19 February 1799.
Location: Greenbrier County.
Grantee(s): Dixon, John and Hempinstall, Isaac.
Description: 240 acres.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 41, 1798-1799, p. 74
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The actual will and appraisment bill of Isaac Haptonstall can be viewed here:
Haptonstall Isaac will 1833 v.1 p.803-804
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18262-55058-19?cc=1909099&wc=M6DN-TPD:179686201,179702201
[West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Greenbrier Will book, v. 001 1777-1833 > Images 375-376 of 400]
Haptonstall Isaac Appraisement Bill, March 1833 v.2 p.9
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18265-3913-14?cc=1909099&wc=M6DJ-8MS:179686201,179746301
[West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > GreenbrierWill book, v. 002 1825-1853 > Image 9 of 337]
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Below is a transcription of Isaac Haptonstall's will:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/greenbrier/wills/willbk01.txt
Greenbrier County, West Virginia - Will book 1
Will of Isaac Haptonstall
Testator: Isaac Haptonstall of Greenbrier County, West Virginia Will dated: 1 June 1831 Will proved: September Term 1832 Executors: None Witnesses: A. Scott, James Wylie, Rich'd Dickson Source: Will Book 1; pages 803, 804; Greenbrier County, West Virginia In the name of God Amen know all men by these presents that I Isaac Haptonstall of the County of Greenbrier & State of Virginia & calling to mind the mortality of the body & that it is appointed for all men to die do hereby make & ordain this to be my last will & Testament in manner & form following to wit. To my son John Haptonstall and my grandson Charles Haptonstall son to Abraham and Charity Haptonstall I give and Bequeath my home tract of land containing one hundred and fifteen Acres to be Divided equally Between them. I also give all my farming utensils to said Charles Haptonstall & To my son Isaac Haptonstall I give one tract of Land containing 93 acres adjoining the place I now Live on the southwest end. To my daughter Lancy Knap I give one cow. To my grand Daughter Hannah Haptonstall Daughter to Abraham and Charity Haptonstall I give one cow and calf. To the above named Charles Haptonstall I give all the rest of my cattle. I also give all my pots and kettle to said Charles. I also give to said Charles one bed and beadcloaths [sic]. I do hereby acknowledge this to be my last will and Testament hereby making all former wills and Declaring this to be my true last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty one. Isaac Haptonstall (his mark) Teste A. Scott James Wylie Rich'd Dickson Greenbrier County Court September Term 1832 This paper purporting to be the last will & Testament of Isaac Haptonstall dec'd was presented in court and proved by the oaths. A. Scott and Richard Dickson Subscribing Witnesses thereto to have been duly Executed and acknowledged therefore It is ordered that the same be Recorded whereupon on the motion of John Haptonstall administration with the will annexed is granted him and thereupon he took the oaths prescribed by Law and entered into bond in sum of $200 with Richard Dickson & John Sammons his securities as the Law directs therefore Letters is granted him in due form. Teste John Mathews, CGC NOTE: There were no punctuation marks in the will. The periods at the end of the sentences have been added by the submitter for clarity. Submitted by Darla Ruebush (darbush @wizrealm.com)
See the actual will at
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Greenbrier > Will book, v. 001 1777-1833
p.803 [Image 375 of 400]
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This obituary for Isaac Hempenstall (alias Haptonstall) was not found in any Virginia newspaper but rather in a Rhode Island newspaper. Perhaps it made national news because it indicated that Isaac was 101 years old--which I believe was overestimated by some thirteen years. The obituary also noted that he had died on his birthday, and that he had a two-year-older sister still living in the area. This sister was no doubt Eleanor Knap, whose 1833 appraisment is given below.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1832-07-19/ed-1/seq-3/
Herald of the times. [volume], July 19, 1832, Image 3
About Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846
Page 3 of 4
Column 4 of 6
...
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DEATHS.
...
In Lewisburg, Va. Mr. Isaac Hempenstall, 101,
a soldier of the Revolution. The same day that
gave him birth ended his mortal career. He has
left a sister living in that place, two years older
than himself.
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...
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Additional information on the children of Isaac Haptonstall
John Haptonstall married Mary Salmons on 11 September 1800 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970747&Type=Marriage (right page)]
Isaac Haptonstall married first Sarah Buckhannon on 16 October 1805 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970723&Type=Marriage (left page)]
Abraham Haptonstall married Charity Buckhannon on 26 February 1808 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970722&Type=Marriage (left page)]
[They had two children: Charles Haptonstall and Hannah who married Michael Sydenstricker.
Charles Haptonstall married Margaret Thomas on 27 September 1836 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=10970917 ]
Charles Haptonstall died 30 June 1891 at age 79.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=2949187 ]
Charles "Hempenstall" wrote his will 24 June 1891. It was proved in July 1891.
[See his will at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HBSN-JF?mode=g&i=76&wc=Q8BW-MXR%3A179686201%2C179859601&cc=1909099 ]
Lany Haptonstall married James Knapp on 7 March 1816 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=10970395 ]
Isaac Haptonstall married second Cynthia Carpenter 10 October 1817 in Greenbrier Co., VA.
[See http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10970986&Type=Marriage (right page)]
In addition, Isaac had a daughter Hannah whom he did not mentioned in his will. Hannah married Elibab Wilson in 1788 and lived near Doe Hill in that part of Pendleton County, Virginia which became Highland County in 1847.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court34.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, p.307
MARRIAGE LICENSES, MARRIAGE BONDS, AND MARRIAGES.
AUGUSTA COUNTY.
1788, October 22, Elibabb Wilson and Wm. Blagg, surety. Elibabb
Wilson and Hanah Hempenstall, daughter of Isaac Hempenstall (consent).
Teste: James Wilson, Moses Knap.
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Moses Knapp, who had signed the marriage bond for Elibab Wilson and Hannah Haptonstall in 1788, had a wife named Elenor.
It is presumed that she was the sister of Abraham and Isaac Haptonstall:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008219251?i=29&cat=82800
Film # 008219251
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGX-Z9JR-P?i=29&cat=82800
Pendleton County, Virginia Deed Book 7, pages 43-46
[Images 30-32 of 568]
21 September 1816 ; deed recorded 4 November 1817
Moses Knapp and Elenor his wife of the County of Pendleton to John Blagg of Pendleton County
For 800 dollars
227 acres by Pattent granted to Moses Knapp 2 Aug 1791 on the head of the Bull pasture …
Also the one undivided half of 100 Acres of Land granted Jointly to Moses Knapp and James Wilson by pattent dated 13 October 1798 adjoining the last described land ...
The April 1833 appraisment of the personal property of an Elenor Knap in Greenbrier County. She was presumably the widow of Moses Knap:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18265-3774-63?cc=1909099&wc=14030773
West Virginia, Will Books, 1756-1971 > Greenbrier Will book, v. 002, 1825-1853, p.21-22 > Images 15 and 16 of 337:
p.21
Greenbrier Ct. March 1833. We Michael Bunger & Henry
Bunger, Thomas Dotson met on the land of Elenor Knap decd.
and apraed all the personal property shown to us
...
[total value] $54.31
The foregoing list contains a true
Inventory of the estate of Elenor
Knap decd. produced to us by the
administrator, Given under our
hands this 6th day of April 1833
Michael Bunger
Henry Bunger
Thomas Dotson
p.22
Greenbrier County Court
January Term 1834
This appraisment of the Estate of Elinor Knapp dec'd.
was Returned to court by Joshua Knapp her adminis-
trator and the same is ordered to be Recorded
...
NOTE:
In 1901 some Mason County, WV Knapp descendants claimed that Elenor Haptonstall Knapp had moved with her husband Moses to Mason County, West Virginia (then Virginia).
If they were correct, then either the above Elenor Knapp of Greenbrier County was a different person altogether, or Elenor returned to Greenbrier County.
The newspaper article below tells of their plan to sue for their share of Abraham Haptonstall's estate.
The second article makes it appear that they probably did not follow through with a lawsuit.
Virginia Chronicle > Weekly Register > 27 February 1901
Weekly Register, 27 February 1901
p.4, column 1
The Weekly Register
P. B. Tippett, - City Editor
POINT PLEASANT. WEST VA.
FEBRUARY 27, 1901.
…
p.4, col. 3
WEST VIRGINIANS
VS. KENTUCKIANS.
An Interesting Will Case Which
Will Probably Enter the
Courts of Kentucky.
Heirs of Abraham Haptonstall
Will Investigate the Will of
Their Wealthy Kinsman.
Huntington Herald.
On Saturday evening, 'Squire
Thomas Fisher, of Mason county,
arrived in the city from Shelby-
ville, Ky., where he had been on a
very important mission, and in a
conversation with a representative
of the Herald he expressed himself
as being well satisfied with the de-
velopments made while on his tour
of investigation
Mr. Fisher had with him a copy
of the will of Abraham Hapston-
stall, who died in Shelby county,
Kentucky, in 1814, and it is the
provisions of this will in which
Mr. Fisher and other relatives are
now interested.
The will, after having named
some small bequests to to the serv-
ants of maker, specifies that all his
property be given to a brother,
Isaac Haptonstall, and a sister,
Mrs. Eleanor Knapp.
Mr. Fisher states that the latter
resided in Mason or Putnam county
and has a large number of descend-
ants in these counties and that none
of them ever received any of the
benefits of the will of their wealthy
kinsman.
Mr. Fisher says that the records
of Shelby county show that two
large tracts of land, containing 18,-
000 and 14,000 acres, respectively,
were sold by the executors, who
were named in the will, namely,
Wm. Taylor and Hubbard Taylor,
two brothers, residing in that coun-
ty. These executors, of course,
have been dead for more than fifty
years, probably, and just what steps
Mr. Fisher will take he did not
state further than to indicate that
steps would be taken to come into
possession of their rights, which
by this time would certainly be
very considerable.
It appears that the heirs of Hap-
tonstall have been aware that they
possessed this interest for many
years, but this is the first decisive
step ever taken to look after the
case. Many of the heirs of the
Mrs. Knapp named as one of the
devisees in the will, are said to be
well to do--among whom is Squire
Fisher, while others are not in such
good circumstances, to whom the
recovery of their interest would be
a most welcome affair.
Mr. Fisher experienced no diffi-
culty in procuring a copy of the
will, and making the discovery of
the sale of the 32,000 acres of land
by the executors, but thinks there
were other tracts of land also be-
longing to the maker of the will.
The case is evidently an interest-
ing one and may result in one of
the biggest cases of civil litigation
found upon the Kentucky court
dockets for a long time.
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Note: Putnam County, WV was created in 1848 from Cabell (the E part), Kanawha (the NW part), and Mason (the SE part) counties.
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/171160275/
March 6, 1901
The Weekly Register from Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Page 3
Publication: The Weekly Register
Location: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Issue Date: Wednesday, March 6, 1901
Page: Page 3
The Weekly Register F. B. Tippett, - City Editor POINT PLEASANT. WEST VA. MARCH 6, 1901.
... G. W. Knapp and R. W. Reed were business visitors to your town Monday. We are pleased to see in the Register, a report of Squire Fisher in regard to the estate in Kentucky. G. W. Knapp has long known of that dowery, as he acquired a copy of the will, but know not of its magnitude. He had secured the service of General B. B. Butler, of Boston, Massachusetts, but after the death of the General the case was suffered to lapse. ...
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F. The Ketchum family is discussed only because of a mention of a Sarah Applestraws. Could her name have been Applestall??
The Ketcham Family
The will of John Ketchem--written 13 March 1809 and proved 2 October 1810-- lists a sister named Sarah Applestraws
See
Index to Surrogate's records v.1 1787-1898 Film 837263 DGS 4087834
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99R-JTNZ?i=268&cc=1920234&cat=171030
New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 > Orange > General index 1787-1898 vol 1
Image 269 of 541
p.424
Year Name Wills
1807 Samuel Ketcham v. C, p. 416
1810 John Ketcham v. D, p. 333
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Will of John Ketchem [written 13 March 1809; proved 2 October 1810]
Wills v.D-E 1807-1815 Film 835419 DGS 5515283
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G992-Q91C-B?i=180&cc=1920234&cat=171030
Film # 005515283 (495 Images)
[Images 181-182 of 495]
Vol. D, p.333-334
Will of John Ketchem
[will written 13 March 1809 ; proved 2 October 1810]
p.333
I John Ketchem of the Town of Cornwell and County of Or=
=range and State of New York being the thirteenth day of the third
month one Thousand eight hundred and nine well in health
and sound mind do make this my last will and Testament To
dispose of those outward goods that providence hath favoured
me with First my will is that my Executors hereafter named
doth sell so much of my estate as to pay all my just debts
and my will is that my beloved wife have the use of all the
remainder of my estate as Long as shee Liveth and my will
is that my wife Mary have the disposal of one half of my estate
after my just debts is paid and the remainder I give in the
p.334
following manner that is to say I give to my Brotherinlaw
Joseph Ketchem son David Fifty Dollars and the remainder I
give in the following Manner one half to my sister Prudence
Becannon and the other half to my sister Sarah Applestraws <<<<[Could this be "Applestall"?]
Children Lastly I appoint my wife Mary Executrix and my
Neighbour John Barton Executers of this my last will and
Testament giving them or the survivor of them full power to
execute and perform the same according to the true intent and
meaning thereof In Witness thereof I the said John Ketchem
hath hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal in the presence
of the subscribers who subscribed their names in the presence of
the Testater and of each other Samuel Saman Roger Barton
John Barton
...
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Will of Samuel Ketcham (father-in-law of John Ketcham) [written 21 January 1807; proved 25 Feb 1807]
Wills v.B-C 1797-1807 Film 835418 DGS 5515282
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L992-Q9QD-2?i=414&cc=1920234&cat=171030
Film # 005515282 (440 Images)
[Images 415-416]
Vol. C, p.416-418
Will of Samuel Ketcham (father-in-law of John Ketcham)
[will written 21 January 1807 ; proved 25 Feb 1807]
p.416
I Samuel Ketcham of the Town of Cornwall in the
County of Orange having passed my days in this life to a con
=siderable age and being of sound mind and memory and know
=ing it is appointed once for all men to die Do make this
my last will and Testament in manner following
p.417
...
... Item
I give to my two daughters Anna the wife of Richard Elle=
son and Mary the wife of John Ketcham all my personal
estate to them or their ares[i.e. heirs] to be equally divided between them
...
... and for him
p.418
my son Joseph to pay my two daughters Anna the wife of Richard
Ellison and Mary the wife of John Ketchom one hundred pounds
to be equally divided between them ...
Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my two sons Ben
=jamin and Joseph Ketchem and my two sonsinlaw Richard
Ellison and John Ketchem Eecutors of this my last will
and testament ...
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More on the Ketcham Family
See: Settlers of the Beekman Patent, vol. VII, pages 470-527 for a fairly complete story of the Ketchams in 18th century Dutchess County.
Volume VII, published 2003. Beekman Patent Families Hunter to Leavens, 1215 pages.
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Chance, Dorothy Jane. The Ketcham/KetchumFamily in America 1635-1991. Descendants of Nathaniel Ketcham of Huntington, Long Island and of Nathaniel Ketchum of Norwalk, CT.
p.18
12. Ebenezer(4) Ketchum, son of Nathaniel(3) and Sarah Wakeling Ketchum, was born May 6, 1722, Wilton, Connecticut. He was on the Tax List, Northeast Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, from June 1761 to 1771. He bought and sold land in Williamstown , Berkshire County,...
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p.289
Levies and Militia
Orange County
East Orange or Cornwall Regiment
Colonel: Jesse Woodhull
Lieut. Col. Elihu Marvin
1st Major: Nath'l Strong
A True Account of the Number of Men belonging to the List of Captain Phenihas Rumsey's Company, to wit (88) Privates, Men, and these Signers all belong to the Company
Phenihas Rumsey
...
...
John Ketcham [This possibly could instead refer to the John Ketcham who moved to Mt. Hope. He settled in Hamptonburgh and later in Goshen. In 1774 [he moved] to present Town of Mt. Hope. (Reamy, Pioneer Families of Orange County, New York, p.92). However, see next entry below.]
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cQR5AAAAMAAJ
An Outline History of Orange County: With an Enumeration of the Names of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills and Other Known Localities and Their Etymologies Or Historical Reasons Therefor ; Together with Local Traditions and Short Biographical Sketches of Early ...
By Samuel Watkins Eager, Lillian Ohio Eastbrook, Marguerite Eastbrook
Published by S.T. Callahan, 1847
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Sep 22, 2008
652 pages
Signers of the Pledge in Orange County, 1775.
Alexander Smith,
Phineas Rumsey,
William Heard,
Phineas Heard,
Joseph Conkling,
Benjamin Harlaw,
Jonathan Horton.
George Duryea,
Joshua Reeve,
John Case,
John Ketchum, jr. [The "jr." may have been used to distinguish him from the John Ketcham who moved to Mt. Hope in 1774 (see above).]
Obadiah Helms,
William Hubbard,
Joseph Dixon,
Daniel Tooker.
Garrett Duryea,
David Godfrey,
Isaiah Smith,
David Youngs,
Silas Pierson.
William Lesly,
James Miller,
William Satterby,
David Rumsey,
James Mapes,
...
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"JOHN KETCHAM of Town of Cornwall Liber D p 333
Will made March 30, 1809 Probated Oct 2, 1810
Wife-Mary Ketcham Brother-in-law: Joseph Ketcham [son of Samuel Ketcham]
Sisters-Prudence Becannon, Sarah Applestraws
David Ketcham son of Joseph Ketcham
Executors-Mary Ketcham, John Barton
Witnesses-Samuel Seaman, Roger Barton, John Barton"
Note: Orange Co., NY wills v.D-E 1807-1815 on FHL microfilm 835419
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note: John Ketcham was a witness to the will of David Southerland in 1799:
http://books.google.com/books?id=C01WAAAAMAAJ
Sutherland records
By Douglas Merritt
Compiled by Douglas Merritt
Published by Tobias A. Wright, 1918
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Jan 19, 2008
76 pages
(See also http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kelita&id=I0534)
p.6-8
David Southerland of Cornwall: Will Liber B p107. Will made June 25, 1799
Codicil filed July 17, 1799. Will probated September 6, 1799.
Executors= William Titus , William Townsend, King Rider
Witnesses= John Ketcham, Nathaniel Barton, Jonathan Cooley
Sons: William, Joseph, David, and Jesse
Daughters: Latisha, Jane, Precilly, Sarah, and Susannah Bartin [Barton]
...
" Signed, sealed, published and declared in presence of—note the words [twenty- fifth] first interlined above eleventh erazed. Signed, sealed, published and declared in presence as aforesaid of John Ketcham, Nathaniel Barton, Jonathan Cooley.
David Southerland [L. S.]
The land and other property in this will given to my daughter, Precilly Hanvy, I will and order to be taken care of by my before named executors for the use of the said Precilly, for and during her natural life, and at her death to be equally divided amongst her heirs and the before mentioned gift must extend so far and not otherwise and no farther, signed, sealed, published and declared in presence of the aforesaid witnesses the 17th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine: John Ketcham, Nathaniel Barton: Jonathan Cooley.
his
David X Southerland [L. S.]
mark."
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Ancestors of Welding Ring and his wife, Ida Malvina Mailler
By Josephine C. Frost
Published by s.n., 1935
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Nov 1, 2007
356 pages
page 193
Samuel Ketchem of Cornwall, N. Y. made his will 21 of 1 mo. 1807,
which was proven February 25, 1807. He bequeathed his house with
his mill, but not his saw mill, to his grandson Samuel, not 21 years of
age, son of Joseph, and gives the saw mill to son Joseph. Names son
Benjamin, daughter Anna, wife of Richard Ellison and daughter Mary,
wife of John Ketcham ; grandson Nathaniel and grand-daughter July
Ketcham and makes his two sons and two sons-in-law executors. Wit.:
Samuel Seamon, Robert Caton and Henry Van Duzer. (Goshen Wills,
C., p. 416). His son Samuel was not mentioned because he pre-deceased
its making, dying in 1787. To save confusion with John Ketcham
mentioned in his will with John Ketcham, his grandson, the following
is given: John Ketcham of Cornwall made his will 3, 30, 1809, which
was proven October 2, 1810, in which he names his wife Mary,
and David, son of his brother-in-law Joseph Ketcham; sister Prudence
Becannon, and foster[sic**] sister, Sarah Appletraws' [sic?-not Applestraws?] children. Made his
wife Mary and his neighbor John Barton executors. (Goshen Wills,
D. p. 333.) Samuel Ketcham, Sr. is named in the Town Records of Cornwall, ...
...
**In the text of the actual will, the word foster does not appear. The author may have mistaken the handwritten word sister for foster.
p.194
On November 16, 1787, Letters of Administration were granted on the estate of Samuel Ketcham, Jr., of Cornwall, to his brother Joseph Ketcham and Richard Ellison, his brother-in-law. (Adm. Goshen A. B., p.6).
Conveyances given under his son John show that his wife was...
...
John Ketcham [the son of Samuel Jr.] is first noted in legal documents in Orange Co., NY, when on July 12, 1804, John Ketcham and his brother William of Cornwall, mortgaged to John D. Nicoll of New Windsor, land in Cornwall, "they got" from Henry Van Duzer, in the Depuy Patent, on the east side of the Mountain, adjoining land "now in possession of said John and his brothers and his grandfather Samuel, lying next to land of Eleazer Taylor and Joseph Ketcham. (Mortgages, Goshen, Liber E., p.393.)
...
p.195
...
On February 10, 1806, John Ketcham and wife Catharine [Smith] and Elizabeth Ketcham, his mother, convey to James Brown of Southfield, NY, ...
...
...sold by William Gilleland to Samuel Ketcham. (Deeds, Goshen, N. Y., J. p. 295).
John Ketcham appears first in the New York City Directories in 1815-16, as a carpenter residing at 64 Orchard Street and each year appears at a different address until 1820-21, when his widow Catharine 13, named ...
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http://books.google.com/books?id=L0kVAAAAYAAJ
The journal of the Reverend Silas Constant: pastor of the Presbyterian church at Yorktown, New York; with some of the records of the church and a list of his marriages, 1784-1825, together with notes on the Nelson, Van Cortlandt, Warren, and some other families mentioned in the journal
By Silas Constant, Emily Warren Roebling, Josiah Granville Leach
Published by Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott company, 1903
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Feb 11, 2008
561 pages
p.32
** Samuel Ketcham, the founder of the Ketcham family in Cornwall Precinct, was a large landholder, and operated an early grist-mill. His will of 21 January, 1807, calls him "of considerable age," and makes bequests to his son Benjamin, grandson Samuel, son of Joseph, grandson Nathaniel Ketcham, and to daughters Anna, wife of Richard Allison, and Mary, wife of John Ketcham. His son Samuel, who predeceased him, and his sons Joseph and Benjamin settled near him, and the district was called Ketchamtown, since changed to Mountainville.
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The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers (1600-2000)
By Jane Thompson-Stahr
Contributor Harry Macy, Jr.
Edition: illustrated
Published by Gateway Press, Inc., 2001
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Jul 20, 2007
ISBN 0961310405, 9780961310400
1614 pages
p.466
...
1782 and died 22 November 1859. On 27 July 1805, she married William Ketcham, who was born 27 October 1782 (calc.) and died 16 January 1858, "age 75 years 3 months."7 William's parents were Elizabeth (____) and Samuel Ketcham Jr.8 All events took place in Cornwall, Orange County, New York.
The Ketchams had come to Orange County as early as 1773, when Samuel Ketcham Sr.
of Horseneck, Connecticut, bought land there.9 On 11 July 1775 Samuel Ketcham Jr., Town of Cornwall, and Elizabeth, his wife, took out a mortgage for land from his father, Samuel Ketcham Sr. and his wife Sarah.10 In 1805 John Ketcham, his wife Catherine, and his brothers, William and Nathaniel Ketcham, sold land.11
She was called "Polly". William was a carpenter. In the 1850 census, ...
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=939625&id=I15031
Name: Samuel Ketcham 1
Sex: M
Birth: 2 OCT 1725 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York 1
Death: FEB 1807 in Orange Co., New York 1
Facts about this person:
Burial: Mountainville Farm, Orange Co., New York
Father: Benjamin Ketcham b: ABT 1690 in Town of Huntington, Suffolk Co., (Long Island), New York
Mother: Rose Wescott b: ABT 1703 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York
Marriage 1 Mary Marshall b: 8 NOV 1720
Married: ABT 1749 1
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Note: I don't know if this is really correct:
Edward Ketcham + Mercy Harcourt
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Edward Ketcham + Mary Hall
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Benjamin Ketcham + Rose Westcott
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Samuel Ketcham
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In the 1810 census of Cayuga Co, NY, there is a Prudence Buchanan in Geonoa.
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[1790 Census, Orange Co, NY]
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: New York
p.139
GOSHEN TOWN
Ketcham, John
2 - Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families
3 - Free white males under 16 years.
4 - Free white females, including heads of families
3 - Slaves
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In the 1790 census of Orange County:
There is a Zopher Ketchem in New Cornwall.
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In the 1800 census of Orange County:
There is a John Ketcham in Minisink.
There is a John Ketcham in Wallkill.
There is a John Ketcham in New Cornwall.
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In the 1810 census of Orange County:
There is a William Buchannen living in Newburgh and a John Buckhanner in New Windsor.
There is a John (also Zopher and Horace) Ketchum in Blooming Grove.
There is a John Ketcham and a John Ketcham Jr. in Wallkill.
There is a John Ketcham in Cornwall.
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Ketcham family history: the descendants of John Ketcham and his wife Sarah Matthews of Mt. Hope Township (one time known as Deerpark, later Calhoun, and finally Mt. Hope) Orange County, N.Y.
By Electa Ketcham Penney
Published by W.J. Coulter, 1954
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Jan 17, 2008
220 pages
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Aimone, Alan C. “Orange County Militia during the American Revolutionary War,” Orange County Historical Society Journal, vol. 37 (November 1, 2008): 20- 31.
http://www.ocgsny.org/
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p.542
Col. John Hathorn's Regt, of Militia of Orange County "in the service of the United States of America," was called out "on an alarm at Minisink" in July, 1777. Additional names, given in A. A. A. 11, 12, are Lieut. Fenn, Ensign William Miller, Qr. Mr. Sergt. George Luckey. A detachment of the same Regt., the Companies of Captains Sayres, Shepard and Minthorn, commanded by Major Poppiuo, was called out at Minisink in June, 1779.
Van Duzer, Christ'r, Capt., Col. Hathorn. Company of 1 Capt., 1 Lieut., 1 Sergt. and 20 Privates, in pay from 14th to 22d of Decbr., 1777. A. A A. 218.
Shephard, Colville, Capt.. Col. Hathorn. Company of 1 Captain, 1 Sergt. and 7 Privates, called out on an alarm at Minisink from June 12 to 19, 1779. A. A. A. 208. [sergeant Andrew Wood; privates Peter Alyea, Daniel Balys (aka Bailey??), John Beers, William Carpenter, Phineas Dunn, Joseph Smith. See Compiled Service Records of Hathorn's Regiment at http://guides.rcls.org/c.php?g=128761&p=1469332 , or go directly to http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/WVHeritage%20Database%20Linked%20Documents/Compiled%20List%20Service%20Records%20John%20Hathorns%20Regiment%20M881.pdf .
Minthorn, John, Captain. Col. Hathorn. 1 Capt., 1 Lieut., 1 Ensign, 2 Sergts., 38 Privates, four days in May, 1780, under command of Col. Wisner. A. A. A. 310.
Hathorn's Regt. Orange Co., Mil., was called out under command of Lt. Col. Henry Wisner on an alarm at Minisink in May, 1781. A. A. A. 193.
A Detachment of Col. Hathorn's Regt. of Levies was in active service for the defence of the frontiers from Octbr. 20, 1779, to January 20, 1780, Lieut.-Col. Gilbert Cooper in command, with Jacob Wood, Qr. Mr. Sergt., and John Ferraud, Surgeon's Mate. Captains John Gardinear and John Blauvelt are mentioned. A. A. A., p. 84.
Detachments from Hathorn's, Ellison's, Woodhull's, McClaughrey's and Johnson's Regiments of Militia were in active service from Aug. 3 to Septbr. 2, 1779, under command of Major Moses Phillips. Peter Crons was Quarter Master; Captains Andrew Miller and ------ Ostrauder commanded companies. A. A. A. 60
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Revolutionary War Pension Files. Click on:
http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/Main.htm
Click on "View" of Revolutionary War Pension File: Azariah Ketchum [Full Text]
Title: Revolutionary War Pension File: Azariah Ketchum [Full Text]
Pub Year: 1832
Descriptors: Ketchum, Azariah; Church St.; Ketchum House Museum
Abstract: Deposition for Revolutionary War Pension of Azariah Ketchum
National Archives Publication No. M804 Pension No. 16,316
Transcribed by S. Gardner, 2007
State of New York
Orange County
On this fourth day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County (being a Court of ?) now sitting Azariah Ketchum of Warwick Orange county and said State aged seventy seven years, who being fist duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and serviced as herein stated.
Deponent saith that he was born in Bedford in West Chester County, in said State, on the 18th day of February in the year 1755, as he believes, and as he has often read the same in his father’s family Record. That deponent was living in said town of Warwick where he first entered the services of the United States. Saith that in the month of April as he believes, in the year 1776, he volunteered in the company of Militia commanded by Captain John Wisner, Asa? Wisner being Ensign and belonging to Colonel John Hathorn’s Regiment, and as a corporal in the said company, was mustered for one month; was marched to fort Constitution on the side the Hudson River, where his company was attached to or commanded by Colonel Newkirk; at this place deponent was employed with his company in building said Fort, up to the end of the month, Deponent further saith that he volunteered and served two months at Fort Montgomery, in the same summer (1776) under Captain John Minthorn, Lieutenant Nathaniel Ketchum & George Vance—his Regiment commanded by Colonel John Hathorn. Deponent further saith that in the same Year he was a volunteer in the company of Captain William Blain in Colonel Nicoll’s regiment and served one month at White Plains—saith that he was in the Battle and fought the Brittish Troops on the 28th day of October of that Year, was personally acquainted with and was there under he Orders at several times, of Generals Putnam and George Clinton. Deponent saith that in the winter of 1777 he served as corporal three months under Captain John Minthorn, laying or being stationed at Chloster near the Hudson River. During the same year deponent saith that he served as a corporal under Captain Daniel Gore at the Susquehannah out along the Indian frontier for the space of five months. Was a volunteer under the command of Captain Minthorn four months at West Point in the year 1778, and also one month at Ramapo. Was marched to and lay one month at New Windsor and Fishkill in the year 1779, being as deponent saith in the month of November. Deponent further saith that in the Year 1777 he was ordered under Lieutenant Nathaniel Ketchum and marched to New Windsor, thence to Esopus or Kingston and from thence went as an escort to continental Waggons from Boston to Easton in Pennsylvania. This service deponent believes lasted about two months. Saith that he was stationed one month at Goshen to guard the prisoners there, at the time the Notorious Claudius Smith and his band were executed. Deponent further saith the he served as Corporal aforesaid under Captain John Minthorn two months at different times on the Minisink frontier. Also under the same Captain and in Colonel John Hathorn’s Regiment deponent served three months at other periods at Haverstraw and West Point. Beside frequent excursions which he performed with his fellow soldiers in arms in ?illegible word? the depredations of the Tories who haunted and robbed the Wig inhabitations along the River towns. Deponent declares that the whole time which he faithfully served his country in the Revolutionary War and in the capacity of corporal in the Militia, amounted to more than two Years. Saith he, deponent, never received any written discharge from the service. Deponent further saith that he is acquainted with John C. Murphy, a clergyman who resided in his neighborhood and who will testify as to his belief of his having been a solder of the Revolution ?known? from general reputation as to his credibility. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
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Zachary Taylor on Abraham Hempinstall
JOURNAL ARTICLE
EARLY WESTERN EXPLORATION
Willard Rouse Jillson
Register of Kentucky State Historical Society
Vol. 33, No. 102 (January, 1935), pp. 70-77
Published by: Kentucky Historical Society
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23370600
Page Count: 8
Letter from Zachary Taylor to Lyman C. Draper, October 30, 1848, Kentucky
Papers, Draper Collection, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison.
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Among such intrepid early explorers this Commonwealth [Kentucky] has too
long failed to give proper acclaim to two brothers Richard and Hancock Taylor,
of Orange County, Virginia. It is now well established that these gentlemen in
1769, some months before Daniel Boone first passed through the Cumberland
Gap on his way to view from historic Pilot Knob, “the beautiful level of Ken-
tucky”,* dropped down the Ohio to see at first hand the attractive features of
this virgin country and the more remotely situated lowland and plains west of
the Mississippi. While engaged in a pleasant course of research having to do
with the first settlements and surveys along the Kentucky River in the vicinity
of Frankfort, there came into the writer’s hands during the past summer,
through the kindness of Dr. Louise Phelps Kellogg, Secretary of the Historical
Society of Wisconsin, the photostat of an original letter of former President
Zachary Taylor, a native Kentuckian, to Dr. Lyman C. Draper.
Writing from Louisiana in 1848, President Taylor, then a Major General
in the United States Army, is at some pains to be as precise and accurate in his
statements as his memory will allow with the result that this bit of his corre-
spondance, heretofore, it is believed unpublished, throws new and very welcome
light on that period of Kentucky exploration ranging from 1769 to 1770 which
has been so preeminently identified with the movements of Boone, Harrod and
one or two others. The present growing interest in the life of President Taylor
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* John Filson, Kentucke, page 51, Wilmington, 1784.
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and his family has prompted the publication of this unusual letter which is
presented here in full. A few notations suggested by Jouett Taylor Cannon,
Secretary of the Kentucky State Historical Society, and a relative of President
Taylor, have been appended with the hope that they may be helpful in clarifying
certain situations that might otherwise be open to doubt or double interpreta-
tion. The Draper manuscript file number of this letter, evidently dictated and
autographically signed, but probably not written by General Taylor, is 5C37.
The letter follows :
Zachary Taylor’s Letter to Lyman C. Draper†
Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 30, 1848
Dear Sir,
My absence from this place for some weeks and numerous engagements
since my return, are my apology for not sooner replying to your esteemed letter
of the 18th of August, which was handed me by Col. Croghan. You alluded to a
previous communication written some months since, on the same subject. I am
not aware that the letter referred to reached me, as I have no recollection of it,
and am satisfied that its receipt would have been acknowledged if I could have
done no more.
It is now more than forty years since I entered the army, the greater por-
tion of which time has been passed on our Indian frontier and at other places
distant from my family and relations ; nor have I any documents to refer to,
to enable me to refresh my memory. I fear therefore that the information I can
give you touching the matter of your inquiry will be very meagre and unim-
portant. But I will still endeavor to answer your queries to the (2) best of my
recollection, taking them up in the order in which they are presented:
“1st.—I beg you the favor to state what you may have learned from your
father and others of his early trip down the Ohio and Mississippi, giving all the
details and incidents known to you &c.”
In the spring of 1769 my father and Abraham Hempingstall started from
Orange County, Va., to accompany my uncle Hancock Taylor in an exploration
of that portion of the western country along the borders of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers. They proceeded to Pittsburg, then the frontier settlement in
that direction, where they built or procured a small boat in which they descended
the Ohio to its junction with the Mississippi, stopping frequently on their way
down to examine the country a short distance from the margin of the river,
and to procure game for their subsistence. On reaching the Mississippi, they
ascended it about 100 miles, to Fort Chartres, a handsome stone work built by
the French on the bank of the river, then in a state of preservation and occu-
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† Photostatic copy of original letter given to Ky. State Hist. Soc. By the writer Oct. 15,
1934.
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pied by British troops. After remaining a few days at Fort Chartres, they
descended the Mississippi to the mouth of the Arkansas which they ascended
some 100 miles, (3) a short distance above a small French settlement, the “Post”
so called, where they encamped and hunted during the summer of ’69-’70.
In the Spring they returned to the Mississippi, where my father separated
from his two companions at the instance of my uncle, and in company with an
Indian trader they had met on the Arkansas, travelled through the Chicasaw,
Choctaw and Creek nations of Indians in Georgia, to examine a large tract of
country purchased a short time before by that province from the Creeks. Having
done this, he passed through South and North Carolina to his home in Orange
County, Virginia, which he reached after an absence of more than a year. My
uncle and Hempinstall, after my father had left them, descended the Mississippi
to Natchez and New Orleans. From the latter place they went to Mobile and
Pensacola, both at that time in possession of the British, and returned to New
Orleans in the Autumn, intending to travel thence to New York by sea, but
finding no vessel about to sail for that port, they returned up the Mississippi
to the mouth of the Red River, then ascended the latter river to the mouth of
Washita and went some distance up the last river, where they encamped and
hunted during the winter of '70-'71. They returned in the spring [of ‘71] to New
Orleans where they found (4) a vessel about to sail for New York, in which
they embarked and after reaching New York, returned to Orange county, Vir-
ginia from which they had been absent for more than two years.
No person except my father and Hempinstall accompanied my uncle on this
expedition. The statement that my father and his brother returned from the
mouth of the Yazoo by land through the Creek country to Virginia is incorrect.
“2nd.—In what battles of the Revolution did your father participate?
When and where die, at what age?”
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“3rd.—Can you tell me the date of your uncle Hancock Taylor’s birth—
whether he took any part in the old French and Indian war, if so, what? And
whether he was otherwise engaged in public life. Has he any descendants?”
My uncle was born in Orange County, Virginia, about 1735. He took no
part in the French and Indian War, nor was he ever in public life, except as a
surveyor. After returning to Virginia as above (6) stated and comparing notes
with my father as to the advantages &c of the several portions of the southern
and western country they had visited, my uncle gave the preference to the
region now called the State of Kentucky, then a part of Virginia, and de-
termined to settle in it as soon as circumstances would justify his doing so.
In 1763, I believe, a proclamation was issued by the Crown of Great Britain,
granting lands in Kentucky to the officers and soldiers of Braddock’s army for
military service ; when my uncle accompanied by Abraham Hempinstall and
others immediately proceeded to the west to survey said lands and locate a num-
ber of warrants in different parts of the country, particularly in what now
constitute the counties of Fayette, Woodford & Jefferson. While absent from
his principal party for the purpose of correcting some surveys & accompanied
only by Hempinstall and a young man named James Strother, he was fired on
by a concealed party of Indians. Strother was killed and my uncle severely
wounded, but with the aid of Hempinstall he eluded the enemy and succeeded
in reaching his party, who were encamped on the Kentucky a short distance
above the (7) present site of Frankfort. He died at that place a few days
afterwards. This was in ’74 or ’75.
My uncle was never married and of course left no descendants.
“4th.—Tell me, if you please, what you can of the history of Abraham
Hempinstall—where he settled—when and where he died and whether he left
any descendants?"
Abraham Hempinstall was born in the state of New York and descended
from a Dutch family. He emigrated to the western part of Virginia after he
was grown, but the exact time of his birth or his emigration I do not recollect
ever to have heard. A short time before my uncle started to explore the western
country, and when he no doubt intended doing so, he made a visit to the part
of Virginia known as Greenbrier, at that time the most remote settlement of the
province in that direction and abounding in game for the purpose of indulging
in the pleasure of the chase.
On this visit, which must have been '66 or ‘67, he met with Hempinstall,
then a young and active & a capital woodsman & hunter, and prevailed on him
to accompany my father and himself (8) on his contemplated exploration to
the west. He took him to his house in Orange, whence they all travelled west
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as previously stated. Hempinstall never left my uncle except at short intervals
until the death of the latter, after which he continued to aid other surveyors
in locating land, as a guide and hunter. When Kentucky became more settled
he established himself in what is now Woodford county on a large tract of as
fine land as any in the state, which had been located for him by my uncle; but
becoming disapated and improvident, he soon expended or squandered it as
well as other lands and died in poverty about 1810 at the home of a friend
in Shelby Co., where he had been well cared for during many years previous
to his decease. He must have been seventy years old or more ; he was twice
married but left no children.
"5th.—Be kind enough also to give me what information you can of the
Barbour who was your father's companion on that early voyage and refer me
to his descendants.”
I have stated above that no one but Hempinstall accompanied my uncle and
father on their expedition. A Col. Philip Barbour (9) was early in Kentucky
extensively engaged in entering lands ; and as I have understood he descended
the Ohio and Mississippi river to Natchez and New Orleans. He returned to
Virginia about 1784, married and soon after died, leaving one son, Philip C. S.
Barbour, now living a short distance from Louisville in the county of Oldham,
Kentucky.
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I much regret that it has not been in my power to be more full and satis-
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factory in answering your various interrogations, particularly as to dates;
but as far as have gone, the information can be relied on.
I remain with regard
Your friend & obt. Servt.
Z. TAYLOR
Lyman C. Draper, Esq.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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[Appended notations suggested by Jouett Taylor Cannon]
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4th.—The “friend in Shelby County” at whose home Abraham Hempinstall
or Haptonstall spent his last years was William B. Taylor, a large land owner
and founder of LaGrange, now in Oldham County, and generally known as
“Big Foot Billy”. Haptonstall was the hunter and weaver for the Taylor fam-
ily at "Spring Hill" and was buried in the family grave-yard there. The long
rifle which he inherited from Hancock Taylor was long his treasured possession,
and after his death was kept for many years as a relic in the Taylor family.
In 1926 it was presented to the Kentucky State Historical Society by Miss Alice
Taylor and Mrs. Susan Clore of LaGrange, granddaughters of William B.
Taylor.
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