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At 12:09am on January 18, 2010, Kathleen Bartels said…: Sorry for the long delay, I have a Charles and Henry, who came from Germany directly to Illinois, as there was other family there, and believe there still is. But I know of no Bartels that settled in PA. My Bartels immigrated in 1870's, and moved/married into the Langhoff family just across the state line in Iowa. Do you have any connections there?

At 8:47pm on January 16, 2010, Nikki said…: My Wolfords are from WV - my maternal grandmother's maiden name is Wolford and I have her line back to the 1700's (John Wolford and Catherine Seidner (sp?). I also have a Wolford that appears to be unrelated (or maybe he is I dont know who his parents were so its hard to say) that comes in not on her fathers side but in her mothers side. His name is Armistead Thomas Mason Wolford.

At 9:27pm on January 10, 2010, Earl Watt said…: Hi Jim,
I am not sure where there are connections but my mother is a descendant of a John Avery (. 1810 - 1887, d Whiteside Co, Illinois age 78). He had 7 children born in England and one of them was named Jim -died in 1912. There are still descendants living in that area. My family moved to Nebraska.

At 8:49pm on January 10, 2010, Elaine said…: I'm back in NY, but I haven't done anymore research. I've been trying to book some housekeeping Jobs so I can make a living.

At 7:17am on December 27, 2009, Debbie Allen said…: Thank you for the good info. I will look in to the chat.

At 10:01pm on December 26, 2009, Rosemary Taylor said…: Jim - I sent you an email with a Wohlford census from Kansas. The father is on the census and he is from Penn.

At 9:57pm on December 15, 2009, Kathy Lovenguth said…: Hi Jim, I'm sorry I haven't been on this site for quite some time. Busy doing other research! To answer your question, my Snooks are from New Jersey. After the Rev. War, Philip Snook moved west to Philadelphia then on to Scioto County, Ohio. I believe he was in Ohio by 1810.

At 8:57pm on November 30, 2009, Sue said…: Jim, thanks for the information. I have traced the Howes back to John Wesley Howe, b 1802 KY. I will contact George Howe and see if any of his branches went to KY.

At 11:28am on November 30, 2009, Sue said…: No problem, Jim. I hoped someone who knew Washington Co. would be there, but no luck. I discovered the Western PA group last night and will try there.

At 8:07pm on November 29, 2009, Helen Lorraine Wilson Butts said…: thank you. I am new to this room .

At 8:55am on November 21, 2009, Michael (Higgins) Nier said…: None of which I am aware. I'm still looking for a couple of "lost" Higgins males from Geneseo, though, so I will keep your question in mind.

At 11:15am on November 17, 2009, Nancy Maliwesky said…: Hi Jim,
Sorry, I don't think we have a Higgins match. The Higgins I am researching was born in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 18 Jun 1770. He married Nancy Pomeroy 8 Dec 1795 in Westhampton, Hampshire Co., MA. He and Nancy settled in Pompey, NY by 1803. We believe he and Nancy moved to Erie Co.,NY (perhaps Buffalo) by the early 1820s.

Nancy

At 4:29pm on November 16, 2009, Bruce Starner Yetter said…: Hey Jim,

Probably a different Starner family. Moms family was in and around Bethlehem and Monroe C ounty.

At 7:48pm on November 15, 2009, Tammy Mellard Wheeler said…: If I come accross those names, I will let you know. My Wheeler's are from Cherokee/Cleburne Co., AL.

Tammy Mellard Wheeler

At 12:56pm on November 15, 2009, Kimberly Paul said…: Hey Jim:

Sorry I took so long in getting back to you, I've been down with a migraine headache that lasted for 2 days. I'm just now getting back to speed again.
To answer your question about my Daniel Avery having any connection to your Daniel Avery, I don't have an answer to that. I checked my files & also did some checking on Rootsweb, and now I'm totally confused!
I looked at several Avery databases on the Rootsweb site, & some say that John Avery & Dorcas unk, are Rebecca Francelia's parents, & others say that Daniel Avery & unk Lewis were her parents. Rebecca Avery was born abt 1842.
I even went online to Heritage Quest & looked through the book, "The Groton Avery Clan", & no luck. I did find that John Avery was descended from Roger Avery.
I also know that from looking at census records for Niagara County, there were several Avery families living there.

At 5:01pm on November 12, 2009, Kimberly Paul said…: Hi Jim:

My Avery's hail mainly from the Niagara CO, NY area & they married into my Williams line. I have a Francelia or Rebecca Avery, who married Philip Samuel Williams in the Newfane area. I haven't had much luck finding Rebecca's parent's, but after looking at some census records and Rootsweb, I'm thinking Rebecca's father may be Daniel Avery. I'd have to do a little more research to be sure. I have heard Donna's name before, is she related to Lockwood Smith and any of his descendants?
Kim

At 7:46am on November 8, 2009, Tammy Mellard Wheeler said…: Hey Jim,

Those Wheeler names don't sound familiar to me. My husbands family comes from Borden Springs, AL. His dad's side and his mother's side. My mother's mother was Buney Mae Avery from SC.

Tammy Mellard Wheeler

At 2:05pm on November 6, 2009, Gwynn Socolich said…: Hi Jim,
Miles Coon husband of Irena Avery was from Manlius, Onondaga County, NY. They were probably married there.

At 2:13pm on October 29, 2009, Greta Patten said…: Hi Jim, sorry I haven't responded sooner. Thank you for getting in touch with George on my Goodwins. He was kind enough to reply.

Again, thank you, Gret.

At 5:44pm on October 25, 2009, evelyn butts said…: Hi Jim, I will follow up on your suggestions=thank you.

If you do the Hessian session it is very interesting with the capture of hundreds of Hessian soldiers =the capture of war of Trenton=-these prisoners were marched south to Va and Pa. Many of the prisoners were "farmed out" to various merchants, iron masters, and farmers. 900 men were captured during the war at Trentonn=the 23 officers were marched to Va and 886 soldiers were sent to Lancaster. Not all of the prisoners were farmed out tho.

There is a good internet site AMREV-HESSIANS-L (rootsweb) that is very informative re Hessians soldiers. Many of the Hessian soldiers deserted and returned to area where they had been farmed out.
If anyone lives in or near Cols, Oh the Palatine Society in cols closed and gave over 5,000 books, articles, etc to the Cols Public lib. The lib has them now catalogued and on the shelves=a treasure of information.
I have been reading about Hessian soldiers for months now and will offer to you any information that I have gathered.

Mr. Butts was my second marriage and it was very short due him getting cancer. He never talked about his genealogy just his immediate family that lived here in Ohio.