52 WEEKS of Surnames Huffman/ Hoffman

John Hoffman b 1687  about in Germany. Died America

John Hoffman  b 1715 Maryland  d 1776 or near then?  relooking for Will, this from memory
wife Anne .   Some Records say he was born in Zwelbroken, Germany. ??He died Berkeley Co. VA.

All data on PAF for MAC on older machine.


had: proven: John, Henry, George, Rudolph  others
Have much data on these.

Henry* is  my line b about 1740 Maryland died winter( Dec) of 1811/Jan 1812 Will proven/read.
Have in possession WILL/Probate.  Land Records, Sale of Land in Virginia bought from brother George. etc Place of birth on tax papers he filed to sell Sheep. Though I know he was in Berkeley, Virginia for a period of time.

Henry may have had a wife before Mary Provator (Prather), whom he divorced.  He went back to Berkeley, Virginia area and met and cohabitated with Catrouch (Catherine) Fry.  Family story says he jumped the broom because of Catherine's Indian heritage.   Catherine's father was Abraham Fry.
She was born abt 1770 Virginia died around 1845 Greene Co. PA.
Looking for more information on her background and family.  Lloyd Roupe has some good information.
Very probably had daughter by Mary P.  ( long story here)


With Catrouch (Catherine) these are names of known children by me.


 I have proven:

Nancy Huffman 1793-1855 B Virginia died Ohio
married a  David Stewart moved to Monroe Co. Ohio  
Died there with many children. Lots of Data

Philip b 1794-1866  Virginia  d Ohio  mar Letitia Stewart sibling of David and Daniel Stewart.
Several children in Monroe Co. Oh. Lots of Data

Jacob 1795-1877 b Virginia died Ohio married Nancy Mitchell b 1799-1876 , dies Oh. From  Memory she was born in PA.  (A cousin in the CVGS wrote about about the Mitchell Family. He has been gone for more than  ten years. He is buried in Bonita, CA).   Down line of cousin Betty in Long Beach, CA.

family then moved to Greene Co. PA from VA

Joseph b 1801-1864
He was the first born in Greene Co. PA after Henry came back to PA.   Marries Sarah Hunt.  This is Helen Durbin's line.  much data on our web page.
Hoffman-Huffman Link Page

*Henry Joseph Huffman 1803-1879 b Morris Twp, Greene Co. PA marries Elizabeth Higgins (dau of Joseph Higgins), boxes of information, my line. Picture posted on Greene Connections on Facebook.  marries 9 April 1826 Greene Co. PA
http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/elizabeth-higgins-daughter-of-richard-and-mary-higgins

Also on this blog.

Rezin, (Reason) b 1805-1839  m to Mary Jewell 1809-1891. Have picture of Tombstones and information in files before computer.

I have also the names of Abraham, b 1789,  Sarah b 1790, Margaret wife of John Loos and Benjamin.

Census says two more girls.  A record in Philadelphia mentions the name of Benjamin. as son also. I have not proven this yet.  I like to use three sources as a minimum.

*Henry and Elizabeth's children:

Mary 1827- m John Henderson  this is Violet and Zenia Gilbert's line plus others.

Reason b 19 May 1828   m Rhoda Stewart, I have seen their remains of a home.  lived Greene Co. PA

Brice Huffman  1829  -        marries Keziah Hickman  many children lots of data. lived Greene Co. PA

Hague b 1831-   1902       marries Julia  Roberts, after he had traveled the west and moved to Iowa. Much data
                          He becomes a Doctor. He and wife divorce,  2 known children

Cathrine  1833-  marries Jacob King had 6 known children. After Jacob's death she marries a MR. Dodd and lives Metz, WVA.  Letter written in her hand.

*Sanford  b 1834 d 1903 served in CW as a HUFFMAN and changed name per father's request to HOFFMAN which was family name in Germany.(long story) married Rachel Plants much data.
Data in letter.  My Line.

Elizabeth b 1837-1839.

Martha  b 1839  marries first Jacob Gallentine after his death / disappearance she marries William RHUM /RHOME. Oldest daughter Mable takes control of land at Martha's death because William did not want to raise her and Jacob's children.  Jacob was in CW. She died 1881.


Laton/Layton E b 1840- 1871 Served CW, came home Christmas to ask for hand in marriage and died the  morning he was saddling horse to go to her house, the day after Christmas. Have letter his father wrote about standing there watching him saddle horse and him dying.  Heart Attack

Lucy  b 1842  marries Uriah Spragg she dies in 1939 in Waynesburg, PA

Phebe Ann b 1834  died 1904 Moravia, IA husband was in War with her brothers badly injured and moved to Iowa for brother Hague to care for him. Thomas H Neal.

Margaret  b 1847- 1870 Greene Co. PA.    Thomas Evans   rock was thrown of side of hill into his head on way home from school meeting and he died about 5 days later in extreme pain screaming almost the entire time from injury to death.  In letter . The man did not like Thomas vote at school meeting.    Ch: Libby and Perry Evans.



Mason born 1849  May 2 died  2 Dec. 1849  

Henry born 1849/50 died before next census.


Sanford and Rachel Plants Hoffman had 7 children:  1st child died in PA, buried Windy Gap Cemetery. Have picture of her asleep or laid out.  Franklin C is my line.  2  young adults die before marriage.

Franklin b 1860 walked behind wagon train when they moved to IOWA.  m Samantha Duvall
He lived in IOwa and died in Wheatland, Wyo his body sent home on train.  He died the month before I was born.

He and Samantha Abigail had 3 living children:  Robert lived in IOWA, Grace whom moved to Wyo and married her sister in law's, Brother.  Daniel Scott , and Cecil whom married Inez Scott.


Cecil was my Grandfather. He marries Inez Mae Scott.   Dorothy was My Mom. She had 6 siblings.

I personally knew the family from Cecil and Inez and many of the Scott's. I loved Great Uncle Dan, Grandma's brother a lot. He told so  many great stories about the family. A very large tall man. I met almost all of Grandma' Inez siblings.

52 Weeks - HIGGINS, Richard and kin

Richard Higgins  born in England.  Married,  3 times if research I have done is correct.

Father was Robert Edward HIGGINS,  Mother Julia MEALS

Tenative ancestral line still working on more sources.

John Higgins b 1528  died County of Herfordshire, UK

John Higgins  

Birth:

1528 

Bridstone, UK

Death:

County of Herefordshire, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:

Husband of Elizabeth Clynton
Father of Edward Higgins; Robert Edward Higgins and John Higgins

Added by:

Scott David Hibbard on July 5, 2008

Managed by:

John Light Jr. and 5 others

wife was Elizabeth CLYNTON, father was 8th Baron Thomas Fiennes-Clinton of Marstoke

Richard had brothers:  Thomas and Jonathan Higgins

Richard was married to Mary Snow Yates,   Yes also to Lydia Chandler  1st wife. 

Dispute yet about 2nd wife's last name I found in papers after intense research she was Snow Yates. Still in debate.  She was a SNOW m a YATES then Richard HIGGINS.

His Children as I know so far are:

Jonathan, born  Plymouth in July 1637*

Benjamin Higgins Sr., born Plymouth  July 1740*

Mary Oliver, b  27 Sept 1652*

Eliakim Higgins, b  20 October 1654*

William  b 15 December 1654*

 Jediah Higgins **  b 5 March 1656.*

Zerah Higgins

Thomas Higgins

Lydia Higgins

Rebecca Higgins. 

*Records of Plymouth colony  Birth, Marriages and Deaths

Also stated was this ( John Yeates, the son of John Yeates, deceased, which said John Yeates, Jr is the son in law to the said Richard Higgens, was borne att Duxburrow the 15th of August 1650.

{32}

Jediah HIGGINS**  5 March 1655/6 Eastham, Mass  death 1715 New Jersey Somerset Co., N.J.

wife married May 12, 1684 Burlington, N. J.

Mary NEWBOLD  b 23 May 1661, Eckington County, York, England  d 1715  New Jersey

Will of Jedidiah(sic) HIGGINS  April 3, 1715 Somerset, East Jersey. 

Jediah Higgins - View media - Ancestry.com

Data taken from Richard HIGGINS and His Descendants of Plymouth Eastham and Piscataway.

There is much more

Web: New Jersey, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2012

Jediah Higgins
Birth Date:	1656
Age at Death:	59
Death Date:	1715
Burial Place:	Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
URL:	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

here in above she is referred to as Yates.  It was this link that lead me to SNOW.

The second wife was Lydia Snow Yates.  

son 

Jediah HIGGINS   b  11 April 1691 d 19 Jan 1772 New Jersey

wife Hannah STOUT b 29 Mar 1694 New Jersey, 14 July 1779 New Jersey

I have a shingle off the STOUT house in NJ.

son

James H HIGGINS,   wife Sarah Stout

son Joseph HIGGINS

b 15 Oct 1773    died 7 Jan 1840 West Virginia

married Mary Henderson

daughter Elizabeth HIGGINS b 16 May 1809, Greene Co. PA death 3 Feb 1877 Aleppo, Greene Co. Pa  married 9 April 1826 Greene Co. PA.  Henry Huffman later changed to HOFFMAN.

Much on older computer and reverifying data now from 1970 to 1990 work.  Very large large family.

52 Weeks and Way Behind. HAINES

Haines was done long ago and sets on  my other computer in garage. Only putting skeleton here for genealogical purposes. Will share so others can see some inter links.

THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Our name originates from the Welsh name, Einws.

Vortigern was King of the Brittons at the time of the Roman

occupation of Britton. He married Sevira Serena, daughter of

Magmus Maximus, Roman governor of Britton and granddaughter

of Holy Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. Together they had

a son named Catigern.

Brochwel Yschithrog, King of Powys, the central part of Wales,

AD 607 was the direct descendant of Catigern. Brochwel's direct

descendant, Einion had a son, also named Einion, but after Welsh

custom he was familiarly called by the diminutive Einws,

pronounced Eins. Einws had a son named John, know as John

Einws, which was sometimes written as Eines or Eynes. John

Eines lived in Bawsley, a town in the parish of Alderbury, which

was partly in Shropshire and partly in Montgomeryshire. From him

descended a flourishing family using the name Heynes, and later

Haynes, that spread over Shropshire and Montgomeryshire.

A member of this family, Richard Heynes relocated Charlebury,

Oxfordshire and eventually to Reading, Berkshire. He had four

sons including Nicholas Haynes of Hackney, Middlesex. Nicholas

was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and

the Coat of arms on the cover was confirmed to him by Queen

Elizabeth I on June 10, 1578.

John Haynes of Messing, Essex, a hot bed of Puritan activity, was

the grandson of Nicholas Haynes. At the request of John

Winthrope, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John

Haynes immigrated to America in 1633. He became the 5th

Governor of that colony and later went on to help found the colony

of Connecticut and become its first governor.

THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Richard Haines of Aynhoe, Northamptonshire was the grandson of

John Haynes and his first wife Mary Thorton (direct descendent of

Edward III). He and his wife Margaret Leeds were the immediate

progenitors of the branch of the Haines family known as the New

Jersey branch.

Before leaving England, Richard Haines purchased two grants of

land, each of one hundred acres in the new colony of West Jersey,

which at the time was still a wilderness inhabited by Native

American tribes. The family was coming to America to join their

eldest son John who had left for the new colony of West Jersey in

1680. The girl he loved had left the year before separating the

young couple and John had tearfully promised to follow. John

spent the first winter in a cave along the Rancocas creek. And the

following year built a house below Lumberton. Richard and his

family, including wife Margaret, children Richard, William,

Thomas and Mary set sail from the port of Downs on board the

ship “Amity”. In those days the voyage could take up to three

months, and conditions on board the ship were crude and

unhealthy. As fate would have it soon after leaving port the ship

was hit by a large storm and thrown off course. As the weeks

passed provisions began to run low and the captain ordered that

food and water be rationed, with women and children receiving

first priority. Richard slowly began to weaken and grow sick and

eventually took to his bed. With his family gathered around him

Richard Haines died on April 23, 1682, and was buried at sea. The

loss of one family member was balanced by the birth at sea of

another and just days after Richard’s passing his son Joseph Haines

was born.

The Haines family landed in Burlington, New Jersey in the fall of

1682. The six children of Richard Haines were John, Richard,

William, Thomas, Mary and Joseph. Together they were among

the first settlers of the new colony of West Jersey. They died

owning large tracts of land in Burlington County and elsewhere

and left to their decedents an enduring legacy of faith and courage.

Charles Bozarth Haines was the 7th generation great grandson of

Richard Haines.THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Our name originates from the Welsh name, Einws.

Vortigern was King of the Brittons at the time of the Roman

occupation of Britton. He married Sevira Serena, daughter of

Magmus Maximus, Roman governor of Britton and granddaughter

of Holy Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. Together they had

a son named Catigern.

Brochwel Yschithrog, King of Powys, the central part of Wales,

AD 607 was the direct descendant of Catigern. Brochwel's direct

descendant, Einion had a son, also named Einion, but after Welsh

custom he was familiarly called by the diminutive Einws,

pronounced Eins. Einws had a son named John, know as John

Einws, which was sometimes written as Eines or Eynes. John

Eines lived in Bawsley, a town in the parish of Alderbury, which

was partly in Shropshire and partly in Montgomeryshire. From him

descended a flourishing family using the name Heynes, and later

Haynes, that spread over Shropshire and Montgomeryshire.

A member of this family, Richard Heynes relocated Charlebury,

Oxfordshire and eventually to Reading, Berkshire. He had four

sons including Nicholas Haynes of Hackney, Middlesex. Nicholas

was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and

the Coat of arms on the cover was confirmed to him by Queen

Elizabeth I on June 10, 1578.

John Haynes of Messing, Essex, a hot bed of Puritan activity, was

the grandson of Nicholas Haynes. At the request of John

Winthrope, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John

Haynes immigrated to America in 1633. He became the 5th

Governor of that colony and later went on to help found the colony

of Connecticut and become its first governor.

THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Richard Haines of Aynhoe, Northamptonshire was the grandson of

John Haynes and his first wife Mary Thorton (direct descendent of

Edward III). He and his wife Margaret Leeds were the immediate

progenitors of the branch of the Haines family known as the New

Jersey branch.

Before leaving England, Richard Haines purchased two grants of

land, each of one hundred acres in the new colony of West Jersey,

which at the time was still a wilderness inhabited by Native

American tribes. The family was coming to America to join their

eldest son John who had left for the new colony of West Jersey in

1680. The girl he loved had left the year before separating the

young couple and John had tearfully promised to follow. John

spent the first winter in a cave along the Rancocas creek. And the

following year built a house below Lumberton. Richard and his

family, including wife Margaret, children Richard, William,

Thomas and Mary set sail from the port of Downs on board the

ship “Amity”. In those days the voyage could take up to three

months, and conditions on board the ship were crude and

unhealthy. As fate would have it soon after leaving port the ship

was hit by a large storm and thrown off course. As the weeks

passed provisions began to run low and the captain ordered that

food and water be rationed, with women and children receiving

first priority. Richard slowly began to weaken and grow sick and

eventually took to his bed. With his family gathered around him

Richard Haines died on April 23, 1682, and was buried at sea. The

loss of one family member was balanced by the birth at sea of

another and just days after Richard’s passing his son Joseph Haines

was born.

The Haines family landed in Burlington, New Jersey in the fall of

1682. The six children of Richard Haines were John, Richard,

William, Thomas, Mary and Joseph. Together they were among

the first settlers of the new colony of West Jersey. They died

owning large tracts of land in Burlington County and elsewhere

and left to their decedents an enduring legacy of faith and courage.

Charles Bozarth Haines was the 7th generation great grandson of

Richard Haines.   FROM THE HAINES BOOK

I show John HAINES wife Elizabeth STANFORD

son Richard wife Margaret

son John wife Esther BOURTON

son

Caleb HAINES  b 1695 Evesham, Burlington, NJ d 1756 Mt. Holly, Burlington, NJ, marries Sarah BURR

son Josiah HAINES 1729 -1789, have his Will, wife Abigail RIDGEWAY

Ancestry.com - New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

Daughter: Catherine HAINES b 15 Jan 1777 Burlington, NJ  d 6 Mar 1829 East Finley, Washington, PA

she marries Christian PLANTS.    This name spelt Plants, Plantz, Plance.  They have castle in Germany cousin visited the castle after WW2.

More on Greene Co. PA FACEBOOK page.

Mission Impossible, ??? I Doubt It., 6 Answers

Randy Seaver said theme set to Mission Impossible Music.  Well, computer was down so now I can reply.
Not impossible to make these answers.

1.   6 weeks old in hospital for major kidney infection, was born premature by 6 weeks.
    ( Kidneys have been talking to me ever since.)

      Do I remember it no, Nor do I remember second hospital stay at 6 months at Denver Children's Hospital.  Radiation Treatment on my chin.  ( It also has talked to me ever since, thankfully)

2.   First Funeral I recall being allowed to attend was 2nd grade class mate that drowned in Bodega Bay, in the same area I also played in often. I remember the entire class cried, we all attended her funeral.  We often went clamming in that area. St. Vincent's Student.

3.    I had so many books I am not sure,  I know it had many poems and ditty's we get asked at baby showers.  Items like: Jack and Jill; Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater; Humpty Dumpty; Old King Cole;
etc. Maybe it was Mother Goose Book.  My younger siblings all learned that book also. As a Teen Zane Grey.

4.   It was not Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, grade, maybe 4th grade otherwise it was 8th grade.
      4th Grade had a great teacher and good classmates in our  1st through 4th grade room.   AmericanValley School. Left this school in 6th grade to go to Petaluma.  (Story here.)

       8th Grade I was at St. Vincent's in Petaluma, great Sister and Father Kiely was the head director.
     
5.    Favorite Toy was the Doll my parents gave me for Xmas in Kindergarden. Aunt made her clothes and a wardrobe for the clothes. Otherwise it was books & puzzles.
Now my Dad made me a table to do my drawing and reading and work on when I was about 4 years old and that was my favorite thing over all.  My brother called to say he found it and I am going to get it back.  It will probably go to a grandchild for their children.  Seems family lost track of it over the years.

6.    Swimming was taught at 4-H Camp.  Learned I could not float. I retook lessons at NAS Lemore, in their big Olympic training pool.  I liked swimming, not hep on diving.

7.      Having attended Kenilworth Elementary for 1st grade and moved to St. Vincent's for 2nd. We then moved away so I went to school over our front yard fence at American Valley School. Until a bad teacher put community up in arms.  Then back to town to St. Vincent's. Then I was allowed to come back for Jr. and Sr. year and graduate with my American Valley School classmates at Tomales High School 1958.

Yes, I am a Tomales Brave and so Proud to be one.

What I Miss Sometimes, Home

Looking Back, There are many things I  miss, some things more than others.  Being born in the  rural part of the country and raised there, missing the country.  This picture sums up a great deal of what I miss.

Looking out the window and seeing wild animals. Looking out the window and seeing trees sway in the breeze, the grass growing tall, is some of what I miss.

This post is a bit of thinking of the past.  

So much has been swept away with time.  People, places and things.

Missing people the most, places second and the things remind me of them.  

Remembering the morning, snapping this picture and watching until she got close enough to get a good view I miss.   Mom, Dad and I loved nature.

People are writing of different things to remember in their life for passing on the the next generation,

My fear is our children will not know the world as we lived in it.  They will not appreciate the things of nature as they should.  The different seasons and the reasons for them, as they affect our lives.

Has every child tried to grow something at least a couple of times?  Do they really know where their food comes from besides a grocery store.  Mine came out of the earth and off the land. We grew it, we cultivated it and we processed it.

There is little that is, more beautiful than a colorful flower or shiny leaf that is helping nature keeping us alive.  Hoping you can enjoy this picture as  much as I  do.

A wild California peach in foreground, a winter pear in the background and nature at it's best.

52 Weeks with Jesse Wright 1749 - 1834 wife Abbey Cook

Jesse Wright  was born 19 November 1749 Hillsboro, Hillsborough, N. H. Colony of America pre USA  It seems that there is some surprising news that Jesse was a twin.  He also had at least 4 other siblings.
This is picked up in the references to Jesse Wright.  Family stated Hillsboro, the New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, stated born in Pelham.  Here is what distant cousin has located.

"Jesse Wright, of Dracut, settled in 1774 on the lot now known as the Davis Nevens farm, which he bought of Bagley and Little, May 29, 1774, for "three pounds of lawful money." The deed, still in existence, was acknowledged before Stephen Longfellow, of Portland, and witnessed by Nathan and Jonas Coburn. Mr. Wright's first log house was just east of Meadow Brook. His brother Joel and Timothy Wright came about 1777.

I found in New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, records of Jesse and Joel Wright, both born 19 Nov. 1749, and Timothy Wright, 2 Aug. 1744, all born in Pelham, the children of Jonathan and Abigail Wright. Three earlier children of Jonathan and Abigail were born in Dracut, so the family seems to have moved across the border to New Hampshire in about 1742-44.

It looks like Jesse Wright was from Dracut, Mass., and/or Pelham, N. H. From Elder's History of Lewiston,      Chris Dunham"

This also gives parentage as Jonathan and  Abigail Wright. Three earlier children born in Dracut. 

Jesse 1749

Joel  1749  twins

Timothy 2 August 1744 

3 more born in Dracut?  who where they?

More intrigue from cousin Bill West with this information.

(Sue, I have an ancestress Deborah Wright who was the daughter of Joseph Wright and Deborah Stevens. Their oldest son was Jonathan Wright, born in Chelmsford, Essex, Ma. 24Oct 1701, died 25Jan1784 in Pelham, Hillsborough NH. He was married to an Abigail(Unknown last name) who died 10Nov 1779.

 I have no sources handy atm, but I noticed the names Coburn in Chris' reply. Deborah Wright married my ancestor Moses Coburn. Chelmsford was part of Dracut( ? vice versa?

Hope that is of some help for what it's worth..)

Brother Timothy  2 Aug 1744 Pelham parents Jonathon and Abigail Wright  early child born Darcut moved in to NH about 1742..

COBURN STEVENS

Josiah Little - View media - Ancestry.com

History of Lewiston, Me  1774 Jesse WRight came to  this area.o

Isaac L Wright - Overview - Ancestry.com m Mary BUKER

Jesse 1749 NH d 10  mar 1834 Guilford Piscataquis Maine US son Josiah dau Hannah

"Hannah is my ancestress, I have her parents as Jesse Wright and Abbey Cook. Abbey Cook was born 1739 and died 1784.

"Abigail Cook b 1739 mass Vol 33 pge  320  Gen Column of the Boston Transcript 1906-1941

Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 - Ancestry.com

Jesse Wright male Abigail Cook female mar New Gloucester  New Gloucester Cumberland Maine USA"  wife of New Cloucester. 28 Oct 1775"

I copied as printed.sp

Isaac L Wright 1825 1910 Iowa.Emanuel Grace - View media - Ancestry.comHistory of Hollis, Hillsborough Co NH was MASS  Muster rolls of Capt Reuben Dow’s co.  19 April 1775.

Interesting to see them all the way to Iowa with other family near.

Father J and A Wright, son Jesse Wright, to  daughter Hannah Wright whom marries Abraham D. Young Sr. both dying in Guilford, Piscataquis Co. , Maine USA

Abraham and  Hannah Wright's son Abraham D Young Jr moves to Nashua, IA born 23 Arpil 1812 Franklin Co. Maine. He stopped in Boone Co. ILL  He also marries a Hannah OEN? both died in Iowa.  His first wife Eliza Grover was from Pittston, m 11 July 1833 Maine. They  moved to Illinois then Iowa.  

Appreciate feedback from other WRIGHT, COOK, YOUNG RESEARCHERS. THANKS

Does anyone have the names of the other children and amazed at the HANNAH' first names of my ancestresses.  I have a Grandaughter Hannah.  Amazing how those names just keep reoccuring and the family wasn't looking for them.