I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
At the
heart of this genealogy is the hard work of many, many others. Numerous secondary
sources have been used as a framework without which new research on the McCarty
Family would have been impossible. To those persons, some living, many long
since passed on, I am truly grateful. Their work is acknowledged at the
conclusion of each entry.
Those rare
genealogies, long out of print, have been used as a basis to keep alive a love
of family. May those who follow this work, credit me as honestly as I have
endeavored to acknowledge them.
I am deeply
indebted to those persons and groups of persons who helped me acquire prime
source materials: Evelyn Bryan, Evelyn and Laurence Higley, Donovan Champ
McCarty, Rev. D. Gene Patterson, Carol Bird, Kermit Bird, Nedra Snyder at the
Sullivan County Historical Society, Mr. Rupert at the Muncy Cemetery, the folks
at the Library of Congress, Spruance Library, National Archives, Boston Public
Library, Haverford College Library and the others, too numerous to mention,
with whom I have spoken and corresponded over the years.
I am
especially grateful to Louise Molyneux Woodhead who has contributed greatly to
the success of this book. Her own writings and updates have been of invaluable
help.
And,
finally, I wish to thank my son, Charles David Bailey for his tireless efforts.
In addition to many other things, he has copied every extant McCarty family
gravestone in Quakertown, Muncy Bradford and Sullivan Counties.
II. THE BOOK AND ITS
CONTENTS
The
Descendants of Silas McCarty and Sarah Carrell is divided into the
ten generations which follow the line. In addition to the standard genealogical
data, a number of historical sketches and essays have been added, allowing the
reader to better understand the context of the world in which our ancestors
have lived; to set the stage, so to speak. To that end, also, a number of
appendices are to be found at the end of the book. They are in the
chronological order of the text and the reader is referred to each at its
appropriate time.
Once the
reader has traced his or her own line, it is hoped that they will begin at the
beginning and read through the fascinating history of the McCarty family, a
chance to journey with explorers, missionaries and travelers in their own
words.
III. ORGANIZATION
The
numbering system in this book has been chosen:
1. to establish a manner by which any individual may
immediately and accurately be identified;
2. to clearly establish family lines and;
3. to facilitate the inclusion of additional family members
or persons for whatever reason previously omitted.
Each generation (or chapter) is comprised of a set of family
groups, parents and their children. Then, in each subsequent generation (or
chapter), each of those children has his or her own individual listing with
their own family group. In addition to giving each person an individual
identity, the book is thereby set up for further expansion without disrupting
its momentum.
The
numbering system is quite simple. Each number represents a child in his or her
birth order. This book begins with Silas and Sarah. Their children were: 1.
Carrell; 2. James; 3. Silas; 4. Benjamin; 5. Lydia; 6. Elizabeth; 7. Hannah; 8.
William; 9. Thomas; 10. Peter; and 11. Paul. Each of those numbers represents a
first number of
all of the names in this genealogy. Most readers will be of
either the 4 or 9 lineage, as those are the lines of which we have the most
information to date. The 4 means you are descended through Benjamin, the 9
through Thomas. Here, then, is the way the rest of it works:
My number is 967(10)321
I am the first child of 967(10)32
Kenneth Lee Bailey, Jr.
He is the second child of 967(10)3
Gladys Maude McCarty
She was the third child of 967(10)
Doctor Fremont McCarty
He was the tenth child of 967 Joel
McCarty
He was the seventh child of 96 Joel
McCarty
He was the sixth child of 9 Thomas
McCarty
He was the ninth child of Silas
McCarty and Sarah Carrell
In other
words: find your number, remove the last digit, back up a chapter, and you'll
find your parents; remove the next digit and back up a chapter, your
grandparents, and so on...
Your own
children will be your number plus their birth order.
So my
children are 967(10)3211 and 967(10)3212.
Each
listing begins with the bloodline name, regardless of gender, and carries
through into the following generation. In the case of multiple marriages, the
numbering of children does not re-begin, but continues according to bloodline.
In the case
of family lines inter-marrying, each partner has an individual listing with his
or her complete family grouping. In the next generation, however, those
children are listed only under the number which falls the earliest in the
lineage.
For
instance: If #765 married #87, their children would be found under 871, 872,
873, etc. because that line is the closest to Silas and Sarah.
For the
reader's convenience there is a one-time reference to the other number:
7651 SEE
#871
7652 SEE
#872
7653 SEE
#873
...and so on
While this
might seem a bit troublesome, it was necessary, for the sakes of both brevity
and indexing purposes. To help some, the Spouse Index at the end of the book
cross-references intermarriage of lines where it occurs.
Within
entries, every effort has been made to give information in the following order:
# Name; parents; place born; date
born; place died; date died; burial; married to (name); parents; place born;
date born; place died; date died; burial; other pertinent biographical
information; sources; children in order of birth.
IV. LITERARY SOURCES
The pieces
added at the beginnings of sections of the book were placed there for no other
reason than this author likes them and believes them appropriate transitional
material.
Before the
Foreword and the Appendices are two versions of a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, one
near the beginning and one near the end of his Lord of the Rings. They fall at
the beginning and end of a very long journey.
At the
beginning of the genealogy proper and each generation are found sections of
Charles Dickens' A Child's Story, which describes a different sort of
journey.
Before the
Introduction and Background is an anonymous poem from old Irish describing the
members of Clan MacCaura or Carty.
You can access a comprehensive list of bibliographical sources by clicking on the following links:
McCarty Bibliography, Page One
McCarty Bibliography, Page Two
McCarty Bibliography, Page Three
V. MOVING ON
This
genealogy has been several years (to say nothing of ten generations) in the
making. It is, to be sure, an unfinished history. We are busy researching Silas
and Sarah's other children and the unfinished sections of Thomas and
Elizabeth's family. There is a nearly definite relationship between this family
and the branches in the Southeast. There is also a possible connection between
us and a McCarty family in southern Canada. Also looming is the question of
whether Billy the Kid (his mother was a McCarty!) is of our lines.
This is
meant to be a living history and has been set up to readily accept both new and
heretofore hidden persons and their stories. All contributions, corrections and
comments are gratefully accepted and encouraged.
...The Road
goes ever on...
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MCCARTY HERITAGE
In
chasing the red deer what step was the fleetest
In
singing the love-song what voice was the sweetest
What
breast was the foremost in courting the danger
What
door was the widest to welcome a stranger
In
friendship the truest, in battle the bravest
In
revel the gayest, in council the gravest
A
hunter today, and a victor tomorrow?
Oh!
Who but a chief of the princely MacCaura!
THE NAME McCARTY
The
McCarty family is probably descended from the ancient family of MacCarthy,
which was the dominant family in Desmond, or South Munster, Ireland. The
MacCarthy (or McCarthy) family is said to descend from Milesius, King of Spain,
through the line of his son, Heber. The founder of the family was Cormac, King
of Munster, A.D.483. The ancient name was Carthann, which means
"kindness." The chief of the sept was McCarthy More, Prince of
Muskerry, King and Prince of Desmond, King of Cashel and Munster. The
possessions of the McCarthys were located in the present counties of Cork,
Limerick and Clare. The sept comprised the families of McCarthy More, McCarthy
Riagh, O'Donovan, O'Keefe, O'Mahoney, McAuliffe, O'Cowley, O'Curry, O'Collins,
O'Dunnady, McCartney, McCurten, McCutcheon, McHugh and O'Scanlon. The McCarthys
took their name from Cartagh (Cartay), King of Desmond, A.D. 1100. Under the
Irish Kings, and long after the advent of the Anglo-Norman invader, the
McCarthy family maintained their princely prominence.
They
endured long contests for their independence against the Fitzgeralds, Earls of
Desmond; the Butlers, Earls of Ormond, as well as other Anglo-Norman and
English settlers, and held their title as Princes of Desmond, with considerable
possessions down to the reign of Elizabeth I. They were divided into two great
branches, the first being the McCarthy More, of whom Donal McCarthy was created
Earl of Glenclare, or Clanclare, A.D. 1565, by Queen Elizabeth; the other
branch, called the McCarthy Riagh, were princes of Carbery. Besides the Earls
of Clanclare, the McCarthys were also created at various periods Barons of
Valentia, Earls of Clancarthy, Earls of Muskerry and Earls of Montcashel, and
had several strong castles in various parts of Cork and Kerry. It is told that
the McCarthy More was inaugurated at Lisbon-nacuhir, in Kerry, at which
ceremony presided O'Sullivan More and O'Donoghue More; his captains of war were
the O'Rourkes, probably a branch of the O'Rourkes, Princes of Brefney; the
MacEgans were his hereditary Brehons, and the O'Dalys and O'Duinins were his
hereditary poets and antiquarians. In the twelfth century we find Cashel,
fortified by Brian Boru two centuries before, in the possession of Cormac
McCartyh, King of Munster and Archbishop of Cashel.
This famous
building, at once both a fortress and a church, was considered to be of the
finest type of medieval architecture, the equal of any in England or Normandy
of the same date.
The
celebrated Blarney Castle was built in 1449 by Cormac McCarthy Laidir (the
Strong), Lord of Muskerry. During the later wars between the Irish and the
English this castle was the scene of many battles. Its walls were eighteen feet
thick, and resisted many an attack and seige under the name McCarthy. The
fortification covered a space of eight acres; but with the fall of King James
the Second, Earl Clancarty, who had espoused his cause, lost his estates, and
Blarney Castle passed into the hands of an English commercial company. The
castle stands to this day, and houses the famous "Blarney Stone,"
which the visitor may kiss while hanging by his heels, to insure good luck.
The Abbey
of Mucross, a splendid medieval ruin, of which N.P. Willis writes: "It is
more beautiful in its loneliness and decay than it could have been in its
pristine state of neatness and perfection," was also erected by the
McCarthys, Princes of Desmond.
Ross
Castle, Killarney, is another memorial of the power and prowess of the
McCarthys of Desmond. It was taken from them in 1588 by Sir Valentine Browne,
founder of the house of Kenmare, but recaptured in 1651 by Donagh McCarthy,
Viscount Muskerry, Earl of Clancarty. He had been the leader of the Catholic
forces of Munster against the Cromwellians. With 1,500 poorly equipped men, he
successfully resisted the English general, Ludlow, commanding 4,000 foot and
2,000 horse soldiers, at the seige of Ross Castle. He retired to Spain, and
afterward was created Earl of Clancarty by Charles the Second. His estates were
restored to him by act of Parliment. His son, Charles, entered the military
service of France, and served with distinction in the Low Countries. He
afterward entered the English service, and was killed in a naval engagement
against the Dutch, June 3, 1665.
Charles'
younger brother, Justin McCarthy, Viscount Montcashel, entered the English
army, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. After the outbreak of
the Revolution against James II in 1688 [James was trying, with great
resistance, to restore the power of the papacy in all of Great Britain.],
Justin was appointed Munster Master-General and Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Cork by Tyr-Connell, and upon the landing of James the Second received
command to raise seven foot-regiments. In 1689 he was created Viscount
Montcashel and Baron of Castleinchy. Also in that year, Justin passed over to
France, probably in the company of James himself, who had been allowed to
"escape" from the Tower of London and flee the country. Justin
received the rank of Lieutenant-General and received command of the 6,000 Irish
troops that had now entered the service of King Louis the Fourteenth. His
command gained great distinction in Savoy, and afterward served under him in
Catalonia and on the Rhein.
In
September of 1688, the heads of the Church party in England invited William of
Orange to be their champion in the cause of religious and civil liberty against
James. With the landing of William on English soil, James' army literally
melted away. Scotland, engulfed in the Reformation, posed no resistance at all.
Ireland was quite a different matter, with much of their population having
remained loyal to the Pope all along, the Earls of Clancarty among them. James
took advantage of their feeling and returned to Ireland complete with French
troops. William decided to take to the battlefield himself, and, he too,
traveled to Ireland where he landed at Carrickfergus. On July 12, 1690 was
fought the infamous and bloody Battle of the Boyne, which decided the fate of
James and his followers, the "Jacobites." This time James was not
"allowed to escape," he had to flee to France. William of Orange
wasted no time in punishing James' followers. Lands and property were seized.
The Jacobites were forced to either conform to the state church or exile
themselves. Many did leave. It is very possible that the family of Silas McCarty
fled to Scotland or secreted themselves in Ulster and, out of self-preservation
and because of the times, were swept into the growing wave of Presbyterianism
espoused by John Calvin. Best evidence tells us that the McCarty family is
descended from the Earls of Clancarty, family McCarthy, lords of Blarney
Castle.
The author has created a genealogical trace that leads back at least to Charlemagne and, in a more fanciful version, back to Adam and Eve. You can look over this "ancestral tree" at The Royal Ancestry of the Descendants of Silas McCarty and Sarah Carrell.
THE SILAS McCARTY FAMILY IN
AMERICA
Early history of the McCarty family in
America is very hazy and only begins factually on the 11th of March, 1724 with
the appearance of the name of Silas McCarty on a map of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. The second solid piece of evidence is the conveyance of land to
Silas by John Thomas and Richard Penn on the 3rd of March 1738. The final
contributing fact establishing their residence was the uniting of Silas' wife,
Sarah (Carrell) with the New Britain Baptist Church on the 16th of July 1755.
From that point on, fairly accurate family records have been passed along, with
many corroborating materials.
Earlier
information, or rather, speculation, is, quite frankly, a muddle, and has been
open to much conflicting speculation. The two main sources have been the Harry
Fred Lancaster Genealogy of the Lancaster and McCarty Families and
Clarence Vernon Roberts' book, Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks. Also, Ezra Patterson Carrell's Genealogy
of the Carrell and Dungan Families, long considered the primary source on
the McCarty family, copies the Roberts text on early family history verbatim.
The words "doubtless," "certainly" and probably" are
used all too often and tend to further tangle things. The confusion concerns
Silas's immediate family background and from where and whence he came.
The first
theory, espoused by Roberts, says that the family was established in Bucks
County by Cornelius McCarty of Middletown (New Jersey) and Silas and Edward
McCarty of Haycock, all born near the year 1700. He goes on to say that an
effort had been made (but not by whom) to make these three brothers, together
with Dennis McCarty of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, "and one
or two others of record at the time," all sons of John McCarty of
Piscataway, New Jersey and Ann Harmon of Woodbridge, New Jersey who were
married the seventh of September, 1684. Roberts continues by saying that the
McCartys of New Jersey and Pennsylvania were "doubtless" descendants
of the Earls of Clan Carty who were driven out of Ireland and disposessed of
their large estates under William of Orange in 1690. The latter is the
article's most cogent point.
The first
difficulty with the Roberts version is, if John McCarty and Ann Harmon were
married in 1684, they could hardly be "descendants" of those driven
from Ireland by William of Orange in 1690! The second difficulty is with
Roberts' alleged researcher and his attempt to group all those with the surname
of McCarty into a single family.
The second
theory, put forth in the Lancaster book, states simply that family tradition
has it that Silas McCarty left Scotland at about age fourteen with his brother,
Roland. They lived together in Ireland for a few years, then emigrated to
America. Roland settled in New Jersey, Silas in Pennsylvania. This is certainly
a less confusing explanation, but it is not clear how the brothers came to be
born in Scotland, and then emigrate to Ireland. It would seem more likely to
been the other way around.
Both
theories are inconclusive and problematic. The fact is: We don't know! So, let
us play with each of the above scenarios by filling in some missing data,
albeit hypothetical. This author will then offer yet another possible solution
to the mystery.
Regarding
the Roberts theory, it is conceivable that the McCartys did end up in Freehold,
Monmouth County, New Jersey. At least one other famous Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania family, that of Theophilus Little, had its American origins in
that place. One Lewis Morris wrote to the Bishop of London in 1700, concerning
the state of religion in the Jerseys. In that letter he states that
"Freehold was settled from Scotland...About one-half of the Inhabitants
there are Scotch Presbyterians and a sober people." Silas would have been
at the right place at the right time. The attempt at establishing the
relationship between all the McCarty boys of northern New Jersey, as well as
the parenthood of John McCarty and Ann Harmon, is purely conjectural, and
should be dismissed until further facts make their appearance.
A brief
digression: For the purposes of this essay we will assume that Silas McCarty
was born into a Presbyterian family, perhaps even a recently-Presbyterian
family. What we do know is that Silas married into a very prominent Baptist
family; his wife Sarah's grandfather was the founder of the first Baptist
Church in Bucks County. In his will, Silas even deeded land to the congregation
of the New Britain Baptist Church for a meeting house and graveyard. Silas and
Sarah's son, Thomas, however, was identified in early life with the Tinicum
Presbyterian Church. He later married into the Lancaster family, well-known
Friends. You can see the Ancestry of Sarah (Dungan) McCarty and other Dungan relatives at many locations on the Internet.
That having
been said, another possibility is that Silas McCarty (assuming for a moment
that he was born in America, to John and Ann) came early under the influence of
the Quakers while in Freehold. One of the founders of that town was George
Keith, an important, albeit controversial, voice in the Quaker movement in
America. Keith was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland and raised a Scotch
Presbyterian. He became a Quaker to secure patronage by Robert Barclay, a
follower of George Fox. Following persecution in his native country, Keith
emigrated to Freehold where he was engaged as a surveyor to mark out the lines
between East and West Jersey. In 1689, Keith was called upon by William Penn to
participate in his "Holy Experiment" by opening a school in
Philadelphia. This school later became the William Penn Charter School and the
Friends Select School. His followers were known as Keithian Quakers or Quaker Baptists, and, though he later became
the subject of much criticism, his influence is clear in the early Quaker
movement in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. And, several years later, when the
Quakers from New Jersey began to gravitate toward that area in Bucks County,
known as "The Great Swamp," young Silas McCarty may have been with
them.
It is also
possible, however, that quite a different picture can be formed, somewhat
agreeing with the Lancaster theory:
In 1720 there
were more than a million Presbyterians in Ulster being persecuted by the much
larger Catholic population. By mid-century more than half of that population
had migrated to America. John Fiske, in The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in
America, tells us that "the great majority (of Presbyterians) came to
Pennsylvania and occupied the mountain country west of the Susquehanna."
In Wayland F. Dunaway's The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania, we
are told that "A characteristic Scotch-Irish settlement was effected in
present Bucks County, beginning about 1720 and still receiving additions in
1740. Scotch-Irish settlements were made in Tinicum and Bedminster Townships
and in Deep Run, Plumstead, and New Britain Townships..." These are all
very familiar names in early McCarty family history. It is possible that Silas,
and perhaps a brother, arrived directly in Pennsylvania on this wave of
migration.
Accept the
following only as a possibility:
The members
of Clancarty were papists (Catholics). Given that the McCarty family is
descended from that clan, there can be no doubt about that fact. Clancarty
fought long and hard in defense of James the Second. With the coming of William
of Orange, all of their land and monies were seized.
Members of the clan were then faced with a choice: remain
papists no matter what, convert to Protestantism, or flee the country. Many did
remain papists; many chose to run to France with King James; still others
decided to convert and begrudgingly follow the Church of England. Conversion,
however, presented a new problem: the scorn of the remaining papists. The
McCartys (Clancarty no longer existed, thanks to William of Orange) would have
had to leave their traditional home country and escape to Ulster where a large
"Williamite" settlement was in existence. Interestingly enough,
Ulster held a huge Scottish population (over 50,000) at the time. The family
would there have come under the influence of Presbyterianism. Silas McCarty was
possibly born there in Ulster about 1700 to, by then, Presbyterian parents. By
1720 things were sufficiently unpleasant for the Protestants that Silas left
the country, possibly with his brother, Roland. They went first to Scotland,
where Presbyterians were most welcome. A couple of years later, when
emigrations from Scotland were in full swing, they sailed to America. They
probably landed first in Boston, then traveled down the coast and up the
Delaware River to Philadelphia. Silas and Roland went their separate ways,
Roland to New Jersey, Silas directly to Bucks County. And there we find 1724
and our first solid piece of evidence.
It is
interesting to note that, a few years later a very famous ardent Presbyterian
and scientist, the discoverer of oxygen, Joseph Priestly, would come to live in
Northumberland County. His son, also Joseph, who preceded him to America, would
become the first large landowner and developer in what would become Sullivan
County.
Hopefully,
more facts will come into our hands to enable a solution to this riddle.
Neither published theory is sufficient to make a case, and this author's theory
is only a possible scenario. A fascinating puzzle!
Sources
for McCarty History:
·
Genealogy of the Lancaster and McCarty Families,
by Harry Fred Lancaster.
Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks, [EFFUB]by
Clarence Vernon Roberts.
Genealogical History of Irish Families, With Their
Crests and Armorial Bearings, by John Rooney, Washington, 1895.
The Story of the Irish Race, by Seumas MacManus,
New York, 1921; revised 1944.
The Romance of Irish History, by John G. Rowe,
New York, 1913.
Inventory of Church Archives of the Society of
Friends in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1941.
The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, by
John Fisk, , Boston, 1899.
Old Times in Old Monmouth by Edwin Salter
and George C. Beekman, Baltimore, 1980.
The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania, by
Wayland F. Dunaway, Chapel Hill, 1944.
Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819, edited by
Michael Tepper, Baltimore, 1975.
GENEALOGY
Once upon a
time, a good many years ago
There was a
traveler, and he set out upon
A journey,
and it was to seem very long when
He began it,
and very short when he got
Half way
through.
SILAS
McCARTY AND SARAH CARRELL
Silas McCarty, born c.1700, died 1750;
married c.1722, Sarah Carrell, daughter of James Carrell and Sarah Dungan of
Warminster, and grand-daughter of Rev. Thomas Dungan, founder and pastor of the
first Baptist Church in Bucks County (1684), born c.1700 in Northampton
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
On a map of
Bucks County, dated 11 Mar 1724, Silas is represented as the owner of a plot of
land in the southwestern part of Plumstead Township, near the Buckingham
line.
Silas later took up a tract of 350 acres
in what would became Haycock Township, just over the line of the present
Richland Township, adjoining the Logan tract on the west, the Bryan tract on
the south, and the Jacob Strawn tract on the east. The patent for this tract of
land from John, Thomas and Richard Penn to Silas McCarty is dated 1 mo.3,
1737/8, but he was probably located there under a proprietary warrant of survey
for some years prior to that date.
He died seized of this land in the year
1750, leaving a will dated January 3, 1749/50, probated on May 1, 1750, which
devised to his wife Sarah his plantation for life, then to all his children,
his son Carrell excepted. To Carrell he gave 100 acres off the end of his plantation.
Silas also
gave 1 acre of land to William Bryan, Isaac Evans, and others, in trust, for
the use of the Baptist congregation at New Britain, in an area known of as
Strawnstown, upon which they would erect a church and locate a burial ground. A
small log church was built and has long since disappeared. Sarah (Carrell)
McCarty united with the congregation "July ye 16th, 1755." Silas and
Sarah are probably buried in the graveyard, though the stones are broken and
illegible.
[Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SILAS McCARTY
To all Christian people whom this may concern be it known
that I Silas McCarty of ye Adjacent of Springfield in the County of Bucks &
province of Pennsylvania being weak & Indisposed in Body but of a perfect
disposing mind & memory and calling to mind the Uncernty (sic) of Life and
yer certainty of Death, do make & put in writing this my last Will &
Testament in this manner & form following -
Imprimus [first and foremost] it is my Will of mind that
all my Debts & Funeral Expenses be first paid & discharged -
Item I give
& Bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Sarah McCarty all my goods &
Personal Estate & the use of my Plantation that I now live on during her
Life, or while she lives my Widow
Item It is my
Will that in case my Wife shall Marry again that my Sd plantation be sold by my
Executors herein after named and the value thereof together with my Sd Personal
Estate to be divided as followed (viz) one third part thereof to be given to my
Sd wife and ye remainder to be Equally divided among my children, my son Carell
only excepted he being provided for already, but if my wife does not marry
again ye whole to be equally divided among them after her Decease share &
share alike ye above Exception of my Son Carell only observed.
Item I give & bequeath unto the Congregation of
Baptists one acre of land lying on ye East Side of my Tract, whereon meeting
House now stands for which my Executors shall make a firm deed & title when
required by ye Sd Congregation.
Item I do Nominate Constitute & appoint my Said wife,
my son Carell & my trusty & well beloved Brother-in-law Robert Thomkins
to be my Executors of this my last will & Testament Utterly revoking &
disannulling all other will or Wills Testament or Testament & Executors by
me before this time made or named Ratifying & confirming this & no
other to be my Last Will & Testament in Witness whereof I have here put my
Hand and Seal this thirteenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand
Seven Hundred & Forty nine Fifty.
THE
CHILDREN OF SILAS McCARTY AND SARAH CARRELL:
1. Carrell
McCarty b. 15 Sep 1723
2. James
McCarty b. 1
Jan 1725/6
3. Silas
McCarty b.
16 Jun 1727
4. Benjamin
McCarty b. 5
Oct 1731
d.
27 Oct 1794
5. Lydia
McCarty b. 11 Oct 1733
6.
Elizabeth McCarty b. 30 Oct 1735
7. Hannah McCarty b. 6 Dec 1737
8. William
McCarty b. 29 Feb 1739/40
9. Thomas
McCarty b. 12 Apr 1741
d. 9 Oct 1804
10. Peter
McCarty b.
13 Nov 1742
11. Paul
McCarty b. 29 Apr 1744
FIRST GENERATION
He traveled along a
rather dark path for some little time without meeting anything, until at last he came to a beautiful child. So he said to the child, “What do you do here?” And the child said, “I am
always at play. Come and play with me.” So, he played with that child, the whole day long, and they
were very merry.
The first generation of McCarty’s in America were born and
lived their early lives in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the area now
known as Quakertown, specifically Richland and adjoining Haycock and
Springfield Townships. The following slightly-paraphrased excerpt from Old
Richland Families, by Ellwood Roberts, will serve as a backdrop for this
first generation:
Located
less than forty miles from Philadelphia, the vicinity known successively as
Great Swamp, Richland and Quakertown, is one of the most interesting in Eastern
Pennsylvania. It was settled over two centuries ago by English and Welsh
Friends or Quakers, and by Germans who, like them, sought a refuge from the
assaults of religious intolerance at home.
Among
the first settlers were Edward Roberts (his great-grandson, Hugh Foulke,
married into the McCarty line), Peter Lester (his great-granddaughter,
Elizabeth Roberts [#911] married Hugh Foulke), and Thomas Lancaster (whose
daughter, Elizabeth, married Thomas McCarty [#9]).
The
settlement included a large tract of country, embracing several townships
adjoining Richland, as it was termed when organized and laid out in 1734,
extending even into the adjoining counties of Lehigh and Montgomery. While the
settlement now (known as) Quakertown was the central point, members of the
meeting were located in Springfield, Rockhill, Milford, Saucon and elsewhere.
The
settlement was peopled by those who left home on account of their religious
convictions, and there was thus a common
bond of sympathy. It was William Penn's foresight in providing a place of
refuge for his people, and his liberality in throwing it open to all comers,
regardless of creed or nationality, that gave to the population of the state he
founded its cosmopolitan character and brought together such apparently incongruous
and discordant elements to form a community which has retained its
peculiarities for over two centuries. From the date of location of some of the
original surveys, much of what is now comprised within the limits of Milford
and Springfield must have originally been called Richland. This view is borne
out by the fact that much of the land surveyed as part of Richland Manor was
located in adjacent townships. Tradition tells us of the early settlers finding
the place covered with a luxurious growth of grass. It was mostly heavily
timbered but the forest was interspersed with small prairies, with a rich soil,
hence the place was called Richland.
...the proportion of
prairie was, however, small. Nearly all was wet and swampy, and in the spring
of the year covered with water, until cultivation had effected
a change.
...the
circumstances which gave rise to the name "Swamp," though, were
rapidly modified under the benign ministry of the axe and the plow.
Wolves,
bears, deer and panthers were abundant and continued so for years. Rattlesnakes
were very troublesome to the early settlers for many years. Mowers were
compelled to wrap their legs with hay or other protective substances to ward
off their bites. At Great Swamp was organized a branch of the first Society for
maintaining friendly relations with the aboriginal inhabitants. It was called
"Ye Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with ye
Indians." All through the bloody and devastating wars with the infuriated
red men, lasting for years, there was no clash between them and the followers
of Penn at Richland. Samuel Foulke (father of Judah
Foulke, who married [#94] Sarah McCarty and grandfather
of Hugh Foulke, who married [#911] Elizabeth Roberts) was Treasurer and guiding
spirit of this organization. The Association continued until the Peace of 1759.
The
first settlers had no facilities for building houses. They came in detached
parties and probably at first depended almost entirely upon the Indians of the
vicinity, who, fortunately, were kindly disposed toward
these peaceful followers of Penn. The first dwellings were of bark and were
erected beside great rocks or under the shadow of trees.
It should here be noted that the Silas McCarty family was
not the only McCarty family in the environs of Haycock Township at this time,
There was at least one other, the family of Nicholas and Unity McCarty.
Research has yielded no definite connection between the families. This has
caused confusion over the years because then, just as today, some names were
more popular than others. The causing the most problems for us has been the
name “Thomas.” Some have attempted to identify our Thomas, ninth child of Silas
and Sarah (1741-1804) as another Thomas, who was born in 1759 and died after
1833 having fought in the American Revolution.
That hardly would have pleased our Thomas’ in-laws, the Lancaster’s,
devout members of the Society of Friends.
KEY TO THE MAP OF
QUAKERTOWN
(7) Peter Ashton
came from Ireland in 1732, and settled in Springfield just beyond the
Richland
line, adjoining John Adamson. Robert Ashton succeeded his father on this place. Robert's son, Peter, married [#46]
MARY McCARTY.
(9, 10 & 11) Properties owned by William, John and
Thomas Thomas, sons of Samuel Thomas.
Their brother, Edward, married [#9(10)] ELIZABETH McCARTY.
(15) SILAS McCARTY
came to the "Great Swamp" district in 1735, and settled in Haycock Township, along the eastern line of
Richland.
(16) The Baptist
Burying Ground mentioned in the will of SILAS McCARTY: "To William Bryan and others one acre of land on
east side of my plantation where a church
now stands." The church is long gone and the graveyards overgrown and overrun by farm animals. Silas and Sarah
are probably buried here.
(20) Hugh Foulke
settled in Upper Richland prior to 1730 on a tract of 313 acres which included 40 acres on the east side of the
"Road to Durham." His grandson, Judah Foulke, married [#94] SARAH McCARTY.
(27) Isaac Walton
was a tenant for a number of years on the western side of the Logan tract. His daughter, Margaret, married
[#4] BENJAMIN McCARTY.
(28) [#4] BENJAMIN
McCARTY, son of Silas, moved to this location in 1765, which was a portion of the Logan tract.
(30) Thomas
Lancaster came to Richland in 1740 from Wrightstown, and purchased 400 acres of land now comprising the
eastern end of Quakertown, and extending beyond
the borough limits. His daughter, Elizabeth, married [#9] THOMAS McCARTY.
(39) Edward
Roberts purchased 250 acres of land in 1715. His great-grandson, Hugh Foulke, married [#911] ELIZABETH
ROBERTS.
(53) Peter Lester
purchased in 1712, 600 acres of land divided by the "Road to Philadelphia" north of the southern line
of Richland Township about two thirds of it
laid east of this road. His grandson, Levi Roberts, married [#91] PHEBE McCARTY.
THE
CHILDREN OF SILAS McCARTY AND SARAH CARRELL
1 CARRELL McCARTY, first child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 15 Sep 1723; married Tamar_________ of "Adjacents of Springfield
Township," by which name Haycock Township was known prior to 1763. He
inherited 100 acres of his father's Haycock plantation and are known to have
made a conveyance of part of that land 20 August 1759. [Carrell/Dungan]
2 JAMES McCARTY, second child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1 Jan 1725/6; married Sarah__________. With his wife,
he joined with the heirs of deed in 1760. [Carrell/Dungan]
3 SILAS McCARTY, third child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania 16 June 1727. He appears on the tax list of Richland
Township as a single man in 1783 (so probably never married) and evidently
moved to Northampton County, Pennsylvania prior to 4 Jun 1785 when he conveyed
land in that county. [Carrell/Dungan]
4 BENJAMIN McCARTY, fourth child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania 5 Oct 1731, raised on his father's farm in Haycock
Township, then known as "adjacent of Springfield," died in Richland
Township, Bucks County 27 Oct 1794; married, about 1757, Margaret Walton,
daughter of Isaac Walton, Sr. and Alice Davis of Richland Township, born 1736.
The Waltons were
members of the Richland Monthly Meeting of Friends. Benjamin McCarty not being
a member, Margaret was disowned by the Society for marriage "out of
unity."
Isaac Walton was
a descendant of one of the first pioneer Walton brothers who settled in Byberry
Township, Philadelphia County, on the upper boarder of Bucks County, about
1683. [EFFUB pp.373-375] He was at the time of his daughter's marriage
to Benjamin McCarty, and for many years thereafter, a tenant on one of the
plantations of the Logan tract in Richland, his son Isaac Walton, Jr. being a
tenant on another division of the same tract.
It is possible
that upon his marriage to Margaret Walton, Benjamin McCarty took charge of her
father's farm. The two tracts "in the tenure of Isaac Walton,Sr., and
Isaac Walton,Jr.," were devised by the will of William Logan to his
daughter Sarah, wife of Thomas Fisher. On 13 Feb 1787 Thomas and Sarah Fisher
conveyed 195 acres, part of both tracts, to Benjamin McCarty. Benjamin and his
family lived there until his death in 1794. His will (see below), executed on
his deathbed, left his entire estate to his wife for life or widowhood, and
then to his children. His executors, his wife and his brother-in-law Daniel
Walton, were directed to hold the share of his daughter Mary, wife of Peter
Ashton, paying her the interest and paying the principal to her children at her
death. The share of another daughter, Sarah Mitchell, a widow, was divided
between her and her daughter Mira. Most of the children of Benjamin and
Margaret (Walton) McCarty moved to Muncy, Northampton (now Lycoming) County,
Pennsylvania. [Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB, Will
THE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BENJAMIN McCARTY
(Original in Spruance Library,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
I Benjamin McCarty of Richland in the County of BucksYeoman
being of sound mind & memory do make & put in writing this my last will
& testament as follows- first I will that all my just Debts & funeral
Expenses be Duly paid & Discharged. Item (:)I will that all my land &
plantation Whereon I live Shall be sold for the best price that may be got for
it, and that a due appraisement & sale be also made of all my goods &
Chattels. Item(:)I give unto my beloved wife Margaret the use of all the Money
arying from the sale of my Estate as aforesaid that shall remain after my debts
Shall be paid During her natural Life
or so long as she Remains my
Widow. Item I will that all the Money which Shall remain after my Wifes Deceas
or Marridge be disposed of as follows
viz in case my wife should marry then one third of my Estate Shall be hers to
dispose of as she may think fit and the Remainder to be divided among my
Children as follows (:) My Sons to have two shares each and my Daughters to
have one share each & if my wife Shall live her time out unmarried then the
Whole Remainder of my Estate Shall be divided among My Children in the
proportion aforesaid. Item (:) I will that my Executors have in after named do
hold in their hands the Share that will be Comming to my Daughter Mary Ashton
Wife of Peter Ashton the interest of which they are to pay her During her Life
& at her decease the principle to be Divided equally among her Children
also I will that the Share that shall be
coming to my Daughter Sary Mitchel be equally Divided between her and her
daughter Mira. Lastly I do hereby ordain & appoint my beloved wife above
Named with my brother in Law Daniel Walton & my son Benjamin McCarty to be
my Executors of this my last will and Testament in witness Where of I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal the 25th day of September Anno Dom one thousand
seven hundred and ninety fore.
Sealed and Declared by the said testator to be his Last Will
and Testament in the presents of us
Samuel
Foulk Tho Benjamin McCarty
Raldal Iden
Casper Johnsone
THE CHILDREN
OF BENJAMIN McCARTY AND MARGARET WALTON:
41. Silas McCarty b. c.1758
42. Benjamin McCarty b. 2 May 1763
d.
1828
43. William McCarty b.
11 Mar 1766
d.
21 Jan 1813
44. Isaac McCarty d. Jun 1847
45. Sarah McCarty
46.
Mary McCarty
47. Alice McCarty
48. Margaret McCarty
49. Elizabeth McCarty
4(10). Rachel
McCarty
4(11). Jane
McCarty
5 LYDIA McCARTY, fifth child of Silas McCarty and
Sarah Carrell, was born in Haycock
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 11 Oct 1733; married Daniel Pursell, died
1804. They lived for a time in Bucks County, but later moved to Kingswood
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where Daniel Pursell died.
Little is known
about this family except what is given in Daniel Pursell's will. It is dated 2
May 1803, and was probated 7 Jan 1804. It provides a home for his widow Lydia on his plantation in Kingwood during life or widowhood. To a son Peter is given the plantation of 110 acres in Sussex County, New Jersey
where he then lived. To the son Benjamin is given the plantation whereon the
testator lived in Kingwood, "said to contain 230 acres more or less."
To his son Thomas Pursell and daughters Ruth Middleworth, Sarah Tinsman and
Hannah Jones, is bequeathed 150 pounds each, to be paid successively one, two,
three and four years after the death of their mother. To sons Peter and
Benjamin, residue of personal estate; and they are named as executors. Attached
to the will is the following endorsement, signed by the widow:
"Probate-Kingwood
Township, Hunterdon Co. The
subscriber
Lyddy Pusley due agree and am fully
satisfied and
it is my choice and desiar that this
will should
be proved according to law.
Witness my
hand and seal this seventh day of
January one
thousand eight hundred and four.
her
Lyddy X Pusley (Seal)
seal
THE CHILDREN OF LYDIA McCARTY AND DANIEL PURSELL
(in order of will, NOT necessarily
in order of birth):
51. Benjamin Pursell
52. Thomas Pursell
53. Ruth Pursell
54. Sarah Pursell
55. Hannah Pursell
56. Peter Pursell
[Carrell/Dungan, will]
6 ELIZABETH McCARTY, sixth child of Silas
McCarty and Sarah Carrell, was born
30 Oct 1735; married John Melvin of Springfield. [Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
7 HANNAH McCARTY, seventh child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born 6
Dec 1737. [Carrell/Dungan]
8 WILLIAM McCARTY, eighth child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born 29 Feb
1739/40. [Carrell/Dungan]
9 THOMAS McCARTY, ninth child of Silas McCarty
and Sarah Carrell, was born 12 Apr
1741, died in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 9 Oct 1804, Lucetta McCarty
Wilson records indicate that he was buried in the graveyard at Pennsdale
Monthly Meeting; married 1765 Elizabeth Lancaster, twelfth child of Thomas
Lancaster and Phebe Wardell, born, probably in Richland, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 26 Aug 1749, died in Quakertown, Bucks County, 26 July 1806,
having returned there after Thomas's death.
Thomas McCarty
was raised on his father's plantation in Haycock Township. He was probably
reared and educated in the tenets and faith of the Presbyterian Church, and
identified with the old Tinicum congregation established among the rugged hills
of Tinucum Township prior to 1740.
[The following
is a somewhat paraphrased version of Ezra Patterson Carrell's descriptive
material found in the Carrell/Dungan genealogy, pps.73-74]:
A few miles
north of Ottsville, Pennsylvania, is an old burial-ground on what is known as
Clay Ridge. That those connected with this burial-ground held it in veneration
is shown by the order in which it was maintained. It is surrounded by a
well-built wall, with beautiful
iron gates, and gives every indication of
being the burial-ground of people well able to care for it. When Carrell
visited it in the 1920s, it was still
in fairly good repair as to the wall and entrance, but the forest was
reclaiming its own, and forest
trees were growing un-forbidden over the graves of those reposing beneath.
There were, at that time, several gravestones showing the name Lancaster. [When
this author visited the graveyard in 1991, although the wall was still fairly
in tact, there was little left within except fragments of gravestones.]
The story is,
that here was originally located the old Ottsville Presbyterian Church, and the
foundation outlines of its location were clearly marked; but as the community
developed, and the Durham Road became principal highway for communication with
Philadelphia, which was the main market for the produce of the farms - the only
source of livelihood to those settlers - development became more general along
this main road, and the old meeting-house bid fair to be isolated from the life
of the community; there arose a division in the church, and finally it was
moved to Ottsville, Pennsylvania, along the Durham Road, where it stands today.
Even after the
removal of the church itself, it was unable to stop the trend of changing
conditions, and gradually the Irish gave place to the German element until the
Presbyterians were unable to support a pastor, and services were held
alternately in German, for the German settlers one Sunday, and in English, for
the Presbyterians, the next, but even this failed to stem the tide of change,
until at last services of all kinds have been abandoned, and this old church,
standing in good repair, the graveyard surrounding it fairly well-kept and
enclosed by an excellent wall, is yet an empty testimonial to the fact that
churches, like those who people them, have their day.
Carrell was able
to secure the old session and trustee-books of the church, and deposited them
at the Presbyterian Historical Society in the Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Despite his
Presbyterian roots, Thomas McCarty, a mason by trade, was associated with the
building of the Friends' Meeting House at Quakertown in 1762.
Elizabeth
Lancaster had been strictly reared in the faith of the Society of Friends. Both
of her parents were accepted ministers and traveled extensively in "the
service of truth." (see note below on Lancaster family) Thomas McCarty
applied for membership in the Society prior to his marriage to Elizabeth but,
though the committee appointed to investigate his character reported favorably,
his admission was opposed by some members of the meeting and he was denied
membership. The marriage took place though Elizabeth was disowned for marrying
outside her faith. They continued to attend the meeting however and, after
nineteen years, were both admitted to membership in the Richland Meeting.
Thomas and
Elizabeth McCarty settled on a 40-acre farm in Richland inherited by Elizabeth
from her father. They lived there until 1775, then sold the farm to William
Foulke, together with fifteen acres of land bought from Moses Lancaster, 5 Dec
1767, and moved to Northampton County, residing there until 1794 when the whole
family moved to Muncy, Northumberland (soon to be Lycoming) County,
Pennsylvania. They took certificates from Richland Monthly Meeting of Friends
to the Monthly Meeting at Exeter, Berks County, then the Monthly Meeting
nearest to their destination. They were soon followed by several of the children
of Thomas's brother, Benjamin.
Thomas is said
to have owned the first gristmill in Lycoming County. Their farm was located
between Muncy and Clarkstown on land, which was owned by the Shipman family in
1902. In the following item, taken from the Lycoming Gazette dated
3/33(?)/1809-2 we find what appears to be the sale of the property:
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE
A Grist-mill,
Sawmill and thirty-nine acres of excellent land with a two-story frame dwelling
house, three rooms on a floor, a log kitchen with a well of good water before the door; the mills
are on an excellent stream of water [Glade Run], two pairs of stones, one pair
of burrs, three bolting cloaths, suitable for either merchant or country
business. The Grist-mill is stone, forty
ft. by thirty, situated in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, well known by
the name of McCarty Mill.
The land is
about 2/3 cleared. About 5 acres of excellent meadow and much more may be made,
a young orchard of about 100 trees; the mills and lot in good repair, any
person inclining to purchase said mills, will apply to the subscriber -
conditions will be made known by
AMOS CHILCOTT
Following the
death of Thomas McCarty in 1804, some of the youngest children returned to Richland
with their mother where she died in 1806.
THE WILL OF THOMAS McCARTY
In the name of God, Amen.
I, Thomas McCarty, of Muncey Creek Township in the County
of Lycoming, and state of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, considering the uncertainty of
the moral life, and being of sound memory and perfect mind: blessed be Almighty
God for the same. Do make and publish this my last will and testament, in
manner and form following, that is to say:
First I direct that all my funeral expenses and all my
just and honest debts be paid by my executors.
Secondly I give and bequeath to my beloved wife,
Elizabeth McCarty, one room down- stairs
and two up, with their usual furniture and bedding, and such privileges of the use of the house and cellar as may be
necessary, with six cows well kept, one horse
fit for my said wife to ride, with sufficient of bread and meat of the best kind, she to have the rooms in the
house where I now live and creatures kept on the
same premises, on that part which I shall bequeath to my son Job and he is to pay her six pounds per year as long as
she may live. All these emoluments and privileges to be for the use of my
said wife and such of my daughters as may continue
unmarried and continue to live with their mother. But if my said wife should
marry, then my will is, that she shall quit the premises, taking with her the furniture of one room, one cow, and one
riding beast, and to have six pounds per year
paid her by Job. All the above to be taken and considered in lieu of dower.
Thirdly I give in bequeath to my daughters Phebe and Mary
each of them a good eight day clock
with a neatcase.
Fourthly I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah, twenty
dollars, and to my grand-son Samuel
Foulke, twenty dollars, and to my grand-son Thomas Foulke, twenty dollars, to be paid by my executors
within ten years after my decease.
Fifthly I give and bequeath to my son Samuel McCarty
fifty acres of land be the same more
or less, it being the same on which his black-smith shop now stands, to him and his heirs in fee.
Sixthly I give and bequeath to my son Silas two hundred
and fifty pounds, to be paid to him by
my executors within three years after my decease; what moneys I am in due my son Silas to be included in the above
mentioned sum.
Seventhly I give and bequeath to my two sons John and
Thomas, forty acres of land to them
and their legal issue as tenants in common, but for want of legal issue, or if one of them should die without issue,
then and in that case they are to be considered
as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, to include the mills with their appurtenances, to join an
improvement made by my son Joel, and the widow Robb's
lands, each long line to join the creek for which they shall pay my executors seven hundred pound in manner
following, to-wit: One hundred per year
for each five years next after my decease, then the remaining two hundred pounds to be divided into five yearly annual
payments, the last payment to be made
ten years after my decease.
Eighthly I give and bequeath to my son Joel one hundred
pounds to be paid to him by my executors
in manner following to-wit, twenty-five pounds one year after my decease, and the remainder in three
equal annual payments and the last payment to be
paid four years after my decease.
Ninthly I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin
twenty-five acres of land to include the improvements
made by Joel; the lines to remain as they are now run, to him and his heirs in fee for which he must pay my executors
forty pounds five years after my
decease and have possession of the house and one-half of the land immediately after my decease, and of
the other half two years after-wards.
Tenthly I give and bequeath to my son James two hundred
pounds to be paid to him by my
executors in manner following to-wit, fifty pounds two years after my decease, and the remainder at twenty-five pounds per
year until paid, the last payment to be made
eight years after my decease.
Eleventhly I give and bequeath unto my sons David and
Jesse fifty acres of land in the forks
of the creek to be held by them in the same manner I have directed John and Thomas to hold theirs and David and Jesse to
pay nothing, and Job to give them two
good cows and a horse between them when they may stand in need of them.
Twelfthly I give and bequeath to my five daughters that
now live with me to-wit, Jane, Elizabeth,
Hannah, Martha, and Lydia; sixty pounds apiece to be paid to them within ten years after my decease, and my
daughter Jane ten years after my decease
to have the clock now in my house.
And it is further my will and I direct that
my son Job shall give each of his sisters last named, immediately after the
death of their mother, one cow, two sheep, a good bed and bedding, a low priced
pair or case of drawers, three chairs, and one breakfast table each, and if my
daughters remain single and unmarried, Job is to find seed and sow them one
acre of flax every year, and if some of them marry, the rest to have in
proportion, and find them house-room and fire-wood, and if it should nor suit
Job to have them in the house with him he shall build them a good convenient
house, between the mills and barn, plant them an orchard of one hundred apple
trees, opposite the east end of the barn, the house to be on the same side of
the road, and find them sufficient of good fire-wood ready prepared for the
fire and laid at the door; and give them the wool of two sheep yearly each
of them and prepare them a garden well manured and keep
it so and keep each of them a cow as he kept his own both winter and summer as
long as they remain single and unmarried.
And lastly I give and bequeath to my son Job
all the residue of my estate, both real and personal, of whatsoever sort or
kind it may be, or wheresoever it may be, he complying with the above and
before mentioned terms of this my last will and testament; ---- and paying to
my executors the sum of six hundred and fifty pounds in manner following, the
said sum to be divided in ten yearly payments or parts, the first part or
payment to be paid one year after my decease, and the last, ten years from the
time of my decease.
And further it is my will and I hereby
direct that Job shall have his grain ground at the mill left to John and Thomas
toll free during the life of his mother, and after that, only what he may want
ground for the use of his family.
And further it is my will and I direct that
if my children or any of them shall make any charge or demand for any time they
have lived with me after they were of age, that the same shall be deducted out
of what I have given them by this my
will. And if there
should remain any money in the hands of my executors
after paying my debts and legacies as before directed they shall pay the same
to Job.
And I hereby appoint my son John McCarty
and William McCarty jointly my sole executors of this my last will and
testament.
In witness
thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifth day of the seventh month
1803.
Thomas McCarty
[Seal]
Signed,
sealed and to be published, for the purpose
above
mentioned in the presence of
Ellis Walton.
Aaron Patterson.
In 1902 this
document was in the possession of Wilson Spencer of Galva, Illinois. It was
reprinted in the Lancaster genealogy.
A NOTE ON THE LANCASTER FAMILY:
Thomas
Lancaster, father of Elizabeth and ancestor of the family in Pennsylvania of
that name, was born in Warwickshire, England in 1702.
Thomas and
his sister Mary, who was probably a few years his senior, were brought to
Pennsylvania by Ann (Chapman) Parson, an eminent traveling Friend and a
daughter of John Chapman of Wrightstown, on her return from a religious visit
to England in 1711. They were reared to maturity in Wrightstown. Mary
Lancaster, Thomas’ sister, married in 1723, Jeffrey Burgess of Wrightstown.
They settled on a farm in Lower Solebury. Jeffrey died there in 1755, leaving
four sons and four daughters. Mary survived him.
Thomas
Lancaster married at Wrightstown Meeting, 8 mo. 19, 1725, Phebe Wardell. She is
said to have been the daughter of John Wardell, a native of Wales, who first
came to Boston and later to Wrightstown. The name of Wardell, does not appear
on the marriage certificate. Phebe is said to have been a beautiful woman,
bright and intelligent.
In 1729,
Thomas Lancaster purchased a farm of 108 acres on the eastern line of
Wrightstown Township in what later became Upper Makefield Township. In 1736 he
purchased 100 acres adjoining this tract. He lived on a farm of 208 acres until
1741 when he removed with his family to Richland.
Thomas and
Phebe were earnest and active members of the Society of Friends, and both
entered the ministry at an early age. They took their certificate from
Wrightstown to Gwynedd Monthly Meeting on their removal to Richland, and became
members of the Richland Monthly Meeting on its organization in 1742.
Thomas
Lancaster purchased of Jonas Preston by deed dated 6 March 1741, 450 acres of
land in Richland. It included the eastern portion of the present borough of
Quakertown, and the house in which he resided was located on the eastern side
of the Doylestown Road where it approaches Licking Run and bends to the
southward. He resided on this plantation until his death in 1750, the land
later being partitioned into eleven different tracts by the Orphan’s Court, and
adjudged to his children.
Thomas
Lancaster entered the ministry about the time of his removal to Richland, and
on 2 mo. 19, 1750, he acquainted the Meeting with his “concern to visit Friends
in ye West Indies, particularly those of the Islands of Barbados and Tortola,”
and requesting a few lines by way of a certificate from the Meeting, proceeded
on his journey. Subsequent certificates returned by his widow to the Meeting
from the Meeting at Barbados and Tortola show that he was accompanied on the
journey to Barbados by John Bringhurst, a traveling Friend from Philadelphia,
and Peter Fearon of Burlington, New Jersey. John Bringhurst died 7 mo. 30,
1750, on Barbados Island and Peter Fearon and Thomas Lancaster took passage to
Tortola Island and after a short visit there took passage homeward. Thomas
Lancaster’s health had become impaired by the climate of the islands and died
during the voyage home. He was buried at sea. The certificate granted them by
the Meeting on Tortola Island for their return is dated 8 mo. 19, 1750.
A
COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS OF DECEASED MINISTERS AND OTHERS, printed by Joseph
Cruikshank, Philadelphia, 1787, contains the following testimony from the
Richland Monthly Meeting:
About ten
years of the latter part of his time, (Thomas) was a member of this meeting; he
was sound in the ministry, and exercised his gift therein with great fervency
and zeal, his life and conversation corresponding therewith. In the second
month, 1750, he laid before our meeting his concern to visit Friends on the
islands of Barbadoes and Tortola, which the meeting approved of, and gave him
the certificate in order thereto: Toards (sic) the latter end of the same year
he performed said visit, and had good service there, as appeared by
certificates from Friends on each side of the said Islands. On his return
homewards, it pleased Divine Providence to visit him with sickness, of which he
died at sea; his removal being deeply felt and lamented by his family and friends
at home.
[SOURCES: The Lancaster Family, by Harry Fred
Lancaster, Early Frinds Families of Upper Bucks, by Clarence Vernon
Roberts, Old Richland Families, by Elwood Roberts, the Minutes of the
Wrightstown, Gwynedd and Richland Monthly Meetings which may be examined at
the libraries of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, and the Cruikshank book
(above), a copy of which may be found at the Boston Public Library.]
THE CHILDREN
OF THOMAS McCARTY AND ELIZABETH LANCASTER:
91. Phebe
McCarty b. 2 Aug 1766
d. 30 Mar 1850
92. Samuel
McCarty b. 8 Nov 1767
d. 15 Oct 1846
93. Silas
McCarty b. 30 Nov 1768
(3?)
d. 15 Oct 1838
94. Sarah
McCarty b. 19 Dec 1769
d. 31 Oct 1844
95. Mary
McCarty b. 19 Dec 1769
96. Joel
McCarty b. 16 Mar 1771
97. John
McCarty b. 6 May 1773
98. James
McCarty b. 11 Jun 1774
d. c.1842
99. Jane
McCarty b. 18 Sep 1775
9(10).
Elizabeth McCarty b. 17 Sep 1776
(7?)
d. 11 Jan 1861
9(11). Thomas
McCarty b. 8 Mar 1778
9(12). Job
McCarty b. 10 Aug 1779
d.
19 Apr 1845
9(13). Hannah
McCarty b. 19 Feb 1781
d. 22 Feb 1782
9(14).
Benjamin McCarty b. 20 Jul 1783
9(15). Martha
McCarty b.
24 Apr 1785
d. 12 Nov 1856
9(16). David
Lancaster McCarty b. 13 Dec 1787
9(17). Jesse
McCarty b. 10 Apr 1789
d. 26 May 1857
9(18). Lydia McCarty b.
16 Aug 1790 (6?)
d. 14 Aug 1861
(10) PETER
McCARTY, tenth child of Silas McCarty and Sarah Carrell, born 13 Nov 1742.
[Lancaster]
(11) PAUL McCARTY,
eleventh child of Silas McCarty and Sarah Carrell, born 29 Apr 1744; married, before 1780,
Cassandra William, daughter of John and Margaret William of New Britain, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
Paul was
taxed in Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1781, for 100
acres of land and live stock. Their daughter, Margaret, is mentioned in the
will of John William, dated 2 Aug 1780. Cassandra was then deceased.
[Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF
PAUL McCARTY AND CASSANDRA WILLIAM:
(11)1. Margaret
McCarty b.
before 1780
SECOND GENERATION
One day the traveler lost the child.
So he went upon his road, and went on for
a little while without meeting anything,
until at last he came to a handsome boy.
So he said to the boy, “What do you do
here?” An the boy said “I am always
learning. Come and learn with me.”
But they were not always learning;
they also had the merriest games ever played.
As to friends, he had such dear friends…
And they were all young, like the handsome
boy, and were never to be strange to one
another all their lives through.
THE MIGRATION
NORTH
An
Introduction
The second and third generations of the
McCarty family in Lycoming and Sullivan Counties, Pennsylvania, have been well
documented through property records, diaries and journals, and the records kept
by the various Meetings of the Society of Friends.
We have
little information at this time about most of the children of Silas McCarty and
Sarah Carrell. Of the eleven, this document will concern itself chiefly with
descendants of (#4) Benjamin and (#9) Thomas. Best evidence suggests that
Thomas was the only member of that first generation to leave Bucks County and
settle in the Muncy, Lycoming County area. Though his wife and some of the
children returned to Quakertown following his death, he is recorded as being
buried in the graveyard of the Pennsdale Meeting House. Very soon thereafter,
however, many members of these two branches had settled in the Muncy area.
Travel from
Bucks County to Muncy was no easy matter. The reader is directed to the article
on (#91) Phebe McCarty Roberts (below), and her letter describing the journey
to Muncy over the "blue mountain" (which now, of course, is tunneled
through by the Pennsylvania Turnpike). This mountain separates the rolling
county-side of southeastern Pennsylvania with the rugged mountainous region to
the north. Also noteworthy is the diary of the trip to Upper Canada by Phebe in
the winter of 1820/21 in her pursuits as a Quaker missionary. That diary will
be found below.
The
following selections from Now and Then will serve to illustrate the
difficulties and miracles of life in those early days. Now and Then was
a periodical "Devoted to Local History, Amusement, Instruction and
Advancement of the Borough and the Valley of Muncy, Pennsylvania." It was published "now and then"
from 1868-1878 by J.M.M.Gernard, then revived in 1929 by Dr.T.Kenneth Wood, and
has been published under the auspices of the Muncy Historical and Museum of
History to this day.
From Volume I., No.8, September 1872:
JOHN HENRY PEPPER
by the editor (G.M.M.Gernard)
(excerpt:)
p1. The
town of Muncy was commenced in 1797, when
(#42) Benjamin McCarty...bought a considerable portion of its present
site and laid out its lots and streets, though there had already been a
settlement where it stands for upwards of twenty years. "Muncy Manor"
- comprising about 1615 acres, and first surveyed in 1768 - was in 1776 divided
into five farms, and in a few years after was sub-divided into a number of
smaller lots.
From Volume I., No.17, September 1877:
OUR PIONEERS
FROM BUCKS COUNTY
About the
year 1787 a small party of young men came westward from Bucks County, this
state, to settle in the Muncy Manor. James, Ezekiel and Isaac Walton, (#41)
Silas, (#42) Benjamin, (#43) William and (#44) Isaac McCarty. All strong,
healthy young men, determined to hew out for themselves and families a home in
the then vast wilderness of middle Pennsylvania.
A few years
previous to their coming, the Muncy Manor had been surveyed and divided into
farms, and had been sold to actual settlers. Among the settlers were
Capt. John Brady, John Scudder, Mordecai McKinney and
others. These settlers had been compelled to abandon their improvements on
account of Indian depredations and to flee for their lives. There was one
exception to this general abandonment of the manor by the settlers. Mrs. John
Brady left her husband behind, in his grave so hastily made, a sacrifice to his
generosity and noble deeds.
Some of the
original settlers returned, others did not. Many titles lapsed and were resold
by the Penns. It was under such auspices that the father of the McCarty
brothers made up his mind to accompany his sons to the Muncy valley, and as he
was the oldest
member of the party claimed the first choice of property for sale there. The Scudder farm on
account of its situation on the bank of the river was considered the most
desirable. That naturally proved his choice, but before starting the old
gentleman changed his mind about emigrating and concluded to remain in Bucks
County. The young men came on without him. On arriving James Walton being the
oldest member of the party claimed the Scudder farm as his. This the McCarty
brothers had to accede to as the precedent had been established by their father
before their coming, and the Walton brothers had reluctantly agreed that such
should be the rule. James Walton located on the Scudder farm, William and
Benjamin McCarty settled on the John Brady farm, which adjoined it on the east,
Isaac Walton located on the McKinney farm adjoining the Brady farm on the east.
These three farms lay side by side and comprised all the best bottomland in the
manor. They each contained about 300 acres. The other members of our pioneer
party went outside the manor and settled in different localities. William
McCarty married Miss Mary Lloyd of Bucks County before coming to the Muncy
Valley; they had fourteen children, eight boys and six girls. Thirteen lived to
grow up. Uncle John McCarty was the third son, and Lloyd McCarty the youngest
child. Both yet live in Muncy (September 1877), hale and hearty old gentlemen,
one of the few links that yet bind our thoughts to ye olden time.
Benjamin
McCarty, the brother of William and the founder of Pennsborough (afterwards
changed to Muncy) married Miss Mary Smallwood of Harrisburg and had ten
children, six boys and four girls. William and Benjamin McCarty divided the
Brady farm between them. William took that portion between what is now West
Water Street and Muncy Creek, Benjamin that portion between West Water Street
and the southern boundary. Main Street now represents what was then the
boundary between the Brady farm and Isaac Walton's. William built a temporary
home on his tract between the site of Fort Brady and the banks of Muncy Creek,
where he lived until he built a house where Uncle John McCarty now resides. At
the latter place he passes the remainder of his days in domestic quietness. His
remains lay in Walton's graveyard, marked by a marble slab.
Benjamin
built a public house on his tract, on what is now known as the "burnt
district" in Muncy, where he kept tavern until the year 1810 when he moved
up to Glade run and settled on what is now the Isaac Turner farm, where he
died. He was buried in Walton's graveyard, but his grave was not marked
permanently, hence its identity is lost. In the year 1797, ten years after
coming to the Muncy valley, Benjamin McCarty conceived the idea of starting a
town. He accordingly commenced laying out lots on his portion of the Brady farm
fronting on what is now Main Street, and sold them out to different parties.
His example was by his brother William north of Water Street, and by
Isaac Walton who owned the land on the opposite side of
Main Street. The town was called Pennsborough in honor of the Penns, but for
many years it bore the name Hardscrabble," we have no doubt to the sorrow
of its founders. The street of Hardscrabble we fancy where now the youth and
beauty love to promenade then were given up by the few inhabitants to the
jamboree of wolves and panthers, bears and wildcats, and the boys and girls of
that time did not importune their parents to be out after dark as they do now.
Such was
the commencement of the town of Muncy, and such the part played in its founding
by the Bucks county pioneers. Their descendants yet live in and around Muncy,
enjoying many of the fruits brought by civilization and our old settlements,
but alas! The
pioneers themselves sleep beneath the clods of the
valley." Geo.G.Wood
From Volume I., No.14, September 1876:
LITERARY AND
HISTORIC
(Excerpt)
p.3 When (#435) "Uncle John" McCarty
was a boy- seventy years ago- wild animals in this region were still wondrously
numerous. Game often approached the cabin doors. Uncle John one recent
afternoon, at the spot where he was born, and where he has lived now for
eighty-two years, related to us many of his boy-day recollections. Pointing to
a spot a few feet from where we sat, he remarked, "I remember seeing my
father stand there and shoot a deer that stood out there in the road. The deer
ran up to where Dan.Clapp now lives and there fell dead." The wolves were
almost nightly serenaders. "It beat all," said Uncle John, "what
a noise an old she wolf with a parcel of cubs could make." Sometimes a
bear would venture to crawl into a sty and kill a hog. But such visitors seldom
got away from the little embryo village. The Waltons' and McCartys'- of whom
there were then five
or six families - "had dogs enough," said Uncle
John, "to eat a bear right up." Jacob Hill... was a great admirer of
these hounds and mastiffs. "I believe," he said on one occasion,
"if der Defil was to kum down there among der Waltons unt McCartys als he
nefer gits
away."
“UNCLE JOHN” McCARTY
(Muncy Historical Society)
From Volume XX, July & October 1982, no.8 & 9,
pps.186-199:
THE FRIENDS'SETTLEMENT IN MUNCY VALLEY
by M. Elizabeth
Whitacre
(Excerpts)
p.188:
"...it was not until 1799 that a Building Committee, consisting of Joseph
Carpenter, BenjaminWarner, John Carpenter, and William Ellis, was appointed to
build a substantial stone house for the meeting (at Pennsdale). Benjamin
McCarty, a Friend who was a mason, was designated to construct it out of
locally quarried Oriskany sandstone, full of interesting fossils. Work began
March 4, 1799. The interior was divided into two sections by wooden shutters,
and when the monthly business meeting was held, men and women met separately.
On benches which faced the meeting and were elevated a step or two sat
ministers and elders.
p.191: The
first (Quaker) school in Muncy Borough, according to (#435) "Uncle"
John McCarty, was of unhewed logs, on Isaac Walton's land (see Isaac Walton
above)."
THE McCARTY HOMESTEAD IN MUNCY
If the
early settlers found the migration to the Muncy area difficult, the trip just a
little further north to what would later become Sullivan County must have
seemed nearly impossible to all but the heartiest souls.
Sullivan
County is situated on the high ground and extensive ridges between the North
and West branches of the Susquehanna River and remained a wilderness long after
small communities had dotted the river valleys. The first "road,"
called then a packhorse road, was cut across the mountain from Muncy to
Hillsgrove, probably by surveyors and pioneers for the purpose of bringing in
provisions. It was called the "Wallis Road," after Samuel Wallis. By
1793 another path had been cut through, leaving the Wallis Road at the foot of
the Allegheny, north to the left of Hunter's Run, and on through to the forks
of the Loyalsock where Forksville is now located. This was the "Courson
Road."
Finally, at
the beginning of the nineteenth century the "Genesee Road" was
opened. This was the first road allowing emigrants passage from southern
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia to the rich valley of the Genesee River. It
ran from Muncy, climbed the Allegheny by Highland Lake, skirted the mountain's
summit for a time, descended to the valley of Ogdonia Creek, and down to the
Loyalsock. The road then followed the Loyalsock to the mouth of Elk Creek,
crossing and re-crossing until Lincoln Falls, on to the valley of King's Creek,
which it followed for some time. A steep ascend followed to the summit of
Burnett's Ridge, then descended by heavy grades to the Valley of Millstone Run,
down to the Schrader branch, connected with another road running along Towanda
Creek to a point known at the time as Dougherty's tavern near Greenwood (now
Powell, in Bradford County).
With the
Genesee Road came the speculators, Joseph Priestly, John Vaughan, and others,
buying their land chiefly from Samuel Wallis. Priestly (whose father was the
noted discoverer of oxygen and by then retired in Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania) sent three English families from Northumberland to improve the
conditions of the existing settlement at Millview along the Little Loyalsock,
known then as Strong's Branch. Mr. Strong had been earlier sent by Priestly for
the same task and succeeded only in the construction of his own cabin. Strong
built no new paths and traveled only by water. The three families of English
settlers were given fifty acres of land each in exchange for improvements to be
made on Priestly's property. The three families were those of Powell Bird, John
Warren, and William Molyneux. Two of those three families, Bird and Molyneux,
are deeply intertwined with the McCarty family.
Other early
settlers whose names would be ever connected with the McCarty family are:
Theophilus Little, who came with his family from Monmouth County, New Jersey
and is credited with naming Shrewsbury Township, the oldest in Sullivan County;
Samuel Rogers, whose purchase from Priestly became the present site of
Forksville; and Joseph Pardoe who came to Elkland Township in 1813.
It was to
Elkland Township that (#96) Joel McCarty and his wife Ellen Roberts came in
1803, thus founding that branch of the McCarty family in Sullivan County. What they found is well described by
George Molyneux Pardoe in his often re-printed, William Molyneux and his
Descendants of 1894.
I understand
that in coming here these settlers came over the mountain from Muncy, past
Abraham Webster's, and struck the Loyalsock at or below Hillsgrove. It is told
that they forded the Loyalsock thirteen times from Hillsgrove up. That
everything had to be packed on horseback or on their own backs, and as horses
were scarce they frequently had to go on foot to Muncy, their nearest trading
place (only thirty miles) and bring back what few stores they were compelled to
use. The mortar and pestle was the only mill they had for years.
Game was
plenty. Trout, deer, wild turkeys and bear meat could almost be had for the
asking. I have heard my grandmother Molyneux, formerly Rebecca Bird [believed to be the first white child born
in Sullivan County], say that they could go out before breakfast and catch all
the trout they could eat, and that some of them were eighteen inches in length.
There
were dangerous wild beasts then, but I believe that there was but one casualty
on their account, and that fortunately did not result in loss of life, except
to the beast. In the year 1811 Job Summers, a lad about eleven years of age,
living with Powell Bird, his grandfather, was sent across the creek and up on
the side of the hill to bring the cows. When coming back with the cows he heard
the cry of a panther, but as the sound was much like a human voice he concluded
that it was his uncle George Bird, who was then
a young man of twenty one, and called back, "O, you can't scare me, uncle
George," and went on with the cows. When they came to the creek, just
opposite the Bird residence, the cows started to ford the creek, and little Job
walked on down to where the canoe or dug out was tied in which he had "poled"
himself over. As soon as he had left the cows the panther sprang upon him. Job
called murder as loud as he could and fell on his face. The panther turned him
over with his paw and endeavored to get at his throat, but he had on a hand
made tow-shirt, with buttons sewed on with linen thread, which would not give
way. The cry of murder was heard at the
house, and this same uncle George and the hounds hastened to the rescue. The
hounds drove off the panther and treed him. By this time it was getting dark,
and straw was brought and lighted so the panther could be seen, when a shot
from Uncle George's rifle put an end to him. Job's wounds consisted of the loss
of one of his small fingers, and a
terribly lacerated face, the scars from which were plainly discernable to the
day of his death, which occurred March 1, 1887. The panther was opened, and it
was found that he was starving, as his entrails contained nothing but the boy's
finger and some of his blood.
One
Abraham Webster was held by Indians while a boy and claims to have killed
thirty bear in one season and that his son, Joseph once killed sixty deer in
one season.
(#96)
Joel McCarty himself was know to have remarked that he once counted thirty elk
that came to drink at the same time from Thomas' Lake. The story is also told
of Joel finding a wolf in one of his traps and, thinking it to be a dog,
released it, gave it a good kick and bade it be-gone home.
[Editor’s
Note: See Joseph Reeves and the Trails to Sullivan County for additional
information.]
41 SILAS
McCARTY, first child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, was born in Richland Township, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, about 1758. When about thirty years of age he migrated with
his brothers Benjamin, William and Isaac, and his cousins, James, Ezekiel and
Isaac Walton, his sister and her husband David Lloyd to Muncy, Northumberland
(soon to be Lycoming) County, Pennsylvania. The migration could have been as
early as 1787 as set by some descendants but was probably two to four years
later.
The Waltons took
a certificate from Richland Monthly Meeting to Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks
County (probably the nearest Friends' Meeting to Muncy at that date), in 1791,
and settled with the McCartys at Muncy.
There is no
record that Silas McCarty ever married or had a family. [Carrell/Dungan]
42 BENJAMIN
McCARTY, JR., second child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, was born in
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 2 May 1763; he married Mary Smallwood of
Harrisburg, either just prior to, or soon after his migration to Muncy. Mary
was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 10 May 1766, died in LaPorte County,
Indiana, 1865.
Benjamin
and his brother William purchased 300 acres of land in the "Manor of
Muncy'" known as the John Brady tract, and divided it between them.
Benjamin took the portion between West Water Street and the southern boundary
of the tract. He built a public house on his tract where he maintained a public
hostelry until 1810 when he moved to Glade Run, where he died. In 1797 he began
laying out lots on his tract fronting what is now Main Street, and his town
came to be known as Pennsborough, bore the local name of Hardscrabble and was
the beginning of what is now known as Muncy. [Carrell/Dungan, Now and Then, RM]
THE CHILDREN
OF BENJAMIN McCARTY AND MARY SMALLWOOD
421. William
McCarty
422. Isaac
McCarty b. 13 Nov 1796
d.
30 Jun 1866
423. Charles
McCarty
424. Arthur
McCarty
425. Andrew
McCarty
426. James
McCarty
427. Maria
McCarty
428. Hannah
McCarty
43 WILLIAM
McCARTY, third child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, born in Richland, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 11 Mar 1766, died in Muncy,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 21 Jan 1813, and is buried in
the Walton Cemetery in Muncy; he married, 1787, Mary Lloyd, daughter of David
Lloyd of Springfield Township, Bucks County, born 26 Sep 1764, died in Muncy 12
Aug 1838 and is buried with her husband in the Walton Cemetery in Muncy.
Though the
Walton Cemetery was in extreme disrepair in the fall of 1990 when visited by
this author, the stones of William and his wife Mary were found laying flat
underneath a large tree.
William
moved to the Muncy area in 1789 or 90, together with brothers, Silas, Benjamin
and Isaac, and his cousins James, Ezekiel and Isaac Walton. It is known that
they moved to Muncy after the birth of eldest son, Benjamin in 1788.
Immediately upon their arrival, William built a temporary log between Muncy
Creek and Glade Run, a house which was torn down in 1804. Margaret was born in
that temporary structure in 1790.
In the division
of the tract purchased with his brother, Benjamin, William acquired 150 acres
lying between what is now West Water Street and Muncy Creek. There he built his
home between, one of the first true residences in Muncy. There he lived until
his death in 1813. He and his family were faithful members of the Society of
Friends and were active worshippers at the Pennsdale Meeting, three miles
away.
William's
generosity was, ironically, the cause of his demise. Chiefly through his
efforts, the Soldiers of the War of 1813 were allowed to encamp on his land
along the Muncy Creek. Through contact with those soldiers, he contracted the
"black fever," and died.
The McCarty
homestead stands today on Main Street in Muncy, a block from the business
section. Although its outward appearance has been "Tudorized," the
simple colonial lines remain. Upon his mother's death, the house was inherited
by "Uncle John" McCarty, who lived there for the rest of his life.
Under his care, the house was probably a "stop" when John was a
"conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
In 1884,
William James [#43(14)1] and Mary Putnam McCarty moved into the house, it
having been willed to him by Uncle John. The house then passed to their
children Cornelia, Lydia, and William James, who lived there with his wife
Myrtle and daughter, Wilina. The house was later purchased from the family by
Thomas and Gloria Clegg who opened its doors as the McCarty House Inn, a fine
restaurant, in late 1989.
For a
lovely narrative on the history of the McCarty house, written from the
viewpoint of the house itself, itself, the reader is directed to The
Autobiography of An Old House, by Mrs. Emilie McCarty Sanders [#43(14)11]
reprinted in Now and Then, April 1990, Vol.XXIII, Number 1.
[Carrell/Dungan, Now and Then]
THE CHILDREN
OF WILLIAM McCARTY AND MARY LLOYD:
431. Benjamin
McCarty b. 12 Dec 1788
d. 6 May 1836
432. Margaret
McCarty b. 12 Mar 1790
d. Aug 1830
433. Silas
McCarty b. 19 Mar 1791
d.
14 Aug 1830
434. Ann
McCarty b. 28 Mar 1793
d. 1836
435. John McCarty b. 4 Nov 1794
d.
27 Jan 1884
436. William
McCarty b. 7 Oct 1796
d. 1855
437. Mary
McCarty b.
19 Sep 1798
d. 1877
438. Jane
McCarty b. 6 Apr 1800
d. 9 Apr 1878
439. Lavina
McCarty b. 4 Feb 1802
d.
1 Mar 1834
43(10). David McCarty b. 1 Jul
1804
d. 1889
43(11). Sarah
McCarty b. 7 Feb 1806
d. 8 Mar 1887
43(12). Seth L.
McCarty b. 9 Jun
1808
d.
17 May 1892
43(13). Joseph
McCarty b. 25 Aug 1810
d.
23 Oct 1810
43(14). Lloyd
McCarty b. 8 Nov 1811
d. 7 Dec 1899
44 ISAAC
McCARTY, fourth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, was born in Richland, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, died in June 1847; he married but that person's name is unknown.
Isaac McCarty moved with his brothers
Silas, Benjamin and William to Muncy, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania,
about 1790. He later settled in Penn Township, Northumberland County, now in
Lycoming County, organized 13 Apr 1795 where he lived until his death.
[Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDEN
OF ISAAC McCARTY AND HIS WIFE:
441. Benjamin
McCarty, died 17 Nov 1863
442. Lewis
McCarty
443. Charles
McCarty
444. George
McCarty
445. Margaret
McCarty
446. Hannah
McCarty
447. Sarah
McCarty
448. Lavinia
McCarty
45 SARAH
McCARTY, fifth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton; married, ______Mitchell.
We know
from the will of Sarah's father, Benjamin that she was already widowed by 25
Sep 1794 and that a portion of his estate was to be divided between her and her
daughter, Mira. The assertion in Carrell/Dungan that Sarah was married to Mr.
Mitchell in 1806 is not possible. [Carrell/Dungan, Will of Benjamin McCarty]
THE CHILDREN
OF SARAH McCARTY AND MR.MITCHELL:
451. Mira
Mitchell
46 MARY
McCARTY, sixth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, born in Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
married 1787, Peter Ashton, son of Robert Ashton and Sarah Thomas, born in Springfield Township,
Bucks County, 16 Aug 1760, died there 30 Dec 1821.
Peter Ashton was
a farmer and in 1812 acquired from his father a farm of 220 acres in
Springfield on which he had been living since his marriage in 1787. In 1813 and
1819 he conveyed parts of his tract to sons Benjamin and Samuel and daughter
Sarah, respectively, and died seized of 102 acres. His wife, Mary, died some
years before Peter. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN
OF MARY McCARTY AND PETER ASHTON:
461. Robert
Ashton b.
31 Dec 1787
462. Benjamin
Ashton b. 1 Feb 1789
463. Sarah
Ashton b. 5 Jul
1791
464. Samuel
Ashton b. 25 Oct
1795
465. John
Ashton b. 20 Jul 1798
47 ALICE McCARTY, seventh child of Benjamin
McCarty and Margaret Walton; married
Thomas Parker. [Carrell/Dungan]
48 MARGARET
McCARTY, eighth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton, born in Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; married
David Lloyd of Springfield Township. Margaret and her husband accompanied her
brothers in their move to Muncy in 1790. David Lloyd's sister Mary married
Margaret's brother William. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE
CHILDREN OF MARGARET McCARTY AND DAVID LLOYD:
(Editor’s Note: This is not a conclusive
list.)
481. Thomas
Lloyd
49 ELIZABETH
McCARTY, ninth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton. She was unmarried in 1795. [Carrell/Dungan]
4(10) RACHEL
McCARTY, tenth child of Benjamin McCarty and Margaret Walton. She was unmarried in 1795.
[Carrell/Dungan]
4(11) JANE McCARTY, eleventh child of Benjamin
McCarty and Margaret Walton. She
was unmarried in 1795. [Carrell/Dungan]
51 PETER
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. Peter is provided for in his father's will (see #5, Lydia
McCarty). [Carrell/Dungan]
52 BENJAMIN
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. Benjamin is provided for in his father's will (see
#5, Lydia McCarty). [Carrell/Dungan]
53 THOMAS
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. Thomas is provided for in his father's will (see #5,
Lydia McCarty). [Carrell/Dungan]
54 RUTH
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. She married ________Middleworth. Ruth is provided for
in her father's will (see #5, Lydia
McCarty).
[Carrell/Dungan]
55 SARAH
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. She married ________Tinsman. Sarah is provided for in her
father's will (see #5, Lydia
McCarty). [Carrell/Dungan]
56 HANNAH
PURSELL, child of Lydia McCarty and Daniel Pursell. She married ________Jones. Hannah is provided for
in her father's will (see #5, Lydia McCarty).
[Carrell/Dungan]
CATAWISSA MEETING HOUSE
THE CHILDREN OF PHEBE McCARTY AND LEVI ROBERTS:
911.
Elizabeth Roberts b. 11 Feb
1803
d.
12 May 1858
912. Abigail
Roberts b. 16 Apr 1808
d.
21 Mar 1882
92 SAMUEL McCARTY, second child of Thomas McCarty
and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
8 Nov 1767, died, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 15 Oct 1816 (C/D says
30 Mar 1850, less likely); married 20 Aug 1793, Margaret Green, daughter of
Samuel and Rachel Green, born in Richland Township, Bucks County 17 Aug 1774,
died, Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, 30 Mar 1850 (Lancaster says 27 Jan
1848).
Samuel moved with his parents from Richland
to Muncy. He was a surveyor.
Margaret was the granddaughter of Joseph
and Catharine Green of Springfield Township, Bucks County, who were prominently
identified with the history of Richland Manor and the Welsh Quaker settlement
in the Great Swamp. (See EFFUB, pps.192-5) [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL McCARTY AND MARGARET GREEN:
921. Penimah
McCarty b. 5 Dec 1794
d.
18 Dec 1797
922.
Katharine McCarty b.
16 Jul 1795
d. 9 Oct
1871
923. Samuel
McCarty b. 8 May 1797
d. 9 Oct
1858
924. Charles
McCarty b. 17 Apr 1798
d.
19 May 1798
925. Ellis W.
McCarty b. 26 Jan 1801
d.
21 May 1876
926. Thomas
McCarty b. 10 Nov 1802
d.
12 Jul 1803
927. Jesse
McCarty b. 18 Mar 1804
d. 2 Jul
1839
928. James
McCarty b. 5 Dec 1805
929. Lewis
Walton McCarty b.
10 Oct 1807
d. 4 Apr 1876
92(10). Phebe
McCarty b. 20 Sep 1809
d.
20 Jan 1894
92(11). Henry
Wilson McCarty b. 7 Oct 1811
d. 1854
92(12). Evan G. McCarty b.
21 Nov 1814
93 SILAS
McCARTY, third child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in
Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Quakertown, 30 November
1768, died, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 15 Oct 1838, buried in the
Friends Burial Ground, Pennsdale Meeting, Pennsdale, Lycoming County ("S+
McCarty dide 1838/ Adge 70 ys"); married, 1811 (1810?), Laura Lyman,
daughter of Major-General Isaac Lyman, of Revolutionary fame, born Kingsburg,
Washington County, New York, 20 Feb 1794, died 20 Nov 1864, probably buried in
Pennsdale (stone marked "L McC").
Silas moved with his parents from
Richland to Muncy. He was a civil
engineer and met his wife, Laura, while surveying in Potter County,
Pennsylvania. In an 1810 entry, The History of Potter County tells us that
theirs was the first marriage in that county. In an entry for April 1810, we
read:
Silas
McCarty surveyed 8 lots - the mill lot, T.Lyman's & Daniel Browns being
among (them). [Sources: Carrell/Dungan,
Lancaster, EFFUB, gravestones, LMW papers, History of Potter County]
THE CHILDREN OF SILAS McCARTY AND LAURA LYMAN:
931.
Charlotte McCarty b.
27 Apr 1812
d.
fall 1844
932. Eloisa
McCarty b. 21 Jul 1816
d. 8 Jun
1854
933. Lyman
Kennedy McCarty b. 30 Sep 1822
d. 18
Jan 1872
934. Hiram T.
McCarty b. 19 Dec 1825
935. Otis L.
McCarty b. 15 Mar 1828
d. 13 May
1899
936. Lucetta
McCarty b. 18 Dec 1830
d. 17
Jun 1894
PENNSDALE
MEETING HOUSE
94 SARAH
McCARTY, fourth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born at
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 19 Dec 1769, died at Richland, Belmont
County, Ohio, 31 Oct 1844; married, at Richland Monthly Meeting, Quakertown,
Pennsylvania, 29 Nov 1786 (20 Oct?), Judah Foulke, son of Samuel Foulke and Ann
Greasley of Richland, Bucks County, born 18 Jan 1763, died at Richland, Belmont
County, Ohio, 30 Nov 1847.
Judah Foulke moved with his wife and her
family to Muncy, Lycoming County, taking a certificate from the Friends'
Meeting dated 21 Apr 1791. In 1803 they returned with this family to Bucks
County, and in 1818, with most of their family, moved to Miami, Ohio. [See
below for a sketch of the Foulke family]
The
following is a letter written from Judah Foulke to his brother-in-law, Samuel
McCarty, giving us a picture of pioneer life in Ohio:
"Millwood, 3rd month 5th 1845
Dear Brotherinlaw
having
lately received a letter from my daughter Eleanor who lives in philadelphia
which informed me, that thee lives at Mochchunk, I am willing to write a few
lines to let thee know that I am still living, but much afflicted with the
infirmities of old age; in addition to the rumatic pains which I have had for
many years, in my arms, and other joints, the dropsy has now made its
appearance, in my feet and legs; they
are swelled much and feel disagreeable; but I may not murmur, as health and
strength has been so long bestowed upon me, being now in my 83rd year. but
I have cut all my stove wood this faul
and winter and worked a little in the shop, I made three buckets last week, but
shall be forced to quit having so many ailments about me. thy sister sarah is
deceased, she died the thirty first of the tenth month last, with a cancer in
her head, she said she was willing to die, and so passed away without sigh
groan or struggle, and I hope is at rest where troubles are no more. Phebe
Roberts is so reduced in her faculties that she knows nobody, nor anything, but
talks continually, this Eleanor wrote in her letter to me, I have not heard
from betsy Thomas lately. I suppose thee would like to know some things
about my famaly, as thee has not seen any of them lately;
they are all married and have all families except Eleanor, she has none living.
for of my children are deceased that is, samiel Elizabeth jane and Silas. it
may be thee would like to know how their famalies run, as to numbers; I will
set down the number of each one that are living; Samuel has
six, Mary seven, Ann six, Thomas six, Elizabeth six, Jane
four, Amelia eleven, Cadwalader four, Jesse one, Mercy eleven, Grace eight,
Silas one, John three, add
to these eight
great grand Children, add again to these, twenty eight grand Children buryed,
and then then thee has the whole number. two of my daughters mooved to
Illinoise state with their families, one son and one daughter to Indiana, one
to morgan County Ohio one to athens County, one to Jefferson County, and one to
Harrison County, the others are here by me;John lives with me, Or I with him,
rather. John has agreed to furnish me with the necessaries of life as long as I
live, and then he is to have the place and movable property, which will amount
to about five hundred dollars. I want thee to write, and let me know how it
fares with thee, and also to let me know how many of
thy brothers and sisters are living and where they are;
please give my respects to Martha, and let me know what her second and third
husbands names are; some of my children married pretty rich, Ann and her
husband are worth about ten thousand Dollars Amelia
and her husband in Indiana have about five hundred acres
of excellent land, Cadwallader & Jesse have good plantations of their own,
and are clear of debt Janes husband told me last faul that his corn turnd out
about seventy bushels to the acre, the land is very rich here, I have seen one
hundred bushels growing on an acre at one time. when thee writes let me know a
little about the coale business, a long letter cost no more postage than a
short one. Direct thy letter to leatherwood post office guernst County Ohio. I
now conclude with good will to you all and subscribe thy affectionate brother
in law
Judah
Foulke"
The above
was addressed:
"Latherwood,O.
March
11th 1834
Samuel
McCarty at
Mochchunk
coal works
on lehigh
Pennsylvania"
[Sources:
Carrell/Dungan, Lancaster, EFFUB, ORF]
SOME NOTES ON THE EDWARD FOULKE FAMILY:
Unless otherwise noted, the principal source for the following
is: The Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts and Frances (Walton) Roberts,
comprising a chart and sketches of some fifty-six ancestral families who
settled mostly in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Clarence Vernon
Roberts, 1940.
EDWARD FOULKE, ancestor of the Foulke families of Gwynedd
Township and later Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was born in Wales, 13 May 1651,
died in Gwynedd Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania.
He married, in Wales, Eleanor Hugh, child of Hugh, grandchild of Cadwallader.
She died in Jan 1733.
EDWARD FOULKES NARRATIVE OF HIS REMOVAL
Four years
after the arrival of the settlers, Edward Foulke wrote, in Welsh, an account of
his removal. This is a unique document, translated into English many years
later by his grandson, Samuel Foulke of Richland. Written by a member of his
company, it is the only account of the Gwynedd immigration known to exist and
is more circumstantial and precise than almost any which refers to the Welsh
settlers of Pennsylvania. Many copies of the translated document are in
existence, it having been printed several times. No version of the document
differs substantially from the others except in some of the genealogical
details. The version used here was that preserved by the late William Parker
Foulke of Philadelphia, and now found in Historical Collections Relating to
Gwynedd, by Howard M. Jenkins (Spruance collection)
A
brief Genealogy of Edward Foulke, with an account
of
his family and their removal from Great Britain to
Pennsylvania,
written by himself, originally in British
I,
Edward Foulke, was the son of Foulke, ap Thomas, ap Evan, ap Thomas Robert, ap
David Lloyd, ap David, ap David, ap Evan Vaughan (ap Evan), ap Griffith, ap
Madoc, ap Jewert, ap Madoc, ap Ririd Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn, who dwelt at
Rhiwaedog. My mother’s name was Lowry, the daughter of Edward, ap David, ap
Ellis, ap Robert, of the parish of Llanvor in Merionethshire.
I was
born on the 13th of the 5th month, 1651, and when arrived
in mature age, I married the daughter of Hugh, ap Cadwallader, ap Rhys, of the
parish of Spytu in Denbighshire; her mother’s name was Gwen, the daughter of
Ellis, ap William, ap Hugh, ap Thomas, ap David, ap Madoc, ap Evan, ap Evan, ap
Cott, ap Evan, ap Griffith, ap Madoc, ap Einion, ap Meredith of Cai-Faidog; and
(she) was born in the same parish and shire with her husband. I had, by my said
wife, nine children, whose names are as follows: Thomas, Hugh, Cadwallader and
Evan; Grace, Gwen, Jane, Catherine and Margaret. We lived at a place called
Coed-y-foel, a beautiful farm, belonging to Robert Price, Esq., of Rhiwlas,
Merionethshire, aforesaid.. But in process of time, I had an inclination to
remove with my family to the province of Pennsylvania; and in order thereto, we
set out on the 3rd day of the 2nd month, A.D., 1698, and
came in two days to Liverpool, where, with divers others who intended to go to
the voyage, we took shipping, the 17th of the same month, on board
the “Robert and Elizabeth,” and the next day set sail for Ireland, where we
arrived and staid until the first of the month, May, and then sailed again for
Pennsylvania, and were about eleven weeks at sea. And the sore distemper of the
bloody flux broke out in the vessel, of which died five and forty persons in our
passage; the distemper was so mortal that two or three corpses were cast
overboard every day while it lasted. But through the favor and mercy of Divine
Providence, I, with my wife and nine children, escaped that sore mortality, and
arrived safely at Philadelphia, the 17th of the 5th
month, July, where we were kindly received and hospitably entertained by our
friends and old acquaintances.
I soon
purchased a fine tract of land of about seven hundred acres, sixteen miles from
Philadelphia, on a part of which I settled, and divers others of our company
who came over sea with us, settled near me at the same time. This was the
beginning of November 1698, aforesaid, and the township was called Gwynedd, or
North Wales. This account was written the 14th of the 11-month
(January OS) A.D., 1702, by Edward Foulke
Translated from the British into English by Samuel Foulke
The Foulke
ancestry, like that of the McCarty family, has been traced to the European
nobility. Edward Fouke’s “tree” has been extended to include Charlemagne, King
John of England and the Earls of Winchester, Norfolk and Surrey, to name a few
The above named Roberts book contains and extensive number
of charts and other genealogical data.
HUGH FOULKE, second son of Edward and Eleanor, was born at Coed-e-foel,
Merionethshire, Wales, 7 mo. 6, 1685, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents
in 1698, as described in the above narrative of his father. The family settled
at the site of Penllyn, Montgomery County, where Hugh resided until after his
marriage in 1713. The date of his removal to the Great Swamp (Quakertown) is
not definitely known. He probably located immediately on his arrival on the
tract of 313 acres on the west side of the “Road to Durham,” now know locally
as the “California Road,” marked with his name on the 1735 map of the Manor of
Richland as well as that of 1754 (see above maps). It is known that he was
located in the Swamp by 1730, as on the 8th month of the 27th
of that year he was named as an overseer of Richland Preparative Meeting, and
it is quite possible that he was a resident there at the time of the
organization of the Preparative Meeting in 1725, and possibly ever 10 years
earlier.
Hugh Foulke
married Ann Williams, child of John and Ann Williams, who was born in
Pembrokeshire, Wales, eleventh month 6th, 1693 and died on the tenth
day of the ninth month, 1773.
Hugh was an
accepted minister of the Society of Friends and served Richland Meeting in that
capacity for nearly thirty years. Hugh Foulk, considered to be one of the pioneers
of the Great Swamp, died in Richland, 5 mo 21, 1760.
[For much
more information on Hugh Foulke, see The Friend, vol.XXXIII, page 12,
and vol.XXXV, page 276.]
SAMUEL FOULKE was the third son of Hugh and Ann (above), and
was born 12 mo 4, 1718. He was named clerk of the Richland Monthly Meeting when
it was established in 1742, and continued in that office for thirty-seven
years. He was one of the most prominent men of Upper Bucks County during his
active life. He represented the county in the Provisional Assembly from 1761 to
1768. He was also for many years a Justice of the Peace and did a vast amount
of public business, writing practically all the wills and
deeds for English-speaking people of his section.
At the
outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he and his brothers, John, Thomas and
Theophilus, signed the Oath of Allegiance to the Colonies as requested by the
Pennsylvania Assembly. This was considered an offence against the principles of
Friends by the members of the Richland Meeting, and the four brothers were removed from membership. [Note: That
seems to be family tradition. Roberts points out that no existing Meeting
minutes support this.] However, it
later appears that Samuel has returned to sit at the head of the Meeting and
acted as clerk throughout the period and did much to hold the patriotic cause
in accordance with what he believed to be in keeping with laws of the State. He
died in Richland, 1 mo 21, 1797.
Samuel
married 8 mo 21, 1743, Ann Greasley, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Greasley,
who had emigrated from England to Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1723, and to
Richland in 1724. She was born in Richland in 1724, and died there 5 mo 12,
1797, their marriage being the first solemnized at Richland Monthly Meeting
after its establishment as such. She was made an elder in 1762.
Two children of Samuel and Ann come into the McCarty family:
ISRAEL FOULKE, seventh child of Samuel and Ann, was born 2nd
month 4th, 1760, died 9th month 27th, 1824. He
married Elizabeth Roberts, child of David Roberts and Phebe Lancaster, born 7th
month 4th, 1760, died in 1831. Their sixth child, Hugh Foulke,
married ELIZABETH ROBERTS [#911], child of Levi Roberts and PHEBE
McCARTY [#91 above] See next generation for this family.
And….
JUDAH FOULKE, eighth child of Samuel and Ann, was born 1st
month 18th, 1763, died 1847, married SARAH McCARTY [#94 this
article]
Note: There is a wealth of material related to the Foulke
family. In addition to the above mentioned, please see: Early Friends
Families of Upper Bucks, also by Clarence Vernon Roberts, Old Richland
Families, by Elwood Roberts, and the records of the Gwynedd and Richland
Monthly Meetings and Matlack papers which may be examined in the Friends’
collections at both Haverford and Swarthmore colleges.
THE CHILDREN OF SARAH McCARTY AND JUDAH FOULKE:
941. Samuel
M. Foulke b. 12 Aug 1787
d.
18 Aug 1844
942. Eleanor
Foulke b. 25 Feb 1789
943. Mary
Foulke b. 8 Mar 1791
944. Ann
Foulke b. 9 Dec 1792
d.
19 Jun 1857
945. Thomas
Foulke b. 7 May 1795
946.
Elizabeth Foulke b. 19 May
1797
947. Jane Foulke b.
19 Jun 1799
948. Amelia
Foulke b. 20 Jun 1801
949.
Cadwallader Foulke b.
25 May 1803
d. 5 Nov 1879
94(10). Jesse
Foulke b. 18 Sep 1805
d.
18 Feb 1875
94(11). Mercy
Foulke b. 6 May 1808
94(12). Grace
Foulke b. 29 Jan 1810
94(13). Silas
Foulke b. 18 Mar 1812
d. 6 Nov 1845
94(14). John
Foulke b. 1817
d. 1878
95 MARY McCARTY, fifth child of Thomas McCarty
and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 19 Dec 1769, died 1826; married Christian Savitz.
They immigrated to Upper Canada (Ontario)
where Christian Savitz owned and operated a sawmill. They were living there in
1820, when Elizabeth's sister, Phebe, visited on her mission to Upper Canada.
Leslie R. Gray, in his annotated version of Phebe's diary, tells us that they
lived on con. 4, Yarmouth Township, midway between Sparta and Union, two miles
from the meetinghouse. See Phebe's
diary entry of 26th of the month, 4th of the week, 1820. There is no record
of descendants. [Sources:
Carrell/Dungan, Phebe, Gray]
96 JOEL
McCARTY, sixth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 16 Mar 1771, died, Elkland, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, buried Friends burying ground, Shunk, Sullivan County;
married, 27 Nov 1797, Ellen Roberts, daughter of Moses and Jane Roberts, early
settlers of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, born 1781, died, Elkland, 30 Apr 1844,
buried Friends burying ground, Shunk.
Joel moved with his parents to Muncy,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in 1794. He soon met Ellen Roberts and they were
married in 1797. Their marriage certificate [Haverford College collection]
reads:
Joel
McCarty, son of Thomas McCarty of Muncy, Lycoming County, Pa.
And
Ellen
Roberts, daughter of Moses Roberts, deceased
Married
under the care of Catawissa Monthly Meeting
at
Catawissa
Friends Meeting November 27, 1797
Signed Joel McCarty, Ellen Roberts [and thirty
witnessess]
In 1800,
Joel, with his wife Ellen and eldest child, Aaron, moved to Elkland, Sullivan
County, on one of the ridges of the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. Along
the crest of the ridge he purchased a tract of land for a hundred pounds,
presumably from either James Ecroyd or Joseph Reeves, and erected a log home,
some outbuildings and a barn. At that time their grain had to be carried forty
miles on horseback to be ground until a gristmill was built by Ecroyd some
years later. A large frame house was later built, but the cabin stands to this
day, remaining in the family through the Pardoe branch. [Hampton Pardoe
acquired the property about 1900. He married #96142 Catherine McCarty]
JOEL AND ELLEN’S CABIN
At an early
time, the oft-related story runs, Joel made a profitable business in hunting
panthers and wolves. There was a bounty of eight dollars on each wolf killed.
That bounty was later raised to twelve dollars.
Not unlike
her sister-in-law, (#91) Phebe McCarty Roberts, Ellen Roberts McCarty (two different
Roberts families, see above) was an incredible person by any standards. Not
only was she one of the pioneers of Sullivan County, raising a family of eleven
in the wilderness, but she was one of the regions most formidable religious
leaders of the time, ministering to the local Society of Friends as well as
journeying to northern New York State and Upper Canada.
Ellen was
raised in a strict family of Friends, which was clearly not allied with the
teachings of the liberal Elias Hicks. Her father, Moses Roberts, must have been
somewhat outspoken, for an entry in the minutes of the Philadelphia Monthly
Meeting dated 25 Oct 1780 records him, together with one Job Hughes, as being
"unjustly" confined in the Lancaster gaol. [See below for more on
Moses Roberts]
When Joel
and Ellen first emigrated to the Elklands it was known as the Beechwoods. Some
sources say that Joel coined the name Elklands, due to the large number of Elk
in those parts.
At first,
the nearest Meeting for the small settlement of Friends in the Elklands was at
Muncy, some twenty hard miles away. Then we find in May 1804 the following
minute in the records of Muncy Monthly Meeting:
A
request from the Friends of the new settlement in the Beechwoods, called
"The Elklands", was produced expressive of their desire of being
privileged to hold a Meeting of divine worship on the First-day of each week at
the home of Jesse Haines until a house is provided for that purpose...
The first
Meeting House in the area was built in 1805 through the efforts of Daniel
Thomas, James Ecroyd, Jesse Haines, Ezra Haynes and Joel McCarty, on land
donated by Ecroid, northwest of Eldredsville, just east Eldred's Tavery (later
Mahlon Mercur's farm), and close by the land settled by Joseph Reeves as early
as 1800 which reached down to Lincoln Falls. [SEE: An Early History of the Elkland Meeting of Friends
elsewhere on this site, by this author and Joseph Reeves, Pioneer of
Sullivan County]
This
earliest church has been described as a one-story building with two windows,
one door and a clumsy fireplace and chimney. It was afterwards used as a Sunday
School building. It is now completely overgrown and is represented only by the
remains of its foundation. Any evidence of a graveyard, if one existed, has
long since disappeared.
The Meeting
continued until early in 1809, when the following minute is recorded in the
records of the Muncy Monthly Meeting:
First-month
1809 Friends appointed to the care of the Meeting at Elkland, report that part
of their number have lately visited that meeting and Friends there appear easy
to have a discontinuance; with which this meeting unites, and discontinues it
accordingly.
In 1816,
the Meeting was revived chiefly through the efforts of Joel and Ellen. At that
time, a second Meeting House was built at Shunk, Fox Township, aptly named for
the great Quaker leader, George Fox. That Meeting House, which was probably
built with the assistance of Joel McCarty, has also disappeared. Its burial
ground remains, however, and there we find the stones marking the graves of
Joel and Ellen. In 1819, Ellen was anointed a minister by the Quarterly Meeting
of ministers and elders.
The Meeting
was changed from that of an Indulged Meeting to a Preparative Meeting in 1833.
A third
Meeting House, still in use, is in Piatt, Elkland Township, on the road between
Lincoln Falls and Shunk.
PIATT MEETING HOUSE
In 1830
Ellen traveled to New York State to visit the Quarterly Meetings in Scipio and
Farmington and then on to Upper Canada (Ontario). And though no formal record
of her journey exists, the appreciation for Ellen's ministry is clear in the
following extract from the minutes of the Society of Friends of Upper Canada,
Yonge Street Monthly Meeting, held 13th of the 5th month, 1830:
...Also
our beloved friend Ellen McCarty, companion to our friend Mercy Ellis, attended
this meeting (having previously visited all the branches thereof) and produced
a Certificate of concurrence from Muncy Monthly Meeting [though they had long lived in Elkland, that
Meeting was under the care of the Muncy Monthly Meeting], Pennsylvania, dated
the 12th mo. 23rd, 1829, endorsed by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting - her
company and Gospel Labours of Love amongst us were truly acceptable.
An un-named
diarist, quoted by Kenneth W. Wright in his Quakers of the Shunk Friends
Meeting described Ellen's appearance at the wedding 11 Jul 1814 of Rebecca
Bird and Edward Molyneux in Loyalsock (Forksville, Sullivan County):
[she
had] raven hair capped with the small Quaker bonnet, sculptured features and
clear skin...of all the women present, she was the most beautiful save for the
bride herself. She had ridden since before dawn to get to the wedding in
company of her fifteen-year-old son, Aaron, traversing what was little more
than a wilderness trail past Eldred's place.
The same diarist also states:
I have
come to know many women over the years, but never one so passionate and at the
same time so oddly innocent as Ellen McCarty; strong, impetuous, generous,
startling frank. She seemed like a woman of noble origin. Her exuberance of
expression, couched in Quaker Thees and Thous, had something almost imperious
about it.
The
following articles from The Friend, printed here in full, will serve to
illustrate the incredible strength and depth of character of Ellen McCarty. It
is interesting to note that the two articles were published exactly fifty years
apart:
From The Friend, Vol. 24: 91, 7 Dec 1850:
TESTIMONY OF MUNCY MONTHLY
MEETING,
CONCERNING OUR DEAR FRIEND ELLEN McCARTY
She was
the daughter of Moses and Jane Roberts, who were among the early settlers in
the neighborhood of Catawissa, [in Pennsylvania,] and at that time members
of Exeter Monthly Meeting. Her father dying when she was
quite young, she was left under the care of her widowed mother and other
branches of the family, in a situation not very favorable for literary or
religious instruction; yet during this period she appeared to be preserved in a
state of innocence and tenderness of spirit.
In the year 1798 she was united in marriage
with Joel McCarty, a member of Muncy Monthly Meeting, and soon after removed
with her husband to Elklands, [in Pennsylvania,] where a small settlement of
Friends was then forming within the limits of this meeting. In this retired
situation, very much secluded from the busy scenes of life, and subjected to
many of the privations attendant on the settlement of new countries, her mind
became more deeply impressed with the importance of seeking those treasures
which neither moth nor rust can corrupt.
Under these renewed exercises she often
expressed the concern she felt on account of their not having a meeting for
worship, and encouraged her Friends to unite in making application for an
indulged meeting, which was granted in 1816.
She was very diligent in the attendance of
our religious meetings, though frequently having to press through many
difficulties and hardships in the performance of this important duty; often
speaking of the sweet peace she was at times permitted to
experience, when sitting in their little silent meetings;
and encouraged her own family and friends not to suffer any worldly business so
to engross their attention as to prevent them from a regular attendance.
Having thus learned in the school of Christ,
the excellency of his government, and by yielding to the manifestations of
grace in her own heart, she became qualified to invite others to come, taste
and see, that the Lord is good.
Though her literary accomplishments were
very limited, she was enabled in her public ministry to express herself in
clear and impressive language.
Her early communications carried with them
evidence that they were from that Anointing which alone can qualify for true
Gospel ministry; and in the year 1819 were approved by the Quarterly Meeting of
Ministers and Elders. By closely following the leadings of the true Shepherd,
she became a lively and acceptable minister; was a firm believer in the
doctrines and principals of our religious Society, as set forth in the approved
writings of our early Friends; and opposed to all speculative views and
unprofitable theories. She bore a faithful testimony against the unsound views
of Elias
Hicks and his followers, being frequently led in her
communications to express her full belief in the authenticity and Divine
authority of the Holy Scriptures, and in the divinity and offices of our
blessed Savior as therein set forth.
She several times visited the families of
this Monthly Meeting, a service for which she was well qualified; frequently
administering counsel and encouragement suited to the condition of those
present.
With the approbation of her Friends, in
1830, she performed a visit in Gospel love to the meetings composing Farmington
and Scipio Quarterly Meetings, [in the State of New York,] and to those of
Friends in Upper Canada.
Although domestic duties necessarily
claimed much of her time, having a large family of children, yet these seldom
prevented her from attending to the calls of duty.
Christian love so warmed her heart towards
the whole human family, that she was a truly sympathizing friend to the
afflicted in body or mind. The last few years of her life were spent in nursing
the sick; frequently having to endure many hardships and privations when attending
on the poor and remotely situated families of her neighborhood. And while
administering to the wants of the body, she was ever mindful of that more
precious part, the immortal soul; endeavoring to turn their minds unto Christ
Jesus, as the only hope and means of salvation.
In the last meeting she attended, the day
before she was taken ill, she spoke of the shortness of time to some present,
and encouraged those who might remain a little longer, to greater diligence in
the attendance of their religious meetings.
From the first of her sickness, she was
impressed with a belief that she should not recover, and was much engaged in
fervent supplication to the Father of mercies, that he would be pleased to
preserve her in patient resignation to his blessed and holy will.
The evening before her close, being asked
if she would like to see her physician, she calmly replied, "No, there
will be a change before morning;" and soon after requested he children
might be sent for; some of whom resided a few miles distant.
On their arrival, her powers of speech had
so failed that she could say little more than "I have told you the truth
before;" and in a few minutes quietly passed away on the 20th day of the
Fourth month, 1844, in the sixty-third year of her age.
From The Friend, Vol.74: 189, 7 Dec 1900:
ELLEN McCARTY
The following was obtained by Jane Pierce
from Ellen McCarty, during one of her visits at Ellen's home:
Ellen McCarty was a baptized and much
esteemed minister in the Society of Friends, living at Elklands, Pennsylvania,
a remote and rather isolated district, even now, and sixty or seventy years ago
abundantly so.
In the early periods of her religious life
she underwent great hardships and sacrifices. Living six miles from the meeting
she attended, generally going thither on foot, often leading a little child,
and carrying another in her arms. On one of these occasions, a heavy snowstorm
overtook her on her return. Her discouragements were so great from the
difficulties she met with, that she thought it could be required of her to
undertake the same again; but when the next meeting-day came she persevered,
and in that meeting was her first appearance in the ministry.
Continuing
faithful to her Divine Leader, she became a clear and convincing minister,
evidencing the true anointing. Hearing that a company of militia had beenassembled
by their captain to exercise on a ground some miles from her house, and feeling
her mind drawn to visit the muster-ground, and seek a religious opportunity
with the captain; she believed if she would be faithful, a Friend and neighbor,
named Hoagland, would be willing to accompany her. So she dressed and walked
toward the neighbor's house, when to her astonishment, she found the Friend
standing in her door with cloak and bonnet on waiting Ellen's arrival, though
entirely ignorant of her concern by any outward channel. This great
confirmation increased her faith.
When
they reached the muster-ground Ellen had a powerful interview with the captain,
who laid down his arms, never again to resume them. [1870 P.H.]
Kenneth W.
Wright tells us that Ellen's funeral was well attended:
Folks
from every part of the Elklands, Forks, Fox Townships, and from over the
mountain in Bradford County
arrived in buggies and on horseback. Jonathan Rogers made a coffin from the
finest Birdseye maple. Her children carried her remains in silent procession to
the burying ground in Shunk. My great-grandfather, Charles B. Wright, a Methodist
preacher from over at East Canton, and Ann Rogers Wright, his wife, came over
the mountain and met with people of every suasion; old William Molyneux leaning
bent and gnarled on his cane was there; and there were Quakers from Muncy and
places even more distant; and as the coffin moved along the rutted road,
shadows of people to whom she had ministered for forty years obscured the
procession from the sun.
He goes on to say:
Ellen
was to be spared in her lifetime the great contention, which engulfed the
nation, and so many of her descendants, over the question of human slavery. She
would be spared the schism amongst those Elkland Friends who, while pacifists,
none-the-less sent some of their sons off to war.
[Sources:
Carrell/Dungan, Heess, The Friend, KWW, Inventory of Church Archives,
Streby, Now & Then]
SOME NOTES ON MOSES ROBERTS:
Editor's Note: The attached notes were provided by Kenneth L. Cook from the records of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Sopciety of Friends and Native Americans. Click here to Begin Reading the Notes on Moses Roberts.
THE CHILDREN OF
JOEL McCARTY AND ELLEN ROBERTS:
961. Aaron
McCarty b. 16 Nov 1799
d.
23 Mar 1874
962. Jesse
McCarty b. 17 Feb 1802
d.
11 Dec 1880
963. John
McCarty b. 15 Sep 1804
d.
19 Feb 1885
964.
Elizabeth McCarty b.
12 May 1806
d.
12 Feb 1881
965. Jane
McCarty b. 16 Feb 1809
d.
12 Apr 1868
966. Silas
McCarty b. 6 Dec 1811
d.
24 Jan 1888
967. Joel
McCarty b. 3 Oct
1814
d.
17 May 1867
968. Joseph
McCarty b. 14 Aug 1816
d.
20 Jan 1896
969. Mary
McCarty b. 22 Dec 1818
d. 9
Jun 1898
96(10). Sarah
McCarty b. 4 Jan 1822
d.
14 Jan 1892
96(11). Thomas
McCarty b. 27 Jun 1827
d. 3 Jul 1857
[Editor’s Note: Carrell/Dungan omits John, Joseph and
Mary]
97 JOHN
McCARTY, seventh child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 6 May
1773, died unmarried. [Carrell/Dungan]
98 JAMES
McCARTY, eighth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 11 Jun
1774, died c.1842. [Carrell/Dungan]
99 JANE
McCARTY, ninth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 18 Sep 1775; married, 27 Nov 1810, Isaac Ogden, died 1835.
Jane moved
with her parents from Richland to Muncy, Pennsylvania, about 1791. She was
Isaac Ogden's second wife. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE McCARTY AND ISAAC OGDEN:
991. Abigail
Ogden b. 11 Sep 1815
d. 1 Jan
1872
992. Thomas
Ogden b. 17 Mar 1816
d. 3 Jul
1892
993. Jane
Ogden b. 21 Oct 1817
d. 3 Oct 1888
9(10) ELIZABETH
McCARTY, tenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 17 Sep
1776, died, Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 11 Jan 1861; married, 24
Sep 1806, Samuel Thomas of Richland, Bucks County, child of Edward Thomas and
Alice Roberts, born in Richland, 15 Jul 1760, died in Quakertown, 17 May 1847.
Elizabeth moved with her family to Muncy,
but returned to Quakertown with her mother following the death of her father,
about 1804.
Samuel inherited his father's lands in
Richland, but later moved to Broad Street in Quakertown. For more information
on the Thomas family, see the appendices. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH McCARTY AND SAMUEL THOMAS:
9(10)1. Amanda
Thomas b. 3 Jul
1807
d. 4 Apr 1884
9(10)2. Jervis
Thomas b. 9 Sep 1808
9(10)3. Louisa
Thomas b. 2 Jun 1810
d. 7 Feb 1872
9(10)4. Thomas
Thomas b. 29 Oct 1811
d.
Civil War
9(10)5. Edward
Thomas b. 27 Mar 1813
d. 2 Aug 1883
9(10)6. Hannah
Thomas b. 6 Jan
1815
9(10)7. Benjamin
Thomas b. 27 Mar 1817
9(11) THOMAS
McCARTY, eleventh child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born near
Hummelstown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 8 Mar 1778; married Margaret White.
Thomas and Margaret moved to Dresden, on
Seneca Lake, in New York. They were living there in 1821, when Thomas's sister,
Phebe, visited them on her return from her mission to Upper Canada. Phebe's
journal entry suggests that they had a family, though no names were mentioned.
See Phebe's journal entry for 19th of the month, 7th of the week, 1821.
[Carrell/Dungan, Phebe]
9(12) JOB McCARTY,
twelfth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born at Hummeltown,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 10 Aug 1779, died 19 Apr 1845; married, 26
Oct 1808, Jane Paxton, born 19 Nov 1781, died 19 Apr 1846. [Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JOB McCARTY AND JANE PAXTON:
9(12)1. Rachel
McCarty b. 15 Aug 1809
9(12)2. Thomas
Weston McCarty b. 11 Aug 1810
9(12)3. Oliver
C. McCarty b. 29 Dec 1811
d. 14 Sep
1896
9(12)4. James W.
McCarty b. 29 Dec 1811
9(12)5. Martha
McCarty
9(12)6. Joseph
Paxton McCarty b. 27 Jul 1815
d. 31
Jul 1870
9(12)7. Mary Ann
McCarty
9(12)8. Sarah E.
McCarty b. 2 May 1818
9(13) HANNAH
McCARTY, thirteenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 19
Feb 1781, died at Woodbury, New Jersey; married Joseph Ogden. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(14) BENJAMIN
McCARTY, fourteenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born at
Hummelstown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 20 Jul 1783; married, 15 Oct
1805, Elizabeth Lebs, born 31 Dec 1785.
Benjamin moved to Muncy, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania with his parents and probably remained there when his mother,
sister and brother returned to Bucks County after his father's death. [Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN McCARTY AND ELIZABETH LEBS:
9(14)1. Charles
McCarty b. 15 Aug 1806
9(14)2. Sarah
McCarty b. 31 Mar 1808
d. 1888
9(14)3. Henry McCarty b. 4 Feb 1810
9(14)4. Ann
Catharine McCarty b. 15
Dec 1812
d. 1868
9(14)5. John
McCarty b.
16 Apr 1814
9(14)6. Alfred
McCarty b. 3 May 1816
d. 23 Mar
1897
9(14)7. Mary
McCarty b.
16 May 1818
9(14)8. Thomas
McCarty b. 7 Nov 1820
9(15) MARTHA
McCARTY, fifteenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born in Hummelstown,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 24 Apr 1785,
died 12 Nov 1856; married 1. David McMichael; married 2. Thomas Hasley.
She emigrated with her family to Muncy,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and probably returned to Richland, Bucks County
with her mother after her father's death. She may later have lived in
Philadelphia. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
MARTHA McCARTY AND DAVID McMICHAEL:
9(15)1. Eliza
McMichael b. 15 Mar 1809
d.
20 Dec 1897
9(15)2. Jane
McMichael d. 13 Aug 1898
9(15)3.
Marmaduke McMichael d. young
9(15)4.
Alexander McMichael
9(15)5. Phebe
Ann McMichael b. 4 Jun 1816
d. 21
Mar 1895
9(16) DAVID
LANCASTER McCARTY, sixteenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born at Hummelstown,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 13 Dec 1787; married 1. Margaret Goldy;
married 2. Mary Campbell. David moved with his parents to Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania and returned to Richland, Bucks County with his mother
after the death of his father. He learned the hatter's trade and followed that
vocation for a number of years in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
DAVID LANCASTER McCARTY AND MARGARET GOLDY:
9(16)1. Maria
McCarty
THE CHILDREN OF
DAVID LANCASTER McCARTY AND MARY CAMPBELL:
9(16)2. William
C. McCarty b. 29 Mar 1817
9(16)3. George
McCarty
9(16)4. Robert
McCarty
9(16)5. James L.
McCarty b. Apr 1818
9(17) JESSE
McCARTY, seventeenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 10
Apr 1789, died, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, 26 May 1857; married
1. Margaret Gray; married 2. 1817, Mary Walker, died 13 Jun
1872, aged 74 years.
Jesse was a tanner near Dauphin,
Pennsylvania. [Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JESSE McCARTY AND MARY WALKER:
9(17)1. Martin
McCarty b.
10 Oct 1818
d. 25 Sep
1860
9(17)2. William
McCarty b. Aug 1821
d. 9 Jan 1832
9(17)3. John
McCarty b.
19 Oct 1824
d. 9 Mar 1847
9(17)4. David
Boon McCarty b. 12
Aug 1826
d. 10 May
1857
9(17)5. Ann
Isabel McCarty b. 17
Apr 1828
d.
17 Jan 1865
9(17)6. Jesse
McCarty b. 2 Aug 1830
9(17)7. Mary
Elizabeth McCarty b. 17 Sep
1832
d. 23 Aug
1863
9(17)8. William
McCarty b. 27 Feb 1835
d. 1 Sep 1874
9(17)9.Joseph
Warren McCarty b. 26 Aug
1837
9(18) LYDIA
McCARTY, eighteenth child of Thomas McCarty and Elizabeth Lancaster, born 16
Aug 1790, died, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 14 Aug 1861; married in
1821, Charles Leedom, of Newtown, Bucks County, child of Jesse Leedom and Mary
Twining, born 25 Jan 1793, died Newtown, 30 Jan 1869, in his seventy-seventh
year.
Editor's Note: Per Larry Pardoe, "The Descendants of James Carrell and Sarah Dungan, His Wife" (1928), by Ezra Patterson Carrell, lists the nine children of Charles Leedom and Lydia McCarty Leedom. It apppears that they never came to Lycoming or Sullivan County. About 1928, when the book was published, it shows them living on a farm near Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
They lived on a farm near Newtown.
[Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, Leedom]
THE CHILDREN OF LYDIA McCARTY AND CHARLES LEEDOM:
9(18)1. Sarah
Leedom b. 11
Nov 1821
d. an
infant
9(18)2. Jesse T.
Leedom b. 10
Sep 1822
d.
10 Mar 1891
9(18)3. David R.
Leedom b.
18 Dec 1823
d. 26 Apr
1886
9(18)4. Edward
Leedom b. 9 Feb 1826
d. 18 Oct
1892
9(18)5. Beulah
Leedom b. 30
Jan 1827
d.
10 Jun 1832
9(18)6. Thomas
Lancaster Leedom b. 27 Mar
1828
d. 19
Jul 1901
9(18)7.
Elizabeth Leedom b. 2 Jun
1829
d.
26 Feb 1891
9(18)8. Mary L.
Leedom b. 31 Oct 1830
9(18)9. Hannah
Leedom b. 19
Jan 1834
d. 8 Jul 1834
(11)1 MARGARET
McCARTY, child of Paul McCarty and Cassandra William, born before 1780.
She is
mentioned in the will of her grandfather, John William, dated 2 Aug 1780. [EFFUB]
THIRD GENERATION
Still, one day, in the midst of all these
pleasures,
The traveler lost the boy as he had lost the
child.
So he went on for a while without seeing anything,
Until at last he came to a young man. So he said
to
The young man, “What are you doing here?” And
The young man said, “I am always in love. Come
And love with me.”
So the young man fell in love directly. Sometimes
They teased; sometimes they quarreled and made up.
But they were never happy asunder, and sat very
close to one another by the fire, and were going
to be
married very soon.
421 WILLIAM
McCARTY,first child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood; married Nancy Blaker, child of William Blaker
and Nancy Tule, born Aug 1797, died 22 Sep 1877, buried in the cemetery in
Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. [Carrell/Dungan, MCR, RM]
THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM McCARTY AND NANCY BLAKER:
(order uncertain)
4211. Albert
McCarty
4212. Robert
Neal McCarty b.
1817
4213.
Elizabeth McCarty b.
1819
d.
1895
4214. Charles
McCarty b.
1820
d. 1 Feb 1879
4215. Margaret
Anna McCarty b.
15 Feb 1825
d.
12 Mar 1899
4216. Mary
McCarty
4217. Martha
McCarty
4218. Rachel
McCarty
4219. George
McCarty d. 1879
421(10). John
McCarty
422 ISAAC
McCARTY, second child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood, born in Penn
Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 13 Nov 1796, died 30 Jun 1866, buried
in the Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming County; married Sarah Dunkelberger,
child of Peter Dunkelberger and Catherine Hill.
They lived
in Muncy Creek Township where Isaac was a laborer. [Carrell/Dungan, MCR, 1850
Census]
THE CHILDREN OF ISAAC McCARTY AND SARAH DUNKLEBERGER:
4221. Peter
McCarty
4222. George
McCarty
4223. Agnes
McCarty
4224. Catharine
McCarty
4225. Isaac D.
McCarty b. 30 Jul 1830
d. 31 Dec
1902
4226. James H.
McCarty d.
09 Mar 1859
4227. William
T. McCarty b. 1835
d.
1918
4228. Jesse
McCarty b. 03 Jul
1838
d. 25
Jun 1889
4229. Mary
McCarty
423 CHARLES
McCARTY, third child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
424 ARTHUR McCARTY, fourth child of Benjamin
McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
425 ANDREW
McCARTY, fifth child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
426 JAMES
McCARTY, sixth child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
427 MARIA
McCARTY, seventh child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
428 HANNAH
McCARTY, eighth child of Benjamin McCarty and Mary Smallwood. [Carrell/Dungan]
431 BENJAMIN
McCARTY, first child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born 12 Dec 1788, died
6 May 1836; married 1. Sarah Van Fleet, child of Cornelius Van Fleet and Sarah
Shipman, born 19 Aug 1789, died 1826; married 2. Deborah Tallman, born 4 Apr
1800, died 14 Sep 1878.
Benjamin McCarty
lived in Muncy, Pennsylvania where he followed the occupation of blacksmith and
wagon builder. [Carrell/Dungan, Marston]
THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN McCARTY AND SARAH VAN FLEET:
4311. William
McCarty b. 17 Feb 1815
d. young
4312. Jared
McCarty b. 6 Oct
1817
d. 1876
4313. Mary Ann
McCarty b. 2 Nov 1819
d.
20 Feb 1838
4314. Harriet
McCarty b. 23 May 1823
d.
18 Jan 1889
(Marston
says she died 13 Jan 1889)
4315. Benjamin
Franklin McCarty b. 1 Apr
1826
d. 18
Dec 1886
(Marston says he died 11 Jun 1891)
THE CHILDREN OF
BENJAMIN McCARTY AND DEBORAH TALLMAN:
4316. Abraham
Tallman McCarty b. 18 Aug 1831
d. 11 Sep
1891
(Marston says he died 1 Sep 1891)
4317. John
McCarty b.
23 Sep 1833
d. 1 Mar 1834
4318. Sarah
Jane McCarty b. 15
Dec 1834
d. 10 Sep 1839
(Marston says she died 10 Sep 1838)
432 MARGARET
McCARTY, second child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born 12 Mar 1790, died
Aug 1830 married her cousin Ezekiel Walton. [Carrell/Dungan]
433 SILAS
McCARTY, third child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 19 Mar 1791, died in Maumee Valley, Ohio, August 1832; married,
1817, Martha McAffee, daughter of Major James McAffee and Martha McMichael of
Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania, born 14 Apr 1800, died 28 Aug 1865.
Silas was a farmer in Muncy until May
1832 when he moved his family to Maumee Valley, Ohio. He died there three
months later. Martha remarried and the family moved to Wysox, Ulster Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. [Carrell/Dungan, HBC]
THE CHILDREN OF SILAS McCARTY AND MARTHA McAFFEE:
4331.
Charlotte McCarty b.
26 Sep 1818
d. 3 Sep 1830
4332. William
McCarty b. 24 Feb 1819
4333. James
McAffee McCarty b. 23 Nov 1821
d. 27
Apr 1897
4334. Rachel
McCarty b. 15 Feb 1824
4335. John
McCarty b. 3 Apr
1825
d. 1903
4336. Frank
McCarty b. 23 Apr 1827
4337. Martha
Jane McCarty b. 9 Sep 1828
d. 15 Mar
1911
4338. May
Margaret McCarty b. 25
Jan 1831
d. 18 Apr
1909
434 ANN McCARTY,
fourth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born 28 Mar 1793, died 1836,
unmarried. [Carrell/Dungan]
435 JOHN
McCARTY, fifth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy, Pennsylvania,
4 Nov 1794, died in Muncy, 27 Jan 1884, buried in the Muncy Cemetery; he
remained unmarried.
"Uncle
John" McCarty, as he was known by all, could well have been known as the
'grand old man' of Muncy. He was most certainly the most beloved and most often
quoted man of his day. He was born, grew up, and lived out his days in the
house on Main Street built by his father in 1789. Uncle John remained a
bachelor throughout his life but was said to have given more dinner parties
than the good housewives...and that his wine cellar was quite as famous as his
roast geese. The contents of this cellar, however, were dispensed among the
sick and infirm.
UNCLE JOHN MCCARTY
An extended sketch of him, probably by
J.M.M.Gernard, appears in Now and Then, Vol.II.,no.10,pp.146-150, from
which are taken the following excerpts:
Here he was taught, by example and by
precept, the lessons of honesty, charity, chastity, frugality and sobriety, to
which he so faithfully adhered throughout his long and tranquil life. Here he
spentall his days, save the one year that he served as an apprentice at the
blacksmith trade with his cousin, David Lloyd, then living at Jerseytown, and a
month or two that he afterwards spent in visiting with some friends in the
West. Here, also, on the 29th day of January, 1884, he closed his long life, a
'fell asleep.' He loved the old home. No sum of money, it has been said, would
have induced him to part with it. The wide world had for him no attraction so
great. How comparatively few of the many millions already born in America have
reached the ripe age of ninety? And of these how relatively few have always
lived, and breathed their last, in the same domicile where they received the
'breath of life!' This is a noble circumstance.
...Had his ambition been duly stimulated
when young, and had his intellectual powers been properly trained, he would
likely have been a far more useful and influential man. The beauty and value of
many a gem is never known because never polished. Uncle John was fond of
approbation, but he had not quite enough self-esteem to give him a right
conception of his power and value. Decidedly benevolent in constitution, yet he
lacked the proper ambition, and, like too many on earth, did not seem to
realize how much the world had need of his service.
...Remarkable
was the serene, regular, quiet, kindly and irreproachable life of 'Uncle
John.' There is so little of stirring
incident in such a life, that it is difficult to gather material enough than
for a meager biographical sketch. Few men have perhaps been contented with the
world. Frugal and industrious, yet never in haste or ambitious to berich. A lover of children, and beloved by all the
children of the neighborhood, yet he never married and never experienced the
tender feelings of a parent. A near neighbor said to us that 'when Uncle John
threshed his grain, his barn generally swarmed with boys.' No two figures on
our streets were more dear, and none perhaps better known to them, than 'Uncle John' and his famous chestnut sorrel
horse, 'Old Salem.' It was a blessed privilege for the small boy to sit behind
Uncle John on Old Salem's back, and ride to the creek or elsewhere. Our
esteemed contributor, Alfred Hawley, to this day recounts with boyish glee the
happy moments he thus spent with Uncle John astride of Salem. Salem, like his
good master, lived to a great age, and as the master was everybody's 'uncle,'
so was Salem everybody's horse. But it could not be so always. One day, when he
was already well advanced in his thirty-eighth year, several ladies borrowed
him to take a load of baskets with refreshments to a Sunday school picnic, on
Shoemaker's Island. He brought them home safe, but the instant they drove up to
the stable door, the faithful old beast, without a warning symptom of illness,
fell over and almost instantly gave up the ghost. Several friends came to
assist at the burial. They were preparing to drag the body to the field, but
Uncle John would not permit such seeming cruelty. Old Salem must be tenderly
lifted on a wagon and hauled out. At the grave it was proposed to knock off his
shoes. 'No,' interposed Uncle John, 'Salem must be buried with his shoes on.”
...'How
cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed.
...A man of
immense physical power, yet Uncle John avoided all broils in an era when strong
men were often tempted by the bullies whose chief glory it was to be regarded
'the best man.' He never fought a battle. He was known as 'The Peacemaker,' for
he loved best to still the tempests of angry passion. Blessed are the
peacemakers. But he was just as fearless as he was strong, kind and gentle.
When, in 1842, the old schoolhouse in the south end of Muncy was stoned, and an
anti-slavery lecturer was threatened with violence by a mob of excited
pro-slavery roughs, and his voice was so drowned by a horrible noise that he
could not be heard, Uncle John fearlessly stepped out, and putting his foot on
the horse-fiddle, said: 'Men, stand back; we have now had enough of this.' It
was gratifying to all peace lovers to see how quickly the peacemaker's
pronunciamento [sic] was respected. On another occasion, when there was a
general street fight in progress, Uncle John boldly stepped in among the
combatants, and, as we were told by an eye-witness, tossed them to the right
and left and ended the battle. Two of
the most noted of the bullies threatened to punish him for his
interference. He deliberately walked upto them and taking one in each hand,
bumped their heads together. They were soon glad to be let alone, and glad to
let Uncle John alone.
...He was
always opposed to slavery as a terrible crime against humanity. It is known
that he performed valuable services to the oppressed as a conductor on the
Underground Railroad.
...When the
word, 'Uncle John McCarty is dead,' flew fast from lip to lip, the entire
community realized that a noble old man had fallen, and all were sad. His
lifeless body was followed to its resting place in the Muncy Cemetery by many
sincere mourners. He will not be forgotten by this generation. The handsome
memorial window, donated to the Lutheran Church, by his nephew, William J.
McCarty, and placed near the pew in which he was so wont to sit, was not needed
by those who knew him best to keep his memoryfresh and green, but it is a well
deserved tribute to his character. He was not a great man in the usual worldly
sense of the term great, but in the lovely traits of character for which he was
noted he was a noble pattern for all men and boys, and we may therefore
rightfully claim that he was great.
"Fond man! though all the honors of your line
Bedeck
your halls, and round your galleries shine
In proud display, yet take
this truth from me -
Virtue
alone is true nobility."
[Carrell/Dungan, Now and Then, MCR]
436 WILLIAM
McCARTY, sixth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy, Pennsylvania, 7 Oct 1796, died
in Beloit, Wisconsin, 1855; married Rebecca Bennett, born 7 Oct 1805.
The family resided
in Muncy until 1838 when they moved to Springfield, Illinois, and a few years
later to Beloit, Wisconsin. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM McCARTY AND REBECCA BENNETT:
4361. Abraham
Bennett McCarty b. 14 Nov 1828
4362. Margaret Jane McCarty b. 4 May 1830
d. Sep
1909
4363. Edmund
Augustus McCarty b. 12
Oct 1839
d.
27 May 1909
4364.
Charlotte Hannah McCarty b. 9 Aug
1843
437 MARY
McCARTY, seventh child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 19 Sep 1798, died, in Muncy 1877, buried in the Muncy Cemetery; she remained unmarried. [Carrell/Dungan, MCR]
438 JANE
McCARTY, eighth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, was born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 6 Apr 1800, died, probably in Roscoe, Illinois, 9 Apr 1878;
married, in Muncy, 17 Nov 1825, Alexander McAffee, son of James McAffee and
Martha McMichael, born, 2 Nov 1798. He was a brother of Martha, who married
Jane's older brother, Silas.
Alexander and Jane McAffee were among the
early pioneers to the far West. In October, 1838, they with their family of
five children, migrated to Roscoe, Illinois, by wagon and horseback, stopping
for a time with friends in Michigan, with whom they left their women-folk,
while they themselves pushed on, and finally located claims on the banks of
Rock River, about one mile from the village of Roscoe, in northern Illinois.
Mr.McAffee paid $400. For his claim of 400 acres. Here they erected a double
log-house, and returned for the women and children.
Chicago, ninety miles distant, was their
only market. For many years their produce was hauled there by wagon where it
was sold and goods for their own use carried back. Both Alexander McAffee and
his brother John, who accompanied him, were prominent in the community and
occupied positions of trust. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE McCARTY AND ALEXANDER McAFFEE:
4381. James McAffee b.
18 Aug 1827
d.
30 Mar 1901
4382. William
McAffee b. 10 Jul 1829
d. 7 Oct
1862
4383. Amanda
McAffee b. 28 Feb 1831
d. 4 Jan
1917
4384. Benjamin
Franklin McAffee b. 6 Dec 1832
d.
27 Nov 1834
4385.
Charlotte McAffee b.
29 Jan 1836
d.
17 Feb 1839
4386. Mary Ann
McAffee b. 16 Jan 1838
4387. Martha
Jane McAffee b. 8 Jun
1840
d. May
1874
4388. Harriet
McAffee b. 16 June 1842
d. 3 Sep
1887
4389. Edwin
McAffee b. 8 Jun
1845
d. 5 Dec 1915
439 LAVINA
McCARTY, ninth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania 2 Feb 1802, died in Muncy, 1 Mar 1834; married, 1829,
Abner Hildebrand Fahnestock, son of Henry Fahnestock and Elizabeth Bundue, born
in Muncy, 13 Oct 1798, died in Wanda, Chouteau Township, Madison County,
Illinois, 4 Mar 1866, buried there.
Abner re-married after Lavina's death
and, in 1851, the family moved to Illinois, first Alton and then Wanda where
they remained. [Carrell/Dungan, Fahnestock]
THE CHILDREN OF LAVINA McCARTY AND ABNER H. FAHNESTOCK:
4391. William
M. Fahnestock b. 8 Mar 1830
4392. Charles
W. Fahnestock b. 25 Jul 1831
d.
26 Sep 1831
4393. Harry
Augustus Fahnestock b. 6 Nov 1833
43(10) DAVID
McCARTY, tenth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born 1 July 1804, died
in Muncy, 30 Aug 1889, buried in the Muncy Cemetery; he remained unmarried.
Although David moved to Minnesota with his brother, Seth, he soon returned to
Muncy, where he spent the rest of his life. [Carrell/Dungan, MCR]
43(11) SARAH
McCARTY, eleventh child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 7 Feb 1806, died, Hixton, Michigan, 8 March 1887; married Peter
Hoffman. They moved to Hixton, Michigan and had no children. [Carrell/Dungan]
43(12) SETH L.
McCARTY, twelfth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 9 Jun 1808, died Plainview, Minnesota, 17 May 1892; married in Whitechurch, Michigan, Rebecca
McCauseland, born 3 Sep 1815.
Seth McCarty was a cabinetmaker. He left
Muncy, migrating first to Canada, then to Michigan in 1833, in 1850 to
Illinois, and finally, in 1855, to Plainview, Minnesota. He came to Minnesota with his family in a
covered wagon, took a homestead in a place called Greenfield, afterwards called
Plainview, in Washaba County. In 1855 he was the Port Warden of Greenfield and
in 1858-1859 was commissioned as Brigade Engineer, with the title of Major, by
Commander-in-Chief Henry H. Sibley, 24 Dec 1859. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF SETH L. McCARTY AND REBECCA McCAUSELAND:
43(12)1. John B.
McCarty b. 3 Apr
1834
d.
19 May 1864
43(12)2. David
McCarty b. 7 Apr
1836
d. 4 Jun
1919
43(12)3. Mary Ann
Villa McCarty b.
22 Jun 1838
d. 1887
43(12)4. James W.
McCarty b. 9 Sep 1841
43(12)5. Sarah
Ann McCarty b. 24 Nov 1845
d.
16 May 1864
43(13) JOSEPH
McCARTY, thirteenth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born 25 Aug 1810,
died 23 Oct 1810. [Carrell/Dungan]
43(14) LLOYD
McCARTY, fourteenth child of William McCarty and Mary Lloyd, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 8 Nov 1811, died in Muncy, 7 Dec 1899, buried in the Muncy
Cemetery; married, Jul 1841, Jane McClintock, child of James McClintock and
Elizabeth Bennett, born 12 Nov 1813, died Sep 1898, buried in the Muncy
Cemetery.
Lloyd was a cabinetmaker in Muncy, having
been apprenticed to Benjamin Pott. In 1836 following his apprenticeship, he
moved to Canada where he remained for two years before returning to Muncy.
After their marriage, Lloyd and Jane lived in Newberry, Pennsylvania until
1848, when they returned to Muncy and lived for the rest of their lives in the
old homestead. At the time of his death, Lloyd McCarty was the oldest male
citizen of Muncy. He was, during his residence in Muncy, a regular attendant at
the Presbyterian Church, but never fully gave up the faith of hi forebears in
the Society of Friends. [Carrell/Dungan, MCR]
THE CHILDREN OF
LLOYD McCARTY AND JANE McCLINTOCK:
43(14)1. William
James McCarty b. 22 Apr 1842
d.
10 Sep 1906
43(14)2. Samuel
McCarty b. 17 Oct 1843
d.
27 May 1864
441 BENJAMIN
McCARTY, first child of Isaac McCarty, born in Penn Township, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, died 17 Nov 1863; married Lavina Harding. [Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN McCARTY AND LAVINA HARDING:
4411. Silas
McCarty
4412. Josiah
McCarty b. 5 Feb 1847
4413. John McCarty
4414. James
McCarty
4415. Ellis
McCarty
4416. Alwilda
McCarty
442 LEWIS
McCARTY, second child of Isaac McCarty. [Carrell/Dungan]
443 CHARLES
McCARTY, third child of Isaac McCarty. [Carrell/Dungan]
444 GEORGE
McCARTY, fourth child of Isaac McCarty. [Carrell/Dungan]
445 MARGARET
McCARTY, fifth child of Isaac McCarty. [Carrell/Dungan]
446 HANNAH
McCARTY, sixth child of Isaac McCarty, born 1809, died 1890; married Daniel Smith, born 1802, died 1880.
[Carrell/Dungan, DGP]
THE CHILDREN OF HANNAH McCARTY AND DANIEL SMITH:
[Editor’s Note:
There were probably others, too]
4461. John
Smith b. 1837
d. 1904
447 SARAH
McCARTY, seventh child of Isaac McCarty; married John Snyder. [Carrell/Dungan, DGP]
THE CHILDREN OF
SARAH McCARTY AND JOHN SNYDER:
4471. Nelson
Snyder
4472. John
Snyder
4473. Joe
Snyder
4474.
Priscilla Snyder
4475. Jane
Snyder
4476. Hattie
Snyder
4477. Clara
Snyder
4478. Maria
Snyder
4479. Julia
Snyder
447(10). Effie
Snyder
448 LAVINIA
McCARTY, eighth child of Isaac McCarty. [Carrell/Dungan]
451 MIRA
MITCHELL, child of Sarah McCarty and Mr. Mitchell; married Andrew Heller.
[Carrell/Dungan]
461 ROBERT
ASHTON, first child of Mary McCarty and
Peter Ashton, born 31 Dec 1787. [Carrell/Dungan]
462 BENJAMIN
ASHTON, second child of Mary McCarty and Peter Ashton, born 1 Feb 1789.
Benjamin moved from Bucks County prior to the death of his father in 1821,
though receiving a tract of land from him in 1813. [Carrell/Dungan]
463 SARAH
ASHTON, third child of Mary McCarty and
Peter Ashton, born 5 July 1791; married David Davis. Received a tract of
land from her father in 1819. [Carrell/Dungan]
464 SAMUEL
ASHTON, fourth child of Mary McCarty and Peter Ashton, born 25 Oct 1795;
married Matilda Bryan. Received a tract of land from his father in 1813.
[Carrell/Dungan]
465 JOHN ASHTON,
fifth child of Mary McCarty and Peter Ashton, born 20 Jul 1798. John removed
from Bucks County prior to his father's death in 1821.
[Carrell/Dungan]
481 THOMAS
LLOYD, son of Margaret McCarty and David
Lloyd.
[Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS LLOYD AND HIS WIFE:
4811. Clinton
Lloyd
911 ELIZABETH
ROBERTS, first child of Phebe McCarty and Levi Roberts, born in Milford Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 11 Feb 1803, died in Milford Township, 12 May 1858; married, 8
Mar 1821, Hugh Foulke, son of Israel Foulke and Elizabeth Roberts, born,
Richland Township, Bucks County, 8 Sep 1793, died in Milford Township, 3 Apr
1853.
Hugh Foulke was
the grandson of Hugh Foulke [see above], one of the early settlers of the Great
Swamp, now Richland Township, Bucks County. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
SOME NOTES ON THE EDWARD ROBERTS FAMILY:
EDWARD ROBERTS was a native of Merionethshire, Wales, where
he was born Third-month (May), 1687. He came to America with “his cousin Thomas
Lawrence” (according to family tradition). It has been supposed that he was
left an orphan early in life. He settled at Byberry and early became a member
of the Abington Monthly Meeting, the nearest at that date.
At the
monthly meeting held at Abington 10th month 27, 1714, the following
minute was recorded:
Wheras
Edward Roberts and Mary Bolton having declared their intentions of marriage
with each other before two monthly meetings, enquiry being made by persons
appointed and found clear from all others on ye account of marriage did
accomplish their marriage in ye unity of friends as is signified by their
marriage certificate.
At the
monthly meeting held at Abington 11th month 28, 1716, the following
entry was made in the minutes:
A
certificate was granted Edward Roberts and his wife in order for their removing
hence to the Great Swamp.
Thus they
removed to the Great Swamp (later Quakertown) in the spring of 1716. Edward and
Mary went on horseback and all of their belongings with them. They had one
daughter at the time, Martha, who later married John Roberts, son of Thomas,
another early settler. Soon after their arrival, Edward found that Mary had
become infected with small-pox, probably from Indian neighbors. It became
necessary to return along the Indian path to Gwynedd, the nearest settlement,
where proper care could be taken of her. Here she was nursed back to health,
and in five or six weeks returned with her husband and daughter back to the
Swamp. She was the daughter of Everard and Elizabeth Bolton of Abington.
Edward
Roberts first erected a temporary shelter, composed mostly of bark, reared up
against some of the large white oak trees that were so abundant in that
vicinity. They lived there until 1728 when a more comfortable cabin was built,
about a mile west of the meetinghouse in Quakertown. That cabin was built
without lime, using clay for mortar and stood very firm for a century and a
half.
The Collection
of Memorials of Deceased Minister and Others printed in 1787 by Joseph
Cruikshank in Philadelphia, contains the following “testimony from Richland
Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania concerning Edward Roberts’ life and work in the
ministry:”
He was
born in Merionethshire, in the principality of Wales, in the Third-month, 1687,
and came into Pennsylvania about the twelfth year of his age; was early
convinced of the principle of truth as held forth by Friends, with whom he
joined in communion, and by his godly life and conversation through the course
of time, was nearly united to them. His ministry was attended with great
sweetness and energy, [he] laboring faithfully therein to the comfort and
edification of the living whilst health and bodily ability continued; being a
lively example of humility, plainness, temperance, meekness and charity, and of
justice and uprightness in his dealings among men, which gained him the love
and esteem of people of all denominations. He was a tender, affectionate
husband and father, earnestly concerned to train up his children and family in
the fear of God, and example and instruct them in the paths of virtue, and also
manifested a true zeal for promoting and preserving peace and good order in
Society, wherein he was often singularly serviceable. His bodily strength
gradually diminishing, he was reduced even to a child’s state, in which he
quietly departed this life without much sickness, on the 25th of the
Eleventh-month, 1768, in the eighty-second year of his age; a minister above
forty years.
Edward’s
wife, Mary, died Seventh-month 22, 1784, aged 96 years, 6 months, nine days.
DAVID ROBERTS, fourth child of Edward and Mary, born 1st-month
10, 1722, married 5th month 2, 1754, Phebe Lancaster, daughter of
Thomas and Phebe (Wardell) Lancaster. Her sister Elizabeth married THOMAS
McCARTY [#9 above]
ELIZABETH ROBERTS, third child of David and Phebe, was born 7th
month 1, 1760, died 12th month 17, 1831. She married, 11th
month 14, 1782, Israel Foulke, child of Samuel and Ann Foulke [see notes on the
FOULKE FAMILY above], born 2nd month 4, 1760, died 9th
month 27, 1824.
HUGH FOULKE, sixth child of Elizabeth and Israel, married
ELIZABETH ROBERTS [#911, this article], child of Levi Roberts and PHEBE McCARTY
[#91 above]
[Sources: Old Richland Families, by Elwood Roberts;
the above-mentioned Cruikshank book, a copy of which may be found in the Boston
Public Library]
THE CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH ROBERTS AND HUGH FOULKE:
9111. Amos R.
Foulke b. 26 May 1822
d.
22 Apr 1853
9112. Barton
L. Foulke b. 18 Nov 1823
d. 18 Aug 1856
9113. Phebe R.
Foulke b. 27 Jan 1825
d.
22 Dec 1832
9114. Jordan
Foulke b. 9 Oct
1826
d.
21 Jun 1836
9115. Elizabeth
Foulke b. 13 Mar 1829
9116. Thomas
M. Foulke b. 13 Feb 1830
d.
11 Feb 1861
9117. Sarah E.
Foulke b. 1 Jun 1831
d.
19 Apr 1844
9118. Franklin
Foulke b. 5 May 1833
d.
24 Jun 1835
9119. Abigail
Jane Foulke b. 1 Jul
1835
d.
10 Mar 1845
911(10). Franklin
Foulke b.
24 Jul 1838
d.
18 Mar 1860
911(11). Jane R.
Foulke b. 9 Jun
1842
d.
24 Jan 1860
911(12). Susan J.
Foulke b. 7 Jun 1844
912 ABIGAIL
ROBERTS, second child of Phebe McCarty and Levi Roberts, born near Quakertown,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 16 April 1808, died in
Quakertown, 21 Mar 1882; married, at Richland Monthly
Meeting, 16 Oct 1842, Joel Heacock, son of Jesse Heacock and Tacy Thompson of
Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, born 6 Mar 1794 (26 Mar?), died
in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 17 Mar
1853.
Joel
attended school in Milford Township, Trumbauersville, and afterward engaged in
farming and the general milling a lumber business. After locating on the family
homestead, he continued those pursuits. In political views he was a Whig, and
his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Society of Friends.
Joel died in Germantown while there on business.
Joel had inherited a portion of his
family's homestead in West Rockhill where the family lived there until after
his death. In 1858, Abigail rented the farm out in order to pay for her son's
education. She later lived for many years with her son, Joel Levi, in
Quakertown. The farm itself later passed to other members of the Heacock
family. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB, Davis]
THE CHILDREN OF ABIGAIL ROBERTS AND JOEL HEACOCK:
9121. Joel
Levi Heacock b. 2 Oct 1843
d. 4 Aug 1909
921 PENIMAH
(PENINAH,PERINNAH) McCARTY, first child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green,
born 5 Dec 1794, died 18 Dec 1797. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
922 KATHARINE
McCARTY, second child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 17 (16?) Jul 1795, died 9 Oct 1871; married, 16 Nov 1826, Amos
(Amasa) Dodson, born 3 Jan 1801, died in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, 2 Sep 1851
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF KATHARINE McCARTY AND AMOS DODSON:
9221. Martha
Ann Dodson b. 30 Oct 1827
9222. McCarty
Dodson b. 21 Apr 1831
d.
16 Jul 1901
9223. Susan C.
Dodson b.
25 Sep 1835
923 SAMUEL
McCARTY, third child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 8 May 1797 (Lancaster says 3 May 1799), died, Milton,
Pennsylvania, 9 Oct 1858; married 25 Mar 1824, Susan Hull (Hall?) of Milton,
Pennsylvania, born 11 Feb 1799, died 2 Apr 1878. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL McCARTY AND SUSAN HULL:
9231. William
Hull McCarty b. 8 Jan 1825
d. 8 Jun
1843
9232. Samuel
Green McCarty b. 5 Mar 1826
d. 1893
9233. Hannah
Maria McCarty b. 17
Feb 1828
d. 9 Jun
1869
9234. David
Wilson McCarty b. 27 Nov 1830
d. 11
Jan 1885
9235. Margaret
Ann McCarty b. 20
Oct 1833
d. 14
Jul 1900
9236. Oliver Allen
McCarty b. 25 Dec 1835
d. 14 Feb
1901
9237. Charles
Lloyd McCarty b. 4 Sep 1841
d. 28 Sep
1843
9238. Susan
Jane McCarty b. 14 Apr
1843
924 CHARLES
McCARTY, fourth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born 17 Apr 1798,
died 19 May 1798. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
925 ELLIS W.
McCARTY, fifth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Muncy,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 26 Jan 1801, died in McEwensville, Pennsylvania,
21 May 1876; married, 18 Oct 1822, Leah Moore of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, child
of James Moore II and Mary Ott Clark, born near Snydertown, Pennsylvania, 28
Nov 1804, died in Watsontown, Pennsylvania, 28 Sep 1883.
They lived in
McEwensville, Pennsylvania. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ELLIS W. McCARTY AND LEAH MOORE:
9251. Mary
McCarty b. 11
Aug 1823
d.
20 Aug 1826
9252. Rebecca
V. McCarty b. 6 Dec 1825
d. 1902
9253. James
Moore McCarty b. 4 Aug 1829
d.
14 Mar 1889
9254. Eugenio
K. McCarty b. 2 May 1832
d. 21 Feb
1833
9255. Joseph
O. McCarty b. 27
Jan 1834
9256. Mary M.
McCarty b. 12 Nov
1836
d. 8 Sep 1857
9257. George
Ide McCarty b. 8 Feb 1839
d. 11
Jun 1861
9258.
Elizabeth I. McCarty b. 22
Mar 1841
d. 8 Jan
1892
9259. Leah
Moore McCarty b. 17
Jun 1844
926 THOMAS
McCARTY, sixth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born 10 Nov 1802,
died 12 Jul 1803. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
927 JESSE
McCARTY, seventh child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, 18 Mar 1804, died, Venice, New York, 21 Jul (2 Jul?)
1839; married 1. Anna Kemp, born in Scipio, New York, 12 Sep 1807, died 14 Sep
1832; married 2. 30 Mar 1833, Hannah Platte.
Jesse and his
family lived in Venice, New York. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JESSE McCARTY AND ANNA KEMP:
9271. Edwin
Riley McCarty b. 13
Oct 1830
9272. Anna K.
McCarty b. 17 Mar 1832
THE CHILDREN OF JESSE McCARTY AND HANNAH PLATTE:
9273. Angeline
McCarty b. 4 Nov 1835
9274. Margaret
McCarty b. 23 Sep 1838
928 JAMES
McCARTY, eighth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, 5 Dec 1805; married 1. Matilda Green, born 30 Mar 1814,
died 30 Jun 1840; married 2. Dec 1846, Susan Ulshaper, born 31 Aug 1824, died 6
Dec 1887. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JAMES McCARTY AND MATILDA GREEN:
9281. Thomas
Wilson McCarty b.
1 Jun 1835
d. 28 Jan
1862
9282. Alice
Jane McCarty b. 7 Dec 1836
d.
22 Mar 1855
9283. Emily
McCarty b. 6 Oct 1839
d. 1 Jan 1842
THE CHILDREN OF
JAMES McCARTY AND SUSAN ULSHAPER:
9284. Margaret
Matilda McCarty b. 18
Oct 1847
d. 1 Mar 1870
9285. Lucetta
McCarty b. 29
Oct 1849
9286. Sarah
Elizabeth McCarty b. 9 Aug 1851
9287. Leonard
McCarty b. 21
Sep 1853
9288. Brunson
B. McCarty b. 6 Jan
1856
d. 31
Jan 1856
9289. Mary
Ellen McCarty b. 8 May 1862
d. 9 Apr 1864
928(10). Samuel
G. McCarty b. 6 Aug 1864
928(11). James
Lancaster McCarty b. 5 Aug 1870
929 LEWIS WALTON
McCARTY, ninth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 10 Oct 1807, died in Paris, Illinois, 4 Apr 1876; married 24 Nov
1831, Abi O. Sheppard, born 27 May 1807, died 25 Nov 1868. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDEN OF LEWIS WALTON McCARTY AND ABI O. SHEPPARD:
9291.
Lafayette McCarty b. 28
Aug 1832
d.
23 Jun 1870
9292. George
W. McCarty b. 28 Aug 1834
d. 19 Mar
1836
9293. Louis
Phillipe McCarty b. 22
Apr 1836
9294. Mary Ann
McCarty b. 10 Sep 1838
d.
15 Sep 1839
9295. James
Harvey McCarty b. 3 Mar 1840
9296. Henry
Wilson McCarty b. 2 May 1842
9297. John
Walton McCarty b. 9 Jan
1844
d. 2 May 1876
9298.
Elizabeth H. McCarty b. 27
Dec 1845
d. 24 Apr
1874
9299. Martha
Jane McCarty b. 29 Jan 1848
929(10). Twin
son b.
20 Jul 1849
d.
25 Jul 1849
929(11). Twin
son b.
20 Jul 1849
d. 25 Jul
1849
929(12).
William McCarty b. Aug 1850
d.
17 Oct 1856
929(13). Green
McCarty b. Aug 1850
d. 4 Oct 1872
92(10) PHEBE
McCARTY, tenth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born in Muncy,
Pennsylvania, 20 Sep 1809, died, West Pittston, Pennsylvania, 20 Jan 1894;
married 22 Dec 1831, Miles Spencer, born 11 May 1803, died at Dallas, Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, 14 (15?) Dec 1851. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF PHEBE McCARTY AND MILES SPENCER:
92(10)1. Margaret
Spencer b. 25 Dec 1832
d. 1902
92(10)2. Wilson
H. Spencer b. 21 Aug 1834
d. 1920
92(10)3. Rhoda
Ann Spencer b. 17 Sep 1835
d. 1918
92(10)4. Phebe E.
Spencer b. 10 Jun 1842
d.
26 Jan 1844
92(10)5. Jeanette
Spencer b. 2 Apr 1846
d. 1921
92(10)6. Lewis
James Spencer b. 5 Dec 1848
d. 1924
92(11) HENRY
WILSON McCARTY, eleventh child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born 7 Oct
1811, died 1854; married Sarah Price. There were no children. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
92(12) EVAN G.
McCARTY, twelfth child of Samuel McCarty and Margaret Green, born 21 Nov 1814.
Evan went West and was last heard of through a letter to his sister Phebe,
about 1835, when he was somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
931 CHARLOTTE
McCARTY, first child of Silas McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy Creek,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 27 Apr 1812, died fall 1844. Lucetta (McCarty) Wilson family records
indicate that she was buried at Pennsdale Monthly Meeting; married
_______Hazley.
Joel Levi
Heacock's family record indicates a child. That record has been included here though
the item is not found elsewhere. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, LMW, JLH]
THE CHILDREN OF CHARLOTTE McCARTY AND ______ HAZLEY:
9311. Clarissa
Hazley
932 ELOISA
McCARTY, second child of Silas McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy Creek,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (C/D says Washington County), 21 Jul 1816, died 8
Jun 1854; married 1. Benjamin Johnson, of Muncy; married 2. Orlo J. Spofford of
Condersport, Pennsylvania. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, LMW records]
THE CHILDREN OF ELOISA McCARTY AND BENJAMIN JOHNSON:
9321. Mary
Johnson d. 19 years
9322. Harriet
Johnson d. (int) 8 Feb 1891
THE CHILDREN OF
ELOISA McCARTY AND ORLO J. SPOFFORD:
9323. Jay
Spofford d. 9 years
9323. Lewis
Spofford
933 LYMAN
KENNEDY McCARTY, third child of Silas McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy
Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 30 Sep 1822, died at Weatherly, Carbon
County, Pennsylvania, 18 Jan 1872, buried in the Muncy cemetery; married, 28
Feb 1850, Mary A. Ulshafer, born 27 Sep 1826. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, LMW records, MCR]
THE CHILDREN OF LYMAN KENNEDY McCARTY AND MARY A. ULSHAFER:
9331. Clarissa
McCarty b. 28 Feb 1854
934 HIRAM T. McCARTY, fourth child of Silas
McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 19
Dec 1825; married Rebecca Michael. They lived in Muncy where Hiram was a
farmer. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, LMW records, MCR, 1880 Census]
THE CHILDREN OF HIRAM T. McCARTY AND REBECCA MICHAEL:
9341. Emma T.
McCarty
9342. Mary
Matilda McCarty d. before 1902
9343. Russell
O. McCarty
9344. Cora A.
McCarty b. c. 1865
9345. Edward
S. McCarty b. c. 1866
9346. Chester
Warren McCarty b. 9 Apr 1867
d.
21 Apr 1938
935 OTIS L.
McCARTY, fifth child of Silas McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy Creek,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 15 Mar 1828, died 13 May 1899; married Mary
Beeber, child of Col. Jacob Beeber and Elizabeth Dimm. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, LMW records,
Beaver, MCR]
THE
CHILDREN OF OTIS L. McCARTY AND MARY BEEBER:
9351. Robert
Bruce McCarty b. 5 Aug 1860
d. 14 Oct 1913
9352. Edwin
Stanton McCarty b. 8 Jul
1863
9353. Dimner
Beeber McCarty b. 19 Aug 1865
9354.
Elizabeth Florence McCarty b. 7 Nov 1867
936 LUCETTA
McCARTY, sixth child of Silas McCarty and Laura Lyman, born in Muncy Creek,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 18 Dec 1830, died at Muncy, 17 Jun 1894; married
Augustus Wilson. Lucetta‘s copious records have added a great deal to this part
of the family. Below is an extract from her manuscript, later in the possession
of Joel Levi Heacock of Quakertown, another family historian. It is now in the
posession of the Spruance Library in Doylestown. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF LUCETTA McCARTY AND AUGUSTUS WILSON:
9361. Thomas
Wilson b. 18 Sep 1852
9362. Henry
Lyman Wilson b. 10
Sep 1854
9363. Howard
Forest Wilson b. 27 Jan 1857
9364. Laura
Viola Wilson b. about 1860
9365. Oscar
Boyd Wilson b. about 1865
9366. Frank
DeLay Wilson b. about 1868
9367. Augustus
Elwood Wilson b. about 1870
LUCETTA McCARTY WILSON MANUSCRIPT PAGE
941 SAMUEL M.
FOULKE, first child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 12 Aug 1787, died in Milford, Indiana, 18 Aug 1844;
married 1. at Richland Monthly Meeting of Friends, 12 Oct 1815 (reported at
Monthly Meeting 24 Nov 1815), Ann Edwards, child of William Edwards and Meribah
Gaskill of Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, born 11 Feb 1790, died
10 Dec (23 Nov?) 1816; married 2. 10 Dec 1818, Ann Heacock, daughter of Jesse
Heacock and Tacy Thompson of Rockhill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, born 27 Dec
1791.
Samuel and his family lived in Richland
until 1838 when they moved to Milford, Indiana. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL M. FOULKE AND ANN EDWARDS:
9411. William
E. Foulke b. 23 Dec 1816
THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL M. FOULKE AND ANN HEACOCK:
9412. Tacy H.
Foulke b. 9 Feb 1822
9413. Margaret
Foulke b. 22 Nov 1823
9414. Jesse H.
Foulke b. 5 Apr 1826
9415. Sarah H.
Foulke b. 5 Nov 1827
9416. Joseph
Foulke b. 29
Jul 1829
9417. Edith
Foulke b. 2 Jul
1831
9418. Mary
Ellen Foulke b. 7 Apr 1834
d.
15 May 1836
942 ELEANOR
FOULKE, second child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born 25 Feb 1789;
married John Black. There were no children. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
943 MARY FOULKE,
third child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks County
Pennsylvania, 8 Mar 1791; married, 30 Nov 1809,
Thomas
Thorpe. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF MARY FOULKE AND THOMAS THORPE:
9431. Sarah
Thorpe b. 9 Oct 1810
9432. Samuel
Thorpe b. 25 Oct 1811
9433. James
Thorpe b. 27 Oct 1813
9434. Eleanor
Thorpe b. 2 Sep 1815
9435. Jabez
Thorpe b. 23 Mar 1817
9436. Hannah
Thorpe b. 18 Apr 1819
9437. Elizabeth
Thorpe b. 13 Apr 1822
d.
young
9438. Jesse
Thorpe b. 25 Jan 1825
d.
young
9439. Mary W.
Thorpe b. 5 May 1827
943(10).
Thomas Thorpe b. 23
Feb 1829
943(11). Ann
F. Thorpe b. 10 Sep 1831
944 ANN FOULKE,
fourth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 9 Dec 1792, died 19 Jun
1857; married 1. 27 Apr 1820, James Crozier; married 2. 25 Feb 1825, Curtis
Grubb, died 16 Nov 1853, aged 84 years. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ANN FOULKE AND CURTIS GRUBB:
9441. Hannah
Grubb b. 21 Jan 1826
d.
19 Jun 1857
9442. Mary
Grubb b. 27 Sep 1827
d.
14 Jan 1853
9443. Samuel
M. Grubb b. 25 Apr 1829
9444.
Elizabeth Grubb b. 30 Nov
1831
d.
26 Feb 1851
9445. Lydia H.
Grubb b. 16 Jul 1834
d.
27 Nov 1855
945 THOMAS
FOULKE, fifth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 7 May
1795; married, 2 Dec 1819,
Sarah
Spencer. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS FOULKE AND SARAH SPENCER:
9451. Samuel
Foulke d. an infant
9452. Ann
Foulke d. an
infant
9453. Joshua
Foulke b. 30 May 1823
9454. Milton
Foulke b. 23 Jan 1826
9455. Phebe
Foulke b. 21 Oct 1826
9456. Mary
Foulke b. 17 Jun 1830
9457. Nathan
Foulke b. 26 Feb 183_
9458. Miles
Foulke d. an infant
9459. Silas
Foulke b. 1 Dec 1840
945(10). Eliza
J. Foulke d. an infant
946 ELIZABETH
FOULKE, sixth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 19 May 1797; married, 26 Jun 1822,
Thomas Sidwell. They lived in Vermont, Illinois. No record
of descendants. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
947 JANE FOULKE,
seventh child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 19 Jun 1799; married 2 Sep 1824,
Isaac Cowgill. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE FOULKE AND ISAAC COWGILL:
9471. Abram
Cowgill
948 AMELIA
FOULKE, eighth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 20 Jun 1801; married, 31 Jan 1822, John Wilson. Amelia
had moved to Ohio with her parents in 1818. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
AMELIA FOULKE AND JOHN WILSON:
9481. William
Wilson
9482. Joseph
Wilson
9483. Martha
Wilson
9484. John
Wilson
9485. Isaac
Wilson
9486. Jesse
Wilson
9487. Edith
Wilson
9488. Sarah
Wilson
9489. Hannah Wilson
948(10).
Israel Wilson
949 CADWALLADER
FOULKE, ninth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 25 May 1803, died 5 Nov 1879; married 18 Mar 1827,
Elizabeth Hoopes, born 17 Aug 1811, died 17 Jun 1893. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF CADWALLADER FOULKE AND ELIZABETH HOOPES:
9491. Margaret
Foulke b. 13 Dec 1829
9492. Anne
Foulke b.
23 Nov 1831
9493. Ellis
Foulke b. 6 Jul 1834
d. 13 Jul
1834
9494. John
Foulke b. 6 Jul 1834
d. 18 Jan
1835
9495. Oliver
E. Foulke b. 19 Nov 1836
9496. William
Hoopes Foulke b. 26 Sep 1843
d. Feb 1865
9497. Parker
Foulke b. 29 Aug 1846
9498. John
King Foulke b. 7 Mar 1850
d. 25 Jun
1894
9499. Mary E.
Foulke b. 25 Aug 1852
94(10) JESSE
FOULKE, tenth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 18 Sep 1805, died 18 Feb 1875; married 1. 3 Mar 1831,
Mary Yost; married 2. 26 Apr 1843, Mary Baker, died 6 Mar 1889.
Jesse moved to Ohio with his parents in
1818. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JESSE FOULKE AND MARY BAKER:
94(10)1. John B.
Foulke b. 31 Mar 1844
94(10)2. George
Foulke b. 7 Jun
1845
94(10)3. Sarah
Ann Foulke b. 20 Nov 1846
94(10)4. William
Foulke b. 5 Dec 1847
d.
28 May 1877
94(10)5. Amasa J.
Foulke b. 28 Aug 1849
94(11) MERCY
FOULKE, eleventh child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 6 May 1808; married, 6 Jan 1825, Eli Webster, son
of John and Hannah Webster.
Mercy moved with her parents to Miami,
Ohio in 1818. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF MERCY FOULKE AND ELI WEBSTER:
94(11)1. son
Webster b. 4 Jul
1825
d. 4 Jul
1825
94(11)2. Ann
Webster b. 18 May 1826
94(11)3. Phebe
Webster
94(11)4. Plummer
Webster b. 7 May 1829
94(11)5. Sarah
Webster b. 5 Feb
1831
94(11)6. Nathan
Webster b. Dec 1832
94(11)7. Eli
Webster b. 16 Aug 1834
d. 2 Apr 1865
94(11)8. Elias H.
Webster b. 23 Mar 1836
94(11)9. Silas F.
Webster b. 18 Dec 1839
94(11)(10). John
Simeon Webster b. 12 Dec 1841
94(11)(11).
Hannah Webster b. 10
Nov 1843
94(11)(12). Mary
Ellen Webster b. 28 Feb 1846
d.
4 years old
94(12) GRACE
FOULKE, twelfth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland,
Bucks Count, Pennsylvania, 29 Jan 1810; married, 14 Sep 1826, Ellis Hoopes.
They lived near Vermont, Illinois.
Grace moved to
Ohio with her parents in 1818. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF GRACE FOULKE AND ELLIS HOOPES:
94(12)1. Margaret
Hoopes d. before 1902
94(12)2.
Elizabeth Hoopes
94(12)3. Sarah
Hoopes
94(12)4. Susan
Hoopes d. before 1902
94(12)5. William
Hoopes
94(12)6. Ann
Hoopes
94(12)7. Silas
Hoopes
94(12)8. Ellis
Hoopes d. before 1902
94(12)9. Ruth
Hoopes
94(12)(10). Mary
Hoopes
94(12)(11). John
Hoopes
94(12)(12). Henry
Hoopes
94(13) SILAS
FOULKE, thirteenth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born 18 Mar 1812,
died 6 Nov 1845; married, 19 Jul 1835, Hannah Webster. There were no children.
[Source: Carrell/Dungan]
94(14) JOHN FOULKE,
fourteenth child of Sarah McCarty and Judah Foulke, born in Richland, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, 1817, died 1878; married, 29 Aug 1840, Sarah Hartley,
born 13 Jun 1818, died 30 Jul 1901.
John moved to Ohio with his parents in
1818 when he was one year old. [Source:
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JOHN FOULKE AND SARAH HARTLEY:
94(14)1. Silas
Foulke b. 30 May 1841
94(14)2. David H.
Foulke b.
23 Jun 1842
d. 1878
94(14)3. Edwin A.
Foulke b. 8
Jun 1844
94(14)4. William
P. Foulke b. 12 Jun
1845
94(14)5. Phebe A.
Foulke b. 1847
94(14)6. Mary
Foulke b. 1861
961 AARON
McCARTY, first child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born probably in Muncy,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 16 Nov 1799, died in Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania, 23 Mar 1874, buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Shunk, Fox
Township, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Pardoe, child of Joseph and Sarah
Pardoe, born 1790, died 1871, buried in the Shunk Friends Burial Ground.
Aaron was probably born in Muncy before
his parents moved to Sullivan County.
He purchased the property in Elkland Township, Sullivan County in 1820
together with his brother Jesse. After clearing to woods, they built two log
houses. Later, dissolving partnership, they drew lots to see which farm each
should get. Aaron drew the farm nearer the road and afterward bought 200
additional acres at 1.25 per acre. The two log houses were later used as
schoolhouses. The Aaron McCarty farm passed to his son Job and then to Job's
son Francis. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
AARON McCARTY
(Source:
Lancaster)
THE CHILDREN OF AARON McCARTY AND ELIZABETH PARDOE:
9611. Sarah
McCarty b. 3 Dec 1828
d. May 1855
9612. John
Pardoe McCarty b. 3 Jun
1831
d. 12
Jun 1885
9613. Jesse R.
McCarty b. 8 Mar
1833
d.
15 Feb 1920
9614. Abel C.
McCarty b. 8 Aug
1835
d. Apr
1921
9615. Joseph C. McCarty b.
22 May 1837
d.
26 Oct 1878
9616. Job
McCarty b.
19 Dec 1837
d. 1929
9617. Ellen
McCarty b. 14 Jan 1842
d. 1906
9618. Elizabeth
McCarty b. 16 Aug 1844
d. 4 Mar
1937
9619. Thomas W.
McCarty b. 1 Aug
1848
d. 7 Jun
1914
962 JESSE
McCARTY, second child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born 17 Feb 1802, died
11 Dec 1880; married Martha Hoagland. Both were probably buried in the Friends
Burial Ground, Shunk, Fox Township, Pennsylvania.
They had no children of their own but
made a home for William H. McCarty after his father, Joseph C. McCarty (#9615)
died. They also made a home for Joseph and Jane Snell for a considerable period
of time.
Jesse and his brother Aaron owned a tract
of land, which at the time was mostly wilderness. They divided the land between
them in the manner described above. Jesse's home was down a lane a short
distance from the road. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, Heess]
963 JOHN
McCARTY, third child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born 15 Sep 1804, died
19 Feb 1885, probably buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Shunk, Fox Township,
Pennsylvania. He, brother Joseph and sister Mary did not marry but
remained on the farm left them by their father. They made a
home for Frederick and Martha McCarty, children of their brother, Thomas
McCarty who died when the children were very young. [Sources: Lancaster, Heess]
964 ELIZABETH
McCARTY, fourth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born in Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, 12 May 1806, died 12 Feb 1881; married, at Yonge Street
Monthly Meeting, Ontario, Canada,26 Jul 1831, Joseph Kiteley, son of Isaac
Kiteley and Mary Battin, born 18 Dec 1801, died 12 Feb 1881 in Dunkarron,
Ontario, Canada. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan,Heess]
THE CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH McCARTY AND JOSEPH KITELEY:
9641. James
Kiteley b. 20 Sep 1832
d.
31 Dec 1885
9642. Ellen
Kiteley b. 1 Oct
1834
9643. Mary
Kiteley b. 1 Mar 1837
d. Jul
1901
9644. Isaac
Kiteley b. 9 Apr
1839
9645. Joel
Kiteley b. 7 May 1842
9646. Martha
J. Kiteley b. 2 Jun
1844
9647.
Elizabeth A. Kiteley b.
14 Oct 1847
9648. Joseph
J. Kiteley b.
14 May 1849
d.
12 Jun 1909
965 JANE
McCARTY, fifth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born 16 Feb 1809, died
12 Apr 1868; married William Pardoe, child of Joseph and
Sarah Pardoe. They lived in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania,
and are probably buried in the Pardoe Cemetery at Eldredsville, Sullivan County.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan,
Heess]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE McCARTY AND WILLIAM PARDOE:
9651. John
Pardoe b. 6 Apr 1839
9652. Albert
Pardoe b. 9 Sep 1841
d.
15 Mar 1884
9653. Joseph
Pardoe b. 30 Mar 1845
9654. Joel
Pardoe b. 30 Sep 1847
d.
18 Sep 1870
9655. Mary E.
Pardoe b. 8 May 1849
966 SILAS
McCARTY, sixth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born in Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, 6 Dec 1811 (gs says 6 Jun), died 24 Jan 1888, buried in
Friends Burial Ground, Elkland Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania;
married, Sarah Annable.
They lived on a farm adjoining that of
his father's. Following is the deed to the land owned by Silas and Sarah,
purchased of Thomas Snell, the original manuscript being in the collection of
the Sullivan County Historical Society:
This
Indenture, made the twenty-ninth day of December AD One thousand eight hundred
and fifty five between Silas McCarty of Elkland Township Sullivan County and
State of Pennsylvania and Sarah his wife of the first part, and Thomas V. Snell
of the Town County and State aforesaid. For seven hundred dollars. In the
township of Elkland.
Beginning at a point in the Township road on a line of
land of Richard Pardoe, thence north thirty degrees east. To hindred an
nineteen perches to a hemlock by land of said Pardoe and Henry Eckroyd; Thence
by land of Robert Comely. North sixty degrees west one hundred and twelve
perches to a Beech; Thence by land of Thomas McCarty south sixty degrees east;
Twenty-nine perches to post Thence South thirty degrees west thirteen perches
to a point in the Township Road; thence along said Township Road South about
sixty degrees east eighty-three perches to the place of beginning. Containing
one hundred and forty acres and allowance be the same more or less. And being
part of a larger tract of land in the warrantee name of William Comely.
Conveyed to the grantors by deed from J.R.Priestly trustee bearing date the
twenty-seventh day of December AD 1847. Recorded at Laporte in and for the
County of Sullivan in Deed Book A page 93, the ninth day of September AD 1848.
Reference thereto will more fully appear.
(signed)
Edw. A. Eldred Silas
McCarty
Joshua R. McCarty Sarah
McCarty
We also know of a family disaster
from the Press and Standard, Saturday 22 June 1873, vol.1, no.32:
At
Saturday last at about eleven o’clock in the forenoon, the house of Silas
McCarty in Elkland was discovered to be on fire. The fire, which was in the
roof, spread with fearful rapidity, and in a few moments the whole building was
engulfed in flames. All efforts to extinguish the fire were fruitless and there
was no time to get the things out of the house; all the furniture and clothing
of the family was destroyed. There was an insurance of about 1400. On the house
which, we are informed, will not cover half the loss.
[Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, deed, Press and Standard, Heess, gravestone]
THE CHILDREN OF SILAS McCARTY AND SARAH ANNABLE:
9661. Joshua
R. McCarty b. 26 Nov 1838
d.
22 May 1901
9662. Lydia E.
McCarty d. before 1902
9663. James
McCarty b. 1843
d. 1909
9664. Elvira
M. McCarty b. 19 Apr 1846
d.
20 Feb 1913
9665. Lorenzo
McCarty
9666. Rachel
McCarty b. 17 Apr 1849
d.
20 Sep 1912
9667.
Rosalinda McCarty b.
24 Sep 1852
d. 3 Feb 1896
9668. Frances
H. McCarty b. 4 Apr 1856
d. 29
Aug 1919
967 JOEL
McCARTY, seventh child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born in Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, 3 Oct 1814, died 17 May 1867; married, Ann Woodhead,
child of Joseph Woodhead and Hannah Secker, born 8 Aug 1819, died 7 Jul 1881.
They are probably buried in the cemetery at Eldredsville, Sullivan County.
Tradition says that Joel McCarty was killed during a barn raising.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan,
D.C.McCarty, Heess, Woodhead]
THE CHILDREN OF JOEL McCARTY AND ANN WOODHEAD:
9671. Harriet
McCarty b. 17 Jan 1841
d. Jun 1922
9672. David
McCarty b.
24 Feb 1842
d. Nov 1900
9673. Mary
McCarty b.
24 Aug 1843
d. 11 Apr
1864
9674. Vincent
McCarty b. Feb 1845
9675. Lewis
McCarty b.
21 Sep 1846
9676. Chester
McCarty b. 7 Nov 1848
d. 16 Sep
1876
9677. John
Sylvester McCarty b. 16
Sep 1850
d. 23 Jun
1909
9678. Septer
McCarty b. 17 Apr 1853
9679. Wells
McCarty b.
15 Mar 1855
d. 19 Apr
1922
967(10). Doctor
Fremont McCarty b. 20 Apr 1857
d. 6 May 1921
967(11).
Rosalinda McCarty b. 28
Mar 1860
d. 1 Nov 1884
968 JOSEPH
McCARTY, eighth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born 14 Aug 1816, died
20 Jan 1896, buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Elkland
Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.
He never married but remained on his
father's farm until his death.
In 1855,
the first murder was committed in Sullivan County. John George Vietengruber was murdered by his wife, Anna and one John
Michael Kamm. Joseph McCarty discovered
the spot where Kamm had originally buried the body (Kamm had panicked,
unearthed the body, and weighed it down with stones in a nearby lake, leaving a
clear trail). See <a href=”
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/SullivanCountyHistoricalSociety/Murder.htm”>The
Murder of John Vitengruber</a>. [Sources: Lancaster, Heess, Ingham]
969 MARY
McCARTY, ninth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born 22 Dec 1818, died
9 Jun 1898, buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Elkland Township, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania.
She never married, but remained on the
farm with her two brothers until her death. [Sources: Lancaster, Heess]
96(10) SARAH
McCARTY, tenth child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born in Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, 4 Jan 1822, died 14 Jan 1892; married, 29 Jan 1862,
George Schill, born in Germany, 2 Jan 1830. They lived in Piatt, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, and are buried in the Friends Burying Ground in Elkland,
Sullivan County.
Sarah, following her mother, was the
minister of the Society of Friends at the Meeting in Elkland, Sullivan County,
and, also like her mother, travelled to New York and Canada. The Friends School
at Elkland grew greatly in both population and quality under her
administration. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, Heess, KWW]
THE CHILDREN OF SARAH McCARTY AND GEORGE SCHILL:
96(10)1.
Christina Schill b. 3 Jul 1867
96(11) THOMAS
McCARTY, eleventh child of Joel McCarty and Ellen Roberts, born in Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, 27 Jun 1827, died 3 Jul 1857, buried in the Friends
Burial Ground, Shunk, Fox Township, Pennsylvania with no marker; married 5 Jul
1851, Chloe Wilcox, child of John D. and Deborah Wilcox, died 1903, buried in
the Friends Burial Ground, Elkland Township, Sullivan County, with her second
husband, Henry Brackman.
Thomas and his family lived in Piatt,
Fox Township. The land now occupied by Friends Meeting and Burial Ground, and
at one time the Friends School, was part of their farm and woodlands. This land was later occupied by Thomas's son,
Fredrick. It was still later owned by Harry A. Heess and, in 1957, was owned by
his son, Kermit Heess. At one time there was a log house in the field below the
road in sight of the present buildings. This is where Thomas and Chloe lived
while making their home in the wilderness. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, Heess]
THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS McCARTY AND CHLOE WILCOX:
96(11)1. Fredrick
O. McCarty b. 17 Sep 1852
d. 1927
96(11)2. Lucetta
J. McCarty b. 20 Jun 1854
96(11)3. Martha
E. McCarty b. 3 Jun
1857
d. 1935
991 ABIGAIL
OGDEN, first child of Jane McCarty and Isaac Ogden, born at Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, 11 Sep 1815, died 1 Jan 1872; married, 1833, John B.
Harris, born 22 Apr 1812, died 17 Apr 1857. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ABIGAIL OGDEN AND JOHN B. HARRIS:
9911. Sarah J.
Harris b. 23 Aug 1836
d. 3 Apr
1855
9912. Letitia
Harris b. 9 Aug 1838
d.
11 Jul 1849
9913. Thomas
C. Harris b. 15 Oct 1840
d. 9 Aug 1864
9914. Hannah
B. Harris b. 6 Nov 1842
d. 7 Dec 1847
9915. John B.
Harris b. 9 Sep 1844
d. 9 Sep 1845
9916. Lucy E.
Harris b. 20 Aug 1846
d.
22 Aug 1897
9917. Mary R.
Harris b. 4 Feb 1849
d. 25
Sep 1853
9918.
Charlotte A. Harris b.
11 Jul 1851
d.
22 Feb 1872
9919.
Sylvester Harris b.
20 Jan 1855
d. 3 Jun
1879
991(10). Theodore
R. Harris b. 17 Mar 1857
d. 3 Jul
1892
992 THOMAS
OGDEN, second child of Jane McCarty and Isaac Ogden, born 17 Mar 1816, died 3
Jul 1892; married, Feb 1837, Letitia Marr, born 5 Aug 1816, died 11 May 1910.
There were no children. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
993 JANE OGDEN,
third child of Jane McCarty and Isaac Ogden, born in Muncy, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, 21 Oct 1817, died 3 Oct 1888; married John Bety. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE OGDEN AND JOHN BETY:
9931.
Catharine Bety b.
25 Mar 1838
d. 9 Dec 1878
9932. Mary
Margaret Bety b. 28
Jun 1840
9933. Elmira
I. Bety b. 18 Dec 1842
d. 10 Sep
1847
9934. Lanah
Jane Bety b. 8 Aug 1845
d. 10 Aug
1848
9935. Sarah M.
Bety b. 1 May 1848
9936. Thomas
Jefferson Bety b. 27 Oct 1850
d. 4 Dec 1852
9937. Emma
Lavina Bety b.
15 May 1853
9938. Alta
Marie Bety b.
18 Dec 1855
d. 1 Oct 1877
9939. Augusta
W. Bety b. 4 Mar 1859
993(10). John
Willits Bety b. 7 Jun
1861
9(10)1 AMANDA
THOMAS, first child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Richland,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 3 Jul 1807, died 4 Apr 1884; married Caspar Hinkle
of Hinkleton, Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF AMANDA THOMAS AND CASPAR HINKLE:
9(10)11. Samuel
Hinkle
9(10)12. Theodore
Hinkle
9(10)13. Henry
Hinkle
9(10)14. Caspar
Hinkle, Jr.
9(10)15. Amanda
M. Hinkle
[Note: Carrell/Dungan and EFFUB reverse Samuel and
Henry]
9(10)2 JERVIS
THOMAS, second child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Richland,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 9 Sep 1808; married 20 May 1830, Jane R. Green,
daughter of William Green and Mary Roberts of Quakertown, Bucks County, born in
Quakertown, 23 Jul 1811, died 24 Mar 1859. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF JERVIS THOMAS AND JANE R. GREEN:
9(10)21. Alice G.
Thomas b. 11 Feb 1831
d. 1 Jan 1875
9(10)22. William
G. Thomas b. 15 Jul 1832
d. 21
Jul 1864
9(10)23. Samuel
G. Thomas b. 29 Jan 1834
d.
23 Feb 1894
9(10)24. Mary G.
Thomas b. 25 Nov 1838
d.
28 Feb 1924
9(10)3 LOUISA
THOMAS, third child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 2
Jun 1810, died 7 Feb 1872; married Morris Matthews of Buckingham, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, died in Buckingham, 27 Jan 1872. They lived in Buckingham.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan,
EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF LOUISA THOMAS AND MORRIS MATTHEWS:
9(10)31.
Elizabeth Matthews
9(10)32. Franklin
Matthews
9(10)4 THOMAS
THOMAS, fourth child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born 29 Oct 1811,
died in the Civil War; never married. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan,EFFUB]
9(10)5 EDWARD
THOMAS, fifth child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Quakertown,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 27 Mar 1813, died 2 Aug 1883; married, 17 Sep 1837,
Anne M. Foulke, daughter of Thomas Foulke and Sarah Lancaster, born in
Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 27 Feb 1815, died in Quakertown, 11 Nov
1898.
Edward was a tailor and merchant. In
politics he was a Democrat. Known as the Hon. Edward Thomas, he took a lively
interest in public affairs, serving as a member of the borough council and on
the school board. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1851 and
re-elected in 1853 and 1855, serving three terms in all. He retired from active
business in 1858 and lived retired on Main Street in Quakertown until his
death. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF EDWARD THOMAS AND ANNE M. FOULKE:
9(10)51.
Lancaster Thomas b.
27 Oct 1838
d.
22 Apr 1910
9(10)52. Hannah
Thomas b. 16 Nov 1841
d.
13 Dec 1915
9(10)53. Edwin
Thomas b. 3 Apr 1843
d. 19
Oct 1875
9(10)54. Henry
Thomas b. 27 Jun 1846
d.
27 Aug 1846
9(10)55. Irvin
Thomas b. 22 Sep 1847
d.
19 Jul 1911
9(10)56. Elwood
Thomas b. 23 Jun 1850
d.
29 Oct 1923
9(10)57. Sarah L.
Thomas b. 16 Aug 1852
d. after 1925
9(10)6 HANNAH
THOMAS, sixth child of Elizabeth McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Richland,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 6 Jan 1815; married Matthias Cope, of Solebury (or
New Hope), Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Matthias was a limeburner at Limeport,
Pennsylvania for many years. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan, EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF HANNAH THOMAS AND MATTHIAS COPE:
9(10)61. Thomas
Jefferson Cope
9(10)7 BENJAMIN
THOMAS, seventh child of Elizabeth
McCarty and Samuel Thomas, born in Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
27 Mar 1817; married Kate Ganawere. They lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan,
EFFUB]
THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN THOMAS AND KATE GANAWERE:
9(10)71. Benjamin
Thomas d.
young
9(10)72. Mary
Thomas d.
young
9(12)1 RACHEL
McCARTY, first child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born in Hummelstown,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 15 Aug 1809; married ______ Hull. They lived
in Findlay, Ohio. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF RACHEL McCARTY AND ______ HULL:
9(12)11. Walton Hull
9(12)12. Edwin
Hull
9(12)13. Herbert
Hurlburt Hull d. after 1925
9(12)2 THOMAS
WESTON McCARTY, second child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born 11 Aug 1810.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(12)3 OLIVER C.
McCARTY, third child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born 29 Dec 1811, died 14
Sep 1896; married Eleanor Pancoast. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF OLIVER C. McCARTY AND ELEANOR PANCOAST:
9(12)31. Joseph
Paxton McCarty
9(12)32. James
Walton McCarty
9(12)33. Martha
Lewis McCarty
9(12)34. Mary L.
McCarty
9(12)4 JAMES W.
McCARTY, fourth child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born 29 Dec 1811.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(12)5 MARTHA
McCARTY, fifth child of Job McCarty and
Jane Paxton; married Hiram Wellman. There were no children.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(12)6 JOSEPH
PAXTON McCARTY, sixth child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born 27 Jul 1815,
died 31 Jul 1870; married, 14 Nov 1850, Mary Elizabeth Westlake. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH PAXTON McCARTY AND MARY ELIZABETH
WESTLAKE:
9(12)61. George
Harsh McCarty b. 28 Feb 1852
9(12)62. Jennie
Watson McCarty b. 4 Dec 1856
d.
30 Jul 1866
9(12)63. Martha
Louise McCarty b. 3 Sep 1858
9(12)7 MARY ANN
McCARTY, seventh child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton; married Dr. Joseph
Watson. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF MARY ANN McCARTY AND DR. JOSEPH WATSON:
9(12)71. Jane
Watson d.
before 1902
9(12)72. Mark
Walton Watson
9(12)8 SARAH E.
McCARTY, eighth child of Job McCarty and Jane Paxton, born 2 May 1818; married
George Mettarsh. There were no children. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(14)1 CHARLES
McCARTY, first child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 15 Aug 1806,
died in Ohio. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
9(14)2 SARAH
McCARTY, second child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 31 Mar 1808, died 1888; married ______
Harvey. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF SARAH McCARTY AND ______ HARVEY:
9(14)21. Nathan
Harvey
9(14)22. Richard
Harvey
9(14)3 HENRY
McCARTY, third child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 4 Feb 1810, died at New Waterford, Ohio;
married. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF HENRY McCARTY AND HIS WIFE:
9(14)31. Thomas
J. McCarty
9(14)32.
Elizabeth McCarty
9(14)33. Andrew
J. McCarty
9(14)34. Charles
McCarty
9(14)35. Henry L.
McCarty
9(14)36. Belle
McCarty
9(14)4 ANN
CATHARINE McCARTY, fourth child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 15
Dec 1812, died 1888; married _______Harvey.
They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. One child was living near
Weimar, Texas in 1902. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(14)5 JOHN
McCARTY, fifth child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 16 Apr 1814. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(14)6 ALFRED
McCARTY, sixth child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 3 May 1816, died in Logansport, Indiana, 23
Mar 1897; married Agnes Mabon, child of George and Ann Mabon, born 6 Dec 1824,
died in Logansport, Indiana,18 Mar 1896.
Both of Ann's parents were natives of Scotland. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ALFRED McCARTY AND AGNES MABON:
9(14)61. George
Mabon McCarty
9(14)62. Katharine
Margaret McCarty
9(14)63. Orin
Philip McCarty
9(14)64. Charles
Harris McCarty d. before 1902
9(14)65. Jeanette
McCarty
9(14)7 MARY
McCARTY, seventh child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 16 May
1818; married 1. J.M. Caller; married 2nd. S.P. Hargrove, died 1863.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF MARY McCARTY AND J.M. CALLER:
9(14)71. Harrison
Caller
9(14)72.
daughter d. 1872
9(14)8 THOMAS
McCARTY, eighth child of Benjamin McCarty and Elizabeth Lebs, born 7 Nov
1820. [Carrell/Dungan]
9(15)1 ELIZA
McMICHAEL, first child of Martha McCarty and David McMichael, born 15 Mar 1809,
died in Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 20 Dec 1897; married 1. 4 Mar
1830, Nathan Bewley; married 2nd
. 24 Jul 1848, Dr. Charles F. Lott, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, died in
Quakertown, 8 Jul 1866.
Dr. Lott was educated at Princeton and
was a graduate of the Philadelphia Medical College. He was Surgeon to a New Jersey
Regiment during the War of 1812-14. He was made a charter member of St. John's
Commandry No.4, Knights Templar, 10 Jun 1819. He lived and practiced medicine
first in Pemberton, New Jersey. In 1835 he moved to Trenton, New Jersey. We are
also told that Dr. Lott was a wholesale druggist in St.Louis, Missouri for
several years, then moved to Philadelphia. In 1849 he moved to Quakertown where
he remained for the rest of his life. Eliza was Dr. Lott's second wife; he was
married first to Edith Newbold Lamb, of Burlington County, New Jersey.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ELIZA McMICHAEL AND NATHAN BEWLEY:
9(15)11. Angelina
Bewley
9(15)12. Phebe R.
Bewley
THE CHILDREN OF
ELIZA McMICHAEL AND DR. CHARLES F. LOTT:
9(15)13. Annie
Lott b. 29 Mar 1852
9(15)2 JANE
McMICHAEL, second child of Martha McCarty and David McMichael, died 13 Aug
1898; married 1. James Thompson; married 2. Benjamin Vandegrift. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JANE McMICHAEL AND JAMES THOMPSON:
9(15)21.
Elizabeth Thompson
9(15)22. John
Thompson
9(15)23. James A.
Thompson
9(15)24. Martha
Thompson
9(15)3 MARMADUKE
McMICHAEL, third child of Martha McCarty and David McMichael, died young. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(15)4 ALEXANDER
McMICHAEL, fourth child of Martha McCarty and David McMichael. He married and
moved to the West where he had seven sons.
[Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
9(15)5 PHEBE ANN
McMICHAEL, fifth child of Martha McCarty and David McMichael, born 4 Jun 1816,
died 21 Mar 1895; married 15 Nov 1832, Reverend Thomas Dimm, a minister of the
Free Will Baptist Church, born 2 Mar 1810, died 10 Jul 1886. Rev. Dimm received his license to preach in
1841. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF PHEBE ANN McMICHAEL AND REV. THOMAS DIMM:
9(15)51. Martha
Jane Dimm b. 1 Oct 1833
9(15)52. Mary
Belle Dimm b. 10
Mar 1836
d. 27 Dec
1872
9(15)53. Philip
Dimm b. 4 Jan
1838
d. 8 Jan
1838
9(15)54.
Ferdinand A. Dimm b. 8 Mar 1839
d. 27
Jun 1864
9(15)55. Lydia A.
Dimm b. 28 Aug 1841
d. 12 Sep
1842
9(15)56.
Patterson Dimm b.
28 Jul 1844
d. 26 Aug
1845
9(15)57. Rhodilla
Minerva Dimm b.
25 Aug 1846
9(15)58. Rosetta
Dimm b. 18 Dec 1848
d. 2 Mar 1901
9(15)59. Benjamin
F. Dimm b. 24 May 1851
9(15)5(10). Charles
A. Dimm b. 21 Jan 1853
9(15)5(11). George
C. Dimm b. 7 Feb 1855
9(15)5(12). William
W. Dimm b. 13 Jul 1857
9(16)1 MARIA
McCARTY, child of David Lancaster McCarty and Margaret Goldy; married John
Haney. They moved to New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
9(16)2 WILLIAM C.
McCARTY, first child of David Lancaster McCarty and Mary Campbell, born in
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 29 Mar 1817; married 27 Nov 1862, Margaret James,
daughter of Thomas James, born 5 Oct 1838.
William became a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church in 1843. In 1902, they were living in Conotton,
Ohio. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
WILLIAM C. McCARTY AND MARGARET JAMES:
9(16)21. Eva May
McCarty b. 14 Sep 1864
9(16)22. Batelle
McCarty b. 4 Apr 1867
9(16)23. Wesley
James McCarty b. 30 Nov 1869
9(16)3 GEORGE
McCARTY, second child of David Lancaster McCarty and Mary Campbell, died unmarried. [Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
9(16)4 ROBERT
McCARTY, third child of David Lancaster McCarty and Mary Campbell; married
Elizabeth Teeter. They lived in Sheridansville, Pennsylvania. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
ROBERT McCARTY AND ELIZABETH TEETER:
9(16)41. Laura
McCarty
9(16)42. Robert
McCarty
9(16)43. Vincent
McCarty
9(16)44. George
McCarty
9(16)5 JAMES L.
McCARTY, fourth child of David Lancaster McCarty and Mary Campbell, born Apr
1818; married Mary Barrick. [Sources:
Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF JAMES L. McCARTY AND MARY BARRICK:
9(16)51. David
Lancaster McCarty d. in the
Army
9(16)52. Thomas
T. McCarty b. 12 Jan
1843
9(16)53. Susan
McCarty b. 1844
9(16)54. Martha
McCarty b. 1846
9(16)55. John
McCarty b. 1853
9(16)56. Andrew
W. McCarty b. Oct 1855
9(17)1 MARTIN
McCARTY, first child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born 10 Oct 1818, died,
Pittston, Pennsylvania, 25 Sep 1860; married Harriet Maury.
[Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF MARTIN McCARTY AND HARRIET MAURY:
9(17)11. John
Jesse McCarty d. before 1902
9(17)12. Richard
McCarty
9(17)13. Martin
R. McCarty
9(17)14. William
McCarty
9(17)15. Fanny
McCarty
9(17)2 WILLIAM
McCARTY, second child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born Aug 1821, died 9
Jan 1832. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
9(17)3 JOHN
McCARTY, third child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born 19 Oct 1824, died 9
Mar 1847. [Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
9(17)4 DAVID BOON
McCARTY, fourth child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born near Dauphin,
Pennsylvania, 12 Aug 1826, died 10 May 1857; married Margaret Crouse.
[Sources: Lancaster,
Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF
DAVID BOON McCARTY AND MARGARET CROUSE:
9(17)41. A
son d.
young
9(17)42. Harry C.
McCarty
9(17)5 ANN ISABEL
McCARTY, fifth child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born near Dauphin,
Pennsylvania, 17 Apr 1828, died 17 Jan 1865; married Isaac Milliken.
[Sources: Lancaster, Carrell/Dungan]
THE CHILDREN OF ANN ISABEL McCARTY AND ISAAC MILLIKEN:
9(17)51.
Catharine Milliken
9(17)52. Joan
Milliken d.
before 1925
9(17)53. Martha
Milliken
9(17)54. Lucy
Milliken
9(17)55. Sarah
Milliken
9(17)56. Iola
Milliken
9(17)57. Isaac
Milliken
9(17)6 JESSE
McCARTY, sixth child of Jesse McCarty and Mary Walker, born near Dauphin,
Pennsylvania, 2 Aug 1830; married ______ Novinger.
