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ro~tcn otiginnteb in tne lttt jmptrial@;itu of lntrobnctoru. URING the life of my father CHRISTIAN MAYER, of Baltimore, many D Chronicles and Family Papers were sent to him by his father, from Ulm, in Wiirtemberg, and carefully preserved by him until his death. Since that time I have added largely to this stock by correspondence with the vari ous branches of our family in Germany and America; and, being urged by several kinsmen, I determined to draw up from these materials, as complete a Genealogical Memoir as I could compile. I have been kindly assisted iu the labor of gathering names and dates from the several alliances of the Mayers in, I may truly say, all parts of the globe,-for our kindred are scattered not only over America and Europe, but have wandered to Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, and the distant Ceylon. Ou ibis Continent, they are dispersed from Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas,-and from Maryland to California. I have thus reunited to the parent stocks of the Mayers of Pennsylvania and Maryland, the offshoots that went, after the War of Independence, partly to South Carolina; and partly with the "loyalist emigration," to Nova Scotia and Great Britain. I think it will be admitted that, by the kind aid of cousins in all these quarters, I have been singularly successful in obtaining such large and complete lists of consanguinities and dates. It is probable that my quest has often been annoying to kindred who were addressed for information. Many were indifferent; some perhaps suspicious; others may have considered my pursuit frivolous. But such is the common luck of all genealogical hunters, and if I have not always escaped curtness, I have borne the brunt of delay or evasion with patience until I ultimately compelled compliance. I am glad to say that my rebuffs were comparatively very few, and that I ha.ve, indeed, to be thankful for the almost universal and kindly a.id, promptly given even in excess of demands. Dates-which. are the essential life-blood of true geneal ogy,-for it must be valueless without the chronological milestones that mark the lives of families,-! commonly found to be the betes noires of the pursuit, and especially disgusting to "persons of that certain age-whieh is the most uncertain of them all." 2 6 INTRODUCTORY. None of our lineage have been intentionally omitted. I have taken pains to discover and mention those persons whose fortunes or misfortunes have made their tracks most obscure. In our Country, where the family-law may be said_ to be centrifugal,-dispersing rather than coucentrating,-it is hardly to be counted on that domestic records would be kept and transmitted by a race enduring in America over a century and a quart.er. Indeed, it is quit.e remarkable that the two main-trunks of the Mayer-Family-in Baltimore and Lancaster-have during so many years flourished where they first took root; nor is it insignificant of character that they have so long abided satisfactorily to themselves and their fellow-citizens in the places where their sires and grandsires were bom. We know our lineal Ancestry in the male and female lines from 1495. The trace of very few has been Iost-labentilms amii.s. The Chronicles of the last three hundred and eighty-three years show that the Ulmer-Mayers, in the father-land, have usually belonged to the industrious Biirgerscltaft or citizen class of that" Free Imperial Gity"-as it was alwa;rs called from its indepen dent character and jurisdiction. In the XVth and XVIth centuries, some of the Wtirt.emberg Mayers served the German Emperors and Spanish Kings as soldiers, and especially in wars against the Turks. For military merit and services they were honored by their so,·ereign in 15i0,-with the heraldic arms which have descended to us and helped to trace kindred. After the middle ages our ancestors seem not to have concerned themselves wit.Ji soldiership; for their occupations,-as I suppose their tastes to have been,-were peaceful. They made themselves noteworthy among their townsmen not only by industry and cleverness in their callings, but by education. As far back as our records or legends run, the Mayers were always well taught people.-They were brought up to work, thrift, and independence; and given all the advantages of teaching and tmvel within their parents' means. This genealogical research has beeu made less with the hope of tracking onr family backward through tbe ages, to a Noble or Patrician Origiu in Suabia, than with the desire to sbow to those who shall come after us a level pedigree of honest, educated folk, who, without foolishly boasting iu a Republic the "blueness of their blood," can take a rank-from their uniform, houorable respectability-which is above the power of Royal bestowal. Since the middle of the XVIIIth Century the Ulmer-Mayers and their alli ances by marriage, in the great majority of cases, have been occupied either with commerce and finance, or engaged jn learned calliugs as engineers, authors, lawyers, or professors; while some have served their Cities, States, or the Nation, in civil or m.ilitary positions of trust and honor. Some have been mechanics; very few clergymen or physicians; and uone, I am glad to say, "professional politicians." It is to be observed with pleasure, as indi cative of genial character, that friendly intercourse has existed generally INTRODUCTORY. 7 between all tlte branches of our very large connection; resulting, in a few cases, in intermarriage. Though we had not only the "House of Baltimore," but the "Houses of York and Lancaster," we have had "no War of the Roses;" and I mention it as an honorable trait which should always be held in remembrance, that in nearly four centuries of recorded history no member of the family in Europe or .America has been known to cast a disgraceful shadow on the name. I thank the kindred cordially who have contributed in the preparation of this work, by tracing, setting down, and sending to me complete accounts of their families and alliances. My gratitude is due to my nephews Lewis and Frank Mayer of Baltimore; to my cousins Keim, Franklin and Dieltl of Penn sylvania; to Mr. R. Thomson, of Beaufort, S. C.; Mrs. Anna E. Mayer of Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Kearney and Mrs. Grant of Halifax, Nova Scotia, for their fruitful quest in England and America; and especially to my kinsman Andrew Jackson Steinman, of Lancaster, Pa., for his long, untiring and pro ductive researches. In conclusion, I must express my obligations to others, outside of my family, who took pains to discover for me traces of kindred whose footsteps had become dim on the ''sands of time;" and, in this class, to none do I more cordially offer them than to Wm. Gral·son Mann, Esq., of Savannah, who was instrumental in re-introducing me to numbers of my cousins in Georgia, Florida and Texas;-and to Professor F. A. Porcher and \Vm. G. Whilden, Esq., of Charleston, who so effectually helped me to recover the remnants of our kindred in South Carolina. Since this manuscript was completed, the condition of my sight has com pelled me to refrain from overlooking its passage through the Press. This task has been generously assumed by my nephew Lewis Mayer, Counselor at Law, whose familiarity with the task, in publication of his own works, will insure even greater accuracy than I could have promised by my own super vision. BRANTZ MA YER. BALTIMORE, 1st September, 1878. T is usual to address a few words to the reader about the scheme on whi-Oh I such a work has been put together, so as to make it easily referred to and understood. My system is the simplest, being that of the human growth of a family from a single pair. I begin with a sket:ch of the European genealogy of the MAYERS from 1495, the birth-date of a common ancestor for all of us. I show the branching of the family in Ulm into two stocks,-in the year 1681 in which GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, ancest.or of the emigrants to America of 1752, was born; and, in the year 1684, in which GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW'S hrother, MARCUS MA YER, ancest.or of the emigrant of 1784, came into the world. These two brothers, accordingly, are the respective common ancestors of these separate emigrations from Germany; and, taking them as starting points, I have set down their issue in chronological order, grouping each family, its intermarriages, descents, births, deaths, and hist.ory, in regular sequence, through all generations to the present date. Thus, my memoir is a descriptive Family-Tree, with trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, and-I hope-a few flowers as well as fruit ;-proceeding in the regular order of Nature,-free from the references and cross-references by letters, figures, signs, or symbols, which, in my judgment, complicate rather than clear a family history. And so, keeping Nature in mind, while paying strict attention t.o the family and its consanguinities, which he is considering, the reader-aided by a copious index,-will not fail to learn accurately the genealogy of any particu lar person, or, to get a satisfa-0tory idea of the whole race of the Mayers and of their alliances. lllm. HE Suevi, or "wanderers," were the parent stock of the Suabi~ns whose T land is contained in the modern Kingdom of Wiirtemberg. Within that kingdom, on the border that separates it from modern Bava ria, and on the left bank of the river Danube, stands the old "Free Imperial City of ULM," the birth-place of our forefathers. Their American descendants generally, may know very little about it; yet we have a right to be proud of our Suabian ancestry, for it was a free, brave r!M',e, It dwelt in that part of "Germania Magna" which the Romans failed to subdue, and on which they made little impression until they crept along the Rhine and Danube, founding frontier colonies of soldiers, building towns, pushing trade, and using the arts of Italian civilization to make Germany useful to their Empire. The genf\ral gain of the Romans in their wars with the Teutonic tribes was the control of a large territory west of the Rhine and south of the Dan ube. The great roads they built for permanent intercourse across the Alps and through Gaul, ended at the Rhine and Danube. In time, the persevering Latin worked his way in quest of traffic, still further up and across the conti nent, until bis mercantile caravans reached the North Sea and the Baltic. But this transit was as trader not as master. War kept the races apart, while thrift brought them together. All writers tell the same story. Julius Cmsar's intercourse was most direct with the Suevi or Suabians, whom be extols for their manhood, industry, hospitality, war-like endurance, and purity of morals. Tacitus is more elaborate in his eulogimn than the conciRe Julius; but all agree in admiration of the people they called "barbari," but whose barbarism consisted in that force of resistance and love of race-independence which are still conspicuous in Germans. There is no real contradiction between the German's combativeness and his love of pe3(Jeful followings. He is fond of property but values and culti vates a power that can protect it. The love of tribal as well as personal inde pendence, is indicative of force rationally employed, rather than of an over- 10 ULM. mastering passion for war. To use a common phrase of our times, the Ger mans wanted the Romans "to let them alone,'' quite as much as they wanted the modern Gauls to exercise the same abstinence in 1870. Yet, combat.ive ness gave that characteristic strength to the Teutonic people which enabled them at first to resist, and at last, to overrun the greatest empire of the ancient world. For many ages, in Suevian story, land was held in community, but as nomadic traits faded, rights of individual property were conceded, and per sonal inequalities followed. As centuries rolled by, the feudal system and mili tary necessities in a warlike people, produced ranks among men, and govern ing classes. Hating control, they yet loved order: loving order, they clipped individual independence to protect it. From the Romans on their borders they learned the buildiug of towns; the mysteries of trade and its advantages over savage barter; the use of coin and exchange ; the manufacture and value of raw materials; the dawning idea of luxury; the civilization and strength of municipalities. In the seventh century, paganism gave way. By severe discipline and. mastery of conscience the Church became a consolidating, and in some degree, an educating power; so grew up wealth, territorial rights, innumerable Dukedoms, protective leagues, and finally the German· Empire, out of the wreck of the Roman. As riches bred luxury, wars of rivalry and robbery became common among the princes aud nobles, who harassed elWh othe1Ji,; lands and attacked flonrii,;biug cities. There were ages of inccsi,;aut fer ment and freebooting; hut, meauwbile, the strong will and common i,;ense of the Teuton, like a great balance wheel of the race, kept the merchant and tbe maker stca 1 In my own numismatic collection I have coins, &c. which were gathered by my ancestors in Ulm, with legends on some of them as follows ;-viz: •MO: NO: ARGEN: REIPUB: VLMENSIS• 1546, (with the City's Armorial Shield:)-"New silver money of the Republic of Ulm, 1546." Again: •.MONETA: ARGENT: REIP: VLMENSIS• 1704, • Domine Da Pace Nobis.-" Silver money of the Republic of Ulm, 1704: God grant ua Peace." Again: NVMVS: MEMORIALIS SEN AT: REIP: VLMENSIS ACCIDIDCXXI. XVI. VII BR. A memorial piece struck by the Senate of the Republic of Ulm, a.t the consecration of the Found ing of the Church of the Holy Trinity. 12 ULM. merce. "Armed mercenaries were hired to guard traveling merchants, while the citizens themselves, of all classes, were trained to arms, accustomed to their use, and ready for battle." Great fairs were held yearly, and their attendance was protected by soldiers, skilfully drilled and thoroughly equipped. The Cities often acquired possession of distant castles that dominated their great roads, and maintained troops in these strongholds to guard caravans and travelers.. Our parent-nest of Ulm was one of these great Municipalities, prosperous with trade and various thrift. In the middle of the sixteenth century, MEL CHIOR, our ANCESTOR, was the STADTHAUPTMANN, or military chief of this "Free Imperial City," and signalized himself in its contentions. There were over fifty thousand citizens within its walls, besides forty thonsand Pfahl biirger in its suburbs. With ninety thousand Suabians under its orders, it was powerful in numbers, and trade bad made it notorioU!; for wealth. SYLVIUS 1ENJEAS, the second pope who assumed the name of Prns, knew the German Cities from personal observation and described the spleudor with which they had grown up under Episcopal fostering. "SUABIAN ULM," he says, "is supreme in municipal beauty. • • • • No nation in Europe has cleaner or more agreeable Cities than Germany: they are as fresh as if built yesfurday. They pile up wealt11, silver vessels are used at every meal for drink; every burgher's wife has golden ornaments; the citizens are soldiers, and each one has an armory in his house. The boys learn to ride before they talk, and sit firmly in their saddles while their horses career at the top of their speed. Grown up men wear steel armor as comfortably as if it were cloth. He who sees the military magazines of Germans, will laugh at the stores of armor of other nations. And surely,"--concludes this Italian, " you Germans might still be lords of the world, as you once were, b1tt for your many masters, which is the fault that all wise men have found with you." A fault which Prince Bismarck is trying to correct in the XIXth century. ULM bad been a walled city since the yeai:.1300, and Frederick III put it in the rank of "Free Imperial Cities." It was third in rank of cities of the "Circle of Suabia," at the Diet; and second in rank in the .Assemblies of the "Circle." It had been destroyed in wars, but the people rebuilt it quickly. It was not only a fair Danubian City at the foot of Suabian Alps, but, as we have seen, was that most important of a country's commercial elements-an absolute head of inland navigation betwixt the west of Germany and the distant oriental shores of the Black Sea. The Iller and the Blau united with the Danube at mm. Its geographical position was both valuable and danger ous; for, in the German wars, it learned to it.s grief that it was not only a local fortress, but an important military point in the rival strategy of nations. Hence the early warlike culture and vigilance of Ulmers. In those days the old Germans brought up their children with stern discipline. This ha.bit has ULM. 13 not be,en altogether abandoned by modem Teutons. Both sexes were taught the va.lue of obedience to the experienced. Freedom did not mean "fast." As soon as books began to be printe,d they found their way into Ulmer house holds. The Bible was reverentially fascinating to all who could get it. The book-printer, book-binder, and book-dealer were powers among the people, aud the craft was highly honorable. Folk learned to read, and discipline made them think aud apply their thoughts. With independent natures they soon strove to understand and interpret the Bible for themselves. So Ger many soon ripened into Luther. The Ulm of that age, judging from old pictures, was a rich, middle age Uity;-a picturesque assemblage of Architectures,-with deep-windowed em l.1rasnres; tall, peaked gables fronting the streets; low, leaden-latticed case ments with fanciful panes and projecting stories. Frescos covered their inner and often their outer walls. There were carnd fountains; a stout bridge crosse 3 14 ULM. Printing, wood-engraving, book-binding, book-selling, wine-selling, woolen and linen trades, and the making· of arm8 and armor, flourished. Few were unfamiliar with the expert use of weapons. Ulm was specia11y rich in some sorts of art, particularly in carving of figures and foliage in wood. Her "stainers of glass" were unmatched in design, and in the brilliance of trans parent colors. Her literary men and poets were of acknowledged skill. Her numerous guilds, early constituted, raised and perfect:ed the craftsmen they protected. These well governed, well regulated, dignified companies guarded Mechanics by the power of organized right, and uot by the spasmodic violence of ''strikes." Ulm was a center of Italian trade and East Indian traffic in stuffs and spices through Venice and the Adriatic ;-also, of the trade in North-German raw materials and fabrics. \Vhenever war intermitt('d, the exchange of commodities, north, south, east and west, made Ulm a busy mart. Her wine trade was extensive, though Ulmer wines of the middle ages got more zest from a skilful use of flavoring spices than from the richness of natfre grapes. In all classes of society there was a marked blending of strength a,)}(l taste; of devotion to substance softened by a love of the beauti ful. And tlnu:; things went on prosperously in Ulm, until, iusidionR luxury produced its inevitable results; though it was not until Vasco de Gama went round the Cape, that the course of wealth-yielding trade was finally turned, giving the maritime nations of the north supremacy ornr inlalHl peoples. I shall go no further in describing the varying fortunes of Ulm. Few geographical sites can maintain their advantages and destinies against latter day im·entions. In 1871, Ulm counted about 27,000 iuhahitants, and if the census was correct the numbers had been doubled in nineteen years; for in 1852, it was reported that the city had but few over 14,000 citizens. Both of these numbers are, it will be remembered, far below the census in the middle ages. Wars, change of trade and industries, and the drain of emigration, together with modern improvements in transportation and the opening of new channels of commerce, must account for the extraordinary depletion. In 1704, Ulm was sorely besieged after the battle of Blenheim. In 1800, it was the theatre of Moreau's military manamvres; and, fi,·e years afterwards, Mack the Austrian general, surrendered at its gates, thirty thousand of his Emperor's soldiers to Napoleon the First. For a long time it was lethargic. When the great European powers distributed nations, provinces, and cities as they pleased, the fate of war gave Ulm to Bavaria in 1803. But, seven years afterwards, by a new deal of the political cards, it was re-allott:ed to Wiirtemberg. New-Ulm, on the south bank of the Danube, remained the property of Bavaria, though practically united to old Ulm by the superb bridge built in 1829-1832, which bears the joint name of the Bavarian and V~' urtern berg Sovereigns of that period. ULM. 15 Railways now run to Ulm anu through it, north, south, eastwardly a,nd westwardly, for it lit>s on a great line still of European intercourse. Who can say whether the modern Suez-Canal, and steam navigation through it to India, may not, in time, restore some of the old chaunels of commerce, and make illm1 still at the head of Danube navigation, once more a great distrilmt ing point for Central Germany T Ulm is in a temperate region, the thermometer rarely rising aborn 65°, Fahrenheit, in summer, or going below 29° in winter. It has already a largely revived trade. It possesses extensive bui11ling-docks on the Danube, for rail ¥'a,ys have not yet destroyed river navigation. The three great Ulmer luxuries of lVeissbrod, asparagus, and snails, are still craved for by European epicures, for no less than four millions of these crawling mollusks, fattened in the fields of Ulm, were, iu former times, yearly exported to satisfy thti gourmands of France, and Italy! Ulm, as it was iu the middle ages, is yet devoted to poetry and song. Smlbia furnished the language of the .lfinnelieder, and the old city was always the headquarters of the ,lfeistersangers. :Music has ever been the favorite recrtiation of Ulmers. The last of the Society of the Meistersangers, an old man of eighty _years, still dwelt in Ulm in 1876, and was survivor of the relict of that feeble hand, which in 1839, handed over its banner, pictures, school books, and song· books, to the Liederkranz of the city. Ulm is as careful of the education of her children as she was i11 the past. It haij all the modern appliances of a great, -J.irogressi,'e city, for its cultivated people a1lvance on the general level of the age. But the physiognomy of the old tQwu is permanent and cannot lJe changed except by demolition. Its quaint, picturesque architecture; the old fashioned dresses of its plelJeian dasseij who gather in the l\Iarktplatz; its carved fountains where the women stop to gm1sip; its Palace of the Teutonic Knights; its Rathhaus,- with old frescos a,IJ(l rich car\"ings; and its grand domirutting Cathedral spire, gives it that air and aspect of the middle ages which ma The Whit.es and the Blacks, the Carpenters and the Smiths, the Butchers, the Bakers, the Taylors and the Shoemakers, may easi1y guess backwards to their several ancestral outcomes; but the Mayers can only Slll'mise that their Original MAJOR was some human comparative degree, who was either more stalwart in body or brighter in brain than somebody else; and so, we may conclude in Latin,-and worse puns have been made in it,-that this record of Olll' lineage is very properly written IN MEMORIAM MAJORUM. GENEALOGY OF THE MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIAN FAMILIES OF fflaycr, WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE FREE Il\lPERIAL CITY OF Nlnt, llliirtemberg. HE earliest aneestors of the Ulmer-)la_yers in America, established them T selYes in Pem1Ryh'ania aml )Jaryland. The first of the immigrants landed with his wifo, two sons alHl two daugl1ters, together with a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law, at Annapolis, the seat of government of the Province of Maryland, in the spring of l7;j2, From Annapolis they proceeded immediately to Frederick-Town, or ":~fonocacy-Station" a,'I it was then called, in the \'Vest ern part of tl1e Prm·ince; and the father of the family dying there in the autumn of the same ~-ear, the chil«lren gradually removed to Pennsylvania. From this ir11m1gration sprang the families of York and Lancaster, Pennsyl ,·ania, of South Carolina, of Georgia, and of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as will be seen in detail in a subsequent part of tliis work. The second of the immigrants, cousin •of the preceding, came to this coun try thirty-two years afterwarrls, in 1784, immediately after the peace with Great Britain, at the end of the War of Independence. This person was my father, Christian )layer, then a bachelor, who landed at Baltimore, Maryland, married in 1785, and became founder of the Baltimore family. Our information about our ancestry, from the end of the XVth century, is taken by me from an authenticated Chronicle and from a Family-Tree, care fully prepared in Ulm, about the year 1786 and sent by my grandfather, Jo hannes Mayer, to his son in America. 20 MELCHIOR MA YER. 1495-1550. In this Chronik und Stammbaum, it is written that our first recognized ancestor was MELCHIOR MAYER, born in the Free Imperial City of Ulm, in the Suabian League, in the year H95. In consequence of his worth and valor he was made STAD'fHAUPTMANN of the city,--a military dignity equivalent to City Captain, who, in those daJ·R commande1l the municipal soldiery, under the control of a Council of twenty-one Patricians and twenty Btirger. This is alRO shown by the records of t.11e City of Ulm, which say that "at five o'clock of the afternoon of the 25th ,July, 1550,-being Saint James's Day,-1\IELCHIOR MA YER sallied forth from Ulm, in his official capacity, with a force of fifty armed men, and marched to attack the Count of Helfenstein in his neighboring castle. The strnggle between the citizens and the Graf seems to have been short, for 'the pea<>,e of tl1e Empire' was commanded hy the Emperor Charles V, who happened to be, on the 31st of July, 1550, at the Diet of Augsburg." This, doubtless, was one of those feudal raids that were hy 110 means unusual in the valley of the Danube during the middle ages, iu whieh the nohles harassed each other and the neighboring towns, despoiling- the territory or laying it nuder contribution. In the XVlth centur_y, not many miles from Ulm, still stood a remaining family-chateau of these Counts of Helfenstein, who figure so largely in the City's history, and against one of whom our ancestor MELCHIOR went forth with his soldiers 011 the Saint ,James's day of 1550. The Helfensteins were of a brave st 1 The reader who wants a graphic description of life in Ulm and its surrounding country at this period should read the exquisite story published a few years ago-entitled "The Dove in the Eagle's nest," written by C. M. Yonge; also "Lichtenstein," by Wilhelm Hauff'. WAR WITH THE HF,LFENSTEINS. 21 The Helfensteins, however, managed to retain some of their possessions until 1627; and the city of mm would have owned the whole of their Earldom, had it not been for the interference of powerful chieftains, who, throughout Germany, looked with jealousy on the rising strength and independent spirit of the" Free Cities." Indeed, the tenure which Ulm had already acquired, was not without frequent vexatious interruptions, until the Emperor and Elec tors settled unequivocally the city's rights to hoth territory and jurisdiction. Maximilian decreed that-" no matter who contended with the Free City of Ulm touching its acquired sovereignty, or, on whatever ground such conf.ention might be made,-the municipality should not be obliged to answer the plaint but must rest securely on its confirmed privileges." Now, among the actual acquisitions of Ulm from the Helfensteins, was the " Veste-Helfenstein," their former lordly chateau. It consisted, indeed, of two castles,-an upper, called " Darlis," which was the real fortress, and a lower stronghold which was the habitation of the castellan. The walls were thick, with tall towers and bastions;-there were four gates, a deep ditch, and three drawbridges. In 1552,-when this fallen stronghold of the Earls had long been the property of Ulm,-the Margrave Albert Alcibiades of Brandenberg be leaguered it in one of his rairls, and mastering the defendi>rs, occupied it with insurrectionary forces. Ulm, of course, could not tolerate the seizure. On the 5th of Angust,-"on the Thursday before the Festival of San Lorenzo," which happens on the 10th of the same month, Ulm again sent forth her soldiery under Sebastian Besserer, Biirgermeister of the city, with a strong force of artillery, and reconquered the Veste-Helfenstein from the Margrave. The Bilrgermeister Besserer is described by the chronicles, a8 having "a true 1,anzknecht's heart;'' but his city troops were augmented, to the number of seventeen hundred, by Imperial soldiers under the command of Conrad Von Bemmelberg. The Ulmers had waxed strong and influential in the Bmpire, and were tired of these conflicts and defences ; and as the legend. rnns,-not long after this time, the Veste-Helfenstein was dismantled and demolished, until, in our day, but few relics are found marking the site of this bitter warfare. The Helfensteins seem to have made themselves special objects of popular hatred. In the rising of the peasantry in Suahia and Franconia in 1525, when the undisciplined hosts got headway, they practiced great cruelties. They burned and plundered monasteries and convents; and it is related that they seized "a Count of Helfenstein at W einsberg, with many nobles, and drove them along a narrow path, betwixt two files of lancers, who pricked and stabbed them with their spears until they were dead." In further illustration of those times, it appears to me not inopportune or intrusive to sketch the events which brought Albert Alcibiades, the Mar grave of Brandenberg to the gates of Ulm in this battle of this year of 1552; 4 MAURICE OF SAXONY AND in fact it was a war promoted not only by political ambition but by the a. In March of this year1 1552, Maurice advanced against Charles V con jointly with the famous warrior, to whom I have already alluded,-Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg, a recognized leader among the brave adventurers of Germany. They swept down on Southern Germany. In April they were at the gates of Ulm; but, no matter what popular opinion might be in that ~unicipality as to liberty or religion, the strategic value of Ulm was too important to Charles to allow it to fall a pre.v to the assailants. Imperial troops, therefort', watched it, and the veteran Von Bemmelberg, who had served bravely in Italian wars and been present at the siege of Rome, was put in command. In April, the insurgents not only summoned Ulm but found the Tyrol unguarded, and were on the brink of capturing Charles himself who was ill with gout at Innspriick. Three hostile camps beleaguered the fortified city of Ulm on the 11th of April, 1552. On the 12th a trumpet demanded submission and was refused. Then began the desperate system of warfare common in that age, and not uncommon even in ours. The suburbs were laid waste; chateaus destroyed; villages and farms burnt; churches pillaged; and the Veste-Helfenstein, as I have already described, seized and held until the following August. Yet the city of Ulm itself escaped. Its strong fortifications and the courage and skill of its defenders, held the leaguers at bay, until, after a week's time, the princes raised the siege, convinced that the place could not be taken without too long a delay and a large increase of assailing forces. Our ancestor Melchior, the Hauptmann, doubtless was not absent from his city guard and military duties on that occasion. But the issue of Mam-ice's war on the Emperor Charles V was of the utmost importance to Ulm a,nd to a.JI Germany's freedom of thought and action. A truce was negotiated in 1552, at Passau, by the Em- ALCIBIADES OF BRANDENBURG. 23 peror's brother Ferdinaml,-then greedy for the Imperial succession. This truce relieved the imprisoned princes and pledged Religious Toleration for the Reformers. Charles, certainly, did uot approve; but his absolute will was no longer law in Germany; so that in 1555, the "Religions Peace of Augsburg" was proclaimed, assuring freedom of faith to the princes and barons of the Empire, and confirming the right to promote the Reformation as they pleased within their own teITitories. In fact, Ulm had been "reformed" already twenty-four years before! This short sketch illustrates the character of the people, and the rough era of thought-struggle, in which we find our first known Ancestor. The mere glimpse we get of him shows an actirn, military burgher, living among live-folk iu stirring times and witnessing great events ;-the invention of printing; the discovery of America; the Lutheran Reformation; the Suabian league; the founding of great free municipalities; the supremacy of Archi tectural skill; the publication of the Bible; the domination of Charles V; an important !liege of Ulm; the dawn of faith's freedom-the precursor of personal liberty. 1550-1570-1636. The immediate descemlants of the STA.DTHAUPTMA.NN MELCHIOR ::HAYER were in the military service of the Emperor of Germany and to them, accord ing to the archives at Vienna, Austria, the heraldic arms borne ever since by our family were granted. The Stadtbibliothek of Ulm, contains the record showing that Lorenz Mayer born in 1554 and who died in 1609-bore these arms and crests. The Herald's office states that the arms were "granted in the year 1570, by the Emperor Maximilian II, then at the Imperial Diet of Speir, to his Mayers, in consideration of their merit and of military services rendered not only to his )Iajesty, but to the Emperors Charles Y; Ferdinand I; and King Philip of Spain,-their imperial and royal highnesses,- armor to be a barren honor. It is perhaps to be regretted that while they were still soldiers of recognized vawr and ability,-brave and successful enough to win heraldic distinction from their Emperor,"-they did not, with German thrift and foresight, manage to obtain and keep some of the property and estates they helped to gain or to defend. Melchior Mayer and Lorenz, and their children were perhaps often in the way when luck was endowing others, but unhappily for their posterity, neither Melchior nor Lorenz, could, like the brave old Earl Warrenne,-who mated with William the Conqueror's daughte.r,-when twitted with lack of "title deeds" to his Manor of Dorking in England, fling down his sword and dagger on the table and exclaim: " fhere they are ! " 1600. HA.NS GORG, or, JOHN GEORGE MAYER, (the first of that name,J was a lineal descendant of the family of Melchior Mayer, the Stadthauptmann. The precise date of his birth at Lauingen, where he was born, has not been recorded; but his wife's name was Anna Maria Kupfer,-a fact derived from the M ii nsrer-Kirche records of Ulm, in 1786, and confirmed by the re-examina tion of the Sacristan of that Cathedral in 1878, for the baptismal certificate of the children of Anna Maria, and John George Mayer, (first of that name,) who was great grandfather of Christopher Bartholomew Mayer, who immi grated to America in 1752, and was founder of the Lancaster Branch;-and great great great grandfather of Christian Mayer, who immigrated to this coun try in 1784, and was founder of the Baltimore Branch of the Mayer family. In this case the Arms grant.ed by the Emperor confirmed the genealogy. The Imperial Apothecary Mayer and his son owned the pharmacy at Segurling; and in 1640 this fnnctionary claim~ as the BORGERMEISTER of LA.UINGEN, a Coat of Arms described as:-"a shield, or, with a diagonal band, sable, and three Jfay-jfmoers; aboye a dosed helmet'; and on it, for crest, an armless l\loor, or, and sable, with three May-flowers." These Arms are not identical with those described already as having been granted in 1570 by the Emperor Maximilian, but having the same heraldic elements they prove the consanguinity and descent. 1636-1703. JOHANN MELCHIOR MAYER-bearing the family name of "Melchior" it will be observed,-was son of Hans Gorg, or John George Mayer (first of that name,) and Anna Maria Kupfer. He was born in Ulm, 11th September, 1636. He was educated at the University of Strasburg, and graduated there, receiv- AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 25 ing the degree of Magister Sanctm Theowgice. As he did not obtain a suitable parish, soon after his admission into holy orders, he became a teacher of youth in Ulm. Prefening a country to a city life he exchanged schools with an instructor at Leipheim who came to Ulm in his stead. JOHN MEL CHIOR was twice married. By his first union there were no children. His second wife, whom he married in Ulm while he was a teacher there,-was Sara Frank, born 24th January, 1651. Her father was John Bartholomew Frank, master-mason and architect, at mm. Her mother's name was Stiev, a lady of excellent family, daughter of Doctor Johannes Stiev, J. U. D., (Juris Utriusque Doctor,) and Law Counselor of the Municipal Government. Her brother Doctor Frank, founded the Medical Library of Ulm. JOHN MEL CHIOR MAYER died 26th April, 1703; and his wife, at Blausingen, where she dwelt with her son George Bartholomew Mayer,-on the 6th of August, 1711. The issue of their marriage were the following: 1st. GEORGE BAR'l'HOLOMEW MAYER, born in ffim, 9th March, 1681, and died 21st October, 1720, he was a clergyman at Blausingen in the Upper-Margravate of Baden-Durlach, and it is recorrled that he was buried at Carlsruhe. The name, or the native place, of his wife is not given; but from him descended, CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MA YER, the first emi grant from mm, of the family, to America, whose descendants are, (1878,) in Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania, in Georgia, Florida, Texas, &c., Nova Scotia, and England,-of whom, herein subsequently. 2nd. ROSINA ELIZABETH MAYER, (.first of that name,)-born at Leipheirn, 20th March, 1682, manied to Mr. Reidlen, a licensed book-printer in Ulm. Her descendants and subsequent history unknown, except that one son lived in Ravensburg. 3rd. MARX or (MARCUS) MAYER, born at Leipheim 18th April, 1684, of whom herein subsequently, as stirps of the Baltimore Branch in the United States of America. With this sketch of the original Suabian trunk of our family, I will proceed to record the genealogy of the branches in the United States of America; in the British Possessions on this continent and elsewhere; and of the remaining few of my father's house still in Ulm. The Mayers were mem bers of the GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, from the earliest records of the family in Wiirtemberg. .!Uaner.- OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND: FIRST, OR EUROPEAN PERIOD OF TH.AT BRANCH. 1684-1783. ARCUS MAYER,---or as he was generally called, Marx Mayer, son of M Johannes 1\Ielchior or John llelchior Mayer,-was born 18th April, 1684, at Leipheim, according to a memorandum in the handwriting of my great grandfather. He died at Ulm on the 21st July, 17 40, at the age of fifty six years,-according to the Family-Tree and Chronicle. He was well edu cated; and, after learning his trade of book-binding and working at it as a journeyman in foreigu countries during eight years, he came back to Ulm to establish himself in business. Book-binders, in most parts of Germany at that time, were also book sellers, the two occupations being commonly united with book-publishing. In the XVIth, XVIIth, and part of the XVIIIth centuries, book-binding was more of an Art tl1an a Craft. Books were very precious then, and the costly trea,mrPs were, we may say, enshrined-in richest bindings. Lovers of books and scholars who study Bibliopegia, are aware of the taste required, and the splendor attained at those epochs in this art. It is not suprising, therefore. to see how far and wide, extended the travels of artist-ntizans to acquire per fection in their mystery. This too was the system pursued by gold and silver sqiiths, who were also exquisite artists; not, indeed, disdaining the homelier task1:1 of their trade, but delighting in the design and execution of works which are still priceless gems in many a royal cabinet. Such tradesmen artists reaped rich re,enues from their work and capital, so that goldsmiths became in fact hankers; and goldsmith's bills were the currency of c-om mercial exchange. 28 MARCUS AND CHRISTIAN MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) When MARCUS MAYER got back to mm from his Wanderjahre, he mar ried 18th August, 1708, his.first wife, Euphrosina, Lanzenberger,-daughter of Christian Lanzenberger, an opulent tradesman of the city,-who was born 11th January, 1684. This wedlock lasted twenty-four years, producing sixt:een children, of whom, Christian Mayer, my great grandfather, was the only sur vivor to maturity. Euphrosina died 8th October, 1732, and Marcus, lier hus band married, secmul, Anna Katharine Ntibling, in 1733, daughter of the Reverend Niibling, a clergyman at Ubekingen. She was born 5th April, 1708, and died 31st January, 1780. By this second marriage there were five children, two of whom survived to maturity, viz: Samuel Mayer who became a book-binder, born 7th October, 1734, and Rosina Elizabeth Mayer, (seconil of that name,) born at Ulm, 19th October, 1735. Hosina Elizabeth, (second of that name,) married twice: first Gottfred Bek, 11th March, 1776. Bek lived at Ulm but was born at Ragensburg on the 10th July, 1746. After his death his widow Rosina Elizabeth married a Mr. Groschop, whose son, the Reverend Groschop became a learned clergyman at Reidheim. Samuel Mayer,-son of Marcus Mayer, by his second marriage, was twice married. We have no account of his ffrst marriage; but his secQnd wife, whom he married 21th October, 1773, was Maria Elizabeth Baur, born 7th July, 1739. The issue of this marriage was FIRST: a daughter, Dorothea Katarina Mayer, born in Ulm, 19th July, 1774, who married on tlie 21st September, 1801, Franz Germann Leibheimer, born at Geislingen, 14th October, 1774; and SECOND, a son, Fred erick David Mayer, born in Ulm also, 3d February, 1782, who married 16th January, 1809, Felicitas Blost, who was born 27th Sept.ember, 1785. We have no further account of either of these offspring of Samuel Mayer or of their descendants, thou~h I believe some exist still in Ulm. 1714-1788. Lea,ing that branch, none of whom are known to have come to America, I will continue the direct lineal genealogy of the descendants of Marcus-or Marx Mayer, whose two marriages as we have seen, had been blessed with no less than twenty-one offspring. My great grandfather, Christian Mayer, (first of name,) was, as already said, the only survivor of the .first marriage. He was born at mm, 18th Sep tember, 1714, and died there on the 5th August, 1788, aged seventy-three y<'.ars. He was a highly respectable citizen of the old "Free Imperial City," was well educated; learned the business of his father; became leader of it in Ulm; and was distinguished by the high civic honor of being elect.ed "PRESI DENT OF THE GUILD" of book-binders. Among artizans of that period this was a mark of great consideration, won only by uncommon worth. A narra- CHRISTIAN MA YER, {FIRST OF NAME,) 29 tive, written by my great grandfather, has come down to us, and illustrates his life and times so well that I insert it for preservation by his de.scendant.s. "The course of life which God has gi'°en unto me,"-he writes,-" is this :-I was born on a Tuesday, betwixt 4 and 5 of the clock, in th·e morning of the 18th of September, Anno Domini 1714. The name-'CHRISTIAN' Wll.8 given to me in holy baptism by my parents, after my grandfather on my mother's side. When I was grown up and erln<>nted my father set me to work binding books, and at the end of my 17th year, I went abroad traveling as a journeyman, to perfect myself in my trade. I went first, to Augsburg, stay ing there a fortnight ;-thence I passed through Meiningen, Lindau and St. Gall ;-through Switzerland-Constance, Zurich, Berne, Basle and StrMburg. At this last named place, I got the news that my blessed mother had fallen asleep in the Lord. Thence, I tmn·led onward through Lindau to Spier; whence,-obeying a kind invitation from mj· father to be pre.sent at his second marriage,-! returned to my home in Ulm. After tarQ·ing tbere a few weeks, I set forth again upon my travels. "I descended the Danube from mm in a boat, passing through Iugol stadt, Regensburg, Passau, and Linz to Vienna, where I dwelt and wrought during several months. From Vienna, I went onward through Brueim to Olmutz; but, as I neither received nor got news of my luggage at that place, I went back to Vienna. Starting thence, afresh, I visited Hungary, p~siug through Presburg, Gomorrha, Grau, Buda-Pesth (Ofen);-and, after a month, through Sclavonia, Neuheusel, Scaliz, Dueruau, and Serret, back to Olmutz in }foravia:-thence, through Breslau and Frankfort on the Oder to Berlin,-a city of renown;-through Pot.sdam and Brandenburg to Magdeburg;-and, after eighteen weeks,-through Helmstadt, Braunschweig and Lunenburg, to Hambmg. Desiring to make a sea-voj·age, I went from Lubeck to Copen hagen, where I remained a month, and then fared onward to Danzig. I took the road through Grandenz and Thoren t.o visit Poland; whence I went again t.o Breslau, Liegnitz, Goldberg and Hirschberg; and then t.o Oresden, return ing, at last, to my native city through Leipsic and Nurenberg. "Thus, I spent five years traveling. In the course of my jonrnies, I saw four kingdoms, many provin~ both in and out of Germany; one hundred and twenty-four cities; sixty-three renowned capitals; traveling, in all, by land and by water, a distance of six hundred and sixty German miles. 1 "I arrived once more at home in mm, in the month of October, 1736. After working with my father for two years, by God's blessing I betrothed myself on the 4th July, 1738, to the Fraulein DOROTHEA WEBER, daughter of Mr. Johannes Weber, Silversmith, a maiden wlio was born to her parent:8 -1 - r Reckoning German miles 15 to a degree: I Uerman mile = to 1",l• English miles; be \bus traveled over three thousand ~;uglish miles. 5 30 CHRISTIAN MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) in lawful wedlock on the 21st July, 1719. I married her on the 7th of Octo ber of the same year, and by the kindness of God, I am still living with her as my Christian wife, in a state of happy wedlock to last so long as God shall will, l " The wedding text, at the ceremony of my marriage by the departed Senior Strohmaier, was ro.ken by him from Psalm 91, verses 14, 15, 16, which were abundantly fulfilled in a life during fifty years, and should be his text again at our Wedding Jubilee: "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name : he shall call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him; with long bfe will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. • '' In this marriage with my dear wife DOROTHEA, the following named children were born unto us,-namely :- " 1st. Anno Domini, 1739, .April 15th, .A. SON prematurely born, his mother having suffered from fright. "2nd. A. D., 1740, September 16th, a daughter was born, and christened MARIA MAGDALENA, dying directly after baptism. "3rd. .A. D., 17 41, .August 21st, on a Monday, between four and five o'clock in the morning, JOHANNES MAYER, (first of that name,) was born, who may live as long as it may please God. "4th. .A. D., 1744, .August 9th, DANIEL MAYER was born, who died 19th July, 1745. "5th . .A. D., 1747, February 10th, on the afternoon of a Sunday, at 4 o'clock, was born MARI.A. w ALDPURGA MAYER, who was a very excellent, admirable child, but died 1st July, 1753." [6th . .Another daughter, MARIA MAGDALENA MAYER, was born 7th March, 1751, and died 1st July, 1753, according to an inscription placed by my 1 Dorothea Mayer, his wife, survived him thirteen years, dying at Ulm, 19th November, 1801 1 in her eighty-third year. • The Wande,jahre, or five years of travels, described by my great grandfather, were part of the education of German handicraftsmen. In those "years of wandering" as workers, not only was their intrinsic character tried, but by going from village to village, from city to city, from country to country, they got a practical knowledge of their arts, and learned the wants, tastes, skill and business of the world. They came back accomplished workmen. The five years of our ancestor's travels, proved his ability and sobriety; so that after two years' additional labor with hia father in Ulm, he was ripe for those fifty years of active life which made him a burgher of substance and raised him to the civic dignity of "President of his Guild." The Wedding Jubilu, or "GoLDBIIB HocezsIT, "-tbe '' GoLnBII WsnD1110," hopefully alluded to in his narrative,-which my great grandparents anxiously expected,-and for which great prepara tions were making by the family and friends in Ulm,-was sadly frustrated by my great grand father's sudden death, which happened within a day or two of two months before the full fifty years of their married life would have been reached. It was a painful event not only to his family but to the Ulmers generally, by whom he was honored and respected. B. M. JOHANNES MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME,) 31 grandfather on my great grandfather's tomb, still standing in the burial ground in Ulm.] L741-1809. JOHANNES MAYER, (first of that name,) was the only child of the six horn unto CHRISTIAN, (first of name,) and DOROTHEA, who survived to matu rit,y. Joha.nnes was born in Ulm, 21st August, 1741. He was well educated under his father's eye and became an opulent gold and silversmith. On the 9th of November, 1762, he married Maria Barbara Zorn, daughter of Jacob Zorn of Kreuzhof, and Anna M&ria Reidmayer. Johannes was a man of taste and culture. Fond of reading, he possessed an excellent library; and judging by his correspondence, he was a good scholar and writer. The circumstances of his accidental death at Ulm, on the night of 11th Sept.ember, 1809, are collected from family letters to my father, written in September and October of that year. It appears from them, that on the afternoon of that uay, my grandfather accompanied by several friends, went to a neighboring pleasure resort of the Ulmers called Blumenschein. When the party was ready to return to the city, at 9 o'clock, P. M., the night was extremely dark and tempestuous, with heavy rain. Mr. Mayer's companions who reached home safely, alleged that he obstinately persisted against their advice, in returning by way of the Gogglinger Gate, instead of taking a safer route towards the New Gate. After some content.ion he left his com rades and went on alone in the storm and darkness. He was never seen alive again. That night the river Blau was greatly swollen by rain, and near the Gogglinger-bridge, a deep flood poured into the Danube. Thereabouts, his umbrella was found in a deep hole on the shore of the Blau, while, in the high grass, traces were seen of his having been at that spot. But it was not until twent,v-five days after his disappearance that the corpse was found on the 6th of October, at Unter-Thalfingen,-the 11pper portion buried in gravel, the lower half covered with mud. It had been swept by the current of the Blau into the Danube, and along the Danube nearly a German mile below the city, until the subsiding waters lodged and left it half buried in the bank. On the 8th of October, llis remains were laid in the cemetery near the tomb erected to my great grandfather in the family burial ground. Just six years before, an accident also had deprive.d my grandfather of his wife, my grand mother, MARIA BARBARA. She was injured by the overturning of her car riage during an aft.ernoon drive at Ueberkingen, near the city of Ulm, a place of recreation where she was spending the summer. From the result of this accident, which happened on the 18th of August, 18031 she died on the 20th of the month, and waa buried on the 22d at U eberkingen. 32 JOHANNES MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) JOHANNES, (first of name) and MARIA BARB.ARA MAYER, had issue one son and one daughter-my father, CHRISTIAN MAYER, (second of that name,) and his sister, ANNA MARIA MAYER, intermarried with Mr. Johannt>.,s Leins of Bartenbach, afterwards a merchant of Ulm. I have in my collection of objects of virtu three relievos in gold and silver, from the atelier of my grandfather, Johannes Mayer. These are each about four inches in dw.meter and of exquisite repouse work, showing the master-band of the goldsmith in design as well as execution. The golden relievo is surrounded by a delicate oval frame of lea,·Ps and fruit in silver, eight figures in bold relief present the scene, "Suffer little children to come unto me." The other tablets in silver respectively represent:-" The Baptism of Christ" and the "Lord's Supper," of equal merit and execution. These, if I remember rightly were given by my grandfather to my father-as memorials of his christening and first communion. ORIGINAL BUSINESS CARD OF JOHANNES MAYER IN 1763. ~ .. ~ l ;_ ['/f~ I • <; }.:\ .. Birt~place and Domicile 1763, of ~HRJSTIAN MAYE~ CHRISTIAN MA YER, SECOND OF THAT NAM::E;-FOUNDER OF THE ~altintott .family. AND HIS DESCENDANTS. SECOND, OR .AMERICAN PERIOD OF THAT BRANCH: 1763-1842-1878. HRISTIAN M.A YER, only son of the preceding, was born in mm, on C the 30th of September, 1763. He wa-s educated in the Gymnasium a-t mm, finishing the entire classical, mathematical and linguistic course with distinguished honor, before he was sixteen years old. His parents desired him to take orders in the Lutheran Church ; but when he quitted school, it was found that his lungs were too delicate for a preacher's tasks; and I doubt moreover, whether my father, even at that early time, had much fancy for an ecclesiastical career. So the church was given up; and about 1778 the youth was placed as an apprentice clerk in the commercial house of Hailbronner, extensive linen dealers at mm. There he remained until about 1781, when he became clerk in the celebrated and still existing mercantile establishment of Frey & Pestalozzi, at Zurich, Switzerland. He continued there during three years, until March, 1784,-a diligent, approved clerk, acquiring thorough knowledge of commerce, particularly of German and Italian trade, and per fecting himself in French and Italian languages. When he quitted the house of Hailbronner, on the 1st .August, 1781, and that of Frey & Pesta lozzi, on the 13th March, 1784, the principals of these establishments gave him certificates attesting his extraordinary commercial knowledge and per sona.I worth. These are now in my possession, together with elaborate essays 34 CHRISTIAN MA. YER. on European trade and manufactures, writte,n by him at that time in German, in Italian and in French, displaying the remarkable observation and sound· judgment which characterized his maturer life. I often heard him tell of the discipline, thoroughness, simplicity, and withal the refined style and peri.onal care of his mercantile teaching in the great commercial establishment of the Zurich merchant-bankers. No slovenly habits of dress or demeanor were allowed among "the clerks," who were inmates of the family on the basis of equals, but in subordination; and whose hair was daily dressed and powdered by a perruquier, who came for that purpose at a fixed hour to the counting room. These youths, whom it was a favor to admit into the great commercial houses of the period as clerks, were in training as the future merchants of continental Europe and as gentlemen. At the age of twenty-one he went back to Ulm; but he had already, I believe, resolved not to become a fixture there, for he was a man of spirit and enterprise, who, while not despising the old world and its founders, wa.~ too much alive to be contented with the life of an inland German city. He had heard already in Switzerland, of the North American Republic of free States, which had just secured its independence of Great Britain. He met persons in Zurich, at the house of his employers, who had been over the Atlantic, and rlescribed the prospects rlawning in America, for brave intelligent young people. Among these mercantile travelers, who had kindled his imagination and hopes, was a Mr. Solomon Kitt, from whom I find among my father's papers, a strong letter of inducement written to him from Baltimore, ver;v early in 1784. It is a quaint production, and not lacking descriptive interest concerning our city, and American business at that date. Before Mr. Kitt embarked for America, however, he wrote to my father from Bille, Switzerland, that he desired "nothing more than to find on his arrival in America, the country of a new libert.r,-that things are in such a state that I may enoou1·• age you in the resolution you have alrea.dy ma and that many erlucated peoplP. believe that a " Creole" cannot be a " white person!" :\I~· mother was of German parentage on her father's side, and of Franco Alsatian on her mother's- Her mother's parent8 and ancestors, the HENNIN GUEURS, were French people in their langua-ge and tastes; emigrating at a very early time from Alsace to escape persecution after the Revocation of the Erlict of Nantz, and settling as farmers in the ,·alley of Virginia between the Shenanrloah and Pot.omac head-waters, when that region was infested by savages, whose barbarities, committed on members of our family, were legends for me in boyhood. I rMollect, (listinctly, an incident related lly my mother ;-the interruption of a child's funeral in the wilderness, by hostile Indians-(the funeral of an infant aunt of her's,)-in which the co11>se was torn from the coffin, Rcalped, and hung beside its scalped mother in the forest. The Henninguenrs went several times to Europe to obtain money they had concealed when they fled; and, I believe they came back to America somewhat richer than when they left it. They were substantial farmeI'8 in their day and generation, but their career, and that of their offspring i11 Virginia became obscured in the passing years, even during the life of my parents, and are now entirely unknown to me. :\l,v mother was a woman of great beauty in youth, and retained much of it until her death. Her manners and bearing were dignified, and winning. She was ernlowetl by nature with a strong will, as well as with a large share of cheerfulness, vivacity and hope, which she humorously attributed to her "French blood." Andress, wit, and hospitality, combined with charity, made her hosts of lasting friends. She was a person of large sensibility-an element of character which, properlJ' regulated, always produces that efflor escence of womanhood, a lady. She loved elegance without ost~utatlon : above all, she loved her home which 1d1e knew so well how to make attractive to its inmates; for she had the practical talents of an American mother of the old school, who could easily turn from household duties to the courtesies of refined society. She was the devoted partner of her husband in all the vicissi tudes of a. wedlock of fift,v-seYen years, umfo1tnrbed hy a single contention. Her beloved and venerated charact:er, in the memory of the children who sur vived her, is the best tribute to her supreme excellence. Four months after my father's death, she died in ~altimore, at the family mansion on Saratoga Street, on Friday morning of the 20th of ,January, 1843. 1 1 My maternal grandfather, CHBIBTu.11 B.w111, (fir,t of name,} was out as a soldier in our W Rr of Independence, and if, I remember right, contracted the ma!Rdy of which he died in the field at the battle of lhe Brandywine. After his death my grandmother H.ui11Ae B.t.uM, (born Henningueur,} removed about 1782 from Pennsyrv11.ni11, to Baltimore with her son, CeatBTL\11 11.t.UM, (atcond of that name,} and her four d1rnghters, namely : '.IIABY ; CATBAB.IH; Suu111u.11; and B.t.BBABA. They all married and had issue, which in the malt line, is now, I believe nearly extinct. My mother's lister 6 38 CHRISTIAN MA YER. In the beginning of this <',entnry my grandfather, JOHANNES MAYER, caused a famiJy group to be carved by ScnwAN'l'HALER, a sculptor at Ulm, representing my father, standing; my mother, seated, with my brother LEWIS on her Iap,-and my sister ANNA MARIA, standing at her right hand. It was done in wood and admirably executed.• At my mother's death it passed to my brother Charles whose widow now owns it. When my father received this group at Baltimore, he caused it to be mounted on a circular pedestal, with a mised tablet in front, on which he inscribed, in letters of gold, the following lines from Homer: -- "Of a.II the gifts Of Heaven, more precious none I deem, than Peace 'Twixt wedded pair, and union undissolved; Envy tormi>nts their enemies, but joy Fills ev' ry virtuous breast, and most their own." During my parents' lives this group was placed prominentl,y in the hall of their dwellings, and the classical motto that it bore was always the law of t,heir happy home.1 For fifteen 0r sixteen years, the house of Valek & Co. prospered, but mercantile disasters caused its downfall, and the small fortune my father had a-0quired was swept away in the firm's losses. This happened in 1800; yet so great were the respect all(l confidence already won by my father in the com munity, that the trustees of Valek & Co. made him the effective manager and liquidator of the estate,-a duty which he performed with despatch to the satisfaction ot the creditors. Susannah, married Mr. WooDWORTH from New England, a cousin of the Poet of that name, whose fa.me is connected with the well known poem: "Old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket, The bucket that hangs in the well I " Her son, my cousin, Fa.1110111a.1CK WooDwORTH, and his son Ba.uTZ WooDWORTH, died early in 1877. Frederick was brought up by my father in the insurance. business, and was for a.bout 35 yea.rs the trusted Secretary and principal manager of the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company. Nearly all his life, he was an eminent member of the Masonic Order, reaching its highest honors; for awhile acting as Secretary of the Grand Lodge. In the Order he was best known and loved for bis la.hors in "Concordia. Lodge," which bas perpetuated bis memory by a noble monument erected by it to him in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. 1 It may not be inappropriate to mention that Jom1 JAOOB A!lTOR,-wbo became renowned as the most opulent of American merchants in New York,-landed at Annapolis in the early part of 1785, and brought letters, as a young, industrious furrier, to the house of Valek & Co. He happened to reach Baltimore in February; and, from the small community of Germans then in "Baltiwore Town," was an invited guest to the wedding of my father and mother ;-be de.need, of course, with the bride; and afterwards, when he prospered as a merchant, was one of my father's commercial correspondents, as letters now in my autograpbic collection, show, CHRrnTIAN MA.YER. 39 Stripped of his first earnings in America he was not despondent or idle. His energy, pride, and sense of duty to his family, urged him to immediat:e industry and enterprise. With this view he made another voyage to Europe, haviug made one previously, in li91,-and, on the 25th November, 1802, formed a partnerRhip with his intimate, hom;ehold friencl, LEWIS BRANTZ, who had bee1i employed in the house of Valek & Co., and came orig-i1fally from Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, in \Viirtemberg. The printed circular of the new firm offers its services "in the transadion of business on commission;" and "trusts that having been engaged for eighteen years past, in extensive mercantile concerns in Baltimore, their experience, and the pnnctnalit~· and attention whid1 the~· mean to dm·ote to the interests of their friends, will entitle them to their confidence." They continued the tobacco trade from )faryland with the Netherlands. The great success of this firm during the next fifteen years, until again overtaken by disasters, proves the zeal, intelli gence, aud credit of the partners. The firm engaged in commercial transac tions ,,·ith, aud in voyages to, Holland, Italy, the )Iediterranean, Denmark, the Isle of France, Calcutta and )Iadras. 'rhese disasters did not come from the partners' speculations, or from their own business transactions, but almost entirely from misplaced confidence in merchants whom the firm accommodated with "eudorsements." After the failure of Valek & Co. it was for awhile contemplated by m~· father either to return to Europe with his American family, and settle there, or, to 1 See Willa.rd Phillips, on Insurance Law: Preface; edition of 1823. 40 CHRISTIAN MAYER. for " Baltimore Street" was not yet opeued through the property. There be dwdt i11 comfort 1lnring ten years. This beautiful seat,---ealled "Bond', l'lca:,;a11t Jlills,"-was, then, a mile aud a quarter, at least, "in the country." Hitnate 1 In regard to the introduction of "German Redemptioners," 8.'l they were called, I find among my father's papers a cop_r of a letter in his hand-writing in English, dated 3d March, 1786, to General Washington, who it seems was desirous then of introducing white laborers of that class on his Vir ginian farms, and in considerable numbers. Washington's letter, to which it is a reply, bas been lost; but the answer from the house of Valek & Co., explicitly shows the f1tct: BALTIMORE, 3d Jfarcl,, 1786. To GENERAL WASHINGTON, Mount Vernon: "Colo,,el Hooe, of Alexandria, communicated to us Your Excellency's letter, written to him on 21st February. We beg leave to inform Your Excellency of the circumstances attending the matter contained in Your letter. When Germans emigrate to this Country they sign, before they embark from Holland, an instrument of writing made between themselves and the merchant who fits out the ship in which they take their passage. We take the liberty to enclose to Your Excellency a transla tion of this Contract; and by iu contents it will appear to Your Excellency that it is not practicable for us, or any other mercantile house, ·to enter into a contract for a fixed number of these tcmigrants qualified to answer certain purposes; also, that, for a period of three weeks after tb~ir arrival on this shore, these people are at liberty to provide themselves with masters, and that they are engaged only to procure payment of their passage within that time. "We have directed our Correspondents in Holland to send to Ud in the Ship which we expect next summer, chiefly young, single men; labourers and farmers ;-no families burthened with many small children. We are entitled to believe that our friends will pay every possible attention to our advice. As soou, therefore, !LS this ship arrives, we shall give notice of it to Your Excellency, and inform you of the number of men who would be adapted to the work which Your Excellency intends to have done by them." The writer of this 111emoir, knew at least oue German gentleman, residing in Baltimore, as a suc cessful manufacturer, who came from Germally in his boyhood, and served General Washington at Mount Vernon, RS a "Redemptioner;"-a fact of which he always spoke with pleasure and perhaps some pride,-when recounting his youthful struggles. CHRISTIAN MA YER. 41 German ships of that day,-as the~- bad been brought over in colonial tirnes, and were bound to serve, in America, the persons who redeeme9 their pa8sage money and expenses. The terms were matters of legal arrangement in Europe as well as here, and the written obligations were enforceable in Court. Great numl>ers of Germans, of all ages aud both sexes, crossed the Atlantic. A sense of just protection for his emigrating countrymen, many of whom were shiftless, ignorant, and sometimes ill-treated, induced my father to ask tlie co-operation of leading German Merchants in forming a "German Society of Maryland." It was founded and incorporated early in 1817, my father being its first President and holding the office until 1821, when other duties made him decline re-election. From its beginning to this day, the Societ,y has been one of the most effective institutions, in America, designed to aid foreigner8. I drew the original law, under which it collected "passenger money," aud enabled it to help so many immigrants. Aud, m·eu now, when no longer greatly nourished from that source, it has been enabled in the last five ~·ears to spend $8000 annually in its beneficent work. The commercial misfortunes befori referred to as happening in 1819-':.!0, swept away many fortunes in Baltimore at that time, but both partners applied themselYes anew to active duties. The Patapsco Insurance Company afforded my father an adequate income and occupation; though the firm e11gage one which wa.~ paid on present.ation. So, when he came to die he left nothing to be settled, paying witb his last breath, the only debt he owed on e,artl1,-the ilebt of Nature! He was not tall in st.ature; rather stout, bnt well formed; alert and qnick in all his movements. His head and face resemblffi. extremely the busts of Goethe. In dress he was always p1-ecisely neat and elegant, preserving to the last, his early habit of having his hair daily dressed and powdered. One who knew so well the Yalue of education did not neglect his chil dren's. Three sons and a daughter, of his nine offspring, reached maturity. The eldest boy, Lewis, was sent at the age of eight years, to India with his friend and partner Mr. Brantz; who afterwards took him t,o Schnepfentbal, in Saxe Gotha, near W alterbausen, at the foot of the Tburingian Fo1·est, where he left the youth for some years at the school of the renowned Salzmann. On his return from Germany, in 1809, Lewis was, first, grounded in commerce and a.cconnts; then sent as supercargo to Europe; and after wards, placed in the commercial house of Schultz, Konig & Co., in Balti more. The second surdving son, Charles, was educated and graduated, at a remarkably earl~· age, at Dickinson Co11ege, Pennsylvania, and fol1owing the bent of his mind, studied law ,dth the late Judge John Purviance. Brantz, the third surviving son, was educated partly in good i-;chools; partly at Saint Mary's College, of Baltimore,-an a,cademic institution under the Sulpitian Clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; and partly by an excellent scholar of those times, now dead, )Ir. l\Iichael Power. From him, the writer of this memoir gratefn11y acknowledges that he acquired most of those principles and methods of study which have stood him in good ste™l in the various employ ments of bis life. N a Family-Narrative of the l\TAYERs, of Baltimore, it would he manifestly I improper to omit LEWIS RRA.NTZ, who was for over half a century the partner, iutimate friend, and home-inmate of Christian ::\layer. Blood could not ha,·e fmtemized them more thoroughly. ::\Ir. Brantz and my father were men of similar tastes and culture, hut )Ir. Brantz was especially inclined to scientific study and re..~earch; and, when not err, plo;red b;r them, or by com mercial business or the nMigation of his vessels, he devoted what leisure he bad to English literature and to German drama or poetr;L He had a small but superb lihrar.r of such classical and scientific works in many languages. Karl Friedrich Ludwig Brantz, was son of ,Johann Friedrich Brantz, of Lud wigsburg, near Stuttgart. He was educated at Aarau, in Switzerland, and was schoolmate there of Professor F. R. Hassler, the eminent astronomer and fonmler of our National ''Coast Survey" of the United States. LEWIS BRANTZ. 45 Coming to America in 1784 when he was a stripling of eighteen years, he became, at once, one of the early explorers of what was called " the W est:€rn Country "-ta.king a colony of Germans, by land from Baltimore to Fort Pitt,-or Pittsburg,-in 1785; building boats there, in which he carried the emigrants down the Ohio and up the Cumberland River to "Nash's Station,"-now Nashville, Tennessee; and returning thence to Baltimore, on horseback, and with pack-train,-through the savage haunted wiideme.ss of " the dark and bloody ground, "-a journey of " two thousand three hundred and ninety-eight miles by land "-as he carefully computes it from day to day in his diary. This adventure was an enterprise of Mr. Kitt, already men tioned in connection with my father's coming to America. Subsequently, Mr. Brantz entered the counting-room of Valek, Burger & Schouten ;-afterwards, though not brought up as a seaman or navigator, he took command of ships as Captain and managed their freights as supercargo. In a few years he became my father's commercial partner,-navigating their vessels for nearly twenty years as commander and owner, in the East Indian, European, and West Indian trades.-During the long European wars, and days of .'' priva teering,'' his vessels were licensed to bear arms, and found it needful on many seas, especially on the Moorish coasts of the Mediterranean, where, in the year 1799, he was cast away and narrowly escaped slavery at Oran. His narrative of this wreck and rescue by Admiral Sir J ah eel Brinton from Moorish captivity was written rmmediately after his escape, and thrills the reader with its vivid pictures and tragic recital. In a voyage to Surinam, accompanied by his only sister,-BEATA BRANTZ,-who was also his on!y living relative,-he fell ill of yellow fever, from which he recovered, while it was fatal to his siswr at Demerara. And so, he became that rare and isolated being-the last of his race,-leaving at his death, no one who bore his name but the writer of this, to whom was given in baptism the joint patronymics of his father and of his father's friend. Mr. Brantz never married: "when I would have been glad to marry "-said he to me-" I was too poor :-when I was comparatively rich-I had no time! "-and so he died a bachelor. In 1816-1817,-the Marine Insurance Companies of Baltimore requested Mr. Brantz to make the first scientific survey of the Patapsco River and of part of the Chesapeake Bay, that had ever been attempted. Au engraved Chart of this survey was published immediately, and was used by pilots, underwriters, and the government, authoritatively, for the navigation of our waters, until the elaborate maps of the same streams were issued long after by the Bureau of the United States' Coast Survey. Some years ago I translated from the German MS., and published in Schoolcraft's "History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian tribes," 1 Mr. 1 See "Schoolcraft's History, Condition, Prospects," &c., vol. 3, page 335. 7 46 LEWIS BRANTZ. Brantz's Narrative of his journey to Pittsburg and Nashville, &c. &c., accom panied by a st.eel engraving of his view of Pittsburg in 1790. Mr. Brantz was, also, author of a private volume,-now rarely to be had,-containing the first scientific and connected series of J.1feteorological Observations in this country, as made by him in Baltimore in the years 1817, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, &t. &c. It was printed by his friend, the late WILLIAM GWYNN, at the "office of the Federal Gazette." Mr. Brantz, in 1821, prepared for the late Dr. Jared Sparks, of Cambridge, Editor of the North American Review, rich manuscripts for an elaborate article on Baltimore. From these manuscripts, now in my possession, much of which was unused by Mr. Sparks,-! was enabled to write the initial history of our City's progress in commerce, trade, and industries, as contained in my " Baltimore as it was and as it is "-prefixed to " Baltimore: Historical and Biographical," published here in 1871. In America, Professor Hassler and he renewed the acquaintance formed at Aarau, at school, and it ripened into a close intimacy, correspondence and scientific intercourse. In 1824, '25 and '26 he visited Peru; in 1827-28 China, Sumatra, Ja,a, &c., on commercial voyages, commar.ding both vessels and cargoes. Between 1830 and '34 he lived several years in the City of Mexico as the representative of a Philadelphian mercantile house. As President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, he :finished its con struction and equipment in 1837; and, on Sunday evening, the 21st of January, 1838, he died suddenly at our resirlence in Baltimore. The united names which father and friend gave me in baptism, first created between us the sentiment of parent and child. The link was certainly riveted by his personal attachment and care for my education. He taught me the letters of the alphabet and to read; and laid the foundation of my studies preparatory for school. Now that forty years are gone since we laid him in the grave, I daily realize that the culture, wisdom and love of this good man, contributed much to form my character, and created a bond betwixt us that will last forever. FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS OF '1!~ristian anb ~ttttt tliat~arint .mayer. 1785-1809-1878. HE issue of the marriage of the preceding CHRISTIAN MAYER, T (second of name,, and ANNE KA'rHARINE MA.YER, were the fol lowing: I. ANNA MARIA MAYER, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 21st November, 1785, and died in that city on the 2d June, 1868, aged 83 years. She inter married, on the 9th of December, 1802, with FREDERICK KONIG-, of Hanover, Germany. She wa.'! the only one of my sisters who survived to maturity ;-a gentle, cultivated, affectionate lady. She never had offspring, but devoted her life to the careful rearing of many of her husband's nieces and a nephew; also, of some of her brothers' children, several of whom lived with her and always regarded her with filial affection. The qualities of her husband, my brother-in-law, and the high esteem in which he was ht>ld in the city in which he had been so long a merchant, are sJ.iown in the notice published in the "Baltimore American" after his death, which OCCJ.lrred here on Sunday evening, 14th of August, 1853. Thus bas passed from us, at the venerable age of 82, one of Baltimore's original merchants, who, for more than half a century exercised an important and beneficial influence in our city. It was bis lot to witness the growth of Maryland and its commercial capital from an early period after the peace with England. His uncommon enterprise soon laid the basis of a substantial fortune. Among the active men of that day,-wben our town possessed some extraordinary examples of commercial intelligence and education,-few were more signalized for their capability and success than the subject of this notice. But, when misfortune clouded our city,-e. few years after the la.st war with Great Britain,--our friend did not escape the destiny that impaired or destroyed so many distinguished capitalists. Yet he was not disheartened. Amid all bis disasters be bad preserved 48 FREDERICK KONIG. an unsnllied name; and, accordingly, when he threw himself once more into the arena to retrieTe bis fortnne, be was at once surrounded by numbers who were anrions to testify their confident regard. But Mr. Konig preferred courteously to decline the offers that might soon have enriched him and to rely almost e:s:clusively on bis indefatigable industry. In this he was cheered by the cordial aid of a beloved nephew whom be survived. A few years of labor and assiduity crowned him again with ample fortune, and enabled him to retire to its enjoyment while he conld still cultivate those simple and manly tastes that ma.de his companionship so agreeable to the young BS well BS the old. The writer of this trihute to the honored memory of a relative ?Vho cherished him from his infancy, may be pardoned if he dwells publicly on the substantial and noble traits that characterized the departed. Mr. Koni.g was endowed with an uncommon mind. He was brought up in Germany as a strict "man of business," but the counting-house did not limit the studies which his eager intellect tempted him to grasp. He was an incessant reader a11.d thinker, as well as observer. Natural History was his special delight. He was devoted to conntry life and rural tastes. No one appreciated better the music that fell from a bird or a human being. He loved everything that was beautiful, graceful and gentle. The history of the past, anil. the news of the day, were always his prominent themes. He took the liveliest interest in everything that was astir. His vivacious perception was almost unequaled. The quickness with which he penetrated a person or a subject was often as amusing as it was surprising. His mind was retentive-and ready ;--BO that as long as he was blessed with health, few men were more able to entertain an intelligent circle either with original remark or the stores of a cultivated memory. We knew him best in his home-the well known seat of elegant and unstinted hospitality. Long was he spared to bless its in~ates by his benevolent nature; and, even in his death, be has bequeathed them the best of recollections,-that of a noble and guileless heart which secretly remem bered all while living, in order that its generosity might still be an active benediction when it had ceased to beat. With the consciousness of a kind and honorable life, our departed friend approached the grave- .. Like one who wrap• the drapery or hie.conch Around him, and Ilea down to pleaunt dreams." II. DORA.THEA. HENRIETTA. MA.YER, born in Baltimore, January 10th, 1787, died here 8th September, 1787. III. JOHANNES MA.YER, (second of that name,) born in Baltimore, 15th July, 1788, died here 3d July, 1792. IV. BARBA.RA. AMELIA. M.~YER, born in Baltimore, 13th November, 1790, died here 17th June, 1792. V. LEWIS CA.SPAR ZORN MA.YER, born in Baltimore, 24th June, 1793, died at Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, where he then resided with his family, on Friday evening, 19th October, 1832. Of him, his marriage and descendant.a herein subsequently. VI. CHARLES FREDERICK MA.YER, (:first,) born in Baltimore, 15th Octo ber, 1795, died here 3d January, 1864. Of him, his two marriages and descend ant.a, herein subsequently. VII. ALEXANDER HENRY MA. YER, born in Baltimore, 29th October, 1798, died hero 25th July, 1801. vm. FREDERICK BRANTZ MA.YER, born iu Baltimore, 2d April, 1803, died here 18th October, 1803. LEWIS C. Z. MAYER, 49 IX. BRANTZ MAYER, born in'Baltimore, 27th September, 1809. Of hlm, his two marriages and descendants, herein subsequently. Of the above named nine children of Christian Mayer and his wife Anne Katharine, the first daughter, Anna Maria, and the second and third and sixth sons, viz: Lewis 0. Z.-Oharles F.-and Brantz, reached maturity and mar ried. The brothers and sisters who died in infancy were originally buried in the family burial ground of the German Lutheran Church, (Zion's,} on Colum bia Street, Baltimore. When the city was lately pushed out to that cemetery, streehs through it laid out, and it was destroyed as a place of sepulture, I caused whatever remains could be found in the graves of these children, after the lapse of seventy years, to be carefully collectR,d and re-buried in my own lot in Greenmount Cemetery. 1 7 9 3 - .1 8 3 3 -1 8 7 8. V. LEWIS OASP AR ZORN MA YER, merchant, in Baltimore and afterwards in Philadelphia, Pa., born, ut antea, intermarried at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the 28th October, 1817, with his cousin, SO SAN OTTILIA MA YER, born 26th March, 1799, and daughter of CHRISTOPHER BAR'l'HOLO MEW MA YER, an opulent merchant of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By this mar riage there was issue as follows: 1. CHRISTIAN BRANTZ MAYER, born in Baltimore, on the 12th Decem ber, 1818, died at Philadelphia, 13th December, 1825. 2. CHRISTOPHER LEWIS MAYER, (1st,) born in Baltimore, 22d October, 1820, died in Philadelphia, Pa., 15th December, 1825. 3. • SusAN JULIA MA YER, born in Baltimore, December 5th, 1822. Of her marriage and descendants, herein subsequently. . ) 4. CATHARINE AMELIA MAYER, born in Philadelphia, 28th Novem- ~ , ber, 1824, died at Philadelphia, 22d December, 1825. i J 5. VIRGINIA RANDOLPH MAYER, born in Philadelphia, 28th Novem- ( ber, 1824, died at Phila{lelphia, 25th December, 1825. 6. CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (of Lewis,) born in Philadelphia, 30th November, 1826. Of his marriage, herein subsequently. 7. CHRISTOPHER LEWIS MAYER, (2d,) born in Philadelphia, 21st Janu ary, 1829. 8. GEORGE MAY KEIM MAYER, born at Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, 27th Npvember, 1831, died there September 3d, 1833. CHARLES F. MA.YER, ('.l'HffiD OF NA.ME.) 1822'-1878. Of these children of L. 0. Z. MAYER, and SUSAN, ki.s wife, only two are married, (1878,) viz: No. 3 and No. 6. No. 3. SUSAN JULIA MAYER, born, ut antea, who intermarried, at Reading, Pennsylvania, at the residence of her uncle, General George May Keim, 19t-h August, 1846, with WILLIAM CAMPBELL HAMILTON, (first,) a meml:,er of the Baltimore Bar. He was horn at Fayetteville, North Carolina, 20th May, 1822, and died at Richmond, Virginia, 5th October, 1863. By this marriage there was issue as follows: 1. ESTELLE HAM[L'.l'ON, born 10th June, 1847, at Baltimore. 2. WILLIAM CAMPBELL HAMILTON, (second,) born 12th December, 1848, at Baltimore; unmarried 1878; a lawyer, and member of the General Assem bly of Maryland of 1878_ 3. LEWIS MAYER HAMILTON, born, Baltimore, 12th October, 1851, civil engineer; unmarried 1878. 4. SUSAN MAYER HAMrLTON, born, Baltimore, 5th November, 1856. Of these four ehildren of Susau Julia and William C. Hamilton, two are married, (1878,) viz: ESTELLE HAMILTON and SUSAN MAYER HAMILTON. 1. ESTELLE HAMILTON intermarried, at Baltimore, Maryland, on the 10th June, 1869, with the Reverend FREDERICK VAN KLEECK, of New York; they have issue ( 1878) two sons and one daughter, viz: 1. FREDERICK BRINS)IADE VAN KLEECK, born in White Plains, west chester County, New York, :nst August, 1871. 2. WILLIAM HAMILTON VAN KLEEcK, born as above, 18th April, 1873. 3. ALICE TELLER VAN KLEECKi born as above, 5th October, 1875; died at White Plains, Wednesday, 5th December, 1877. 4. SUSAN MA YER HAMILTON intermarried, at Baltimore, Maryland, 2d December, 1873, with WILLIAM ADAMS GALE, of New York. By this marriage there is issue, one son, (1878,) viz: 1. HAMILTON ADAMS GALE, born in Baltimore, 16th November, 1875. No. 6. CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (third of that name, and designated "of Lewis,'' until the death of his uncle C. F. M. in 1864r) born, ut antea,, and son of LEWIS C. Z. MAYER and his wife SUSAN; int.ermarried, at Pottsville, Penns,rlvania, on the 4th of December, 1866, with his cousin, SUSAN DOUGLAS KEIM, daughter of General GEORGE MAY KEra, and CHARLES F. MA.YER, (FffiST OF NAME,) 51 widow of FRANKLIN HEWSON, of Pennsylvania, civil engiueer. No issue by this marriage, (1878.) CHARLES F. MA YER entered his uncle Frederick Konig's counting-room at a very e,arly age, and received the benefit of a thorough training in business. He is now bead of the firm of Mayer, Carroll & Co., miners and shippers of coal; President of the Consolidation Coal Co. of Maryland, the largest cor poration of the sort in the coal regions of Maryland and Virginia; President of the Despard Coal Co. of West Virginia, and President of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad. He is also a Director in the Western National Bank of Baltimore, a Director in the Baltimore Steam Packet Co., and one of tlie Trustees of the Cbnrch Home and Infirmary of Baltimore. Though always busily employed, Mr. Mayer ha.s yet found time to travel, having made the voyage around Cape Horn to Valparaiso and Lima in 1848-50, and traveled extensively in this country and in Europe. Both of my brothers, Lewis C. Z. and Charles F:, joined Volunteer Artil lery Companies for the defence of Baltimore from the attack of the British in 1814. Lewis was a private of Captain Pennington's "Baltimore Independent Artillerists;" and Charles was a private in Captain J. H. Nicholson's "Balti more Fencibles." Both were at Fort McHenry during the bombardmei1t and escaped injury. 1795-1878. VI. CHARLES FREDERICK MA YER, (first of' tha.t name,) born and died, ut antea,, son of CHRIS1'IAN MA YER and ANNE KATHARINE, his 1cife, was an eminent Lawyer of Maryland, distinguished at the Bar of this State and of the Supreme Court of the United States, for his knowledge of law and his ability as an expounder. He was a fluent orator and writer. From 1831-2 to 1834-5, he was a Senator of Maryland, under the original Constitu tion of our State, contributing largely to the improvement and simplification of our laws. In his day Wirt, Taney, Pinkney, Hoffman, Nelson, McMahon, l{everdy Johnson, and the great lights of Maryland Jurisprudence, practiced in Baltimore and Washington, and my brother met them in conflict or asso ciation. Many of the leading cases from 1822 to 1864 were tried by him at Annapolis and Washington. He was especially learned in the law of Realty and in Insurance law, having early taken a turn to the study of the latter under the advice and teaching of our father. With Mr. Webster a.s his senior associate, he argued the celebrated case of Jackson e:e dem. Bradstreet vs. Henry Huntington, from New York, in 1838, reported in 5th Peters's U. S. Sup. 0. Rept.s., p. 402. With David Hoffman as his associate, he argued the "Wanen Case," reported in 5th Peters's U. S. S. C. Rept.s., page 675. 52 CHARLES F. MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) One of his last great arguments in the Supreme Court was in the" Hack ley Land Grant Case,"-a case from Florida, for which he made a most elabo rate preparation and discussion; reported in 16th Howard's Repts., U.S. Sup. Ct., p. 635. As a Counselor he was relied on at our Ba,r for his sound, ready judgment. As a friend and advocate of the poor, he will be remembered in Maryland as a generous example. Liberal in judgment; free from all narrowness of soul; he died without an enemy, and with the universal reverence of a community he had served so long with a truly public spirit. CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (first of name,) was twice married: ,tfrst, to SUSAN THERESA PRATT, a daughter of HENRY PRATT, an opu• lent merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. Their marriage took place 9th December, 1819, at the residence of the bride's father, Front Street, Philadelphia; the Rev. Dr. Abercrombie of the Episcopal Church officiating. She died in Bal timore, Md., on the 30th November, 1822. Of this first marriage of Charles F. Mayer, the issue was as follows: 1. HENRY CHRISTIAN MAYER, born 10th January, 1821, at the N. W. corner dwelling of Park and Franklin Streets, Baltimore; baptized by Rev. Dr. Kurtz, of the German Lutheran Zion's Church, aud died, suddenly, at Rochester, New York, on the 1st March, 1846. Of him, his marriage and issue, and their descendants, herein subsequently. By profession a lawyer; but he retired to a farm in New York. 2. CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (second of name,) born 6th June, 1822, in Baltimore, at N. E. corner Oharles and New Church (now Lexington) Streets. Died there, 10th September, 1823. The remains of mother and chil dren, originally interred in the German Lutheran Zion burial ground, were removed several years ago by the widow of Henry C. Mayer, and re-interred in Greenwood Cemetery, New York. CHARLES FREDERH..JK MAYER, (first of name,) son of Christian and Anne Katharine Mayer, ut antea, married secondly: on the 4th April, 1827, ELIZA CALDWELL BLACKWELL, born August 26th, 1803, daught:er of Captain Francis Blackwell, a commander in the merch11nt-service. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Kurtz, at the residence of Dr. James Smith, corner St. Paul and Pleaaa.nt Streets, his wife having been brought up from infancy by Dr. and Mrs. Smith, as her mother died when she was but eighteen months old. The issue of the seeond marriage was as follows: 1. FRANCIS BLACKWELL MAYER, born Baltimore, Md., in his father's dwelling next to the old Masonic Hall, St. Paul Street, 27th December, 1827; unmarried, 1878. FRANK AND HENRY C. MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME,) 53 FRANCIS BLACKWELL MA YER is a figure and portrait painter of estab lished reputation, a pupil of Alfred J. Miller and Ernst Fischer of Baltimore, and subsequently of Messieurs Gleyre and Brion of Paris, France, where he resided from 1862 to 1870; during which period his works were admitted to the Annual Expositions of France. At the Philadelphia Centennial he received a medal and diploma, and several similar awards from the Mary land Institute. In 1851, he was present at the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota, Minnesota Territory, and after a sojourn with the Dakota Indians, he traveled iu the Western and North-Western States. He subse quently visited Florida and the South ; and, in Europe, Holland, France, Ger many and England. He was in Paris during its siege by the German armies. His wo~ks consist of portraits in crayon and oil, single figures and groups of historical and familiar subjects and illustrative drawings. 2. CATHARINE ANNE MAYER, born same place, 29th December, 1828; died at Baltimore, 20th April, 1830, re-interred in Greenmount Cemetery, Bal timore, 1871. 3. CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (fourth of that name,) born 12th Janu ary, 183!:l, at same place. Now a civil engineer in Bmzil; unmarried, 1878. He was a regular officer of the Engineer Corps, United States Navy, from 1859 to 1867. Served during the war, e1,1pecially with merit in Farragut's Battle for the Capture of New Orleans. 4. LEWIS MAYER, lawyer, born 16th September, 1833, at No. 29 Franklin Street, his father's residence, 4th South of Charles. Of his marriage and issue, herein subsequently. 5. ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER, eminent scientific person, born at No. 29 Franklin Street, 13th November, 1836. Of his marriages and issue, herein subsequently. 6. ELIZA MAYER, born at same place, 7th July, 1844. Of her marriage and issue, herein subsequently. Of these children, issue of my brother Charles F. Mayer's two marriages, there were married, four, viz: 1. HENRY C., (.first of name,) son of his first marriage. 2. LEWIS, son of second marriage. 3. ALFRED MARSHALL, son of second marriage. 4. EuzA, only daughter surviving of second marriage. FIRST. HENRY C. MAYER, (first of name,) son of C. F. M., ut antea, intermarried with MARY LOUISA McCULLOH, eldest daughter of JAMES WILLIA.M McCULLOH, then of Baltimore, a gentleman eminent in the legal, political and public life of Maryland, and afterwards distinguished as a Comp troller of the United States Treasury for many ~:ears. They were married in 8 54 HENRY C. MAYER, (SECOND OF NAME.) the (olil) First Pre.~byterian Church, now demolished, which stood on the present site of the United St.ates Court Buihling, corner.North and Fayette Streets. The service took place on the 4th May, 1842, Rev. Dr. Backus offici ating. Issue of this marriage as follows : 1. SusAN THERESA MAYER, born in Baltimore, 19th February, 1843, at her grandfather's (C. F. Mayer's) residence, 29 Franklin Street. She died in New York, 18th February, 1857, aged 14 years, and was buried in Greenwood Uemetery, N~w York. 2. HENRY CHRISTIAN MAYER, (second of name,) born in Westfield, Chautanque County, New York, 31st March, 1844. Of his marriages and issue, herein subsequently. 3. FREDERICK MELCHIOR MAYER, born as last stated, 21st July, 1845. Died 21st November, 1845, aged 4 months. 4. MARY ABBY,-(MAY,)-born at Washington, D. fl., at her grandfather McUulloh's residence, 14th Sepwmber, 1846 :-a posthumou.rJ daughter of her father. Of her marriage and issue, herein subsequently. THE REVEREND HENRY CHRISTIAN MAYER, (second of name,) son of H. C. MAYER (.first of name,) and M. L.-M.AYER, his wife, ut antea, was twice married : First: to NINA COPPEE STEVENS, se Second: REv. H. C. MAYER, (second of name,) intermarried seoondly on 11th May, 1875, with MARY FISHER LEWIS, daughter of GEORGE T. LEWis, of Philadelphia. She was born in Philadelphia, 13th June, 1850. Issue of this marriage, a son, viz : 1. GEORGE LEWIS MAYER, (second of name,) born 7th August, 1876. MARY ABBY MAYER, (MAY,)--daughter of H. C. MAYER and M. L. MAYER, ut antea, intermarried, at Brookline, Massachusetts, in Saint Paul's Church, 3d June, 1868, with DOCTOR J. s. COPLEY GREENE, who died at Berlin, Prussia, 9th November, 1872, while pursuing the study of his profes sion in that capital. He was a young gentleman of distinguished talents and family. Issue of this marriage two children, a son and daughter, viz: 1. BELLE GREENE, born in Brookline, Massachusetta, 20th August, 1870. LEWIS MA YER. 55 2. HENRY UPHAM GREENE, born at Vienna, Austria, 21st November, 1871. He was baptized in that city, at Christmas, 1871, by the Right Rev. Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, who happened to be then in Austria. Mary Louisa Mayer, wife of Henry C. Mayer, and mother of the above, intermarried secondly with Mr. HENRY UPHAM, an accomplished gentleman, graduate of Harvard and merchant of Boston, with whom she tra,eled exteusi vely in Europe and resided at Brookline, Mass., until bis death on the 25th April, 1875. 2. LEWIS MAYER, third son of CHARLES F. MAYERi (first of name,) ut antea, by his second wife, ELIZA CALDWELL MAYER, was married at "Rosewell," the seat of his father-in-law, in Gloucester County, Virginia, on the 9th November, 1871, to MARY VIRGINIA DEANS, daughter of JOSIAH LILLY DEANS, of that place. The marriage took place in Abingdon Church, Rev. Mr. Phillips officiating. Through her paternal grandmother, a Bassett of V(rginia, Mrs. Lewis Mayer is descended from Osmund Bassett, a Norman, whose name is on the roll of Battle Abbey after the battle of Hastings, and whose son Ralph and grandson Richard Bassett, were successively Chief Jus tices of England in the time of Henry I. LEWIS MAYER is a member of the Baltimore Bar. He has writt:en vari ous works relating to the Law of Maryland, which are quoted as authorit,y in the Courts of this State. The principal of these are, his Digest of Decisions construing the Statutes of Maryland, publishetl in 1866, and his City Code of Baltimore, published by authority of the Mayor and City Council in 1869. He has recently revised this last work, and it is now published (1878) by the City, and contains all the Laws and Ordinances in force relating to Baltimore. The General Assembly of Marylantl, by the Act of 1878, chapter 196, legalized and gave the force of law to a Revised Code of Public General Laws of this Rtate, prepared by Mr. Mayer, assisted by Messrs. Fischer and Cross. This work supersedes all other codes and compilations of the statutes pre viously in use in l\Iaryland. Issue by this marriage as follows, viz : 1. LEWIS CHRISTIAN l\lAYER, born in Baltimore, at the dwelling of his grandmother, 8th June, 1874; baptized b~· Rev. Mr. Peterkin, in the Protestant Episcopal Memorial Church, Baltimore. 2. MARY DEANS MAYER, born at same place, 5th Octobe1·, 1875; bap tized by 'Rev. Mr. Richey, in Mt. Calvary Church. 3. ELIZA BLACKWELL MAYER, born Hlth June, 1877, at the same place, and baptized at Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia, 10th August, 1877. by Rev. Mr. Hundley; died at Baltimore, Sunday, 9th December, 1877, and buried in Greenmount, 11th December, 1877. 56 ALFRED MARSH.ALL MA YER. 3. ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER, fourth 80n of CHARLES F. MAYER, (first of name,) ut antea, hy his second marriage, with ELIZA CALDWELL MAYER, has been twice married: first t.o CATHARINE DUCKETT-or, as she was commonly called, KITTY DUCKETT GOLDSBOROUGH, daughter of the late Doctor CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, of Frederick County, Mary land. They were married on the 27th December, 1865, in the Protestant Epis copal Church, Frederick City, Maryland, by the ReY. Mr. Curtis, then a clergy man of the Protestant faith, now a Roman Catholic priest, stationed at the Cathedral Church, Baltimore. She died 2d May, 1868, at "Sunnyside," her mother's residence, in Frederick County, Maryland, and is buried in the Pro testant Episcopal Church-yard, Frederick City, Maryland. The issue of this first marriage of Alfred M. Mayer, was one son, viz : 1. ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYER, born in Frederict County, Mary land, 16th April, 1868, and baptized by Rev. Mr. Osborne Ingle. ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER, son of Charles F. Mayer, (first of name,) ut antea, was married, the second time, t.o MARIA LOUISA SNOW DEN, born 9th June, 1843, daughter of RASrN H.L'1MOND SNOWDEN and his wife :MARGARET McFADoN, of Prince George's County, Maryland. They were married 30th of June, 1869, at Grace Church, (Protestant Episcopal,) Baltimore, by the Reverend Benjamin H. Latrobe, Junior. Issue by this second marriage, two sons, viz : 1. BRANTZ MAYER, (second of that name, and named for his great-uncle hereinafter mentioned,) was born on the 1st June, 1870, at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his father was, at that time, a Professor in the Lehigh University. He died at South Orange, New Jersey, 2!:ld December, 1874. 2. JOSEPH HENRY MAYER, (named for his father's friend, Joseph Henry, LL. D.,) born at his father's residence, at South Orange, New Jersey, on the 12th January, 1872. ALFRED M. MAYER was a student at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, as was also his brother Lewis. As a youth he acquired in the workshop and draughting-room of a mechanical engineer a ready knowledge of mechanical drawing and machinery, and the use of tools. He subsequently devoted him self to physical studies, early attracting the notice of the late Professor Joseph Henry, for his great aptitude in investigating the laws of nature. He has visited Europe several time~ for scientific purposes. He afterwards studied physics, mathematics and physiology in the University of Paris, France. Pro fessor Mayer has occupied the Chair of Physics, with Chemistry and •Astrono• my, in the University of Maryland, 1856-1858; Westmim,ter College, Mis souri, 1859-61; Pennsylvania College, 1865-67; Lehigh University, Bethle hem, Pennsylvania, 1867-70; and in the Stevens Institute of Technology since 1871. COL, BRANTZ MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) 57 It is impossible in a genealogical memoir like this t:o enumerate tlie remarkable adrlitions which this young American Investigator has made t:o positive knowledge concerning the laws of nature. But these have been made known to the world, and incorporated in text-books, by the scientific journalis~q and writers of the day, as well as by the encomiums of Professors Henry, Agassiz, Tyndall, Huxley, Helmholtz, Sir William Thompson, and other renowned men of science. 4. ELIZA MAYER, sole surviving daughter of CHARLES F. :\,fAYER's (first of name,) second marriage, ut antea, intermarried, ou the 9th of Novem ber, 1869, with ROBERT B. VAN KLEECK, ,JUNIOR, then a lawyer, but since become a clergyman of Prot:estaut Episcopal Church. Robert is brother of Reverend Frederick Van Kleeck, who married Eliza's cousin, Estelle Ham ilt:on, in June, 1869, as before recorded herein. Issue by this marriage, three sons and a daughter, viz : 1. CHARLES MAYER VAN KLEECK, born at Flatbush, Long Island, New York, 24th September, 1870. 2. ARTHUR VAN KLEECK, born at White Plains, Westchester County, New York, 12th September, 1872; died there, 16th September, 1872. 3. ELSIE VAN KLEECK, born at Cant:on, Saint Lawrence County, N. Y ., where her father had charge of a parish, 15th March, 187 4. 4. ROBERT VAN KLEECK, boru at "TELLER'S VILLA," in the town of Matteawan, New York, 16th October, 1876. The birth place of this child has been a possession, unint:erruptedly, of the Van Kleeck family sin<>,e 166:>.; the house in which he was born was built by llis great great grandfather in 1708. Troops were often quartered there during the Revolutionary \Var, and the tra dition is, that General Washington was entertained within its walls. 1809-1878. III. COLONEL BRANTZ MAYER, (FIRST OF NA~IE.) The following stat:ements, concerning the author of this genealogical work, have been kindly written by a friend: "BRAN'fZ MAYEa was educated partly at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, but mostly by a private tut:or. He studied law rlnring a voyage to China, Sumatra and Java, in 1827-28; and on his return, finished his studies in the University of Maryland, under the Hon. DAVID HOFFMAN, Professor of Law. Admitwd t:o the bar in 1832, and subsequently to the Rupreme Court of the Unit:ed States, at Washington, he practiced his profession until ,1855, except during 1832-33, when he was in Europe; and 1842-43, when he was in Mexico, 58 COL, BRANTZ MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME.) as Secretary of the United States Legation to that Republic. He was appointed to this post, during a period of great interest to the two nations, by )Ir. \VEBSTER under President T.YLER'S administration. "In 1851 and 1855, Mr. l\Iayer went to :New Orleans, first as one of the Executors of JOHN McDONOUGH, who had appointed him to that trust, and left the body of his estate to the cities of Baltimore and New Orleans; and1 afterwards as one of the Commissioners nominated by the Mayor and City Council of Balti'more, for the administration, sale and liquidation of the city's interest in that estate. He ended his trust in the spring of 185!J;-transferred to Baltimore the large assets which now support the McDonough Educational Institution, and drew up the scheme and ordinance which now govern it. ")Ir. Mayer was the Founder of the :'.\Iaryland Historical Society, all(l was its second President until he went to California, in 1870. He also in con nection with two friends, de,·ised and put into effect the plan of gift subscrip tions for the erection of the Atl1eneum Building, in which the Historical Society and Mercantile Library Associations are foreYer permanently accom modated without cost. "When the Civil War broke out in 1800-Gl, l\Ir. Mayer adhered to the Cnion, was elected President of the Maryland Union State Central Committee, and engaged actively in aiding the national cause.-He wa.;; appointed by Governor Bradford, a Brigadier General of the )laryland volunteer forC(is; and in FebrnarJ·, 1803, he entered the Staff-Corps of the United States Army, in the Pay-Department. \Vhen the regular army was remodeled in 18Hi,-he was re-appointed to the same staff post in the permaneut national forces, and sen·ed therein in l\Iaryland, Penns~·lvania, Delaware, Virginia, Louisiana and California, until June 18i5, when having passed the age of sixty-two years, he was retired from active service and returned t.o his residence in Baltimoi-e. At the close of the Civil \Var he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel for meritorious services to his country. "When Mr. Mayer returned from Mexico, 1844, he published his well known 'Mexico As It \Vas and As It Is,' a book of travels. Several years after, he published in two octavo volumes, beautifully illustrated, his ':'.\Icxico: Aztec, Spa!lish and Republican,' which may justly be considered the only complete historical, descriptive, antiquarian and statistical view of Mexico that has appeared since the publication of Humboldt's Essai Politiqne sur la Nouvelle Espagne. Indeed, in respect to Mexican histollf, it is even fuller than Humboldt's work; and as a whole is the source whence most modern books on Mexico, since 1852, have been compiled in America and England. "Mr. Brantz Mayer bas contributed largely to the general literature of this country, in pamphlets, reviews, speeches and memoirs. These publica tions treat chiefly of Historical, Ethnological and Antiquarian subjects. His 'CAP'l'AIN CANOT, or TWENTY YEARS OF AN AFRICAN SLAVER,' the memoir COL, BRANTZ MAYER, (FffiST OF NAME.) 59 of an actual life, was published a short time before American Slavery cul minated in our Civil War. This book attraeted much attention in this coun try, England and France. Two editions of it were published both in Lon don and Paris; t.he French edition being handsomely illustrated with numer ous plates. Of the American edition, about seventeen thousand copies were sold by the publishers, the Appletons. We should mention also his 'TAH-GAH-JUTE, or LOGAN anrl Capt. MICHAEL CRESAP ;' his charming Memoir of JARED SPARKS; his PENN and CALVERT; and his Memoir and Journal of CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON, superbly re-printed by the Maryla,nd Historical Society in 1876, as its Centennial Memorial. In recog nition of his literary, historical and scientific labors, Colonel Mayer has been honored with membership by nearly all of the leading societies of his country. "And thus a busy life,-checkered by various employments in law, litera ture, military affairs and administrations of trust, has been passed, perhaps not altogether unsuccessfully by our valued friend, the Author of the present work. Colonel Mayer is six feet rn height, stout without obesity; habitually temperate, he has always believed in mental occupation and bodily exercise as the promoters of vigor." L. BRANTZ MAYER, (.-first of that name,) born, ut antea, was twice mar ried, as follows: First. On the 27th of September, 1835, the anniversary of their mutual birtl1day,-at the town of Saint Mary's, Georgia, to MARY GRISWOLD, daughter of DANIEL S. GRISWOLD, then a rice planter on the St. John's River, and of MARY DUNHAM, his wife, who was a daughter of DA V1D DUNHAM, an opulent merchant of New York, in the early part of this century. Brantz Mayer and Mary Griswold were married by a Presbyterian clergyman of the town, the Rev. Mr. Pratt, who, at the bride's request, performed the service according to the ritual of the Protestant Epi8(',0pal Church, to which she then adhered. The groom reached the age of twenty-six, and the bride of eighteen on their wedding day. Mary died on the 30th October, 1845, in Baltimore, at our residence, No. 82 St. Paul Street, in giving birth to her fifl,h child, Mary. She was a woman of remarkable intellect, improved by thorough culture under the charge of her friend and governess Miss Anna Maria Wells-a lady of much erudition, still living in 1878, at Sant.a Cruz, California. To gentle manners and winning address she added a knowledge of music, with a power of its expression, both vocally and instrumentally, which made her renowned and beloved in her day among the gentlewomen of Baltimore. For nearly thirty years her remains rested in the family vault of my father, in the German Lutheran (Zion's) burial ground, on Columbia Street, until, on 60 COL. BRANTZ MAYER, {FIRST OF NAME.) the destruction of that ancient grave-yard of the paternal church, they were remo,·ed, in 187 4, with the remains of my brothers and sisters who died in infancy, and of my own infant children, to my lot in Greenmount Cemetery. The verses which I print were public tributes to her memory from my friend Park Benjamin, the Poet, who, himself, "has gone to the great number!" IN MEMORIAM MARLE MA YER. t,he has gone in all her loveliness, in the spring-time of her life. The true, the constant and the fond,-devoted, faithful, wife; Through the solemn vale of shadows, to the land of love and light, She has gone like some fair planet from the firmament of night! The home she made so happy is desolate and lone, And the chords she struck so,deftly have lost their sweetest tone; No more her f11.iry footsteps are heard along the floor,- And the music of her voice of song is hushed for evermore! By the Angels she was wafted to her eternal rest, With the Angels she is dwelling, in the mansions of the blest; But a cloud is resting o'er us, and we cannot now descry The glory and the beauty that she wears above the sky. With tears all unavailing we bedew her funeral urn,- The Summer sun will bloom again but she will not return; She took our sunshine with her, and nothing can restore The brightneBS of the Pleiad that has gone for evermore. The issue of BRANTZ MA YER's first marriage was : 1. KATHARINE MARY MAYER, born at the" Pascnult Mansion," Saratoga Street, Baltimore, 9th October, 1836, and baptized by Rev. Dr. Kurtz; named after her two grandmothers. 2. BEATA MAYER, born at same place, 6th July, 1838, baptized by Rev. Dr. Wyatt, of St. Paul's Church; named after the deceased sister of my friend and godfather Lewis Brantz; the Hon. David Hoffman being her godfather. 3. ANNA MARIA MAYER, named after her aunt Anna Maria Konig. She was born, same place, 8th April, 1841. 4. DORA MAYER, called so after my paternal great grandmother, Doro thea Weber Mayer, of Ulm. She was born at my dwelling, 82 St. Paul Stre,et, 1st February, 1844. 5. MARY MAYER, called after her dear mother, born, 82 St. Paul Street, 14th October, 1845; her mother dying two weeks after giving birth to her. BRANTZ MAYER, son of CHRISTIAN and ANNE KATHARINE MAYER, ut antea, married, seoondly, CORNELIA POOR, daughter of a most estimable McDOWELL AND ALBERT FAMILIES. 61 citizen and merchant of Baltimore, ,JOHN HENRY Poo:tt, and his wife, J A.NE TAYLOR PooR. The marriage took place at the bride's home, 74 Franklin Street, on Wednesday evening, 15th November, 1848, the Reverend Dr. Bur nap, of the Unitarian Church, officiating. Cornelia Poor was born on the 7th day of October, 1817. Issue of this marriage, three daughters, two of whom survived to matu rity, as follows: 1. CORNELIA ::\IA.YER, named for her uwther, born at my residence at that time, No. 147 Biddle Street, 6th September, 1849. 2. JANE l\IAYER, named for her maternal grandmother, born at same plaee, 27th :February, 1851. 3. F..L~NY MAYHEW ::\I.AYER, born at my present residence, No. 16 ::\IcCulloh Street, 27th April, 1854: named for her mother's eldest sister, and died, nearly a month old, ou the 23d }lay, 1854. Of these, the children of BRANTZ }!AYER, three have married, (1878,) viz: BEATA, No. 2, ANNA )I.A.RU, No. 3, and DOR.A., No. 4. :Xo. 2. BEATA MA YER, second daughter of BRA..i.~TZ and al.ARY }!.A.YER, ut antea, intermarried with ED,v ARIJ GOOIJ\Yl::S :'.\IcDOWELL, merchant of Baltimore, at my residence, No. 1G :'.\lcCulloh Street, on the l~th of Decem ber, l 8H0. 'fhe ceremony was performed by the Rev. ::\Ir. Bowen, of the Unitarian Church. Issue by this marriage, (1878,) one son, Yiz: 1. EDWARD :\lcIJowELL, born on the 1st :\lay, 18GG, Tuesday, at his father's residence, :Xo. 112 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. );"o. 4. DOHA )!AYER, fourth daughter of BRANTZ and )!ARY )I.AYER, ut rodea, intL·rnrnrried, on the 7th of Januarr, 18H4, with JOSEPH TAYLOR ALBERT, (first of name,) merchant of the city of Baltimore. DoRA )fAY:C,R ALBERT went to her eternal rest on Thursday eYeuiug, :.!,'.itlt April, 1878; dying at the )fount Yernon Hotel, in Baltimore, after a long painful illnes;;, through which she passed with that beautiful patience am] unselth,h 1le111eanor which harl always chara<:terized her life. Dear Child, sweet Wife, loved Mother, gentle Friend, Thou wast the incarnation of pure Womanhood,- A Lady to the core,-whose heart of innocence Beat ever first for others, last for self!- A.h ! how we lack thee, darling of our life; Hearts broke when thou passed on from earthly sight, Yet, broken beat with Hope, the pulse of Faith 1 9 62 ALBER'.r AND ROSZEL FAMILIES. The children of this marriage were four daughters and two sons, namely: 1. DORA .ALBERT, born at her father's farm near Cockeysville, Baltimore County, 19th February, 1865. 2. JOSEPH TAYLOR ALBERT, (second of name,) born at bis grandfather Albert's residence in Monument Street, Baltimore, 7th March, 1866. 3. FANNY ALBERT, born at her father's seat, "Cedar Lawn," Baltimore County, Friday, 31st May, 1867. 4. AUGUSTUS JAMES ALBERT, born at "Cedar Lawn," Monday, 30th May, 1870. 5. MARY ALBERT ALBERT, born at "Cedar Lawn," Sunday, 31st Janu ary, 1875, and died there Thursday, 1st July, 1875. 6. ANNA REBECCA ALBERT, born at "Cedar Lawn," Tuesclay, 24th Octo ber, 1876, and died there between 5 and 6 o'clock, A. M., Thursday, 7th Sep tember, 1877. No. 3. ANNA MARIA MAYER, third daughter of BRANTZ and MARY MAYER, ut antea, intermarried, on Thursday evening, 21st December, 1865, at my residence, 16 McCulloh Street, with STEPHEN GEORGE ROSZEL, merchant, of Baltimore. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Mahan, the Pastor in charge of' St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church and Parish in Baltimore. Issue of this marriage, one daughter and two sons, viz : 1. MARY SOPHY ROSZEL, born 9th September, 1866, in Baltimore; died there, 20th December, 1868. 2. BR.A.N'.l'Z MAYER ROSZEL, born 16th March, 1869, in Baltimore, and baptized in St. Paul's Church by Rev. Dr. Mahan, Brantz Mayer being one of his sponsors. • 3. GEORGE ROSZEL, born in Baltimore, 21st December, 1870. A summary of the descendants of my father Christian Mayer and his wife Anne Katharine Mayer, made from the preceding lists, which, it is believed, contain the n1:1,mes of all the issues, shows the following result up to the summer of 1878: Children of Christian MayAr ( second of name,) and wife ___ . . . 9 Grandchildren ...... 24 Great grandchildren ...... 28 Great great grandchildren...... 8 In all sixty.nine lineal descendants, born unto them between the date of their marriage in 1785, and 1878, or in ninety.three years,-being seven years short of a century. THE ULM-FAMILY AT PRESENT. 63 I must notice the fondness for travel, as distinguished from wander ing, which has characterized the lfaryland branch of the family perhaps more than our "cousins of York and Laucaster." Christian Mayer, who encouraged it in his children, journeyed much in Europe and America ;-his daughter, Anna l\Iaria, visited many parts of Europe after her marriage, and subsequently saw iuteresting portions of her own country ;-his son Lewis was sent, with )Ir. Brantz, to ludia before he was ten years old, then to Europe for education, and afterwards again to Europe on commercial voy ages ;-his son Charles went to Sweden and :Norway, also with Mr. Brantz, in early youth; and, after he had studied law, was sent by our father as super cargo to Italy on a voyage, which was not completed, until the ship bad visited Calcutta and )fadras ;-I was dispatched, under the auspices of Mr. Brantz, and while I was studying law, to China, visiting also Java and Sumatra; afterwards, I traveled over Europe, and have been in nearly every State in the Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, living five years in California as an officer of the United States Army. His grandson, Frank, the artist, trav eled extensi,·ely in our Indian country, before it was carved into States, and lived eight years in Europe, seeing most of its capitals and picturesque scenery, and studying his profession ;-his grandson, Charles F., (third of that name,) visitt>d Peru a.ml Chili, and afterwards Europe ;-his grandson, Charles F., (fourth of that name,) while an Engineer in the United States Service, saw nearly all the important parts of :North and South America, and is now a Civil Engineer, in the service of Brazil, in the heart of our southern c.ontinent; Alfred )I., after jonrneJing much in the United States, bas been twice in Europe as a scientific student ;-the great grandchildren, Henry C. Mayer and Henry's sister-:\lay Greene, haYe visited a.11 the most int:eresting portions of the 1•-0ntiuent of Europe, while the former has also seen Egypt and the Holy Land. S members of the original stem of our family still exist in l.TTm, Wiir A temberg, in 1878,-namely, my aunt's family and descendants,-! add this sketch: AN~A MAUIA :\!AYER, daughter, ut antea, of John Mayer, and sister of Christian )layer of Baltimore in America; born in Ulm, 28th July, 1765, arnl died there 1834: She married on the 8th of :November, 1791, John Leins of Bartenbad1, who was born ~1st August, 1758; was a merc~ant at Ulm; and II. Dorothea Christianne Leins, born 5th January, 1796, and died at mm 17th December, 1877. She intermarried there, with John Krick, merchant, who died in that city in 1832, leaving issue of this marriage six children, viz: one daughter and five sons, as follows: 1. Henrietta Krick, (first of name,) born about 1822, intermarried with Mr. Rosenbusch, of Kulmbach, near Baireuth in Bavaria, merchant. She died in March, 1845, leaving one daughter, viz: Henrietta. Rosenbusch, (second of that name,) born 16th September, 1843. This daughter Henrietta inter married on 17th September, 1867, with Mr. Wilhelm Sick, Doctor and Apothe cary. Issue of this marriage three children, viz: 1. Christian Sick, born 10th March, 1870. 2. Elizabeth Sick, born 23d March, 1871. 3. Johanna Sick, born 22d February, 1876. They reside, in 1878, in the city of Hamburg, Germany. ..l. Carl August Krick, born at mm, 10th May, 1824; died there April 28th, 1867. He married Maria Koelk on 6th May, 1856, who was born 13th August, 1833. Of this marriage there are four children surviving, viz: 1. Maria Krick, born 23d March, 1857. 2. August Krick, born 16th May, 1858. 3. He.Jene Krick, born 14th August, 1863. 4. Edward Krick, born 9th March, 1865. 3. Johann Friedrich Krick, born 1st August, 1827, surviving unmarried, without issue. 4. Christian Heinrich Krick, born 19th August, 1828, intermarried 10th May, .!859, with Elise Kiderlen, born 28th May, 1842. Issue of this marriage 1. Sophie Krick, born 17t,h May, 1861. 2. Oscar Krick, born 19th February, 1866. 3. Otto Krick, born 23d March, 1869. 5. Robert Krick, born ith October, 1829; who formerly was an agricul turist, but is now engaged in railway concerns. Re intermarried, on the 29th January, 1859, with Caroline Rippmann, who was born 29th January, 1825: Issue, one son, viz: 1. Frederick Krick, born 14th September, 1861. 6. Christian Krick, born 31st July, 1831; intermarried on the 10th May, 1858, with Wilhelmine Doppel-Mayer, who was born 14th August, 1831. Issue of thiis marriage: 1. Wilhelmine Krick, (second of name,) born 27th Febru ary, 1859. 2. Friedrich Krick, born 10th February, 1860. 3. Emma Krick, born :!4th July, 1861. 4. Caroline, born 24th January, 1863. III. Christian Leins, born at Ulm, 1st August, 1798, intermarried with Dorothea Augusta Wiedemann, and died without issue, at same city, 24th January, 1835. Thus, in the direct mal,e lines, the original branch of MARCUS M.AYER'S family is apparently extinct in Ulm in name; the LEINS family is also extinct in name there-but the family still survives in the female line and consan guinity by the KRICK intermarriage. Of the collateral bra.nch of George Bartholomew Mayer's family, I have no data, but have been informed that some male members survive and con tinue the name in Wiirtemberg. OF PENNSYLVANIA.. 1681-1878. OHN )IELUIIIOR MA YEH, who, through his son MARX, or MARcrs J MAYER, became stirps of the Baltimore Family, Maryland, had an elder son, brother of MARcrs, horn 9th March, 1681, whose name was GEORGE BARTIIOLO)lEW MA YER. GEORGE BARTH0LO)IEW died 21st October, 1720; but the name, or birth-day, or death-day of his wife is not given in any of the memoir8 we have in this country. In 1698, he was a student in Chn, having been educated probably at the CuiYcrsity of Ttibingen, and became clergyman at Durlach in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Early in the eighteenth century he was "Diaconus," or Chief-Master at Pfortzheim; afterwards at Bickengen, and lastly, at Blausiugen. He had several children, but we ban the name and record of only one, viz: 1702-1752-1765. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (first of name,) born, according to the best authorities, at Carlsruhe, in November, 1702, married at Ulm, EV A MARGARETHA SCHEIFEL, horn in that city, ~4th November, 1704, a daughter of Surgeon BARTHOLOMEW SCHEIFEL and bis wife ANNA MARIA BERGFELDER. Their marriage took place in Se1)tember, 17U. She died in Philad~lphia, 27th September, 17ti5, and was "buried there in the Lutheran Church-yard of that day." EVA MARGARETHA is reportRd to have been born of a well educated family, a member of which was infonnat<>r domes ticns in noble families,-a function which I suppose was that of private tutor. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (.tfrst of name,) his wife, and their four children,-two son.s and two daughters,-emigrated in 1752 to America, 66 CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (FIRST OF NAME;) long before the War of Independence. A year before that time,-on the 26th Ma,v, 1751, Christopher Bartholomew, while still in Ulm, Wilrtemberg, re signed,-(according to the MS. memoranda of his son George Ludwig,)-his office of Notary; also, his citizenship of the Free Imperial City, and removed then with his family to the Hague, in Holland. This Lancaster memorandum also states, that " so great was the esteem in which both he and his family were held by the Ulmers, that the city authorities had a certificate in Latin fairly engrossed and sent after him to Holland, reserving to the emigrant and bis children their rights of citizenship, should either he or they, at any time after wards, return to Ulm." However, the father, wife, four children, a son-in-law and a daughter-in law, vfa: George Ludwig and wife; John Jacob; Sybilla Margaretha, (first of that name,) and her husband, the Reverend B. M. Houseal; and Dorothea Regina, departed, early in 1752, from Holland, and landed at Annapolis, then the capital of the Brith1h Province of Maryland. They did not tarry there long, but soon went,, probably via the small village of Baltimore, to " Monoc acy-Station," or Frederick-Town, in the western part of the Province. It is supposed that it was the design of Uhristopher Bartholomew Mayer to acquire land and to settle his family in that fertile region, but he died in November, six months after bis arrival in America, and was buried in the "Gottes-Alrer" of the Lutheran Church of Frederick-Town, on the 21st November, 1752. I searched in vain, in 1878, for a memorial-stone or trace of his grave in this burial ground; but it is said, that the bones of several unknown persons were disinterred when the foundations of the modern church were laid, and that they were re-interred elsewhere. The remains of Christopher Bartholomew may have been among these skeletons. After their father's de,ath, the family dispersed. George Ludwig, the elder son, in a year or two, quitted Frederick-Town, Maryland, for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where many of his descendant-8 still live. Sybilla Margaretha, (first of that name,) who had married the Rev. Mr. Houseal just before sailing from Holland, tarried with him at Frederick where he founded the Evangelical Lutheran Church in that wilderness. Dorothea Regina, and John J acoh, both still unmanied,-accompanied George Ludwig to Lancaster, where Dorothea Regina married Jacob Schuler and settled; while John Jacob went to Phila delphiai where, marrying a Miss Staehlin, whose parent-8 came from Carlsruhe, reared a family whence our relatives, now in Georgia, are descended. 'l'here must have been more than common enterprize in Christopher Bar tholomew Mayer, (first of that name,) to induce him, at the age of fifty years, bis life more than half spent, and respected as he was by the Ulmers, to cut loose from birth-ties, and emigrating with wife and children from the very heart of Germany, to cross the sea and plunge into what was then a savage wilderness. But neither he, nor his son George Ludwig, who was a good HIS FAMILY .A.ND EMIGRATION. 67 scholar, has left memoranda concerning the purposes of the family's emigra tion and selection of Frederick-Town for settlement. It was not until I receivt>d from Ulm, in 1878, an extract from Weyermann~ "Naehrichten von Ulrnischen Gelehrten nnd Kunstlern," that I got a clue to the motives of the Ulmer emigrants. In the earlier part of the eighteenth century, more than thirty thousand persecuted Saltzburghers,-expelled by the wicked Prince Archbishop Leopold Anthony because they would not abjure their faith,-fled to Prussia, Holland and England. Of those who went to England, seventy-eight selected men, women and children, were sent to America, free of cost, by the Trustees of the Young Colony of Georgia; and being met on their arrival at Charleston by General OGLETHORPE, were planted by him near the Savannah Rh-er, about four miles from the present town of Springfield, in Effingham County. This was the nucleus of the ecclesiastical settlement of "EBENEZER." In a short time the site was found to have been unwisely chosen; and a better grant was made at "RED BLUFF." There "NEW-EBENEZER" soon waxed in numbers and success,-apparently a pure theocratic, Lutheran settl~ment of Germans,-simple in forms of life and law, but rigid in religious discipline. The settlers tended their herds, cultivated their fields and gardens, built two churches, obeyed the rulings of their Pastors and Elders,-conveyed to them in council rather than by law,-raised cotton, and began successfully the culture of silk. And so, these simple people, augmented by numbers to a large community, dwelt in peace and comfort, until our War of Independence brought fighting men into their neighborhood, and an innovating clergyman introduced disputes into the church. Thus, disorders begot decay, and gradu ally overthrew the old and simple community of Germans; until "Ebenezer" is now one of the utterly "Dead-Towns of Georgia," described by Mr. Jones in his history of those places, in the fourth volume of the Georgian Historical Society's collections. But in l 752, Ebenezer, in Georgia, was in full tide of successful promise, and correspondence from it had inflamed the hopes and zeal of many whose lot in Germany might be improved by emigration to a virgin country. Our family had always been Lutheran. From the earliest times in which I could trace our ancestry, I have found a large vein of Lutheran strictne.ss and disci pline as well as of religious sobriety pervading the families though they never degenerated into asceticism. Christopher Bartholomew, son of the Durlacb clergyman, bad himself, been always a man of this description, and brought up his children in conformity with it, so that I was not surprised to find in Weyer mann's "Nachrichten" that be "went away with his wife and children to Ebenezer," and that" on the 11th June, of the year in which he departed, no less than sevent.ien persons followed him from Ulm." But, although they left that city with the design of going to Georgia,-from unexplained circumstances, 68 SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA. they were detained a year in Holland before they sailed for America, and, in that time, a change "came o'er the spirit of their dream." A daughter of Christopher Bartholomew, SY11ILLA MARGARETHA, married in Rotterdam, during that year, the young clergyman HOUSEAL, and doubtless the ecclesi astical influence of this brilliant, energetic and learned gentleman then in the prime of vigorous life, and calculated to exercise influence, had much to do with changing their destination and shaping the future fortunes of the family. As they disembarked from their voyage at Annapolis, Maryland, it is probable that DA.NIEL DULANY, then dwelling there, and whose landed possessions in Western l\faryland were large, induced the thrifty Germans t.o look at his lands in and about Frederick-Town; nor is this conjecture weakened, by the fact that t,he ground for the church, begun at that village subsequently by Houseal, was given to him for that purpose by Dulauy. There was rivalry at that time no doubt between large laud-holders, seeking to settle and sell their lands, and the Marylanders of course, lauded the fertile valleys of Frederick, and justly t.oo, in comparison with the swamps of the Savannah. Nor was religious zeal balked lJy this change of destination, for Lutherans were coming in numbers to the couverging valleys of the Shenan• doah and Potomac Rivers, so that a <"mnmunity from the Fatherland, speakiug a corumon language and de,·oted to Lutheranism as a common faith,-was already established to welcome the new-comers. Yet the bravery of the ent~r prise will always be undisputed, for Frederick-Town, or ·' )lonocacy-Station," was not only a frontier settlement, bordering on a wild country, but was still thronged with savages. It was not remote from the field of hostilities bewixt the French and Euglii,;h in America, for our iwmigrauts arrived three years before Braddock's defeat; but they had the keenness to see that their location was goo WILL now st.ate, in regular sequence, the issue of CHRISTOPHER I BARTHOLOMEW MAYER and bis wife EVA MARGARETHA SCHEIFEL, and their descendants, to the present day. I. GEORG LUDWIG MAYER, (eldest child and.first of the name,) was born in Ulm, 10th August, 1727, 0. S. He wa.~ married twice: first, before his emi gration to America, on the 25th April, 175~, to MARIA BARBARA DIEMER, of mm, who died in this country 30th October, 1777, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is buried there in Trinity Church-yard. He married second, on the 7th February, 1779, MARIA BARBARA HALLER, of Frederick-Town, Maryland, born in October, 1758, and daught-0r of George Baller of that place, a kinswoman of his first wife. She survived her husband, and was married a second time to John Leibley of Lancaster, whom she also survived, dying finally on the 28th March, 1837, in York, Pa., at the residence of her son, the Reverend Dr. Lewis Mayer. George Ludwig Mayer, (first of the name,) died at Lancaster, Pa., 10th September, 1793, buried in Trinity Lutheran Church-yard, and noted on the church records as an old member thereof. The Lancaster branches spring from the .first marriage of George Ludwig Mayer, (first of name,) and M. B. Diemer; partly also, from Colonel George Mayer, third son of G. L. Mayer's second marriage with M. B. Haller, of Frederick-Town, Maryland. II. SYBILLA MARGARETHA MAYER, (first of that name,) born in mm, 4th August, 1733, was married at Rotterdam, in Holland, in 1752, just before the emigration to America, to the Reverend BERNARD MICHAEL HOUSEAL, clergyman of the Evangelical 1..utheran Church, a son of the Reverend BER NARD HOUSEAL. He was born at Heilbronn, Wtirtemberg, in 1727. Mrs. Houseal died in the year 1824, at Stonehouse, Devonshire, England, at the age of 91 years, and is buried there; her husband died previously at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday morning, 9th March, 1799, aged 71 years. III. DOROTHEA REGINA MAYER, second daughter, born in Ulm, 6th October, 1739. She was married in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the 14th De cember, 1761, to J A.COB SCHULER. Their descendants are extremely numerous. IV. JORN J A.COB MA YER, ( first of that name,) second son, and fourth and last child, born in Ulm, 16th January, 1741, was married at the Lutheran Church, in Philadelphia, 22d November, 1762, to MARIA JULIANA STAEHLIN, whose parents were from Carlsruhe. The Georgian and Southern family springs from John Jacob Mayer. 10 I FIRST CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT OF 1752. 8torgt tnbwig .fflaytr 1 s FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS. I FIRST CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT OF 1752. <8,torgt lnbwig fflaytr ~ s FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS. ------ 1752-1878. EORGE LUDWIG MAYER, (first of name,) evidently a well educated G man, was a successful tradesman. He educated his children, and his character and means seem to have given them good positions in Lancaster and elsewhere. He wrote a neat, rather delicately feminine hand, and addressed' my father in French, which, if he did not use with as complete mastery as a Parisian, is at least, a creditable evidence of his a()Complishments. He was a lover of the fair sex, for he married twice and had no less than sixteen children. His address and manners are said t,o have been refined and very attractive. At the age of 69 years, in 1786, he welcomed my father very kindly to Lancaster, and wrote him a letter of combined sentiment and religion, which shows the rearing he received from his father, who departed from Germany originally with the design of uniting his and his family's fortunes to those of the immigrants to New-Ebenezer in Georgia. "You know,"-he says,-" my cousin, or, if you do not. you will know in due time, that our happiness or unhappiness depends mainly on the idea we have of it, and so we become arbiters of our good or bad fortune. For my part, 1 speak from experience, and, beyond that, all is chimerical. In youth, we seek our happiness in externals, and as we grow old, we become convinced of their withering futility, and then grope for the treasure where the Divine Bounty has fixed it in its true place. May the good God, my dear cousin, give you a long and happy life, for without happi ness existence is a hurthen. But my wishes for you go further. I hope you will get your happiness cheaply and not at a heavy cost. To secure the jewel CHILDREN OF FIRST WIFE. 71 you have simply t.o follow the advice of the Author of our Religion, when he says:-' the Kingdom of God is within yourself.' I have forgotten myself in these reveries, for it is possible you do not need lessons from me. But they may do you no harm; for, like true Suabians, we partake most of the dove and not greatly of the serpent. I speak thus as to myself, and even as t.o my father, for both of us tried for worldly gain,-my brother luckily escaped; yet, in spite of failure, I would not change my condition with the luckiest of mortals. I am happy, and hope for a future life." And in this religio-philosophic state of mind, the uxorious old gentleman passed his life industriously and thriftily, in a well remembered one st.ory house on Vine Street, about a square and a half from the centre of Lancaster, where-. in, until late years, dwelt his granddaughter, the spinster "KITTY TURNER." The issue of his first marriage with MA.RIA BARBARA DIEMER, was six sons and three daughters, namely: I. SYBILLA. MARG A.RETH.A. MA. YER, ( second of that name,) born at Fred erick-Town, Province of Maryland, on 3rd December, 1753; died at Lancaster, Pa., 5th October, 1831, aged 78, buried iu the Moravian burial ground. Of her marriage with Mr. Steinman, issue and descendants, hereafter. II. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MA.YER, (second of name,) born Jan ary 7th, 1756, died at Lancaster, Pa., 11th August, 1815, buried at Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster. Of his marriage with Susan Burkhart, and de scendants hereafter. III. MICHA.EL MA.YER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 3d December, 1758; died there 20th July, 1760, aged a year and a half. IV. GEORGE Lunwm MA.YER, (second of that name,) born at Lancaster, 12th April, 1761; died 24th April, 1761, aged 12 days. V. JACOB MA.YER, (first of that name,) born at Lancaster, 9th July, 1762, died at Philadelphia, 22d May, 1802, aged nearly 40 years. He never married. He had been United States Consul at Cape Franc;ois, San Do mingo, where he was largely engaged in commerce, until the spring of 1802, when he was driven away by the revolution on the island, and the destruction of his property. He went to the West Indies first, 5th June, 1788. He :wcu mulated a considerable fortune in San Domingo, of which his brother Christo phP..r B. Mayer (second,) was principal and residuary legatee. He died sud denly, of apoplexy, in the street, in Philadelphia, and is buried there, it is believed, in Christ Church burial ground. VI. EVA. MA.RIA. MA.YER, born at Lancaster, 5th December, 1765; died 18th March, 1832. Of her marriage with Thomas Turner, issue, and descend ants hereafter. VIL JOHN MAYER, born at Lancaster, 25th November, 1767; died at Lancaster, suddenly, on 17th December, 1807. John was associatea in busi- 72 CHILDREN OF SECOND WIFE. ness with his brother Jacob, when they were driven out of Saint Domingo; and is buried iri the Trinity Lutheran burial ground. He was unmarried.. VITI. HENRY MA. YER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 8th June, 1770, and died on his voyage home from Batavia, Island of Java, (whither he had gone as the supercargo of a vessel,) 18th February, 1793, aged .23 years. His brother, Christopher Bartholomew (second,) says, in a memorandum, that "Henry, at the age of 19 years, and on the 5th June, 1785, set sail, M second mate of the 'Enterprize.' He is reported to have died of sun-stroke at sea, received while reading, with uncovered head, the burial service over an officer of the vessel." IX. SUSANNAH BARBA.RA. MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 18th March, 1775; died at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 18th January, 1852, aged 77 years. Of her marriage and descendant.a hereafter. The children of GEORGE LUDWIG MA YER, (first of the name,) and his second wife MA.RIA BA.RB.AR.A HALLER, ut antea,, were five sons and two daughters, namely : I. KATA.RINA MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 2d January, 1780; died there 5th .August, 1781., aged a year and a half. II. GEORGE MAYER, born at Lancru;iter, Pa., 3d .August, 1781; died there 9th September, 1862, aged 81 years. Of his marriage and issue and descendants hereafter. III. LEWIS MAYER, (first of the name,) born at Lancaster, Pa., 26th March, 1783; died at York, Pa., 25th .August, 1849, aged 66 years, 4 months, 29 days. He was interred in the cemetery adjoining the Reformed Church, York. Of his marriage, issue, and descendants hereafter. IV. MICHAEL FREDERICK MAYER, born at Lancaster, 14th February, 1786; died at Hagarstown, Md., 14th June, 1817; unmarried. V. SAMUEL MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., on Easter Sunday, 24th March, 1788; died at Lancaster, of consumption, 25th January, 1809. VI. JOHN FREDERICK MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 27th September, 1790; died, of sma.11-pox, at Lancaster, 30th .April, 1793. · VII. CATHARINE JULIA.NA MAYER, born at Lancaster, 9th October, 179'2, and died at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 29th May, 1826, aged 33 years. Of her marriage and descendants hereafter. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN (FIRST,) .A.ND FAMILY. 73 mhe !layer~Jttinman lntermaniage. 1777-1878. SYBILLA MARGARETHA MAYER, (the second of that name,) eldest child and daughter of George Ludwig Mayer (the first of that name,) and his wife Maria Barbara Diemer, born, ut antea, at Frederick-Town, Province of Maryland, 3d December, 1753, was married at Lancast.er, Pennsylvania, 15th April, 1777, to JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (the first of that name,) born at Bethlehem, Pa., 9th December, 1752. She died at Lancast.er, Pa., 5th October, 1831, her husband having died at same city, 17th October, 1823. The issue of this marriage was two sons and five daughters, viz: I. GEORGE MICH.A.EL STEINMAN, born at Lancaster, Pa., 26th February, 1779. He went on 15th July, 1799, with his uncles Jacob (first of that name,) and John Mayer, to Cape Fran~ois, Island of San Domingo, and died there of yellow fever, 14th October, 1799. He was unmarried. II. ANNA MARI.A. STEINMAN, born at Lancaster, Pa., 11th November, 1780, and died there, 22d August, 1844. III. REBECCA REGINA STEINMAN, born in Lancaster, Pa., 10th October, 1782, and died at Carlisle, Pa., 26th June, 1845. IV. SusANNA JULIAN.A. STEINMAN, born at Lancaster, Pa., 10th April, 1785, and died there, 11th July, 1817. V. SYBILLA AMELIA STEINMAN, born at Lancaster, Pa., 12th November, 1786, and died August 5th, 1839. VI. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (second of name,) born at Lanca.ster, Pa., 19th December, 1789. Surviving 1878. VII. EvA HENRIETTA STEINMA.N, born at Lancaster, Pa., 19th December, 1791, and died at Lawrenceville, near Pittsburg, Pa., 7th April, 1842. I shall preface this marriage of SYBILLA MARGARETHA. MAYER with Mr. STEINMAN, and the account of their numerous descendants in one hundred and one years, with a brief narrative concerning Mr. Steinma.n's family, as set forth by his grandson Andrew Jackson St.einma.n of Lancast.er. The immediate ancestor, Christian Frederick St.einma.n, was born in Dres den, Saxony, 11th November, 1711, and married Anna Regina Rosin, born at Erfurt, Saxony, 24th November, 1717. Christian and Anna had also a son named George Michael Steinman, born at Erfurt on the 1st September, 1738. This son they left at Zyst, a Moravian settlement near the Hague, Holland, whence they departed for Pennsylvania., which, as a fruitful field for mission- 74 STEINMAN ANCESTRY AND HISTORY. ary labor, was then frequently supplied with clergymen and emigrants from Germany and the Low Countries. George Michael remained at Zyst until 1767, in the expectation of rejoin ing his parents in America. But in this he was disappointed. He was called on by the Church to become a member of a colony it was forming to be sent to Sarepta in Southern Russia, a part of the world that was then supplied with missionaries who were striving to convert and civilize the Cossacks and Kalmucks. George Michael Steinman sailed with the colonists from the Hague for St. Petersburg, in 1767; and, on the 1st of January, 1768, started with his companions in seventeen sleighs, on a perilous winter drive of five weeks over three hundred miles of snow. Their journey ended in Astrakhan on that belt of land, seventy or eighty miles wide, on one side of which the Volga pours its waters eastwardly to the Caspian, while on its west the Don flows through the Don-Cossack country to the Sea of Azof, and thence into the Black Sea. There this zealous colony of Moravians founded, on the west bank of the Volga, the settlement of Sarepta, which, at this day, is said to be a town of luxury and wealth. George Michael married at Sarepta on the 23d Janu ary, 1793, Maria Magdalena Miller; but their union was without issue in August, 1801, when he was last heard from by his brother who had been born in America after his parents' emigration. This brother,-John Frederick Steinman, (first of the name,) was born unto his parents, Christian and Anna, at Bethlehem, Pa., on the 9th December, 1752, fourteen years after the birth of George Michael at Erfurt. The Moravian Church records at Litiz, Lancwter County, Pa., report that Christian Frederick Steinman arrived with his family at that new ecclesiasti cal establishment, in November, 1756; and that he had been appointed to oversee and take care of the workmen who were to build the saw and grist mill, near the town on the stream issuing from the great, Litiz Spring. After a large part of this work was done, the church authorities changed the site of the mill to a spot quite a mile below the Yillage, whith6r "brother and sister Steinman" removed in April, 1757, taking up their abode in a house bought by the brethren. After the mill was built, the Steinmans returned to Bethlehem in December, 1758; but, in October of the next year, they went back to Litiz as permanent residents. On the 12th December, 1760, Christian Frederick Steinman departed this life, being the first married man who died in the new settlement of Litiz. He was the fifth person buried in the Moravian Cemetery; those who died previ ously to its establishment, having been interred in the burial ground of the adjacent village of Warwick, or at Saint James's Church. After the fashion of the Moravians, his grave is simply numbered "5;" being the seventh from the main entrance walk-in the second row from the south end of the grave yard, in it.tJ south-westeru corner. BRYAN-STEINMAN CHILDREN. 75 Christian Frederick's widow, removed with her son John Frederick, to Lancaster, eight miles distant from Litiz; and in that town married John Christopher Hayne, and died there 13th May, 1783, without issue of her second union. Her husband died before her, on the 11th January, 1781. Her son by the first marriage, John Frederick Steinman, succeeded to the tin and copper ware business which had been conducted by Mr. Hayne-a business, which, in his hands and in those of his descendants, has expanded into one of the largest and most opulent hardware houses in the country. 1801-1878. No. II. ANNA. M.A..RIA STEINMAN, daughter of John Frederick, (first of name,) and Sybilla Margaretha Mayer, ut antea, was married at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 19th November, 1801, to GEORGE BRYAN, who was born in Philadelphia, 1 i66, and died at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17th December, 18::58. Mr. Bryan was much in public life in Pennsylvania, was Clerk of the State's Senate; afterwards Auditor Genf'ral under Gov. McKean, and Gov. Snyder, and Gov. Findley, until 1821, when be retired. Subsequently he was a lead ing candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governorship of Pennsyl vania, but was defeated. His father had been a man of political distinction; drafted the State's Emancipation Law; was Vice-President of the Committee of Safety while McKean was President; afterward occupied a judicial post. The issue of Anna Maria Steinman and George Bryan,-ten chilfiren, fi ve sons and 'five daughters, viz: I. MARGARET MAYER BRYAN, born December 22d, 1802, died 21st October, 1804. II. GEORGE STEINMAN BRYAN, born March 15th, 1805, surviving in 1878, a retired merchant, residing in Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. III. ELIZABETH SMITH BRYAN, born 8th October, 1806, survives 1878, resides with her brother George at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. IV. ANNE MARY BRYAN, born 12th August, 1808, unmarried 1878, resides with George, at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. V. WILLIAM FREDERICK BRY.A.;N, born 28th August, 1810, surviving in 1878. VI. EDWARD DENNIS BRYAN, born 14th June, 1812; surviving in 1878. VII. HENRIETTA LEECH BRYAN, born 5th July, 1814; surviving in 1878. 76 BRY AN-STEINlliN DESCEND.ANTS. vm. RICHARD RUSH BRYAN, born 19th January, 1817; surviving in 1878. IX. SAMUEL SMITH BRYAN, born 20th November, 1819; surviving in 1878. X. MARGARET SYBILLA BRYAN, born 29th July, 1821; surviving in 1878. The intermarriages and descendants of these ten children of Anne Maria and George Bryan, are as follows; No. 1. Margaret M. Bryan, having died in infancy. 2. GEORGE STEINMAN BRYAN, born, ut antea, married on the 7th of November, 1838, ELIZABETH ELLET, daughter of Charles Ellet, of Philadel phia, who was born 28th October, 1814, and died 18th June, 1841. Mr. G. S. Bryan is a merchant retired from active business, residing at Alleghany Uity, Pa. Issue of his marriage, two children, viz: a daughter and a son: 1. Mary Ellet Bryan, born 25th January, 1840, died 11th August, 1869, and 2. George Bryan, born 7th June, 1841, died 11th May, 1843. Of these, 1. MARY ELLET BRYAN intermarried, 29th April, 1863, with ROBERT C. ALBREE, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was born 21st February, 1838. No isl:iue. 3. ELIZABETH S:MITH BRYAN, born, ut antea, married at Lancaster, Pa., 14th May, 1843, JAMES A. STERRIT, of Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, Pa., who was born in 1792, and died October 29th, 1851. She resides with her brother, George S. Bryan, at Alleghany City, and had one son, viz: 1. GEORGE BRYAN STERRIT, who was born at Mount Joy, 9th December, 1843, and married on the 2oth April, 1871, ELIZA HAYS, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was born in October, 1845. He is a merchant at Pitt.aburg. Issue of this marriage, two sons, viz: 1. George Bryan Sterrit, born 1st July, 1872, died 23d May, 1873. 2. William Hays Sterrit, born 30th May, 1874. 4. ANNE MARY BRYAN, ut antea, unmarried 1878. 5. WILLIAM FREDERICK BRYAN, born, ut antea, married on the 4th September, 1845, JANE G. EVANS, of Lancaster, Pa. He is a member of the Bar, Peoria, Illinois, where they reside. Issue of this marriage four sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Anna Margaretta Bryan, born at Lancaster, Pa., 2nd November, 1846. 2. George Bryan, born same place, 26th June, 1848. 3. Wm. Frederick Bryan, Jr. (now living at St. Louis, Mo.) born same place, 20th September, 1849. 4. Robert Evans Bryan, born at Peoria, Illinois, 18th September, 1854, died 2oth August, 1870. 5. Edward Arthur Bryan, born same place, 16th July, 1856. 6. Jennie Logan Bryan, born same place, 23d September, 1859. BRYAN FAMILY. 77 Of these children of W. F. B. and J. G. E. 1. .ANNA MARGARETTA BRYAN intermarried 10th June, 1869, with AR'l'HUR H. RUGG, merchant of Peoria, Illinois: but without issue, 1878. 6. EDWARD DENNIS BRYAN, born, ut antea, is a clergyman of the Pres byterian Church, at Carbondale, Pa: He was born at Harrisburg, Pa. He married 2d September, 1845, SARAH BOGART CONGER, of New York City, who was born 3d October, 1820. Issue of this marriage five sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Katharine Anna Bryan, born at Rye, New York, 22d August, 1846. 2. Richard William Dickenson Bryan, born at same place 8th October, 1849. 3. Edward Bryan, same birth-place, 18th November, 1851. 4. Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan, same birth-place, 6th July, 1854. 5. Arthur Vernon Bryan, same birth-place, 11th May, 1856. 6. Matilda Parsons Bryan, same birth-place, 4th March, 1859. 7. John Conger Bryan, same birth-place, 30th July, 1860. Of these children of E. D. B. and S. B. C. (number 2,) Pro fessor R. ,v. D. BRYAN, was Astronomer of the United States Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Regions, under the command of Captain Charles Francis Hall, in the U.S. Steamer "Polaris," 1871-72-73, undergoing the terri ble sufferings of that expedition in its return by ice journeys and boat service. To Mr. Bryan's scientific acquirements and ability as a narrator as well as observer, the country is mainly indebted for the graphic volume reporting this expedition, published first by the U. S. Naval Observatory under the auspices of Admiral Davis and afterwards by the U. S. lJongress. Edward Bryau, (No. 3,) is a Presbyterian clergyman, resident at Saint Petersburg, Penna. Of these but one bas married, viz: 1. KATHARINE ANNA BRYAN, inter married on the 14th October, 1868, with CHARLES AUGUSTUS MEIGS, of New York, timber merchant of that citJ, where they reside. Issue of this marriage, 11878,) two daughters and one son, viz: 1. Katharine Hedges Meigs, born 22d September, 1869. 2. Alice Henshaw Meigs, born 15th July, 1871. 3. Bryan Meigs, born 9th February, 1874. 7. HENRIETTA LEECH BRYAN, born, ut antea, was twice married: First, at Lancaster, Pa., in March, 1834, to vVILLIAM M. KENNEDY, who was born in 1829, a farmer in Lancaster County, by which marriage there was issue, one daughter, viz: 1. Anna Margaretta Kennedy, born 11th August, 1835, and died 11th May, 1875. She married Second, JOHN T. LOGAN, at Lancaster, Pa., on 16th March, 1843. He was born in October, 1809, and died 16th April, 1871. She lives at Alleghany City, Pa. Issue of her second marriage, four sons and two daugh ters, viz: 1. Mary Logan, born 18th February, 1844. 2. George Bryan Logan, born 21st December, 1845. 3. Edward Payson Logan, born 5th January, 1848. 4. John Howard Logan, born 11th December, 1849. 5. Thomas Dale Logan, 11 78 MARQUIS .A.ND LOGAN F .A.MILIES. horn 29th January, 1851. 6. Henrietta Maria Logan, born 26th January, 1853. Of these children of two marriages of H. L. B., the follo'wing are the marriages and descendants, viz : No. 1. Al'f'S"A MARGARETT.A. KENN'EDY, daughter of H. L.B. and W. 1\1. Kennedy, intermarried at Alleghany City, Pa, on 9th October, 1863, with the Rev. D. C. MARQUIS, clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, no,~ stationed in St. Louis, Mo., and who was born in 1833. Issue of their marriag·e, three sons and two daughters, viz: 1. John Logan Marquis, bom August, 1864. 2. Lydia Marquis, born December, 1866. 3. George Paul Marquis, born Sep tember, 1867. 4. Henrietta Logan Marquis, born May, 1870. 5. David Ken nedy Marquis, born May, L875, died August, 1877. No. 2. GEORGE BRYAN LOGAN, son of H. L. B. (K.) and J. T. Logan, married 22d February, 1870, FANNY GRANT LYON, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was born 21st September, 1846. He is a merchant in Pittsburg, resident in Alleghany City, Pa. Issue of this marriage, four sons, viz: 1. David Elliott Logan, born January, 1871, died June, 1871. 2. John Thomas Logan, born July, 1872. 3. Patton Lyon Logan, born June, 1874. 4. Archibald Hodge Logan, born June, 1877. No. 3. EDWARD PAYSON LOGAN, son of H. L.B. (K.) and J. T. Logan, married at Alleghany City, Pa., 27th September, 1870, ANNIE MARTHA CLARKE, who was born in June, 1849. He is a manufacturer in Pitt.sburg; resides in Alleghany City, Pa. Issue of this marriage, two daughters, viz: 1. Edna Logan, born Nevember, 1871. 2. Mary Clarke Logan, born Ma~-, 1877, died July, 1877. No. 5. THOMAS DALE LOGAN, son of ll. L. B. (K.) and J. T. Logan, iia a clergyman of Presbyterian Church, Meadville, Pa., and married in March, 1877, CAROLINE B. MAHONEY of that place. No. 6. HENRIET'.l'.A. MARI.A. LOGAN, daughter of ll. L. B. (K.) and J. T. Logan, married 13th January, 1876, at Alleghany City, Pa., CHARLES H. SCOTT, resident of Alleghany; iron merchant. Issue of this marriage, one son, viz: 1. William MacKendry Logan, born 18th October, 1876. 8. RICHARD RUSH BRYAN, born, ut antea, was twice married: be married first, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., MARTHA GREGG, (birth and death days not given.) Issue one daughter, unnamed, who died in infancy. He married second, at Huntingdon, Pa., HARRIET ORBISON MCMURTRIE, birth-day not stated. He is a member of the Bar and a banker; now retired from active business, resident at Huntingdon, Pa. 9. SAMUEL SMITH BRYAN, born, ut antea, married 9th October, 1855, CATHARINE FRANCES PLUMER, born September 29th, 1831, daughter of the THE DINK1:..E FAMILY. 79 Rev. Dr. W. S. Plumer, of Pittsburg, Pa. He is a banker at Alleghany City. Issue of their marriage four sons, one daughter, viz: 1. William S. Plumer Bryan, born Augm,t 31st, 1856. 2. Margaretta Kneass Bryan, born loth May, 1858, and died 22d January, 1862. 3. George Bryan, born 22d February, 1860. 4. Samuel Smith Bryan, born 17th April, 1862. 5. Richard Rush Bryan, born 30th September, 1866. 10. MARGARETTA SYBILLA BRYAi-..,, born, ut antea: married on the 17th August, 1853, STRICKLAND KNEAss, who was born 31st December, 1823; he reisides at Philadelphia, Pa., as Assistant to the President of Pennsylvania Railroad. Issue of this marriage two sons, four daughters, viz: 1. Anna Kneaiss, born 4th October, 1854, died 8th February, 1855. 2. Mary Kneass, born 2d Xovember, 1855. 3. Margaretta Kneass, born 4th December, 1857. 4. Strickland Landi:; Kneass, born 7th January, 1861. 5. Samuel Bryan Kneass, Lorn 15th October, 1862. 6. Henrietta Logan Kneass, born 3d March, 1869. Qthe ~aycr-Jteinman-~inklc ~ntermarriage. 1804-1878. Xo. lll. REBECCA REGINA STEINMAN, daughter of John Frederick Steinman, (.fir&t of name,) and Sybilla M. )layer, ut antea, was married at Lancaster, Pa., on the 5th January, 1804, to DANIEL DINKLE, of Carlisle, Pa., who was born in York, l'a., 4th January, 1779, and died at Carlisle, 18th July, 1854. Issue of this marriage, four sons and six daughters, as follow: I. SYBILLA )IARGARETTA DINKLE, born at York, Pa., 29th October, 1804, and died at Shrewsbury, Pa., 12th May, 1869. II. HENRIETTA A)IELIA DINKLE, unmarried 1878, born at Chambers bmg, Pa., 23d February, 1807; surviYing. III. JOHN PETER DINKLE, born at Oxford, Adams County, Pa., on \he 29th May, 1809, died, and buried in the Moravian burial ground, Lancaster. IV. MARIA ELIZABE'l'H DINKLE, born at Oxford, 29th August, 1811, un married, surviving, at Carlisle, Pa. V. FREDERICK STEINMAN DINKLE, bom 17th October, 1813, resident at Carlisle, Pa. VI. HE~Y ·w 0LF DINKLE, born at Oxford, 23d September, 1815, died at Wathena, Kans!l.8, 3 VII. DANIEL DINKLE, born at York, Pa., 20th November, 1817, died at Carlisle, 5th May, 1845. VIII. .ANNA CATHA.RINA. DINKLE, born near Shrewsbury, York County, Pa., 29th March, 1820. IX. JULIA.NA. COTTRELL DINKLE, born near Shrewsbury, York County, 15th November, 1823. X. RACHEL REBECCA. DINKLE, born near York, Pa., 28th August1 1827. Died at Carlisle, Pa., 19th September, 1840. Of these children of Rebecca R. Steinman and Daniel Dinkle the follow ing are the intermarriageB, descendants, &c., viz : 1. SYBILLA. MARGA.RETTA. DINKLE married ROBERT RICHEY, of Shrews bury, York County, Pa., who was born 12th July, 1802, in York County, and died 7th March, 1877. Mr. Richey is described by my informer, as having been: "first a school-teacher; then surveyor, conveyancer, and justice of the peace; then bank cashier, country store-keeper, and post-master; executor, guardian, and general referee of his country neighbors." The issue of this marriage was six sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Steinman Richey, born 12th September, 1828, died 17th September, 1847. 2. Albert Hartman Richey, born 1st November, 1830. 3. John Frederick Richey, born 12th February, 1834, died 2d June, 1837. 4. Calvin Luther Richey, born 1st July, 1836. 5. Henry Augustus Richey, born 21st October, 1839. 6. Margaretta Sybilla Richey, born 14th October, 1843. 7. Henrietta Amelia Richey, born 12th February, 1846. 8. Chester Case Richey: born 12th April, 1848. Of these the following married and had descendants, viz : ALBERT HARTMAN RICHEY (No. 2,) married 12th July, 1855, at York, Pa., EMMA SHOCK, born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 4th January, 1834, and died at Lebanon, Pa., 8th October, 1864. He resides at Lebanon. Issue, two sons, one daughter, viz: 1. Marion Arthur Richey, born at Shrewsbury, York County, Pa., 14th March, 1857. 2. Ida Mary Richey, born at Mercer, Pa., 12th February, 1859. 3. William Henry Richey, born at Lebanon, Pa., 23d Janu ary, 1861. CALVIN LUTHER RICHEY (No. 4,) married, at Atlanta, Georgia, 8th Sep tember, 1872, FANNIE ORELLA FINCH, born in Jackson County, Ga., 6th June, 1841. He lives in Philadelphia. Issue of their marriage one son and daughter, viz: 1. Fannie Orella Richey, born at Atlanta, Ga., 20th November, 1873. 2. Luther Cahin Richey, born at Philadelphia, 4th September, 1877. HENRY AUGUSTUS RICHEY (No. 5,) married, 7th August, 1860, to RACHEL FRANCES MCGEEHAN, born at Baltimore, 25th July, 1836. They reside at Avondale, Hamilton County, Ohio,-member of the firm of Maddox Brothers, Cincinnati, Ohio, extensive wholesale merchants. Issue of this marriage six sons and four daughters, viz: 1. Mary Helen May Richey, born at Shrews- RIOHEY AND DINKLE. 81 bury, Pa., 25th of April, 1861. 2. Anna Cora Richey, born at Baltimore, Md., 26th October,· 1862. 3. Fanny Augusta Richey, born at Baltimore, Md., 11th February, 1865. 4. Robert Miles Richey, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 26th De cember, 1866, died 11th April, 1868. 5. Henry Augustus Richey, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1st March, 1868, died 24th August, 1868. 6. Charles Edwin Richey, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 12th January, 1869. 7. Albert Richey, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 14th April, 1870. 8. Francis Bruce Richey, born at Brook lyn, N. Y., 3d December, 1871. 9. Nellie Richey, born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 5th April, 1874. 10. Royal de Loss Richey, born at Avondale, Ohio, 28th October, 1877. M.A.RG.A.RETT.A. SYBILLA RICHEY (No. 6,) married, at Shre\"\"sbury, Pa., 21st May, 1867, MOSES BURT YEA.GER, residents (1878) of Baltimore, Md. Issue of this marriage, two sons, three daughters, viz: 1. Henry Steinman Yeager, born 31st March, 1868, died 28th May, 1869. 2. Katharine Matilda Yeager, born 16th November, 1869, died 10th October, 1877. 3. Bertha Richey Yeager, born 3d Jauuary, 1871, died 13th October, 1877. 4. Edward Calvin Yeager, born 20th April, 1874. 5. Mabel Dinkle Yeager, born 29th March, 1877. CHESTER CASE RICHEY (No. 8,) married, at Shrewsbury, Pa., 19th June, 1870, to ELIZ.A.BETH ANN HOFF.A.CHER, who was born 18th December, 184-8. They reside (1878) in Baltimore, l\1d. Issue of their marriage, two daughters, one son, viz: 1. Claudia May Richey, born 18th December, 1871. 2. Bessie Muzzetta Richey, born 17th January, 1874. 3. Henry Carl Richey, born December 4th, 1876. 5. FREDERICK STEINMAN DINKLE, son of R. R. Steinman and Daniel Dinkle, ut antea, married at Carlisle, Pa., on the 5th September, 1844, A..'1ELI.A. ANN SPANGLER, of that city, who was born 14th September, 1813. They reside at Carlisle, Pa., 1878. Issue of this marriage two sons, viz: 1. Charles Frederick Dinkle, born at Stone Bridge, Virginia, 22d June, 1845. 2. William Henry Dinkle, born at Carlisle, Pa., 3d :N"o\'ember, 1848. Of these,-CH.A.RLES FREDERICK DINKLE married 3d January, 1870, at \Vinchester, Virginia, his first cousin, SYBILLA MARG.A.RETTA MALOY, who was born 6th April, 184-8. Resident at Carlisle, Pa., manufacturer of ma chinery and agricultural implements. Issue of their marriage, two daughters, viz: 1. Aunie Blauche Dinkle, born at Carlisle, Pa., 6th May, 1871. 2. Emma Sybilla Dinkle, born .Altoona, Pa., 3d January, 1873, and died 10th December, 1873. IJ. HENRY WOLF DINKLE,-son of as above,-was a car-builder. He married twice: )irst, in Winchester, Va., on the 8th February, 1843, ANN E. BROWN, of that city, who was born at Saint Clairsville, Ohio, February, 1827, 82 DINKLE AND MALOY. and died at Washington, D. C., 5th October, 1855. Issue of this first marriage, three sons and three daughters, as follow, viz: 1. Henry Clay Dinkle, born in ·winchester, Va., 25th December, 1844, and died there 16th December, 1850. 2. Alberta Emma Dinkle, born same place, 6th August, 1846. 3. Thomas Edgar Dinkle, born same place, 6th April, 1848, died there 2iith February, 1849. 4. Sarah Genetta Dinkle, born same place, 6th April, 18..50. 5. Clarence Eugene Dinkle, born at Alexandria, Va., 28th September, 1852, died 28th January, 1853. 6. Florence Eliza Dinkle, born same place, 13th December, 1854, died there 29th January, 1856. HENRY WOLF DINKLE, ut ant,ea, married secondly, on 29th September, 1858, MA.RY CRYS'.l'AL, of Linn County, Kansas, who was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, 8th January, 1836. Issue of this second marriage, two daughters, namely: 1. Rosalie Mabel Dinkle, born in Linn County, Kansas, 6th August, 1859, died September 20th, 1859. 2. Mary Gertrude Dinkle, born same place, 31st December, 1863, died 5th January, 1864. Of the above children of Henry Wolf D. the following married and have descendants, viz : ALBERTA. EMMA DINKLE (No. 2,) married at Wathena, Kansas, 14th Deoomber, 1865, VOLNEY ABBEY, farmer, of that place. Issue of their mar riage, two sons, two daughters, viz: 1. Nettie Louisa Abbey, born in Donophan County, Kansas, 30th June, 1868. 2. Linda May Abbey, born same place, 1st April, 1866. 3. Henry Nelson Abbey, born in Nemaha County, Kansas, 6th July, 1871. 4. Archa Lawrin Abbey, born same place, 25th August, 1876. SA.RAH GENETTA DINKLE (No. 5,) married at Wathena, Ks., 12th Decem ber, 1866, JOHN 0. STEPHENS, who was born in Monroe County, Indiana, 20th November, 1844; now a merchant at St. Joseph, Missouri. No issue. 8. ANNA. CATHA.RINE DINKLE, daughter as above, intermarried at Carlisle, Pa, 6th April, 1841, with HUGH C. MA.LOY, farmer, born at Clearspring, Mary land, 4th May, 1817, and died at Winchester, Va., 16th July, 1864, where his widow still lives, (1878.) Issue of their marriage, four daughters and one son, namely: 1. Amelia Henrietta Maloy, born at Carlisle, Pa., January 7th, 1843. 2. Rebecca Dinkle Maloy, born at Cd.rlisle, Pa., January 2d, 1845. 3. Sybilla Margarett.a Maloy, born at Carlisle, Pa., 6th April, 1848. 4. Samuel Ellis Maloy, born near Winchester, Va., 23d September, 1850. 5. Laura Katharine Maloy, born same place, 22d December, 1853, and died 25th October, 1862. Of these children of Anna C. Dinkle and H. C. Maloy, the following have married and have descendants; as follows:· AMELIA. HENRIETTA MALOY (No. 1,) married at Winchester, Va., on 31st March, 1868, MONROE SNAPP, who was born at Front Royal, Va., 14th October, 1840, a manufacturer of agricultural implements at Winchester, Va. BYERS, COWELL, A.ND STOUFFER. 83 Issue of their marri'1ge, one son, viz: 1. Frederick Tilghman Snapp, born at Winchester, Va., 4th July, 1872. REBECCA DINKLE MALOY (No. 2,) married a.t Winchester, Va., 11th January, 1877, WILLIAM H. BYERS, who was born 23d September, 1825, a farmer, residing near Winchester, Va. SYBILLA MARGARETTA MALOY (No. 3,) married her first cousin C. F. DINKLE, as before stated on page 81. Issue two daughters, there stated. SAMUEL ELLIS MALOY, (No. 4,) married 1st March, 1876, JENNIE COWELL of Winchester, Va., who was born 7th December, 1854, and is a farmer near 'Winchester, Va. Issue of this marriage, one son, viz: 1. Charles Edward Maloy, born near Winchester, Va., 27th January, 1877. 9. JULIANA COTTRELL DINKLE,-daughter as above,-was thrice married: First on 12th April, 1842, to ABRAM STOUFFER, who was born 12th Novem ber, 1816, and died 12th April, 1860. He wa.s an iron founder at Carlisle, Pa., afterwards, farmer in the "Valley of Virginia." Issue of this.first mar riage, five sous, two daughters, viz: 1. Albert Stouffer, born on the 28th of June, 1843. 2. Rebecca Stouffer, born 16th August, 1845, and died July, 10th 1848. 3. Julia Ada Stouffer, born 7th October, 1847. 4. Charles Abram Stouffer, born 14th December, 1850. 5. Oliver Clayton Stouffer, born 27th November, 1852. 6. Joseph Warren Stouffer, born 26th February, 1855. 7. Samuel Luther Stouffer, born 31st December, 1859. JULIANA COTTRELL DINKLE ( Stouffer,) married se,condly, at Winchester, Va., on the 12th September, 1864, JAMES CONRAD, who died 15th April, 1865. No issue of the seoond marriage. JULIANA COTTRELL DINKLE ( Stouffer-Conrad,) married thirdly, at Mechanicsburg, Pa., 15th February, 1876, HENRY STOUFFER, who was born 4th November, 1813. He is Superintendent of Bridges on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and resides at Harrisburg, Pa. Of the issue by first marriage, the following are married, with issue, &c., viz: ALBERT STOUFFER (No. 1, of .first marriage,) married 12th December, 1867, FA..c"iNIE S. SMITH, of Carlisle, Pa., who was born 3d January, 1849; they reside at St. Joseph1s, Missouri, and have (in 1878,) issue four children, three sons and one daughter, viz: 1. Frank A. Stouffer, born 11th September, 1868. 2. John H. Stouffer, born 13th May, 1870. 3. Julia E. Stouffer, born 13th l\Iay, 1872. 4. Simon S. Stouffer, born 28th July, 1877. JULIA ADA STOUFFER (No. 3, of first marriage,) married October, 1867, at Dillstown, York County, Pa., --- LEREW, farmer, residing in Adams County, Pa. Issue of their marriage (1878,) two sons, viz: 1. Henry Lerew, born 27th July, 1871. 2. Joseph Lerew, born 31st August, 1876. FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS. 1783-1878. No. II. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (second of the name,) second child and eldest son of the above named George Ludwig Mayer (first of the name,) and Maria Barbara Diemer, ut antea, intermarried at Lancaster, Pa., on the 2d January, 1783, with SUSANNAH BURKHART, [spelled "Burghart," in the Lutheran Church Register at Lancaster,] who was born at Lancaster on the 14th of March, 1761, and died 26th June, 1848. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (second of that name,) or, as I believe, he generally signed his name : CHRISTOPHER MA YER, was a Mer chant in Lancaster for many years, and successful in his business pursuits. His brother JACOB MAYER, (first of that name,) as will be seen by refer ence to that person, in this genealogy, went to the Island of San Domingo, \\here he was engaged prosperously in commerce, and was U. S. Consul until the cruel servile revolution broke out in that Island. It seems, that JACOB MAYER was beloved by his dependents, and tlJat to a faithful negro among them, he owed the preservation of bis life and the salvation of perhaps much of the fortune he had amassed. He returned to Philadelphia, as is stared elsewhere and died suddenl_y soon after, yet not without having bequeathed, at least a great part of hi8 property to his brother CHRISTOPHER M.6.. YER.. UHRIST0PHER MAYER was not only a wealthy merchant of Lancaster, Pa., but took great interest in National and State affairs; and, for·some time represented Lancaster in the Senate of Pennsylv~nia, to which he was twice elected. He educated his daughters at the best school of Philadelphia, under Madame Grelaud, and his sons at Yale University. He built and dwelt in a large, double, stone house, at the corner of Duke and Orange Streets, Lan caster, dispensing an elegant hospitality. He was a remarkably handsome, dignified man, with quiet manners and excellent address; long a leader among his fellow-citizens as head of one of their most influential families. Issue of this marriage, six sons and six daughters, viz: I. GEORGE LUDWIG MAYER, (second of that name,) bom between 12 and l o'clock, A. M., 8th August, 1785, and died 13th November, 1785, aged 3 months, 5 days. RIGHTER AND COTTRELL. 85 W ASHINGT0~ RIGHTER (second of name,) (No. 4,) has married twice: .first on 7th August, 1867, ANNIE BONNOT HERSHEY, of Columbia, who died 28th of December, 1874. He is a lumber merchant at Columbia. Issue by hisfirHt marriage three children, two sons and one daughter, as follows: 1. Frederick Cottrell Righter, born on the 7th of June, 1868, at Columbia. 2. Wilmer Hershey Righter, born on the 5th November, 1870, at same place. 3. Agnes ·wolf Righter, born 8th l\Iarch, 1873, and died 19th July, 1873, at Columbia. WASHINGTON RIGHTER (second of name,) married secondly, on 26th September, 1877, JAl'IB ELIZA NoRTH. JOSEPH COTTRELL RIGHTER (No. 5,) married 30th October, 1873, MARY HELEN DOEBLER. He is a lumber merchant at Columbia, Pa., and has issue by this marriage, three children, one son and two daughters, namely: 1. Joseph Cottrell Righter (second of name,) born 25th of July, 18,4. 2. Nina Blanche Righter, born on the 27th of September, 1875. 3. Edith Righter, born on the 11th of August, 1877. 3. JOSEPH WILLIAM COTTRELL married on the 5th of March, 1839, at Harrisburg, Pa., ESTHER A. SLOAN of that cit;}r, who (1878,) survives her husband, and resides iu Columbia, with her son .James Duncan Cottrell, a lawyer of that place. Her deceased husband was a successful hardware mer- chant of Columbia. The issue of their marriage was six children, five sons and one daughter, namely: 1. Joseph Frederick Cottrell, born on the 16th March, 1840. 2. James Duncan Cottrell, born on 3d May, 1842. 3. William Pettit Cottrell, bom on the 12th June, 1844. 4. Edward Bryan Cottrell, born on the 6th August, 1846. 5. Ida Cottrell, born on the 10th of April, 1849; and 6. Henry Loomis Cottrell, born ~3d of July, 1852. Of these children of J. W. Cottrell and Esther A. Sloan, the following have married, with issue, viz: JOSEPH FREDERICK COTTRELL (No. 1,) married on the 24th of April, 1866, HARRIET KUNKLE MYERS, of Columbia, Pa. He is an iron manufac- turer, residing near Columbia, Pa. Issue of this marriage, three children, one son and two daughters, as follows: 1. James Myers Cottrell, born 8th March, 1869, died 27th December, 1870. 2. Elizabeth Myers Cottrell, born 5th June, 1871; and 3. Emily Winnifred Cottrell, born 28th February, 1873. WILLIAM PETTIT CO'J.'TRELL (No. 3,) married on 28th April, 1870, AGNES M. WOLF, of Pittsburg, Pennsykania. He is a ]umber merchant, at the City of Washington, District of Columbia. Issue of this marriage, three children, one son and two daughters, namely: 1. Eleanor Wolf Cottrell, born on the 1st of January, 1871. 2. Joseph William Cottrell, born on the 26th of July, 1873. 3. Ida Antoinette Cottrell, born on the 8th of March, 1876. EDWARD BRYAN COTTRELL (No. 4,) married KATHARINE W. AYRES, of Washington City, D. C., in which city he resides, engaged in the lumber business. 12 86 STEINMAN-ERNST INTERM.ARRIAGF.. lDA COTTRELL (No. 5,) intermarried on the 10th October, 1878, with D. M. BoYD, resident at Havre de Grace, Md. ihe ~ayer-Jttinman-lrn,t Jntermaniage. 1809-1878. No. V. SYBILLA AMELIA STEINMAN, daughter of Sybilla M. Mayer and John Frederick Steinman, ut antea, married on the 7th March, 1809,-(the same marriage da,y as No. IV preceding,)-at Lancaster, Pa., JOHN CHRIS TOPHER ERNST, of Easton, Pa., who was born 11th March, 1783, and died 11th June, 1853. He was a farmer and merchant. Issue of this marriage four children, two sons and two daughters, namely : I. FREDERICK STEINMAN ERNST, born 2d February, 1810, died 9th August, 1854. II. ANN ELIZABETH ERNST, born at Doylestown, Berks County, Pa., 5th November, 1811, and died 20th October, 1876. III. ·WILLIAM ERNST, born 9th December, 1813. IV. ELLEN AMELIA ERNST, born 1st July, 1828. These children of SybilJa A. Steinman and John Christopher Ernst mar ried and had issue as followR, viz : I. FREDERICK STEINMAN ERNST, a Presbyterian clergyman, was resi dent near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was twice married: First, on the 16th April, 1840, to MARTHA R. MARSHALL, of Connecticut, who was born on the 15th April, 1817, and died on the 9th June, 1842. Issue of this first marriage, one son, viz: Benjamin Chase Ernst, born 20th January, 1841. FREDERICK STEINMAN ERNST married secondly, on 1st of July, 1849, ELIZABETH ANN HAMMOND, of Massachusetts, born in Boston, 24th July, 1814. Issue of this marriage two children, one daughter and one son, viz: 1. Anna Maria Dickenson Ernst, born 24th :November, 1850, died 26th July, 1861. 2. Frederick William Ernst, born 28th July, 1853; a student for the Presbyterian ministry, 1878. BENJAMIN CHASE ERNST, the only issue of the .first marriage of Freder ick Steinman Ernst, married on October 18th, 1864, LAURA V. TARVIN, of Covington, Ky., who was born in March, 1842. He resides in Chicago, Ills.; an iron merchant. Issue of this marriage one son, namely : 1. William Mar shall Ernst, born 5th May, 1867. FAHNESTOCK A.ND LOVE. 87 II. ANN ELIZABETH ERNST, born at Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., married 3d June, 1833, to vYILLIA.M FAHNESTOCK, wbo was born 8th March, 1808, at the Warren, Chester County, Pa.; now a retired farmer, resident near Brunswick, Ills., at which place his wife died. They had issue ten children,. eight sons and two daughters, namely : 1. Charles Ernst Fahnestock, born 20th April, 1834, died 26th ~eptember, 1872. 2. Amelia Sybilla Fahnestock, born 8th August, 1835. 3. William Fahnestock, born 7th March, 1837, died 2d December, 1862. 4. John Chrhitopher Fahnestock, born 20th October, 1838. 5. Elizabeth Catharine Fahnestock, born 4th April, 1840, died 4th October, 1841. 6. Alfred Hamilton Fahnestock, born 26th February: 1842. 7. Frederick Steinman Fahnestock, born 6th June, 1844. 8. Henry Troutman Fahnestock, born 25th March, 1846. 9. Walter Lowrie Fahnestock, born 18th May, 1848, died 2d January, 1849; aud 10. Edward Payson Fahnestock, born 18th May, 1848, died 26th August, 1848,-(Twins.) Of these children of Ann E. Ernst and William Fahnestock, the following are married, with issue as follows, viz : CHARLES ERNST FAHNES'l'OCK (No. 1,) married on the 19th August, 1858, Mrs. J A.NE RICE, he is dead, but his widow resides at Lewiston, Fulton County, Ills. Issue of their marriage, three daughters, namely: 1. Elizabeth Amelia Fahnestock, born 6th September, 1859. 2. Kate Elton Fahnestock, born 17th November, 1861. 3. Jane Ernst Fahnestock, born 29th July, 1864. AMELIA. SYBILLA. FAHNESTOCK (No. 2,) married on 1st Octolwr, 11:158, ROBERT PARKE LoVE, farmer, resident near Breeds, Fulton County, Illinois. Issue of this marriage, two sons, namely: 1. William Fahnestock Love, born 20th August, 1868; and 2. Robert McClellan Love, born 4th September, 1872. Rev. ALFRED HA.MILTON FAHNESTOCK (No. 6,) married 27th June, 1872, ELIZ.A.BETH W. V A.NDUYN, of Princeton, New Jersey. He is a clergy• man of the Presbyterian Church, resident at Syracuse, New York. Issue of their marriage, three children, one sou and two daughters, viz: 1. Harriet Eliza. beth Fahnestock, born Augui.t, 1873, died in extreme infanc;y. 2. Alfred Fahnestock; and 3. Elizabeth Fahnestock, (Twins,) horn 16th February, 1876. FREDERICK STEINMAN FAHNESTOCK (No. 7,) married on 27th December, 1873, ANNIE M. LEHMKUHL. Resides at Omaha, Nebraska. Issue of their marriage, one son, one daughter, viz: 1. William :Frederick Fahnestock, born 2d October, 1874. 2. Margaret Amelia Fahnestock, born 9th Ma,v, 1877. HENRY TROUTMAN FAHNESTOK (No. 8,) married, 18th December, 1872, REBECCA. J.A.NE CHRISTY. He is a farmer, residing near Brunswick, Ills. Issue of their marriage two daughters, namely : 1. Elizabeth Ernst Fahne. stock, born 25th September, 1873. 2. Matilda Wilson Fahnestock, born 3d April, 1875. JOHN CHRISTOPHER FAHNESTOCK, unmarried and without issue, (1878,) resides at Peoria, Illinois, engaged in bookselling, &c. 88 ERNST, SEMPLE, COLVILLE, MINOR 1 ORR. III. WILLIAM ERNST WllB twice married: .first, on the 23d April, 1839, to LYDIA. ANN BusH, of Covington, Kentucky, who was born 20th June, 1821, and died 13th June, 1841. He is a banker at Covington, Ky., and President of the Northern Bank of Kentucky. By his first marriage he had one daugh ter, viz: 1. Amelia Steinman Ernst, born 29th April, 1840. WILLIAM ERNST, ut antea, intermarried see<>ndly, on 9th February, 1843, with SARAH A. BUTLER, of Lexington, Kentucky, who was born 29th of Decem ber, 1821. They had isi,;ue nine children, seven S!)D8 and two daughters, viz : 1. Catharine Butler Ernst, born on t.he 3d of March, 1844. 2. John Preston Ernst, born on the 16th November, 1845. 3. William Ermit, (second of name,) born 22d February, 1848, died 2d October, 1848. 4. Sarah Elizabeth Ernst, born on the 20th September, 1850. 5. James C. Ernst, born on the 10th July, 1853. 6. Charles Frederick Ernst, born on the 26th December, 1855, died 22d July, 1857. 7. Richard Pretlow Ernst, born 28th February, 1858. 8. Edward Humphry Ernst, born 26th November, 1860. 9. Alexander Butler Ernst, born 18th July, 1863. Of these children, AMELIA STEINMAN ERNST, sole child of Wm. Ernst's first marriage, married on 24th October, 1865, ROBERT S. SEMPLE, merchant, of Covington, Ky., who was born 11th September, 1836. Issue of their mar riage, one son and one daughter, viz: 1. Ernst Semple, born on the 14th of August, 1866, and 2. Eliza Graham Semple, born 25th November, 1870. CATHARINE BUTLER ERNST, (No. 1,) eldest child of William Ernst's second marriage, married at Covington, Ky., 25th April, 1865, THOMAS COL VILLE, merchant, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who was born 28th December, 1838. Issue of their marriage one daughter and one son, namely: 1. Jennie Ernst Colville, born on the 28th August, 1866. 2. William Ernst Colville, born on the 13th March, 1869, and died 3d May, 1869. JOHN PRES'l'ON ERNST, (No. 2,) second child of second marriage, married at Madison, Indiana, 9th January, 1877, STELLA F. POWELL, who was born 16th July, 1854; banker, residing at Covington, Kentucky. SARAH ELIZA.BETH ERNST, (No. 4,) fourth child of second marriage, mar ried at Covington, Ky., 2d May, 1876, JAMES R. MINOR, who wa.'" born 14th March, 1847; merchant, Uincinnati, Ohio. It!Sue of their marriage, one son, viz: 1. William Ernst Minor, born 10th February, 1877. IV. ELLEN AMELIA ERNST, daughter of S. A. Steinman and John Chris topher Ernst; ut antea, married 29th June, 1848, Rev. WILLIAM ORR, of Cov ington, Ky., who was born 2::ld March, 1815, and died 8th July, 1857. He was a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church. Issue of their marriage two daughters and one son, namely: 1. Amelia Sybilla Orr, born 29th October, 1850. 2. Ellen Graham Orr, born 24th July, 1852, died 2d August, 1874. 3. John Eberle Orr, born 28th September, 1856. JOHN F. STEINMAN'S (SECOND OF NAME,) DESCEND.ANTS. 89 ~a~er-Jtcinman-c&ill and iahnei;totk ~ntetmaniage. 1811-1878. No. VI. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (second of that name,) son of Jobu Frederick Steinman (first of name,) and Sybilla M. Mayer, ut antea, succeeded, on attaiuing his majority, to his father's mercantile business in the city of Lancaster, Pa., and conducted it with such success, that, when he retired at the age of sixty years, and transferred it to his eldest son, it had become one of the most extensive hardware establishments in the country. Mr. Steinman was first President of the Conestoga Steam Cotton Mill Com pany, organized by citizens of Lancaster. His public spirit led him to be active in the City Councils of the place, and to take the lead also in the estab lishment of Common Schools for the city, over whose Board of Directors he was the first to preside. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (second of name,) was twice married: first, on the 5th September, 1811, to MARIA GILL, of Lancaster, Pa., who died 25th November, 1818. Issue of this first marriage, four children,-one son and three daughters, namely: I. HENRIETTA HICKERT STEINMAN, born 1st March, 1813. II. GEORGE MICHAEL STEINMAN, born 11th July, 1815. III. MARGARET'.rA RosINA STEINMAN, born 17th January, 1817, died 23d July, 1817. IV. MARY GILL STEINMAN, born 14th October, 1818. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (seeond of name,) married secondly, on the 30th of March, 1824, MARY SMITH FAHNESTOCK, daughter of Charles Fahnestock, of the Warren, Chester County, Pa. She was born at the Wal'ren, 13th April, 1.794, and died at Lancaster, Pa., 31st July, 1851. Issue of this second marriaiJe, seven children, three sons and four daughters, viz: I. Sus.AN SMITH STEINMAN, born 24th December, 1824, unmarried, surviving 1878. II. MARGARETT.A. SYBILLA STEINMAN, born 1st September, 1826, died at Lancaster, 20th September, 1861, unmarried. III. CHARLES FAHNESTOCK STEINMAN, born 7th March, 1828, died at Lancaster, 8th August, 1828. IV. REBECCA STEINMAN, born 30th September, 1830, surviving io 1878. V. JOHN FREDERICK STEINMAN, (third of name,) born 20th October, 1832, unmarried 1878. VI. AMELIA ( called EMILY) STEINMAN, born 5th August, 1834, unmar ried 1878. 90 STEINMAN, FRANKLIN, FOLTZ. VII. ANDREW JACKSON STEINMAN, born 10th October, 1836, unmarried 1878. He is by profession a lawyer, and is also Proprietor and Editor of the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. The surviving members of this family all reside in the city of their birth, Lancaster, Pa. Of the children of John Frederick Steinman, by his first marriage, the following have married and have issue, viz: HENRIETTA DICKERT STEINMAN, (No. 1, of .fi1·st marriage of J. F. s., second,) married on the 1st September, 1856, GEORGE H. BOMBERGER, of Lancaster, who was born 13th Dooember, 1794, and died 22d April, 1863. She survives. No issue. GEORGE MICHAEL STEINMAN, (No. 2, of.first marriage of J. F. s., second,) married on the 5th April, 1838, ELIZABETH FREDERIKA l\IYER, of Lancas ter, who was born 3d December, 1816. He is. now (1878,) head of the lead ing hardware house of Lancaster, and has taken an important part in conduct ing the city affairs and the management of its schools. Issue of this mar-· riage, three children; one son and two daughters, namely: 1. Sarah Myer Steinman, born 18th January, 1839. 2. l\Iary Elizabeth Steinman, born 3d April, 1841. :3. George Steinman, born 7th February, 1847. Of these children of G. M. Steinman and E. F. Myer, (No. 2,) Mary Elizalletb, and (No. 3,) George, are unmarried in 1878, residing in Lancaster: George being a member of his father's commercial house; hut, No. 1. SARAH MYER STEIN::1-rAN, married on the 24th April, 1866, GEORGE l\IA YER FRANKLIN, the grandson of her great grandmother Steinman's half brother, the late George Mayer of Lancaster. ~Ir. Franklin was originally a member of the legal profession, but has left the Bar and is at present a part ner in bis father-in-law's commercial house. Issue of this marriage, four sons, namely: 1. George Steinman Franklin, born a1 Lancaster, on the 4th March, 1867. 2. \Villiam Buell Franklin, born at Lancaster, on the 5th September, 1869. 3. Frederick Steinman Franklin, born at Lancaster, on the 19th Janu ary, US73. 4. Thomas Emlen Franklin, (second of name,) born at Lancaster, on the 31st December, 1877. MARY GILL STEINMAN (No. 4, of first marriage of John Frederick Stein man, seoond,) married on the 1st of May, 1855, ELAM D. HURST, of Lancaster, Pa., who was born on the 14th November, 1828; and is engaged iu the Cones toga Cotton Mill Company. No issue. REBECCA STEINMAN (No. 4, of second marriage of J. F. S., second,) mar ried on the 15th of June, 1854, Surgeon JONATHAN MESSERSMITH FOLTZ, of the U.S. Navy, who was born at Lancaster, Pa., 25th April, 1810, and died at Philadelphia, Pa., 12th April, 1877. He was eminent in his profession; Fleet LEECH-STEINMAN INTERMARRIAGE, 91 Surgeon of Admiral Farragut's command, on the Mississippi River, during the War of Rebellion, and afterwards accompanied the Admiral in his European voyage. Surgeon FOLTZ, was subsequently promoted to the head of his service as Surgeon General U. S. Nav,y. Issue of their marriage, three children, all of whom were sons, viz: 1. Frederick Steinman Foltz, born on the 15th of December, 1857. 2. Charles Steinman Foltz, born on the 25th of July, 1859. 3. Jonathan Clinton Foltz, born on the 10th of June, 1864. By appointment of the President of the United States, the eldest son, F. S. Foltz, has been sent to the United States l\filitary Academy, as cadet, for education, in the class of 1879. lht !Jtayer-Jttinman-~eub lntermurria41e., 1810-1878. No. VII. EVA HENRIETTA STEINMAN, daughter, ut antea, of Sybilla Margaretta Mayer and John Frederick Steinman (.first of name,) married at Lancaster, Pa., 22d May, 1810, RICHARD TREAT LEEUH, who was born at Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pa., 3d October, 1775, and died at Pittsburg, Pa., 26th August, 1850. He was merchant and farmer; also, in an official State position at Harrisburg, Pa. Issue of their marriage, two sons and eleven daughters, namely: I. ANN MARGARET LEECH, born at Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pa., 6th August, 1811, living as widow Hamilton, at Chicago, Ills., 1878. II. MARY BRYAN LEECH, resides at Pittsburg, Pa. III. J.A.MEs STU.A.RT LEECH, physician, unmarried, resides at Down ingtown, Chester County, Pa. IV. REBECCA PATTERSON LEECH, resides at Pittsburg, Pa. V. AMELIA ERNS'.r LEECH, born at Harrisburg. Pa., 30th April, 1817, died on steamer St. Cloud, near Louisville, Ky., 19th January, 1851. VI. JULI.A.NA COTTRELL LEECH, born 10th November, 1818, died 13th August, 1819. VII.. HENRIET'.1'.A. STEINMAN LEECH, resides at Pittsburg, Pa. VIII. ELIZA MASON LEECH, born 28th November, 1821, died 2oth August, 1822. IX. RICH.A.RD TREAT LEECH (second of name,) was born at Harris burg, Pa., 19th August, 1823, resides at Oil City, Pa.,-in petroleum business. X. JULI.A. WILLIAMS LEECH, died in early infancy. XI. JULI.A. RUSH LEECH, died in "early infancy. 92 LEECH, HA..MIL'l'ON, :MONROE, CHAMPLIN, WOOD, HOYT. XII. SARAH SPENCER LEECH, resides at Pittsburg, Pa. XIII. CA.TlllRINE DE WITT LEECH, died in early infancy. Of these children of Eva Henrietta Steinman and R. T. Leech, the follow ing are married, with issue, namely: I. ANNA MARGARE'l' LEECH, married November 7th, 1832, at Harris burg, Pa., the Revereud ALFRED HAMIL1'0N, a Presbyterian clergyman, born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1805: long residents at "Fagg's Manor," Chester County, Pa.; and he died 10th September, 1867, at Chicago, Illinois, where his widow still lives. They bad issue four sons and one daughter, viz: 1. Richard Patterson Asbbridge Hamilton, born at Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., on the 20th July, 1834. 2. Henrietta Maria Hamilton, born at Fagg's Manor, 2d March, 1837. 3. Edward Stuart Hamilton, born same place, 1840, and died in 1842. 4. Alfred Armor Hamilton, born same place, 10th December, 1845. Of these, (No. 1,) R. P. A. Hamilton resides at No. 80 Douglas Place, Chicago, Ill., and (No. 4,) A. A. Hamilton resides in Aurora, Illinois. HENRIETTA MARIA HAMILTON, (No. 2,) married at Chicago, ill., on the 25th June, 1864, WILLIAM W. MONROE, of Aureola, Illinois. Issue of their marriage (1878,) two sons, namely: 1. Alfred Hamilton Monroe, born 7th April, 1865. 2. Lishe Crowell Monroe, born 11th October, 1866. V. AMELIA ERNST LEECH, married at Pittsburg, Pa., 19th December, 1842, DE WITT CLINTON CHAMPLIN, of Cincinnati,.Ohio. Issue oJ this mar riage, four children, one son and three daughters, namely: 1. Henrietta Amelia Cnamplin, born at Cincinnati, O., 25th October, 1843; and 2. Richard Henry Champlin, born same place, 25th October, 1843, died 26th August, 1851, [twins.] 3. Fannie Mahon Champlin, born Pittsburg, Pa., 14th Octo ber, 1847. 4. Sarah Champlin, born at Memphis, Tennessee, 14th Aug~st, 1850. Of theEre children of Amelia E Leech, and De Witt C. Champlin, the fol lowing married, with issue, viz : HENRIETTA AMELIA CHAMPLIN (No. 1,) was twice married: she married first: at Cincinnati, Ohio, 31st January, 1866, LUCIUS V. Woon, member of the Bar of Ohio, who died in Cincinnati in 1868. Issue of the first marriage, one son, viz: 1. De Witt Clinton Wood, born on the 3d November, 1866, died 4th June, 1867. HENRIETTA AMELIA ClllMPLIN (No. 1,) married secondly on the 26th December, 1871, HENRY N. W. HOYT, Issue of her second marriage, two children, one son and one daughter, namely: 1. Fanny Champlin Hoyt, horn on the 26th March, 1873; and 2. Henry W. Hoyt, born at New Brighton, Pa., 11th August, 1876. LEECH, WILLIAMS AND 'l'.A. YL0R, 93 FANNY MAHON CHAMPLIN (No. 3,) married at Cincinnati, 0., 2oth Febru ary, 1866, HENRY 0. WILLIAMS. She died at Memphis, 31st October, 1866. Issue of this marriage, one daughter, namely: 1. Fannie Williams, who was born 24th October, 1866. SAR.A.H CHAMPLIN (No. 4,) married at Cincinnati, O., 20th December, 1868, JAMES T. T.A.YLOR. She died at Cincinnati, O., 15th March, 1871. Issue of this marriage one son, namely: 1. Henry C. Taylor, born at Cincinnati, O., 26th February, 1871. IX. RICH.A.RD TRE.A.T LEECH (second of name,) married on the 15th of- May, 1849, MARY ANN BARBER, of Columbia, Pa., who was born there on the 2d February, 1828. Resideut of Oil City, Pa., engaged in petroleum trade. Issue of t,his marriage six children, four sons and two daughters, namely: 1. John Frederick Leech, born at Baltimore, Md., 24th September, 1850. 2. Richard Treat Leech, (third of that name,) born at New Brighton, Pa., on the 15th May, 1853, and died 5th February, 1~54. 3. Jessie Marian Leech, born at Sewickly, Pa.. 5th February, 1860. 4. Charles Colton Leech, born at same place, 30th August, 1861. 5. Marian Atlee Leech, born at Pittsburg, 20th October, 1864, died 1st October, 1865. 6. Richard Barber Leech, born at same place, 7th October, 1868, died 28th October, 1868. Of these children of R. T. L. and M. A. Barber, tire following one mar ried, with issue, namely : JOHN FREDERICK LEECH (No. I,) married on the 5th of April, 1875, MARG.A.RETTA PARK, of Alleghan;y City, Pa., and resides there. Issue of this marriage one child, a daughter, namely: 1. Marian Edgar Leech, born 28th January, 1876. 13 FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS. 1783-1878. No. II. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (second of the name,) second child and eldest son of the above named George Ludwig Mayer (first of the name,) and Maria Barbara Diemer, ut antea, intermarried at Lancaster, Pa., on the 2d January, 1783, with SUSANNAH BURKHART, [spelled "Burghart," in the Lutheran Church Register at Lancaster,] who was born at Lancaster on the 14th of March, 1761, and died 26th June, 1848. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, (second of that name,) or, as I believe, he generally signed his name : CHRISTOPHER MA YER, was a Mer chant in Lancaster for many years, and successful in his business pursuits. His brother JACOB MAYER, (first of that name,) as will be seen by refer ence to that person, in this genealogy, went to the Island of San Domingo, \\here he was engaged prosperously in commerce, and was U. S. Consul until the cruel servile revolution broke out in that Island. It seems, that JACOB MAYER was beloved by his dependents, and tlJat to a faithful negro among them, he owed the preservation of bis life and the salvation of perhaps much of the fortune he had amassed. He returned to Philadelphia, as is stared elsewhere and died suddenl_y soon after, yet not without having bequeathed, at least a great part of hi8 property to his brother CHRISTOPHER M.6.. YER.. UHRIST0PHER MAYER was not only a wealthy merchant of Lancaster, Pa., but took great interest in National and State affairs; and, for·some time represented Lancaster in the Senate of Pennsylv~nia, to which he was twice elected. He educated his daughters at the best school of Philadelphia, under Madame Grelaud, and his sons at Yale University. He built and dwelt in a large, double, stone house, at the corner of Duke and Orange Streets, Lan caster, dispensing an elegant hospitality. He was a remarkably handsome, dignified man, with quiet manners and excellent address; long a leader among his fellow-citizens as head of one of their most influential families. Issue of this marriage, six sons and six daughters, viz: I. GEORGE LUDWIG MAYER, (second of that name,) bom between 12 and l o'clock, A. M., 8th August, 1785, and died 13th November, 1785, aged 3 months, 5 days. CHRISTOPHER B. AND GEORGE L. MAYER. 95 II. HENRY FREDERICK MA YER, born between 4 and 5 o'clock, .A.. M., 4th November, 1786. III. SYBILLA MARGARETTA MAYER, (third of that name,) born be tween 5 aud 6 o'clock, .A.. M., 19th October, 1788, named for her father's eldest sister; and died 23d February, 1792, aged 3 years, 3 months, 18 days. IV. GEORGE LOUIS MAYER, (first of that name,) born 11th February, 1791, at 10 o'clock, P. M., died at Lancaster, Pa., 1st April, 1837. V. ELIZABETH MARGARET MAYER, born at 3 .A.. M., of 27th Decem ber, 1792, and died 4th May, 1793, aged 4 months, 7 days. VI. MARI.A. BARBARA MA YER, born between 3 and 4 .A.. M., of 23d July, 1794, named for her father's mother; died near Dubuque, Iowa, in 1867. VIL JACOB MAYER, (second of that name,) born at 6 .A.. M., of 3d April, 1796, and died in Lancaster, 11th October, 1822: named for his father's brother. VIII. CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW, ( third of that name,) bom 7 .A.. )I., 26th March, 1798, and died 26th .April, 1798, aged 4 weeks, 3 days. IX. ODELIA SGSANNAH MA YER, born between 1 and 2 .A.. M., of the 26th March, 1799,-surviving in 1878. X. JOHN BURKHART MA YER, born 4th March, 1803, and died 4th of July, 1831. XI. MARGARETTA SYJHLLA MAYER (first of that name,) born at Lancaster, on the 31st of .August, 1804,-surviving in 1878. XII. JULI.A.NA KATHARINE MAYER, born at Lancaster, on the 3d of April, 1806, died at Reading, Pennsylvania, 12th May, 1857. Of these, the following are lists of marriages and descendants. No. IL HENRY FREDERICK MAYER, arrived at maturity, and in his 22d year was lost at sea by the total shipwreck of the vessel in which he was returning with a cargo from Europe. Numben, I, III and VIII died in infancy. ~a~tr-Qtfark11on f ntermarriagt. 1816-1878. No. IV. GEORGE LOUIS MA.YER, (first of that name of hisfamily,) (third son and fourth child of his 'parents,)-born, ut antea, married at Lancaster, Pa., on the 30th May, 1816, ESTHER CLARKSON, born 0d June, 1795, daughter of Joseph and Grace Clarkson, of that city. Issue of this marriage: fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, as follows, with the marriages and offspring of those children. MAYER, HART, STEELE, RUSSELL. I. CHRISTOPHER HENRY MA YER, born at Lancast.er, Pa., 8th July, 1817, died 26th March, 1857. Intermarried on 17th January, 1856, with ELIZABETH HARBACH LOWRY, of \V. Newton, Pa., who was born ~th Febru ary, 1839. They had issue one child, a son, named George Louis Mayer, (second of that name,) born 8th October, 1856, and died 19th October, 1857. II. JOSEPH CLARKSON MAYER, born 13th May, 1819, died 19th August, 1822. III. SUSANNAH BURKHART MAYER, born 4th Marcb, 1821, married at Lancaster, Pa., 17th September, 1844, to AsA MANCHESTER HART, of New Hartford, Oneida County, N. York, who was born 16th December, 1818, and died Gt,h April, 1869. Issue of this marriage: 1. LYDIA l\lANCHESTER HAR'l', born 7th January, 1846, and married to THOMAS CASSNER STEELE, with issue three children, viz: 1. John Dutton Steele, born 21st February, 1868. 2. Asa Manchester Steele, Jr., born 27th January, 1870. 3. Esther Clarkson Ma., er Steele, born 19th NoYember, 1872. 2. G. Louis Mayer Hart, born 9th October, 1850, killetl by an accident on the B. & 0. R. R., at Cumberland, :\Id., on Sunday, 6th January, 1878. 3. Mary Mayer Hart, born 25th August, 1853, and died 26th Sept.ember, 1853. 4. Susan Mayer Hart, born 16th January, 1856. IV. GEORGE LOUIS MAYER, (second of the name,) born at Lancaster, 6th November, 1822, died there 18th July, 1822. V. SAMUEL COOKE MAYER, born 17th April, 1824, married at Reading, Pa., 10th July, 1863, to MARY ANN HUNTER, born 11th January, 1827. Issue of this marriage, one daughter and one son, viz: 1. Mary Hunt.er Mayer, born 1st May, 1864. 2. Henry Clarkson Mayer, born 7th November, 1865, and died March 20th, 1870. VI. BEVERLY RANDOLPH MAYER, horn at LancaBter, Pa., 7th May, 1825, married ELIZABETH WRIGHT, of Columbia, Pa., on the 27th October, 1853. She was horn at Columbia, Pa., 19th March, 1831. Issue of this mar riage, two sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Charles ·wright Mayer, horn 29th August, 1854. 2. Sarah Franciscus Mayer, born 16th April, 1859. 3. Henry Christopher May.er, born 24th April, 1857, and died at Columbia, 23d Decem ber, 1861. 4. Bett.y Wright Mayer, horn at Columbia, 8th March, 1865, and died there 23d May·, 1870. VII. MARY GRACE MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 20th July, 1826, died 2d May, 1872. She intermarried with WILLIAM RlJSSELL, of Lewistown, MA YER, APPLETON, RANDOLPH, 97 Pa., 10th May, 1853. Hlsue of this marriage, one daughter and three sons, viz: 1. William Clarkson Russell, born 16th September, 1855. 2. George Louis Russell, born 29th January, 1858. 3. Esther Clarkson Russell, born 26th June, 1861. 4. Samuel Riddle Russell, born 26th March, 1868. VIII. CHARLES WILLIAM MAYER, born at Lancaster, 211th ,July, 1827, and died there 16th September, 1827. IX. JOHN BURKHART MA YER, ( second of the name, and called so for his uncle, J. B. M.,) born 14th August, 1828, and died at Lancaster, October, 1828. X. HARRIET CLARKSON MAYER, born at Lancaster, fa., 11th Septem ber, 1829, died there 30th October, 1873; unmarried. XI. HESTER ANN MAYER, born at Lancaster, 17th December, 1830: unmarried 1878. ~II. JACOB MAYER, (third of the name, and so called for his uncle J.M.,) born 18th July, 1832, and died at Lancaster, 5th August, 1832. XIII. JULI.A CLARKSON MAYER, born at Lancaster, on the 16th May, 1833, and died there 17th January, 1836. x:rv. SAR.AH NEWELL MAYER, born at Lancaster, Pa., 24th of March, 1835, intermarried on the 29th September, 1858, with the Reverend Doctor EDWARD WEBSTER APPLETON, born 30th March, 1834, and Rector of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, at Cheltenham, Montgomery County, PennsylYania. No issue stated in 1878. ~a}!cr-Jandolph l.ntermarriage. 1814-1878. VI. MARIA BARBARA MAYER, born, ut supra, 23d July, 1794, and died at Dolorosa, the seat of her son, William Mayer Randolph, in Saint Charles County, Missouri. She intermarried on the 31st May, 1814, with Colonel THOMAS BEVERLY RANDOLPH, U. S. Army, according to the record in the Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. Colonel THOMAS BEVERLY RANDOLPH was born at Chiloe, Cumberland County, Virginia, 31st May, 98 RANDOLPH FAMILY, 1793, and died 12th December, 1867, in the 75th year of his age, at Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, at the residence of a son. The following memoranda concerning Colonel Randolph 1iaw been in part furnished by his descendanti;, so far as the early account of his ancestry and birth are COD II. SUSAN BURKHART RANDOLPH, (first of name,) born about 1817, and died in infancy. III. MARTHA ELIZABE'l'H RANDOLPH, born 6th September, 1818, now .resides in Reading, Pennsylvania. IV. Lucy JANE RANDOLPH, born in Cumberland County, Va., 1819, died in Philadelphia, 1872. V. SUSAN BURKHART RANDOLPH, (second of name,) born in 1821, and is now in Germany with her son at the University of Heidelberg. VI. GEORGE LEWIS RANDOLPH, born in Cumberland, Va., died in California, (1848-49,) aged 20 years. VII. PEYTON RANDOLPH, born same place. VIII. CHRISTOPHER MA YER RANDOLPH, (first of name,) born same place, September !Rt, 1830, died September 2'.!d, 1868. IX. THOMAS MANN RANDOLPH, boru same place, died at Cascade, near Dubuque, Iowa, 1877. X. ANN CA.REY RANDOLPH, born at Rockcliff, Virginia, now resides near St. Louis, Missouri. AI. MARGARET WETHERILL RANDOLPH, born at Rockcliff, Virginia, died at the age of two years. XII. CHARLES WETHERILL RANDOLPH, born at Rockcliff, Virginia, now Ii \·ing near Austin, Texas. Of these tweh'e children, the intermarriages, descendants, &c. are as fol lows,-children and grand-children. I. WILLIAM :MAYER RANDOLPH, a distinguished lawyer and accom plished man, practicing his profession in Louisiana, intermarried with MARY PITTS, of Kentucky, who now resides (his widow,) in Florida. Issue by this marriage four children, viz: 1. Lambeth Randolph, died aged 10 years. 2. MARY RANDOLPH, married to W. HA.RNEY, is dead; issue of thui mar riage 1 child, William Harney, born in 1870. 3. WILLIAM RANDOLPH, married to ELIZABETH EPPES, (now divorced,) resident \\'ith his mother in Florida. 4. FANNY RANDOLPH, unmarried, living with her mother. III. MARTHA ELIZABETH RANDOLPH, intermarried on the 3d Sep tember, 1839, at Winchester, with Colonel JOHN HLGH KEIM, merchant, of Reading, Pa., son of Mr. De Henneville Keim of that place. Colonel John High Keim, (Col. 53d Pa.) was a highly educated man, and had been in early life a successful merchant in Reading Pa. After acquiring wealth he turned over his business to his eldest sons; but in subsequent commercial disasters bis for tune was swept away, and he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, about 1855. Here he was soon tendered an important position in the banking house of F. S. 100 KEIM, MILLS, ST A UFFER. Jessup, and on that gentleman's death, was taken into the house as partner; but his delicate constitution gave way under excessive devotion to business, and while seeking by a journey to the South, to escape the severity of a north ern winter, he died en route, on the 29th October, 1858, at Dolorosa, St. Charles County, Missouri, at the country seat of bis brother-in-law, William Mayer Randolph. Issue by this marriage, eleYen children, viz: l. DE BENNEVILLE RANDOLPH KEIM was born in Reading, Pa., January 1st~ 1841, he received a thorough education and early devoted himself to litera ture, which bas bestowed on l1im pecuniary rewards as well as deserved reputa tion. He was War Correspondent of the New York Herald, from the ·head quarters of Generals Grant and McPherson; and afterwards was put on the Foreign Editorial Staff' of that influential journal, corresponding with it from Europe, India, Africa, Australia and the West Indies. He accompanied General Sheridan in bis winter campaign of 1868-69, against the Chey enne savages. Appoint.ed by the Government to inspect the United States' Consulates in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, he performed that very delicate duty to the entire satisfaction of the State Department and the Presi dent. He bas thus traveled in almost every quarter of the globe, and bas seen under favorable auspices, its most interesting cities and many of its first people. l<'or some yt:'.ars be bas been representative and corre.spondent at the National Capital, of leading Pennsyh·anian, New York and Western Gazett.es; has written valuable works of travel, and a graphic desci:iption of the city of Washington which is bis "professional" residence. His home, where his family dwells, is at" Edge Mount," Reading, Pennsylvania. He intermarried with JANE A. OWEN, of Hartford, Conn., 25th June, 1872. Issue of tbi:s marriage, two children, viz : 1. Elizabeth Randolph Keim, born at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., August 1st, 1873. 2. Harriet Virginia Keim, born same piace, 9th July, 1875. 2. MARY HIGH KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., De.eember 4th, 1842; mar ried twice; first to WILLIAM 'WIRT MILLS, lawyer of Dubuque, Iowa, who died June, 1867. Issue of this marriage, one son, viz: William Wirt Mills, born 17th July, 1867. She married secondly, ABNER K. STAUFFER, 15th December, 1870, counsellor at law, in Reading, Pa. Issue of this marriage, two children, Yiz: 1. John Keim Stauffer, born in Reading, Pa., July 22d, 1874. 2. Anna Keim Stauffer, born same place, August 7th, 1877. 3. EDWARD TUDOR KEIM, born at Reading, Pa., August 8th, 1844, now living in Dubuque, Iowa, Agent American Express Company, married July 9th, 1867, EMMA L. BLOOMFIELD, of New Jersey. Issue of this marriage, three children, viz: 1. Randolph Keim, born at Clinton, Iowa, on June !!9th, 1869. 2. Edward Peyton Keim, born same place, August 1st, 1871. 3. Martha Elizabeth Randolph Keim, born in Dubuque, Iowa, December 12th, 1875. GENERAL WILLIAM H. KEIM'S FAMILY. 101 4. VIRGINIA., RANDOLPH KEm:, born at Reading, Pa., May 4th, 1846, inter married February 4th, 1869, with JAMES A.LL.A.IRE MILLHOLLAND, r first of name,) born at Baltimore, Md., 8th December, 1842. Mr. JAMES A. MILL HOLLAND is the President of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad and Consolidated Coal Company, and resides at Cumberland, Md. Issue of this marriage six children, nz: 1. Fanny Randolph Millholland, born at Mt. Savage, Md., January 2d, 1870. 2. James Allaire Millholland, (sewnd of name,) born at same place, November 10th, 1871, died December 23d, 1875. 3. Anna Keim Millholland, born August 8th, 1873, at Mt. Savage, Md. 4. Lewis Curtis Mill holland, born at Mt. Savage, Md., March 23d, 1875. 5. John Keim Millhol land, born at Cumberland, Md., December 30th, 1876. 6. Allan Campbell Millholland, born at Cumberland, 14th July, 1878. 5. ANNA. HIESTER KErn:, born in Reading, Pa., March 9th, 1849, died February 12th, 1851. 6. PEYTON RANDOLPH KEIM , born in Reading, Pa., March 23d, 1850 ; resident at Marshalltown, Iowa; intermarried August 19th, 1876, with LILL y SEYMOUR, of Milan, Ill. 7. THOMAS BEVERLY KEIM, born in Readiug, Pa., January 11th, 1852, still living in Reading, Pa., intermarried May 31st, 1876, with ELIZA.BETH M. Cox, of Philadelphia, Pa. No issue. 8. JOHN RANDOLPH KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., November 15th, 1853, died August 4th, 1854. 9. JOHN OTTO KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., March 28th, 1855, now living in Philadelphia, Pa. Uumarried. 10. FREDERICK SHERWOOD JESSUP KEnr, born in Dubuque, Iowa, July 7th, 1857, died ,June 6th, 1858. 11. ANNA SHERWOOD KEnr, born in Dubuque, Iowa, April 18th, 1859, clied in Reading, Pa., January 26th, 1873. IV. LUCY ,JANE RANDOLPH, born at Green Creek, Cumberland County, Virginia, September 28th, 1819, intermarried with General \VILLIAM HIGH KEIM, of Reading, Pa., 8th November, 1836. He was born at Read ing, Pa., 13th of June, 1813, and died May 18th, 1862. General ""ILLIA.M H. KEIM was eminently distinguished for his civil worth and for his military talent, which was called into requisition for his country during the Ch·il War. He was Mayor of Reading, Pa.; represented his district in U. S. Congress; went into the Civil ,var, in command, early in 1861, and was in the operations of the armies of the United States on the Potomac and elsewhere. Although broken in health, he kept his command and distinguished himself at the battle of \Villiamsburg, but was obliged to leave his troops to return home to recruit his health, and died soon after at Harrisburg, Pa., of typhoid fever. General Orders, :No. 129, of General 14 102 KEIM, MILLAR, RANDOLPH. McClellan, U. S. A., on 26th May, 1862, display the army's appreciation of the qualities and services of Brigadier General William High Keim, of the Army of the Potomac. Issue of this marriage, six children, viz : 1. BEVERLY RANDOLPH KEIM, born in Reading, November 13th, 1837, married twice: first to EDW.A.RDWINE H. LAUMAN, who died January 19th, 1871. Issue by this marriage, one child: Florence Keim, born in Reading, August 3d, 1864. He married seoondly, MARGARET KIRK, of Harrisburg. Issue by this marriage, two children, viz: 1. Kirk Montgomery Keim, born in Kansas City, September 6th, 1874. 2. Lucy Randolph Keim, born June 23d, 1877. 2. DUPONT DE BENNEVILLE KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., April 4th, 1840, died in Reading April 6th, 1840. 3. WILLI.AM RANDOLPH KEnt;, born in Reading, Pa., May 23d, 1841, died in Kansas City, Mo., March 20th, 1872. 4. Lucrus BOLLING KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., July 23d, 1843, now living in Philadelphia. 5. Ros.A. MUHLENBURG NICOLLS K1m.r, born in Reading, Pa., December 15th, 1848, and married to DR. ALEXANDER HAZARD, of Philadelphia. Issue one child, viz: 1. Mary Fullertin Hazard, born October 9th, 1874, in Philadelphia. 6. LAUR.A. RANDOLPH KEIM, born in Reading, Pa., July 4th, 1850, un married, now residing in Philadelphia. V. SUSAN BURKHART RANDOLPH, (serond of name,) married to SAMUEL R. MILLAR, of Virginia, who is dead. Issue of this marriage, two children, viz: 1. Samuel Rolfe Millar, born in Davenport, Iowa, now in Heidelberg, Germany, with his mother. 2. Randolph Millar, born in Daven port, Iowa, died in infancy. VII. PEYTON RANDOLPH lost bis life in Mexico, while in the Army of U. S. "in the forlorn hope," at the battle of Chapultepec, aged 21 years. VITI. CHRISTOPHER MAYER RANDOLPH, (first of name,) married twice; first, February 19th, 1856, EMILY S. KEIM, of Reading, daughter of De Benneville Keim, she died at Dolorosa, January 27th, 1860. Issue of this marriage, two sons, viz: 1. William Keim Randolph, born in Reading, Pa., February 19th, 1857,-also one brother born August 14th, 1859, who died in infancy. CHRISTOPHER MAYER RANDOLPH married seoondly, April 11th, 1865, FANNY BERNARD LAMBETH. Issue of this marriage three chil dren, viz: 1. Lambeth Slocum Randolph, born in New Orleans, December 8th, RANDCiLPH, MAYER-DANNENBERG, FITZGERALD, MO.A.LE. 103 1865, died April 26th, 1866. 2. Peyton Lambeth Randolph, born at "Lucky Hit" plantation, La., January 14th, 1867. 3. Christopher Mayer Randolph, (second of name,) born at "Lei nst,er" plantation, La., October 25th, 1868. IX. THOMAS MANN RANDOLPH (died 1876,J married LUCY LOV ELL, of Virginia, who died 1871. Issue of this marriage six children, viz: 1. Thomas Lovell Randolph, born near Dubuque, Iowa; dead. 2. William Lovell Randolph, born same place, killed by explosion of a gun, aged 18 years. 3. Maria Mayer Randolph, born same place. 4. John Randolph, born same plaoo. 5. Jefferson D. Randolph, born same. place. 6. Adrian Randolpb, born same place; de,ad. X. ANN CAREY RANDOLPH married DR. BRISCOE. Issue of marriage two children. No names or further information given,-1878. XII. CHARLES WETHERILL RANDOLPH reside,g in Austin, Texas. No further information given concerning this son. ~ager-~annenberg lntermaniage. 1820-1878. VII. JACOB MAYER, (second of that name,) seventh child and fourth son of Christopher Bartholomew Mayer and Susannah Burkhart his wife, was born in Lancaster, Pa., 3d April, 1796, and died there on the 11th October, 1822. About the year 1820 he intermarried at Baltimore, Md., with LOUISA DANNENBERG, born in 1802, a niece of my brother-in-law, FREDERICK KONIG, and who I.tad been brought up by my sist,er, his wife. LOUIS.A. died at her uncle's residence in Baltimore, 15th November, 1834. The issue of their marriage was one daughter, horn in Lancast,er, Pa., 17th May, 1821, viz: Maria Konig Mayer. I. MARI.A. KONIG MAYER intermarried at Baltimore, on the 11th Novem ber, 1839, with THOMAS B. FITZGERALD. Issue of this marriage two daugh ters, viz: 1. Maria Konig Fitzgerald. 2. Victoria Mayer Fitzgerald. 1. MARIA. KONIG FITZGERALD, born in Baltimore on the 6th November, 1841, int,ermarried 9th July, 1861, with FREDERICK L. Mo.A.LE, and died at Bal timore, 4th March, 1870, leaving issue one daught,er: Louisa Mayer Moale, born in Baltimore, 21st August, 1866. 2. VICTORIA MA YER FITZGERALD was born at Baltimore, Md., on 8th J a.nua.ry, 1848 ;-unmarried 1878. 104 MA.YER-KEIM AND MA.YER-WETHERILL INTERMA.RRIA.GF.S. IX. SUSANNAH ODELIA MAYER, ninth child and fourth daught.er of C. B.- M. and Susannah B. bis wife, was born 26th March, 1799,.!.-Surviving in 1878 and residing in Baltimore. For her marriage, issue thereof and descendants, see LEWIS CASPAR ZORN MA YER, (page 49, ante,) her husband. I. ~- ~aytr•~dm intermarriage. 1827-1878. X. JOHN BURKHART MAYER, tenth child and sixth son of C. B. Mayer and Susannah Burkhart bis wife, was born in Lancaster, 4th March, 1803, (1802 says his daughter,) and died at Rea1ling, Pa., on the 4th of July, 1831; member of the Bar of Pennsylvania; intermarried with SUSAN DE BENNEVILLE KEIM, of Reading, Pa., daughter of General GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KErn, 4th September, 1827. She died at Reading, Pa., 5th October, 1838. Issue of this marriage one daughter, viz: 1. MA.RY MAY MA.YER, born at McKeansburg, Scbnylkill County, Pa., 1st October, 1829, who intermarried on the 15th of May, 1866, at the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, with JUDSON RAYMOND SPRAGUE, member of the Bar of Pennsylvania. Issue of their marriage, one daughter only, (1878,) viz: Susan De Benneville Sprague, born 25th July, 1870, and died a,t German town, (Philadelphia,) Pa., 31st May, 1877, and was interred in the family cemetery at Branchtown. ~ayer-UT etherill lntermaniage. 1822-1878. XI MARGARETT.A SYBILLA MAYER, (first of that name,) elev enth child and fifth daughter of Christopher B. Mayer and Susan Burkhart, born at .Lancaster, 31st August, 1804, and surviving in 1878, intermarried on 1st May, 1822, with CHARLES WETHERILL, of Philadelphia, born in 1799, and died at his country seat near Philadelphia, 2d November, 1838. The progenitor of CHARLES WETHERILL anived from England in Penn's time. SAMUEL WETHERILL, founder of the Philadelphia family came thither as a youth from New Jersey. This person was eminent in his time for the early efforts he made in domestic manufactures, aiding thereby the cause of WETHERILL FAMILY. 105 independence, by furnishing materials for clothing the American soldiers. As a Quaker, he forfeited his birthright in the meeting to which he belonged, in consequence of a war speech he made there. Warmed by his enthusiam how ever, a few bra\"e spirits of the Society of Friends joined him iu obtaining a site for a free Quaker meeting-house, which still stands at the corner of Fifth and Arch Streets, and there, in his old age, he often preached. This patriot joined his son Samuel in the manufacture of white lead. The copper-plate is preserved from which he print.ed the labels of his domestic goods. It represents a woman seated at an old-fashioned spinning wheel, busied with her task, and bea.rs for its motto: '' Virtue and Industry are tlte Springs of Happi,ness." Samuel, the son of the preacher-patriot, married Rachel Price,--one daughter and four sons being the result of this marriage. All the sons were interest.ed with their father in the manufacture of chemicals and white lead, which was tile source of their opulence. Charles Wetlierill, who intermarried with Margaretta Sybilla Mayer, was averse to trade, and ouly contented himself with it nuder the control of his father, and until that parent's death. He then quitted the family firm, at great pecuniary disadvan tage it is said, yet not before wealth had assured ease and the opportunitx to indulge in his favorite pursuits and studies. He purchased a hand some estate and built on the bank:; of the Wis8ahickon, near Philadelphia; and there he passed tbe remainder of his life in the enjoyment of his manifold collections in art, literature and science. He had considerable skill in model ing in clay; he had dreams of disco,·ering perpetual motion; but his fa,·orite science was astronomy, for which he built a tower at bis seat., and placed in it a superb telescope of great power at that period,-which, after his death, his widow gave to the University of Pennsylvania. He was one of the most genial, gentle, unassuming of men, and perhaps it was a pity, that his tastei. for higher intellootual pursuits were thwarted in early life, when he was invol untarily forced into manufactures and trade. Issue of this marriage, four sons and two daughters, viz: I. CHARLES M.AYER WETHERn.L, born in 1824. II. MARGARETT.A. SYBILLA WETHERILL, (second of name,) died in infancy. III. HENRY MAYER WETHERILL, born 28th August, 1828. IV. THOMAS MAYER WETHERILL, born in 1830. v .. MARGARETTA MAYER WETHERILL, born January 17th, 1833. VI. MA YER WETHERILL, born Philadelphia, 23rd March, 1835. I. CHARLES MAYER WETHERILL, Pkiwsophire Doctor, Prof. of Chemis try, &;c., graduat.ed, with the first honor at the University of Pennsylvania; also, graduated in" Wissenschaften," under LIEBIG, at the Uniyersity of Giessen, Germany; he was Professor of Chemistry in Lehigh University at Bethlehem, 106 WETHERILL A.ND DIEHL. Pa., and was about being elected to the same chair in the University of Penn sylvania, when he died soddenly in the year 1871, on the 5th March. Professor C. M. w etherill int.ermarried with MARY c. BENBRIDGE of Indiana, on the 12th August, 1856, and left issue two children, namely: 1. Anna Benbridge Wetherill; 2. Richard Benbridge Wetherill. III. HENRY MAYER WETHERILL, (first of name,) int.ermarried 17th November, 1847, with his cousin REBECCA P. WETHERILL, daoght.er of JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, who was born 17th January, 1830. Issue of this mar riage two sons, four daught:ers, viz: 1. Margaretta Mayer Wetherill-died in infancy. 2. Charles Wetherill, born 31st July, 1850-(member of the Philadelphia Bar.) 3. Henry Mayer Wetherill, (second of name,) born 14th December, 1851, (physician.) 4. Maria Lawrence Wetherill, born 22nd Janu ary, 1853, died 25th November, 1859. 5. Richard Price Wetherill, born June 29th, 1854. 6. Mary Lawrence Wetherill, born 14th August, 1865. IV. THOM.AS MAYER WETHERILL, merchant, at Woodville, Mississippi, married in December, 1851, SA.RAH E. SMITH, daughter of CoTESWORTH PINKNEY SMITH, Chief Justice of Mississippi. Issue of this marriage one son, two daughters, viz: 1. Margaretta Mayer Wetherill. 2. Julia Keim Wether ill. Both of these young ladies have much literary talent, Miss Julia having lately published a successful novel:-" Wings." 3. Cotesworth Pinkney Wetherill. v. MARGARETTA MAYER WETHERILL, born 17th January, 1833, mar ried on June 28th, 1854, THOMAS JACOBY DIEHL, member of the Philadel phia bar, who wai; born 27th January, 1830. Issue of their marriage: 1. Margaretta Wetherill Diehl, born 8th April, 1855. 2. Mary Eleanor Diehl, born 11th May, 1856. 3. Charles Wetherill Diehl, born 14th April, 1858. 4. William Edward Diehl, born 13th February, 1860. 5. Thomas Julian Diehl, born 22d October, 1861. 6. Susan Douglas Diehl, born 9th May, 1867. VI. MA YER WETHERILL, born at Philadelphia, 23d March, 1835, inter married loth June, 1867, at the Spring Garden Presbyt:erian Church, with MA.RY ELLA KEIGHTLY, who was born in Ireland, 10th November, 1842. No issue by this marriage; but states that he Las adopted a, child of his wife a.nd given it his name. MAYER-GEORGE MAY KEIM INTERMARRIAGE. 107 1827-1878. XII. JULIANA CATHARINE MAYER, daughter of C. B. M. and S. B., ut antea, born at Lancaster, Penn., April 3d, 1806, intermarried with Gen eral GEORGE MAY KEIM, of Reading, Pa., in the city of Philadelphia; at St. Andrew's Church, 1st May, 1827. She died at Reading, 12th May, 1857. He was born at Reading, March 23d, 1805, and died there 10th June, 1861. General GEORGE MAY KEIM was a gentleman distinguished as a scholar, a politician, and for his scientific acquirements. He was devoted especially to geology and mineralogy, in which he made superb collections,-presented since his death, by his children, to the Lehigh Univen,ity of Pennsylvania. His literary culture gave him wonderful facility of expression, both as a speaker and writer. He was particularly happy in extemporaneous composition, in verse as well as prose; and, in the former, was scarcely exceeded in rapidity, humor and wit by Theodore Hook. For many years be represented the con - gressional district of Pennsylvania in which he lived, in the National House of Representatives. He was greatly esteemed for bis knowledge of public affairs, and beloved for his courtesy. Universally popular with people of all classes, he might doubtless, had he not often declined the honor, been elected Gover nor of his State. Later in life, untoward circumstances obliged him for awhile to accept office under President Tyler's administration, as Marshal of the East,ern District of Pennsylvania. While residing in Philadelphia the increased value of property which he acquired enabled him to retire from business and official life, to enjoy, at his home in Reading, the leisure due to ad,1 aucing years. During h1~ congressional life few men had more general popularity and influence with leading senators and representatives from ever.)' section of the Union. No man was freer than he from political crotchets. Known for the universality of bis patriotism and democratic principles, be was nernrthe less trusted and respect,ed by the most narrow-minded politicians. In 1860 and '61, be was too old as a military man to take the field from Pennsylvania in defence of his whole country. But his heart and mind were no less complet,ely devoted to the maintenance of the Union. Indeed, the impending agitation of those dark' days sorely taxed him throughout the spring of 1861. Nevertheless, he raised a large, efficient company of volun teers for home defen<',e, and devoted the last weeks and months of his life to the drilling and organizing of his fellow-citizens for the field, to which he 108 GEORGE :\f. KEIM'S FAMILY. could neither lead nor follow them. One of the last acts of bis life was to head a paper, offering his company's services to the Government. And so this patriot died, suddenly, in the midst of the opening conflict of our Civil War, mourned by all who had known him throughout the Union. The issue of this marriage was nine children, namely i I. SFSAN MAYER KEIM, born 11th March, 1828, died November 16th, 1833. II. JULIA MAY KEIM, born 12th .April, 1829. III. GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KEDI, born December 10th, 1830. IV. SUSAN DOUGLASS KEni:, ( first of name,) horn December 28th, 1833. V. MARY MAY KEIM, born June :!8th, 1835. VI. CHARLES WE'l'HERILL KEIM, born November 2d, 1836. VII. LOUISA HIESTER KErn, born ,July 30th, 1839, died Sept.ember 16th, 1842. VIII. MARGARETTA WETHERILL KEIM, born January 4th, 1841, died July 28th, 1841. IX. HENRY MAY KEIM, born August, 16th, 1842. Of the above nine children the following have intermarried. viz: JULIA MAY KEIM, (No. 2,) intermarried 2~d March, 1854, with GUS'l'A· vus .A. BEHNE, of Germany, a skilful artist in landscape painting. They reside in Munich, Bavaria. No issue. GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KEIM (No. 3,) intermarried 24th April, 1855, at Memphis, Tenn., with ELIZABETH C. TREZEVANT, is1me two children, viz: 1. Julia Mayer Keim, born 1st February, 1860. 2. Susan Douglass Keim, ( second of name,) born 27th August, 1867. GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KEIM, resides in Philadelphia, he is a distin guished member of the .American Bar, and is at present, the general solicitor of the Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron Company. During the occa6ional absences of the President of that corporation, he acts pro-tempore as its execu tive officer. Mr. Keim takes great interest in historical literature, espe cially that of his own State, and has been elected one of the Vice-Presidents of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. SUSAN DoUGL.A~s KEIM, (first of name,) (No. 4,) was twice married, first to FRANKLIN HEWSON, eiYil engineer, who died October 20t,h, 1859. No issue. She married second, her cousin, CHARLES FREDERICK MAYER, (second of name,) of Baltimore, Md., 4th December, 1866, at Pottsville, Pa., tbe Rev. Dr. Mahan, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Baltimore, officiating. No issue, 1878. WEIDEMAN, KEIM, MAYER-TURNER, 109 MARY MAY KEIM (No. 5,) intermarried with Wn,LIAM MURRAY WEIDE MAN, M. D., t3d February, 1864. Issue of this marriage five children, viz: 1. Laura Farquhar Weideman, born 16th March, 1867, died 27th March, 1870. 2. Helen Murray Weideman, born 13th March, 1869, died 10th January, 1871. 3. Julia Keim Weideman, born 5th February, 1871. 4. Bessie Murray Weide man, born 11th February, 1873. 5. l\farion Douglass Weideman, born 13th June, 1875. CHARLES WETHERILL KEIM (No. 6,) married at Rt>...ading, Pa., 14th No vember, 1872, Mrs. ELL.A. L.A.UM.A.N HIESTER. nee Lanman, widow of Frank M. Hiester, M. D. No issue, 1878. HENRY MAY KEIM, (No. 9,) counselor at law, married at Reading, Pa., 6th June, 1867, EMMA ELIZ.A.BETH TREXLER. No issue, 1878. ffihe IJaJ!er-ffiurtter Intermarriage. 1787-1871. No. VI. EVA MARIA MAYER, sixth child and second daughter of George Ludwig Mayer and Maria Barbara Diemer, was born at Lancaster, Penna., 5th December, 1765, and died there March 18th, 1832, and is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. She married THOMAS TURNER, October 1st, 1787. Issue of this marriage three children, viz : I. MARIA BARB.AR.A. TURNER, born at Lancaster, June 30th, 1788, and died there unmarried on the 8th February, 1811. II. ANN CATHARINE TURNER, born at Lancaster, October 15th, 1793, and died there unmarried July 23d, 1871. III. SYBILLA MARG.A.RETTA TURNER, born at Lancaster, March 4th, 1796, and died there 14th Dec~mber, 1819. Sybilla Margaretta intermarried 29th April, 1819, with Wn,LIAM lHLING, of Lancaster, and had issue one daughu-r, viz: 1. MARGARET S. IHLING, born November 8th, 1819, and died unmarried August 10th, 1852; and thus the Eva Maria Mayer-Turner family has become entirely extinct. 15 110 MAYER-HUMPHREVILLE INTERMARRIAGE. '1Jauer-tumphreville Intermarriage. 1798-1878. No. IX. SUSANNAH BARBARA MAYER,-(her baptismal name by Church records in Lancaster, Pa.)-generally called Susan Mayer,-ninth child and third daughter of George Ludwig Mayer, by his first marriage, with Miss Diemer of mm, was born in Lancast.er, Penna., March 18th, 1775, and died at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 8th January, 1852. She married EBENEZER HUMPHREVILLE, of Lancaster also, 10th May, 1798, who was born 22d June, 1772, and died near Savannah, Ga., 17th November, 1807, whither he had gone to establish a home for his family. Issue one daughter and three sons, viz: I. AMELIA; II. GEORGE W.; III. HENRY MA YER; and IV. WILLI.AM BUNCE. FIRST. I. AMELi.A HUMPHREVILLE, born December 21st, 1801, married first, at Lancaster, Pa., 7th February, 1822, PETER SHARP, who died there March 11th, 1823. Issue of this marriage one child: Susan Amanda Sharp, who was born about the end of March, 1823, and died April 5th, 1823. Mrs . .AMELIA (HUMPHREVILLE) SH.A.RP married May 5th, 1828, secondly, ,JAMES SHEPHERD, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, whose first wife had been her aunt Julia Catherine Mayer, daughter of George Ludwig Mayer, by his first marriage, with Miss Diemer. Issue of Amelia's second marriage, with Shepherd, four sous and three daughters, viz: 1. Amelia Henrietta Shepherd, born July 2d, 1829, and die.d at Shepherdstown on the 29t.h July, 1871. 2. William Beecher Shepherd, born there 24th January, 1831, and died 31st March, 1832. 3. Robert Douglass Shepherd, born there .April 21st, 1833, and died May 12th, 1835. 4. Edward Clarence Shepherd, born there July 24th, 1835. 5. Hem-y Smith Mayer Shepherd, born there 25th December, 1836. 6. Susan Randolph Shepherd, born there .August 6th-, 1838, died September 23d, 1872. 7. .Anna Hammond Shepherd, born there 7th August, 1841, died J anu ary 14th, 1~68. Of these the following have intermarried and have issue, as follows: No. 1. AMELIA HENRIETTA SHEPHERD intermarried on 29th March, 1853, with JAMES FINLAY, of Cupar, Fife, Scotland, who was born the 12th February, 1824. Issue by this marriage two sons and one daughter, viz: 1. Robert Finlay, born 8th August., 1854, died 17th January, 1877. 2. Rosalind Finlay, born 30th June, 1857. 3. William Shortt Finlay, born October 5th, 1860. SHEPHERD, HUMPHREVILLE, CHALFANT. 111 No. 2. EDWARD CLARENCE SHEPHERD (resident, as Prof~or of Mathe matics, at Frederick Cit,r, Md., in 1878,) intermarried 17th August, 1870, with AMELIA ADELAIDE SHOCK, of Baltimore City, Md., who was born 8th March, 1842. Issue of this marriage one son and one daughter, viz: 1. Anna Isabella Sliepherd, born June 14th, 1871, died 17th February, 1877. 2. Edward Cla rence Sliepherd, born January 24th, 1876. No. 3. HENRY SMITH MAYER SHEPHERD (resident in Baltimore in 1878,) intermarried with CATHARINE SNYDER. TR1-ne of this marriage one daugh ter: Catharine Shepherd. Dates not furnished. SECOND. II. GEORGE w. HUMPHREVILLE, son and first child of Ebenezer and Susanuah Barbar11, Hnmphreville, was born at Lancaster, Pa., 4th May, 1799, and died there 10th January, 1800. THmD. III. WILLIAM· BUNCE HUMPHREVILLE, third son and fourth child of Ebenezer and Susannah, was born at Lancaster, 25th April, 1805, intermarried at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, where he now resides, on the 21st April, 1830, with SAR.AH DEW. Issue of this marriage six sons and four daugh ters, viz: 1. Susan Humphreville, born 14th Februar;r, 1831. 2. Joseph Humphreville, born 12th Juue, 1832, died 6th July, 1832. 3. William Humphre ville, born 22d July, 1833. 4. Alexander D. Humphreville, born 14th January, 1836. 5. Theodore Humphreville, born 29th September, 1837. 6. Jnfoma Humpbreville, born 7th December, 1839. 7. Eusley Humpbre,-ille, born 20d Nornmber, 1841. 8. Fanny D. Humphreville, born 4th September, 1843. 9. Sarah Humphreville, horn 1st October, 1845, died 4th October, 1848. 10. Henry L. Humphreville, born 7th January, 1848. Of these the ensuing are married, with issue as follows, viz: No. 1, of the above, SUSAN, intermarried on the ad November, 1852, with EPHRAIM CHALFANT, of Booneville, Mo. Issue of their marriage, two Rons, viz: 1. William A. Chalfant, born 22d June, 1854, Professor of Music in Cooper Institute, Booneville. 2. Alonzo B. Chalfant, born 8th January, 1857, photographer, at Beaver Falls, Penna. No. 3, of the above, WILLIAM, intermarried on the 11th October, 1865, with ELL'.EN McCARTNEY. He is editor and publisher at Fort Howard, Boone County, Wisconsin. Issue of their marriage, Charlie Humphreville, born 17th December, 1866, died 25th September, 187 4. No. 4, of the above, ALEXANDER D., (1878, resident at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio,) intermarried.first, on the 10th March, 1858, with MARY P. HARRISON, who died 27th August, 1862. Issue. by this first marriage: 1. William H. Humphreville, born 10th June, 1859. 2. Olive H. Humphreville, born 17th March, 1861. 112 HUMPHREVILLE FA.MIL Y • .ALEXANDER D. HUMPHREVILLE, married secondly, TIIYRZA KING, on the 13th December, 1864. Issue by the second marriage six children, viz: 1. Mabel HumphreYille, born 19th June, 1866, died 9th October, 1866. 2. Winnie D. Hnmphreville, born 22d December, 1867, died 14th September, 1868. 3. Edward A. Hnmphreville, born 9th May, 1869 ;-surviving. 4. Sarah L. Humphreville, born 6th Febmary, 1871;-silrvfring. 5. Hannah H. Humphre,·ille, born 8th January, 1874, died 22 FOURTH. IV. HENRY MAYER HUMPHREVILLE, second son and third child of Susan B. and Ebenezer Humpbreville, was born at Lancaster, Pa., 27th February, 1803, and died May 16th, 1867; he married in Lancaster, Penna., MARGARET LUTMAN, who was born July 25th, 1804, and died Novem ber 15th, 1849. Issue of this marriage, born in Lancaster, Pa., nine sons and two daughters, viz: 1. William Hnmpl1reville, born 7th October, 1825, died 23d February, 1843. 2. John Humpbreville, born 6th October, 1826. 3. Henry Humphreville, born 23d June, 1828. 4. Charles HumphreviUe, born 30th June, 18.30. 5. Jacob Humphrevil1e, born 23d October, 1832. 6. Ebenezer Humphreville, born 14th July, 1834, died 17th October, 1870. 7. George Humphreville, born 22d December, 1837. 8. Thomas Humphreville, born 14th November, 1839. 9. Louis Humphreville, born 18th June, 1841, died 14th August, 1842. 10. Eliza Humphreville, born 9th July, 1844, died 20th Janu ary, 1849. 11. Margaret Humphreville, born 10th February, 1847. Of these the fol1owing only married, viz: 1. (No. 2 as above.) JOHN HUMPHREVILLE, residing 1878, at Lancaster, Pa., married first, ELIZABETH EBERLY, of Lancaster, Pa.; on 7th February, 1849; she died January 26th, 1857. The issue of this marriage, three children, two sons and one daughter, viz: 1. William Henry Humphreville, born 14th August, 1~. 2. Jobn Even Humpbreville, born 18th September, 1852. 3. Catharine Humphreville, born 10th January, 1855. JOHN HUMPHREVILLE, married seeondly, CHRISTIANN FERRIER, born 30th March, 1837, at Lancaster, Pa., on 7th July, 1861. Issue of this mar riage, one son and four daughters, viz: 1. Mary Elizabeth Humphreville, born 18th December, 1862, died 17th February, 1863. 2. Margaret Louisa Humphre- HUMPHREVILLE FA.MIL Y. 113 ville, born 26th June, 1865. 3. Walter Andrew Humphreville, born 7th March, 1867. 4. Ida Alberta Humphreville, born 29th November, 1869. 5. Emily Serena Hoffer Humpbreville, born 26th February, 1872. 2. (No. 3 as above.) HENRY HUMPHREVILLE, married at Lancaster, Pa., about 1857, MARY BUHLER, born 13th May, 1840. He resides at Mount ville, Lancaster County, Pa. Issue of this marriage, five sons and three daughters, viz: 1. John P. Hurnphreville, born 15th July, 1858. 2. Henry L. Humphre,ille, born 11th No,·ember, 1860. 3 . .Albert W. Humphreville, born 30th .August, 1862, died 18th February, 1863. 4. Minnie B. Humpl1reville, born 25th March, 1S64. 5. Mary E. Humphreville, born 17th February, 1867. 6. Edwin HumphrevHle, and 7. Clara Humphreville, (Twins,) born 7th May, 1869. 8. Robert B. Humphreville, born 11th December, 1874. 3. (No. 4 as above.) CHARLES BUMPHREVILLE, married at Pittsburg, Pa., 10th April, 1852, SUSAN AUGUSTA LANDER, wbo was bom 26th Decem ber, 1832. He resides at Martin's Ferryr Belmont County, Ohio. Issue of this marriage, six sons and six daughters, viz: I. Francisco Humphreville, (girl,) born 24th November, 1853. 2. Henry Lander Humphreville, born 30th December, 1855. 3. Margaret .Ann Humphreville, born 19th October, 1857, died '.!6th August, 1861. 4. Thomas Humphreville, born 15th September, 1859. 5. Griffeth D. Humphre,ille, born 23d August, 1861. 6. Maria L. Humphre,·ille, born 19th April, 1863. 7. Florida Humphreville, born 6th January, 1865. 8. Frederic D. Humpbreville, born 29th June, 1867. 9. Juletta Humphre,ille, born 26th November, 1869. 10. Charles Humphreville, born 28th November, 1871. 11. Ivy Humphreville: born 26th March, 1873. 12. De Witt Clinton Humphreville, born lltlt November, 1875. 4. ·(No. 5 as above.) JACOB HUMPHREVILLE, married on the 18th June, 1855, at Lancaster, Pa., CATHARINE SEIBERT, who was born 5th September, 1828. Be resides at Lancaster, Pa. Issue of this marriage, three sons and two daughters, namely: 1. Charles Humphreville, born 17th .April, 1856. 2. Sarah Elizabeth Humphrm-ille, born 19th July, 1857, died 21st January, 1858. 3. Frank Henry Humpllreville, born 25th October, 1858. 4. Ada Humphre ville, born 25th July, 1863, died 25th January, 1865. 5. Edwin Humpbreville, born 10th June, 1867. 5. (No. 6 as above.) EBENEZER HUMPHREVILLE (second of name,) mar ried at Washington City, D. C., FRANCES E., who died December 22d, 1869. Ebenezer Humphreville, died 16th October, 1870. Issue of this mar ria,ge, four sons and two daughters, viz: 1. William E. Humpbre\'ille, born 8th December, 1856. 2. Francis E. Humphreville, born 10th December, 1858, died 16th May, 1858. 3. Henry Humpbreville, born 5th September, 1859. 4. Margaret Humphreville, born 11th November, 1860. 5. Charles Humphre ville, born 6th September, 1862, died 20th October, 1862. 6. Jane Humphre ville, born 3d April, 1864. 114 HUMPHREVILLE, METZGER. 6~ GEORGE HUMPHREVILLE (No. 7, as above,) married at Lancaster, Penna., on the 10th March, 1862, MARGARET A. ACHLEY, who was born in that city, 11th July, 1843. He resides in Lancaster, Pa. Issue of this mar riage four sons and three daughterR, viz: I. Elmer E. Humphreville, born at Smithfield, Ohio, 14th December, 186i. 2. Annie M. Humpbreville, born at Lancaster, Pa., 28th June, 1865. 3. George W. Hmnphredlle, born at Lancaster, Pa., 16th June, 1867. 4. Mary A. Hnmphreville, born at L~n caster, Pa., 9th February, 1869. 5. Dad AND ihoma, lmten jranklin'ii jamiliu1. 1814-1878. No. II. GEORGE MAYER, second child and first son of GEORGE LUD WIG MAYER, by bis second marriage, namely, with MARIA BARBARA HALLER, ut antea, was born 3d August, 1781, and died at Lancaster, Pa., in his 82d year, 9th September, 1862. He married MARY CARPENTER SMITH, 21st April, 1814. Sh(died 6th April, 1853. Colonel George Mayer was a merchant of Lancaster for many years, and died there respected hy all classes. He was a gentleman of genial address, and remarkable for the excellence of his memory. When a member from Lan caster of tbe Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1835, he took a very active part in Jegislation for the general interests of his commonwealth, and was always a whig in politics and noted for public spirit and remarkable facility of express ing his ideas with clearness and choice of language. He established himself in the hardware business early in-life in Lancaster, and continued in it acth-ely and successfully until bis death. He was the inventor of the Mayer butt hinge, which he never patented, preferring to give the free benefit of it to the public. It is in extensh·e use at the present day. During the war of 1812 he joined the militia forces of Pennsylvania, and served as Acting Adjutant of the battalion which went from Lancaster County to the relief of Elkton, Md., May 13th, 1813. He was subsequently (August 1st, 1814,) commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 69th Regiment Pennsyh·a uia Militia, and commanded a battalion which marched to Baltimore in 1814. The issue of this marriage was as follows, viz: three children-two sons and a daughter: I. SERENA A. MAYER, born 16th December, 1816, and died near Lan caster, Pa., at her country residence, ''Smithland," on Tuesday, 11th Septem ber, 1877. II. HENRY SMITH MAYER, born 12th May, 1820, at Lancaster,-.studied medicine,-and died 14th March, 1855, unmarrie Of these, No. I. SERENA A. MAYER married on Tuesday evening, 7th November, 1837, THOMAS EMLEN FRANKLIN of Lancaster, Pa., who was born 20th April, 1810. Issue of their marriage six sons and six daughters, viz : I. GEORGI<.: MAYER FRANKLIN, born 9th June, 1839: intermarried with his cousin SARAH M. STEINMAN, of Lancaster, Pa., on the 24th April, 1865. Issue of this marriage four children, (1878,) for which see this marriage in the Mayer-Steinman intermarriage, at page 90. II. MARY SMITH FRANKLIN, intermarried with the Reverend FRAN· CIS D. HosKINS, on 6th of J nne, 186.1. Issue of this marriage, two sons and one daughter, (18i8,) viz: 1. Francis Emlen Hoskins, born 24th June, 1865. 2. Serena Franklin Hoskins, born 24th November, 1870, dierl 4th June, 1871. 3. Thomas Emlen Franklin Hoskins, born 16th October, 1872. III. SERENA MAYER FRANKLIN, intermarried with HUGH M. NORTH, ~3d December, 1868. Issue of this marriage, ·one son and a daughter, viz: 1. Serena Mayer North, born 30th October, 1869. 2. Hugh Mc.A.lister North, born 21st June, 1873. IV. THOMAS WALTER FRANKLIN, born 13th October, 1844, married 5th December, 1877, to SIGISMUNDA ASHTON. V. FRANCES OLIVIA FRANKLIN, intermarried with SMITH P. GALT, 10th December, 1872. Issue of this marriage, a son and daughter, viz: 1. Serena Franklin Galt, born 13th December, 1873. 2. Thomas Franklin Galt, born 15th September, 1876. VI. HENRY SMITH FRANKLIN, born 1st January, 1848. VII. ANNA EMLEN FRANKLIN, born 3d June, 1849, died Sunday1 December 11th, 1853. VIII. WALTER MAYER FRANKLIN, born 26th April, 1851. IX. ANNETTA FRANKLIN. x. CHARLES MAYER FRANKLIN, born 24th October, 1855. XL BLANCHE FRANKLIN. XII. ROBERT LEIGHTON FRANKLIN, born 31st October, 1860. The .Honorable THOMAS EMLEN FRANKLIN, husband of Mrs. SERENA A. MAYER-FRANKLIN, and who survives her, (1878,) is a distinguished mem ber of the American Bar, and a leader in his profossion in Pennsylvania. In 1855, he was a'ppointed Attorney General of his State, an office which he filled with eminent ability and general satisfaction to the authorities and people. In 1860, he was, with the Governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland, instru• mental in starting the project of the National Peace Convention, and became a prominent member when it was assembled to arnrt, if possible, the impending civil war. His hopes proved unavailing, yet his efforts in the Convention were recognized for their tact and wisdom, as well as for their firm but con ciliatory patriotism. THE REVEREND DOCTOR AND PROFESSOR ftwis J'amiln1- YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. 1809-1878. No. III. GEORGE LUDWIG MAYER, (.first of that name,) of Lan cast-0r1 Penna., by his second marriage, viz: with MARIA. BARBARA HALLER, ut antea, had, as before stated, five children, of whom the Rev. LEWIS MAYER (first of that name,)-Doctor of Divinity-was third in regular sutcession, and the second son. He entered the church as Minister of the German Reformed faith, and became eminent in its history as Professor of Theology, in the Theological Seminaries at Carlisle, Pa., and at Mercers burg, Pa.,-pulpit orator, and Historian of the Church. Indeed, he was a remarkal>le man, as preacher, professor, author and linguist, as well as for his extraordinary learning and effective manner of impa,rting his knowledge and the consolations of religion. Besides many printed sermons, his best known works are the volumes on the "Siu against the Holy Ghost;" "Lectures on Scriptural subjects;" and his "History of the German Reformed Church;' the first volume of which was published, after his death, with a memoir by Rev. Dr. Heiner, in 1851. In public life he was highly esteemed as a clergyman of influence, and often honored with important trusts and stations as a leader of the Synod of his Church. In person, he was not commanding in stature or figure, but his face and head indicated remarkable delicacy of expression, refinement, and intellectual force. He was systematic and precise; observing strict punctuality in all business engagements, coupled with kind, gentlemanly manners. Like scholars generally, be was somewhat reserved among strangers in society. During his parish ministry at Shepherdstown, W. Va., in early life, be was invited, after the death of Rev. Dr. BECKER, in 1818, to take charge of the First Reformed Church in Baltimore, Md :-an edifice known in that city as the "TOWN-CLOCK CHURCH," which then stood fronting on Second Street, 16 118 REVEREND DOCTOR LEWIS MA YER. but has in later times been sold and taken down to give place·for a continua tion of Holliday Street. When DR. MAYER came to Baltimore to preach on thl\t occasion, he was the guest of his cousin, my father. The old German congregation, accus tomed to no language from the pulpit but that of the father-land, were greatly incensed by the project of the younger members, born in America, to intro duce a preacher who would address theni in B.:nglish. I remember going with my parents to heat' their kinsman's sermon, on tl..te first occasion, before a crowded and threatening audience. He had been openly menaced with per sonal violence if he attempted to p1·each in English ; but he was as unmoved as if going to a festival, standing bravely up to his work in the pulpit and delivering a discourse suitable for the occasion. Without a particle of bravado in his manner, his gentle, dignified, seriot1s firmness, secured a victory over the prejudiced crowd, so that in a short time the congregation unanimously called him to its pastorate; which however, for reasons satisfactory at least to himself, he declined. Thus we lost him as one of the clergy of Baltimore; and finally he became a permanent resident of the city of York, Pa., establish ing there the MA YER branch of the family in that borough. On October 31st, 1814, Mr. George Mayer, of Lancaster, brother of Doctor Lewis Mayer, of York, sent to my father a printed sermon, entitled "The Crisis, a Sermon preached at Shepherdstown, Va., on Thursday, 20th August, 1812, the day appointed by the President of the United States to be observed as a Day of Humiliation and Prayer; by Lewis Mayer, Minister of the Gospel at Shepherdstown." It was a discourse on the times, and the necessity of union at that period of dissension, war, and national trouble. Mr. Mayer says to my father:-" Knowing your taste for literature, I send this sermon, deliv ered some time ago by the son of your relative-the late George Mayer of this place. My brother is self-taught. An orphan youth, neglected. and despised, he left his friends and native place, and, in poverty, prosecuted. the study of the languages without a preceptor, in consequence of the want of means. In t.he study of theology he was assisted by a late pious divine at Frederick-Town. He is the only one of this branch of the fa.mil,y who sustains the literary repu tation of my venerated. ancestors. • • • GEo. M.A.YER.'' That he was a brave preacher, and that the people then were more rational than in later years, is shown by the following brief extracts from the sermon that was sent,-the italics are mine : "We are a divided people; we are embittered against each other. I for bear to notice the methods employed by either party to triumph over its adver sary: I will only say that they eonstitute a National Sin. The fear of God would have taught us a different lesson ; it would have taught either party to have a decent respect for the virtues and talents of the other, and to keep within bounds of moderation and forbearance : but tlie fear of God does not REVEREND DOCTOR LEWIS :lfA YER'S F .A.MIL Y. 119 pervade this people. • • • • • We hold in bondage a portion of our fel low-men, and we make it a cruel bondage to them ;-not universally-there are honorable exceptions ;-but, in general, we make it a cruel bondage to them." "To emancipate them all, would be impracticable; in the present state of things it would be dangerous; neither does it seem required of us by the Gos pel; but it is undoubtedly our duty to make their bondage as light as possible; to treat them with humanity and tenderness, as creatures of the same God and subjects of the same grace, for whom the blood of the same Saviour was shed, who call upon the same Father in Heaven, and to whom the same promises and hopes are given. But if, instead of this, we cause them to feel a cold, unre lenting tyranny, we at the Rame time cause them to sigh to Heaven for redress, and their sighs will be heard, and their wrongs avenged. Remember Pharaoh and his host, and believe that there is a righteous God in Heaven who avenges the wrongs of those who are oppressed; and, to come nearer home, remember St. Domingo ! " The REV. DOCTOR LE\VIS MA. YER, (first of name,; married, .first at Shepherdstown, \V, Va., Miss CATHA.RINE LINE, daughter of JOHN LINE of that place, on the 5th November, 1809; ;iecondly, he married MRS. MA.RY SMITH, (born GONDER,) widow of Henry Smith, of Lancaster, Pa., brother of the wife of /tis brother Col. George Mayer of Lancaster. Dr. LEWIS MAYER, boru at Lancaster, on the 26th }la1d1. 1783, died at York, Pa., 25th August, 1849. His.first wife CATHARINE LINE MAYER, died on the 12th November, 1820, at York; his xecoud wife MARY .;\f.A.YER, died at York, on the 8th March, 1865. By his second marriage there was no issue; but by his first he bad 011e son, I. JOHN L. MAYER, and three daughters, namely; II. MARY MAYER, III. JULIA MAYER, and IV. ELIZA MAYER. Of them, their marriages and descendant<; as follows, namely: I. JOHN LINE )!AYER, born August 5th, 1810, was a distinguished, suc cessful counselor at law, resident at York, Pa., where his widow and children still dwell; he died there 17th August, 1874. Ou the 16th December, 1859, be intermarried at Shepherdstown, W. Va., with his cousin JULIA LINE of that place, who sun-ives him (1878.) The issne of this marriage, three sons, and four daughters, as follows, viz: 1. John Lewis Mayer, born at York, 2,'ith September, 1859, died 25th July, 1860. 2. John Line Mayer, born at York, 17th December, 1860, died 25th July, 1861. 3. :Mary Virginia Mayer, born at York, 17th May, 1862, rlied ht .March, 1865. 4. Charles Henry Mayer, born at York, 4th March, 1864. 5. Julia Line Mayer, born at York, 9tl.t May, 1866. 6. Helen Mayer, born at York, 27th September, 1868. 7. Kare Eliza Mayer, born at York, 4th January, 1873, died 17th July, 1874. 120 MA YER, BLACKFORD. II. MARY MAYER, born at Shepherdstown, West Va., survives, unmar ried, 1878, residing at York with her sister-in-law, Mrs. John L. Mayer, widow of her brother. III. JULIA A. CATHARINE MAYER, born 1st April, 1815, at Shepherds town, West Va., intermarried on 29th November, 1848, with WILLIAM BL.A CK FORD, of Virginia. She died without issue of her marriage on the 5th· of October, 1849. IV. ELIZ.A MARGARET MAYER, born 9th February, 1817, at Shepherds town, W. Va., intermarried 15th of January, 1840, with HENRY F. S. BLACK· FORD of Shepherdstown. Issue of this marriage as follows,-the father dead, the mother still survives 1878, viz: 1. LEWIS MAYER BLACKFORD, born 14th April, 1841, died at Sharps burg, Washington County, Md., where the family resides, on 18th June, 1877. 2. JoHN BLACKFORD, born 3d December, 1842. 3. HENRY F. S. BLACKFORD, Jr., born 6th August, 1844. He intermar ried with LOUISA GA.BE of Maryland, of whicb marriage there is the follow ing issue, three sons and two daughters, great grandchildren of the Rev. Doctor Lewis Mayer, viz: 1. Maud Helen Blackford, born October 14th, 1866. 2. Charles Henry Blackford, born April 8th, 1869. 3. Robert Blackford, born September 8th, 18il, died 16th August, 1872. 4. John Blackford, born Octo ber 9th, 1873 .. 5. Florence Louisa Blackford, born September 23d, 1876. 4. MARY JULI.A BLACKFORD, born 14th September, 1845. 5. WILLIAM FRANKLIN BLACKFORD, born 7th April, 1847. 6. JEANNETTE ELIZ.A BLACKFORD, born 17th April, 1848. 7. HELEN VIRGINIA BLACKFORD, born 28th January, 1855, died 13th July, 1876. 8. MARY JESSIE BLACKFORD, born 24th September, 1857, died 22d Jan uary, 1864. MA YER-SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERD-HUMPHREVILLE. 121 ~ayer-Jhepherd and Jhepherd-~umphrttrillt INTERMARRIAGES AND DESCENDANTS. 1814-1878. No. VIII. CATHARINE JULIANA MAYER, seventh child and second daughter of George Ludwig Mayer, by his se MARIA BARBARA (HALLER) MAYER, born October, 1758, second wife of GEORGE LUDWIG MAYER, married, after his death in 1793, John Leibly of Lancaster. She died at York, Penna., 28th March, 1837, at the residence of her son, by her first marriage, Rev. Dr. Lewis Mayer. The Reverend Doctor GF.ORGE LEWIS ST.ALEY, a clergyman of the Ger man Reformed Church, is her grandson b_y this marriage. II. SECOND CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT OF 1752. flay cr-llj o us ea l Jntermarriagt. 1752-1878. YBILLA MARGARETHA MAYER, daughter of CHRISTOPHER BAR S 'rHOLOMEW MAYER, (.first of name,) ut antea, born at mm, 4th August, 1733, married in the spring of 1752, at Rotterdam, Holland, the Reverend BERNARD MICHAEL HOUSEAL, son of Reverend Bernard Houseal, of Heilbronn, Wiirtemberg. Rev. B. M. Houseal was born in 1727, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, 9th March, 1799, while his wife died at the age of 91, in 1824, at Stonehouse, Devonshire, England, (near Plymouth,) where, after lier husband's death, she lived with her childran and grandchildren. Their marriage occurred at Amsterdam, just as the bride's parents, sister and two brothers were on the eve of embarkation for America. The newly married couple accompanied them on their voyage; landed at Annapolis, in tlle Province of Maryland, and the whole party went forthwith to "Frederick Town,"--0r "Monocacy-Station," as it was called,-in Western Maryland, then a wilderness, yet attractive to emigrants,-especially t.o Germans,-by the richness of its soil and healthy climate. Here the Houseals and Mayers stopped, and the Rev. Mr. Houseal beg·an his ministrations as clergyman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The deed for the property owned by the congregation, and on which the new Lutheran temple now stands, was made as a gift by Daniel Dulany to Houseal as pastor, who began to erect the first church edifice, the completion of which was st.opped by the French war and Indian hostilities. Christopher Bartholomew, (first of name,) Mrs. Houseal's father, died in November, 1752. His widow, sons, and remaining daughter, removed to Pennsylvania; some settling in Lancaster, and some in Philadel phia; but the Rev. Mr. Houseal continued his missionary labor in Frederick Town until 1759, when, at the instance of the Patriarch Muhlenberg, he was transferred t.o "Reading Town," Pa., where he served until about 1768. Thence REVEREND BERNARD M. HOUSEAL. 123 he went as clergyman to East:on, Pa., and there is reason to believe that for awhile,-thongh not as a regularly settled minister,-he performed clerical duties in Philadelphia. For a very short time he was in South Carolina, but probably only ou a visit t:o his brother. In 1770 he was transferred to New York, then a leading Province in America,-and tllere became "Senior Minister of the ancient Lutheran Church" of the capital. He was one of the Governors of the New York College, and one of the Corporators of the New York Hospi tal. At this centre of intelligencP and culture, his ability aud address gave him an eminent position amo11g the people. When the troubles began which culminated in the War of Independence, Hom,eal took his stand at once as au adherent of the Crown. Perhaps his aristocratic nature, as well as a national leaning towards the German Prince on the throne, impelle.d him to this course. From the Historical Records of New York we find him to have been loud in his declarations of loyalty to England, as one of the "Addressers of Lord HOWE and Sir WILLIAM HowE," after the occupation of New York in 1776. ·when the British took possession of the capital in that year, Houseal's church and dwelling were burnt, and his family forced to fly to the fields. I have not a.scertained why these calamities befell the clergyman, but it is not improbable that some Parthian arrows dropped from the retreating Iudepenrlents on the Tory preacher, who with his customary boldness bad denounced the revolu t.ionists. Houseal remained in New York during the War of Independence, and, at the peace of 1783, departed with many of his congregation as Loyalist Refugees to Halifax, Nova Scotia. There the British authorities welcomed him and his family, and provided for his three sous and seven daughters. In the course of a year he went to Eugland; preached in a popular London chapel; was heard, it is said, approvingly by a member of the Royal family, and haring conformed to tlte Church of Enyland, was ordained to its ministry by the Bishop of London in 1785, and sent back t:o Nova Scotia, with prospects of preferment. An English relative writes to me, that he received the chaplaincy of a regiment, which Prince EDWARD, who became DUKE OF KENT,-and was for awhile a ruler in Nova Scotia,-kept under his particular auspices. In Hali fax he officiated until his death, in the small church, still standing, known as the old "DUTCH CHICKEN-COOK CHURCH," and was missionary to the Ger mans of St. George's Parish. He is described as a man of commanding sta ture, stately manners, and dignified address; thoroughly educated in ancient and modern languages, as well as theology, and speaking Latin especially with remarkable fluency. In the British Pro\'inces which revolted from England, he served for thirty-one years as a minister of the Lutheran Church, preaching in New York for fourteen years, in English, German, French and Dutch. The sixteen years of his after life in Nova Scotia were devoted to God, as a clergyman of the Church of England. No reason is assigned for his abandonment of the 124 CAPTAIN WILLIAM FREDERICK HOUSEAL. Church of his fathers, but the change was doubtless due to individual convic tions. He was bv some styled "Doctor Houseal," but I am informed by a Nova Scotian scholar, famil'iar with Church history, that there is no evidence he ever received the degree of "Doctor of Divinity," though his learning entitled him to the honor. On Mr. Houseal's death universal sympathy was expressed for his family. The DUKE OF KENT sent his widow and some of his children to England, free of cost, in a British transport, which was captured by the enemy at sea, but escaped from the captors during a storm. His numerous children had remark able careers. One son entered the British service, was a favorite and aide-de camp of the Duke of Kent,-married and brought up children to distinguished positions,-Iived, we are told, a. life of ease, mostly on the Continent of Europe, and, as will be seen when we come to describe his career, wa..q author of a noto rious book. The two other sons were physicians in the British Navy; but both left it, returned to America, settled in South Carolina, became eminent in their profession, married, and the descendants of at lea.st one survive in numbers. All the se\'en daughters, I believe, married EngliRhmen or Americans who had been engaged in the War of Independence on the British side, or belonged to the Royal navy or army. The youngest of these daughters, said to have been tlie most beautiful, ran away with and married, in Nova Scotia, Captain WILLIAM SEYMOUR, nephew of the DUKE OF SOMERSET. Descendants of all these ladies, who it seems were highly educated by their father, are now scattered throughout British America1 England, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, and even as far as Australia. Such is an outline sketch of these two plain Suabian people,-the scholar of Heilbronn and his Ulmer wife,-the former of whorn re.sts in the vaults of the church in which he officiated for sixteen years in Halifax, while the bones of Sybilla Margaretha repose, over the Atlantic, in the church-yard of Stone house, England. I record here, as germane to the history of this family of the HousEALS, that a brother of the Rev. BERN.A.RD M. HOUSEAL emigrated at the same time that be did from Germany to America-in 1752. But this brother, named "WILHELM FRIEDRICH,"--or as be was best known in our country, "Captain WILLIAM FREDERICK HOUSEAL," and who was born at Heilbronn, Wiirtem berg, in 1730, did not halt with the clergyman and the Mayers in Maryland, but went to the Province of South Carolina. On arriving there he first settled in Orangeburg and married a Miss STROMAN, who died, Jea,Ting him two daughters, who respectively married a LAGRONE and a GL.A.Ss. After her death, the widower went, about 1769, to that celebrated German settlement in South Carolina, which was founded about 1740, by the renowned JOHN ADAM SOMMER, (now spelled Summer,) on the "Ewadnapeena," or Broad River-at the "Forks of the Broad and Saluda,"-where the wary Gtrman settler chose CAPTAIN WILLIA:W FREDERICK HOUSEAL. his location in a country abounding in streams of clear, pure water, and small bottoms of rich meadow land, which reminded him of the region he came from in Germany. Here WILLIAM FREDERICK married his second wife, MARGARET GEISEL HART, who bore him four sons and one daughter. He made his home in New berry County, near where Saint Paul's Church stands, and dwelt as a farmer in comfort until the War of Independence broke out. As the British harried the German settlement, and plundered its prosperous farmers, Captain William Frederick raised and e,quipped a gall::i,nt troop of horsemen for the protection of the district, and was a well known co-operative raider with Marion and Sumter in their partisan warfare. Thus the South Carolinian was a zealous fighter for American Independence, while his brother, the parson in New York, was an equally zealous preacher on the side of Great Britain! Well educated and possessing good sense, Captain Houseal gained large and valuable landed property, and moved quietly through life after the Re\·olutionary War. He is represented as liberal, good tempered and charitable, endowing St. Paul's Lutheran Church, near the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, with its glebe and parsonage lands. He was a general arbiter and healer in all the contro versies among his neighbors. His eldest son, JOHN ADAM HOUSEAL, married a daughter of Colonel John Adam Summer, while his only daughter, Mary 1Iar garet Houseal, married Capt. John Summer, and thus the families of Houseal and Summer became doubly united in South Carolina. In a memoir of the Rev. Bernard M. Houseal, to be published hereafter, I propose to relate at length the histories of the two brothers. I mention these few facts now, however, for two reasons:-first, to record the romantic destiny of these brother-emigrants of 1752, which drove one into Tol'j·ism and loyalty to England, and the other into Independence and loyalty to American Liberty; and secondly, to mei1tion an almost equally 8ingular fact, that my search for the two sous of the clergyman who went to South Carolina after 1800, brought me into correNpondence, accidentally, with the descendants of Captain WIL LIAM F. HousEAL, of whose existence I bad previously known nothing, and thus euauled me to introduce cousins to each other who had been living for nearly three-quarters of a century at no great distance apart, without knowing their kinship! The issue of the marriage of Reverend Bernard M. Houseal and Sybilla M. Mayer was ten children, three sons and se,en daughters. I haYe been unsuccessful in obtaining authentic information from the families as to the birth-dates of any of the Houseal children. I mention them however in the following order, a.A given to me by a great grand-daughter of the Reverend Bernard M. Houseal, though I do not believe it is an accur-.i.te statement of his offspring's sequence. It is singular that a clergyman should have left no record, 17 126 HOUSEAL FAMILY. in any of the parishes he served, of the births and baptisms of his own children; but, after searching all these parishes, no such memoranda have been found. I. JOHN BERN.A.RD HOUSEAL, Surgeon British Navy. II. MICH.A.EL HOUSEAL, Captain and A. D. c., DUKE OF KENT. III. GEORGE HOUSEAL, Surgeon in British Navy. IV. EVA MARG.A.RETH.A. HOUSEAL, wife of Captain JOHN LEGETT, Royal North Carolina Rangers. V. SOPIDA ELIZ.A.BETH HOUSEAL married Dr. DANIEL Co&NW .A.LL, Lieutenant S. C. Royalist.a. VI. ANNA ELIZ.A.BETH HOUSEAL married Lieut. Commander PHILIP CHARLES ANSTRUTHER, Royal Navy. VII. SYBILLA S.ABYNA HOUSEAL married Lieut. THOMAS LANE, South Carolina Royalist Regiment. VIII. MARY DORCAS SALOME HOUSEAL married Lieut. MILNE, Royal ~avy. IX. AMELIA S. HOUSEAL married Captain GEORGE DAWKINS, South Carolina Royalist Regiment. X. WILHELMINA HOUSEAL Married-first, the Hon. WILLIAM SEY MOUR, A. D. C. to the Du.KE OF KENT; second, THYNNE FOLDS, Surgeon in the Royal Navy. lohu ~eruard ~ou,eal, 8'· ~. 1786-1878. I. DOCTOR JOHN BERN.A.RD HOUSEAL, son of Rev. B. M. Hou seal and Sybilla M. Mayer, his wife; birth-day unknown. He was a Surgeon employed in the British Navy, and according to a certificate of his merit.a as a medical man, in my possession, served with distinguished excellence, both as surgeon and physician for five years and some months, on H.B. Majesty's Ships, '' Incendiary," "Bellerophon," "Melamphus," "Raisonable," and "Zea land," betwixt the 3d of July, 1793, and 16th March, 1799. He is alleged to have been a remarkably handsome man, tall, of large proportions and majestic presence-as his father the clergyman had been before him. Dr. J. BERN.A.RD HOUSEAL was married twice: first, on 1st Decem ber, 1786, in the Parish Church of Stone, Essex, England, to FANNY FLOG GETT, "a handsome, accomplished young lady, with a large fortune,"-accord ing to the announcement of the marriage in an Exeter, England, newspaper, DR. J. B. HOFSEAL'S FAMILY. 127 which also states that the Doctor was then "Surgeon of His Majesty's Line of Battle Ship the Raisonable." Of this marriage a daughter, LOUISA J. M. BousEAL, was born on the 9th of November, 1797, at Queensborough, Kent, England, and was christened in 1798. Dr. J.B. H. and his wife Fanny and daughter Louisa, embarked on the "Amity," Capt. Hutchinson, at Gravesend, 17th July, 1801, sailing from the Downs on the 20th of that month, and arriving at Charleston, S. C., 17th September following. The records of the MPili<'al Society of South Carolina at Charleston, show him to have beeu a rnernuer thereof in 1803. His first wife died in America,-date unknown,-and after his death in 1813, LOUISA, daughter of that first marriage, unmarried, returned to her mother's relations, the Floggett:s, in England, and died there, at Bodmin, Cornwall, in January or February, 1878. She is described by a nephew, "as a large, handsome woman, with fine dark eyes, kindly dignified manners, and great physical vigor." DR. JOHN BERNARD HOUSEAL married, second, on the 25th of May, 1809, MARY TALBIRD, da.ughter of C.olonel Thomas Talbird, of Beaufort, S. C. 1 After this he resided and practised his profession in the neighborhood of Pocotaligo and Coosawahatchie, Beaufort County, S. C., and died in ,Janu ary, 1813, near Coosawahatchie, and is buried in the old Stony Creek church yard, Prince ,villiam's Parish, Beaufort District, S. C. After his death, his second wife, MarJ Talbird-Houseal, married ,Joseph Porter, by whom she had issue four children, two boys, two girls, Yiz: William T. Porter, in ,Vilwing ton, Delaware; James B. Porter, of Taylor Iron Works, Charleston, S. C.; Anne E. married William C. Danner, of Beaufort, at present; and Mary Por ter, unmarried, at same place. The widow,-Mary Talbird (Houseal-Porter,) died at Beaufort, S. C., 19th October, 1840. The issue of Dr. J. B. H's second marriage with MARY TALBIRD, was three children, viz: one son and two daughters, namely: -No. 1. CHRISTIANA MARGARETTA HovSEAL, "horn at High Park, near Coosawahatchie, S. C., 19th February, 1811, about 5 o'clock, P. M., and chris tened by Rev. Mr. Cambell, in Beaufort, on Sunday, 14th April, same year.'' No. 2. CATHARINE MARSHALL HOUSEAL, born July, 1813, six months after her father's death; unmarried, surviving in 1878, in Beaufort, S. C. No. 3. JOHN BERNARD HOUSEAL, ·second of that name,) born in Janu ary, 1812; died in infancy in 1813, having been ill at bis father's death, and surviving him a very short time. 1 The name Talbird, an uncommon one in our country, is traditionally believed by the family in South Carolina, to be a corruption of Talbot. It is said that the father of Col. Tai bird came from Ireland, in charge of a tutor when very young, as a refugee from political disturbances; also, that he was the scion of a family of high rank. H0FSEAL-'.l'H0MS0N IN'l'BR:\fARHTAi,E. Of these, No. 1, CHRISTIANA MARGARETTA HOUSEAL, was the only one who married; she intermarried on the 31st May, 1833, with DAVID LYON THOMSON, of Beaufort, S. C., who was born in Stonehaven, Scot land, on the 14th October, 1804, and died at Beaufort, S. C., 4th June, 1870. His wife died at Aikiu, S. C., on the 24th April, 1875. Issue of their marriage, eleven children, viz: six sons and five daughters, namely: I. MARY THOMSON, born at Charleston, S. C., 17th October, 1834; died l!lth October, 1834. IL MARY TALBIRD THOMSON, born in Beaufort, S. C., 7th August, 1836; died 13th November, 1838. III. JOHN HOUSEAL THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 14th Novem ber, 1837; died "on the field of Manassas," 30th August, 1862. IV. DAVID LYON THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 16th July, 1839; died in October, 1866, unmarried. V. WILLIAM THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 18th January, 1841; died 23d May, 1869. VI. ELSPETH LYON THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 10th October, 1843 ;-survi \·ing 1878. VII. ROBERT THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 14th January, 1846; suniving 1878. VIII. ANNE l\IARGARETTA THOMSON, born at Beaufort, s. c., 3d August, 1847 ;-..•mrviving 1878. IX. JAMES THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 28th October, 1848;-sur viving 18i8. X. CHRISTIANA CRAWFORD THOMSON, born at Beaufort, s. c., 26th August, 1850, died 1st September, 1851. XL BERNARD MELCHIOR THOMSON, born at Beaufort, S. C., 6th February, 1853, liviug 1878, at Beaufort, unmarried. Of these numbers 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 intermarried, a.s follows, namely:· JOHN HOUSEAL THOMSON (No. 3 of above,) married Oil 30th June, 1858, in Barnwell County, S. C., EUGENIA ELIZA FURSE, of Barnwell, S. C. Issue of this marriage, two sons, viz: James Furse Thomson, born 21st July, 1859, surviving 1878. 2. John Houseal Thompson, born 18th September, 1861, also surviving 1878. Their father was killed in the Civil War in the battle of Manassas, his surviving widow resides with her two sons at Marlin's Station, P. R. R. R., South Carolina. WILLIAM THOMSON (first of name,) (No. 5 of above,) married 7th April, 1868, in Barnwell County, S. C., ANN ELLEN FURSE, of Barnwell, S. C.; he died 23d May, 1869; she survirns, living at" Marlin's Station," utan tea. Issue GARNET, THOMSON, FFRZE. 129 of this marriage, one sou, namely; 1. William Thomson, (11eco11d of name,) born 16th July, 1869, surviving and living with his mother. ELSPETH LYON THOMSON (No. 6 of above,) married 11th September, 18,2, at Bamwell County, S. C., Captain JACOB G. GARNETT, of Hudson's Ferry, Savannah River, Ga. Both sunive in 1878, ba,,ing issue, three chil dren, all living, one son, two daughters, namely: 1. Lucy V. Garnett: horn 26th December, 1873. 2. Catherine M. 'Garnett, born 20th Oetober, 1875. 3. Daniel T. Garnett, horn 8th July, 1878. Residence, "Hudson's Ferry," via Savannah, Georgia. ROBERT THOMSON, (No. 7 of above,) educated in England, and a gradu ate of the London University, now a counselor at law, inte1married on 13th August, 1873, at StonebaYen, Scotland, with MARGARET A. W. CROCK.ATT, of Stonebaveu, Scotland. Both survive and live at Beaufort, S. Carolina, 1878. Issue of their marriage, one daughter and one son, namely: 1. Euphemia J. Tbomson, who was born 7th October, 1874, and died 20th Octo ber, 1876. 2. James Crockatt Thompson, born 18th July, 1876, surviving 1878. Mr. R. Thompson took his degree of .A.. B. in 1869, in the University of London, England. He is now a member of the South Carolina Bar, and a man of high culture. For some time after bis return from the Unfrersity to South Carolina he was a clergyman of the Baptist Church . .ANNE MARGARETT.A. THOMSON (No. 8 of above,) intermarried 10th of July, 1867, in Beaufort, S. C., with STEPHEN S. FURZE, (.first of name,) of Barnwell County, S. C. Both survive in 1878, residing at "Marlin's Station," P. R. R. R., S. C. Issue of their marriage, six children, viz: two sons, four daughters, namely: 1. Stephen S. Furze, (second of name,) born 23d April, 1868, survfring 1878. 2. Julia C. Furze, born 6th January, 1870, surviving 1878. 3. Eugenia A. Furze, born 22d May, 1871, surviving 1878. 4. James Furze, born 24th June, 1873, surviving 1878. 5. Elspeth Garnett Furze, boru 11th April, 1875, survi,·ing 1878. 6. Margaret W. Furze, born 18th Novem ber, 1876, surviving 1878. JAMES TH?MSON, (No. 9 of above,) counselor at law, resides at Blackville, S. Carolina, and intermarried on 28th October, 1870, at Blackville, S. C., with ADDIE E. THOMSON, (first of name,) botbtsurvive 1878; and have issue, three children, girls, all living, namely: 1. Addie E. Thomson, (second of name,) born 21st June, 1871. 2. Kate Houseal Thomson, born 11th August, 1874. 3. Mary B. Thomson, born 27th May, 1878. Number 10 died in infancy, and No. 11 still survives, unmarried, at Beau fort, S. C. 130 CAPTAIN MICHAEL HOUSEAL. Qtaptaitt ~lidtael ~ou~eal. 1.:79Q-1878. II. MICHAEL HOUSEAL, date of birth unknow11. Sa,bine, in his "Loyalists," reports Michael Honse~d to have been "in J 782, t1 captain in Arnold's American Legion.'' After tlie family left New York, and ,vent as refugee-loyalists to Nova Scotia, Micliael appears to have got into the British Army and Navy, and for a while was on the staff of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who had been in official station for a short time in Nova Scotia, and after the death of Rev. B. ::VI. Houseal, was exceedingly kind to the "·idow and children, sending her, and Captain Mic1iael and other children to England in a Government transport. According to memoranda received from Captain Michael's nieces still lfr ing in England, he was thrice married; first, at New York to MARY SHAND, daughter of Col. SHAND of New York, and his wife l\IARY. His first wife died at Dartmouth, N OYa Scotia, 15t11 August, 1795. He marrieu seconcl, JANE GRIFFI'fHS, ·who died at Bedford, Long Island, aged 24 years, on the 5th January, 1798. He married third, Miss ANNA MARIA BOOTE, a,t New York, on tlie 19th of May, 17()9, a daugb.ter of the Rev. Dr. DANIEL BooTE, Rector of Mar,vlebone, London, by whom he had a son, WILLI.AM JAMES BoO'l'E HOUSEAL, baptized 22d June, 1800, according to certificate of Clerk of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, >'ew York. His 1mniYing English relatives state, that "he lived mostly on the Continent of Europe, especially in France and Italy, and had a la,rge familyi" of which, however, they can give only the following scant information, viz: By first marriage, one son, "EDWARD vVILLIAYl -VVILBRAHAM ll0USE.A.L, a highly accomplished man, and refined gentleman of elegant presence," who was a Professor of Languages. About 1845, he was appointed to the chair of ::Vloclern Tongues, at King's College, Fredericton, Proyince of New Brunswick, but probably not liking the climate or post, he tarried there a very short time and returned to Europe. _He was born in America in 179,5, and died in Lon don, England, aged 78 years, in 1873. By second marriage, another son, (name unknown or unfurnished,) who was born about 17\JS, in America, and died at Rome, Italy,-where he was a student,-from the results of mob-violence encountered by him on the street, as he was passing from his rersidence to the University. By third marriage, the son WILLIAM JAMES BOOTE HOUSEAL, already named; and it is said that there was also a daughter named SYBILLA Hou SEAL, of whom we have no further uotice. DOCTOR GEORGE HOUSEAL. 131 Michael Housea,l according to the family traditions, wa8 a fayorite of Prince Erlward, afterwards DUKE OF KEN'.I.', whose .Aide-de-camp he became. I learn from his relatives i11 South Carolina, that be wrote and published in Europe, a volume now before me, called " The Secret History of the Court of St. Cloud," which was issued in England in 1806, and immediately re printed here by an eager Philadeiphian publisher. The book is calculated to entertain by its well told piquant anecdotes of eminent people. It is the pro duction evidently of an educated man of the world, with strong prejudices, who picked up the stories of the day from all quarters, with the avidity of a thoroughbred gobe mou,che. The volume does not rise to tho dignity of 1 ' memoirs which serve for history/ it has been long forgotten in English literature, and is seldom found even in olcl librarie::; in .America. Nevertheless,, it paints a picture of mingled truth and exaggeration of France and French men in the disturbed period; and may yet be read with zest by folks who are not averse to what can now be nothing more than harmless gossip about Napoleon the First, his Courtiers and "Warriors. It purports to have been . written in a series of " letters from Paris to an English nobleman in 1805/' and came from the press the next year. ~cotge ~OU$tnl, ~t. ~. 1804-:18~5. III. DOCTOR GEORGE HOUSE.AL, son of B. M. H. and S. J\f. M., was, it is believed, a surgeon in the British service, as well as his brother Dr. JOHN BER~ARD HorsEAL. But the knowledge of the family at present in S. Caro lina, concerning Dr. George Houseal is very imperfect. He resided and was buried in St. Luke's Parish, on the Euhaw, in Beaufort District, S. C., and was twice ma,rried. 'rhe name of his first wife was TuOirnR, and of his second SUSAN F. PrroELON, who was born about the year 1768. A niece of the Doctor, still living in Beaufort, g'iYes his name a8 George John i and it is, likewise written John George on the tombstone of his seconll wife, found in an ancient burial ground, north of the Episcopal parsonage, Beaufort, S. U. This stone is- " Sacred to the memory of l\flis. Sus.AN F. HOUSEAL, the Amiable Consort of DR. JOHN G. HousEAL, who departed this life on the 21st day of January, 1816, aged 48 years. "Rest then in Peace departed friend, Thy race on earth has reached its end; We live, but soon shall follow thee; W e look towards Eternity." 132 H0USEAL-LEGETT INTERMARRIAGE. B,r Dr. G-Borge (or J. George) Houseal's jirst marriage with Miss Tucker, he had one son, BERNARD HOUSEAL, who is reported b.v the family surviving at Beaufort, to have attained the age of 25 or ;_m years, and died about 1825. Doctor George (or J. George) Houseal, survfred his wife Susan F., eight _years, dying about 1824. OE v a ~arnar etba ~ou.eieal-~egett. 1786-1878. IV. EVA MARGARETHA HOUSEAL, birth-date uriknown, was married on 1st November, 1786, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, her father officiating, to CAPTAIN JOHN LEGETT, formerly of North Carolina. According ro Sabine, be had been a '' loyalist," and a captain of "Royal North Carolina Volunteers or Rangers," in the War of Independence, and his property had been confiscated. Issue of this marriage, fifteen children, namely: I. SYBILLA ELIZA AMELIA MARIA SOPHIA LEGE1'T, she is said to have been the eldest daughter; of her issue, hereafter. II. JOHN GEORGE LEGETT; married; dead;-he was born at Country Harbor, Nova Scotia, in 1792, was a sea-captain in the merchant service, died on the Camaroon Coast, Africa, 1837 ; of his is,me, hereafter. III. MARGA.RETTA MARY LEGETT, married GEIGER, issue, hereafter. IV. SOPHIA MA.RIA SALOME KELLY LEGETT, died, as reported, un married in New Orleans, La. V. JOHN CHARLES EDWARD D.AWKIN8 LEGETT, died, as reported, unmarried in New Orleans, La. VI. BERNARD HOUSEAL LEGETT, died, a.s reported, unmarried. VII. ABSA.LOM BENJAMIN CHARLES LEGET1', of his issue hereafter. VIII. JoHN MICHAEL LEGETT, died, as reported, in infancy. IX. FRANCES CAROLINE LEGET'r, of her issue, hereafter. X. ANN.A WILHELMINA LEGET'l', of her issue, hereafter. XI. SOPHIA LEGETT, died, as reported, in infancy. XII. AMELIA DAWKINS LEGE'l'T, died, as reported, unmarried. XIII. GEORGE DAWKINS· LEGETT, died, as reported, unmarried in New Orleans, La. XIV. ARABELLA SAR.AH LEGET'l', died as reported. XV. LOUISA HUMISTON LEGET'l', living in 1878, spinster in England. MORRIS, KEARNEY, "'.\HLLER. 133 I. SYBILLA ELIZA AMELIA MARIA SOPHI.A. LEGETT, born in 1788, sairl by her sister Louisa in 1878 to have been the eldest daughter of her parents,-was married at Guysborough, Christ Church Parish, Sydney County, N. S., on the 15th July, 1807, to GUY MORRIS, she being "spinster," and he "bachelor," in the phraseology of their marriage certificate. GUY MORRIS was son of JAMES MORRIS, Royal British Navy, and first superintendent of Sable Island, N. S. Mrs. Morris died at the age of 86 years, on the 27th May, 187 4. Issue of this marriage two children ; one son, one daughter, viz: 1. JAMES Guy MORRIS, born in April, 1808, married 11th June, 1831, to ESTHER SMITH, of Li,·erpool, Nova Scotia. Ile died 22d October, 18.'32, leav ing issue of his marriage one daughter, viz : EMMA JAMES MORRIS, born 11th September, 1832, who intermarried 011 the 22d Nm·emher, 1859, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with MICHAEL KEARNEY. Issue of their marriage four children, one daughter, three sons, viz: 1. Michael Morris Kearney, born at Halifax, N. S., 3d September, 1860. 2. Emma Eliza beth Kearney, born same place, 8th September, 1862. 3. Thomas Lewis Kear ney, born same place, 10th April, 1867. 4. James Guy Kearney, horn same place, 9th July, 1869. 2. MARIA MORRIS, (daughter of Sybilla and Guy as aboYe,) Wa,'! born in 181:3, and intermarried 3d July, 1840, with GARRETT MILLER, of Halifax, Sorn Scotia. She died 29th October, 1875, in the 63d year of her age. Mrs. MARIA )!ORRIS MILLER was a lady of great intellectual culture. As an amateur artist, her paintings survfre to attest a wonderful skill. Many of these were given to the world in the serial publications known as the "Wild Flota rs of XoM &otia," the first of which, with colored pl~,tes skilfully exe cuted, were issued under the auspices of Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, while administering the government of the Province of Nova Scotia, and while Mrs. Miller was still unmarried. The admirable works of the then Miss MORRIS instantly won the approbation of tasteful people in tbe mother country as well as in America; and indeed the Queen herself,-for Her Majesty is no mean artist,-not only extended her royal patronage to the American lady, but added substantial marks of her personal appreciation. At a lat.er dare the livraisons of the "Wild Flo,oers of Nova Scotia" were widely sought for at home and abroad; so that it was mainly by the power of her magic pencil that the wealth of the Northern iorest-flora became known to the world; yet it is to be feared that the superb works of this skilful artist,-the AUDUBON of Nova Scotian Field Flouers,-returned to her more renown and admiration than substantial rewards. Mr. MILLER still sunives his accomplished wife; the issue of their mar riage being five children, three sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Alicia Frances 18 134 GRANT, DEMERS, LEHE'l"l', SANDERSON, MORRISON. Millet. 2. Rosa Aostrutber Miller. 3. James John Miller. 4. Louis Sey mour Miller. 5. Sidney Garrett Miller. Of these five children of Mr. Garrett Miller aud his wife, the three sons a.re, in 1878, still uumarrierl ; while the two daughters are married, as follows, viz: ALICIA FRANCES (No. 1,) married at Halifax, N. S., on 1st May, 1872, JAMES A. GR.A.NT. Issue two childre11, viz: 1. Reginald Grant, born 20th November, 187-1; and 2. Houseal Mayel' Ura,ut, born 29th Jnly, 1877. ROSA ANSTRUTHER MILLER (No. 2,) married at Halifax, N. s., on the 22d August, 1870, Louis DA vrn DEMERS, of Montreal, Canada. IRsue one child, viz: David Seymour Demeni, horn 12th March, 1876, and II. JOHN GEORGE LEGETT was born at Country Harbor, N. S., in the year 1792, and died on the Oamaroon Coast, Africa, in 1837. He commanded a vessel in the mercantile service, an J6HN STEELE LEGETT (No. 2,) is reported as having gone to Melbourne, Australia; was married, and is now a widower without children. The other brother is reported dead. GEIGER, LEGETT, BURKMAS'l'ER, DEUZER, GOUDGE. 135 III. MARG.A.RETTA MARY LEGETT married, it is reported to me, Mr. GEIGER; also, that she is dead, leaving a son,-name not stated, nor place of residence. IV. SOPHIA MARIA SALOME KELLY LEGETT is reported to have died unmarried in New Orleans, Louisiana. V. JOHN CHARLES DAWKINS LEGE'.I'T is reported to have died, un married, in New Orleans, Louisiana. VI. BERN.A.RD HOUSEAL LEGETT is reported to have died, unmarried; residence not stated. VII. A.BSALOM BENJAMIN CHARLES LEGETT is reported to have mar ried Miss KEARNEY, of New Orleans, La.; by which marriage there are said to have been issue, two sons and one daug!J.ter, viz: 1. John Milton Legett, who was a Lieut.enant Colonel in the army of the Confederate States during the Civil War, 1861-1865, and was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 3d May, 1863. 2. -- Legett, a son, who died of cholera, pending the same war. 3. Louisa Legett. The Legett family of New Orleans promised repeatedly to furnisl1 informa tion concerning that branch, but failing to comply, the record of the Lo1:i,aian ian Legetts is necessarily incomplete. VIII. ,ToHN MICHAEL LEGETT, reported dead in infancy. IX. FANNY CAROLINE LEGETT, report~d as haYing intermarried with a Mr. BuRKMA.STER, and as being 1lead, leaving issue one child, a daughter, ,·iz : Frances Burkmaster. FRANCES BURKMASTER (No. 1,) married a Mr. DEUZER, who dying, left her a widow without issue of their marriage; she still survived, living iu England when last heard of. X. ANNA WILHELMINA LEGETT intermarried at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with THOMAS GOUDGE, of the Royal Engineers, (Civil Servicr..) This marriage was without issue. Mr. Goudge died in 1864 in Nova Scotia; his widow still surviving him in 1878, in England, whither she went after his death. XI, XII, XIII, XIV. SOPHIA LEGETT, reported dead, in infancy. AMELIA DAWKINS LEGETT, reported dead, unmarried. GF.ORGE DAWKINS LEGE1"l', reported dead, unmarried, in New Orleans, La. ARABELLA SARAH LEGETT, reported dead, residence unknown. 1.'36 HOUSEAL-CORNWALL, ELLIOTT, GRAHAM, At'STEN. xv. LOUISA HUMISTON LEGETT still survives, residing at 14 Whitta ker Street, Liverpool, England, aged seventy years on the 14th December, 1877. Jophhi (!Ji~abeth ~ou1eal-Qvornwall. 1787-1878. V. SOPHIA ELIZABETH HOUSEAL, birth-date unknown, was married at Halifax, N. S., her father officiating, late in the montl1 of Seµ• t:ember, 1787, to DOCTOR DANIEL CORNWALL, who, according to Sabine, was a "loJalist," and during the war of Independence a lieutenant in the regiment of South Carolinian Royalist Dragoons. She died at Halifax, X S. The issue of their marriage was six children, one son and tive daughters, viz: I. SOPHIA ELIZABETH CORNWALL. 11. AMELIA CORNWALL. lll. HANNAH CORNWALL. IV. SYBILLA CORNWALL. \". L0lJISA CORNWALL. VI. DANIEL CORNWALL. Of these children, SOPHIA ELIZABETH CORNWALL (-~o. 1,) manie Jnna ~li~abtth loustal-jtunruthtr. 1797-1878. VI. ANNA ELIZABETH HOUSEAL, born in l 770, was married at Halifax, N. S., her father officiating, on the 29th of May, 1797, to LIEt:TENANT Co::\L"I\U.NDER PHILIP CHARLES ANSTRUTHER, of the Royal .Kavy, son of Colonel William Austruther, of Balkaskie, Fifeshire, Scotland. She died on the 29th December, 1866, at the great age of ninety-six years, at Nailsworth, Stroud, Glostershire, England. Her husband died aged thirty-nine years, while entering Plymouth Harbor in command of H. M. Ship Basilisk, on 24th August, 1814. Issue of this marriage two daughters, viz: I. ANNA ISA· BELLA WILHELMINA ANSTRUTHER. II. SYBILLA MARGARETHA MA.RIA ANSTRUTHER. Of these ANNA I. W. ANSTRUTHER (No. 1,) was twice married: first to Lieutenant Commander THOMAS JOHN JAMES WILLIAM DAVIS, Royal British Navy, who died of cholera at Woolwich, while in command of the" Alban," and without leaving issue by his wife, on the 27th Aug·ust, 1831. 138 HOLLOWAY, HOLDER, BLUETT, HOUSEAL-LANE. She married, seoond, Mr. HOLLOWAY; the issue of that marriage being one daughter, viz: SYBILLA HOUSEAL HOLLOWAY, intermarried in 1869, 25th Ma.rob, with Mr. JosuH JOHN HOLDER; all residing in 1878, at Horsly Road, near Nails worth, Stroud, Glostersbire, England. SYBILLA MARGARETHA .MARIA. ANSTRUTHER (No. 2,) married to the Reverend Mr. BLUET'!', Vicar of Abersgahan in Monmouthshire, now dead. The issue of this marriage was two sons, viz: I. -- Bluett, residing in Australia and married; and 2. -- Bluett, unmarried, in Ceylon, India. The widow resides at "The Cottage," Bromly, Kent, England. 1789-1878. VII. SYBILLA SABYNA HOU-SEAL, intermarried on Tuesday, 24th November, 1789, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, her father officiating, with ENSIGN THOMAS LANE, of the "Regiment of South Carolina Royalists," existing during the War of Independence in America. Mrs. Lane went to England; lived at Stonehouse, Pl;ymoutL, Devon, England; and in Jersey, with the Bluetts and Dawkins families, and died in Jersey. Issue of her marriage as far as ascertained: 1. JOHN EDWARD THOMAS LANE, Captain Royal Nai,y, died at Stirling, Scotland, in 1876, at, the age of eighty-seven years, leaving issue three chil dren, viz: I. SYBILLA LANE, wife of Reverend Ralph ---. 2, GEORGE EDWARD LANE, of the Comptrol Department, Cape of Good Hope. 3. LAU RETTA MARIA. LANE, married (name not furnished,) and said to be an authoress of merit. 2. JOHN LANE, (history unfurnished.) 3. THOM.AS LANE, (history unfurnished.) :MILNE, DAWKINS, SEYMOUR-FOLDS. 139 !ffary ~ortaJI Jalomt ~ou,ieal-!ff itnt. 17 9 6. VIII. MARY DORCAS SALOME HOUSEAL, intermarried at Hali fax, N. S., on Thursday, 6th October, 1796, her father officiating, with LIEU TENANT JAMES MILNE, Royal Navy. From official reports her husband appears to have been a brave, skilful officer in his Majesty's service, and to have distinguished himself in naval combats. Issue of this marriage unknown, if any. She died in London, England. ~mtlia J. ~outuat-~awkhu1. 1794-1833. IX. AMELIA S. HOUSEAL, intermarried on the 19th October, 1794, at Country Harbor, N. S., with GEORGE DAWKINS, who was, also, a "loyalist" in the War of Independence, and a-0eording to Sabine, was in 1782, Captain of Cavalry in the "South Carolinian Royalists," during the War of American Independence. His estates were confiscate.d. One authority says he was a Captain in the British Army; another that he was a Judge in Sidney County, Nova Scotill,, It is alleged by one of her relatives that AMELIA could read German only; lived with Mrs. Folds at Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England; died in 1833, in Jersey, without issue. X. WILHELMINA HOUSEAL, married twice; first, according to the traditions in the family, at a very early age, and without her father's approba tion, in Nova Scotia, to the HONORABLE WILLIAM SEYMOUR, Captain and Aide-de-Camp of the DUKE OF KENT, This young officer was son of Lord WILLIAM SEYMOUR, and cousin or nephew of the DUKE OF SOMERSET. The parental objection was owing doubtless to the inequality of rank between the parties, and to the opposition he naturally anticipated from the relatives 140 FOLDS, BELLAMY, HOUSEAL, of young Seymour in England. It seems however, that his fears were ground less, and that the beautiful young American became a family favorite, espe cially with the DUCHESS OF SO)fERSET. The issue of this marriage was one daughter, namely: 1. HESTER MARIA "~ILHELMINA SEYMOUR, who died unmarried. The HoN. WM. SEYMOUR died early iu England, and his widow WILHEL· MINA married, second, THYNNE FOLDS, a Surgeon in the Royal British Navy, and Surgeon-General at the Dock Yard, Shearness, England. The issue of thif second marriage was five cbildren, two sous and three daughters, viz: I. \YILHELMINA FOLDS. 2. SALOME FOLDS. 3. HESTER MARIA FOLDS. 4. EDWARD FOLDS, Surgeon R. N. 5. \VILLIA...'1 FOLDS, Surgeon R. N. Both sons are dead. Of the above childreu,- \VJLHELMINA FOLDS (No. 1,) married Rev. GEORGE BELLA...'1Y, Chaplain Royal Navy, who have issue one daughter, viz: WINNIFRIED BELLA:MY, inter married with JOHN DIXON, Gent., witl1 issue one daughter, Wilhelmina Dixon, born in 1860. SA.Lo:'lffi FOLDS (No. ~,) and HESTER MARIA FOLDS (No. 3,) survive (1878) unmarried. MRS ...WILHELMINA SEY.MOHR FOLDS, died at Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England, where many of these sisters and their descendants dwelt, and where thR ancestral parent of all, :'.\IRS. SYBILLA )lARGARETHA. Hov SEAL, (nee ,lfayer, of Ulm,) after a life of ,·idssitude in the uew world and the old, found a resting place with affectiouate offspring until she die«l. There she now "sleeps the long sleep'' in the church-yard of Saiut George's, Stoue hom;e, and a plain stone at her grave is erected, TO THE MEMORY OF SYBILLA HOUSEAL, WIDOW OP TBB REVEREND BERNARD MICHAEL HOUSEAL, OP HJ.LIPAX, NOVA 8COTIJ.. Died lle!24: aged 02 years. NOTE. On page 122, Rotterdam should have been printed instead of Amatordam, as the place at which the Reverend B. M. Houseal and Sybilla M. Mayer were married in 1752. III. THIRD CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT OF 1752. Qt~e JUayer-SdJuler lntertnarriage. 1761-1878. OROTHEA RF.GINA MAYER, second daughter of CHRISTOPHER D BARTHOLO)fEW MAYER, (first of ti.tat name,) and EVA MARGA.RETHA, his wife, was horn in Ulm, vViirtemberg, 6th Octoher, 1739. She was married at Lancaster, Penna., 14th December, 1701, "by procla mation, as spinster," as the Records of the Lancaster City Lutheran Church state, "unto JACOB SCHULER, Yeoman." He was born in Felmiary, 1729, and died at Lancaster, 11th April, 1811. Issue of tlleir marriage eight children, namely: I. MICHAEL SCHULER, born 31st January, 1763, at Lancaster, died there 7th March, 1769. II. ANNA MARIA MAGDALENA SCHULER, (known as" Polly" Schuler,) born at Lancaster, 2ith March, 1769. III. JOHN JACOB SCHULER, born 15th July1 1770, in Lancaster. IV. GEORGE LOUIS SCHULER, (.first of that name,) born LancaRter, 17th April, 1772. V. KATA.RINA SCHULER, born Lancaster, 29th November, 1773, died next day. VI. JOHN NICHOLAS SCHULER, born Lancaster, 18th May, 1776. VII. JULIANA ScrruLER, born Lancaster, 28th July, 1783, and died at birth. VIII. EVA MARGARETHA SCHULER, born Lancaster, 23d November, 1784. Thus, there are five of the eight children of these Schnlers whose deat]1s are not noted in tlie Lutl..teran Churcli Records at Lancaster, from which these details were taken. 19 SCHULER-THOMAS, BERGNER, GRAEFF. fflhe $ chuler-mhoma.s tutcriuarringe. 1792-1878. No. II, of the above eight, Yiz: ANNA MARIA MAGDALENA SCHU LER, generally designated "POLLY SCHULER," according to tradition, by her contemporaries, was married at Lebanon, Pa., to DOCTOR CHRISTIAN EBER HARDT THOMAS,-a ph,rsician of tliat place,-wlio was born iu Germany, 17th January, 1756, and died 26th September, 1812. She died in 1847. Issue of their marriage, three sons, five daughters, namely: I. JACOB THOMAS, born 26th March, 1793, at Lebanon. II. JOHN LEWIS THmus, (first of that name,) born 23d January, 1796. III. MARGARET THOM.As, born 28th November, 1798. IV. MARY THOMAS, born !SOOT-unmarried. V. SUSAN THOMAS, born 1802!-unmarried. VI. ELIZ.A.DETR THOMAS, born 24tli April, 1804. VII. EDWARD CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, born 10th October, 1806. VIII. CATHA.RINE THOM.AS, born 28th September, 1808. lboma~-jtitthart I ntermani_nne. Of these eight children, No. I, JACOB THOMAS married on the 26th of March, 1815, CHRISTIANNA REINHART, born in Lancaster, Pa., on the 11th November, 1790; and in 1878 still survives him at Lebanon, Pa., aged 88 years. Her husband Jacob died there 20th May, 1868. Issue of their marri age three sons, three daughters, namely: 1. George Lewis Thomas, born 15th January, 1816, died 10th April, 18:.!0. 2. Maria Thomas, born 10th February, 1818, i,nrviving, unmarried, at Lebanon in 1878. 3. John P. Thomas, born 14th January, 1820, died 10th July, 1820. 4. Edwar ffihomas-.J ttlcu Intermarriage. 1820-1878. No. II. JOHN LEWIS THO:MAS, (.first of that name,) son of "POLLY SCHULER," ut antea, and Doctor CHRISTIAN EBERHARDT THOMAS, intermar ried at Baltimore, Md., on the 23cl March, 1820, with MATILDA LOUISA SEELEY, who was horn in Vergennes, Vermont, 11th August, 1801, and both snrvh·ing 1878. Issne of this marriage three sons, six daughters, namely: I. EDwARD LEWIS Tnmus, born at Baltimore; Ii ring J878. II. MA.TILDA ELIZ.A.BETH THOMAS, born at Baltimore; Jiving 1878. III. AUGUSTUS MOORE Tum.us, born at Baltimore; liYing 1878. IV. LOUISA CATHARINE THOMAS, born at Baltimore; living 1878. V. MARY JANE THOMAS, born at Baltimore; living 1878. VI. RHODA ANN THOlI.A.s, born at Baltimore; living 1878. VII. VIRGINIA. ALBERTI THOMAS, born at "\,\,"inchester, Va.; living 1878. VIII. JOHN LEWIS THOllIAs, (second of that name,) uorn at Baltimore; Jiving 1878. IX. LAURA SEELEY THOMAS, born at Cumberland, Md.; liYing 1878. Of these, No. I, EDWARD LEWIS THOlIAS intermarried with SUSANNAH ADREON. Issue of their marriag·e ele,·en children, viz: 1. Emma Virginia Thomas, born 8th April, 1850. 2. Ida Susannah Thomas, born 26th ,April, 1852, died 4th February, 1876. 3. Emma Matilc:la Thomas, born 17th May, 1854, died 30tll January, 18G0. 4. Eugene Thomas, l>orn 14th October, 1855, dead. 5. Edwarc:l Adreon Thomas, horn 14th Nornmber, 185G. 6. Fauuie Olida Thomas, l>orn 28th December, 1858. 7. Frederick Fickey Tliomas, born 8th October, 1860. 8. Matilda May Thomas, born '20tll October, 181i2. 9. Laura Virginia Thomas, born 20th NoYemuer, 1864, dead. 10. Lina Augnsta Thomas, uorn Hlth April, 1865. 11. Susannah Thomas, born 26th Ma.y, 1869. Of these, No. 1, Kt•,UfA VIRGINIA THOMAS intermarried with WILLIAM T. MILLER, of Philadelphia, on the 7th October, 1875, aud has issue a No. 2. MATILDA ELIZABETH THOMAS intermarried with JOHN P. AGNEW. Issue of their marriage, six children, Yiz: 1. Park Agnew. 2. Augustus Agnew. 3. Molly Aguew. 4. Leonora Aguew. 5. Rhoda Ann Agnew. 6. Hbetty Agnew. 144 AGNEW, THOMAS, COOTES, GEPHART, PAGE. Of these PARK AGNEW and LEONORA AGNEW are married, and three of the Rix are dead; but no information fnruished, as to the persons married, or as to those who are dead, or of descendants, or of dates. No. 3. AUGUSTUS MOORE THOMAS, (first of na.me,) intermarried with a willow lad.r, MRs. CARR, whose maiden name was MooN. Issue of their marriage, a. son : 1. Augustus Moore Thomas,( second of uame,) reported dead, no date furnished. No. 4. LOUISA CATHARINE THOMAS intermarried with DR. JOHN C. COOTES, of Rockingham County, Virginia. Issue of their marriage, reported, nine surd,·ing ehildreu, and four deau. The survirnrs are stated to he: 1. Samuel C. Cootes. 2. Jolm L. Cootes. 3. Edward L. Cootes. 4. William Cootes. 5. Ba~·lor Cootes. 6. Emma Cootes. 7. Laura Cootes. 8. Hattie Cootes. 9. Annie Cootes. No dates, &c., furnislled by the family. No. 5. MARY JANE THOMAS intermarried with GEORGE F. GEPHART, of Cumberland, Md. No issue of their marriage, 1878. No. (i. RHODA ANN THOMAS i11termarried with GEORGE B. HOFFMAN, of Cnmberlall(l, Mal'yland, with issue of their marriage, three children, as reporte No. 7. VIRGINIA ALBERTI THOXA.s intermarried with GEORGE R. PAGE, of Cinciunati, Ohio. Issue as reported, oue · child, but uo date fur nished, viz: 1. Laura T. Page. No. 8. JOHN LEWIS THOMAS, (second of that name,) known as JOHN L. THOMAS, Jnnioi:, intermarried witll AZ.A.LIA HuzzY. Issue of their marriage, one No. 9. LAURA SEELEY THOMAS intermarried with R. N. MOON. Issue, reported Iidng: 1. Newton Moou. 2. "\\-Talter Moou, and one child dead, no dates furnished. 1822-1878. No. III, of tlte children of Doctor Christian Eberhardt TI1omas and A. M. M. Sclmler, namely: MARGARET TBOl\IAS intermarried on the 7tlt of March, 1822, with WILLIAM A'l'KINS, (first of that name,) merchant of Lebanon, Pa. Sbe died 27th August, 18G0. Issue of their marriage, ele,·en children, three somi, eigl1t daughters, viz: I. GEORGE L. ATKINS, born 5th September, 1823, married. II. JOHN T. ATKINS, born 27th Non•mher, 1824;, married. III. MATILDA M. ATKINS, born 16th July, 1826, married. IV. SusAN CATHARINE ATKINS, born 4th September, 1828, married. V. REBECCA ATKlNS, born 2l)th January, 1830, married. VI. WILLIAM ATKINS, (second of tbat uame,) born 23d September, 1831, married. · VIL TAMZINE· ATKINS, born 2d August, 1833, unmarried. VIII. MARIA ATKINS, uorn 17tlt January, 183G, uumarried. IX. MARY ANN ATKINS, born 26th Juiy, 1838, died 2Gth No,·ember, 1838. X. ELIZABETH J. ATKINS, born 4th March, 1840, married. XI. LOUISA ATKINS, born 14th Non~mber, 1841, married. WNo.1, of above, George L. Atkins' family, unfurnished though requested. No. 2 of the children of William Atkins, (first of name:) namely: JOHN T. ATKINS,•born 27th Nornmuer, 1824, married MARIA L. FERRY, 27th Octo ber, l8i;3. Issue se,·en children, namely: I. Margaret M. Atkins, born 1854-, died 13th Nonmher, 1856. 2. Ul.uules P. Atkins, lJorn 185G, died NO\·embcr 18tlt, 1856. 3. Eliza. A. Atkins, born 1857. 4. Robert A. Atkins, born tey61. 5. Harry T. Atkius, born 18G4. G. Matilda T. Atkins, born 1868. 7. Maria Atkins, lJorn 1874. 146 OVES, PHREANER, SHOTT, ATKINS, URICH. No. 3 of the children of William Atkins, (first of name,) viz: MATILDA M. ATKINS intermarried in 1851, in Lebanon, Pa., with THEODORE OvEs, now of Asbury Park, New Jersey, who was born 4th February, 1830, in Leba non, Pa. Issue of this marriage: 1. William G. Oves, born at Lebanon, 24th October, 1852. 2. Jennie M. Oves, bom at Lebanon, 6th November, 185L 3. Robert E. Oves, born at Lebanon, 4th December, 1850, and died there 5th October, 1858. 4. May M. Oves, born in Philadelphia, 20th March, 1863. Of these, No. 1, WILLIAM G. OVEs, intermarried in Pltiladelphia, 19th September, 1876, with REBECCA B. SHREVE, of Camden, New Jersey, who died 6th March, 1878. No. 4 of the children of William Atkins, (first of name,) viz: SUSAN CATHARINE ATKINS intermarried 19th June, 1851, with DANIEL PHREANER, of Phi1ade1phia, who was born 1st June, 1827. Issue of their marriage, all aliYe and unmarried 1878, namely: 1. Margaret Cordelia Phreaner, born 30th March, 1852. 2. Edward Payson Phreaner, born 14th September, 1853. 3. William Atkins Phreaner, born 8th March, 1854. No. 5 of the children of William Atkins, (first of name,) namely: RE BECCA ATKINS, born 29th January, 1830, intermarried 14th June, 1860, with HENRY SHOTT, who was born 23d March, 1819. Issue three children. 1. Edward A. Shott, born 6tli July, 1862. 2. Tl1omas H. Shott, born 3d Febru ary, 1865. 3. Daniel Forer Shott, born 28th March, 1867. No. 6 of the children of William Atkins, (first of that name,) viz: WIL LIAM ATKINS (~econd of name,) intermarried on the 19th March, 1861, with FRANCES A. HEAN, who was born 6th December, 1836. Issue of this marriage seven children; four sons, three daughters, namely: 1. Charles L. Atkins, boro 31st March, 1862. 2. Fannie L. Atkins, born 15th December, 1863. 3. William T. Atkins, born 23d September, 1865. 4. George L. Atkins, born 18th July, 1867. 5. Frank H. Atkins, boru 23d February, 1872. 6. Mary A. Atkins, born 10th January, 1874. 7. E. Graoo Atkins, born 10th April, 1877. Nos. 7 and 8 unmarried. No. 9 dead. No. 10 of the children of William Atkins, (first of that name,) namely: ELIZABETH J. ATKINS, born 4th Marclt, 1840, married 25th December, 1862, JOHN H. URICH, who was born 26tb March, 1839. Issue six children, viz: 1. Margaret T. Urich, born 8th November, 1863. 2. George A. Urich, born 1st August, 1865. 3. John C. Urich, born i0th Februar,y, 1868. 4. William A. Urich, born 17th September, 1870. 5. Helen T. Urich, born 8th November, ll::173. 6. Infant, unnamed, born 28th April, 1878. SMITH, THOMAS-EUSTON, BOWMAN. 147 No. 11 of the children of William Atkins, (.first of that name,) nameJy: LOUISA ATKINS, married on the 8th January, 1866, DAVlD CONRAD SMITH, of Philadelphia, and now resident there, who was born 26th May, 1844. Issue of their marriage four children, namely: 1. David Arthur Smith, born 1st November, 't866. 2. Florence Louisa Smith, born 2lith June, 1871. 3. John Smith, born and died on the 27th March, 1875. 4. William Atkins Smith, born 24th October, 1876. Nos. IV and V. MARY and SUSAN THOMAS never married. ibomns-{tuston intermarriage. 1824-1878. No. VI. ELIZABETH THOMAS, daughter of Doctor Christian Eber hardt Thomas and "Polly" Schuler, ut antea, born 24th April, 1804, intermar ried with THOMAS EUSTON, 18th June, 1824, who was born 4th October, 1798, and died 22d November, 1872. Issue of this marriage nine children, namely: I. MARY E. EUSTON, born 22d September, 1825, unmarried 1878. II. SUSAN C. EUSTON, born 17th December, 1827. III. WILLIAM T. EUSTON, born 3d March, 1830. IV. JOSEPH R. EUSTON, born 4th August, 1832. V. JOHN J. EUSTON, born.13th Febmary, 1835. VI. LOUISA Eus1·0N, born 8th November, 1837. VII. HENRY T. EUSTON, born 14th July, 1840. VIII. EDWARD C. EUSTON, born 19th November, 1842. IX. SA.RAH J. EUSTON, born 12th June, 1845. Of these chil WILLIAM T. EUSTON, (No. 3,) intermarried 3d August, 1854, with AlUNDA LIG-HT. Issue of this marriage, four children, namely: 1. CL.A.RA. 148 SPANGLER, EUS'l'ON, HANER, L. EUSTON, born 11th February, 1855, intermarried 14th August, 1877, with MOSES P. SPANGLER. 2. Clement L. Euston, born 5th May, 1858. 3. Charles T. Euston, born 3d June, 1860. 4. Harry F. Euston, born 6th .June, 1864. JOSEPH R. EUSTON, (No. 4,) was married twice,-first to HANNAH M. WIKEL, 25th December, 1855 •• She clied 27th April, 1861. Issue, two cl1il dren, namely: 1. Alice Euston, born 1857. 2. Jacob M. Euston, born 22d .April, 1860. He married secondly SARAH E. WALMER, 6th February, 18G2. Issue of this marriage, four children, namelj·: 1. John T. Enston, born 29th June, 1865, died 25th August, 1871. 2. Mary E. Euston, born 25th October, 1866, died Gth No,,ember, 1867. 3. Carrie E. Euston, born 24th Jul,r, 1873, diecl 5th September, 1873. 4. Grace N. Euston, born 12th April, 1877. JOHN J. EUSTON, (No. 5,) intermarried 1st January, 1857, with SARAH A. BOUGHTER, who LOUIS.A EUSTON, (No. 6,) intermarried 16th December, 1858, with SAMUEL HANER. Issue, s8'·en children: 1. Harry T. Haner, born 27th June, 1859, died 2d November, 1862. 2. Elmer ~- Haner, born 9th August, 1861. 3. Harrny T. Haner, born 13th October, 1863. 4. Lizzie C. Haner, born 12th Norember, 1866. 5. Florence L. Hauer, born 24th Jnne, 1871. 6. Mary C. Haner, born 14th July, 1874. 7. Emma E. Haner, born 23d September, 1876. HENRY T. EUSTON, (No. 7,) intermarried 3d July, 18G9, with JULI.A A LANTZ. Issue, three children, namely: 1. Lottie A. Euston, born 20th Sep tember, 1870. 2. Mary E. Enston, born 16th Septem!Jer, 1872. 3. Martha R. Euston, born 12th March, 187 5. EDWARD C. EUSTON, (No. 8,) intermarried 16th NoYember, 1869, with CLARA .A. REINSCIIL. Issue, two children, namely: 1. Thomas F. Euston, born 20th August, 1870, died 24th January, 1872. 2. Edward R. Euston, born 1st May, 1875. REVELING, THOMAS-BENNETT. 149 SARAH J. EUSTON, (No. 9,) intermarried 22d Febmary, 18i2, with Crnus REVELING. Issue, four children, namely: 1. Louisa M. He,eling, born 13th Nornmber, 187!:l. 2. Clara S. Reveling, born 21st Nornmber, 1873. 3. Lizzie M. Hernling, horn 7th April, 1875. 4. Thomas C. Beveling, born 4th March, 1877. The present residence of all the Euston Family, is in Lebanon, Penna., except the Bowman Connection, which resides at Myerstown, Lebanon County, Penna. ihomnti-~enuett ~ntttmnrringe. 1828-1878. No. VII, of the children of Doctor Christian Eberhardt Thomas and bis wife A. M. M. Schuler, dz: EDWARD CHlUSTOPHER THOMAS, (first of that name,) born 1806, intermarried on the 2211 February, 1828, with JULIET BE~NETT, who was born 19th November, 1805. Ile llie Issue of this marriage, six sons, three danghters, namely: I. JOSEPH ASBURY THOMAS, born 6th March, 1820. II. CATHARINE ALVERDA THOM.As, born 7th February, 1831. HI. ELIZABETH ANN THOMAS, born 14th May, 1832. IV. SAMUEL WESLEY THOMAS, born 17th January, 1834; and V. EDWARD CHRISTOPHER THOM.As, (second of name,) (or Jr.,} born 17th January, 183-1.-( Twins.) VJ. WILLIAM HAMILTON THOMAS. VII. HENRY CLINTON THOM.As, 31st January, 1838, died 12th Septem ber, 1854. VIII. CHARLES FRANKLIN THOMAS, born 22d No,ember, 1839. IX. MARIA LOUISA THOMAS, born 18th October, 1841. Of tbe above nine children, No. I, viz: JOSEPH ASBURY THmrAS mar ried 4th No,·ember, 18.32, MARTHA M. REDGRAVE, with issue of their mar riage, three sons, two daughters, yiz: 1. Juliet Clinton Thomas, born 3d Sep tember, 1854. 2. Henry Clay Thomas, born 0th May, 1857. 3. Frank GustnYe Beauregard Thomas, born 4th May, 1861. 4. Ella Virginia Lee Thomas, born 20 150 READ, HAMMOND, THO:MAS. 20th May, 1864, died 18th August, 1864. 5. William Dulany Thomas, born 4th July, 1865. Of the abo,e nine children of Edw. Chris. Thomas ( first of name,) No. 2, CATHARINE ALVERDA THOMAS, married on the 4th March, 1873, JOHN EDGAR READ, with issue, one son, viz: l. Edgar Thomas Read, born 19th June, 1874. Of the above nine children of E. C. T. (first of name,) No. 3, ELIZ.A.BETH ANN THOMAS, married on the 6th March, 1866, WILLI.A.M S. HAMMOND. Issue of this marriage, one daught.er, namely: 1. Florence Alverda Hammond, born 6th July, 1868. Of the above nine children of E. C. T. (first of name,) No. 4, SAMUEL WESLEY THOMAS, married on 22d September, 1858, ELLEN A. MooN, with issue of their marriage, two sons, one Of the above nine children of E. C. T. (first of name,) No. 5, EDWARD CHRISTOPHER THOM.As, (.,eeond of that name,) (or Jr.,) married on the 18th December, 1856, MARY J,\111;; GERE, with issue of their marriage, four daugh ters, two sons, namely: l. Carrie Clinton Thomas, born 25th October, 1857. 2. Edward Gere Thomas, born 19th February, 1859. ,3. Laura Neal Thomas, born March, 1860, died April, 1861. 4. Walter Dulin Thomas, born 15th June, 1863. 5. Mary Virginia Thomas, born 30th September, 1864. 6. Martha Walters Thomas, born 29th November, 1867. 7. Sarah Gere Thomas, born lGth June, 1869. Of the above nine children of E. C. T. (first of name,) No. 6, WILLIA.M HAMILTON THOMAS, married SUSANNAH HANNER. Issue: 1. William H. Thomas, Junior. 2. Martha Tllomas. 3. John K. Thomas. 4. Florence Thomas. Of the above nine children of E. C. T. (.first of name,) No. 7, HENRY CLINTON THOMAS, who was born 31st January, 1838, died 12th September, 1854. Of the nine children of E. C. T. (first of name,) No. 8, CHARLES FRANK• LIN THOMAS, born in 1839, married ANNE GREER. No issue, 1878. Of the above nine children of E. 0. T. (first of name,) No. 9, MARIA LOUIS.A. THoM.A.S, born 18th October, 1841,-nothing more furnished. THOMAS-SCHULER INTERMARRIAGE. 151 lhoma,-J,huler f utermarriage. 1831-1878. No. VITI. CATHARINE THOMAS, daughter of Dr. Christian Eber hardt Thomas and bis wife, as bP-fore, intermarried on 15tll Nornmber, 1831, with MICHAEL M. SCHULER, (first of name,) her first cousin, son of John Nicholas Schuler, as herein, hereafter. Her husband was born 26th June, 1809, and died 19th November, 1848; she died 15th April, 1862. Is1me of their marriage, eleven children, six sons, five daughters, l'iz: I. EDWARD T. SCHULER, born 8th November, 1832. II. JOHN L. SCHULER, born 23d May, 1834, died 21st March, 1867. III. MARY M. SCHULER, born 7th February, 1836, died ~d August, 1852. IV. JACOD T. SCHULER, born 30th November, 1837, died 4th Novem ber, 1865. V. MICHAEL M. SCHULER.(second of name,) born 7th February, 1839, died 11th February, 1839. VI. SUSAN C. SCHULER, born 17th January, 1840, died 23d January, 1859. VII. RACHEL E. SCHULER, born 4th August, 1841. VIII. EMMA L. SCHULER, born 1st January, 1843, died 2d October, 1860. IX. REBECCA A. SCHULER, born 10th July, 1844, died 12th January, 1855. X. GEORGE L., SCHULER, born 28th February, 1846, died 3d May, 1867. XI. HENl.£ w. SCHULER, born 1st September, 1847, died 21st May, 1867. Of the above children of the intermarriage of Catharine Thomas and M. M. Schuler, No. 1, EDWARD T. SCHULER, married 20th September, 1855, AMANDA PEIFER, of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pa., who was born 3d January, 1834. Issue of their marriage, two sons, namely: 1. Franklin E. Schuler, born 29th June, 1855, died 14th November, 1855. 2. Edward B. Schuler, born 6th November, 1857. No. 4. JACOB T. SCHULER, son of the above, married 4th March, 1860, ELIZA McOAULLY, who was born 31st March, 1841. Issue of their marriage, 152 WITMER, JOHN J. SOHULER, SCHULER-FARLEY. two sons, namely: 1. Jolm J. Schuler, born 25th December, 1860. 2. Charles J. Sclmler, born 25th October, 1864, died 2d October, 1875. No. 7. RACHEL E. SCHULER, daughter of the above, married 18th 'No vember, 1873, URIAH WITMER, of Lebanon, Pa., who was born 9th No,·ember, 1834. Without issue, (1878.) lohn fntob Jthultr. 1770-1878. III. JOHN JACOB SCHULER (fin1t of name,) son of Dorothea Regina Mayer and Jacob Sclmler, 1,t antea, born in 1770. Efforts ham been made with many of the oltlest remaining members of the Schnler Family t-0 trace this person, bnt without success. The tradition is, that he went in early life to the South, probably as far as what is now the State of Mississippi, and that he died there, leadng no descendants. J, tut le rO in rle y ~ nt cr tun r ti age. 1772-1878. IV. GEORGE LOUIS SCHULER, (first of t11at name,) born 17th April, 1772, son of Dorothea Regina Mayer and Jacob Schuler, ut antea, mar ried in February, 1705, at Middletown, Penna., MARGARET FARLEY, boru 15th March, 1777, dangliter of John Farley. Both died at Middletown, and interred there i.Ji the Lutheran grave-yard. They bad issue, .four sons and one daughter, viz: I. JOHN JACOB ScmJLER (second of name,) born 17th April, 1708. II. MARY E. SCHULER, born 14th March, 1800. III. CHARLES B. SCHULER, born 1805. IV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SCHULER, born 0th February, 1809. V. GEORGE Lours SCHULER, (second of name,) born 12th June, 1812. SCHULEB, McCLURE, EBY, SNIVELEY. 153 Of these, No. 1 of tb.e above, JOHN JACOB SCHULER (secon No. 2, of the children of George Louis Schuler, ut antea., viz: MA.RY ELIZABETH SCHULER, born 14th March, 1800, intermarried with GEORGE McCLURE, of Middletown, Pa., 26th August, 1810, and died 7th April, 1830. George McClure was born 19th June, 1798, and died 9th JuJy, 1831. Issue of their marriage, two sons and one daughter, Yiz: 1. Martha McClure, born 14th July, 1822. 2. George L. l\fcClure, born 10th March, 1825. 3. William F. McClure, born 22d August, 1827. Of tltese, No. 1, MARTHA McCLURE, married on 20th Febmary, 184.0, BENJA.lIIN EBY, of Middletown, Pa., who was born 1st February, 181::J, and died 16th May, 1862. She died 26th January, 1854. Issue, four daughters and one son, Yiz: 1. Emma Francis Eby, born 17th June, 1841, died 28th September, 1874. 2. Mary Elizabeth Eby, born 1st April, 1843, died 3d Octo ber, 1864. 3. Ettie Ann Eby, born 17th June, 1845, died 8th November, 1856. 4. Martha Jane Eby, born 11th September, 1848. 5. Irene Remley Eby, born 24th January, 1851. Of these children of Martha and Benj. Eby, No. 4, MARTHA. JA.NE EBY, married on 16th NoYember, 1875, J. STOUFFER SNIVELEY, who was born 14th August, 1847, and resides at Green Castle, Pa. They have issue two sons, namely: 1. Clarence Eby Sniveley, born 21st April, 1876. 2. Jacob Howard Snh-eley, born 1st August, 1877. No. 2. GEORGE L. McCLURE, son of Mary E. Schuler and George McClure, born 1825, married 28th February, 1849, ELizABETH .H.ABOLEBOA.D, born near Cambellstown, Lebanon County, Pa., 22d March, 1824. Ia.sue. of HEWITT, McCLURE, SCHULER, KERMICKEL. their marriage, four sons, three daughters, viz: 1. Mary Elizabeth McClure, born 3d January, 1850. 2. Martha Matilda McCJure, born 2d May, 1852, died 30th .August, 1853. 3. William Frederick L. McClure, born 25th Janu ary, 1854. 4. George Washington McClure, born 21st February, 1857. 5. Emma Frances McClure, born 23d December, 1860. 6. Charles Nulter McClure, born 20th May, 1862. 7. James Witherow McClure, born 21st September, 1864. Of the above children of G. L. McC. and Elizabeth Harcleroad, No. 1, MARY ELIZ.A.BETH McCLURE married on 17th September, 1875, JOSEPH HEWITT, of Philadelphia, who have issue, one daughter, viz: 1. Ellen Pechin Hewitt, born 28th July, 1876. No. 3, \VILLU...11 F. McCLURE (first of name,) son of M. E. Schuler and G. McClure, ut antea, intermarried on 30th September, 1855, with CATHARINE .A. LuTz, who was born 27th December, 1828. Ii;-sue of their marriage, two sons and five daughters, viz: 1. William F. McClure (second of name,) born 15th June, 1856, died 14th December, 1861. 2. .Alice B. :McClure, born 20th .April, 1858. 3. Clara J. McClure, born 6th June, 1860. 4. Katie S. McClure, born 24th July, 1862. 5. Harry W. McClure, born 17th November, 1864, died 8th July, 1865. 6. Jennie McClure, born 28th July, 1869. 7. Bertha J. McClure, born 23 No. 3. CHARLES B. SCHULER, of the children of George Louis Schuler (first of name,) ut antea, born in 1805, married at Lebanon, Pa., .April, 1826, MARY WREN, born 1st .April, 1804. He died in California in 1862; she sur ,ives at Wooster, Ohio. Issue of their marriage, one son and one daughter, namely: 1. ~nna Schuler, born 6th January, 1828. 2. Kline Schuler, born 14th March, 1833. Of these children of the above, No. 1, .ANN.A. SCHULER married SAMUEL KERMICKEL, of Wooster, Ohio, who is dead, leaving by this marriage, two sons, viz: 1. Louis Kermickel, born 7th November, 1852. 2. Frank Ker mickel, born 15th January, 1854, "i)oth (1878) residing unmarried in Wooster, Ohio. No. 2, of the above children of 0. B. Schuler, viz: KLINE SCHULER married in 1863, name of, wife not furnished. His wife died without issue in 1864, and Kline Schuler, died childless at Meadow Lake, California, 30th June, 1866. No. 4. WILLIAM FREDERICK SCHULER, son of George Louis Schuler (first of name,) ut antea, born February, 9th 1809, married at Lancaster, Pa., loth July, 18:10, KATHARINE COST, who was born 4th October, 1812. Issue of their marriage, two sons and three daughters, viz: 1. Mary Margaret Schuler, born 10th April, 1832. 2. George Louis Schuler, (third of name,) FOLTZ, HP:RB, BURSH, SCJIULER, born 14th December, 1833. 3. Elizabeth Heitshu Schuler, born 23d Novem ber, 1836. 4. Henrietta Ellen Schuler, born 14th September, 1842. 5. Taylor lane Schuler, bom 13th November, 1844. Of the above children of W. F. Schuler and his wife, No. 1, MARY MAR GARET SCHULER married at Lancaster, 31st August, 1851, BENJAMIN M. Ft>i.Tz, merchant, residing at Farmington, lliinois. Issue of their marriage, on~ son, and three daughters, viz: 1. Jonathan Foltz, born 29th March, 1853. 2. klizabeth Messersmith Foltz, born 19th December, 1855. 3. Catharine Sch\ller Foltz, born 8th September, 1864. 4. Mary Rebecca Foltz, born 29th March, 1868. Of the above, No. 1, JON.A.TRAN FOLTZ married 25th November, 1874, NANCY ELIZABETH BARLOW, born 15th January, 1856. They reside at Mid way, Fulton County, IDinois. No. 3, of the children of W. F. S. and his wife, viz: ELIZABETH HEITSHU SCHULER married on 30th April, 18?4, JACOB HERR, of Lancaster, Pa. No issue of tb9 marriage. No. 4. BENRIET'.U ELLEN SCHULER, daughter of W. F. Schuler and his wife, ut tlktea, married 1st January, 1862, JACOB L. BURsH, merchant, of Streeter, La Salle County, Illinois. Issue of their marriage, three daughters, two sons, namely: 1. Katharine Eudora Bursh. 2. Mary Agnes Bursh. 3. Ellen Bursh. 4. John Sellers Bursh. 5. William Bursh. No. 5. TA.YLOlt LA.NE SCHULER, son of W. F. Schuler and wife, ut antea, married on April 29th, 1866, ELIZABETH PASTOR, who was born 19th Decem ber, 1845. They reside in Lancaster, Pa., and have three sons, two daughters, namely: 1. Charles H. Schuler, born 27th March, 1867. 2. Catharine Schuler, born 19th April, 1869. 3. William Frederick Schuler, born 1st September, 1871. 4. Elizabeth Sophia Schuler, born 16th December, 1872. 5. Frank Edgar Schuler, born 19th :M:ay, 1876. No. 6. GEORGE Loms SCHULER, (second of name,) son of George Louis Schuler, (first of name,) and Ma.rgaret Farley, was born 12th June, 1812. He was twice married; first at Lancaster, Pa., in 1833, to AMELIA. MUMM, who was born 3d February1 1816; she clied 2d November, 1838. Of this first mar riage, there was issue, two sons and one daughter, viz: 1. Sarah Schuler, born 10th August, 1835, died 20th August, 1836. 2. Harrison Schuler, born 2ith January, 1837. 3. John Schuler, born September, 1838, died 9th November, 1838. GEORGE LOUIS SCHULER, (second of name,) married secondly in 1840, THERESA. MUMl'tl. They reside at Dixon, lllinois. Issue of this second mar riage, two sons and two daughters, viz: 1. Amelia Schuler, born 19th Febru ary, 1842. 2, George Louis Schuler, (third of name,) born 15th .August, 18-, 156 FOUKE, TIBBITS, SCHULER, SNYDER, died February 14th, 18-. 3. ThPresa Schuler, birth-day not furnished. 4. W'iIJiam Schuler, born 20th March, 1857. Of these children of G. L. S. (second of name,) AJIELIA SCHULER (No. 1 of the second marriage,) married April 1st, 1864, H. B. FOUKE, who was born 2d July, 1838, a lawyer, residing at Dul.>nque, Iowa. They bad issue, one son and one daughter, viz: 1. Catharine Fouke, born 2ith May, 1866. 2. George H. Fouke, born 12th March, 1808, f ohu ~icholn~ Jthttltr'.6 ~utermarriage. 1776-1878. VI. JOHN NICHOLAS SCHULER, (.first of that name,) son of D.R. Mayer and J. Schuler, ut antea, born 18th May, 1776, at Lancaster, Penna., removed thence to Middletown, Penna., and married about 1790, MARY ELIZABETH SNYDER, who was born there 12th June, 1780. He They had issue ten children, viz: eight sons and two daughters, as follows: I. JOHN WILLIAM SCHULER, born 25th January, 1801, and died in infancy. II. HENRY SCHULER, born 20th April, 1803, and died in 1812. III- JOHN ADAMS SCHULER, born 20th March, 1805. IV. GEORGE SCBULEB., born 21st March, 1807, and died in youth. V. MICHA.EL MARKS SCHULER, born 26th June, 1809. VI. ANN CATHARINE SCHULER, born lOt.h April, 1811. VII. GEORGE LOUIS SCHULER, (fourth of name,) born 31st March, 1813. VIII. JOHN JACOB SCHULER, (third of name,) born 9th May, 1815. IX. REBECCA. SCHULER, born 18th April, 1817. X. ls.AI.AB SCHULER, born 8th May, 1810, died in infancy. Of these children of J. N. Schuler and his wife, No. Ill of the abo'f'e, JOHN ADAMS SCHULER married on the 11th September, 1828, ELIZA SIDES, born in ·Middletown, Pa. He resides with his family, l'etire Ott:awa., ·Illinois. Issue of this marriage ten children; five sons, five daugh ters, viz: I. George Louis Schuler, (fifth of that name,) born 26th November, 1829, died in California, 12th May, 1862. 2. John Nicholas Schuler, (second of that name,) born 18th Sept.ember, 1831. 3. Henry A. Schuler, born loth July, 1833. 4. Joseph Schuler, born 26th November, 1835, died 3d August, 1836. 5. Mary 0. Schuler, born 31st May, 1837, died 22d November, 1840. 6. Jemima A. Schnlef, born 13th December, 1839, died 12th June, 1849. 7. Mary E. Schuler, born 22d June, 1842. 8. Charles E. Schuler, born 30th December, 1844, died 14th July, 1845. 9. Rebecca J. Schuler, born 20th August, 1846. 10. Josephine Schuler, born 14th July, 1849. Of the above children of John Adams Schuler and bis wife, No. 2, JOHN NICHOLAS SCHULER (second of that name,) married on the 21st March, 1854, MARY E. BENE&, of Middletown, Pa. He is a grain and lumber merchant at Ottawa, Illinois. Issue of their marriage ten children; five sons, five daugh ters, namely: 1. Clarence Schuler, born 19th March, 1855. 2. Jacob B. Schu ler, born 1st March, 1857. J. Mary K. Schuler, born 1st February, 1859. 4. Myra E. Schuler, born 26th January, 1861. 5. Margaret H. Schuler, born 30th April, 1863. 6. Katharine M. Schuler, born 22d August, 1865. 7. William A. Schuler, born 23d July, 1867. 8. Charles G. Schuler, born 5th May, 1871. 9. Blanche Schuler, born 23d November, 1874. 10. George B. Schuler, born 20th September, 1877. Of the children of the above J-ohn Adams Schuler and his wife, No. 3, HENRY A. SGHULER married on the 30th April, 1854, ANNA MITCHEL, and resides in Ottawa, Illinois. Issue of this marriage four children; one son, three daughters, namely: 1. Ellen R. Schuler, born 11th February, 1855, died 13th September, 1877. 2. Elizabeth Schuler, born 23d September, 1856. 3. George Louis Schuler, (sixth of that name,) born 13th April, 1860, drowned 13th August, 1871. 4. Alice Schuler, born 23d.December, 1864. Of the above children of John Adams Schuler and his -wife, viz: No. 7, MARY E. SCHULER married in May, 1864, JOHN A. SNELLING, residing in Nebraska. Issue of their marriage, three sons, two daught.ers; namely: 1. Thomas Snelling. 2. John Snelling. 3. George Snelling. 4. Eliza Snelling. 5. Rebecca Snelling. Of the above children of John Adams Schuler and his wife, viz: No. 9, REBECCA J. SCHULER married 22d June, 1870, JoHN M. BR.A.DY, who resides in Chicago, Illinois. Issue of their marriage one son, viz: 1. Ralph S. Brady, born 27th November, 1872. Of the above children of John Adams Schuler and his wife, viz: No. 10, JOSEPHINE SCHULER married 11th October, 1871, JOHN V. SM.A.CK, residing at Chicago, Illinois. Issue of their marriage one son, viz : 1. Charles Smack, born 24th DecembeJ,l, 1874. 21 158 SCHULER, SMITH, YEUTZER. MICHAEL M.ARKS SCHULER, No. v, of the children of J. N. Schuler, (first of tl1at name,) and born 20th June, 1809, was, as I ha,·e hereinbefore uoted, married to his cousin CATHARINE THOMAS, on 15th No,·ember, 1831. They bad eleven children, whose names and descendants will be found on page 151. ANNE CATHARINE SCIWLER, No. VI of the children of J. Nicholas Schuler, (first of that name,) intermarried on the 2!Jth September, 1831, with WILLIA.).[ S.MI'l'H; residents of Ottowa, Illinois. fasne four children; two sons two daughters, namely: 1. Rebecca Smith, born 24th July, 1832. 2. Mary Elizabeth Smith, born 2d March, ISM, died 14th September, 1853. 3. George Washington Smith, born 0th August, 1835, resides at Peoria, Illinois. 4. Fr-ancis l\Iarion Smith, born 28th January, 1838. Of these children of Anne Oatlrnrine Schuler and William Smith, No. I, REDECCA SMITH married rnth Septeml>er, 1849, ENocrr S. YEu1·z1m, residing at Ottawa, Illinois. Issue of their marriage ele,·en children; six sons, fi,,e daughters, namely: l. Walter H. Yentzer, born 10th March, 1851. 2. Anne Catl.iari11e Yentzer, l>orn 15th Februal'y, 1853, died 24th September, 1801. 3. George W. Yentzer, l>orn 14th March, 1855. 4. William S. Yeutzer, horn 1st Jn11e, 1857, died lGth June, 1857. 5. Francis l\Ial'ion Yentzer, born 19th July, 1858. G. Enoch Yentzer, l>orn 19th February, 18Gl. 7. Mary Schuler Yent zer, born 24th April, 18H3. 8., William Edwin Yentzer, l>om 31st January, 1868, died 17th March, 1872. 9. Florence Yeutzer, born 24th Jul.r, 1870, died on same day. 10. Rebecca Virgiuia Yeutzer, born 12th July, 1871. 11. Es telle Yentzer, born 2d No,·ember, 1875. Of the abO\·e children of Rebecca Smith and E. S. Yentzer, No. 1, WAL· TER H. YEUTZER married 2d Nornmber, 1875, in Colorado Territory, ROSE E. CARROLL. Is1me of their marriage one son, namely: 1. George F. Yentzer, born 18th Augnst, l 870. FRANCIS MARIO:N' S:mTH, No. 4 of the children of Anne Catharine Schu ler and William Smith, intermarried 10th JuJ.v, 1862, with MARY LOUISA PRICE, of Philadelphia, Pa. They have firn children; four daughters, one son, l"iz: 1. Katliariue Louisa Smith, born 29th December, 1863. 2. (.)Iara Rebecca Smith, boru 9th March, 1866. 3. Mary Schuler Smith, bom 19th July, 1808. 4. Francis William Smith, born 15th March, 1871. 5. Sa.die Bell Smith, born 27th August, 1876. GEORGE LOUIS SCHULER, (fourth of that name,) and No. VII of the cl1ildren of J. Nicholas Schuler, (first of that name,) born 1813, intermarried 24th March, 1836, with ELIZADE'l'H FORD, of Harrisburg, Pa., born in 1817. He died in 1840. His widow married Mr. BREUIZEN, of Harrisburg, and still resides there. Issue of G. L. Schuler's marriage one son and one daughter., SCJ{ULER, GUIDER, HEMPERLEY, SIDTH. 159 namely: 1. Mary Ellen Schuler, born 25th January, 1838; dead. 2. John 'Wesley Schuler, born 16th March, 1839. Of these No. 2, JOIIN WESLEY SCHULER married 18th May, 1865, MAR GARET FROST. He is a jeweler in Philadelphia. Issne one son, one daughter, viz: 1. John Wesley Schuler. 2. Florence Adele Schuler. JOHN JACOB SCHULER, (third of name,) and No. VIII of the cl1ildren of John Nicholas Sclmler, ( first of that name,) married ~0th No,·ember, 1841, ELIZABE'fH KDII.IN, who was horn in 1820. He died in Vickshurg,·Missis sippi, where he residPAl, in 1847, leadng two sons and one daughter, nz: I. Charles W. Schuler, born 30th December, li:S42, died 9th Jul,r, 1844. 2. Mary Catharine Schuler, born 18th September, 1844. 3. George Schuler, bom 22d August, 1846, died 20th April, 1855. Of these, No. 2, MARY CATHARINE SCHULER married 17th No,ember, 1868, BENJAMIN C. GUIDER, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he resides. Issue fl rn children; four sons, one daughter, namely: 1. Benjamin Guider, born 20th May, 1870. 2. George Guider, born 25th June, 187!&. 3. Arthnr G-nider, born 6th June, 1874, died 14th June, 1875. 4. Alfred Guider, born 12th Febru ary, 1876. 5. Sara.h Guider, born 19th November, 1877. REBECCA SCHULER, No. IX of the children of John Nicholas Schuler, (first of that name,) interlllarried 14th March,.1839, with ADAM HEMPERLEY, of Middletown, Pa., who was born 26th January, 1813, and died 23d March, 1869. RelJecca, his wife, died 24th March, 18.32. Issue seven children; four sons and three daughters, namely: 1. Mary C. Hemperley, born 5th Decem ber, 1839. :!. Susan E. Hemperley, born 11th l\fay, 1841. 3. George L. Hem perle,r, born 12th March, 1843. 4. Sarah R. Hemperley, born 9th Marcl1, 1845. 5. Winfield Scott Hemperley, horn 15th Marcl.J, 1847. 6. W. Murray Hem perley, born !!4th May, 1849, died 9th August, 1849. 7. A. Ella Hemperley, born 25th February, 1851. Of the abore children, No. 1, MARY C. HEMPERLEY married 5th Decem ber, 1867, JAMES A. SlIITH, (first of.that nanre,) who was born 6th August, 1845. He is a broker, resident at Chatsworth, Illinois. Issue- four children, '\"iz: 1. M. Em Smith, born 28th Septembel-, 1868. 2. Ora G. Smith, born 23d January, 1871. 3. Clarence H. Smitb, born 3d January, 1873. 4. James A. Smith, (second of name,) born 5th June, 1877. Of the above children, No. 3, GEORGE LOUIS HEVERLEY married 3d No'\"ember, 1870, ADA DODGE, of New York, who was born 20th May, 1850. He is a merchant, residing at Chatsworth, Li'dngston County, Illinois. Issue two children, viz: 1. Sadie A. Hemperley, born 10th December, 1871. 2. Charles E. Hemperley, born 10th April, 1873. 160 SCHULER-MILEY INTERMA.RRUGE. J tb ultr~8\ iI e !1 ~ uttrma rriag e. 17 84-187 8. VIII. EVA MARGARETHA SCHULER, eighth child of Dorothea Regina Mayer and Jacob Schuler, born at Lancaster, Penna., 23d November, 1784, died near Shre,e, HolmeR County, Ohio, 10th December, 1870, married at Lancast.er, Pa., in 1811, JOHN MILEY, (first of name,) farmer, born in Ger many, 15th September, 1784, died near Shreve, 15th Sei,:-:-wber, 1845. He was a 1,un,ing, but thrifty agriculturist, impro,ing his fortunes, it is said, with ea.eh of bis frequent changes, until be finaUy settled on and purchased a farm of 160 acres in Holmes County, Ohio, where he died. Issue of this mar riage one daughter, seven sons; all being residents on their own farms, in pros perous condition, namely: I. JOHN MILEY, (second of name,) born in Lancaster CountyJ Pa., 3oth May, 1812. II. JACOB MILEY, (first of name,) born in I,ancaster County, Pa., 4th July, 1814. III. GEORGE MILEY, (first of name,) born in Lancaster County, Pa., 12th December, 1816. IV. RACHEL MILEY, (first of name,) born in Westmoreland County, Pa., 14th February, 1819. V. MATTHUS MILEY, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 21st March, 1821. VI. DAVID MILEY, (first of name,) born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 4th December, 1824. VII. LEVI MILEY, (first of name,) born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 5th February, 1828. VIII. JESSE MILEY, (first of name,) born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 14th March, 1830. Of these children of Eva Margaretha and John Miley, No. I, JOHN MILEY, (second of that name,) married 15th August, 1837, ELIZABETH PETER SON, who was born in Washington County, Pa., 20th December, 1813. He is a farmer, residing at Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio. Issue five children; four sons, one daughter, viz: 1. W. Miley, born 17th Febmary, 1838. 2. Thomas Miley, born 18th December, 1841. 3. William C. Miley, born 22d MILEY FA.MIL Y. tm. January, 18!4. 4. Jacob Miley, (second of name,) born 2d August, 1850. 5, Margaret E. Miley, born 24th July, 1853. Of these children, No. 1, W. MILEY married !!4th November, 1861, HEN RIETTA SANDERS, born in Germany, 20th February, 1843. Issue of their marriage firn children; three sons, two daughters, namely: 1. Cora Orvilla Miley, l>orn 4th September, 186~. 2. Ida Elnora Miley, born 24th July, 1864. 3. Charles E. Miley, born 14th September, 1867. 4. John Miley, (third of that name,) born 13th April, 1872, died 13th January, 1875. 5. William Clarence Miley, born 13th January, 1877. Of these cllildren, No. 2, THOMAS MILEY married 22d February, 1865, CAROLINE DOYLE, horn in New York, 22d February, 1844. Issue of tliis marriage three children; one son, two daughters, namely: 1. Jollu Charles Miley, born 7th January, 1867. 2. Cora Bell Miley, born 22d December, 18,0. 3. Merta Maud Miley, born 21st January, 1812. Of these children, No. 3, WILLIAM C. MILEY married 4th September, 1865, CORA LIGHTFOOT, l>orn in Penm~rlvania, 10th December, 1843. lssr of their marriage four sons, namely: 1. Edward L. Miley, born 16th July, 1866. 2. William Ulysses Miley, born 5th October, 1868, died 13th .November, 18,0. 3. Henry W. Miley, born 2d May, 1872. 4. Ira Mason Miley, born 19tb May, 18i6. No. II. JACOB MILEY, second child of Eva Margaretha Schuler and John Miley, was tltrke married: FIRST on 19th .April, 1838, to DELILAH WELLS, born in Holmes County, Obio, 26t1J March, 1817. Sbe died 6th December, 1846, having borne a child which died the hour of its birth, on November 8th, 1846. JACOB MILEY, married secondly, 29th October, 1848, SARAH BERRY, born in Pennsykania, 10th March, 1820; she died 25th February, 1850, with out issue. JACOB MILEY, married, thirdly, 8th .April, 1851, ELIZA.BETH GOODRICH, born in Washington County, Penna., 20th .April, 1829. Resides at Wauseon, FuJton County, Ohio. Issue of third marriage, two children; one son, one daughter, viz: 1. David Miley, (second of name,) l>orn 13th February, 18~. 2. Rhoda Josephine Miley, born 3d August, 1862. Of these children, No. 1, DAVID MILEY, (second of name,) maITied 5th September, 1872, JANE DOYLE, born in Toledo, Ohio, 5th August, 1851. Thtiy haYe issue one daughter, viz: 1. Blanche Maud Miley, born Noveml>er, 7th, 1876. No. Ill. GEORGE MILEY, of the children of Em M. Schuler and J. Miler, married 21st March, 1839, LETITIA WELLS, born in ,va,rne County, Ohio, 23d December, 1821; they reside at Fedron, Fulton County, Ohio. lssuQ 162 MILEY, MCCONKEY. nine children; se,en sons, two danghters, namely: 1. Jesse Miley, (second of name,) born 29th May, 1840, in Holmes Count.r, Ohio. 2. Benjamin Mile.r, born 4th July, 1842. 3. William Hiram Miley, born 30th January, 1845. 4. Mary Ellen Miley, born 21st August, 184 7; died 2:id October, 1848. 5. Rufus Miley, born 1st Nornmber, 1849; died 4th September, 1853. 6. LeYi Milt•y, (second of name,) horn 25th February, 1852. 7. Enos S. Miley, born 7th April, 1855. 8. George Hadsel Mile.r, born 3d December, 1857. 9. Laura, Rebecca Miley, boru 7th Jnly, 1861. Of these cl1ildren, No. 1, JESSE MILEY, (second of namP,) was twice mar ried; first to DU.NTH.A. PARKER, on the 28th June, 1800. She was bor)l in Fulton County, Ohio, and No. IV. RACHEL MILEY, (first of that name,) of the children of Em M. Sclmler and J. Miley, was tU"ice married; first on 26th January, 1837, to WM. McCoNKEY, who ~ms born in Wnyne County, .Ohio, 8th Nonmber, 1814, lie died in 1847. Issue of tbis marriage, two sons, two daughters, namely: 1. Levi McConkey, born 22d A1>ril, 1839, in Wayne County, Ohio; and 2. Margaret McConkey, born 22d April, lS:19, in Wayne County, Ohio; Ttcins. 3 • .A 1. Katharine A. McConkey, born 23<1 August, 1867, in Fulton County, Ollio, Of these children, (No. 2,) MARGARET MCCONKEY, born 10th October, 1837, intermarried 26th December, 1853, with Is,HA.H WELLS, who resides at Laurence, Douglas Connt,r, Kansas. She died 20th .April, 1865. Issue of this marriage, six children, viz: 1. Rebecca Jane Wells, born 27th No\'ember, 1854. 2. Delilah Wells, born 25th August, 1857. 3. Thomas Franklin Wells, born 7th 1\pril, 1850, died 18th August, 1860. 4. Emma Wells, born 7th Febrnar,r, 1861. 5. Hannah Rhett Wells, born 30th November, 1863. 6. Led Wells, born Sth March, 18li5, died 2d Augm;t, 1805. Of these children, REBECCA JANE WELLS, No.1, married in 1873, HAUTEY SARDEN. Issue, two children, viz: 1. Jamf's \Villiam Sarden, born 30th No,·ember, 1874. 2. Jouathan Isaiah Sarden, IJom 11th Septemller, 18i6. DELILA.II WELLS, No. 2, married 5th NO\·ember, 1876, to HENRY SAR DEN. Issue, one son, Yiz: 1. Walter Alfred Sanleu, born 27th June, 1877. Of these children, No. 4, ISAIAH MCCONKEY, married 14th Marcll, 1807, MEDA JANE BEBEE, horn 6th Ja1111ary, 1847. Issue, one child, namely: I. MeYin W. Mcconkey, IJoru '..'3d April, 1868. RACHEL MILEY, (first of that name,) (McConkey,) widow, married secondly, 21st July, 1853, J.,urns WELLS, bom 20th December, 1810, residing at Fedron, Fulto11 Connt,r, Ol,io. Issue of tltis marriage, two cl1ildre11, namely: 1. Sophro11ia Wells, bom 16th June, 18541 in Fulton County, Ohio. 2. Racllel Wells, born 15th August, 1858. Of these childrm, No. I, SOPHRONIA WELLS, is reported married, but without further data; and No. 2, l No. v. MATTHIAS MILEY, of the children of Ern Margaretha Schuler and J. Miley, ut antea, was i'tcice mnl1'ied; Jfrst, to DELILAH CnA:xER, on the 21st April, 1843. She was born in Pennsylrnnia, 23 MATTHIAS MILEY, married secondly, on the 20th September, 1868, CATHARINE GA.RRE'l', born 13th August, 1838, in Virginia. Issue, one cltild, namely: 1. Amos Miley, born 25th October, 1869, iu Fulton County, Ohio. No. VI. DAVID MILEY, of the children of E,a l\fargaretha Schuler and J. Miley, ttt antea,marrie No. VII. LEVI MILEY, of the children of Ern M. Schuler and J. Miley, ut antea, was tirice married; first, to ISABEL McFARLAND, of _Ripley, Holmes County, Ohio, who died 4th January, 1861. Post Office, Sbrern. Issue four daughters, namely: 1. Sarah Ellen Miley, born 9th NoYember, 1851. 2. Eliza Miley, born 30th August, 1853, died 31st August, 1853. 3. Emma Louisa Miley, born 15th September, 1854, died 7th September, 1856. 4. Jennie Miley, born 23d August, 1860. Of these cl1ildren, No. 1, SA.RAH ELLEN MILEY married 5th Septemb<>r, 1869, SuLOMON LEE, farmer, Holmes County, Obio, born iu 1848. They reside in Fulton County, Obio. Issue of their marriage, two daughters, namely: 1. Viola Lee, born in l.S73. 2. Bertha Lee, horn in 1875. LEVI MILEY, married secondly, on 10th April, 1862, ELIZ.A. GARRETT, of Holmes County, Ohio, born 2d March, 1842. Issue of their marriage, one son and two daughters, namely: 1. Belinda Florence Miley, born 13th June, 1863, died 221.l November, 1865. 2. Leonaru Sherman Miley, born 9th July, 1865. 3. Adaline Margaret Miley, born 4th November, 1867. No. VIII. JESSE MILEY, of the children of Eva Margaretha 8chuler and J. Miley, ut antea, married on the 27th of May, 1852, JANE EVE.A.NS. Residing at Carl, in A 22 IV. FOURTH CHILD OF THE IMMIGRANT OF 1752. Jo~n Jacob Jllayer\1 Jntermarriage. 1762-1878. OHN JACOB MAYER, son of CHRISTOPHER BARTHOLOMEW MAYER, J (first of that name,) ut antea, born in Ulm, ·wurtemberg, 16th January, 17 41, came with his parents to America, at the a~e of 11 years, in 1752. According to tbe records of tbe Ernugelical Lutheran Clmrch of St. Michael and Zion, Pbiladelpbia, Le was married there on the 22d November, 1762, to MARY JULIANA STAEHLIN, spinster. JOHN JAcon MAYER, was a tradesman in Philadelpl1ia, but being him .. self an educated man, be fo1lowed tl1e custom of the :Mayer ancestry, by edu cating his children as weJI as the times and bis circumstances allowed. His letters to my father show a strong, masculine handwriting, and a power of terse, clear, direct statement. His son was fitted for commerce, in whid1 he engaged in South Carolina; and his daughter, who manied a descendant of the reuowned Philanthropist BENEZET, must ha,e Leen fitted by culture to enter such a family. At tbe age of 45, John Jacob wrote to my fat11er in German, "We ha,e bad no more than four cl1ildren, and bope for uo increase. One of our cl1il dren is in tl1e happy eternity. We I. JOHN GEORGE .MA.YER, (second of that name,)• born in the year 1764, in Philadelphia. *The :first of the name was Hans Georg, or John George Mayer, and father, ut antea, of John Melchior Mayer, born at Ulm, MA YER-THEUS, WALLACE. 167 II. MARIA JULIANA MAYER, (first of that name,) died at the age of three and one-half years. III. ANN.A MARGARETHA MAYER, born in Philadelphia, January, 1769. IV. MARIA JULIANA MAYER, (second,) born in Philadelphia in 1773. ~l n~ t r• iJ hc u .!i ~ nt t rm n r r in g e. 1789-1878. 1. JOHN GEORGE MAYER, (second of name,) when arriYed at age, went to Charleston, South Carolina, and became founder of the branch of the Mayer family in the Southern States. Before the year 1700, lie manied in Charleston, CHARLOTTE THEUS, sister of JAMES THEUS, who was Mr. J. G. Mayer's partuer in commerce under the firm of JA:UES THEUS & Co. Issue of this marriage, three sons awl two daughters, Yiz : I. JOHN GEORGE MAYER, (third of name,) born at Charleston, South Carolina, about 1791, died at Atliens, Georgia, 7th Nornmoer, 1854. II. JACOB RAYMOND MAYER, (first of that name,) born at Charleston, South Carolina, 3d June, 17!)4, died at Sarnnnah, Georgin, 1830. III. "\VILLI.AM MAYER, birth-day unknown, who died young. IV. ::\'I.A.RY MAYER, birth-day unknown, married a MR. Gnms, and died soon after. No issue stated. V. JULIANA MAYER, birth-day unknown, died at the age of 11 years. Mr. Mayer's wife, CHARLOTTE THEUS, sur,irnd him, and marriedi sec ondl.lf, the Reverend ISRAEL MUNDS, dJ·ing in Charleston, Routh Carolina, in 1841. Of these children, No. 1, JOHN GEORGE MAYER, (tltird of name,) mar ried in the year 1810, SUSANNAH D. WYATT, daughter of PETER WYATT, of Charleston, South Carolina. Issue of this marriage, one 'daughter, one son, viz: 1. Anna Maria Mayer, born in Charleston, South Carolina, 28th Febm ary, 1811, died February 19th, 1849. 2. Peter Wyatt Mayer, born in Charles ton, South Carolina, 5th September 1813, dietl September 20th, 1813. Of these, No. 1, ANNA MARIA MAYER, married in Savannah, Georgia, in 1830, ROBER'!' GU'l'HRIE WALLACE, of that city, who was born in 1796. 168 WALLA.CE, 0'D0N0GHUE, BURTON, JACOB R, MAYER. She died on Pine Island, near Beaufort, 18th October, 1845. Issue of this marriage, four sons, three daughters, viz: 1. William "\Vall:we, born in Savannah, 1832, died 1839. 2. George Mayer W all:we, born Savannah, 8th March, 1834. 3. Marion Wall!Mle, born Savannah, 1836, died 1839. 4. Robert Bruce Wallace, born Savannah, 26th December, 1838, died January 1st, 1860. 5. Anna Maria Wallace, born Savannah, Georgia, 12th January, 1840. 6. Helen Louise Wallace, born Ellerslie, Isle of Hope, 12th September, 1842. 7. Elizabeth .Geraldine Wallace, born Savannah, Georgia, 26th August, 1844; who, after the death of her parents, was adopted b,v Mr. Loftus Clifford of Charleston, South Carolina, and her name changed to "Clifford," which she still bears, umnanied, 1878. Of these children, of the Wallace marriages, No. 2, DR. GEORGE MA.YER WALLACE, physician, roamed at Daytona, in Florida, (where he resides, 1878,) on the 15th October, 1875, MA.RY LAURIE BA.STROM; no issue, 187&. No. 5. ANNA MARIA WALLA.CE, married JOSEPH MICHAEL O'D0N0GHUE, of Cork, Ireland, Counselor at Law, 19th December, 1867, at Sa,annab, Georgia. Mr. O'D. died at Daytona, Florida, 20th February, 1876; no issue of the maniage. No. 6. HELEN LoUISE WALL.A.CE, married in New Orlean~, Louisiana, 23d February, 1868, ZEN.AS LELAND BURTON of Jackson County, Georgia, Farmer and Teacher. Issue of this marriage, two daughters, one son, viz: 1. Anna Lillian Burton, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 19th December, 1868. 2. Alice Clifford Burton, born "Sister's Grore," Grayson County, Texas, 27th September, 1874. 3. Zenas Leland Burton, (second of name,) born at same pl:we, 14th November, 1877. Family resident 1878, at Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas. II. JACOB RAYMOND MAYER, (.first of that name,) son of J. Geo. M., (second of that name,) and Charlotte Theus, ut antea, married 21st January, 1818, MARGARET BRISBANE ASHE. Issue of this marrriage, three daught;ers, two sons, viz: 1. Maria Juliana Monroe Mayer, born in Charles ton, South Carolina, 1819, died in 1847. 2. Catharine Ashe Ma.yer, born in Dallas County, Alabama, July, 18~, and died in 1823. 3. J:wob Raymond Mayer, (second of name,) born in Dallas County, Alabama, August, 1824, died 13th October, 1865, at Berlin, Connooticut, and is buried at Hartford, Connooticut. He was in California in its early days of union with the United States. 4. John Ashe McMurray Mayer, born in Barnwell District, South Caro lina, 23d February, 1827, surviving at Savannah, physician, 1878. 5. Mary Tattnall Mayer, born in Barnwell District, South Carolina, in January, 1830. MAYER, KING, REPP.A.RD, MAYER-GIBBS, MAYER-BENEZET. 169 Of these children, No. 3, JACOB RAYMOND MAYER, (second of name,) married on the 26th September, 1855, at East Ha No. 4. Doctor JOHN ASHE McMtJRRAY MAYER, married in December, 1853, at Savannah, Ga., ANNA E. PITTMAN. Issue of this marriage, five chil No. 5. MARY TATNALL MAYER, married twice; first, CYRUS KING OSGOOD, of Maine, in Savannah, Ga., in June, 1847. He died without issue. She married second, AARON REPP.A.RD, 1st May, 1877; no issue 1878. JACOB RAYMOND MAYER, (first of that name,) removed to Savannah, Ga., from Charleston, South Carolina, when his younge_st child was several years old. IV. MARY MAYER, fourth child of JoHN G. MAYER, (second of that name,) and CHARLOTTE THEUS, ut antea, married in Charleston, S. C. date unknown, -- GIBBS, of that city, and without issue it is alleged; no further information being furnished by the family. III. ANNA MARGARETHA MA YER, second daughter of JOHN JACOB MAYER and his wife, ut antea, born at Philadelphia, in January, 1769, and died at Abington, Montgomery County, Penna., near Philadelphia, where she resided, on the 8th September, 1797, aged twenty-eight years and eight months, according to the inscription on her tombstone. The records of the Presbyterian Church, at A.hington, state that she was married by the Reverend William Tennant, on the 27th March, 1793, to ANTHONY BENEZET, and 170 MARIA. J. MAYER, REV. DR. PHILIP F. MAYER. was his second wife. Anthony Benezet was born in Philadelphia in 1753, and died at Abington, (where both ·are interred in the same church-yard,) in his sixty-sixth year, 8th June, 1818. Issue of their marriage one child, viz: Juli ana Benezet, born December, 1795, and died, aged seven months, 20th July, 1796; and thus lter family becomes extinct. Antho11y Benezet, husband of "Peggy" Mayer, as she is called in the marriage record, was a nephew of Anthony Benezet, the renowned. philanthro pist, born at Saint Quentin, France, 31st January, 1713, died at Philadelphia, 3d May, 1784;-the son of Huguenot parents who were clrh·en by persecution for religious opinions out of their native country. He joined the Society of Friends. To his writings and personal efforts against slavery, war, and in farnr of temperance, the world is greatly indebted for the aroused attention and successful labors of Clarkson, Wilberforce, Zachary, Macaulay, and other defenders of human rights. Anthony,-Miss Mayer's hnsband,-was thrice married: First, by license dated 9th June, 1774, when about twenty-one years old, to Catharine Graff, with issue,-Mary Benezet, Daniel Benezet, John Benezet, Antho11y Benezet, !3amnel Benezet, Susan Benezet: Second marriage, 27th Marcll, 1 W3, to Miss Mayer; issue, Juliana Benezet: Third marriage, 1798, to Mary Engle; issue, James Benezet, killed, aged fourteen, by fall from a horse, 1st March, 1814. IV. MARIA JULIANA MAYER, (second of name,) fourth child and third daughter of JOHN JACOB MAYER and MARIA JULI.ANA STAEHLIN, died unmarried and without issue. Thus the family of Johu Jacob Mayer, ut antea,, became extinct, except in the line of his eldest son John George Mayer, whose descendants still survive in Savannah, Florida and Texas. HE Reverend Doctor PHILIP F. MAYER,-the late eminent and venerated T clergyman ot St. John's Luthemn Church, Philadelphia, believed that he was of kin with our Maryland and Pennsyh·auian families. His father, GEORGE FREDERICK MAYER, a Suabian and Lutheran, emigrated to America in the last century, ancl married a native of New York. It is probable that he was a descendant of John Melchior Mayer, whose offspring were never fully stated, though both of the Ametican families sprang from him. The Rev. Dr. Mayer's learned and only surviving son Doctor Edward R. Mayer, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, informs me that his grandfather's SUMMARY. 171 papers were lost or mislaid after his grandmother married Reverend Doctor Quitman, her second husband. All efforts to recover them have failed, and my inquiries in Ulm were equally unsuccessful; so that we cal.I not claim the honor of asserting our consanguinity with a family which at present, as well as in past times, enjoys so distinguished a rank for character and talent. ------ 9n1nmaru. HIS :finishes the genealogy of the immigrant of 1752, CHRISTOPHER T BARTHOLOMEW MA YER, and his four children. On page 62, I showed that in ninety-three years, the lineal descendants of CHRISTIAN MAYER, the immigrant of 1784, were but sixty-nine. In the latter case, the descendants are of bnt a single pair; in the former, the descendants are of four. The eldest of Christopher Bartholomew's children,-GEORGE LUDWIG MAYER, married twice, his two wirns bringing him sixteen chiidren. In 1878 their descendants count by many hundreds. The Sfcond child of the immi grant of 1752,-SYBILLA MARGARETHA MAYER, wife of REV'D BERNARD l\L HOUSEAL, had ten children; three sons, seven daughters; all of whom reached maturity, married, and had descendants also counted by bun dreds, in Nova Scotia, South Carolina, England and elsewhere. The third cbild, DOROTHEA REGINA l\JA YER, married JACOB SCHULER, and bad eight cbildren, wbose descendants are more numerous tban those of her brothers and sister. The fourth child, JOHN JACOB MAYER, also married and had four children, only one of whom-a son-had issue; consequently his descendants are comparatively few, and all reside in the Southern States of our Union; this son having removed from Philadelphia, bis birth-place, to Charleston, South Carolina: where be married. Thus, it seems, without an actual enumeration, that the Pennsylvanian has been, proportionably, more prolific than the Maryland family, and that the blood, if not tbe name of Mayer is not likely to be soon extinguished on this continent. In order to exhibit at a glance, a general view of the earlier genealogy, I insert tbe following table. iJDesccnts. r M&Lr.Hrok MATKM, ] born In Ulm, 14U5, ' Stadtbaaptmllnn 1550. ! 'STJRPP: LORENZ MAY.KR, born 1554, · died 1609 1 Arm• g-ranted 1570. HANS (or) JOHN GxoRGS MAYl!CR, mn.r• 2 rled A . .M.. KUPl'Jrn, ___J_O_B_N_M._JILCHIOR ] 3 M;.nen, born ln Ulm, 1686, died 1703. lta:ryland ~rautb. M;.acus M.lTBR, born In 1684. G!!OIIGI: BARTBOLOlll!W M.lTl!R, 4 Boo of ?\o. B a.lao, died 1740. born In 1681. Soo or No 8, 4 ·----- Cua1 ■ TIAlf MATER, born 1714, 5/ died 1'188. -- CHlll8TOPRK'FI BA.RTROLOIISW I I MA \'SR, born 1702, fouodnr or tho 5 Penoeylvanlao Family, 1762. 1 J oBAJllfK ■ MAY RB, born 1741, I 61 died 1809. i I I I GIIORQI! SYBJLL.l VnROTHB.l JOHl!I Caain•ulf ltAYIIB, born 1763, I LuDWlO I I I died 18CI. foooder of the Mary- M. llhn:B ~~a;:: JACOB 71 laud family IJl 1'786. lbYBB. {lloun4L,) (80Ht1LB1L) 11.AraB, 16 ft'(!enuoy. 0 0 ends a Memoir of our Family during three hundred and eighty-three 0 years of its known existence:-and so ends this special Chronicle of one hundred and twenty-five years of the Ulmer-Mayers, and their alliances in AmP-rica. It may not he marked by wonderful gifts of fortune, or public distinction in the Old World or the New, but it is ,ery honorable to my father the immigrant of 1784, who coming hither a youth, in the flush of manly enter prise, founded the Maryland Family, and witnessed the growth of Baltimore as well as the growth of the Nation from their beginning to their maturity: and it is likewise honorable to tlte immigrant of 1752, who crossed the Atlantic, "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita," impelled less by ambition than religious zeal and hopes for the future of his children. This "Old Mortality" work,-begun as a pastime, but continued during two years as a pursuit,-bas not ended in merely retouching the time-worn records on slabs that cover the dead of many years, for it made me well acquainted with a lineage of whose extent and alliances I had no idea. It will, moreover, bring multitudes,-no matter how. sepamted or seque,stered,-to a knowledge of each other who never imagined their consanguinity. Npr was it interesting in this wise only, but, at times, became absorbing in the sol.ution of problems and mysteries of kinship, and in the singular correspondence it occa sioned. It is very entertaining to follow the chain of relationship, and llartiou larly when the clews to lost links have been so mutilated that one's wits are taxed to find persons and places when nothing remains but a date, a name, or a marriage. This happened in several cases, and notably in the Houseal-con nection and in the Sannnah family. Of the first I had no more than a mar riage-date at Rotterdam in Holland', and a memorandum that, in 1786, this family was in "Halifax, Nova Scotia." Last year, through a friend who visited the British Provinces in America, I got a film of information as to one remain ing descendant in Nova Scotia; and, by her intelligent zeal, I have recovered 23 174 L'ENVOY. the whole family of ten offspring, together with a fair account of their hosts of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren throughout the world. A like luck attended my search by nnot!Jer lady, for t!Je Sa\'annah family, after that family had been lost to me for forty years; and, in both instances, the study has brought me into familiar intercou.rse-with numbers of charming, cultivated people. Indeed, I thought of finishing this book with The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Genealogy,-and had partly written a narrative of my inquisition among the various classes of busy, indi.flerent, careless, uninterested, or contemptuous folk who care little for such pursuits and deRpise their pur suers, down to the greedy cousin who wanted "to know i(there was any money in it f"-and the extremely cautious kinsman, who, before answering, seut a lawyer to interview my inquirer! Nay-Genealogy-writing is a trying ta.sk, requiring tact, care, patience, forbearance, pertinacity, and abundant good humor. The mass of one's kindr(>,d will be found unsympathetic, and oneruus therisk of being branded a bore; yet, some day, but elsewhere I may per!Japs finish the story of my "ad,·entures." At present, however, I content myself by ending a book that may help to consolidate a family in America, wllich in the male line has become extinct in the land where it originated. It is the record of an honest, educated, industrious race:- " Nil erit ulterius, quoanostris moribus addat "Posteritas; eadem cupient f acientque minores I" Jnbrx. IRECTIONS TO SEARCHERS: This work is arranged and classified by Fami D lies and their respective generations, in regular sequence of consanguinity: con sequently, general searchers will look for the name of the particular family they wi3h to investigate. Persons desiring to sec their own genealogies, will seek for the name of their immediate ancestor or parent; or, if themselves now married, will find their own names as heads of families. BBEY, Volney ...... •...... 82 Bursh, Jacob L, .••..••..•••••..•.... 155 A Agnew, John P ...... 142 Burton. Zenas Leland ...•....•...•..•• 168 -- Park ...... 143 Byers, William H ...... 83 Albert, Joseph Taylor...... 61 Anstruther, Phil. Chas., Com'r R. N .... 187 HALFANT. Epbra.i.m ...••..••.••• 111 Appleton, Euward Webster, Rev. Dr..... 97 C Champlin, DeW. Clinton ....•.•.•.. 92 Au~tin, Joseph ...... • 136 Clarkson, Esther ..•...... •.•...•...•.• 05 Atkins, John T ...... •.... 145 Colville, Thomas ...... •..••.... 88 --- Wm., l!!t of name ...... 145 Conrad, James ...... •...... 83 --- Wm., 2u of name...... 146 Cornwall, Dimiel, M. D ...... 180 Cootes. John C., M. D ...... 144 AU-R, Maria Elizabeth...... 28 Cottrell, Edward Bryan ...... •.•.... 85 B Beck, Gottfried ...... 28 --- Joseph Frederick...... 85 Behne, Gustavus A ...... 108 -- Joseph, M. D ...... 84 Benezet, Anthony ...... 169 --- .Joseph William ...•...•..••. ••. 85 Bellamay, George, Rev ...... 140 --- William Pettit...... 85 Bergner, William P ...... 142 Craig, Alexnnder, M. D ...... •...•.•.• 84 Billrncyer, David...... 121 Cramer, W. P ...... •...•...•.•.•.•.• 164 Bl.,ckford, William ...... 120 -- Henry F.S ..•...... 120 A VIS. Tbos. J. J. Wm., Lieut. R. N .137 --- Henry F. S., Jr ...... 120 D Dawkins, George, Capt ...... 139 Bl:iss, Felicitas ...... 28 Demers, Lewis David ...... 134 Blnett, Hev. Mr ...... •.•.... 138 Denzer, Mr., (" read Derillier,") ..•.•..• . 135 Bomberger, George H ...... 90 Diehl, Thomas Jacoby ...... •...... 106 Bowman, Jacob L...... , ...... 147 Diemer, Maria Barbara ...... •..... 69 Boyd, D. M.. : ...... 86 Dinkle, Charles Frederick..••....•...•. 81 Brady, John M ...... 157 Daniel ..•...... •...... •.. 79 Brantz, Lewis ...... 44 --- Frederick Steinman ...... •... 81 Breuiziu, Mr ...... 158 -- Henry Wolf ...... 82 Bryan, Edward Dennis, Rtiv'd ...... 77 -- Juliana. Cottrell ...... 83 George ...... ••...... 75 Dixon, John .....•...... •.. 140 George Steinman ...... 76 R. W. D., Professor...... 77 BY, Benjamin ...... 158 Richard Rush ...... 78 E Elliott, John ...... 136 Samuel Smith ...... 78 Ernst, Benjamin Chase .....•.•...... •.• 80 William Frederick ...... 76 --- Frederick Steinman....•...... •. 86 Burkhart, Susannah ...... 94 --- John Christian ...... 86 Burkmaster, Mr., (" read Buclcma,ter, ") .. 185 - John Preston ...... 88 176 INDF::X:. Ernst, William...... 88 Beveling, Cyrus ...... 149 Euston, Edward C ...... 148 Hewson, Franklin ...... •...... •...•.• 51 -- Henry P ...... 148 Hoffman, Geo. H ...... 144 -- John J ...... 148 Hoskins, Francis D. Rev ...... 106 -- Joseph R ...... ••...... 148 Houseal, Rev. Bernard Michael ... 122 et lb/.· -- Thomas ...... •••••..•.••.••.•. 147 -- George, M. D ...... 181 -- William T ...•.•••••...•...••. 147 -- John Bt:rnard, M. D ...... 126 -- Michael, Captain ...... •..•..• 130 FAHNESTOCK, Alfred Hamilton, Rev.87 -- Wm. Frederick, Captain ...... 124 -- Charles Ernst...... 87 Hoyt, Henry N. W ...... •...... 92 -- Frederich Steinman...... 87 H umphreville, Alexander D .....•..... 111 -- Henry Trautman ...... 87 -- Charles ...... 118 -- Mary Smith ...... 89 -- Ebenezer 1st ...... llO -- William •...... 87 -- Ebenezer 2d ...... • 113 Fedron, Porter .•.•...•.•.....••...... 168 -- George ...... 114 Finlay, James...... •. 110 -- Henry ...... , ...... 113 Fitzgerald, Thomas B ...... 108 -- Henry L...... 112 Folds, Thynne, Surgeon R. N ...... 140 -- Henry Mayer ...... 112 Foltz, Benjamin N ...... 155 -- Jacob ...... 113 -- Jonathan...... 155 -- John ...... 112 -- Jon. Messersmith, (Surg. U. S. N.)90 -- Theodore ...... 112 Fouke, H. B ...... 156 -- Thomas ...... 114 Frank, Sarah ...... 25 -- William ...... 111 Franklin, George Mayer .•...•...•.. 90, 116 -- William Bunce...... 111 -- Thomas Emlen ...... •...... 115 Hurst, Elam D...... 90 -- Thomas Walter ...... 116 Furze, Stephen S ...... •..•...... 129 IHLING, William...... 109 ARNETT, Jacob G. Captain ...... 120 G Gale, W. Adams ...... •...... 50 KEARNEY, Michael ...... 138 Galt, Smith P ...... 116 Keim, Beverely Randolph...... 102 Geiger, .Mr., (" ,-ead, McGregor,") . ..•.... 185 -- Che. Wetherill .....•...... 109 Gephart, George F ...... 144 -- De B. Randolph...... 100 Gibbs, Mr...... •...... •...... 169 -- Edward Tudor...... 100 Gill, Maria ...... 89 -- George de B ...... 108 Goudge, Thomas .•.•.....•....•....•• 185 -- George May, Gen'l...... 107 Graetre, Daniel...... 142 -- Henry !lay .....•.•...... 109 Graham, John .••...... •...... 136 -- John High, Col...... 99 Grant, James A ...... 184 -- Peyton Randolph...... 101 Green, J. S. Copley, M. D ...... •.... 54 -- Thomas Beverly...... 101 Gregg, Joseph, Rev .•.•...... •.. 84 -- William High, Gen'l...... 101 Groscbop, Rev. Mr ...... 28 Kennedy, William M ...... 77 Guider, Benjamin C ...•••.••...••••.... 159 Kneass, Strickland.••..•..•...... 79 Kcrmickel, Samuel...... 154 ALLER, Maria Barbara ...... 69 Konig, Frederick.....••..••••••...... 47 H Hamilton, Alfred, Rev •....••...•. 92 Krick -the Family .....•....•...•..•.. 64 Hamilton, Wm. Campbell ....••••..•... 60 Kupfer, Anna Maria .•...... •...... 24 Hammond, William S ...••••..••.••••. HiO Haner. Samuel. ....•..•••..••.•.•.... 148 I ANE, John Edw. Tho~ Capt. R. N .. 188 Hart, Asa Manchest.er ..••.•..•.••••.... 96 ..J -- Thomas, Ensign R. N ...... 188 Hazard, Alexander, M. D •...•.•.•.•••• 1OS Lanzenbergcr, Euphrosina...... •... 28 Heist.er, Frank, M . .IJ •••••••••••••••••• 109 Lee, Solomon ••..•••..•.•..•...••••.. 164 Hemperley, Adam ...•.....•..•..•.•• ,159 Leech, John Frederick...... 98 Holder, Josiah John ...... 188 -- Rich'd Treat (1st.) ...••.••••.... 91 Holloway, Mr ...... 188 -- Rich'd Treat (2d.) ....••.••..... 98 Helfenst.ein, The Count.a of..•..••. 20 et ,eq. Legett, Abealom, B. 0 .•...•...•...•.. 185 Herr, Jacob .•....••••.•••....•..•••. 155 -- John, Capt...... 182 Hewitt, Joseph ...... 1114 -- John George ...... 1S4 INDEX. 177 Legett, John Steel...... 184 Mayer, Origin of name...... 17 Leibheimer, Fraoz G ...... 28 -- Philip F., Rev'd Doctor ..••.... 170 Leibly, Jno ...... 121 --- Rosina Elizabeth, 1st...... •••.•• 28 Leins, The Family...... •.... 63 --- Rosina Elizabeth, 2d ...... 28 Lerew, Mr ...... 83 --- Serena A ...... •.....•.. 115 Logan, Edward Payson...... • . . . . 78 -- Samuel...... 28 -- Geo. Bryan ...... 78 --- Samuel Cooke ...... 96 --- John 'I' ...... •...... 77 --- Sybilla Magaretha, 1st ..... 69, 140 --- Thomas Dale...... 78 --- SybillaMagaretha, 2d of name ... 78 Love, Robert Parke...... 87 McClure, George .•...... •...... 153 -- George L.•...... •.•• 153 MALOY, Samuel Ellis ...... 83 --- Wm. F .. 1st of name...... 154 ~ -- Hugh C...... 82 Mcconkey, Isaiah ...... 163 Marquis, D. C., Rev ...... 78 --- Levi...... 162 Mayer, Arms...... 28 --Wm...... •...... 162 -- Alfred Marshall, Ph. Doc...... 56 McDowell, Edward G ...... 61 --- Anna Maria...... 47 Meigs, Charles Augustus ...... 77 -- Anna Katharine...... 47 Metzger, Philip ...... 114 --- Anna Maria, (Mayer-Leins) ...... 63 Miley, Ilenjamin...... 162 -- Beverly Randolph...... 96 -- David ...... 164 --- Brantz, 1st of name...... 57 --- David, 2d ...... 161 -- Charles Fre pAGE, Georg-e, R ...... 144 Smith, Jamee A ...... •...•.... . 159 Phreancr, Daniel...... 140 -- William ...... 158 Polson, Thomae· J ...... 165 Snapp, Monroe ...... 82 Snelling, Jno. A ...... 157 ANDOLPH, Christopher Mayer .... 102 Snively, J. Stauffer ...... 153 R --- Thomae Beverly, Colonel. .. 97 Spangler, Moses P ...... 148 --- Thomas Mann...... 103 Sprague, Judson Raymond ...... 104 --- William Mayer...... 99 Staley, George L., Rev. Dr...... •.... 121 Read, John Edgar...... 150 Stautfor, Albert...... 88 Reppard, Aaron ...... 169 -- Abner K ...... •..... 100 Richey, Albert Hartman ...... 80 -- Abram ...... 88 -- Chester Case ...... 71 -- Henry ...... 88 --- Henry Augustus...... 80 Steele, Thomas Cassner...... 96 -- Luther Calvin ...... 80 Steinman, Andrew Jackson ...... 90 -- Robert ...... : ...... 80 -- George Michael...... 90 Reidclen, Mr...... • ...... 25 --- John Frederick, lat...... 73 Righter, Joseph Cottrell...... 85 --- John Frederick, 2d ...... 89 --- Washington, 1st...... 84 Stephen, John 0 ...... 82 --- Washington, 2d ...... 85 Sterrit, George Bryan...... 76 Rosenbuscb, Mr ...... 64 --- ,James A ...... 76 Roszel, Stephen George ...... 62 Rugg, Arthur H ...... 77 TAYLOR, James T ...... 93 Russell, William ...... 96 Thomas, Augustus Moore, lat ..... 144 --- Charles Franklin ...... 150 ANDERSON, Henry Priest:nun ..... 134 -- Christian Eberhardt, M. D ...... 142 S Sarden, Harvey...... 163 --- Edward Christopher, 1st ...... 149 -- Henry ...... 163 --- Edward Christopher, 2d ...... 150 Schuler, Ch11rles B...... 154 --- Edward Lewis ...... 143 -- Edward T...... 1-51 -- Jacob ...... 142 --.- George Lewis, 1st ...... 152 --- Jno. Lewis, 1st of name ...... 143 --- George Lewis, 2d ...... 1.55 --- Jno. Lewis, 2d of name ...... 144 --- George Lewis, 4th ...... 158 --- Joseph Asbury ...... 149 -- Henry A ...... 157 --- Samuel Weslc.,y ...... 150 -- Jacob ...... 141 --- William Hamilton ...... 150 - JacobT ...... •.... 151 Thomson, David Lyon...... 128 --- John Adams, 1st ...... 156 -- Jolm Houseal ...... 128 --- John Adams, 2d ...... 157 --- James...... 129 -- John Jo.cob, 1st .•..•...... 152 -- Robert ...... : ...... 129 --- John Jacob, 2d ...... 158 --- William ...... 128 -- John Jacob, 8d ...... 169 Tibbits, William S ...... 156 --- John Nicholas, 1st...... 156 Turner, Thomas...... 109 -- John Nicholas, 2d ...... 157 -- John Wesley ...... 159 ULM, Account of, ...... 9 et aeq. -- Kline .•.•...•.••...... •...... \54 Urich, John H ...... 146 -·-- Michael Marks ...... 151, 158 -·-- Taylor Lane ..... ·...... 155 VANKLEECK, Frederick, Rev...... 50 --- William Frederick ...... 154 --- Hobert B., Rev ...... 57 Scott. Charles H ..•....•. , ...... •...... 78 Von Lotzen, Anna Maria Beuter...... 16 Semple, Robert S ...... 88 Seymour, Honorable; Captain Wflliam.. 189 WALLACE, George M~yer, M. D ... 168 Sharp, Peter ...•..•.....•...•....•... 110 -- Robert Guthrie ...... 167 Shepherd, Edward Clarence ...... 111 Weber, Dorotben ...... 29 -·-- He~ry Smith Mayer...... 111 Weideman, William Murray M. D ...... 109 - James...... ••...... 110, 121 Wells, Isaiah...... •..•...... • 168 Shott, Henry...... 146 --J.ames .....•....•...... •.•..... 163 Bick, Wilhelm, Dr...... 64 Wetherill, Charles ...... 104 Btn!LCk, John V ...... 157 -- Charles Mayer...... 105 Smith, David Conrad •..••.•.•••.•.•.. 147 -- Henry Mayer...... 106 ILL CJSTR.A.TIONS. 17!J Wetherill, Mayer ...... 106 YEAGER, Moses Burt ...... 81 -- Thomas Mayer ...... 106 Yeutzer, Walter H ...... •...... 158 Williams. Henry O ...... 93 Witmer, Uriah ...... 152 zoRN, Maria Barbara ...... 31 Wood, Lucius V ...... 92 Woodworth, Frederick, in note ...... 38 Qt~e lllnstrations. HE plates in the book are from the designs of Francis Blackwell Mayer, T grandson of Cllristian Mayer. Tile frontispiece represents the Stadt banptmann of Ulm,-its military cllief of 1550, clad in complete steel, with the personal arms, horse-armor and eqnipmeuts, and the City of Ulm's device on his slJield, all accurately drawn from contemporaneous military pictures. Tllis presents a correct idea of our first known ancestor, MELCIIIOR MAYER, who filled the office in 1550, as he appeared in entire panoply on duty. Mr. F. B. Mayer represents him as bearing tile Imperial Banner-instead of a simple pennon-attaclled to his lance, and consequently, on parade, rather than in battle-guise. The second picture, our Armorial Shield, was designed by the Artist from the description of the Arms at Vienna, as granted by Emperor Maximilian II, to the Mayer's in 1570. The third picture, facing page 33, is an autographic sketch in lithography by Mr. F. B. Ma.rer, of his grandfather's birth-place in Ulm, in 1763, fronting the side of the Mtinster Churcb,-eopied from his penciling on the spot in 1866. My grandfather, Johanne'3 Mayer's business card on page 32,-an impres sion from the time-worn original plate,-is inserted as an interesting family relic lately received from Ulm.