VAN DER SLICE and ALLIED FAMILIES

Compiled by HOWARD VANDERSLICE and HOWARD NORMAN MONNETT Copyright 1931 By SAMUEL I. VANDERSLICE Los Angeles, Calif.

Printed in the United States of America by the NEUNER CORPORATION Los Angeles, Ctlif. PREFACE

Everybody, to a certain extent, is interested in his family. Everybod_y, at one time or another, has wondered about his ancestors-their characterictics, their occupa­ tions, their accomplishments, their mode of living. He has even wished that he knew more about them. That is the purpose of this genealogy-to record such facts for the living generation and the generations that are yet un­ born. The facts that this volu'f!l,e contains have been gath­ ered from sources that are usual!, considered authentic, -civil records or those of the church,_ the family Bible, diaries, old letters and documents that have lain hidden for years. In such a work as this, however, errors are bound to creep in and if you should discover any in your line will you please notify the compiler of this volume. It is here fitting that we should consider those people who are responsible for this record. A few years ago the late Mr. Howard Vanderslice of Kansas City conceived the idea of a Vanderslice Genealogy, and it was through his efforts and expenditures that this work was begun. He died on the eve of the completion of the _volume and it remained for a year in manuscript form until his sister, A1rs. Jl,,fargaret B. Moore, of Kansas City and his two brothers, Mr. Samuel I. V anders/ice of L·os Angeles and Mr. John William Vanderslice of Denver, lent their financial cud and the book appeared in its present form. To them the Vanderslice Family is deeply indebted for they have left for posterity the printed historical record of a pioneer family that helped in building these United States. -

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: HISTORY. Development of the Name______9 The First Vanderslice in Holland______11 Development of the de Sluze and Vander Sluys Lines 14

PART II: THE GENEALOGY. Vanderslice Family in America ______··------26

PART III: THE RECORDS OF THE FAMILY. General Records-.. ------·---·------______·------____ --- 104 Henry Vanderslice______.______124 A Berks County Sheriff in Washington's ArmY-·--·----- 127 Diary of Henry Vanderslice, Wagon-Master______140 The K.icka poo Indians------······---·----·····-··-·-··--····-·-- ___ .. 161 The Diary of Major Daniel Vanderslice, Jr·--·---·-·····- 165 Miscellaneous Records_···-·--··---·------·-·--··-··-----··--·-··------186 The Family Name_····-···------·-·-···------·-····- 196 Rei jner Van Der Sluyse_··--·----·····--·-·--·--·--·------·- 197 Trappe ·-···--··-··---·-···---·-·---··---·----·-·-···-·-----···------·-· 207 John Mitchell Vanderslice·-----·········--·---·------__ ----· 215 Daniel Vanderslice, III...... _._. _____ ...... 216 A Vanderslice Golden Wedding in Ohio ...... ---· 216 Vanderslice Ford_··-·-·-----··············-··-··-······-· __ . .. __ -- . 218 Will of Reijner Vander Sluyse .... ·---·------·------· 219 Will of Frances Vanderslice__ ····---··------·--· 221 Will of Anthony Vanderslice...... ------· 223 Will of Martha Vanderslice.·-··--·--·-·-······------·-·--· 227 Will of Anthony Vanderslice, Jr...... 230 Extracts from Various Wills...... 233 Will of Daniel Vanderslice...... 236 Hendrick Pannebecker...... 239 Bebber's Township, and the Dutch Patroons of Philadelphia ...... 268 Richardson Family ...... 269 Judge John Bevan ...... 272 Brumbach Family ...... 272 Lane Family...... _...... 273 Van Reed Family...... 274 Francis Family...... 274 Hunsicker Family...... 275 Paw ling Family...... 276 Hiester Family...... 280 Umstat :family...... 280 McGa vock Family...... 281 Custer Family...... _...... 282 Smedley Family...... 284

PART IV: INDEX. Vanderslices in America...... 289 Other Names ...... 292 ICALS I 7 I Ml TO TIii INCH A chart showing how the Vanderslice. Family, starting in Pennsylvania, spread throughout the United States.

Development of the Name r.======il HIS name is found spelled in various ways: Van der Sluissen, Van der Sluiss, Vander SI uyse, V anderschleissen, V ander Sloich, &c. The first one of that name in the Colonies, signed his will Reijner V ander Sluyse. When.the name was changed to Vander­ slice we do not know, but in Rupp's Col­ lection of 30,000 Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania, he says: "Hannes Reinhart Va~ der Sluys, jetz Vanderslice." * * * * * (Pennsylvania the Keystone State, by Pennypacker.) This name was originally V ander Sluys, being probably derived from Sluys, a city on the southwest coast of Holland. From an interesting folio volume called "Der Blutige Schau­ platz oder Martyer Spregel," which was reprinted at Epharata in 17 48 from a German translation of a work in Low Dutch, published in 1660, we learn that Grietjen Von Sluys of Guelderland, was one of the Protestant martyrs put to death in· 1573. Reynier Vander Sluys and his son, Adrian, emigrated from the low countries very soon after the settlement by Penn, and were naturalized by an Act of the Provincial Assembly, in the year 1708-9. Revnier died in 1713, leaving the following named children: .Arnold, Henry, Anthony, Johannes, Anna, and Elencha. * * * * * ( Pennsylvania German Society.) Eugene Zeiber was considered one of the best authorities on Heraldry in the United States, and was author of "Her­ aldry in America." He died June 6, 1897. His pedigree is as follows:

9 Eugene Zeiber, son of William Bolton Zeiber, married Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Maria Vanderslice, born July 7, 1795. She was daughter of Dr. George Vanderslice, son of Henry Vanderslice, (March 9, 1726, February 10, 1797, son of Anthony Vanderslice,) who was son of Baron Von der Sluys. Anthony Vanderslice married Martha Pannebecker. Both of these families were of the first settlers of German­ town, and prominent in the early history of our Common­ wealth, Hendrick Pannebecker being "Surveyor of lands" for the Penns. * * * * * ( Roberts History of Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania.) The Van Der Slyus (Vanderslice,) family is one of the oldest in Pennsylvania. Reynier van Der Sluys came from Harlingen, ( on Zuyder Zee,) North Friesland, and settled in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, about 1700. He and his son, Ad-rian, were made citizens September 29, 1709. Their petition was pending for several years. Revnier Van Der Sluys died in Germantown in 1713, and his Will, witnessed by John Cadwallader and Daniel Sprogel, is on record in Philadelphia, in the office of the Register of Wills. His wife, Anna, also a native of Harlingen, survived him some years, and died in Germantown. There are six children mentioned in the father's Will. ( In the following pages we have records of the descendants of John and Anthony, only, as we were not able to find records of the others.) John, the third son of this couple, settled in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, and at one time was school trustee. His wife was Frances ---, and their children ( named in her Will,) were: Rinehart, a mason of Provi­ dence, who was the grandfather of James, who owned a farm below Phoenixville near Perkiomen Junction; Susanna, who

10 married Martin Kessler of Limerick; Ann, who married a Van-Reed of Berks County; Mary; John, and Jacob. John's son, Jacob, married Anne Francis, and was a weaver of Providence, and a school trustee in 17 68. They had four children: John, Catherine, Debbie and Thomas.. Anthony, the fourth son of Reynier and Anna Van Der Sluyse, settled in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and married Martha Pannebecker. (Pennsylvania Archives; Hendrick Pannebecker, &c.) ( For Martha Pannebecker's family, see "Hendrick Pan­ nebecker.") THE FIRST VANDERSLICE IN HOLLAND (This account, the authenticity of which we cannot guarantee, was taken from a work on Dutch Heraldry, in two volumes, in the Dutch language.) The first Van der Sleize was found by a nobleman's wife lying on the beach of the North Sea, near, or in the city of Groningen, Holland. He was adopted by the family, but could not take their name. They, not knowing his right name, gave him the name of Van der Sleize, meaning from the sea beach. He grew up in their family and married their daughter. When the parents died, they left him and his wife, ( their daughter,) their estate and title, which was the father's, he being a Baron. The crest of the Baron was an arm with a coat of mail on it, and a dagger in its hand, striking downward. The Baron Van der Sleize, on taking his title, was given as a Crest, a shell, representing the place on the beach where he was found. He amassed a great fortune and was charitable. For his charity, he was endowed with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, which was put on a shield, (Dutch,) in addition to his father-in-la,v's crest, and his own, and the Motto, "San Crainted," to constitute his Coat-of-Arms. The motto means "Without Fear."

11 ( Pennsylvania-German Society, Vol. II, p. 34. At a meeting of the Society, the following remarks were made by Honorable Samuel W. Pennypacker:) "To exclude the descendants of the Hollanders in the history of our Commonwealth, would be to throw out the names of Keyser, Vanderslice, Rittenhouse, Op den Graef, Pennypacker, and many others that are closely interwoven with the history of Pennsylvania." * * * * * ( "Settlement of Germantown," by S. W. Penny- packer) The first of these settlers reached Philadelphia Oct. 6, 1683. Cold weather was approaching and they began to dig cellars and build huts in which, not without much hardship, they spent the following winter. Pastorious says that some people called it "Armentown," ( Poortown) because of their lack of supplies, and he adds, "It could not be described, nor could it be believed by coming generations, in what want and need, and with what Christian contentment and persistent industry this Germantownship started." * * * * * (Pennsylvania Provincial Council, Volume II, p. 24.) "March 15, 1706, Joannes Koster and 150 other High and Low Germans, petitioned the Governor and Council for Citizenship, saying that the petitioners with many other aliens to the Kingdom of England, by the encouragement of the Proprietor, had transported themselves into this Province, and by their industry had changed the uncultivated Lands 'they had purchased, into good settlements, and for Twenty­ two years past had behaved themselves as Liege and Loyal subjects of England; that above 60 of the said ptrs. at one time, vizt., the 7th of ye 3 mo, 1691, had in open court promised allegiance to King William and Queen Mary, and fidelity to the Proprietor,-besides many others ,:vho had done the like, &c. That such as had not already obliged them-

12 selves are ready to do it when they shall be admitted. They therefore request that, ( seeing they are not at present be­ lieved to be secure in their estates,) for remedying the unhap­ piness they may be engaged in if they still be considered as foreigners, the Assembly may be convened with all possible speed, and a Bill be recommended from this Board, for the naturalization of all and every one of the Ptrs., that they may have an undoubted right to hold, enjoy, alienate, sell and dispose of any of their lands as the natural-born subjects of England can do." (The Petitioners were given leave to procure the Atty General to draw up the Bill for that purpose.) * * * * * (Volume II, Colonia) Records, page 493.) At a Council held at Philadelphia, the 29th of Sepbr., 1709.

Edward Shippen, } Isaac Norris, i Griffith Owen, Esqr's. Samuel Preston, ) Esqr's. James Logan, · The Govr. acquainted the Board that last night the Speaker attended with several members of the House, brought him the Bill for naturalizing the Germans, which he now desired to pass, and accordingly he was pleased to give bis assent to the said Bill, being entitled An Act for the better Enabling of Divers Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania, to Hold and Enjoy Lands, Tenemts. and Plantations in the same Province, by which are naturalized the persons following, vizt. : Francis Daniel Pastorius, John Javert, Caspar Hoodt, Reiner Van der Sluys, & his son Adrian Van der Sluys, ( many other names follow) all of the County of Philadel­ phia, which Act was Ordered to pass the Seal, when the persons concerned or any in their behalf, should appear and pay the charges, & then adjourned.

13 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series II, Volume IX.) Qualifications for Foreigners, February 20, 1713. "And ~,hereas, divers of the Protestants or Reformed Religion, who were inhabitants of High and Low Germany, above 5 3:nd 20 years ago, embraced the invitations," &c, &c. ( Confirmed by the Queen in Council.) In the list of names are those of Francis Daniel Pas­ torius, Reiner Vander Sluys, and his son, Adrian.

Development of the de Sluze and Vander Sluys Lines

~~ OT far from the year 1425, one, Collard de Saulcy, \ 2 (pronounced so-se) with his_ wife, Jeanne de 1 (f Florenge, held the estates of Saulcy, Marley, and ... • V others; the two named having been brought to him by the wife, Jeanne. A son, Collard, was ranked as a Chevalier. He married Elise de Lenoncourt. Their daughter, Jeanne, was known as de Marley, dame de Florenge. ( Lady of Florenge.) She died in 1487. This Jeanne de Saulcy, the daughter of Collard and Elise, mar­ ried Robert de la Marek. Dying in 1487, she left a son, Erard de la Marek, who figured as a Bishop of Liege, having been "elevated to the Episcopal Seat," Dec. 30, 1505. On June 28, 1506, this Erard de la Marek, "made his solemn entry into Liege," ( at the Pentecostal period.) With him were Robert de la Marek, Seigneur de Sedan; Engel­ bert de la Marek, Seigneur of Orchimont, his brothers; Comte Jean de Roche£ ort and d' Aigmont, his relative; the Seigneur de Heurlemont, his nephew, "and other chevaliers of distinction"-"as is the custom on these great occasions." In 1524, Jeanne de Saulcy's son, Erard, ( the above Bishop,) was made Archbishop of Valence, having been, two years previously made a Cardinal, with the new title of

14 St. Chrisogone. Dying February 16, 1538, he received mag­ nificent sepulture in St. Lambert's Church, and his tomb is known as one of the finest in all Europe. This tomb was erected by himself, and was placed exactly in the center of the choir of the church. Just previous to Erard's honors as Bishop, a Jean de Saulcy married Marie Bourdouxhe. Their son, W athieu de Saulcy, was Lord of Oupeye, Vivegius and Petit Aaz, in 1512. His marriage contract, a legal paper, (such contracts made grants of real estate, and otherwise dealt with the material side of marriage) was of the year 1507. ( Another paragraph says; "Albert de Saulcy, the Burgowaster, had for mother Agnes de Limborg, third daughter of Jean, who married W athieu, by contract of 1507.) These had a son, Albert de Saulcy, Burgomaster in 1556, who married one, Catherine Wilmart, daughter of Guillaume (William,) and Juliani Blistain. Guillaume's Will was of December 17, 1529. Albert and Catherine de Saulcy were buried in their own parish church of St Cath­ erine, "under their own sepulture ;" according to the records of Wathieu de Saulcy, "father of our Burgomaster." The inscription declares: "Here repose the Honorable Persons, W atier de Saucy, ( note the spelling) who deceased the year 1515 : Demoiselle Agnes deLimborg, his wife, who died the year 1552." These had been married but eight years when Walter died. His half-sister, Marie de Saulcy, married Lambert de Werteau. Her mother was Marie de Pontice, the second wife. Walter de Saulcy of Ste. Marguerite, had a daughter, Sibille, who married Hubin de Blain: their daughter, Jenne, married Bartelemi de Resimont, Burgomaster of Liege, in 1500. This custom of marrying within the magisterial families, seems to have had almost the force of a law, although ambi­ tion may have dictated it. One other family which married in with the de Saulcy,

15 was that of de Rosen, of whom Pierre, Receveur of St. Jean, and Procureur to "the venerable Court of Liege," married Marguerite de Sattley> daughter of one of the Jeans, and Idelette Madogon. Their son, Jean de Rosen, and his wife Marie Corselius, had a son, Pierre, named for his grand­ father, (who died October 4, 1649,) who became Canon of Liege, June 25, 1621. Jean Rosen, the Burgomaster, married twice. The first wife, Dorothea de J uncis, died without issue : the second, Isabella de Sleys, daughter of Michel, the second Burgo­ master, who flourished in 1624-1680: Isabella died June 21, 1679. (An early Jean de Rosen,-Baron,-magistrate, and later Burgomaster of Liege, married Isabella de Selys, and had five sons. The first, Jean Pierre, (John Peter,) was Canon of Liege, Grand Chancellor of S. A. S. E., (This is an honor-designation of the ruling Prince. A fair transla­ tion of its meaning is, "His Most Serene Highness, The Elector,") Joseph-Clement, Bishop and Prince of Liege. The second was the Jean who married Frances Ernestine de Playoul de Savary. These left but one son. The third son of the first Jean, was Michel Henri de Rosen, also Burgo­ master of Liege, in the year 1706.) One or two old bridges played a prominent part in the de Saulcy-Sluse history. The ancient bridge "du petit Saulcy, au quartier d'outre _Meuse," ( of the little Saulcy, beyond the Meuse,) is credited to the magistracy of 1559. This was above sixty years before the birth of the great Cardinal, J oanni Gaulthero : that is, John Walter Sluis. Albert de Saulcy, Burgomaster, had his own Coat-of­ Arms quartered to show a marriage. First and fourth quarter showed three roses ; while two and three pictured three small birds, called merlettes, possibly the coat of his wife's family. It seems possible that the plain cross of crimson on a silver field, which was the coat of Guillaume de Sluze, harked back, also, to the crimson cross "dentelle," on a silver field

16 which .was the coat of Saulx, another form of de Saulcy; date, 1476. That the de Sluys family regarded highly the story which connected this family with the bridge, is evidenced in the Coat-of-Arms of one branch, in which the :figure is that of a semi-circular bridge, arched across the shield, and that alone. It is told, also, in the important story of the Burgo­ master of Liege; "One sees the arms of these magistrates, (Sluis, Slusis, Slusus,) on an ancient gate of the city, for­ merly known as the Payen-Porte of Ste. Walburge, which was repaired at the period of their administration. They are also placed beyond the Iy.leuse in the lower hall of the Recol­ lectines, and are here surnamed de Saulcy." The arms of the de Sluze line were in strong contrast to those generally given for Sluys. It is almost certain that this line, comprising so many dignitaries of both city and church, and a Cardinal in especial, chose this simple cross as a mark of their distinction in this line. The arms consist of a broad cross, filling the shield, the colors crimson on a field of azure. The index shows the forms: Sluse, Slusis, de Sluze, etc., for this group. The fact that they . were so high-born and that they gave many names to one child, hinders greatly the sure identification of the members of the family, and no records yet found show the descendants after 1500, except in the lines that went to England. Le'scluse appears on a very ancient map as a small center of population beyond the Meuse, southeast of Liege. De Raadt, author of "Sceaux Armoiries," gives the earliest date so far found for the name Sluys, after this style: "Sluys, Gauthier de L'escluse." If this is the Le'scluse of Liege, the family would seem to have had its origin right here. But it is generally supposed to have originated at the mouth of the Scheidt, on the west coast of Belgium, where, to the south, lies the town of Sluys.

17 This much is supported by the records: . that the Gauthier, ( or Walter,) of the previous paragraph, was writ­ ten in the former Latin records as W ovter Van der Slvvs, and that he carried as arms, a shield showing a pale, charged with a smaller pale, touching its edges; said pale accom­ panied by four roses. These records are from the formal records of Lille, (The Acquits.) The roses seem to show some relation to the line of F. Van der Sluys, whose shield showed three rose bushes, "stalked and leaved." It is said that this last record, as found, was encased in red leather. It is to be noted that the only line found carrying the name Rene and Renard, is the line which developed with such strength at Liege. And while this line is 150 years later than Renard, the Avocat, it was, so far as is kno,vn, founded by Renard, and this name was held in honor through the generations, re-appearing continually. Even as late as 1623, historians record a Rene Francis Walrer, who, as a mathematician, made his name famous in this science. He was born at Vise, where Francis Rene Sluze was born, and died. The Royal Society of London elected him as a member, and inserted some of his compositions in the transactions. Lippincott's Biographical Dictionary writes him Sluse, and calls him a Flemish Orientalist, thus showing his versatile powers. Chalmers' Biographical Dictionary, giving these points, adds that he "made his name famous in Theology, Physics, and Mathematics." He appeared in the British Museum Catalogue as a correspondent of Sir Isaac Newton. Manifestly, he is the same as the Jean Rene Francois de Sluze, whose epitaph "\\"e shall note in the story of this line, and-who appears as Joanni Franciscus Renatus in Latin. The addition of Jean to this name by one historian, and of Walter by another, sho,vs a clear connection ,vith the Liege line of de SI uze. The line shown in the carefully collected biographies of the Liege Burgomasters, is:

18 De Sluze,-Renard, Avocat (m. Catherine Ganelt): Deputy sent in 1597 to Ernest of Bavaria, by reason of impost troubles. II, Their son, Renard II: avocat of the Court of Liege, wJ:io received a "commission of magistracy." III, His son, Jean: joined the army in youth; became infan­ try Captain in the service of F ranee ; ·later, Captain of Cavalry in the service of England ; later honors given by France. IV, His son, Guillaume, avocat: consulte was Burgomaster of Liege, in 1711. He married Isabelle de Prayon, daughter of Urbain de Prayon. "Honored Seigneur Guillaume de Sluze" became a Baron. On page 548 of the "Story of the Burgomasters," it is stated that Guillaume de Sluze, ( colleague of the Comte d'Outremont, as Burgomaster in 1711,) "was brother to Bertrand,-Henri de Sluze, magistrate of Liege," and son of Jean de Sluze who had "quit the country to go to the war.'' It is stated on page 485, that Jean Rene Francais, Baron de Sluze, Magistrate of Liege, and Counsellor of S. A. S. E., in the Chamber of Comtes, ,vas brother of Jean Walter de SI use, Cardinal, and of Rene Francois de SI use, Canon of Liege, Abbe de Amay, and also Grand Chancellor, and a member of the Royal Academy of England. If this statement is correct, we have Jean, the Captain, with a number of sons, and our chart would read: de Sluze, Renard I. de Sluze, Renard IL de Sluze, Jean, III, who had the following four sons: (IV,) 1, Jean Gaulthier, the Cardinal, (IV,) 2, Jean Rene Francois, Canon of Liege; Abbe · d'Amay; Geometrician; and Grand Chancellor, (IV,) 3, Pierre Louis, (IV,) 4, Guillaume, Burgomaster, 1711.

19 de Sluze, Baron Jean Rene Francois, V, Magistrate of Liege ; Counsellor to S. A S. E. ; and in the Chamber of the Comtes. The reason for the "if," in the preceding paragraph, is this: In one paragraph of the "Story of the Burgomasters," ("Receuil Heraldique,") it is stated outright that Jean Rene Francois, Privy Councillor, was a son of Pierre Louis, Baron de Sluse, and brother of Jean Walter, and of Rene Fran~ois, Canon of Liege. This statement would mean that there were two Pierres, or else that there were two Rene Francois, who were sons of Pierre. There is no doubt that the "three brothers" so often noted, were the Cardinal ; the Canon, Rene Francois; and Baron Pierre Louis. On page 485, it is stated that Marie-Sibelle de Soy allied herself with Jean Rene-Francois, Baron de Sluse, and Councillor of S.A.S.E., in the Chamber of the Comtes, "who had for father Pierre-Louis, Baron de Sluse, of the Privy Council," and brother of Jean Gualthier de Sluse. Hence, we have a line from Renard I, of which Pierre-Louis is the founder. In addition to the above, there is a record of a de Sluze of Liege, after this style: "Bertrand Henri Edwin Renatus Franciscus de Sluze, Canonicus Leod (Liege,) Abbas Amaniensis Serenissimus Princeps Confiliarus," who was "deposited in peace, March 19, 1685." Plainly, this is our Jean Rene-Francois, in his Latin style, and full name. If it is, also, the Bertrand Henry, magistrate, and father of the Guillaume, who was in power in 1711, ( which the dates permit,) the two charts may run together, for all the four would seem to be sons of Jean, the soldier, and grand-sons of the second Renard. A very interesting Sluys Coat-of-Arms, which is cred­ ited by Rietstap text to Holland; and by his atlaf to Moni­ kendam, which is in Holland, above Amsterdam, shows a bridge somewhat after this fashion : The description makes it "of crimson on a silver field, a semi-circular bridge, having

20 four arches, and maconee with sable." "Maconee," refers to the masonry: The word is really "masoned." I suppose we should say, "having mason work." "William was son of Jean and brother of Bertrand." (p~ 548.) This is Jean, the soldier. An absolute statement. The broad cross is shown in connection with the history of the Burgomaster William de Sluze. Whether it harks back to the Archbishopric alone, or whether, as a crescent elsewhere seems to indicate, some of them were crusaders, is not shown by the records that are found. Jean-Rene-Francois, son of Pierre Louis, is rated as Baron de Sluze and de Hoperinghen. The Liege arms are a crimson cross on a silver field, de Sluze. In the Burgomasters' Book, after the story of William, who ruled the city in 1711, ( with a colleague,) the author goes on to say that the Liege public should· feel much grati­ tude "to these Burgomasters" for a fine promenade at the Quay de St. Leonard ; "to the embellishment of which the magistrates of each year gave great care, because the trees which separated its alleys, demanded this." The fountain at the entrance of the Faubourg de St. Saurent, "so useful and so necessary to the inhabitants of this Quarter," is also of the period of the Sluys Burgomasters. Their arms "serve as ornament" to that fountain which begins at the Boulevard St. Martin, in Mont. It was a great day when the Prince-Elector of Bavaria attended at nearby Namur, in 1711, to receive the homage of the magistrates as Comte de Paris. He was accompanied by His Serene Highness, the Elector of Cologne, his brother, "our Bishop and Prince." This was the :first year of William de Sluze in the Burgomaster's Chair. ' ("Immediately after them," runs one description of a similar function, l'followed the Serene Prince Ernest of

21 Bavaria in the middle of ( that is, between,) the two Bur­ gomasters of Liege, Andred Ans, and George Goeffrin.") It is stated that Gauthier (Walter,) de Lescluse (Sluys,) near 1400, sealed his formal actes "as magistrate of Lescluse, Flandre, Zeeland;" Zeeland comprised many, per­ haps all, of the islands where the Scheldt joins the sea. Cer­ tainly those more to the south. Naturally, that one of the three brothers who were so devout and so devoted to each other, who became Cardinal, made quite a stir both in Liege, and among all of the name of Sluys, or de Sluze. The recital of the events in this con­ nection, includes an epigramme to the three brothers, and two Latin epitaphs, one to the Cardinal, and one to Jean Rene Francois-the last written by himself. Baron Pierre Louis Sluys evidently wanted these in form to be read. It is of note that Petrus Aloysius Slusius, S. R. I., Free Baron, was Lord in Bihain ; for Bihain belonged also to Pierre-Louis de Sluse, Esquire, in 1681. It seems that the above is the especial name conferred on Joanni, or Jean, when he was made Cardinal, as his history is the same as that of Joanni Gualthero Slusio. These memorials are chiefly cred­ ited to Pierre Louis. Under the name of Petrus, Serenis­ somo Principi, Electori Colonien, it is said: "If the nearest of kin of this great man,-this sublime spirit .... which the country of Liege has seen born ; which she has nourished as her own during his youth, and whom Rome, finally, after having elevated him to the height of grandeur in honoring him with the Cardinal's hat, has seen die too early; if, I say, his nearest and those of his country find themselves driven to vie with each other, each in his ovvn manner, in honoring his memory, the following epigram composed in honor of the three brothers by an Italian poet, is an authentic witness that the name of Sluse, is still, in our day, respected in distant countries, and that this very wise Cardinal has not been less loved, nor less esteemed by strangers, than by his o,vn." Pierre, the third brother, made the translation into French.

22 ~~he longer epitaph, that to Rene Francois,-or, in his most stately guise,-Bertrand Henri Edwin Renatus Fran­ ciscus de Sluze, Can'cus Leod, Abbas Amaniensis, was com­ posed by himself in Latin: it was translated into French by Pierre Louis, the brother of both. I have ventured to tum the French into English verse, in order that it may be more available. The verse form makes the translation a bit more .free than is usual, but it is very close to the intended meaning: "Attend, thou who passest; this turn thee invites To know I was once fast-enwrapped, as art thou By the storm-clouds of life ; whose contrary flights In my day I en_dured, as all to them bow. But, at length, I have gained the repose which thou seest, i\nd the end of my ills, in the land of my birth. Recall thou that, like me, thoul't soon be the least; The abhorrence of men ;-a stench to the earth; Vile harvest of Time; the prize of Decay, .Cherished only by worms; ,vhose food I must be, Think deeply of this-that this common decree Invites thee to pray that, after life's grief, Thou, too, mayst rejoice at this Heavenly relief." Among those of the Van der Sluys name, are found several, whose connections with the Liege group is not clear, although they were probably all cousins of some degree. Perhaps the nearest in period to the early Walter, of 1400, is Symon Van der Sluys, who was born "at Rothevam." He was Counsellor and Doctor; Provost of the Cathe­ dral at Utrecht to 14 72, also in the cabinet of Carel of Borgondien. Found written: "Mr. Symon Van der Sluse." One, Witte van Haenstede, seems to have married Agneese, daughter of Herr Armond Van der Sluse. The connection with Moninkendam is not yet found, but this was a place ( city and province,) on the maps of 1681, of sufficient importance to appear in capitals. The fact that the Coat-of-Arms belonged to a group of Sluyse,

23 just here gives a fillup to both imagination and curiosity. The story may be found later. A Jacques Van der Sluys was a painter of note, born in Leyden iri. 1660. Left an orphan, he was placed in a home where his rare disposition and lovable character soon attracted favor. He was apprenticed to a painter. Copying the works of the masters soon made him most proficient, and he developed a style of his own, his favorite subjects being assemblages showing many persons. His work was called harmonious, and "of a precious color," and he is said to have excelled greatly in expressing gaiety and ·joy, upon the countenances of those who made up the gay groups. Christoffel van der Sluys, born January 9, 1698, was warden of the old Kirke. His wife was Maria de Liebergen. He died May 3, 1750. His wife died during the same year. A Maertens Willemsz Sluys was of Schiedamm. Joan­ nes Guielmus (William) Sluys, was of Gorinchem, north of the Rhine, in 1712. Peter Jacob Adrian Sluys, of Groningen, flourished near The city of Sluys on the west coast of Belgium, was named in 1648, in print, and is on the earliest maps f(?und. Two names appear in connection with Ghent: F. Van­ der Sluys, and Simon; the latter a magistrate, and the former first a cure of Wielsbeke, but later a Bishop, district of Thielt. The catalog of the British Museum mentions some of the name, notably, Renatus Franciscus. Most interesting are those who fled to England, of whom there are many entries in the Huguenot records. Here we find the name of Gerrit, or Garret: Sluce, Sluse, Sleuice, Sleuce, Sluys, &c in the index, who was born in Cleve Land under the Duke, but ,vho swears allegiance to "our sover­ aigne Lord, King James." In 1670, Solomon van der Sluys dwelt in London with his wife, V routien Cornelius, and their daughter, Elizabeth.

24 Gerrard ter Si uys, tailor, was born in Emmerick, and in 1617 had been ·in England twenty-eight years. He. had a son, Jan, with him. Most interesting of those in England, because of his­ name, is Derick Slewson, whose wife and mother were there, also. We have this complete record : "I, Derick de Slewsen, tailor and freedenizen householder, aged about -­ years, borne in Cleve Land, under the dominion of the Duke of Cleve, have lived in England 34 years, and under the sovereignty of England doe intend to live." ~e was in the Tower ward in 1618. Another record names him Derrick Sluysen. This was of 1598, when he was taxed for . the subsidy. The name Derrick is significant, because the Dutch Renard, is said by some to be the same as Richard. Francis Vandersluce, "from Antwerp, in the Duchy of Brabant," is interesting from the fact that Brabant lay next to the Bishopric of Liege ; also that his surname as spelled here leads our thoughts directly to the first Gaulthier de Lesduse, of 1400. Once more he is interesting because his given name was a favorite one in the Liege group, and highly honored there. Thus, in a way, Francis of England, aids in tying the Liege line to that of Walter V ander Sluys of 1400. Another reference to Francis, from Antwerp, shows him as receiving from Henry VIII, a Patent, under date of June 7, 1535. This makes him possibly, only second, and almost surely not more than the third generation from Walter de Lescluse, and is, taken as a whole, a good indication that he ,vas of Walter's line. It might be added, although it is perhaps of a different line, that 1. large group known as de Saulces ( so-se) of Freycinct, branches off about 1791. Of these, Jacques de Saulces ,vas the first. Two lines come down from two of his grandsons. The records of these groups are very full, covering many pages. The arms of the de Saulces of Freycinct, are interesting in part, because they seem to combine the Liege religious idea

25 with the roses of another line. The description of the Arms reads: "Of gold, with a rose bush having three stalks of green, each one bearing a crimson rose sustained by a crescent of the same (color;) the chief, azure, charged with the silver stars." Henry E. Sauce was in All-Hallowes, London, in 1564. Several de Saulx lines are given quite fully in some of the books of heraldry.

Vanderslice Family in America FIRST GENERATION. REYNIER V ANDER SLUYSE, came to America about 1700. The date of his birth is unknown, but he died in Germantown in July, 1713. His wife, Anna--, whose dates of birth and death are unknown, outlived him, as she ,vas left Executrix of his Will. Reynier Vander Sluyse was a Hollander as was shown by the statement of Rev. Muhlenberg, and also by the signa­ ture of his will, where he used the Dutch spelling, Reijner. He and his son Adrian ,vere naturalized by the Act of 1709, and the statement is made that their application had been pending for some time.· Adrian is not mentioned in his Will, and the supposition is that he must have died before that time. In "Roberts' History of Montgomery County," he speaks of Adrian, (Arnold,) as though they were identical, but in his Will, Reynier Vanderslice names his children as though none of them were of age. Children of Reynier and Anna V ander SI uyse : Adrian Vanderslice. Arnold Vanderslice. · Henry Vanderslice. Johannes (John) Vanderslice. Anthony Vanderslice, d. November, 1751.

26 Anna Vanderslice. Elencha Vanderslice. John and Anthony are the only children of this family who have left a definite record. The following pages con­ tain the history of their descendants in so far as we were able to gain authentic information regarding them. * * * * * SECOND GENERATION. JOHN (JOHANNES,) VANDERSLICE, (Rey­ nier). Date of birth and death unknown. Presumably was born in Holland, but have no proof of it. His wife's name was F ranees --. ( See her Will. ) Their children : Anna ( or Agnes,) Vanderslice, d. about 17 6 7. Rinor Vanderslice. Mary Vanderslice. Jacob Vanderslice, b. July 12, 1731, d. April 12, 1793. John Vanderslice. (Roberts' History of Montgomery County.) "John, the third son of this couple," (Reynier and Anna Vander-Sluyse,) "settled in Worcester Township, Mont­ gomery County, and at one time ,vas school trustee. His wife was Frances --, and their children were Rinehart, a mason of Providence, who was the grandfather of James, who owned a farm below Phoenixville, near Perkiomen Junction; Susanna, who married Martin Kessler, of Lim­ erick; Ann, who married a Van Reed, of Berks County_; ~lary, John and Jacob." (The above list includes Susanna, but she is not men­ tioned in the Will of F ranees, and this is the only place we have found her mentioned.) ( Deed registered in Philadelphia, Book F, page 356.) John Vanderslice, of Springfield, in the County of Phila­ delphia, Cordwiner, purchased from John Roelfs van der Werf, and Deborah, his wife, 99½ acres with tenement, situ­ ated near Skippack Creek, in the County of Philadelphia,

27 "beginning at a post in Bebber's line," &c. The deed is dated the 13th of May, 1726. The price was 64:12:06. He was also to satisfy a mortgage of 38 pounds, still due on the original purchase. (An encyclopedia of 1763 says, "Cordwainers, a term whereby shoemakers are denominated in the statutes.") The list of land owners and tenants in Philadelphia County, made for Thomas Penn in 1734, has: Worcester, ______...... --John Vanderslice. * * * * * ANTHONY VANDERSLICE, (Reynier.) Date of birth unknown, but Rev. Henry M. Muhlenberg states that he was born in America. He died on his plantation in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pa., in No­ vember, 17 51, and was buried in the churchyard of the Augustus Lutheran Church, of Trappe. His wife, Martha Pannebecker, who is also buried at Trappe, was born June 15, 1700, and died Sept. 18, 1761. Children: Henry Vanderslice, b. March 9, 1726, d. February 12, 1797. Ann Vanderslice, m. Herman U mstat. Catherine Vanderslice, m. Warner Pieters, Feb. 13, 1752. Eva Vanderslice, m. Isaac Peters. Anthony Vanderslice, Jr., b. Aug. 13, 1743, d. May 17, 1803. See Records of Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Rev. Henry M. Muhlenberg's Diary: Records Reformed Church, Falkner's Swamp. (Mss. Department of Pennsylvania Historical Society, Phila.) _ In a list of "Land Owners and Tennants," that was made for Thomas Penn, in 1734, Anthony Vanderslice is mentioned as the owner of 100 acres of land in Providence Township, Montgomery County.

28 THIRD GENERATION. ANNA VANDERSLICE, (John, Reynier.) Date of her birth unknown, but d. about 1767. M. 1745, Henry Van Reed, who was b. in Holland, March 10, 1722, and d. in Berks County, Pa., Oct. 22, 1790, ( or 92.) Children: Agnes Van Reed, b. Feb. 23, 1746, d. May 7, 1828. m. Solomon Matthews, who was b. Feb. 2, 1745, d. April 2, 1834. John Van Reed, b. Dec. 15, 1747, d. April 18, 1820. Anna Van Reed, b. 1755, d. 1839. Jacob Van Reed, b. March 15, 1756, ( or 8,) d. Jan 11, 1839. Susanna Van Reed, d. before the Will of her father was made in 1786. Margaret Van Reed, m. George Schrock. Catherine Van Reed, d. before 1786. Hannah Van Reed, b. April 22, 17 65, d. Oct. 15, 1823. M. Nicholas Hunter, an iron-master, who was b.· Sept. 10, 1757, d. Aug. 26, 1828. Mary Van Reed, m. John Kelly. ( This information was gathered from Church, Bible and Cemetery Records, at Myerstown, Pa., by Mary Owen Steinmetz, of Reading, Pa.) * * * * * JACOB VANDERSLICE, (John, Reynier.) B. July 12, 1731, d. April 12, 1793. M. Anne, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Francis, who d. April 8, 1820, in her 95 year. They are buried in the Mount Kirk Presbyterian Cemetery. Children: John Vanderslice. Catherine Vanderslice. Debbie Vanderslice, m. John --- Thomas Vanderslice, b. Oct. 4, 1756, d. Aug. 14, 1817. ( Colonial Records, Vol. II.)

29 Jacob Vanderslice, a weaver of Providence, who mar­ ried Anne Francis, was a school trustee in I 768. (See Records Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Pa.) * * * * * HENRY VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Providence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., March 9, 1726, and d. in Reading, Berks Co., Pa., Feb. 10 or 12, 1797. m. Oct. 23, 1750, Catherine Sassamanhausen. (Have not been able to establish the line of Catharine Sassamanhausen, wife of Henry, but the following is possibly hers: Yost Heinrich Sassamanhausen was naturalized Jan. 9, 1739- 40. (See Rupp's Thirty-Thousand Emigrants.) His Will, probated Nov. 14, 1767, mentions his wife Petronella, sons Henry, Jacob, Andrew, and daughters Juliana, Catharine, Dorothea, Sophia, and Gertrude. Have no certain record of the birth and death of Henry's wife, Catharine, but probably that of the German Presbyterian, Philadelphia, is hers, for after Henry's death she went to Phila., where their sons Daniel, George and Jacob were living. That would make her dates as fol­ lows: b. April 20, 17 32, d. August 20, 1809, aged 77 years 4 months. Children: Infant, d. young. Anthony Vanderslice, b. June 4, 1753, d. Feb. 12, 1797. Henry Vanderslice, Jr., b. April 17, 1755. Jacob Vanderslice, b. Feb. 7, 1757, d. Jan. 10, 1815. Daniel Vanderslice, b. Feb. 17, 1759, d. Dec. 30, 1812. Catharine Vanderslice, b. Nov. 15, 1761. Sophia Vanderslice, b. March 10, 1764, d. Aug. 13, 1829. Margaret Vanderslice, b. Jan. 24, 1767, d. Dec. 3, 1846. John Vanderslice, b. March 31, 1770, d. March 16, 1846. George W. Vanderslice, b. Oct. 8, 1771, d. Feb. 22, 1842.

30 Joseph Vandersl_ice, b. Jan. 28, 1776. On the death of his father, Anthony, Henry was be­ queathed a plantation in Providence Township, Montgomery Co. On March 9, 17 58, Henry and his wife, Catharine, conveyed this property to Rinear Vanderslice, son of J oho. (Deed Book 1, No. 10, p. 20.) ( See Berks County Records.) ( Records of Henry Vanderslice, Jr.). * * * * * ANN VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, Reynier.) b. Jan. 12, 1728, d. April 17, 1809. m. Herman Umstead (Umstat,) who was b. ~arch 26, 1726, d. April 14, 1806. (St. John's Church, Gibraltar, Pa., Records.) Children: Warner Umstead. Samuel Umstead. John Umstead. Catharine Umstead, m. -- Beard. Ann Umstead, m. -- Beard. Mary Umstead. Anna Umstead, m. -- Thompson. Martha Umstead, m. -- Maillard. See Will of Martha ( Pannebecker) Vanderslice.) In the Will of Herman Umstead, Robeson Twp., he mentions his wife, Ann, his sons Warner, Samuel, John, his daughters Catharine Beard, Ann Beard, Mary, Ann Thomp­ son, and the children of his deceased daughter, Martha Maillard. (See records of Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe.) * * * * * ANTHONY VANDERSLICE, JR., (Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. in Providence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., Aug. 13~ 1743, d. there May 17, 1803. m. Oct. 27, 1763, Eliza­ beth Pannebecker, daughter of his Uncle John. She was b. July 10, 1743, d. Feb. 23, 1809. Children: Rebecca Vanderslice, b. 1766, d. May 16, 1844.

31 John Vanderslice. George Vanderslice, Anthony Vanderslice, III, b. April 7, 1789, d. Jan. 30, 1870. ( Records Au~stus Lutheran Church, Trappe.) ( Records New Hanover Lutheran Church.) ( Records St. Michaelis and Zion Church, Phila.) Anthony Vanderslice, Jr., was bequeathed the planta- tion in Montgomery County, Pa., where he was born, and where he spent his entire life. ( See Wills.) He willed it to the son of his daughter, Rebecca, who married Peter Custer, and it is still known as the Custer Farm. * * * * * FOURTH GENERATION. JOHN VAN REED (Anna Vanderslice, John, Rey­ nier,) b. Oct. 14 ( or 15,) 17 4 7, d. April 18, 1820. John located in Cumru ( now Spring) Township, on the eastern side of the Cacoosing Creek, about 1½ miles from its con­ fluence with the Tulpehocken. June 5, 1775, he m. Eva Elizabeth Yost, who was b. 17 57, d. · 1822. Children : Anna Van Reed, d. in infancy. Elizabeth Van Reed, b. Sept. 29, 1778. M. Feb. 1, 1801, Philip Evans. Henry Van Reed, b. Jan. 10, 1780~ Eve Van Reed, b. Nov. 9, ( or 12,) 1781. M. March 7, 1802, William Addams. Magdalena Van Reed, b. Oct. 21, 1783. M. July 14, 1805, Valentine Reber. John Van Reed, b. Nov. 3, 1785 (or 6.) Catherine Van Reed, b. Jan. 21, 1788. M. Gen. Wil­ liam Hoch. Susanna Van Reed, b. Sept. 13, 1790. M. March 12, 1809, Peter Herbein. Hannah Van Reed, b. Dec. 10 (or 16,) 1791. M. Dec. 24, 1809, Henry Leiss.

32 Mary Van Reed, b. Dec. 7, 1793. M. John Seltzer. Rebecca Van Reed, b. June 10 ( or 11,) 1800. M. in 1820, Jacob Griesmier. * * * * * ANNA VAN REED, (Anna Vanderslice, John, Rey­ nier.) b. 1755, d. 1839. m. Jacob Weaver, who was b. 1751, d. 1835. Children: Jacob Weaver. Samuel Weaver. Peter Weaver. Anna Weaver, who married Jacob Fisher. Susan Weaver, who married Moses Yocum. Catharine Weaver, who married Samuel Derr. A daughter who married Abraham Guldin. A daughter who married Daniel Knabb. * * * * * JACOB VAN REED, (Anna Vanderslice, John, Rey­ nier,) b. in Berks Co., March 15, 1756 (or 8,) d. Jan. 11, 1839, and is buried in Amity Township, Berks Co. After the death of his father, Jacob settled permanently on the ·old homestead in Amity Twp., it having been devised to him, subject to the payment of certain legacies. Hem., 1784, Ann Elizabeth Heister, daughter of Joseph Heister, of Bern Twp. She was b. April 18, 1766, d. Oct. 3, 1846. Their children: Rebecca Van Reed. Hannah Van Reed. Catherine Van Reed, b. April 27, 1786. M. ( 1 ) John Griesmier; m. ( 2) Gen. William Hoch, widower. Anna Van Reed, m. George Kauffman, of Danville. Elizabeth Van Reed. Samuel Van Reed, d. unmarried, in Missouri. John Van Reed, b. Feb. 6, 1794. David Van Reed, d. unmarried, in Mississippi. Daniel Van Reed. Joseph Van Reed, d. unmarried in Harrisburg, Pa.

33 Henry Van Reed. Jacob Van Reed. Susanna Van Reed, b. March 2, 1806, d. Sept. 20, 1842, unmarried. This list of the children was taken from the Will of the father. * * * * * SUSANNA VAN REED, (Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) She d. before 1786. M. Thomas Campbell. Children: Thomas Campbell. Mary Campbell. * * * • • CATHARINE VAN REED, (Anna Vanderslice John, Reynier.) Shed. before \786. M. John Haas. Chil­ dren: Anna Haas. John Haas. * * * * * THOMAS VANDERSLICE. (Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. Oct. 4, 1756, d. Aug. 14, 1817. m. Jan., 1778, Tacy, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Massey) Rich­ ardson. She was b. Jan. 1, 1752, d. June 18, 1807. Chil­ dren: Edward Vanderslice, b. Oct. 21, 177 8, d. Aug. 31, 1835. Joseph Richardson Vanderslice, b. 1782, d. 1867. Anne Vanderslice, b. Apr. 13, 1783, d. Aug. 8, 1812- 13, unmarried. John Vanderslice, b. 1785, d. 1V1ay 16, 1825, unmarried. Thomas Vanderslice, Jr., b. 1788, d. March 24, 1843, unmarried. Marcus Vanderslice, b. 1794, d. March 12, 1827, un­ married.

34 Augustus Vanderslice, b. 1797, d. Jan. 23, 1822, unmar- ried. Mary Vanderslice, d. 1858. M. Rev. Owens. Jacob Vanderslice. Thomas Vanderslice served in the Revolutionary War. He and his wife, Tacy (Richardson) Vanderslice, lived and died at the old homestead of his father, as did all of their children, excepting Mary, and they are all buried in the Mount Kirk Presbyterian Cemetery, on the Ridge Pike. ( Records St. Paul's Church, Phila.) ( Isaac Comly' s "Deaths in Philadelphia and Vicin- ) 1ty.. ,, . Family records o~ this line were given me by Mr. Clar­ ence Vanderslice, Germantown, Pa. • • • * * JACOB VANDERSLICE, (Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. in Reading, Pa., Feb. 7, 1757, d. in Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1815. m. Nov. 8, 1775, in Reading, -Mary Barge, who d. in Philadelphia, April 20, 1839, and is buried in the Dutch Presbyterian Cemetery. Children: Catherine Vanderslice, b. 1776, d. 1854. m. -- Mc- Culty. Henry Vanderslice, b. 1778, d. 1827. Andrew Vanderslice, b. 1780, d. 1831. Mary Vanderslice, b. 1784. m. -- Bradley. Susanna Vanderslice, b. 1786. m. -- Dobbs. Barge Vanderslice, b. 1788, d. 1843. Jacob Vanderslice, b. 1789. John Vanderslice, b. 1794. (See Jacob Vanderslice's war record.) ( See pension record.) * * * * * DANIEL VANDERSLICE, ( Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. in Providence Twp., l\1ontgomery County, Pa., Feb. 17, 1759, d. in Philadelphia, Dec. 30, 1812. m.

35 Margaret Clemmons, who was b. 1780, and d. Jan. 13, 1815. ( After the death of Daniel Vanderslice, his widow married R. Franklin. Records of Poulson's Daily Advertiser.) Daniel Vanderslice, Jr., b. Feb. 10, 1779, d. Feb. 5, 1889. Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice. Catherine Vanderslice, m. ( 1 ) John A. Roke, m. ( 2) -- Snyder. (Her will was probated May 11, 1865.) John Henri Vanderslice, b. in Philadelphia, March 4, 1802. (From Family Records of Mr. Howard Vanderslice, Kansas City, Mo.) (See Goshenhoppen Records, Trinity Evang~lical Luth­ eran, of Reading, First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Paulson's Daily Advertiser.) The Family Records state. that .during the winter of 1778-9, yellow fever raged in Philadelphia, and Daniel Van­ derslice sent his wife to her parents in Reading, where the oldest child, Daniel, was born. When his mother returned to Philadelphia, the child was left with relatives in Reading for some time. In her will, Catharine (Vanderslice) Snyder mentions Sarah and Jane, daughters of her brother John Henri, but we were unable to obtain further records. * * * * * SOPHIA VANDERSLICE, (Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. in Exeter Twp., Berks County, Pa., March 10, 1764, d. in Reading, Pa., Aug. 13, 1829. m. Jacob Settle. Children: Henry Settle, b. Jan. 7, 1789. Mary Sophia Settle, b. May 12, 1791. Jacob Settle, Jr., b. ~1arch 24, 1797. (Records Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Read­ ing, Pa.)

36 MARGARET VANDERSLICE, (Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Exeter Twp., Berks County, Pa., Jan. 24, 1767, d. in Reading, Pa., Dec. 3, 1846. m. Nov. 26, 1786, Michael Seitzinger. Children : Michael Seitzinger, (baptized) Oct. 26, 1788. George Seitzinger, b. Nov. 10, 1788. Mary Catharine Seitzinger, b. Oct. 19, 1792. Sarah Seitzinger, b. Dec. 11, 1796. Leonard Seitzinger, b. Sept. 26, 1801. Leah Seitzinger, b. Oct. 24, 1803. Joseph Seitzinger, b. Feb. 15, 1806. Magdalene Seitzinger, b. Feb. 21, 1810. (Records Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Read­ ing.) ( Records Adler Church.)

* * * * * JOHN VANDERSLICE, (Henry, Anthony, Rey­ niei:.) b. in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa., March 31, 1770, d. in Womelsdorf, Pa., March 16, 1846. m. May 27, 1792, Catherine Christien, daughter of Gottlieb Christien. She was b. Nov. 12, 1773, and d. in Womelsdorf, Pa., Dec. 27, 184 5. Children : Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, b. April 6, 1793, d. Feb. 20, 1858. George Vanderslice, b. Nov. 11, 1794, d. Oct. 14, 1795. Hannah Vanderslice, b. April 2, 1796, d. Jan. 16, 1872. m. July 10, 1832, Isaac Rutter, who d. Nov. 16, 1852. Henry Vanderslice, b. June 16, 1797, d. Aug. 6, 1803. John Vanderslice, b. Jan. 6, 1799, d. Aug. 11, 1805. Joseph Vanderslice, b. March 21, 1802, d. Dec. 7, 1802. Daniel Vanderslice, b. Nov. 1, 1803, d. Sept. 29, 1804. Maria Vanderslice, b. Aug. 23, 1805, d. Feb. 5, 1868~ m. Samuel Ermentrout, Dec. 18, 1828.

37 William Vanderslice, b. Sept. 3, 1807, d. May 1, 1863. m. April 14, 1835, Sarah Seltzer. Henry Vanderslice, b. Sept. 8, 1809, d. May 11, 1873. George Vanderslice, b. May 5, 1811, d. Sept. 26, 1813. Thomas Vanderslice, b. April 3, 1814, d. Jan. 5, 1884. (Records Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Read- ing, Pa.) (Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, Pa.) ( Adler Church.) * * * * * GEORGE WASHINGTON VANDERSLICE, (Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa., Oct. 8, 1771, d. in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1842. m. ( 1) March_ 22, 1794, Elizabeth Cummings. M. (2) by Michael Coate, minister of the "Methodist Church meeting in the College,'' Sept. 18, 1806, to Janet, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pyatt) Roberts. She was b. in Philadelphia Co., Pa., Feb. 28, 1785, d. Jan. 20, 1874. Children by first marriage: Henry Vanderslice, b. July 7, 1795. l\faria Vanderslice, b. July 7, 1795. m. John F. Felty, and had 7 children, but have no further record. John Vanderslice, b. July 14, 1797, d. Oct. 27, 1797. George Vanderslice, b. Nov. 15, 1798. m. Mary Ann Hight, who d. April 4, 1831. They had 5 children, but have no record. Charles Vanderslice, b. Sept. 8, 1800. Alexander Vanderslice, b. July 13, 1802. Ann Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. Oct. 10, 1804. m. Harris Jones, and had 7 children, but no further record. Children by second marriage : Edward Vanderslice, b. July 19, 1807, d. at age of 76. Thomas Robert Vanderslice, b. Dec. 19, 1809, d. Oct. 2, 1836. James Vanderslice, b. April 11, 1812, d. in California in 1889.

38 Rebecca K. Vanderslice, b. Feb. 27, 1814: died at the age of 84. · Katherine J. R. Vanderslice, b. Feb. 16, 1817. m. Thomas MacClement. Deborah Lavinia Vanderslice, b. Feb. 18, 1820, d. Oct. 3, 1905. William K. Vanderslice, b. Aug. 31, 1823, d. in San Francisco, Cal. Emma Vanderslice, b. July 2, 1825, d. at the age of 65. Joseph Henry Vanderslice, b. June 29, 1828, d. Feb. 27, 1894. m. Hester Meeks, of New York. · Joseph Henry Vanderslice was a Captain in the regular Army, ano took part in all of the principal battles of the Civil War. He was in a number of engagements on the western frontier, especially against the Sioux. In 1879 he was retired for disability, and resided in Peekskill, New York, until his death. He was buried with honors of war at West Point. John Daniel Vanderslice, b. April 20, 1830, d. Dec. 29, 1830. ( See Records of Rebecca K. Vanderslice.) ( German Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.) ( First Reformed Church, Philadelphia.) (Mr. Poulson's "Daily Advertiser.") * * * * * MARTHA UMSTAT, (Ann Vanderslice, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Maillard. Children: Ann Maillard, Samuel Maillard, Henry Maillard, Mary Maillard, Harmon Maillard. These children were named in the Will of their grand­ father, Herman Umstat. Their mother was dead when the will was made.

39 REBECCA VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, Jr., An­ thony, Reynier.) b. in Providence Twp., Montgomery County, Pa., March 7, 1766, and d. there May 16, 1844. m. Peter Custer, ( von Koster b. Nov. 20, 1761, d. at Skippack, April 27, 1832.) Children: Jacob Custer, b. Feb. 5, 1790. Elizabeth Custer, b. 1792, d. 1874. m. Jacob Garges, ( or Yerkes.) Samuel Custer, b. 1794, d. 1858. Nancy Custer, b. 1796, d. 1879. m. Christian Gross. Anthony Vanderslice Custer, b. July 26, 1802, d. Aug. 21, 1886. The 240 acre tract of land upon which Anthony Van­ derslice, Jr., was born, lived, and died, was willed by him to his grandson, Anthony Vand~rslice Custer, and is now known as the Custer place. ( Records Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pa.) ( Custer Genealogy.) * * * * * JOHN (JOHANNES) VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier) d. before 1803. (See his father's Will,) m. June 23, 1789. Elizabeth Neuman. ( or Neu­ mauer.) Child: Anthony Vanderslice, (Records Reformed Church, Faulkner's Swamp.) * * * * * ANTHO1'.1Y VANDERSLICE, III, (Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 7, 1789, d. Jan. 30, 1870. m. Sarah Hunsicker, who was b. Aug. 30, 1790, d. June 11, 1827. Children: Esther Vanderslice, b. Dec. 5, 1810, d. Sept. 3, 1898. John Vanderslice, b. July 15, 1812, d. Nov. 26, 1831. Henry H. Vanderslice, b. 1814, d. 1897. Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. June 20, 1816, d. April 3, 1855.

40 Abraham H. Vanderslice, b. May 6, 1818, d. April 6, 1865. Samuel Vanderslice, d. young. Sarah Vanderslice, b. June 2, 1820, d. Jan. 9, 1904. Daniel Vanderslice, d. young. Mary Vanderslice, b. March 1, 1823, d. Feb. 24, 1888. Charles Vanderslice, b. June 12, 1825, d. Feb. 9, 1910. Benjamin Vanderslice, d. young. Anthony Vanderslice, III, was a farmer and a lumber merchant, and lived and died in Upper Providence Twp. His wife was the daughter of Henry and Esther (Detwiler) Hunsicker. (The history of the descendants of this couple, is taken largely from the Genealogy of the Hunsicker Family, (Deed Book 92, p. 10.) by Henry and Horace Hun­ sicker. Pub. 1911.) Deed from Anthony Vanderslice, house carpenter and joiner, and Sarah, his wife, to Jacob Bolick, dated April 5, 1810, for 10 1-2 acres in Upper Providence, on the River Schuylkill, which his father gave to him. * * * * * FIFTH GENERATION. HENRY VAN REED, (John Van Reed. Anna Van­ derslice, John, Reynier.) b. Jan. 10, 1780. m. Anna M. Reber. Children: Mary Van Reed, b. Dec. 13, 1800. m ...... Knabb. Elizabeth, b~ May 1, 1803, m. Daniel Baum. Charles Van Reed, b. Oct. 12, 1807, m. Rebecca Zac- harias. John Van Reed, b. Juiy 31, 1810, m. Barbara Adams. Thomas Van Reed, b. Oct. 13, 1812, m ...... Ruth. Levi Van Reed, b. March 10, 1815, m. Bowman. * * * * * JOHN VAN REED, Jr., (John Van Reed, Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 3, 1786, m. Catherine Huy. Children: James Van Reed, m. Julia Miller.

41 Joshua Van Reed, m...... Seitzinger. Lewis Van Reed, went to Los Angeles in 1836. John Van Reed, m. __ Adams. Jacob Van Reed, m. Mary Jones. Henry Van Reed, m. Harriet Gemant. Mary Van Reed, m. Dr. Rhinehart. Elizabeth Van Reed, d. young. * * * * * JACOB VAN REED, Jr., (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) m. Margaret, daughter of John Albert Gilbert. Children : Jeremiah Van Reed, William Van Reed, Jacob Van Reed, III, Hiram Van Reed, Rebecca Van Reed, Mary Van Reed, Henrietta Van Reed, Emma Van Reed, Margaret Van Reed, * * * * * HENRY VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Van- derslice, John Reynier.} m. Susan, daughter of Samuel Gilbert. Children: Levi Van Reed, Lydia Van Reed, Henrietta Van Reed, Rebecca Van Reed. * * * * * JOHN VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Van- derslice, John, Reynier.) m. Catherine, daughter of Jacob Hoppenheimer. Children: David Van Reed, Samuel Van Reed, Anna Van Reed,

42 Elizabeth Van Reed, Deborah Van Reed, Susan Van Reed. * * * * * DANIEL VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Van- derslice, John, Reynier.) m. Dorothea Gardner of New York:. Children. Jacob Van Reed, Gardner Van Reed. * * * * * ELIZABETH VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) m. Samuel Hoch. Children: Martin Hoch, Henry Hoch, Samuel Hoch, Jacob Hoch, Reuben Hoch, Maria Hoch, Rebecca Hoch, Elizabeth Hoch. * * * * * REBECCA VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) m. Henry R. V. Hoch. m. ( 2) Samuel Houck:. Children : Maybury Hoch, Willoughby Hoch, Anna Hoch, Hannah Hoch. * * * * * HANNAH VAN REED, (Jacob Van Reed, Anna Vanderslice, John, Reynier.) M. Samuel R. Hill. Children: Jacob Hill, Abraham Hill, Samuel Hill, Reuben Hill, Susan Hill,

43 Delilah Hill, Lovera Hill, Ellen Hill, Rebecca Hill. * * * * * EDWARD VANDERSLICE, (Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Oct. 21, 1778, d. Aug. 31, 1835. m. Jan. 20, 1803, Elizabeth Pawling, who was b. Feb. 24, 1771, d. Dec. 28, 1847. Children : Benjamin Vanderslice, b. Oct. 28, 1803. Tacy Vanderslice, b. Dec. 13, 1805, m. Benjamin Fullerton, d. in Bainbridge, Pa. Rebecca A. Vanderslice, b. May 24, 1808, d. June 3, - 1895. Marcus Lafayette Vanderslice, b. June 19, 1813, d. July 13, 1876. John Van Rensslaer Vanderslice, b. Feb. 17, 1815, d. June 6, 1896. m. Sara Mitchell, sister to the wife of his brother, Marcus. Samuel Lane Vanderslice, b. Dec. 13, 1819. (Records St. James Episcopal Church, Evansburg.) * * * * * JACOB VANDERSLICE, (Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) m. Nov. 6, 1800, Amelia, daughter of John and Mary Shannon. She was b. Aug. 10, 1779, d. Dec. 10, 1832. Children : John S. Vanderslice. Anne M. Vanderslice, m...... Detra. Tacy Vanderslice, m. Rev. Allen. Mary Lane Vanderslice, b. 1816, d. May 27, 1863. Thomas Vanderslice, b. 1801, d. March 6, 1806. Amelia Vanderslice, b. I 811, d. Aug. 18, 1826. Augustus Vanderslice, b. 1813, d. Sept. 25, 1822. Richardson Vanderslice, b. Feb. 16, 1909, d. Jan. 3, 1883.

44 Major Daniel Vanderslice ( 5) and his wife Nancy (Utley) Vanderslice.

Jacob Vanderslice, Jr. ( Pennsylvania Archives, Series II, Vol. IX.) ( St. J arnes Episcopal Church, Evansburg.) * * * * * JOSEPH RI CH ARD SO N VANDERSLICE, (Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1782, d. 1867. m. Rebecca, daughter of Major-General John Heister, and grand daughter of Daniel Heister, who emigrated from Witsenstein, Westphalia, in 1737. Children: John Vanderslice, b. August 9, 1805. Anna Vanderslice, b. Oct. 15, 1806. Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, b. Feb. 18, 1808, d. Dec. 8, 1881. Hannah Vanderslice, b. April 13, 1809. Rebecca Vanderslice, b. May 21, 1811. Tacy Vanderslice, b. Feb. 26, 1814. Joseph Vanderslice, b. June 26, 1818. (Records Reformed Church, Faulkner's Swamp.) * * * * * DANIEL VANDERSLICE, Jr., (Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Reading, Berks County, Pa., Feb. 10, 1799, d. at the home of his son, William, near Highland, Kansas, Feb. 5, 1889. m. in Jessamine Co., Ky., Aug. 5, 1824, Nancy Utley, who was b. in Fayette Co., l(y., Dec. 28, 1806, and d. at their home near Highland, Kan., Dec. 23, 1881. Children : John Henry Vanderslice, b. in Jessamine Co., Ky., Dec. 1, 1825. d. at Great Crossing, Scott Co., Ky., Jan. 18, 1827. Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, b. in Scott Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1827, d. at Perry, Okla., March 18, 1902. William T. Barry Vanderslice, b. in Scott Co., Ky., Dec., 25, 1829, m. Oct. 11, 1855, in Kansas Ter­ ritory, Susan Francis Hancock, who d. Dec. 3, 1861.

45 Ann Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. in Scott Co., Ky., June 10, 1832, d. of cholera, at the same place, June 16, 1833. James Johnson Vanderslice, b. in Georgetown, Ky., April 15, 1843, m. in Kansas Territory, July 19, 1855, Catherine Hancock, sister to the wife of his brother, William. Margaret Ann Vanderslice, b. in Great Crossing, Ky., Jan. 9, 1837, d. Jan. 20, 1916. Melissa Catherine Vanderslice, b. in Scott Co., Ky., May 18, 1840, d. in Nodaway Co., Mo., August 28, 1873. m. April 3, 1856, Harding Critchfield. Daniel Vanderslice, Ill, was b. in Scott Co., Ky., Sept. 10, 1844. . • * • • • SARAH M. A VANDERSLICE, (John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 6, 1793, d. in Womelsdorf, Pa., Feb. 20, 1858. m. Daniel M. Fidler, (or Fitler) who was b. Nov. 11, 1788, d. in Womelsdorf, Dec. 26, 1855. Children: Maria A Fidler. Elias John Fidler, (John Eli,) b. July 23, 1817, d. July 27, 1844. Levi Fidler, baptized April 28, 1819, d. in infancy. Elvina Fidler. Catherine Lohr Fidler, b. March 4, 1826. Eliza Fidler, b. Oct. 20, 1827, d. Oct. 20, 1911. Harriet Fidler. (Church and Cemetery Records, Womelsdorf, Pa.) * * * * * EDWARD VANDERSLICE, ( George Washington, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. July 19, 1807, d. May 9, 1882, (or 3). m. Feb. 17, 1841, (or 2) Clementine E. Schulze, b. June 13, 1817, and was descended from Henry M. Muhlenberg. Edward Vanderslice was one of the most prominent dentists of his time. Children:

46 Edward Schulze Vanderslice, M. D., b. Jan. 9, 1843, hap. Aug. 3°, 1845. M. Virginia Gould Zieber, who was b. 1845. Henry Muhlenberg Vanderslice, D. S., b. Sept. 24, 1852. M. Helen E. Seiss, daughter of Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, D. D., LL. D., L. H. D., an eminent divine of the Evangelical Luth. Church. Mary Janette Vanderslice, b. May 27, 1856 ( or 8.) d. young. (St. Johns Ev. Luth. Ch., Phila.) * • • * • JAMES VANDERSLICE, (George Washington, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 11, 1812, in Phila., d. in California, in 1899. m. Elizabeth Settle, ( or Setley). Child: Sophia Vanderslice, b. Jan. 13, 1839. ( Records First Baptist Church, Phila.) * • * * • DEBORAH LEVINA VANDERSLICE, (George Washington, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 18, 1820, d. there Oct. 3, 1905. m. June 20, 1839, Samuel M., son of William and Mary (Saunders) Hopper. He was b. Nov. 4, 1811, d. in Philadelphia, Oct. 24, 1859. Children: Mary Vanderslice Hopper, b. March 26, 1840, d. Nov. 14, 1914. Anna E. Hopper, m. June 22, 1880, Rev. Charles E. son of Dr. William Henry and Margaret (Clapp) Milnor. William George Hopper, m. Mary Franciscus, daughter of William and Harriet M. B. (Ashton) Bucknell. Harry S. Hopper, m. Hattie Bucknell. ( First Baptist Church.) * * * * * WILLIAM K. VANDERSLICE, (George Washing- ton, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Phila., Aug. 31, 1824,

47 d. 11arch 12, 1899, in San Francisco, Calif., where he went in 1858. m. August 31, 1847, Catharine Sherman, of Boston. Children: Anna Vanderslice, m. --Johnston, of Oakland, Calif. Jeanette Vanderslice, m. Carl Mauner, of Calif. Hermine Vanderslice, m. Andrew Rudgear of Oakland. Milton T. Vanderslice. * * * * * ANTHONY VANDERSLICE CUSTER, (Rebecca Vanderslice, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) B. July 26, 1802, in Providence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., d. at the same place, Aug. 21, 1886. m. by Rev. George Wack, Dec. 1, 1829, Mary Brumbach, who was b. in Lower Providence T\\1)., Montgomery Co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1808, d. there March 20, 1898. Children : Louisa Custer, b. Sept. 1, 1830, d. Jan. 31, 1833. Catherine Custer, b. July 12, 1832, d. Nov. 13, 1870. m. Augustus Yoder. Matthias Brumbach Custer, b. July 8, 1834, d. May 1, 1906. m. Belle Schaffer. Anna May Custer, b. May 22, 1839. Anthony Custer, b. Aug. 23, 1853, d. May 6, 1865. ( Custer Genealogy.) ( Brumbach Genealogy.) (Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe.) * * * * * ESTHER VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 5, 1810, d. Sept. 3, 1898. m. Dec., 1829, Jacob Gotwaltz, who '\'.\7 as born in Lower Providence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., and was educated in Freeland Seminary and Dickinson College. He studied law in Norristown, and removed to Pottstown, where he served as District Attorney. Children : Franklin Vanderslice Gotwaltz, b. Aug. 13, 1834, d. May 26, 1839.

48 Daniel Vanderslice Gotwaltz, b. March 20, 1836, d. Aug. 21, 1837. Elizabeth Gotwaltz, b. Dec. 10, 1837, d. Aug. 8, 1902. Jacob Vanderslice Gotwaltz, b. May 13, 1840, m. Dec. 3, 1873, Etta Royer, who was b. Oct. 10, 1848. No children. * * * * * HENRY H. VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, An­ thony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Upper Providence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., in 1814, d. in 1897, near Bayou Sara, Louisiana. He was a planter. He m., Oct. 3, 1848, Emily Ann Jones, Children : Charles A. Vande!slice, b. July 8, 1849. Sarah E. Vanderslice, b. Dec. 30, 1850. William Henry Vanderslice, b. July 8, 1853. Mary Virginia Vanderslice, b. July 18, 1854, d. June 24, 1859. Ann Eliza Vanderslice, b. April, 1856. Daniel C. Vanderslice, b. June 21, 1858, d. April 24, 1865. John F. Vanderslice, b. Dec. 26, 1861, d. Dec. 29, 1861. Henry H. Vanderslice, Jr., b. June 10, 1865, d. April 23, 1905. Carrie E. Vanderslice, b. Feb. 6, 1867, d. Aug. 16, 1872. * * * * * ELIZABETH VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 20, 1816, d. April 3, 1855. M. Amos Detweiler, who was b. in Upper Provi­ dence, Montgomery Co., Pa., Oct. 25, 1816, and d. there Dec. 14, 1888. He was a farmer and a plasterer. Children: Warren Detweiler, Kate Detweiler, b. June 27, 1841. :rv1ary Detweiler, b. Aug. 10, 1842. Anthony Detweiler, b. May 5, 1845, d. Nov. 2, 1852. Sarah Detweiler, b. 1846, d. 1848.

49 John Detweiler, b. Nov. 17, 1848. Milton Detweiler, b. March 15, 1850. Frank Detweiler, b. Dec. 19, 1851. Martin Detweiler, b. 1853. * * * * * ABRAHAM H. VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. May 6, 1818, d. April 6, 1865. m. ( 1 ) Aug. 3, 1843, Lydia, daughter of Jacob and Mary Strunk. She was b. Feb. 2, 1824, d. Aug. 21, 1844. They had one child : Alice Mabel (Mahala) Vanderslice, b. Aug. 6, 1844. Abraham H. Vanderslice, m. (2) Aug. 9, 1845, Han­ nah K., daughter of David and Hannah Bortz. She was b. May 7, 1828, d. July 17, 1891. Children: Mary Matilda Vanderslice, b. May 22, 1846. m. Dec. 23, 1892, Isaac Krupp, who was b. March 15, 1850. No children. Hannah Villera Vanderslice, b. Feb. 9, 1849. Emma Amanda Vanderslice, b. May 10, 1853. James Buchanan Vanderslice, b. June 30, 1856. Sarah Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. Nov. 5, 1857. Annie Louisa Vanderslice, b. Feb. 23, 1863. m. March 28, 1899, Thomas Cole, who was b. March 1, 1851. No children. George Irwin Vanderslice, b. Dec. 10, 1864, d. Dec. 11, 1864. Abraham H. Vanderslice was a school teacher and Justice of Peace. ( Records Dutch Reformed Church, Reading, Pa.) ( Bible Records.) * * * * * SARA VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 20, 1820, d. Jan. 9, 1904. m. Feb. 13, 1842, Joshua Place, who was b. Aug. 10, 1814, d. March 31, 1864. Children: Mary Jane Place, b. Aug. 19, 1843, d. April 26, 1903.

50 m. Oct. 1898, Augustus Moyer, who was b. 1834. No further record. John Place, b. June 5, 1845. Frances Place, b. Aug. 22, 1847. Catherine Place, b. Feb. 24, 1849. Horace Place, b. Feb. 8, 1853. Benjamin F. Place, b. Aug. 22, 1855. Esther Ann Place, b. Aug. 25, 1857. Samuel Vanderslice Place, b. April 10, 1860, d. July 26, 1884. Joshua Place was born in Upper Providence, but re­ moved to Lower Providence Twp. He was a stone masori and Justice of the Peace. * * * * * MARY VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. March 1, 1823, d. Feb. 24, 1888. m. Feb. 14, 1850, Abraham Rosenberger. Children: Benjamin H. Rosenberger, b. April 10, 1851, d. Aug. 4, 1853. Frank A. Rosenberger, b. Aug. 26, 1853. * * * * * CHARLES VANDERSLICE, (Anthony, III, An- thony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 12, 1825, d. Feb. 9, 1910. m. Nov. 16, 1848, Sarah Ann Glassmoyer, (Glass­ myer) who was b. Jan. 9, 1831, d. Feb. 10, 1876. Children: Caleb Vanderslice, b. March 22, 1850, d. March 16, 1851. Virginia Vanderslice, b. Sept. 29, 1853, m. Jan. 25, 1873, John Henderson, who was b. June 17, 1854. No children. Lucinda Vanderslice, b. May 11, 1854, d. July 20, 1860. Catharine Vanderslice, b. March 31, 1860, d. Jan. 5, 1864. Berdella Vanderslice, b. Nov. 16, 1862. Sarah Vanderslice, b. Jan. 2, 1864, d. Feb. 10, 1886. Valeria Vanderslice, b. Aug. 22, 1866.

51 Charles Vanderslice was born in Upper Providence, and lived for years in Birdsborough, Berks Co., Pa. He was afterward connected with an iron foundry and removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died. ( Records First Baptist Church, Philadelphia.) * * * * * SIXTH GENERATION. BENJAMIN VANDERSLICE, (Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.} b. Oct. 28, 1803. m. April 1, 1830, by Samuel Brinkley, at the parsonage of St. Peter's Episco­ pal Church, Charleston, Chester Co., Pa., Lydia Llewellyn, who was b. 1811. Children : Charles Augustus Vanderslice, b. Aug. 13, 1831, d. Jan. 13, 1899, in Rochester, Pa. George Washington Vanderslice, b. Nov. 6, 1832, d. Oct. 30, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa. Elizabeth Pawling Vanderslice, b. June 30, 1834, d. July 25, 1888, in Montana. m. -- Kitselman. Thomas Llewellyn Vanderslice, b. April 11, 1836, d. June 19, 1911, is buried in Ardmore. Ann Llewellyn Vanderslice, b. May 10, 1837, d. Aug. 18, 1919. Harriet Lane Vanderslice, b. Aug. 25, 1839, d. in Meadville, Pa., March 31, 1821. m. -- Tinker. Edward Richardson Vanderslice, b. March 7, 1841, d. in Bellflower, Calif., March 14, 1921. Rebecca Llewellyn Vanderslice, b. Dec. 4, 1842. m. -- Gates. John Van Renssalaer Vanderslice, b. Nov. 4, 1844, d. at Garrettsville, Sept. 30, 1915. Lydianna Vanderslice, b. July 28, 1846, d. in Atlanta, Ga., July 13, 1885. m. -- Gates. Benjamin Franklin Vanderslice, b. June 30, 1848, d. Jamestown, Pa. Stephen O. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 29, 185 0, d. Oct. 15, 1851.

52 William Henry Vanderslice, b. Sept. 6, 1852 in Youngs­ town, 0., d: Nov. 5, 1905. Herbert Eugene Vanderslice, b. March 3, 1854. Ella Ursila Vanderslice, b. July 23, 1856. m. -­ Horton. * * * * * MARCUS LAWRENCE VANDERSLICE, (Ed­ ,vard, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. June 13, 1813, d. July 31, 1876. m. Jan. 24, 1839, Margaret Mitchell, sister of his brother John's wife. She was b. Oct. 19, 1815, d. Jan. 6, 1896. Children : Ellen Saylor Vanderslice, b. Nov. 7, 1839, d. Feb. 6, 1919. Thaddeus Lawrence Vanderslice, b. July 22, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1907. Margaret Ann Vanderslice, b. Feb. 4, 1849, d. July 15, 1870. John Mitchell Vanderslice, b. Aug. 31, 1846, d. March 12, 1815. Theodore Pennypacker Vanderslice, b. Nov. 25, 1848, d. Aug. 1924. Louisa M. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 13, 1851, d. Aug. 13, 1881. Elizabeth Elmira Vanderslice, b. Jan. 13, 1851, d. July 7, 1869. Gertrude Schrack Vanderslice, b. Nov. 24, 1854. Arabella Mitchell Vanderslice, b. June 19, 1859. (Family Records.) When Lee invaded Pennsylvania, Marcus L. V ander­ slice and his two oldest sons, Thaddeus and John, enlisted in ,vhat was called an Emergency Regiment. Marcus, who ,vas then past middle age, suffered to the end of his life from the effects of the hardships he encountered at that time. When the emergency had passed, Thaddeus went into the navy as Assistant Engineer, and John enlisted in the Cavalry. Thaddeus received public commendation from the

53 Admiral of the Fleet, for standing over the :fire-room crew with drawn revolver, during a terrible storm, thereby keep­ ing the engines going and saving the ship. (Isaac Comly's "Deaths in Philadelphia and Vicinity.") * * * * * SAMUEL LANE VANDERSLICE, (Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Dec. 13, 1819. m. Mary Buckwalter. Children: Elwood Vanderslice, lives in Pottstown, Pa. Isaac Vanderslice. Ida Lane Vanderslice. * * * * * JOHNS. VANDERSLICE, M. D., (Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) m. Jane McCright. Children : Mary Vanderslice, b. 1823, d. 1910. Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. 1825, d. 1915. Augustus M. Vanderslice, M. D., b. 1833, d. 1887. John Shannon Vanderslice, Jr., M. D., b. Feb. 8, 1839. Jane M. Vanderslice, b. 1836, d. 1923. Unmarried. Annie M. \l'anderslice, b. 1841, d. 1890. John S. Vanderslice, Sr., lived and died in Dauphin Co., Pa. * * * * * MARY LANE VANDERSLICE, (Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1816, d. May 27, 1863. m. James Wetherell, who was b. F eh. 2. 1801, d. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1882. Both husband and wife are buried in the Cemetery at the St. James Episcopal Church, Evansburg, Pa., Child: Hamlet A. Wetherill, b. Aug. 16, 1839, d. Dec. 14, 1876. Is buried at Evansburg also. * * * * * RICHARDSON VANDERSLICE, (Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 16, 1809, in Montgomery Co,. Pa., d. Jan. 3, 1883. m. Jan. 4, 1838, Nancy M., daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Hay) McGavock, who

54 was b. Feb. 5, 1819, and was living in Wing, Ark., in May, 1903. Children: · F ranees Anne Vanderslice, b. Dec. 5, 1838, d. Dec. 2, 1899. Mary Vanderslice, b. Feb. 17, 1840, d. March 18, 1896. John Vanderslice, b. April 23, 1842. Elizabeth Amelia Vanderslice, b. Jan. 28, 1844. James Vanderslice, b. Nov. 21, 1845. William Vanderslice, b. Oct. 7, 1847. Thomas M. Vanderslice, b. Sept. 4, 1849, d. July 4, 1853. Robert Vanderslice, b. Aug. 25, 1852. Louisa Vanderslice, b. July 17, 1854. m. Elmore Hill. Sally Vanderslice, b. July 21, 1856. m. Feb. 14, 1899, James M. Nall. · Ada Vanderslice, b. Sept. 20, 1858, d. Dec. 11, 1882. Lacy Vanderslice, b. Sept. 23, 1860. Nannie Vanderslice, b. Nov. 21, 1862, d. Dec. 9, 1897. The history of the descendants of Richardson and Nancy M. ( McGavock) Vanderslice, was copied largely from the Genealogy of the McGavock Family. * * * * * THOMAS JEFFERSON VANDERSLICE, (Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) B. Feb. 18, 1808, d. Dec. 8, 1881. m. ( 1) Helen C., daughter of Charles Maus, and grand-daughter of Philip Maus. She was b. April 16, 1812, d. July 22, 1849. Children: Joseph P. Vanderslice, b. March 29, 1838, d. June 29, 1864. Louise Vanderslice, b. July 13, 1839. Rebecca Vanderslice, b. Feb. 21, 1841, d. March 7, 1890. Helene Vanderslice, b. Aug. 17, 1842, d. Feb. 2, 1890. Charles Maus Vanderslice, m. Catherine Ent.

55 Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, Jr., b. Feb. 14, 1845, d. Dec. 20, 1913. Augustus Vanderslice, b. June 22, 1846. Harry B. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 3, 1848, d. Oct. 6, 1917. Sarah Vanderslice, b. July 22, 1849. THOMAS JEFFERSON VANDERSLICE, m. (2) Martha Parker, who was -b. Nov. 16, 1822, d. Oct. 13, 1899. Children : Franklin P. Vanderslice, b. April 4, 1855. Tacy Vanderslice, b. Nov. 28, 1856. Adolph Vanderslice, b. June 6, 1860. * * * * * THOMAS JEFFERS O N VANDERSLICE, (Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. near Georgetown, Scott Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1827, d. at Perry, Okla., March 18, 1902. m. in Franklin Co., Ky., June 5, 1851, Sarah Jane Birchfield, who was b. in Franklin Co., Ky., Feb. 20 1834, d. in Highland, Kan., Nov. 12, 1878. Children: Howard Vanderslice, b. April 8, 1853, at Great Cross­ ing, Ky. m. at Iowa Point, Kan., Jan. 27, 1875, Minnie Elizabeth, daughter of William D., and Martha (Fox) Flinn, of Virginia. She was b. in Iowa Point, Jan. 17, 1856, d. in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29, 1923. He died Oct. 10, 1929. Daniel Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., June 16, 1855, d. Sept. 27, 187 4. Samuel Irvin Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., Aug. 7, 1857. John William Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., l\1ay, 1859. Margaret B. Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., March 5, 1861. Russell M. Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., Feb. 6, 1862.

56 TH01\1AS .JEFFERSON VANDERSLICE ( 6)

SARAH JANE BIRCHFIELD, wife of Thomas Jefferson Vander~lice (6)

MARGARET ANN VANDERSLICE, (Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) B. at Great Crossing, Ky., Jan. 9, 1838, d. Jan. 20, 1916. m. in Kansas Territory, July 19, 1856, James Bezzel Riney, who was b. in Elizabeth­ town, Ky., June 3, 1833, d. in St. Joseph,, June 8, 1889. Children: Horace Sherman Riney, b. June 1, 1857, d. June, 1886. Hortense Riney, b. Nov. 29, 1858. George Daniel Riney, b. Jan. 21, 1861, d. March 4, 1907. Maggie Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 15, 1863, d. July 31, 1916. m. -- Ennis. Mary Elizabeth Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 21, 1868. Jeannette N. Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo., July 14, 1874. Franklin Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 4, 1877. Lives near Denver, Colo. Benjamin Spaulding Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 10, 1879.

* * * * * DANIEL VANDERSLICE, III, (Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Scott County, Ky., Sept. 10, 1844, at White Sulphur Springs. m. Oct. 13, 1866, Martha A. Jeffers, who _d. Oct. 14, 1924, at their home in Doniphan, Kan., after an illness of but a few days. Children: Allie Vanderslice, b. Aug. 10, 1876, m. Howard Spiker, Mar. 22, 1894. Thomas Henry Vanderslice, b. Nov. 27, 1871. m. Mary Selen, Aug. 15, 1897. James Edward Vanderslice, b. Feb. 26, 1874. m. Mabel Page, Nov. 8, 1898. Nellie Vanderslice, b. Jan. 6, 1879. m. Maxwell S. McClellan, July 22, 1900. Robert Clinton Vanderslice, b. Jan. 4, 1881.

57 John William Vanderslice, b. July 22, 1884. m. Amelia Molineaux, Aug. 15, 1907. Charles Howard Vanderslice, b. Aug. 17, 1889. Della May Vanderslice, b. Oct. 11, 1886. * * * * * WILLIAM T. BARRY VANDERSLICE, (Daniel Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Scott Co., Ky., Dec. 25, 1829, m. Oct. 11, 1855, to Susan Frances Hancock, who d. Dec. 3, 1861. Children: Thomas Vanderslice, b. Aug. 4, 1857. Kate M. Vanderslice, b. May 22, 1859. Milton Vanderslice, b. Nov. 21, 1861, d. Feb. 11, 1862. WILLIAM T. BARRY VANDERSLICE married (2) Amanda Jane Parker, Oct. 11, 1871. Children: Jordan Vanderslice, b. Sept. 3, 1872, d. Aug. 25, 1900. Margaret Vanderslice, b. Dec. 7, 1874. m. Elmer Baker. Daniel Vanderslice, b. Jan. 27, 1880. Ettie Vanderslice, b. Oct. 18, 1879, d. Jan. 31, 1880. * * * * * JAMES JOHNSON VANDERSLICE, (Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Georgetown, Ky., April 15, 1843, m. in Kansas Territory, July 19, 1855 to Catherine Hancock. Children : Nannie Vanderslice. Sarah Vanderslice. John Vanderslice. Winnie Vanderslice. Daniel Vanderslice. May Vanderslice. Bell Vanderslice. * * * * * JOHN ELI FIDLER, (Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Womelsdorf, Pa., July 23, 1817, d. July 27, 1884, in Womelsdorf. m. Cathar­ ine Lohr, who was b. March 4, 1826. Children:

58 Sarah Fidler, b. Aug. 12, 1849. Elizabeth Fidler, unmarried. Eliza Fidler, drowned in Johnstown flood in 1889. Elvina Fidler, unmarried. Mary Fidler, m. -- Homer. John Fidler, m. Susan Schrack. Noah Fidler, Henry Fidler, unmarried. James Fidler, Thomas Fidler. (Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, Pa.) * * * * * MARIA A. FIDLER, (Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier,) m. Michael Rudy. Chil­ dren: Emma Rudy, b. May 4, 1844, d. Dec. 28, 1907. Elizabeth Rudy, b. 1845, d. 1860. * * * * * ELIZA FIDLER, ( Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier,) b. Oct. 20, 1827, d. Oct. 20, 1911. m. Dec. 26, 1852, Jacob Berkey, who d. before 1911. Children: Mahlon Berkey, b. May 7, 1855, d. Nov. 9, 1866. Mary Berkey, b. Sept. 13, 1856, d. Feb. 18, 1927. Malinda Berkey, b. March 4, 1858, d. Nov. 20, 1864. Urias Berkey, b. July 25, 1859. John Berkey, b. Nov. 30, 1860, d. Nov. 19. 1864. Amos Berkey, m. Eliza Jane Miller, who was b. April 12, 1862, d. July 19, 1927. William Berkey, b. Jan. 2, 1863, d. Dec. 9, 1864. Joseph Berkey, b. Feb. 27, 1865, d. April 20, 1875. * * * * * RARRIET FIDLER, (Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Isaac Berkebile. Children: Emma Berkebile,

59 Lavina Berkebile, Lucinda Berkebile, Eliza Ann Berkebile, Isaac Berkebile, Rose Berkebile, Jeremiah Berkebile, Philip Berkebile, Daniel Berkebile.

MARY VANDERSLICE HOPPER, (Deborah L. Vanderslice, George, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) B. March 26, 1840, d. Nov. 14, 1914. m. Hon. William Brantley Hanna, Dec. 16, 1862, in the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia. He was b. Nov. 23, 1835, d. Aug. 4, 1906. Children: Helen Allison Hanna, Maud Hanna, b. 1870, d. Sept. 12, 1895. · m. Col. Howard L. Calder, of Harrisburg. Meredith Hanna, b. Oct. 27, 1874.

WILLIAM GEORGE HOPPER, (Deborah L. Van­ derslice, George, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Feb. 8, 1887, Mary Franciscus, daughter of William and Harriet Maria Burr (Ashton) Bucknell, of Philadelphia. They re­ side at "Penhurst." Children: Harriet Bucknell Hopper, Marie Louise Hopper, Laura Storrs Hopper, Harry Bordman Hopper, Margaret Bucknell Hopper. * * * * * ANNA MAY CUSTER, (Anthony Vanderslice Custer, Rebecca Vanderslice, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. May 22, 1839. m. May 25, 1867, at Norristown, Pa., Elijah K. Brunner, who ,vas b. in Worcester T,vp.,

60 Montgomery Co., Pa., Feb. 11, 1832, d. Jan. 13, 1879. He was a farmer. This couple is buried at Trappe, Pa. Child: Mary Elizabeth Brunner, b. July 16, 1868. m. Elmer S. Poley. * * * * * ELIZABETH GOTWAL TZ, ( Esther Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 10, 1837, d. Aug. 8, 1902. m. Oct. 8, 1856, Fr4ncis Moses Hobson, who was b. Jan. 22, 1830, in Limerick Twp., Mont­ gomery Co., Pa., and d. in Collegeville, Pa., June 17, 1905. He was a teacher, and a surveyor, and had a general store in Collegeville. He was also a director in the First National Bank at Norristown, ·and the Iron Bank at Phoenixville, Pa. Child: Mary Matilda Hobson, b. Feb. 26, 1861. * * * * * SARAH E. VANDERSLICE, (Henry H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 30, 1850. m. Sept. 1, 1869, James A. Wells, who was b. Feb. 6, 1835, d. Feb. 23, 1882. This family moved to Bayou Sara, La. Children: John L. Wells, b. Sept. 23, 1870. Ida A. Wells, b. Jan. Z-6, 1872, d. Feb. 28, 1873. James A. Wells, Jr., b. Dec. 26, 1873, d. 1892. Emma P. Wells, b. May 31, 1876. Anna F. Wells, b. Feb. 16, 1878. Daniel C. Wells, b. March 26, 1880. Carrie Wells, b. Feb. 3, 1882. * * * * * ANN ELIZA VANDERSLICE, (Henry H., An­ thony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. April, 1856. m. Nov. 28, 1872, Charles Spencer. Children: Charles H. Spencer, b. Feb. 28, 1874. Sarah C. Spencer, b. Oct. 16, 1875. Margaret Spencer, b. Oct. 17, 1877, d. Nov. 16, 1877. W. F. Spencer, b. Oct. 5, 1878, d. Feb. 18, 1880.

61 Anna A. Spencer, b. Jan. 28, 1881. Lawrence Spencer, b. Feb. 23, 1883. * * * * * HENRY H~ VANDERSLICE, (Henry H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 10, 1865, d. April 23, 1905. m. --. Child: Harry Vanderslice, b. 1904. * * * * * MARY DETWEILER, (Elizabeth Vanderslice, An­ thony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 10, 1842, m. March 17, 1866, Henry D. Bechtel, who was b. l\tlay 25, 1842, d. Jan. 28, 1905. Children: Kate D. Bechtel, b. Aug. 13, 1867. Oliver Bechtel, b. June 2, 1869. Mamie Bechtel, b. Oct. 29, 1870. Elizabeth Bechtel, b. April 19, 1872, d. 1872. Emma D. Bechtel, b. Oct. 22, 1873. Henry H. Bechtel, b. Oct. 28, 1878. Irvin Bechtel, b. Aug. 30, 1880. m. March 19, 1904, Ella M. Leidy, who was b. Oct. 26, 1884. Frank Bechtel, b. Feb. 7, 1888. m. June 2, 1909, Elsie Ettinger, who was b. Jan. 21, 1889. (Hunsicker Genealogy.) Henry D. Bechtel was b. in Upper Providence, and was a farmer. * * * * * JOHN DETWEILER, (Elizabeth Vanderslice, An­ thony, III, Anthony, Jr.,· Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. 17, 1848. m. April 16, 1873, Phoebe Jane Powers, who was b. Jan. 3, 1846. Children : Mary P. Detweiler, b. Aug. 12, 1874. Lulu Detweiler, b. April 10, 1876. Elsie Detweiler, b. Nov. 20, 1877. Frank F. Detweiler, b. Feb. 9, 1880. Albert Detweiler, b. Oct. 13, 1883. (Hunsicker Genealogy.) John Detweiler, who was b. in Upper Providence, was a tinsmith.

62 MILTON VANDERSLICE DETWEILER, ( Eliza­ beth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. March 15, 1850. m. Feb. 18, 1875, Hannah Rosenberger, who was b. Oct. 1, 1843. Children: David R. Detweiler, b. Aug. 30, 1875, d. Jan. 17, 1895. Frank R. Detweiler, b. July 25, 1877. m. Jan. 1, 1903, Ella Ford, who was b. Oct. 20, 1877. No children. J. Warren Detweiler, b. Aug. 20, 1879. Catharine Detweiler, b. May 25, 1881. Mary Lizzie Detweiler, b. March 7, 1883, d. Oct. 9, 1884. (Hunsicker Genealogy.) Milton Vanderslice Det­ weiler, who was b. in Upper Providence, was a farmer. * * * * * FRANK DETWEILER, (Elizabeth Vanderslice, An- thony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 19, 1851. m. Jan. 14, 1880, Clara E. Williams, who was b. July 7, 1856. Children : Charles William Detweiler, b. April 7, 1882. Florence May Detweiler, b. Aug. 22, 1883. (Hunsicker Genealogy.) Frank Detweiler, ,vho was b. in Upper Providence, was a salesman in Philadelphia.

* * * * * ALICE MAHALA VANDERSLICE, (Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 6, 1844~ m. Sept. 10, 1865, John M. Johnson. Children: Clifford V. Johnson, b. Aug. 10, 1866. m. June 18, 1901, Sarah Katharine Marquette, ,vho was b. April 9 ,1857. No children. John Abraham Johnson, b. Dec. 24, 1867. Harriet Ann Johnson, b. Dec. 25, 1869. Annie Lorah Johnson, b. Aug. 25, 1871. Lydia M. Johnson, b. Sept. 23, 1873. m. Aug. 15, 1910, Charles C. Mac-kubin, who was b. Feb. 20, 1859. No children.

63 Paul Elmo Johnson, b. May 15, 1876. Margaret Jane Johnson, b. Jan. 10, 1879. Daniel Webster Johnson, b. Dec. 3, 1881.

HANNAH VILLERA VANDERSLICE, (Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 9, 1849. m. Jan. 3, 1864, Frank Auman, who ,vas b. Jan. 11, 1849. Children : John J. Auman, b. June 1, 1868. Harriet Auman, b. Sept. 17, 1869. Harvey Auman, b. Feb. 18, 1872. Mary Emma Auman, b. Feb. 28, 1874. Sallie J. Auman, b. Aug. 5, 1875. Unmarried. Annie Valeria Auman, b. Dec. 13, 1883. Unmarried. Bartley Auman, b. Oct. 31, 1887. Unmarried. Gertrude Auman, b. June 25, 1878, d. April 29, 1883. Hannah Auman, b. Oct. 23, 1880, d. May 20, 1883.

EMMA AMANDA VANDERSLICE, (Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. May 10, 1853. m. March 9, 1875, William J. Yost, who was b. March 10, 1845, d. May 19, 1909. Children: Stella B. Yost, b. Jan. 16, 1876. Charles C. Yost, b. Nov. 20, 1878, d. Sept. 5, 1898. Harmon B. Yost, b. May 22, 1848. Russel P. Yost, b. Nov. 29, 1890. * * * * * JA~1ES BUCHANAN VANDERSLICE, (Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 30, 1856. m. Oct. 30, 1895, Catharine O'Neill, who was b. Jan. 19, 1871. Children : Regina K. Vanderslice, b. Sept. 20, 1896. James F. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 14, 1900. Joseph R. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 8, 1903. Marie Ethel Vanderslice, b. Aug. 14, 1906.

64 SARAH ELIZABETH VANDERSLICE, (Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. 5, 1857. m. March 26, 1881, Irvin Y. Wann, who was b. Oct. 11, 1859. Child: Mabel C. Wann, b. Sept. 24, 1885. Their home is in Monocacy, Pa., and Miss Wann is a very successful teacher of music. Mr. Wann's business is in Reading, and he commutes. * * * * * JOHN PLACE, ( Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, An- thony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 5, 1845. m. Dec. 3, 1870, Margaret Bossert, who was b. Dec. 17, 1845. Children: Winfield Bossert Place, b. Oct. 25, 1871. Elmer Bossert Place, b. Nov. 27, 1872. Bertha Place,, b. Nov. 21, 184 7. Katherine Bossert Place, b. July 20, 1877. * * * * * FRANCES PLACE, ( Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 22, 1847. m. March 11, 1875, Henry Fegely, who was b. June 14, 1849. Children: Niobe Fegely, b. May 7, 1878. Sadie Juno Fegely, b. Dec. 8, 1879. Nelson P. Fegely, b. May 15, 1883. Henry Stanley Fegely, b. July 3, 1889. * * * * * CATHERINE PLACE, (Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 24, 1849. m. Aug. 1, 1868, Henry Cassel, who was b. June 10, 1844. Children: Eu1alia Cassel, b. Aug. 12, 1869. Lenora Cassel, b. Sept. 28, 1873. Anna Myrtle Cassel, b. May 23, 1880. m. June 30, 1906, Erwin E. Breisch, who was b. Aug. 25, 1883, (No further record.)

65 HORACE PLACE, (Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, Ill, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 8, 1853, m. Sept. 30, 1876, Sarah C. -Rosenberger, who was b. Dec. 14, 1847. Children: Lizzie R. Place, b. Aug. 7, 1878. Unmarried. Howard R. Place, b. June 16, 1879. Unmarried. Ira Place, b. May 24, 1880. Clarence G. Place, b. Oct. 13, 1882. Cora Place, b. Sept. 5, 1885, d. May 3, 1886. Anna Florence Place, b. Nov. 23, 1888. * * * * * BENJAMIN F. PLACE, (Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pa., Aug. 22, 1855. m. Aug. 12, 1893, Elizabeth Watson, who was b. Feb. 26, 1866. Children: Samuel Wilson Place, b. Aug. 17, 1894. Rachel R. Place, b. Nov. 30, 1895. Benjamin F. Place is a dentist. * * * * * ESTHER ANN PLACE, (Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) h. Aug. 25, 1857, m. Dec. 15, 1877, Anthony Auer, who was b. July 21, 1852. Children: Viola Auer, b. Nov. 9, 1881. Grace Roberta Auer, b. Sept. 22, 1894. Infant, b. Jan. 3, 1896, d. Jan. 10, 1896. Dorothy Auer, b. June 24, 1901, d. July 21, 1902. * * * * * FRANK A. ROSENBERGER, (Mary Vanderslice, Anthony, ID, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 26, 1853, m. June 27, 1878, Ella K. Krissinger, who was b. July 15, 1854. Children: Laura M. Rosenberger, b. March 21, 1880 .. m. March

66 26, 1902, Irwin MacFerran, b. Sept. 12, 1887, d. June 16, 1905. No children. Margaret Rosenberger, b. July 20, 1889. m. June 15, 1910, Albert L. Large, b. July 28, 1879. * * * * * BERDELLA VANDERSLICE, (Charles, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. .16, 1862, m. Charles Clemmons, who was b. Nov. 14, 1854. Children: Anna Pearl Clemmons, b. Feb. 15, 1878. m. June 6, 1904, Alfred F. Seaman, b. May 23, 1876. Elizabeth G. Clemmons, b. Oct. 24, 1879. m. June 30, 1909, Karl F. Mayer, b. April 7, 1875. Charles Lewis Clemmons, b. Aug. 2, 1881, d. Aug. 24, 1907. m. July, 1906, Effie Mulner, b. July 25, 1886. Essie Virginia Clemmons, b. Aug. 8, 1883. Jennie Clemmons, b. Aug. 2, 1888. James Cle!!'..mons? b. April 12, 1896, d. April 13, 1896. Cora Myrtle Clemmons, b. July 14, 1897. · Mildred May Clemmons, b. March 8, 1899. Alfred Faring Clemmons, b. March 8, 1889. * * * * * SARAH VANDERSLICE, (Charles, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Jan. 2, 1864, m. John Burnish. Child : Harry Bumish,.b. Oct. 3, 1885 .. * * * * * VALERIA VANDERSLICE, (Charles, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 22, 1866. m. Jan. 9, 1888, George Altenderfer, who was b. Feb. 25, 1865. Child: Charles Chester Altenderfer, b. May 22, 1899. * * * * * SEVENTH GENERATION. THOMAS LLEWELLYN VANDERSLICE, (Ben­ jamin Pawling, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.)

67 b. April 11, 1836, d. June 19, 1911. Is buried in Ardmore. m. ( 1 ) Elizabeth Chapman ; m. ( 2) Sarah Ann Chapman, her sister . Children: Harry Vanderslice, b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1864, d. Nov. 3, 1907. Buried New Cathedral Cemetery. Maud Vanderslice, m. George H. Eisenhart. Lives in Skippack, Pa. * * * * * ANNA LLEWELLYN VANDERSLICE, (Benja- min Pawling, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. May 10, 1837, d. Aug. 18, 1919. m. Oct. 10, 1877, John Craiger, who was b. Sept. 14, 1835, d. Feb. 22, 1907. Child: Sherman M. Craiger, b. Nov. 16, 1878; m. July 30, 1917, Beatrice Griswold, who was b. Jan. 23, 1885. * * * * * ELLA URSILLA VANDERSLICE, {Benjamin Paw- ling, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, J oho, Reynier.) b. July 23, 1856. m. --- Horton. Lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Children: Effie Horton. Anna Horton. Claire Horton. * * * * * THADDEUS LAWRENCE VANDERSLICE, ( Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. July 22, 1841, d. July 26, 1907. m. Oct. 24, 1871, Ida Olivia Waite, who was b. Dec. 27, 1848, d. Jan. 9, 1912. They are buried in the Evansburg Cemetery, Pa. Children: Eva Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. Jan. 28, 1873. m. Ernest Castle. Isabel Little Vanderslice, b. June 25, 1876. Unmarried. (Pennsylvania-German Society, Vol. 15, p. 30.) (i\t a meeting of this Society held Oct. 25, 1904, the Honorable Thaddeus Lawrence Vanderslice acted as toast­ master. The event was the 221st anniversary of the found­ ing of Germantown.)

68 JOHN MITCHELL VANDERSLICE, (Marcus Lafayette, Edward·, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Aug. 31, 1846, d. March 12, 1915. m. June 7, 1870, Caroline Cecelia, daughter of Dr. James, and Caroline (Downing) Hamer. She was b. June 1, 1849. On her mother's side she is a direct descendant of Cotton Mather of Puritan fame. Children: Mariam Vanderslice, d. young. Stanley Vanderslice, d. young. Clarence Vanderslice, b. Dec. 16, 1875. Mabel Vanderslice, b. Dec. 25, 1878. Ethel Vanderslice, d. young. Edith Vanderslice, d. young. * * * * * THEODORE PENNYPACKER VANDERSLICE, ( Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier. b. Nov. 25, 1848, d. Aug. 7, 1924, m. July 2, 1874, Louisa Alexander, b. Feb. 8, 1854, d. Feb. 19, 1929. Children: Olivia Cecelia Vanderslice, b. April 10, 1875, d. March 25, 1918. Bessie Vanderslice, b. Feb. 25, 1877, d. Feb. 3, 18~5. Marcus Vanderslice, b. March 4, 1880. m. Kathryn Lickfield. Marion Vanderslice, b. March 16, 1884. m. Franklin Davidson. John Mitchell Vanderslice, b. April 24, 1887. Harry Disston Vanderslice, b. June 26, 1889. Was in 103 Pa. Cavalry of the World War. Lulu A. Vanderslice, b. Nov. 17, 1891, d. March 16, 1892. Theo~ore Pennypacker Vanderslice, Jr., b. 1893, d. infancy. * * * * * LOUISA MIRANDA VANDERSLICE, (Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Jan.

69 13, 1851, d. August. 13, 1881. m. April 18, 1876, Theodore Clemens. Child : Elizabeth Clemens, b. Feb. 28, 1877. * * * * * GERTRUDE SCHRACK VANDERSLICE, (Mar­ cus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, J acoh, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 24, 1854, m. May 18, 1876, Franklin Pierce Haller. Children: Leroy Vanderslice Haller, h. July 24, 1877. Lelan Mitchell Haller, b. July 14, 1879. He was a Captain in the World War. Louis Eyre Haller, b. Aug. 27, 1881. He was First Sergeant in the 111 Pennsylvania Regiment in the World War. Margaret Ann Haller, b. Sept. 15, 1883, d. Jan. 17, 1920. Unmarried. Franklin Pierce Haller, Jr., b. Oct. 12, 1886. Lieuten­ ant-Colonel of the 111 Pennsylvania Infantry in the World War. Stanley Thuron Haller, h. April 5, 1889. Virginia Eyre Haller, b. July 31, 1894. m. John Glover Stone. * * * * * ARABELLA MITCHELL VANDERSLICE, (Mar­ cus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, J acoh, John, Reynier.) b. June 19, 1859. m. April 23, 1884, Charles H. Brazier. Chiidren: George Marcus Brazier, b. Jan. 17, 1885 ; m. Ethel ---.. Was a Major in the Transport Division during the World War. Laurence Thurston Brazier was a Sergeant in the World War. • * * * * MARY VANDERSLICE, (John S., Jacob, Thomas,

70 Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1823, d. 1910. m. Jackson Andrews. Children : Augustus Andrews. Frank Andrews. John Andrews. Wilson Andrews. Richard Andrews. Ella Andrews. Jane Andrews. * * * * * ELIZABETH VANDERSLICE, (John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1825, d. 1915. m. Daniel H ufnagle. Children : John H ufnagle. Richard H ufnagle. Louise H ufnagle. Lillian H ufnagle. * * * * * DR. AUGUSTUS M. VANDERSLICE, (John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1833, d. 1887. m. Rebecca F. Rauch, who was b. 1839, d. 1926. Children: Anna M. Vanderslice, b. 1862. John Jacob Vanderslice, b. l 864~ Unmarried. Frank Rauch Vanderslice, b. 1866. Dr. Augustus Muhlenberg Vanderslice, Jr., b. 1868. James McCreight Vanderslice, b. 1870. Unmarried. William Hoyle Vanderslice, b. 1872. Unmarried. Dr. Edwin Rank Vanderslice, b. 1875. Eleanor Jane Vanderslice, b.. 1878. m. William W. Wolf, b. 1875. Howard Roy Vanderslice, b. 1880. Bertha Elizabeth Vanderslice, b. 1882. Unmarried. Dr. Vanderslice was b. in Pennsylvania, but went west- ward to Illinois, and thence to Nebraska, where he died.

71 JOHN SHANNON VANDERSLICE, (John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 8, 1839, d. March 1, 1928. m. Sept. 18, 1862, Luella Juliette Dunlevy. Children: Howard Augustus Vanderslice, b. July 29, 1863. Walter J. Vanderslice, b. 1865. m. Aug. 15, 1906, Nora Palmer, who was b. Feb. 25, 1867. Dr. James Warren Vanderslice, b. June 26, 1869. Luella Frances Vanderslice, b. March 17, 1872. Earl Paul Vanderslice, b. March 24, 1880. * * * * * ANNIE M. VANDERSLICE, {John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1841, d. 1890. m. Solo­ mon H. Muma. Children: Jennie V. Muma. Henry Muma. William Muma. Grace Muma. Herbert Muma. Samuel Muma. Richard Muma. Mary Muma. Charles Muma. Fannie Muma. Howard Muma. * * * * • FRANCES ANNE VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. in Williamson Co., Tenn., Dec. 5, 1838, d. Dec. 2, 1899. m. Jan. 1, 1860, William Weakley, son of William Weakley and Sally F. (Allston} Johnson, of North Carolina. He was b. June 12, 1835 in Williamson Co., Tenn. They resided in Triune, Tenn. Children : William Joseph Johnson, b. Aug. 19, 1861, d. Aug. 18, 1881. James K. Johnson, b. Feb. 8, 1866.

72 Nancy V. Johnson, b. July 17, 1867. Mary De Graffenried Johnson, b. Dec. 3, 1868. Fannie Lou Johnson, b. March 12, 1871. Willie Dood Johnson, b. Aug. 10, 1874. John W ealdey Johnson, b. Dec. 16, 187 8. Alice Maxie Johnson, b. Oct. 1882. m. Oct. 8, 1902, Elihu H. Thomas. * * * * * MARY VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 17, 1840, d. March 18, 1896. m. May 23, 1858, Richard C., son of Abner H. and Elvira Henson. He was b. in Marion Co., Alabama, April 21, 1836, d. Dec. 15, 1893. Children: F ranees Ellen Henson, b. March 17, 1861, d. Sept. 10, 1888. Laura Lee Henson, h. Jan. 11, 1863, d. 1896. Abner Hiltern Henson, b. March 8, 1865. Richard Carroll Henson, b. Dec. 31, 1866. John Calhoun Henson, b .March 26, 1869. Coral Elvira Henson, b. March 31, 1872, d. May 5, 1889. William Thomas Henson, b. Nov. 26, 1874. m. Feb. 1, 1898, Addie Bolling. Nannie A. Henson, b. Nov. 17, 1876. George Washington Henson, b. Nov. 9, 1878. Rachel Louisa Henson, b. Jan. 13, 1881, d. Sept. 3, 1883. James Robert Henson, h. Feb. 1, 1884. * * * * * JOHN VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. April 23, 1842. m. {1) Oct. 9, 1872, Mattie, daughter of Leake, and Sarah {Pound) Milam. She was b. in Pontotoc Co., Miss., Oct. 12, 1856, and d. May 21, 1884. Children: Lou Ann Vanderslice, b. Nov. 7, 187 4. Ernest Milam Vanderslice, b. March 2, 1878.

73 Robert Walker Vanderslice, b. Nov. 14, 1880. John Mattie Vanderslice, b. April 17, 1884. John Vanderslice m. (2) Nov. 8, 1885, Delilah Jane, daughter of Alexander and Talitha (Fox) Wilson, who was b. in Grayson Co., Texas, Aug. 28, 1855. Children: Lillie Ellen Vanderslice, b. Dec. 22, 1888. James Hugh Vanderslice, b. Jan. 19, 1893. * * * * * ELIZABETH AMELIA VANDERSLICE, (Rich­ ardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Jan. 28, 1844. m. Sept. 18, 1867, Thomas J., son of John S. and Sarah Ann (Miller) Rice, of South Carolina. He was b. March 15, 1838, d. June 11, 1880. Children: Thomas J. Rice, b. 1868. John Richardson Rice, b. 1870. William Henry Rice, b. 1872. Louisa E. Rice, b. 1874. Nancy S. Rice, b. 1878. Robert Augustus Rice, b. 1880, d. l\tiay 29, 1891. * * * * * JAMES VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 21, 1845. m. Jan. 7, 1873, Ella, daughter of Asbury and Margaret Ann (Cheatham) Thompson, of Florida. She was b. F eh. 26, 1849. Children: Hugh McGavock Vanderslice, b. March 4, 187 5. m. Sept. 29, 1901, Minnie Wells. Edward M. Vanderslice, b. July 4, 1879. Mary Anne Vanderslice, b. Nov. 28, 1884, d. Nov. 23, 1902. This family lives in Valley View, Texas. * * * * * WILLIAM VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Oct. 7, 184 7. m. Jan.

74 26, 1881, Alice M., dau. of Dr. James and Mary Salina (Dunlop) Garmany. Children: Willard Allen Vanderslice, b. Nov. 14, 1882. Nancy Alma Vanderslice, b. Aug. 8, 1885. Effie Medora Vanderslice, b. Jan. 16, 1887. Elihu Williams Vanderslice, b. March 29, 1889, d. June 19, 1890. Beulah Esla Vanderslice, b. March 25, 1891. Felix Garmany Vanderslice, b. Dec. 22, 1893, d. Oct. 12, 1895. Samuel Forrest Vanderslice, b. Aug. 13, 1895. * * * * • ROBERT VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Aug. 25, 1852. m. June 12, 1890, Dora M., dau. of John and Martha J. Adams, who was b. in Deroche, Ark., July 12, 1866. Children: Martha Clifford Vanderslice, b. June 28, 1892. Vesta Rozelle Vanderslice, b. Oct. 7, 1893. Olive Delle Vanderslice, b. Aug. 7, 1895. Rozelle Warren Vanderslice, b. Jan. 18, 1899. Horace Kenneth Vanderslice, b. Nov. 28, 1900. * * * * * ADA VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Sept. 20, 1858, d. Dec. 11, 1882. m. Nov. 11, 1880, George W. Drummond, who was b. July 15, 1854, d. March 10, 1892. Child: James Harvie Drummond, b. Sept. 2, 1881. * * * * * NANNIE VANDERSLICE, (Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 21, 1862, d. Dec. 9, 1897. m. June 7, 1896, Benjamin DeLanghter. Child: Nannie Hattie DeLanghter, b. Dec. 4, 1897. * * * * * LOUISA VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. July

75 13, 1839. m. Feb. 17, 1859, John Kistler, who was b. May 12, 1831, d. Oct. 7, 1892. Children: Warren Kistler. Byron Clees Kistler. Wilbur Kistler. Frank Kistler. * * * * * REBECCA VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 21, 1841, d. March 7, 1890. m. John Thomas. Child: Thomas J. Thomas. * * * * * HELENE VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Aug. 17, 1842, d. Feb. 2, 1890. m. North Leidy. Child: Helene Leidy. * * * * * CHARLES MAUS VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jef- ferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) m. March 21, 1869, Catharine Ent. Children: Harry M. Vanderslice, b. Jan. 12, 1871. Luzetta Vanderslice. Charles Thomas Vanderslice, b. Jan. 28, 187 5. Nellie Maus Vanderslice, b. Sept. 13, 1876, d. Aug. 27, 1922. m. Alex. T. Lockard. Fred Clever Vanderslice, b. March 1, 1881. m. Lillian Adams. Catharine Vanderslice. * * * * * THOMAS JEFFERSON VANDERSLICE, Jr., (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 14, 1845, d. Dec. 20, 1913. m. July 14, 1868, Loretta A. Sharpless, who was b. Jan. 4, 1843. Children: Robert Foster Vanderslice, b. in Bloomsburg, Pa., March 21, 1869. m. Effie Hartman.

76 Ellen S. Vanderslice, b. in Buckhorn, Pa., Sept. 29, 1870, d. 1876. Helena Maus Vanderslice, b. in Bloomsburg, Pa., Nov. 28, 1877. George Jackson Vanderslice, b. in Bloomsburg, Pa., Sept. 9, 1879. m. Grace Hartzell. ( Sharpless Genealogy.) Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice married Loretta A. Sharpless in Bloomsburg, Pa., July 14, 1868. She was born in Slabtown, Jan. 4, 1843, and he was born in Buckhorn, Columbia Co., Pa., Feb. 14, 1845. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson and Helena (Maus) Vanderslice, of that place. * * * * * HARRY B. VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Jan. 3, 1848, d. Oct. 6, 1917. m. Ann Leidy. Children: Kingsley Vanderslice. Dwight Vanderslice. Mary Vanderslice, m. Dwight Edwards. Nona Vanderslice. * * * * * SARAH VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. July 22, 1849. m. David Bombay. Children. Fred Bombay. Bessie Bomboy. Loretta Bombay. Ned Bomboy. Homer Bombay. * * * * * FRANKLIN P. VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jeffer- son, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. April 4, 1855. m. 1879, Laura M. Drake, who was b. 1856. Children: Zoe Hart Vanderslice, m. -- Bell.

77 Angie Vanderslice. Scott B. Vanderslice. Theodore Vanderslice. Dorothy Vanderslice. * * * * * TACY VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 28, 1856. m. 1888, William Kester, who was b. Dec. 1861, d. Aug. 25, 1927. Children : Roscoe T. Kester. Martha Kester. Edi th Kester. • * * * * ADOLPH VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, J oho, Reynier.) b. June 6, 1860. m. 1882, Louisa Tilley. Child: Roy Vanderslice. * * * * • SAMUEL IRVIN VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jef- ferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 7, 1857. m. Sept. 20, 1887, Hortense Riney, who was b. Nov. 29, 1858. Children: T. Irvin Vanderslice, b. Sept. 22, 1889. m. Winifred Lloyd, July 24, 1926. No children. She was b. Jan. 18, 1884. Marjorie Vanderslice, b. Nov. 29, 1891, d. in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 12, 1918. Asa Riney Vanderslice, b. Jan. 25, 1894, d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 6, 1905. Vernon Vanderslice, b. Sept. 9, 1897. * * * * * JOHN WILLIAM VANDERSLICE, (Thomas Jef­ ferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. May, 1859. m. Dec. 7, 1880, in Atchison, Kan., Jennie Moore. Children : Howard J. Vanderslice, b. near Highland, Kan., May

78 JOHN WlLLIAi\l VANDERSLICE (7)

HOWARD VANDERSLICE (7) \IRS. MARGARET B. MOORE (7) SAMUEL IRVIN VANDERSLICE (7)

28, 1885. m. in Denver, Colo., Aug. 4, 1919, Nettie Fallis. Mida A. Vanderslice, b. in Highland, Kan., March 23, 1887. m. Fred C. Brown, of Denver, Colo. Inna H. Vanderslice, b. Dec. 19, 1888. Willia I. Vanderslice, b. Dec. 8, 1890. m. in Cannon City, Colo., May 10, 1922, George J. Schnarre. Ruth E. Vanderslice, b. Dec. 1, 1894. John T. Vanderslice, b. Aug. 2, 1897. Emmett C. Vanderslice, b. in Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 24, 1900. * * * * * MARGARET B. V~NDERSLICE, (Thomas Jeffer- son, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. March 5, 1861. m .. Aug. 10, 1882, Thomas H. Moore. Children: Bessie Moore, b. Nov .. 7, 1883. Atha Moore, b. Jan. 16, 1887. * * * * * RUSSELL M. VANDERSLICE (Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 6, 1862, d. March, 1910. m. June 8, 1887, to Leora Rebecca Meers, who was b. Aug. 6, 1870. Children: Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice. Ethel Louella Vanderslice. * * * * * HORACE SHERMAN RINEY, (Margaret Ann Vanderslice, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 1, 185 7, d. June, 1886. m. Emily Hicks, of St. Louis. Child : Alice Riney, m. N. Guy Barringer. Lives in St. Louis. * * * * * GEORGE DANIEL RINEY, (Margaret Ann Van- derslice, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Jan. 12, 1861, d. March 4, 1907. m. Sarah Birk, Feb., 1889. She d. July 6, 1901. Children:

79 Daniel S. Riney, b. Dec. 10, 1889, St. Louis, Mo., d. Dec. 16, 1918. Bernice Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. * * * * * JEANETTE N. RINEY, (Margaret Ann Vander- slice, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in St. Joseph, Mo., July 14, --. m. E. 0. Hicks, of St. Louis, Mo. Children : Roger Lee Hicks, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. Bernie Vancil Hicks, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. m. ·l\1ay 19, 1926, Avis Elizabeth Smith, of Kansas City, Mo. * * * * * BENJAMIN SPAULDING RINEY, (Margaret Ann Vanderslice, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henty, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 10, 1879. m. Esther Long, of St. Joseph, Mo. Children: James Welden Riney, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. Dorothy Riney, b. St. Joseph, Mo. * * * * * EMMA RUDY, (Maria A. Fidler, Sarah M.A. Van- derslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Womels­ dorf, Pa., May 4, 1844, d. in Womelsdorf, Dec. 28, 1907. m. Simon Von Nieda, of Womelsdorf. He was b. Oct.. 6, 1843, d. Feb. 10, 1905. Children: Charles A. L. Von Nieda, b. in Womelsdorf, March, 1865, d. as result of an accident, June, 1919. George Von Nieda, who lives in the old homestead in Womelsdorf. * * * * * SARAH FIDLER, (John Eli Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 12, 1849. m. Feb., 1879, David Hiteshew, who was b. Aug. 12, 1829, d. July 10, 1913. Children: Della Hiteshew, b. Dec. 23, 1879. Daisy Hiteshew, b. April 11, 1881. David Franklin Hiteshew, b. Oct. 10, 1883.

80 Thomas Cleveland Hiteshew, b. Feb. 28, 1884. Elvina Grace Hiteshew, b. April 12, 1889. * * * * * JAMES FIDLER, (John Eli Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Anna Saylor. Children : Frank Fidler. Edward Fidler. Viola Fidler. * * * * * THOMAS FIDLER, (John Eli Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Martha Faust. Children: Harry Fidler, unmarried. Officer in the World War. Lawrence Fidler, m. Helen Morgan. Judson Fidler. Mary Fidler. Mabel Fidler, m. Mr. Logan. * * * * * LAVINA BERKEBILE, (Harriet Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m...... Buchanan. Child : James Buchanan, m. -- Lohr. * * * * * LUCINDA BERKEBILE, (Harriet Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Austin Lohr. Child: Jonas Lohr, m. Alverda Bowman. * * * * * ELIZA ANN BERKEBILE, (Harriet Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Edmund Holsapple. Children : Leon Holsapple. Sidney Holsapple. Guy Holsapple.

81 Clarissa Holsapple. Leslie Holsapple. Russell Holsapple. Bruce Holsapple. Clyde Holsapple. * * * * * ISAAC BERKEBILE, ( Harriet Fidler, Sar~h M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Katherine Hahn. Children : Grace Berkebile, who is a bank cashier, and lives in Pittsburg, Pa. Clarence Berkebile. * * * * * DANIEL BERKEBILE, (Harriet Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. --. Children: Ambrose Berkebile, who is a detective in Cambra Co., Pa. William R. Berkebile, who is a teacher. James Berkebile, who edits a paper in Florida. Adam G. Berkebile, Clerk of the Court. * * * * * MARY BERKEY, (Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Van- derslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Sept. 13, 1856, d. F eh. 18, 1927. m. June, 1877, Simon Geisel. Children : Bertha Estelle Geisel, b. Oct. 22, 1878. Cora Minerva Geisel, b. Dec. 26, 1881. William Emery Geisel, b. Jan. 10, 1884. Myrtle Mildred Geisel, b. Jan. 20, 1890, m. June 20, 1912, Otto Ott. Pearl Lois Geisel, b. April 19, 1897. * * * * * AMOS BERKEY, (Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Van- derslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Eliza Jane Miller, who was b. April 12, 1862, d. July 19, 1927. Children:

82 Mahlon Berkey, b. Dec. 5, 1877. Mary A. Berkey, b. Dec. 1880. John Berkey. Clyde Berkey. Roy Berkey. Alvin Berkey. Russell Berkey, m. Mabel Peale. * * * * * MEREDITH HANNA, (Mary Vanderslice Hopper, Deborah Levina Vanderslice, George, Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. in Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1874. m. April 20, 1908, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Phila., Marian Wilt­ bank, daughter of W. Godell and Mary Elizabeth (Wilt­ bank) Clark. Child : William Clark Hanna, b. in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1909. * * * * * MARY MATILDA HOBSON, (Elizabeth Got­ waltz, Esther Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 26, 1861. m. Oct. 21, 1886, Rev. 0. P. Smith, son of Frederick and Mary Smith, who was b. in Tripoli, Pa., Sept. 4, 1848, d. Oct. 15, 1911. Children: Francis Hobson Smith, b. Oct. 29, 1887. m. April 19, 1919, Mabel Wolbert, who was b. Aug. 25, 1890. Oliver Hobson Smith, b. March 16, 1890. * * * * * JOHN L. WELLS, (Sarah E. Vanderslice, Henry H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Sept. 23, 1870. m. Dec. 24, 1895, Lena Ginn, who was b. Feb. 23, 1872, d. Oct. 2, 1909. Children: James U. Wells, b. Dec. 24, 1896, d. Sept. 23, 1898. Irene Wells, b. Dec. 24, 1899. Lucille Wells, b. March 4, 1900. Inez Wells, b. May 6, 1902. John L. Wells, Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1903, d. Feb. 14, 1904.

83 Ellen Wells, b. Jan. 28, 1904. John L. Wells is a lumberman in Bayou Sara, La. * * * * * EMMA P. WELLS, (Sarah E. Vanderslice, Henry H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. May 31, 1876. m. April 24, 1904, Samuel White, who was b. Oct. 20, 1850. Children: Florola Vanderslice White, b. June 22, 1905. James A. White, b. Dec. 2, 1906. Evalina White, b. May 14, 1908. * * * * * CARRIE WELLS, (Sarah E. Vanderslice, Henry H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 3, 1882. m. June 27, 1909, Charles A. Pace, who was b. April 17, 1880. Child: Beulah Wells Pace, b. Dec. 22, 1910. * * * * * KATE D. BECHTEL, (Mary Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 13, 1867. m. June 2, 1891, John H. Bartman, who was b. Jan. 2, 1863. Children : Mary D. Bartman, b. Nov. 24, 1892. Harry Bartman, b. Jan. 29, 1895. Russell Bartman, b. May 29, 1897. * * * * * OLIVER BECHTEL, ( Mary Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. June 2, 1869. rn. Nov. 24, 1892, Anna Poley, who was b. Sept. 4, 1873. Children: Earl P. Bechtel, b. Nov. 12, 1893. Leland P. Bechtel, b. Sept. 25, 1899. Mildred P. Bechtel, b. Jan. 3, 1907. * * * * * EMMA D. BECHTEL, (Mary Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.)

84 b. Oct. 22, 1873. m. Oct. 29, 1909, Jerome H. Gennaria. Children: Henry B. Gennaria, b. June 21, 1902. Kathryn M. Gennaria, b. April 30, 1904. C. Kenneth Gennaria, b. Nov. 27, 1905. Myrtle Gennaria, b. Oct. 29, 1907. * * * * * HENRY H. BECHTEL ,(l'.lary Detweiler, Eliza­ beth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Oct. 28, 1878. m. March 19, 1904, Sarah H. Gennaria. Children : Mary G. Bechtel, b. Feb. 5, 1902. HannanG. Bechtel, b. Nov. 22, 1906, d. May 2, 1908. Charles W. Bechtel, h. Jan. 7, 1905, d. Oct. 4, 1905. Henry Ernest Bechtel, b. May 17, 1909. * * * * * LULU DETWEILER, (John Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 10, 1876. m. Sept. 12, 1900, Harry M. Stevens, who was b. Nov. 4, 1869. Children: Harry M. Stevens, Jr., h. Feb. 21, 1903. Dorothy C. Stevens, b. Aug. 22, 1908. * * * * * ELSIE DETWEILER, (John Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. 20, 1877. m. Nov. 25, 1898, Charles A. Hampton, who was b. Feb. 21, 1877. Children: Charles A. Hampton, Jr., b. Oct. 2, 1899. Phoebe Jane Hampton, b. Jan. 20, 1901. * * * * * CHARLES WILLIAM DETWEILER, (Frank Detweiler, Elizabeth Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) · b. April 7, 1882. m. March 6, 1908, Ada Tunis, who was b. Dec. 6, 1880. Child: Charles \Villiam Detweiler, Jr., b. Dec. 20, 1908.

85 JOHN ABRAHAM JOHNSON, (Alice Mahala V ~nderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 24, 1867. m. Jan. 14, 1899, Bessie Nicholls, who was b. Sept. 25, 1878. Children: Alice May Johnson, b. Oct. 30, 1899. Karl Eugene Johnson, b. Nov. 25, 1904. * * * * * HARRIET ANN JOHNSON, (Alice Mahala Van- derslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 25, 1869. m. May 30, 1891, William H. Rhoads, who was b. June 27, 1858. Children: Edith Alice Rhoads, b. Jan. 5, 1892. m. George F. Lee, Jr. Annie Elmira Rhoads, b. Feb. 13, 1894. Harvey Eugene Rhoads, b. Sept. 29, 1895. Lydia Matilda Rhoads, b. Jan. 23, 1897. Erma Marguerite Rhoads, b. Feb. 6, 1899. John Johnson Rhoads, b. Feb. 26, 1901. * * * * * .PAUL ELMO JOHNSON, (Alice Mahala Vander- slice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. May 15, 1876. m. Feb. 21, 1896, Ray Sul­ livan, who was b. Jan. 8, 187 5. Child: Victor Leroy Johnson, b. Nov. 9, 1906. * * * * * DANIEL WEBSTER JOHNSON, (Alice Mahala Vanderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 3, 1881. m. June 15, 1904, Lot­ tie M. Grundlock, who was b. July 28, 1883. Child: Spencer R. Johnson, b. April 3, 1907. * * * * * JOHN J. AUMAN, (Hannah Villera Vanderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. June 1, 1868. m. Oct. 14, 1893, Hannah M. Bucher, who was b. Aug. 14, 1874. Children: Donald Sebastian Auman, b. May 20, 1894.

86 Leonard Franklin Auman, b. Dec. 20, 1896. Mary Sarah Auman, i F re denc . k p a ul A uman, b. Oct. 28, 1900. * * * * * HARRIET AUMAN, (Hannah Villera Vanderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. Sept. 1'7, 1869. m. July 9, 1887, Edwin L. Geist, who was b. Jan. 2, 1869. Children: Edna Geist, b. Nov. 12, 1887. Grant Geist, b. Sept. 14, 1890. Sarah May Geist, b. May 3, 1896. Hattie Ursilla Geist, b. July 24, 1899. Ralph Edwin Geist, b. Aug. 22, 1901. * * * * * HARVEY AUMAN, (Hannah Villera Vanderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. Feb. 18, 1872. m. April 23, 1892, Jennie Alice Diefender, who was b. Feb. 22, 1871. Children: Franklin Alvin Auman, b. Aug. 15, 18~2. Roy Frederick Auman, b. June 27, 1895. Sue Marguerite Auman, b. April 19, 1901. George Washington Auman, b. June 24, 1905. * * * * * MARY EMMA AUMAN, (Hannah Villera Vander- slice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb.· 28, 1874. m. Aug. 20, 1892, Martin Slater, who was b. Aug. 6, 1866, d. July 6, 1910. Child: Florence Slater, b. Feb. 26, 1893. * * * * * STELLA B. YOST, (Emma Amanda Vanderslice, Abraham H., Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. Jan. 16, 187 6. m. Oct. 7, 1896. William Um­ stead, who was b. Oct. 6, 187 5. Children : Esther Umstead, b. June 18, 1897. Florence Umstead, b. May 25, 1907."

87 WINFIELD BOSSERT PLACE, (John Place, Sara Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Oct. 25, 1871. m. Oct. 1, 1891, Elsie May Rennard, who was b. Dec. 26, 1871. Child : Elsie May Place, b. April 8, 1892. * * * * * ELMER BOSSERT PLACE, (John Place, Sara Van­ derslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. 27, 1872. m. March 22, 1902, Anna Detweiler Hall­ man, who was b. Nov. 5, 1877. Children: Russell Hallman Place, b. Aug. 15, 1902. Walter Hallman Place, b. April 9, 1904. Elmer Raymond Place, b. July 14, 1908. * * * * * EULALIA CASSEL, ( Catherine Place, Sara Vander­ slice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 12, 1869. m. Oct. 12, 1897, Walter Miller, who was b. Jan. 20, 1868. Children : Wayne W. Miller, b. Sept. 6, 1898. Helen Lois Miller, b. Jan. 5, 1900, d. May 30, 1900. Robert Curtis Miller, b. Aug. 6, 1908. * * * * * CLARENCE G. PLACE, (Horace Place, Sara Van- 9erslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. Oct. 13, 1882, m. Jan. 15, 1906, Marion Stella Smith, who was b. June 29, 1885. Child: Leroy Stephen Place, b. Aug. 15, 1906. * * * * * ESSIE VIRGINIA CLEMMONS, (Berdella Van­ derslice, Charles, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. Aug. 8, 1883. m. Sept. 27, 1905, Gus Williams, who was b. July 16, 1880. Children : Alfrew W. Williams, b. Sept. 27, 1910. Guilbert G. Williams, b. Sept. 27, 1910.

88 EIGHTH GENERATION. CLARENCE VANDERSLICE, (John Mitchell, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Dec. 16, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa. m. June 23, 1903, Florence, daughter of Hiram and Mary Jane (Cadwallader) Livezey, who ,vas b. April 13, 1875. Child: John Livezey Vanderslice, b. Aug. 21, 1907. Clarence Vanderslice served in Co. K, 6th Pennsyl­ vania Infantry, during the Spanish-American War. * * * * * OLIVIA CECELIA VANDERSLICE, (Theodore Pennypacker, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. April 10, 1875, d. March 25, 1918. m. George E. Scheufele, who was b. May, 1876, d. June 17, 1928. Children : William Scheufele, b. Sept. 7, 1898. Marion Sheufele, b. Dec. 29, 1904. * * * * * JOHN MITCHELL VANDERSLICE, (Theodore Pennypacker, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. April 24, 1887. m. ( 1) Etta Boice. Child: John Mitchell Vanderslice, Jr., b. Nov. 9, 1911. John Mitchell Vanderslice, m. (2) Ida--.. * * * * * HARRY DISSTON VANDERSLICE, (Theodore Pennypacker, Marcus Lafayette, Ed,vard, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. June 26, 1889, m. Evalyn Loughlin. Children: Evalyn Louise Vanderslice, b. Feb. 14, 1921. Harry Vanderslice, b. Jan. 22, 1924. Theodore Pennypacker Vanderslice, b. Jan. 22, 1924. * -* * * * ELIZABETH CLEMENS, (Louisa Miranda Van­ derslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John,

89 Reynier.) b. Feb. 28, 1877. m. June 19, 1906, Arthur Paul. Children : James Folsom Paul, b. May 5, 1909. Kenneth Ecclos Paul, b. July 13, 1913. Eleanor Vanderslice Paul, b. F eh. 16, 1916. Remsen 0. Paul, b. Feb. 16, 1916. * * * * * LEROY VANDERSLICE HALLER, (Gertrude Schrack: Vanderslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. July 24, 1877. m. (1) 1898, Elizabeth McClister. Child : Pierce Haller. Leroy Vanderslice Haller, m. ( 2) Ella Madsen. Child : Leroy Vanderslice Haller, Jr. * * * * * LOUIS EYRE HALLER, (Gertrude Schrack Van- derslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Aug. 27, 1881. m. June, 1918, Ethel Har­ rison. Children : Margaret Anna Haller, b. June 15, 1920. Dorothy l\1iriam Haller, b. Aug. 5, 1922. * * * * * FRANKLIN PIERCE HALLER, Jr., (Gertrude Schrack Vanderslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Oct. 12, 1886. m. Nov. 8, 1922, Louise Bader. Children : Franklin Pierce Haller, III, b. Nov. 27, 1923. Vir~nia Haller, { b. May 17, 1925_ Louise Haller, ~ Lelon Eyre Haller, b. Nov. 20, 1926. * * * * * STANLEY THURON HALLER, (Gertrude Schrack Vanderslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob,John,Reynier.) b.April 15, 1889. m.Dec.11, 1911, Amy Renwick. Children:

90 Gertrude Laura Haller, b. June 14, 1913. Stanley Thuron ·Haller, Jr., b. April 10, 1919. * * * * * LAURENCE THURSTON BRAZIER, (Arabella Mitchell Vanderslice, Marcus Lafayette, Edward, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier. ) m. Elsie --. Child: Constance Brazier. * * * * * ANNA M. VANDERSLICE, (Dr. Augustus Muh- lenberg, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1862. m. William M. Garten, who was b. 1860, and d. 1916. Child: Eleanor Delight Garten, b. 1894. • • * * * FRANK RAUCH VANDERSLICE, (Dr. Augustus Muhlenberg, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. 1866. m. M. Ida Talbot, who was b. 1878. Child: John M. Vanderslice, b. 1895. * * * * * DR. AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG VANDER­ SLICE, JR., (Dr. Augustus Muhlenberg, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1868. m. Muriel P. Hill, who was b. 1900. Children : Karl Shannon Vanderslice, b. 1918. Rebecca Jane Vanderslice, b. 1919. J. Stanley Vanderslice, b. 1922. * * * * * DR. EDWIN RANK VANDERSLICE, (Dr. Augus- tus Muhlenberg, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. 1875. m. Elizabeth Austin, who was b. 1875. Children: Austin Vanderslice, b. 1905. David Vanderslice, b. 1910.

91 HOWARD ROY VANDERSLICE, (Dr. Augustus Muhlenberg, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. 1880. m. Susan Ring, who was b. 1882. Child: Raymond Vanderslice, b. 1927. * * * * * HOWARD AUGUSTUS VANDERSLICE, (Dr. John Shannon, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. July 29, 1863. m. 1889, Carrie J. Veeder, who was b. March 8, 1865. Children : John Henry Vanderslice, b. July 5, 1890. Ruth Dearmond Vanderslice, b. March 14, 1892, d. Oct. 26, 1918. Myra Vanderslice, b. Oct. 28, 1893. * * * * * JAMES K. JOHNSON, (Frances A. Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Feb. 8, 1866. m. Nov. 24, 1892, Alice, daughter of Charles S. and Izora (Wilkes) Williamson, who was b. in Maury 9>., Tenn., June 10, 1869. Children: Charles Weakley Johnson, b. Dec. 2, 1893. Izora Wilkes Johnson, b. Feb. 5, 1896. Frances Cuthbert Johnson, b. Feb. 4, 1898. J a~es Kerney Johnson, } b. Jul 20, 1900_ Abee Brown Johnson, y Williamson Johnson, b. Oct. 2, 1902. * * * * * NANCY V. JOHNSON, (Frances A. Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. July 17, 1867. m. Dec. 4, 1885, Frederick, son of Stokely and Fanny Page, who was b. Oct. 7, 1863. Children: William Stokely Page, b. lv1arch 2, 1887, d. Aug. 14, 1888. Annie Louise Page, b. Feb. 4, 1890. Ruth Page, b. Oct. 12, 1893. Joseph Johnson Page, b. July 16, 1896. Lela Abernathy Page, b. July 20, 1899.

92 MARY DEGRAFFENRIED JOHNSON, (Frances A. Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier. ) b. Dec. 3, 1868. m. ( 1 ) Dec. 29, 1884, Robert, son of Clement and Elizabeth Williams, who was b. Dec. 3, 1865, d. Oct. 15, 1896. Children: Bessie Lee Williams, b. Dec. 4, 1888. Fannie Willie Williams, b. May 23, 1890. Robert Herman Williams, h. Aug. 10, 1893. Mary DeGraffenried Johnson. m. ( 2) Jan. 17, 1901, D. S. Atkinson. * * * * * FANNIE LOU JOHNSON, (Frances A. Vander­ slice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. March 12, 1871. m. Dec. 20, 1894, William T., son of Pleasant and Susan Jordan, who was b. Feb. 22, 1869. Children: James Weakley Jordan, h. Dec. 31, 189 5. Fannie Lou Jordan, h. May 26, 1897. William T. Jordan, h. Oct. 8, 1899. * * * * * WILLIE DOOD JOHNSON, (Frances A. Vander­ slice, Richardson, J acoh, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Aug. 10, 1874. m. Dec. 21, 1898, Joseph, son of Dr. Joseph Covington, of College Grove, Tenn. He was b. March 18, 1872. Children : John W ealdey Covington, h. April 24, 1900. Annie Mary Covington, b. Nov. 28, 1902. * * * * * JOHN WEAKLEY JOHNSON, (Frances A. Van­ derslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Dec. 16, 1878. m. Nov. 15, 1899, Pearl, daughter of William, and Lizzie (Turner) Dobson. She was b. Jan. 4, 1882. Child: William Weakley Johnson, b. Oct. 29, 1901.

93 FRANCES ELLEN HENSON, (Mary Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. March 17, 1861, d. Sept. 10, 1888. m. Oct. 6, 1883, James Thomas, son of John A. Halbert. He was b. 1859. Children: Sallie E. Halbert, b. March 17, 1884, d. Oct. 2, 1889. Homer Halbert, b. Oct., 1885, d. Aug. 23, 1886. Herbert Halbert, b. June 18, 1887. * * * * * LAURA LEE HENSON, (Mary Vanderslice, Rich- ardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Jan. 11, 1863, d. 1896. m. March, 1885, John Anderson, son of John and Meta York, who was b. 1859. Children: Edith York, b. Jan. 29, 1886. Edgar York, b. Oct. 26, 1888. Manie York, b. Sept. 27, 1890. Wanna York, b. 1892, d. July 9, 1895. Clive York, { b A } d. Aug. 28, 1896. Clyde York, . ug. 15 ' 1896 ' d. Sept. 12, 1896. * * * * * ABNER HILTERN HENSON, (Mary Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. March 8, 1865. m. July 22, 1886, Joanna Judson, daughter of Simpson and Elizabeth Carrol. She was b. Aug. 2, 1869. Children: Ernest Henson, b. Sept. 1, 1887. Mary Elizabeth Henson, b. Dec. 9, 1888 .. George Hilton Henson, b. Feb. 23, 1891. William Richard Henson, b. March 9, 1893. Fannie Lou Henson, b. Jan. 6, 1895. Nancy Alice Henson, b. Jan. 21, 1897. Jewel Henson, b. Nov. 13, 1900. Jefferson Davis Henson, b. May 17, 1902. * * * * * RICHARD CARROLL HENSON, (Mary Vander­ slice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b.

94 Dec. 31, 1866. m. Pee. 26, 1890, Mary Jane, daughter of Galen A. and Martha E. Reynolds. Children : Martha Lee Henson, b. Oct. 20, 1891. Jerome Henson, b. Feb. 12, 1893. Richard Carroll Henson, Jr., b. Jan. 30, 1894. Cora B. Alice Henson, b. Aug. 17, 1895. Lottie Ruth Henson, b. April 1, 1898. Joseph Galen Henson, b. Jan. 25, 1900. * * * * * NANNIE A .. HENSON, (Mary Vanderslice, Rich- ardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 17, 187 6. m. March 5, 1897, John Anderson, son of John and Meta York. He was b. · 1859. Children: Lay York, Ii. March 26, 1898. Ray York, b. March 31, 1900. Basil York, b. June 30, 1902. * * * * * LOU ANN VANDERSLICE, (John, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Nov. 7, 1874. m. March 15, 1901, James Nummy. Child: S. A. Nummy, b. Feb. 20, 1902 (girl) * * * * * ERNEST MILAM VANDERSLICE, (John, Rich- ardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. March 2, 1878. m. Dec. 20, 1899, Anna Lee Nichols, who was b. Feb. 4, 1883. Child: Eulah May Vanderslice, b. Oct. 23, 1901. * * * * * THOMAS J. RICE, JR., (Elizabeth Amelia Vander- slice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1868. m. Jan. 8, 1888, Fannie, daughter of William and Susan ( Nix) Powers. · Children: . Jessie Rice, b. Oct. 10, 1888. Crawford Rice, b. Jan. 10, 1891. Oscar Rice, b. Dec. 14, 1892.

95 John Rice, b. Aug. 22, 1894, d. Feb. 4, 1897. Rennie Rice, b. Sept. 28, 1898. Eunice Rice. b. July 21, 1901. * * * * * WILLIAM HENRY RICE, (Elizabeth Amelia Van­ derslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1872. m. June 15, 1894, Mary B., daughter of Ralph and Elizabeth (Nix) Phillips. Children: Gordon L. Rice, b. May 9, 1895. Mary G. Rice, b. May 24, 1898. Julia F. Rice, b. Oct. 4, 1899. \Valter 0. Rice, b. Nov. 24, 1901. * * * * * LOUISA E. RICE, (Elizabeth Amelia Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1874. m. Feb. 9, 1897, Gantt, son of William and Alice (Baker) Reid. Children : Della Reid, b. Jan. 22, 1898. Aigil Reid, b. April 15, 1902. * * * * * NAN CY S. RI CE, ( Elizabeth Amelia Vanderslice, Richardson, Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. 1878. m. Nov. 24, 1898, William C., son of Augustus and Mary (Phillips) Smith. Child: Worth Smith, b. June 8, 1900. * * * * * FRANK KISTLER, (Louise Vanderslice, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas, Jacob, John, Rey­ nier.) b. --. m. Gertrude Rhodomoyer. Children: Wilbur Kistler. Nona Kistler. * * * * * VERNON VANDERSLICE, (Samuel Irvin, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.)

96 b. Sept. 9, 1897. m. Dec. 1, 1917, in San Francisco, Calif., Edna Phillips, who was b. May 26, 1896. Children : Vernon Francis Vanderslice, b. Sept. 14, 1918. Edward Vanderslice, b. July 16, 1922. John Frederick Vanderslice, b. July 17, 1928. * * * * * BESSIE MOORE, (Margaret B. Vanderslice, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.} b. Nov. 7, 1883. m. Dec. 25, 1903, John E., son of Norman Nash, and Jennie (Sawyer) Monnett. He was b. Dec. 9, 1880. Children : John Robert Monnett, b. in Perry, Okla., Feb. 23, 1905. m. Lillie V. St. Clair. Howard Norman Monnett, b. in Kansas City, Mo., April 13, 1907. Allen Elbert Monnett, b. in Kansas City, Mo., April 30, 1909, d. in Kansas City, April 25, 1916. Margaret Jane Monnett, b. in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 16, 1917. * * * * * ATHA HORTENSE MOORE, (Margaret B. Van- derslice, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, An­ thony, Reynier.) b. in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 16, 1887. m. Dec. 2, 1911, Charles Blaine, son of Samuel and Tama H. (Weaver) Briggs. He was b. in Lebanon, Nebr., July 4, 1884. Children: Charles Blaine Briggs, Jr., b. Sept. 16, 1914. l\1ary Ellen Briggs, b. July 5, 1921. * * * * * THOMAS JEFFERSON VANDERSLICE, (Rus­ sell M., Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 4, 1893. m. Jan. 23, 1918, Cath­ erine Cecil Abrams, who was b. Oct. 14, 1892, daughter of William John and Minnie (Hartnett) Abrams of Ireland. Children: Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, Jr., b. Jan. 19, 1919.

97 ETHEL LOUELLA VANDERSLICE, (Russell M., Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 29, 1889. m. June 19, 1907, William John Hollenbeck of Chicago, Ill. Children: Leora June Hollenbeck, b. Oct. 3, 1909. m. Merrill L. Chapin, Aug. 14, 1929. William John Hollenbeck, b. May 8, 1923. * * * * * ROGER LEE HICKS, (Jeanette N. Riney, Margaret Ann Vanderslice, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) m. Frances Connett, of St. Joseph, Mo. Children: Roger Lee Hicks, Jr., b. in St. Joseph, Mo. Charles Langdon Hicks, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. • * * * * IRMA H. VANDERSLICE, (John William, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 19, 1888. m. Jan. 23, 1908, Harry A. McCready. Child: Marian L. McCready, b. June 24, 1910, in Pueblo, Colo. • • • * * JOHN THOMAS VANDERSLICE, (John Wil­ liam, Thomas J e:fferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Aug. 2, 1897. m. July 21, 1923, in Indianapolis, Ind., Gladys Pearson. Child: John Thomas Vanderslice, Jr., b. July 24, 1928, in Prescott, Ariz. * * * * * EMMETT C. VANDERSLICE, (John William, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel, Jr., Daniel, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 24, 1900. m. Jan., 1919, in Denver, Colo., Myrtle Honeycutt. Child: John C. Vanderslice, b. in Denver, Colo., Dec. 6, 1919. * * * * * CHARLES A. L. VON NIEDA, (Emma Rudy,

98 Maria A. Fidler, _Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. March, 1865, d. as the result of an accident, June, 1919. m. Laura Himmelberger, who was b. Oct. 7, 1867. Child: Gertrude H. Von Nieda, b. Aug. 8, 1892. * * * * * DAISY HITESHEW, (Sarah Fidler, John Eli Fid­ ler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Rey­ nier.) b. April 11, 1881. m. 1902, Demetrius Thomas Ludwig. Children : May Ludwig. Violet Ludwig, ~- Thurlow Dunlap. * • • • • THOMAS CLEVELAND HITESHEW, {Sarah Fidler, John Eli Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 28, 1884. m. Bessie Gillen. Children : George David Hiteshew. Mary Louise Hiteshew. • * * * • ELVINA GRACE HITESHEW, (Sarah Fidler, John Eli Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 12, 1889. m. Harvey J. Baer. Children: Jacob T. Baer, b. April 30, 1910. Ruth Emma Baer, Oct. 29, 1920. Harvey Glenn Baer, b. Oct. 29, 1926. Maud Irene Baer, b. Nov., 1927. * * * * * GUY HOLSAPPLE, (Eliza Ann Berkebile, Harriet Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. ---. Children: Guy Holsapple, Jr. Louise Holsapple.

99 BERTHA ESTELLE GEISEL, (Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Oct. 22, 1878. m. Sept. 18, 1897, Joshua Clark. Children : Harry Clammer Clark, b. April 24, 1899. Ida Myrtle Clark, b. Nov. 10, 1900. Charles Geisel Clark, b. March 22, 1902. Alvin Earl Clark, b. May 3, 1904. Clarence Eugene Clark, b. Jan. 25, 1906. Pearl Marie Clark, b. April 18, 1909, d. May 6, 1910. Robert James Clark, b. July 17, 1912, d. Oct. 3, 1918. Clifford Kenneth Clark, b. Sept. 3, 1915. Ruth Elaine Clark, b. April 2, 1920, d. Jan. 1, 1921. Kathryn Lois Clark, b. May 27, 1923. Mary Rachel Clark, b. May 25, 1910, d. Jan. 1, 1912. * * * * * CORA MINERVA GEISEL, (Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 26, 1881. m. April 9, 1900, Charles Crissey. Children : Clyde Durward Crissey, b. May 4, 1902, d. Feb., 1920. Mildred Mae Crissey, b. Feb. 2, 1905. Hazel Edna Crissey, b. Nov. 13, 1906. * * * * * WILLIAM EMERY GEISEL, (Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Jan. 10, 1884. m. May 20, 1907, Myrtle Bisbing. Children : Mary Geisel, b. Dec. 19, 1909. Paul Geisel, b. Dec. 12, 1910. Regretla Geisel, b. Aug. 18, 1912. Margaret Geisel, b. Feb. 22, 1914. William Emery Geisel, Jr., b. Feb. 13, 1916. * * * * * PEARL LOIS GEISEL, ( Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler,

100 Sarah M.A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. April 19, 1897. · m. Jan. 31, 1922, William Edward Nev­ ling. Child : Boynton Alanza N evling, b. Jan. 22, 1926. * * * * * MAHLON BERKEY, (Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec. 5, 1877. m. Aug. 20, 1899, Mary Jones. Children: Howard Berkey, d. young. Verna Berkey. Cora Berkey. Curtis Berkey. * * * * * MARY A. BERKEY, (Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Dec., 1880. m. Sylvester Lehman, who was b. Nov. 21, 1876, d. July 18, 1927. Children: James Lehman, b. Nov. 17, 1900. Edna Lehman,"b. Sept. 13, 1903. Wilmer Lehman, b. Sept. 13, 1907. m. July, 1928, Anna Weynant. Marian Lehman, b. May 22, 1910. Al ton Lehman, b. Dec. 23, 1914. * * * * * JOHN BERKEY, (Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Jean Archbald. Child: Margaret Berkey. * * * * * ROY BERKEY, (Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Martha McIntyre. Children: Grant Berkey. Hazel Berkey. Billie Berkey. Philip Berkey.

101 ALVIN BERKEY, (Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) m. Viola Lindstrom. Child : Robert Berkey. * * * * * OLIVER HOBSON SMITH, (Mary Matilda Hob­ son, Elizabeth Gotwaltz, Esther Vanderslice, Anthony, III, Anthony, Jr., Anthony, Reynier.) b. March 16, 1890. m. August 11, 1913, Mildred Virginia Caler. Child: Allison Virginia Smith, b. Dec., 1916. * * * * * NINTH GENERATION. JOHN HENRY VANDERSLICE, (Howard Augus­ tus, John Shannon, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. July 5, 1890. m. July 30, 1915, Ella Helen Shae£ er. Children :

John Henry ~anderslice, ~r.} b. Au . 8 1916_ Margaret Louise V andersbce · g ' Howard Earl Vanderslice, b. Aug. 2, 1919. James Putnam Vanderslice, b. Dec. 13, 1924. William Dunlevy Vanderslice. Walter James Vanderslice. * * * * * RUTH DEARMOND VANDERSLICE, (Howard Augustus, John Shannon, John S. Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. March 14, 1892, d. Oct. 26, 1918. m. Feb. 18, 1914, Leo Kaenter. Children: Mary Virginia Kaenter, b. Dec. 16, 1914. Richard J. Kaenter, b. 1916. * * * * * MYRA VANDERSLICE, (Howard Augustus, John Shannon, John S., Jacob, Thomas, Jacob, John, Reynier.) b. Oct. 28, 1893. m. Dec. 30, 1914, Walter Pierce Hol­ comb. Children : Virginia Taylor Holcomb, b. 1915.

102 Ruth DeArmond Holcomb, b. Oct. 12, 1918. Myra Holcomb. * * * * * GERTRUDE H. VON NIEDA, (Charles A. L. Von. Nieda, Emma Rudy, Maria A. Fidler, Sarah M. A. Van­ derslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. in Womels­ dorf, Pa., Aug. 8, 1892. m. Paul M. Kahler, who was b. Dec. 24, 1880. Children: Jane Laucks Kahler, June 17, 1920. Mary Ann Kahler, b. Dec. 20, 1925. * * * * * CHARLES GEISEL CLARK, (Bertha Estelle Gei- sel, Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidle!, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. March 22, 1902. m. Feb. 25, 1927, Dorthea Irene Weaver. Child: Charles Geisel Clark, Jr., b. Aug. 2, 1928. • • * • * ALVIN EARL CLARK, (Bertha Estelle Geisel, Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M.A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. May 3, 1904. m. May 9, 1926, Thelma LaVerne Berkebile. Child: Lillian Elaine Clark, b. June 25, 1927. * * * * * MILDRED MAE CRISSEY, ( Cora Minerva Geisel, Mary Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A~ Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Feb. 2, 1905. m. June 30, 1924, William Gardner. Children: Richard Clair Gardner, b. Jan. 10, 1925. Robert Blaine Gardner, b. May 7, 1927. * * * * * JAMES LEHMAN, (Mary A. Berkey, Amos Ber- key, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, Anthony, Reynier.) b. Nov. 17, 1900. m. June 24, 1925, Frieda Steinley. Child: Richard Lehman, b. 1926.

103 EDNA LEHMAN, (Mary A. Berkey, Amos Berkey, Eliza Fidler, Sarah M. A. Vanderslice, John, Henry, An­ thony, Reynier.) b. Sept. 13, 1903. m. March 20, 1922, Paul Brumbacker. Child: Robert Ernest Brumbacker. * * * * *

General Records

(In searching for the following Records, it was some­ times found that the same record was accredited to more than one church, and frequently it was found that the dates and the spelling of names differed. On consulting a Geneal­ ogist of that date, one who had many years of experience in the work, the reply was this : "Many of these early ministers had more than one charge, and when an event occurred at one of their churches, they might enter it in the Records of either one, or of both charges. If a church had no pastor for a time, any minister who was in temporary charge might enter events in the records, or might carry them to his own church.'' In placing such a· record, the one that is known to be nearest the home of the person in question is used. "The spelling of names was apparently a trivial matter, and varied according to the ideas of the writer. The dates were probably a clerical error, and as they were not checked up, the only way to correct them is to get the original church records and compare them.") * * * * * (Mr. Poulson's Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania.) MARRIED: September 28, 1804, John A. Roke and Kittie Vander­ slice.

104 Drnn: December 30, 1812, Daniel Vanderslice. January 13, 1815, Mrs. Margaret Franklin, wife of R. Franklin, and late widow of Daniel Vanderslice. December 16, 1825, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph H. Van­ derslice. April 4, 1831, Mary Ann, consort of George V ander­ slice, Jr., in her 31st year. Funeral from her late residence, Sugar Alley, three doors above Sixth Street. August 1, 1832, James Vanderslice, aged 34 years. October 2, 1836, Mr. Thomas Robert Vanderslice, in the 27 year of his age. Funeral from the residence of his father, George Vanderslice, at 91 Race Street.

( First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: October 21, 1790, Jaac, Anthony and Elizabeth van der Schleuss. May 22, 1791, Abigail, born March 27, 1.790. Parents, Daniel and Phoebi V ander Schleuss. June 19, 1802, Elizabeth, 18 months 7 days old. Parents, L. Vanderslice and wife. December 13, 1802, Alexander, born July 13, 1802. Parents, George Vanderslice and Elizabeth. December 13, 1802, Joseph, born July 19, 1802. Par­ ents, Henry and Elizabeth Vanderslice. April 13 ,1805, Losiana, born May 12, 1802. Parents, Henry and Sarah Vanderslice. June 30, 1805, Samuel, born November 9, 1802. Parents, Georg and Emelia Vanderslice. May 28, 1805, Samuel, born August 25, 1804. Parents, Henry and Elizabeth Vanderslice. March 26, 1808, John Henrih, born March 4, 1802. Parents, Daniel and Margretha Vanderslice. May 20, 1809, Jane, born April 23, 1809. Parents, Anna and Maria Vanderslice.

105 December 7, 1809, Catherine, born December 16, 1806, and Henry, born December 14, 1808. Parents, Henry and Sarah Vanderslice. July 24, 1814, Henry, born November 15, f806; Fran­ cis, born January 17, 1811 ; and James, born December 27, 1813. Parents, Henry and Sarah Vanderslice. October 3, 1815, Rebecca, born September 20, 1815. Parents, Jacob and Sarah Vanderslice. December 2, 1817, Isabella, born September 29, 1817. Parents, Jacob and Sarah Vanderslice. August 27, 1818, Mary Ann, born June 4, 1817. Par­ ents, Henry and Sarah Vanderslice. January 14, 1819, Angeline, born December 24, 1818. Parents, Joseph A H., and Elizabeth Vanderslice. CoNFIRMED: 1795, Joseph Van der Sleiss, 20 years old. ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP, after baptism: Rebecca K. Vanderslice, August 6, 1832. Deborah L. Vanderslice, October 3, 1834. Catharine Vanderslice, January 7, 1833. MARR.I.ED: February 23, 1801, George Vanderslice and Melia Smith, by Rev. Helfenstein. August 9, 1803, Henry Vanderslice and Sarah Harney, by ·Rev. Helfenstein. · March 22, 1794-5, George Vanderslice and Elizabeth Cummings. August 24, 1807, Joseph Henry Vanderslice and Eliza-· beth Anthon, by Rev. Sam'l Helfenstein. March 18, 1811, Joseph H. Fennymore and Elizabeth Vanderslice, by Rev. Helfenstein. December 23, 1813, David Loller and Mary Vander­ slice, by Rev. Sam'l Helfenstein. October 13, 1818, James Vanderslice and Mary Ful­ mer, by Rev. Helfenstein.

106 BURIED: December 25, 1815, Elizabeth Vanderslice, aged 33 years and 7 days.

( First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: September 12, 1842, Sophia, born January 13, 1839, Parents, Elizabeth Settle and James Vanderslice. MARRIED: June 23, 1789, Johannes V ander Schleiss and Elizabeth Neumauer. June 20, 1839, by Rev. George B. Ide, Mr. Samuel M. Hopper and Miss Deborah L. Vanderslice, both of Phila­ delphia. November 16, 1848, by Rev. Henry S. Miller, Charles Vanderslice and Ann Glassmyer, both of Birdsborough.

( Second Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania.) · MARRIED: December 5, 1821, Deborah Vanderslice and Thomas McCoy, Jr.

( Second "Reformed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) Dmo: May 31, 1814, Jacob Vanderslice, aged 48 years.

(Third Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: December 14, 1818, Henry Vanderslice, Jr., to Eliza­ beth Richmond.

107 ( German Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsyl­ vania.} BURIAL PERMIT: August 20, 1809, Catharine Vanderslice, 77 years 4 months; Jacob and George signed permit. BURIED: September 2, 1810, Eliza Vanderslice, aged 9 years. November 17, 1811, child of George Vanderslice, 9 days old. January 10, 1815, Jacob Vanderslice, aged about 58 years. DmD: March 19, 1819, Mary, wife of Andrew V andersliceio aged 37 years.

September 9 1 1818, Maria Vanderslice.

(St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: March 11, 1807, Sarah, born October 8, 1806, Daugh­ ter of Andrew and Mary Vanderslice. August 3, 1845, Edward Schulze, born January 9, 1843. Son of Ed,vard and Clementina Vanderslice. MARRIED: July 16, 1811, William Meyers and Abigail Vander­ slice, by P. F. Mayer. September 24, 1818, 11arcus Vanderslice and Mary Ann Getm.an, by P. F. Mayer. December 8, 1823, Isaac Richmond and Mary V ander­ slice, by P. F. Mayer. November 13, 1834, William Vanderslice and Susanna Young, by P. F. Mayer. February 17, 1842, at her father's house, Edward Van­ derslice to Clementine E. Schultz, by Rev. P. F. Mayer, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

108 ( German Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: March 19, 1793, Daniel Von der Schleuss and Catherine Schuck. DIED: June 16, 1823, Daniel A. Vanderslice, 58 years of age.

( Dutch Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) DmD: November 24, 1822, David Vanderslice, aged 25 years.

( Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) DrnD: May 1, 1819, Mary, wife of Andrew Vanderslice, aged 61 years.

( Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: May 27, 1815-6, Thomas Receau and Hannah Vander Sloich.

( St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: December 6, 1809, Thomas Vanderslice and Mary Jones. June 18, 1821, Edward Owens and Mary Vanderslice.

( St. Michaelis and Zion Church Philadelphia, Pennsyl­ vania.) MARRIED: November 28, 1798, Thomas Vanderslice' s son, Henry Vanderslice and Elsie Price, ( Alice Preish,) widow.

109 (St. Michael's Evangelical Church, Germantown, Pennsyl­ vania.) MARRIED: November 11, 1838, George Vanderslice, son of George and Abigail Vanderslice, and Emily Artman, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Artman. BURIED: Emmeline Vanderslice, wife of George, and daughter of Isaac and Nancy Artman, at Chestnut Hill. She died April 19, 1840, aged 19 years 6 months 11 days.

( Supplementary Register of those married in Philadelphia by Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, 1761-4.) 1763, Oct. 27, Anthony Van der Sluise and Elizabeth Pennypacker. (License.)

( From Isaac Comly's "Deaths in Philadelphia and Vicinity.") DIED: March 24, 1848, Thomas Vanderslice, aged about 60, was drowned at the Dock Street wharf. July 13, 1876, Marcus L. Vanderslice, aged 63. He kept a furniture store.

( First Reformed Protestant Dutch of Philadelphia and Vicinity.) BAPTIZED: February 4, 1810, by Rev. J. K. Burch, Daniel An­ thony Vanderslice, born May 4, 1809. Parents, Joseph H. and Elizabeth Vanderslice. MARRIED: July 30, 1829, Daniel Van Derslice of Chester County, and Angeline Quinter of same, by Rev. Livingston. March 25, 1830, John Sisler of Montgomery County, and Frances Van Derslice of Chester County, by Rev. Gil­ bert R. Livingston.

110 (Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Penn­ sylvania.) BAPTIZED: April 14, 1776, Eva Elizabeth, born March 23, 1776. Parents, Jacob van der Schleussen and Eva Elizabeth Klingem. October 26, 1788, Michael, son of Michael Seitzinger, and his wife, Anna Margaret, daughter of Henry V ander­ slice. January 16, 1789, Henry Settle, born January 7, 1789. Parents, Jacob and Sophia Settle. Sponsors, Henry V ander Sluis and Catharine. May 29, 1791, Mary Sophia Settle, born May 12, 1791. Parents, Jacob and Sophia Settle. Sponsors, Henry Vander Sluis and Catharine. December 25, 1792, Mary Catharine Seitzinger, born October 19, 1792. Parents, Michael and Margaret Seit­ zinger. Sponsors, Henry and Catharine Vanderslice. 1795, Daniel Yanderslice and his wife, Margaret. April 9, 1797, Sarah, born December 11, 1796. Parents, Michael and Margaret Seitzinger • Sponsor, Catharine Van- derslice. April 9, 1797, Jacob Settle, born March 24, 1797. Parents, Jacob and Sophia Settle. Sponsor, Widow Van­ derslice. October 11, 1801, Leonard, born September 26, 1801. Parents, Michael and Margaret Seitzinger. Sponsor, Cath­ arine Vanderslice. July 8, 1804, Leah, born October 24, 1803. Parents, Michael and Margaret Seitzinger.

November 22, 18061 Joseph, born February 15, 1806. Parents, Michael and Anna Margaret Seitzinger. May 5, 1810, Magdalene, born February 21, 1810. Parents, Michael and Margaret Seitzinger.

111 January 29 ,1789, George Seitzinger, born November 10, 178~. Michael and Margaret, parents. Henry and Catharine Vanderslice, sponsors. MARRIED: November 26, 1786, Michael, son of Michael Seitzinger, and Anna Margaretha, daughter of Heinrich Van der Sluis, in Reading, at the bride's home. May 27, 1792, John, 5th son of Henry Van der Sluis, and Catherine, Gottlieb Christien's second daughter, both of Reading. March 9, 1794, Elizabeth V ander Sluisse & Abraham, ( Henry Hoffe' s 5 son,) both of Reading. ( March 9, 1794, Elizabeth van der Sluiss, Alexander Klinger's grand daughter, and Abraham, Henry Hoffe's 5th son, both of Reading. Married in the presence of Jacob Hoffe and John Schoener.) May 5, 1840, James Vanderslice and Margaret Ann Felix, both of Reading, by Rev. J. Miller, D. D. DIED: April 12, 1793, Jacob, son of John and Frances Van­ derslice. He was born July 12, 1731. August 13, 1829, Sophia, widow of Jacob Settle, and daughter of Henry Vanderslice and Catharine. Aged 65 years 5 months 2 days.

( First Dutch Reformed Church, Reading, Pennsylvania.) CONFIRMATIONS: 179 5, Joseph Van der Sleiss, 20 years old. MARRIED: January 5, 17 84, Daniel Von der Schleiss and Phillip­ pina Halvison. March 19, 1793, Daniel Von der Schleuss and Cath­ arine Schuck. August 3, 1843, Abraham H. Vanderslice and Lydia Strunk, of Amity Township, by Rev. Charles Pauli. August 19, 1845, Abraham H. Vanderslice of Oley

112 Township, and Hannah Bortz, of Amity Township, by Rev. Charies Pauli. DIED: February 12, 1797, Henry Vanderslice, aged 70 years 11 months 1 day.

( Cemetery Records, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania.) March 16, 1846, John Vanderslice, aged 75 years 11 months 14 days. December 27, 1845, Catherine, consort of John Van­ derslice, 72 years 1 month 15 days. February 20, 1858, Sarah Fidler, born Vanderslice, April 6, 1793. Aged 64 years 10 months 14 days. May 1, 1863, William Vanderslice, born October 4, 1807, aged 55 years 6 months 27 days. January 16, 1872, Hannah Rutter, born Vanderslice, April 2, 1796. January 15, 1884, Thomas Vanderslice, born April 3, 1814.

( Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: May 5, 1811, George, son of John Vanderslice and Catherine. July 23, 1817, Elias John, son of Daniel Fidler and Sarah. Sponsors, John Vanderslice and Catherine. April 28, 1819, Levi, son of Daniel Fidler and Sarah. Sponsors, Samuel Fidler and Catherine. MARRIED: December 18, 1828, Samuel Ermentrout and Maria Vanderslice. July 10, 1832, Isaac Rutter and Hannah Vanderslice. April 14, 1835, William Vanderslice and Sara Seltzer.

113 ( Reformed Church, Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: March 25, 1759, child Daniel, by Rev. G .M. Weiss. Parents, Henrich Van Sluys and wife, Catharine.

(Reformed Church, Faulkner's Swamp, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: 1784, June 29, Frederich Wilhelm Van der Schlett and Anna Margrith. 17 64, Jan. 31, John Vanderslice (Schleis) and Rebecca Schaner. BAPTIZED: Johannes Vanderslice, born May 8, 1767, baptized July 26, 1767. October, 1818, John, born August 9, 1805; Anna, born October 15, 1806; Thomas, born February 18, 1808; Han­ nah, born April 13, 1809; Rhebecca, born May 21, 1811; Tacy, born February 26, 1814; and Joseph, born June 26, 1818. Parents, Joseph van der Slice and his wife, Rhebecca. MARRIED: February 13, 1752, Warner Pieters and Catharine van der Sleys. June 23, 1789, Johannes vander Schleiss, son of An­ thony vander-Schleiss, and Elizabeth Neuman, daughter of the late Herman Neuman of Providence.

(New Hanover Lutheran Church, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: October 27, 17 63, Anthony Vanderslice and Elizabeth Pannebecker. January 23, 1764, John Van Der Schleiss and Rebecca Sherier. BAPTIZED: Hannah Vanderslice, born January, 1765, baptized May 26, 1765, by the pastor of the New Hanover Lutheran Church.

114 George Vanderslice, born April 25, 17 69, baptized August 27, 1769. · CEMETERY RECORDS: Sacred to the memory of Eleanor S. V and~rslice, con­ sort of Doctor Vanderslice, who departed this life January 20, 1838, aged 24 years 2 months 23 days. John S. Vanderslice, M. D., departed this life Septem­ ber 23, 1841, in the 40 year of his age.

(Adler Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania.) Dmn: January 6, 1846, in Womelsdorf, Catherine Vanderslice, aged 70. March 16, 1846, John Vanderslice, in Womelsdorf. He was born March 30, 1779. December 3, 1846, Margaret Seitzinger, wife of Michael, aged 79 years 10 months 10 days.

(St. James Epis·copal Church, Evansburg, Pennsylvania.) MARRIED: Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Pawling, born Febru­ ary, 1777, married January 20, 1803, to Edward Vanderslice. CEMETERY RECORDS : Rebecca A Vanderslice, born May 24, 1803, died June 3, 1895. Thomas Vanderslice, died March 6, 1806, in the 6th year of his age. Augustus Vanderslice, died September 25, 1822, in his 9th year. Amelia Vanderslice, died August 18, 1826, in the 15th year of her age. December I 0, 1832, Amelia Vanderslice, daughter of John and Mary Shannon, and consort of Jacob Vanderslice. Aged 53 years 4 months.

115 Elizabeth, \\rife of Edward Vanderslice, died December 28, 1847, aged 70 years 10 months 4 days. Hamlet A., son of James and Mary Wetherill, born August 16, 1839, died December 14, 1876. Mary Lane Vanderslice, wife of James Wetherill, died May 27, 1863, in the 53 year of her age. James Wetherill, died in Philadelphia, February 6, 1882, in the 81 year of his age. Thaddeus Lawrence Vanderslice, born July 22, 1841, died January 26, 1907. Olivia Waite Vanderslice, born December 27, 1848, died January 9, 1912.

( Cemetery, Mount Kirk Presbyterian Church, Ridge Pike, Pennsylvania.) Tacy Vanderslice, born January 1, 1752, died June 18, 1807. Thomas Vanderslice, born October 4, 17 56, died Aug­ ust 14, 1817. Jacob Vanderslice, died April 12, 1793, aged 61 years 9 months. Ann Vanderslice, died August 4, 1813, aged 30 years 3 months 21 days. Ann Vanderslice, died April 8, 1820, in her 95 year. Augustus Vanderslice, died January 23, 1822, aged 23 years 10 months 13 days. John Vanderslice, died May 16, 1825, aged 40. Marcus Vanderslice, died March 2, 1827, aged 33. Ed,vard Vanderslice, died August 31, 1835, aged 56 years 10 months 4 days. Thomas Vanderslice, died March 24, 1848, aged 60 years.

(Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pennsylvania.) BAPTIZED: October 30, 1751, Anton Vander Sluis.

116 February 2, 1752, Van der Sluisen, Catharina, daughter of the late Anthon Van der Sluisen, Eva; Van der Sluisen, Anthon; all were baptized after previous instruction. Spon­ sors, many members of the congregation, and neighbors who_ were present. August 8, 1757, Ann Umstat, wife of Herman, dr. Anthon and Margretha Van der Sluis. DIED: September 18, 1761, Van der Sluis, widow, age 61 years 3 months 3 days. October 10, 1790, Samuel Vanderslice, aged 22 years 7 months 26 days. December 18, 1790, John Vanderslice, aged 26 year 4 months 2 days. August 20, 1869, Addie M. Vanderslice, aged 2 years 3 months 2 days. August 15, 1879, Frank: G. Vanderslice, aged 5 years 17 days. 1832-1910, George Z. Vanderslice. 1841-1912, Eve Anna· Vanderslice.

(Extracts from the Journal of Rev. Henry Melchoir Muh­ lenberg, pastor of the Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pennsylvania.) October 30, 1751, baptized Anton Vander Sluis. November, 1751, den its Anton Vander Sluis begraben. Monday, August 12, 1775, baptized a child of John Van der Sluice, named Reinhart. Born October 30, 177 4. Sponsors, the mother in person, the wife of Jacob Reiss, and the wife of Peter Becker. The father is absent in camp. In the afternoon, ( no date) I married Cadlvallader Jones ana Maria, daughter of Reinhart V ander Sluis, of New Providence Township. Cadwallader Jones and V ander Sluis gave a harmless bond. ( Sunday Dispatch.) Dr. Edward Vanderslice died May 9, 1882.

117 ( St. John's Church, Gibraltar, Pennsylvania.) DIED: April 14, 1806, . Herman Umstead, aged 80 years 18 days. April 17, 1809, Ann Umstead, consort of Herman Um­ stead, aged 81 years 3 months 5 days.

( The following records were compiled by Rebecca K. Vanderslice, daughter of George and Janet (Roberts) Van­ derslice. This was done while she was on a visit to Womels­ dorf, Reading and vicinity, and the records were either lost or destroyed, for we were able to find no trace of them, now.) Children of Henry and Catharine ( Sassamanhausen) Vanderslice : Anthony Vanderslice, born June 4, 1753. Henry Vanderslice, born April 17, 17 55. Jacob Vanderslice, born February 7, 1757. Daniel Vanderslice, born February 17, 1759. Catharine Vanderslice, born November 15, 17 61. Sophia Vanderslice, born March 10, 1764. Margaret Vanderslice, born January 24, 1767. John Vanderslice, born March 31, 1770. George Vanderslice, born October 8, 1771, died Feb­ ruary 22, 1842. Joseph Vanderslice, born January 28, 177 6. George Vanderslice married ( 1 ) Elizabeth Cumming, and after her death, married (2) Janet Roberts, who was born February 28, 1785, and died January 20, 1874.

(Records from a Bible in possession of Mrs. William Kester, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.) Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, born February 18, 1808-; died December 8, 1881. He married ( 1 ) Helen C. Maus,

118 who was born April 16, 1812, and died July 22, 1849. Date of marriage, December 22, 1836. Their children were : Joseph P. Vanderslice. Born March 29, 1838; died June 29, 1864. Unmarried. Louisa Vanderslice, born July 13, 1839; married Feb­ ruary 17, 1859, John Kistler, who died October 7, 1892, aged 61 years 4 months 25 days. Their children, Warren, Byron Clees, Wilbur, Frank, who married Miss Rhodo­ moyer. They have three children. Rebecca Vanderslice, born February 21, 1841, died March 7, 1890. She married John Thomas and had one child, Thomas J. Thomas. Charles M. Vanderslice, born August 17, 1842, died February 2, 1890. Married Kate Ent. Their children, Harry, Thomas, Nellie, Fred, Katie. Helena, born September 4, 1843. Thomas J e:fferson Vanderslice, Jr., born February 14, 1845, died December 20, 1913. Augustus Vanderslice, born June 22, 1846. Unmarried. Henry B. Vanderslice, born January 3, 1848, died Octo­ ber 6, 1917. Married Ann Leidy. Their children, Kinsley, Mary, Nona, Dwight. Sarah Vanderslice, born July 22, 1849, married David Bomboy. Their children, Fred, Bessie, Loretta, Ned, Homer. Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, married (2) Martha Parker, who was born November 16, 1822, and died October 13, 1899. They were married January 6, 1852. Their children: William L. Vanderslice, born April 2, 1852, died August 5, 1852. Daniel Elwood Vanderslice, born July 25, 1853, died July 3, 1854. _ Frank P. Vanderslice, born April 4, 1855, married, 1879, Laura M. Drake, who was born in 1856. Children, Zoe Hart, Scott B., Angie, Theodore R., Dorothy. Tacy Vanderslice, born November 28, 1856, married

119 1888, William Kester, who was born December, 1861, and died August 25, 1927. Their children, Roscoe T., Martha, Edith. Adolphus Buchanan Vanderslice, born June 6, 1860. Married 1882, Louisa Tilley. Child, Roy.

( Records from a Bible belonging to Mrs. Irvin Y. Wann, Monocacy, Pennsylvania.) Abraham H. Vanderslice, son of Anthony and Sarah (Hunsicker) Vanderslice, was born May 6, 1818. Lydia G. Strunk, daughter of Jacob and Mary Strunk, was born February 2, 1824. Abraham H. Vanderslice and Lydia G. Strunk, mar­ ried August 3, 1843. Alice Mahala, daughter of Abraham H. and Lydia G. (Strunk) Vanderslice, born August 6, 1844. Lydia G. (Strunk) Vanderslice, died August 21, 1844, aged 20 years 6 months 19 days. Hannah B. Bortz, daughter of David and Hannah Bortz, born May 7, 1822. Ab'raham H. Vanderslice and Hannah B. Bortz, mar­ ried August 19, 1845. Mary Matilda, daughter of Abraham H. and Hannah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born May 22, 1846. Hannah Valleria, daughter of Abraham H. and Han­ nah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born February 9, 1849 ; bap­ tized July 29, 1849, by Conrad Miller. Emma Amanda, daughter of. Abraham H. and Hannah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born May 10, 1853. James Buchanan, son of Abraham H. and Hannah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born June 30, 1856; baptized by Rev. Nero Strasberger, November 23, 1856. Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham H. and Hannah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born November 5, 1857; baptized by Rev. Nero Strasberger, April 6, 1858. Anna Louisa, daughter of Abraham H. and Hannah B.

120 (Bortz) Vanderslice, born February 22, 1863; baptized June 21, 1863, by Rev. Dubs. George Irwin, son of Abraham H. and Hannah B. (Bortz) Vanderslice, born October 12, 1864, died December 11, 1864. Mary (Vanderslice) Kupp, wife of Isaac Kupp, died March 19, 1913, aged 66 years 9 months 27 days. Sarah Elizabeth Vanderslice, married Irwin Y. Wann. Child, Mabel Wann, born September 24, 1885.

(From various volumes of Pennsylvania Archives.) 1769. Taxes in Philadelphia County. • acres, horses, cattle, servants, tax Anthony Vanderslice, 251 2 5 23 :12 :00 Reinear Vanderslice, 352 5 5 2 33 :06:00 Jacob Vanderslice, 180 4 6 18 :05 :04 177 4. Providence Township. Reynier Vanderslice, 300 4 6 32:18 :08 Anthony Vanderslice, 250 3 4 21 :07 :04 Jacob Vanderslice, 160 4 6 22:00:00 John Vanderslice, 48 2 2 5 :16 :00 1776. Providence Township. Anthony Vanderslice, 200 3 4 Jacob Vanderslice, 150 4 6 1 Rinear Vanderslice, 100 3 5 1780. Exeter Township, Berks County. Henry Vanderslice, 40 3 2 8 shillings

Doctor Charles NI. Vanderslice, of Phoenixville, Penn­ sylvania, has a Carey Bible that was published in 1802. This Bible has the following entries, evidently copied from a slip of paper that was pinned to the leaf, and that looked much older than the leaf of the Bible.

Thomas Vanderslice, son of John Vanderslice, ( who emigrated from Holland,) was born the 29 day of December,

121 1756. (The words enclosed in the parenthesis are not on the slip of paper mentioned above, and as the John who emi­ grated from Holland had no son Thomas, this must be an error on the part of the one who transcribed.) Hannah Vanderslice was born January 13, about 5 o'clock in the morning, 1765. John Vanderslice, son of John, was born the 8 day of May, about 2 o'clock in the morning, in the year of our Lord, 1767. George Vanderslice, son of John Vanderslice, was born the 14 day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1769. Jacob Vanderslice, son of John Vanderslice, was born October 30, 1771. Reinard Vanderslice, was born the 21 day of September, 1774. William Vanderslice, was born October 9, about 10 Oclock in the morning, in the year of our Lord, 1777. Note : the above are brothers and sisters of John Van­ derslice, who married Deborah Francis, and died August 29, 1842. John Vanderslice, Sr., departed this life, August 29, 1842, aged 75 years 3 months 21 days. Deborah Vanderslice, departed this life, (born February 9, 1765) December the 9th, 1846, aged about 81 years and ten months. William Vanderslice departed this life May 9, 1835. Hannah Vanderslice departed this life August 21, 1841.

This book was purchased Anno Domini, 1803. Price 1 : 11 : 1O½, by John Vanderslice, Carpenter. * * * * * John Vanderslice, grandfather of the above mentioned Dr. Charles M. Vanderslice, made an extended trip around the world when he was more than 70 years of age, and wrote a book entitled "Over Many Seas," in which he gave the history of his experiences. While in Scotland he took his

122 Knight Templar Degree in Masonry. The following extract is taken from his book: "I, John Vanderslice, Jr., was born May 27, 1801, in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Was married October 20, 1825." Futhey and Cope, in their "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania," published in 1876, says: "John Vanderslice, a retired merchant of Phoenixville, was born 2½ miles from this little city, May 27, 1801. His father, also named John, was a prosperous farmer in Pikeland Township, of which he was one of the early settlers." He is an active 32 ° Mason, and was Treasurer of Phoenix Lodge No. 75, for 35 years. He married, 1825, Elizabeth Custer of Evansburgh, Montgomery County, where she was born in 1805. Their children are: Lavinia C. Vanderslice, who married J. B. Morgan, cashier of the First National Bank, of Phoenixville. Engelbert F. Vanderslice, merchandising and farming. Addison S. Vanderslice, merchant. Angie C. Varrderslice, who married Dr. Levi Ober- holtzer. Nehemiah C. Vanderslice, a retired physician. John _-'\. Vanderslice, a farmer in Montgomery County. Eliza Vanderslice, who married Horace Lloyd, a teller in the First National Bank. Mr. John Vanderslice was one of the organizers of the Phoenixville Bank, and has held many positions of trust and honor in Chester County. * * * * * ( Phoenixville and its Vicinity, by Samuel W. Pennypacker.) (The author described the old homestead owned by John Vanderslice, on the cre~t of the hill above French Creek Dam, and then continues:) "John Vanderslice was presi­ dent of the meeting that has for the objective the incorpora­ tion of the village of Phoenixville. He was Burgess in 1849, 1854 and 1855. Addison Vanderslice was Burgess 1858 to 62, inclusive; 1865-66; and 1870-72, inclusive."

123 ( Family records of Mrs. Lulu Vanderslice Britt, of Suffolk, Virginia.) George Vanderslice and Amelia Smith were married in the Old Dutch Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa., by Rev. Helpenstine, February 15, 1800. Their son, Samuel Vanderslice, was born November 9, 1802. ( This marriage is recorded in the First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, also, with the date of February 23, 1801. Thomas Keesee, son of William Keesee, married Polly Otey, March 26, 1796. Their daughter Emily, was born May 1, 1806. Samuel Vanderslice married Emily Keesee, December 21, 1825, in Richmond, Virginia, Rev. Joseph Carson, offi­ ciating. Their son, George Curtis Vanderslice, was born in Richmond, Va., July 30, 1836. Susan Ann Pettit, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda (Horton) Pettit, was born July 4, 1838. Samuel and Lu­ cinda Horton were married November 7, 1826. George Curtis Vanderslice and Susan Pettit were mar­ ried July 30, 1862, at Rose Mills, Amherst Co., Va.; their children were: Lucy Emily, Samuel Pettit, Anna Jane Lee, George Keesee. Granberry Edwards, Kate Ophelia, Mary Virginia, and Grace Deal. * * * * * HENRY VANDERSLICE 1726, 1797 (The following article is adapted from "Pennsylvania German Society;" "Pennsylvania Magazine of History;" "Berks County in the Revolution;" "Colonial and Revolu­ tionary Families of Pennsylvania;" and "Hendrick Panne­ becker.'') Henry Vanderslice, son of Anthony and Martha ( Pan­ nebecker) Vanderslice, was born March 9, 1726, presumably on his father's plantation near the junction of the Perkiomen and Schuylkill Rivers, in Providence Township, Montgom-

124 ery County, Pennsylvania. While he was brought up as a miller, he was also trained as a surveyor by his grand£ ather, Hendrick: Pannebeck:er, and on the death of the latter, suc­ ceeded him as surveyor and conveyancer for the Penns. In 1760, Henry Vanderslice removed to Exeter Town­ ship, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and in 177 5 was elected Sheriff of the County, and held that position until he entered the Continental Army. During the Revolutionary War he bore a prominent part in the military affairs of that county, beginning July 8, 177 6, when, in response to the order from Congress, he, as Sheriff of Berks County, read the Declara­ tion of Independence from the steps of the Court House. Although he was 51 years of age, he was Wagon-Master in General Muhlenberg's Brigade during the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Campaigns, and his Diary kept at that time, is in the hands of one of his descendants, George Von Nieda, o'f Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1789, he was appointed Deputy Surveyor, and later was Surveyor for the County. His Field Notes, which may be found in the Historical Society, in Philadel­ phia, are said to be models of their kind. October 23, 17 50, he married Catharine Sassaman­ hausen. He died in Reading, February 10, 1797. (The original paper can be found in the "Penn-Physick: Papers," in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust -Street, Philadelphia.)

WARRANT TO AFFIX THE GREAT SEAL. The Honorable John Penn, Esquire, Governor & Com­ mander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, & Counties of New-Castle, Kent & Sussex, on Delaware, To Edmund Physick, Keeper of the Great Seal of the said Province, Esq., Greeting; These are to authorize and require you to affix the said Seal to two Commissions, tested by me, and bearing even

125 date herewith, one appo1nt1ng Henry Vanderslice, Esq., Sberiff of the County of Berks, and the other appointing Peter Brecht, Gentleman, Coroner of the said County of Berks, and likewise to a Writ of Assistance granted unto the said Sheriff tested also by me, and bearing even date here­ with, anafor so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given under my hand, and the Lesser Seal of the said Province, at Philadelphia, the fifth day of October, Anno Domini, 177 5. JOHN PENN. ( In same Historical Society.) October 5, 1776. Henry Vanderslice was given war­ rant to affix the Great Seal to the Commission appointing him Sheriff of Berks County for another year. • • • • • ( Pennsylvania Archives.) Camp Cross Roads, Augt. 13, 1777. D. 0. A Court of enquiry to set tomorrow morning whereof Col0 Stephens is President, to examine into a Complaint made by Mr. Vanderslice, a W aggon-Master, against Lt. Col 0 Davis of the 5th Virga Regt for striking and abusing him, the state of the matter to be reported at large that his Excelly who orders this Court may judge who is the Aggressor. * * * * * ( Pennsylvania Archives, Series III, Vol. I.) This Volume is a report of the Minutes of the Meetings of the Board of Property, of Berks County, and Henry Vanderslice is frequently referred to as a Surveyor, and as a member of Arbitration Committees. In Volume 2 of the same series, he is referred to in the Case of George Weiser VS Zimmerman, where he is one of three referees. (Records of Berks County.)

126 A true list of the persons names who has taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance before Henry Christ, Esq., September 16, 1777. (The 254 name is Henry Vander­ slice.) * * * * * July 8, 1779. Grantee, Henry Vanderslice, Grantor, Mary Rogers. Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Post set at the corner of the line of Mordeccii Lincoln's land, and line late of Thomas Lincoln's, but now of Michael Zeister's, thence along same N., 20° East 12 Perches½ to post, thence by the sd Mordeccii Lincoln's land the three courses and distances following, vizt. South 20° West 12 Perches and 8/10 part to Post. South 20° West 12½ perches to post, and North 20° West &c, &c. • * * * • April 11, 1797. Letters of Administration granted Catharine, the wife, and John, the son, of Henry Vanderslice, who died intestate, February 10, 1797. • * * * * A BERKS COUNTY SHERIFF IN WASHINGTON'S ARMY. An Address Deliv- ered by Arthur Graeff, of Over­ brook High School, Philadelphia, Before The Public Meeting Of The Berks County Historical Society, Held In Reading, Tuesday, April 12, 1927. 8 P. M. This Address Is Based Upon The Diary of Henry Vanderslice, Sher- · iff Of Berks County, 1775-1777. In Barnes' History of the United States appears the statement: "The Pennsylvania Germans, wherever found, were always on the side of liberty." When Benjamin Franklin was asked by the King of England whether the Pennsylvania Germans, too, were

127 opposed to the Stamp Act, his answer was, "The Pennsyl­ vania Germans are more bitterly opposed to it, than any other portion of the Colonies." It is possible that the Ger­ man King of England hoped that the people of German descent in the new world, would not oppose his decrees. A Berks County Company of Riflemen were the first to report to Washington at Cambridge; Berks was the Key­ stone County of the Keystone State. It was the Keystone County for two reasons: First, because of the geographical position which it held with relation to the other counties, and Second, because of its resources. It was to this section that Washington looked for supplies while he was encamped at Valley Forge. That intrepid General cast hopeful eyes toward the valleys and the hillsides between the Blue and the South Mountains. Fresh evidence of this fact is found in the combination of diary, invoice and budget, all in one book, written by Henry Vanderslice, Wagon-Master and Commissary of General Muhlenberg's division of Washington's army. Permit me to pass over the analytic process of internal and external criticism by which professed historians establish Quellen-kunden, and authentic sources. Could you page through the time-worn volume as was my privilege, you could not doubt that the book was genuine. It was to me like a voice out of the past. It ,vas the writing of a hand ,vhich had played a part in the struggle for our country's freed om. This evening we will, in fancy, turn the pages of the book, and recount the experiences of a Berks County Sheriff in Washington's army. The exterior of the leather hound book tells a silent tale. It mutely speaks of the hard usage to which it was subjected. It is of pocket size, and must have been carried in this fashion during the campaigns, bulging from the breeches pocket of the Wagon-Master as he wielded the pitchfork to load the hay destined for Washington's camp. Its edges are curved inward. Its pages are soiled, giving evi-

128 dence that one time they were saturated with rain or per­ spiration. There are specialists, or mountebanks, whichever you may call them, who essay to tell all that there is to know about a man by studying his handwriting. I do not resort to any such measures to learn a few facts about the author of this quaint volume. Henry Vanderslice was the Sheriff of Berks County when the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was he, who July 8, 177 6, read the immortal document for the first time to the people of this county, and it was he who proclaimed it in the accepted manner by ringing the Court House bell. (Montgomery's History of Berks County.) Henry Vanderslice was born in Providence Township, Montgomery County, and moved to Exeter, Berks County. On November 19, 1789, he was appointed Surveyor by Dan Broadhead, and his services were known for their accuracy. He died in Reading in 1797. But Henry Vanderslice knew that reading declarations and ringing bells would not wrest the freedom of the Colo­ nies from the hands of its despoilers. He enlisted. Of the events incident to his leaving Berks County, we know noth­ ing. When he opens his Diary on the 26th of March, 1777, he is stationed at Morristown, New Jersey, with Washing­ ton's army. This is eight months after the ringing of the bell at the Court House. He is a Wagoner in the Virginian Batallion Artillery. Not a very high station for a chief executive of a county. But Henry Vanderslice was willing to serve his country in the capacity to which he was the best adapted. From this point, I will try to paraphrase for you the story as the author tells it, interjecting here and there an interpretation which dawned upon me as I perused his accounts. He is buying hay and grain from the New Jersey farmers as his story opens. He is in various sections of the Colony. He records the duplicate of a message which he

129 sent to the A. Q. M. G., which I translate as Assistant Quarter Master General: Sir: Please to deliver provender for 50 horses. Signed, Henry Vanderslice. This was on April 1, and he is stationed at Christian Commons, in New Jersey. On April -, he remarks that his expenses were paid to travel to.New· York, but he makes no mention of the purpose of this journey. The British were in possession of New York at this time. On the 29th of May, he records that he took his wagons to Trenton. His first entry dealing with Reading, and the only one during his stay with the army, was made on June 4, when he states that John Shorthen is gone with Mordecai Yarnell for hospital service, to call upon Dr. Y amell at Reading. They asked him to provide 11 horses and saddles. On June 12, he notes that he was appointed Wagon­ Master of General Muhlenherg's Brigade. He notes the names of two other Wagon-Masters. They are Philip Cramer and Abner Berry. At this time he was stationed at Fort Nonsense, in Middlebrook, New Jersey. It appears that from time to time, his duties carried him away from the Morristown encampment, and he takes his lodging in the homes of the New Jersey settlers. He keeps a record of the monies he pays to them for his board. The account is, throughout, a simple story of facts, without comment. One gains the impression that the former Sheriff moved like a machine, and had no individuality: doing his duty mechanically, and regarding all things as being only a part of the day's work. A variation from this stoi­ cism is refreshing, and it is interesting to learn some of the human characteristics of the man. On June 17, he records an argument with a fellow Wagon-Master. His own words follow: "Had a costly argument with Philip Cramer, today. I had b1·oken my ink­ horn, and had hus' n in my pocket, and in his anger he demanded his inkhorn. I had not paid him his money, and

130 when I went to pay him he demanded that I had not given him the horn, and he walked, going home." The story perhaps, would be simple if he were to explain it, but his grammar is confusing. We are to under­ stand that the inkhorn was only incidental to the main argu­ ment, which had to do with the debt. Up to this point, the account has made no mention of the main army, or of any of its manouvers. On June 18, the day following this dispute, he introduces the first note which sounds like warfare. Listen to his own words: "Regulars returned to Brunswick, burnt several houses, them they did not burn they distroyed and plundered, and took the peoples goods, drove their horses, cowes, sheep, swine, and they left not one standing." He must have here referred to the British sally to retake the town of Brunswick in New Jersey. There is a sequel to the story, which he dates June 22, when he writes: "Our army got a portion of Brunswick. We lost only a few men. T!ie loss of the Regulars we do not know. It reined." And four days later he continued the story: "Our people," ( this is the manner in which he invariably speaks of the Continental forces,) June 26. "Soldiers marched toward Brunswick. Our people wanted to see the Regulars out from Strawberry Hill, but they would not come, and our people marched out to attack near Amboy, and was obliged to retreat where they are at, and the rest are on Middlebrook Mountain." On June 28, eleven prisoners were brought to the American camp. Sundry and uninteresting entries follow for a few days, and then he makes joyous mention that on July 11, the army is at last on the march for the South. In this account appears the only indication that the writer had any sense of the glory of the work he was doing. He states that for a short time General Washington rode alongside his wagon, and that General Muhlenberg rode with the brigade of wagons most of the day. He deplored

131 the condition of the roads, saying that they marched on July 20, over rock and stones to Princeton Plains, and then adds: "Orders are to march to Philadelphia, ( if not counter­ manded.") This parenthetical phrase occurs several times in the account, frequently enough to cause the reader to wonder :whether the author was not inclined to be sarcastic at times. And now we come to the last entry of interest during his stay in the active service. His last entry, dated July 28, records that the army had reached the Delaware River. Here the diary changes to an invoice. He speaks of the 11 wagons under his care. One entry of interest shows how, on April 20, one was sent to Springfield for hay, one to Newark for rye, and one to Princeton for wheat. Then follow the names of the New Jersey farmers from whom he purchased the grain. His spelling of Anglican names is pathetic. Wayne is spelled W aine, and Lincoln, Lankon. Next, he diagrams the sub-divisions of the army com­ manded by l\1ajor-General Greene. He shows that there were two subdivisions commanded by Muhlenberg and Weedon. Then he lists the regiments in each command, and names the Colonel of each regiment. And then, after the galaxy of Generals and Colonels, he proudly names the Wagon-Masters of the entire Muhlenberg Brigade of Foot. A '\Vagon-Master, according to Henry Vanderslice's reckon­ ing, was as worthy of immortality as a Major-General, and which of us shall say he was ,vrong in his reckoning? At this point we must pause to reconstruct the opera­ tions of the Continental armies at this period of the Revolu­ tion. Burgoyne was invading northern New York with his horde of Indians and Hessians; General Howe, stationed in New York, was supposed to join forces with Burgoyne, by sailing up the Hudson. Washington fully expected this to happen. To his great astonishment, and to the good fortune of the struggling Colonies, Howe moved his troops south-

132 ward, instead. Realizing that Howe's objective must be Philadelphia, the capital city, Washington, too, marched his army to the southward, to bar the way of Howe. This is ,vhy we find the ex-sheriff now on the banks of the Delaware, and expecting to march on Philadelphia. Vanderslice does not speak of the encounter at Brandy­ wine on September 11, or at Germantown three ,veeks later, on October 4th. There is no record of having heard the glorious news of the triumph of Gates over Burgoyne at Saratoga, on October 17, or of Washington's withdrawal to Valley Forge, on November 4th. We are left to guess just what the author was doing this time. We may guess that he was too busy with }:iis teams, because the army was almost continually on the march; or it may be, that having reached the Pennsylvania side, he returned to his home in Reading. The most logical conclusion is, that he left the army directly after the Battle of Germantown, when Washington abandoned Philadelphia. That battle, as we have noted, was fought on October ·4, and on October 9, of the same year, the diary begins again with the following entry: "At Wom­ elsdorf. Paid for Michael Millenbergers expense Ils. 6." At N ewmanstown, to one gill of grog, 2c. 6, and at Womelsdorf, -½ pint whiskee. And now we have the erst­ while Wagon-Master back again in his native Berks. His business here, for a time, seems to be obscure. We read accounts of his purchase of wheat, leather, shovels, &c. Then an entry explains the purpose of his wanderings along the base of South Mountain on both sides. He records a con­ signment "of supplies to General Green's carters. We know it now. He is scouring the countryside for provisions for Washington's army encamped at Valley Forge. On November 4, he took "Brigfast" at Tulpehocken, and visited Jacob Seltzer. Three pages are rudely torn from the diary at this point. Let your imagination tell you what had been written there. There is an account of a long journey. The course of

133 it we can readily determine by the name of the taverns at which he stopped for his frequent supply of grog. He trav­ eled through Rhemston, Lancaster and York. There is no indication as to the purpose of this journey, excepting the fact that Congress at this time is assembled in York, having fled from Philadelphia. Soon after this entry, he records having received his pay for the several months of service in the army. He computed the totals in the margin of the book. His addition is deplorable. 1, 2, 3, equals seven; 49 and 13, 52. The fact that he is obliged to set down small figures such as 1, 1, 3, indicates a limited education. Another fact that lends itself to the theory that he traveled to York to collect his pay, is that on his return trip one day he laments that he had drunk too much, and was gambling at N ewmanstown. In Lafayette's account of the sufferings of the soldiers at Valley Forge, he states that provisions could not be obtained for the men during that time, because Congress failed to pay the teamsters. All of these things lead me to guess that the ex-sheriff went to York to claim his salary. On December 29, begins again a personal account of expenses. It seems that during this time, and through the month of January, he did not stir from Reading. It is likely that drifted roads prevented him from doing his regular for­ aging. In February he begins again, and speaks of a trip to Adamstown for the purpose of purchasing wheat at Jacob Weaver's mill in Earl Township, Lancaster County, and two days later he goes out of Reading with 5 teami and 101 boys, to "farr age" as he puts it. On March 29, he is in Lebanon. He writes that he loaned some money to a friend, and that he cannot leave the town with his three loads of supplies for Mark Bird, Quartermaster General, because of the heavy snow fall. "John Hackner says he can deliver to Reading 1000 bushels of wheat-heres hoping of it."

134 "Jacob Hoffman in Berne Township has his wheat in a little house covered with straw." This simple statement tells us the story of the fear of invasion which the farmers must have had, or indicates th~t the forragers were not inclined to resort to honest methods to procure provisions for the army. Another statement follows: "Henry Phillips in Berne Township, has 50 bushels of wheat. This is only twelve mile from Reading." Now why that clause about the dis­ tance? Is it possible that the writer planned a sortie to appropriate the 50 bushels? During the month of April, he was purchasing horses for the army. I will give you two of his entries: One includes 4 horses, 1 waggon, 6 pair hames, 3 bally bands, and another was the purchase of 3 horses from Leonard Reed, 1 Adam Anspach, 3 Peter Batdorff, all of these in Tulpehocken, and he does not fail to mention that while there, Valentine Ney gave him a pint of grog. Early in May, he is buying spades and shovels from Sebastian Miller. Later, he makes a note that he has not received a receipt from Mark Bird, Q. M. G., for these same articles. On May 7, he pays a sum of money to Valentine Eckert for articles bought for the Continental store. At the same time he makes note that he bought wheat and rye from Stephen Berkett, and sent them to the Continental Anny camp. There are two more entries in this interesting diary. One isi of June 14, and I shall give it to you in his own words: "Christian Houck, he having a great quantity of

135 wheat untrashed, I am informed by Frederick Webber that Houck will not trash his wheat until How comes." Now the first thought is, that Houck must have been a Tory, awaiting the armies under the British General. But there is a possibility that we may still be able to number Christian Houck among the patriots. There was a General Robert Howe in the Continental army of the South. This indi­ vidual was in the limelight at the moment. It is possible that Houck meant to wait for him, instead of the British Howe. This Robert Howe was later tried by Court Martial for his surrender of Savannah to the British. And now we come to the last entry. It is dated June 17 or 18. His words again : "The Inglish went out of Pliiladelphia in the Jerseys, with their army. For news we wait with patients." And here ended the work of the forager. The news for which "we wait with patients," was that Washington had left Valley Forge, and intercepted the British at Mon­ mouth, and but for the perfidy of Charles Lee, the Revolu­ tion might have ended there. The work of Henry Vanderslice is done. Washington must again draw upon the Jerseys for the provisioning of his army during the three years that he watches Clinton in New York. The work of Henry Vanderslice is done, and who can say it is not well done? The sad plight of the soldiers at Valley Forge is the common knowledge of every school boy. It was the severest trial of the war. Provisions were sorely needed, and our own Berks County Sheriff was engaged in the business of keeping the army alive during its months of fierce trial. History is full of the short-comings of Congress during this period. I have endeavored to, as correctly as possible, chronicle a portion of the career of Henry Vanderslice, former Sheriff of Berks County, and erstwhile teamster and forager in the Continental Army. But in so doing I feel that we have rescued from oblivion another chapter of the

136 important role played by our county in the winning of our country's freed om. The camp ground of Washington's army during the winter of 1777-78, is held now as a public park by the Com­ monwealth of Pennsylvania. By successive enlargements, the reservation has come to embrace nearly 1500 acres, com­ prehending the major part of the area occupied by the troops. Its name is hallowed by the great anxiety which then, at the most critical period in the history of the Revolution, at­ tended the American cause, and by the physical distress endured by the soldiers while they remained there. On September 11, 1777, on the field of Brandywine, Washington and his . army had met the British, who had landed from ships at the head of the Chesapeake, in August, 1777, for an advance on Philadelphia, the capital of the Colonies which had declared their independence. Retreating from this disastrous field, another engagement, not more successful, had been fought on October 4, at Germantown, whereupon General Howe, in command of the "Redcoats," a vanguard of whom a few days earlier had entered Phila­ delphia, comfortably settled down for the winter in that city. Still watching the enemy, Washington, meantime, about the first of November, went into camp at Whitemarsh, six miles north of the battlefield at Germantown. Hearing, probably through General Anthony Wayne, whose home was in the neighborhood, of the commanding position of the hills at Valley Forge, the army, after a halt of a few days at Gulph Mills, six miles east nearer Philadelphia, was removed to this ground. About 11,000 soldiers, nearly 3,000 of whom for want of shoes and on other accounts, were unfit for duty, reached Valley Forge on or around December 19, 1777, and felling trees, quickly raised several hundred huts of logs, chinked with clay and thatched with twigs, boughs, straw and tent cloth, put wooden bunks within them, and here found winter shelter.

137 How well the ground surveyed the western approaches to Philadelphia may be understood by a visit to the obser­ vatory on Mount Joy, or to the sites of the old redoubt, called Fort Washington, which overlooks the Great Valley in Chester County, and the old Star Redoubt, where the eye may sweep the Schuylkill River on its way to Philadelphia, as well as the roads ·beyond, in Montgomery County. Crossing the river at this point as an aid to quicker movement in case of need, General Sullivan built a tem­ porary bridge of logs, thrown ·over timbers which rested upon piers set in the bed of the stream. The hill, called Mount Joy because it was included in William Penn's Proprietary l\tianor of Mount Joy, a gift by him to his daughter, Letitia, very early in the history of Pennsylvania, sloping down to the east, was the strength of the position. A line of earth­ works was thrown up on the brow of the hill. This was a back-line, or inner line of defense, and behind it several brigades were encamped. The bastions on this line were the forts distinguished now as Fort Washington, Fort Hunting­ ton, and the Star Redoubt. Beyond, further East, was a similar front or outer line of breast works. Distinct traces of these entrenchments may still. be seen, and are the most interesting features of the park. The broad level space in the center of the park was the "Grand Parade." Here, Baron Von Steuben, after he arrived, drilled the tattered, unskilled soldiers, and increased their fitness for service in the campaigns that were to follow. On this ground on May 6, 1778, the troops ,vere reviewed, and with many a huzza and feu de joie, the news of the French alliance, the turning point of the war, was celebrated. The officers quartered themselves in the houses of the families, mostly Quakers who, hereabouts, gained meager livelihoods by cultivating fields cleared for tillage in the abo­ riginal forest. The most interesting of these headquarters buildings is Washington's. This was the house owned by Isaac Potts, a young preacher of the Society of Friends, who

138 had a grist mill, the wheel of which was turned by Valley Creek, flowing in front of the house, near the point of its junction with the Schuylkill. Washington, who had been living under a marquee, or tent, in the camp, came on the. eve of Christmas Day to this house, which the Potts family vacated for his use. Within these simple walls throughout the winter he dwelt, conferred with his aides and his Gen­ erals,-Lafayette, Knox, Morgan, Wayne, Nathanael Green, Alexander Hamilton, von-Steuben, de Kalb, Muhlenberg, and the rest,-addressed his appeals to Congress, and planned his future campaigns. Martha Washington came from Virginia, and joined her husband at the camp in February, 1778. An attempt has been made to restore the house to the form and aspect which it had at that day. The Mount Joy, or Valley Forge, a small iron manu­ factory where a few smithies with a tilt-hammer worked at their fires, which gave its name to the camp, had been situ­ ated a few hundred yards up the creek. Burned some weeks since by British raiders, a new forge was built near Washing­ ton's Headquarters. Like the grist mil~, the forge drew its power from a dam in the little stream. The army at Valley Forge, upon the coming of spring, began to reconnoitre the surrounding country. Immediately upon hearing of the evacuation of Philadelphia, detachments of "Continentals" entered that city, the main body with Washington in command, which had begun to move out of the camp on June 18 1778, following the British to harry them as they retired across the Jerseys, giving their rear guard a vigorous blow at Monmouth. While the army upon its coming to the camp is held to have numbered about 11,000 men, as a result of privation ( they were naked and starving, Washington wrote to Gov­ ernor Clinton in February, 1778,) and the outbreak of infec­ tious diseases, so many died during the winter, and were

139 invalided to improvised hospitals in the neighborhood, that the command at one time is thought to have included few more than 5,000 effective men.

Diary of Henry Vanderslice, Wagon~Master

(This book is paper-bound, brown in color, and of a convenient size for a pocket. It shows evidence of hard usage, and the writing is faded and dim. While the spelling and the writing may be considered poor, if compared with the standards of today, if it is compared with those of pre-Revo­ lutionary days, it is a good average. He was a good sur­ veyor, and his field notes were correctly spelled and carefully written.) Lieutenant. Invoice. Invoise, Continental. for six pounds. Commissory. Virginia. Batallion. Artillery. March 26, 1777. Christo Zennmammon To Cash, ...... 1 :02 :06 To Cash, ...... ································-················ .. ·· 15 :00 May 13, To Cash 2 Doller at Morristown,...... 15 :00 June 4, 1777 Chris Dopher, Zennmemmon, ...... 2:00 3 Shert, 3 Stocks,

140 3 _pr stocken, 1 jacket. Regiment Lieutenant Continental Commissary Virginia Battallion Artillery Milshia Militia * * * * * March 27, 1777 Record of Bill of these Item. Bill one of five shillings and the other three shillings one Massachuset Boy 5 shilling. If I can pass the same then am to pay Isaac Backer the values If I cannot pass the same to return the same Bill to him agan. 2 wight hay at 8 :00 Adam Swigard inlisted himselfe for 6 mon and a wag­ gon from the 24 of May 1777. . * * * * * March 27, 1777. paid at Jacob T etweller...... 4 :00 at Daniel Leven expen,...... 5 :06 at Joseph Grosse,...... 3 :09 wagoner at Geo Brigrth,...... 6 :04 at Allentown, ...... 8 at Bethlehem, ...... 7 :06 at Easton, ...... 2 :00 at Easton at Oxes...... 2 :08 :06 at Comm-, ...... 5 :00 at Dunn, ...... 1 :08 at Springfield in cash for lodging and Gill rum,...... 2 :06 at sundry items out forged, ...... 1 :05 :00

5 :12 :05

141 March 31, 1777. In Jersey. at Christian Commen 1 Barry Wert paid cash,·------··----·--···-··-..... 1 :06 2 Christian Monsey, ---·-··-·---····--···-----····---·-····· 1 :06 3 Adam Shurp, -·--···-···-·--·----··---···-·-...... 1 :06 4 William Kennard, ...... 9 5 Christopher Zankermen, .... - ...... ·----· 1 :06 6 John Messersmith, ---·----·--·-·-·--·--·--·-.. ·· 1 :06 7 John wood Shaffer, ·---·--·--···-----·---····---· 1 :06 8 Peter Rees, ...... X.-...... _...... 1 :06 9 Adam feageby, ...... -...... 1 :06 11 Christian J eager, ...... X...... 1 :06 12 Ludwig Lemmermen, ...... X ...... -...... 1 :06 13 Hanes Lemmermen, ...... X...... ____... _. 1 :06 Henry Vanderslice, ...... ·-----·-... - ...... _.. 1 :06 Philip Krember, ...... ---·------...... _____ 1 :06 To one gal rum, ...... ·-····----··-·------2 :00 1:02:03 5:00 7:03 • * * * • feagley John Lemmerinen Christer Lemmerinen Ludwig Lemmerinen Christian J eager Peter Rees

Wertz Berney Wertz Bonsey Soweshaver Adam Sharp John Mesersmith Wm. Kennard.

142 Morristown, April 1777-.. Sir please to late the Bearer have Ration for two days four­ teen wagoners and myself for to days ToCommn d Morristown April 3 1777 Sir please to deliver provender for 50 ~horses for one day. Henry Vanderslice, W M To the Q. M. G. or to his A. Q. M. G. please pay unto A C. for hay received by me for the Continentalt u s * * * * * Morristown April 12, 1777 Adam Shurp May 13 To Cash, ----·-·--··--·-..-- ...... _. _____.;._ 7 :06 * * * * * 1777 April, 7. Barry Wert To Cash paid at miners Taveren,.. ---···- 1 :06 Due to Barry Wert,...... _ ...... - ... - .... - ...... :...... 2 :00 * * * * * 1777 April 19 Wm Kennard To Cash at Springfield...... 2 :00 May To Cash for lock and key, ...... ~ .. ··-··-··...... 7 :06 June 4 overpaid William Kennard,...... - 1 :06

Andrew Tice Token coller &c of Hames to be Delivered the 30 of July (Signed,) Andrew Tice. Morristown, May 7, 1777. Lieu Philip Kramer To cash at Morristown,...... 6 :00 :00 July 27, 1777 in motion at headquarters To Cash...... 5 0 doll er, ...... 18 :00 : 15 In the 11 of August 34 :00 :15 one Brunner Philip Kramer to me forward of them August 10 1777

143 April 26, 1777 At New work Expenses one person,...... 5 :00 May 29 Expense at W orly,...... 10 :06 At Trenton expense, ..... _...... 10 :00 Adam Jameson cash lent on the 2 august 1777, ...... 1 :02 :00 August 11, 1777 Philip Beam to cash on chestnut Hill,...... 1 :06 August 3 Robort Anderson to Cash, ...... I :02 :06 Philip Kramer, ...... 7 John Walsh, ...... 7 * * * * * Jun 4 1777 Remained due to Ludwig Zimmerman, ...... _...... 6 :00 Memberand that John Skontlen is gon with Mordecie Y ar­ nell for the Horsspitle Servis and coll on Doctor Yarnell at Reading-they promes to Send the Horses and Sadie. * * * * * Settled with Philip Kramer and remand due to him, ...... ·-···················3 5 :04 :04 * * * * * out of John Meser Smith Team one Sorel Mare horse died of the Bots-On the 16 of April 1777 the same day one of the team of Adam Shurp deid Dark Sorel horse by louse­ ness one Black Horse out of Sowerhaver Team on the 29 of may in the evening. The same deid at John Hunts Black horse-very short time sick. * * * * * On Tursday 12 of June we had Havey Rain and wase on a movement with the army. Begon in early morning. On June 15, 1777, on Sunday. * * * * * On Saterday 14 June 1777 that there was great move- ment and the Rigolers com to Summerset there wase Samall Sever ans.

144 I have paid all my Carters to the first day of June. they are now expressed amongs Servel Brigade of foot. Thursday 17, 1777 we had orders git ourselvs in com­ mission for momment-moving- Thursday 17 1777. I had som cros words with Philip· Kramer I had broak my Inkhorn and had hisen in my pocket. in his anger he demanded his Ink:horn. I had not paid his money. When I went to pay him his money on his demanding the interest he would not receive the horn and he wase Going home. * * * * * At such time they don't let people out of the camp. That may be as it will for they want every man and little enought- at any time when I had Spock to the Carter he would tak their part on every occasion- On 17 June ·we where ordered put the Horses to the waggones we expected to move. it wase countermanded. on the 12 of Jun I wase appointed waggon-master in General M ullenberg Brigade H. Vanderslice & wm Philip Kramber & abner Berry. Small fort Build on the Mountn of Middle Brook in the Jersey called fort Nonsense all days work. on Tursday morning the 19 of June it wase cold and it wase frost in sum part- nd * * * * * On Sunday 22 June 1777 our army got portion of Brunswick but no powder, and we Lost but few men the Lost of the Ragler we do note now at. present-the Rain in eve­ ning Raind Little and the Raguler at the time when they com out to Sumner let and Returned on the 18 of June to Brunswick. Burnt Several houses. them that they did note burn they distroyed and plundered and took the peoples goods, drove their Horses cowes Sheep swine and the sows. they Left Even Not one. they cut of the standing wheat and rye.

145 Monday June 23. Morning dull and in the evening cloud up. Thusday winday and blustering. Thusday nearly all the solder marched to ward Bruns­ wick. werry winday. On the 24 Will came to Camp. * * * * * On Thurday 26 of June 1777 our people thay would oder the RAglers out from StrawBerry Hill and they would not come out-then our people Attacked the Ragaler Near AmBoy and our people were obliged to retreat and retreated to wimbl town where they are at present, part of the Army, and the rest on Middle Brook: Mountain,- Friday 27, Small showers of rain Saterday 28 there where Brought in 11 prisoners that our people had Tok:en- Sence the Ragalers went from Brunswick: to ward AmBoy they have made thier coupe to ward webletown and toward the Scouts plans. The Raglers they Burn almost all the Houses and Bum where they go. On Friday the 27 one of our Lite Horsemen Got in thier hands and they cut him in several places. He made his escape. now in Camp. On Friday the 27 of June, the Raglers got 3 field pieces from our people- on Saterday 28 June 1777 Jacob Bower Capteen of Lancaster slep with me in my tent. the Sunday. German Batallion is at present at Middle Brook an excuse from sailing they have done ther part. they have had little * * * * * On Sunday June 29 Rain Little. Thusday we had hard Shower of Rein in the evening. The Raglers ·left Am Boy Camp 1 day of July and on Thusday 3 July went to Morristown with whole army. On Friday Jacob Vanderslice come to my tent at Morristown. He had been there had nearly been Taken. Saterday the 5 of July, Daniel was with me and shaved me. Now we are at Morristown the rout will be Idele it lays which way the Raguler soldier takes his horses.

146 On Whensday it rained. Hard Shower Friday 11 of July. We went from Morristown to Tranton. We did not rech there the first day and the same evening it raind, and on Satterday the 12 it raned. And in my brigade on our March_ there was one of the Axle tree broke. we having only wag­ gons we wase not kept but a little wile. Kramer gon the other way about twelve mile we come up the same road. There is a boat coming along with the army. * * * * • On our March from Morristown on Friday the 11, General Washington wase long the waggons Several Times and Gen Muhlenberg the most of the day with the Brigade of waggons. on Satterday and Sunday 12 and 13 rain. We lay on Pumpton Plain. on Monday 14 we marched at the sound of canon Shot. Two branches of Pumpton Creek bad. past two churches. * * * * * Thusday 15, went about two mile this side of the Clove there we put in our tents. Then on Sunday the 20 we Marched long Ramopough over the rock and Ston~s Between two Mountains then we Returned on Wendsey 23 July. Thusday 24, we lay Still on Rampough. On friday the 25 we come to Pumptori Planes. Our intended march is toward Philadelphia if not counterordered. Saterday July 26 we went to Morristown and six mile beyant, On Sunday the 27 of July. On Monday the 28 we marched to Delaware River _and cross the same to Peniscylvania. I have recvd no letters. on Saterday 2 of August came to Germantown. In­ camped. * * * * * 1. The first went to Springfield for Salt hay. 2. Second time to the same place. 3. third tim at pomton to Derick Dye for Grain. 4. Time to Ditto for grain.

147 5. Time to Skimps Mill on Millston. 6. to Elizabethtown for hay. 7. to Newark for hay. 8. to newark for hay- 9. to Col Dys at Pompton for strow and grain. west from Lyon farm April 26 1777. Kamps hay 11 Hundred-- * * * * * West from april 26, 1777. Recevd from Zebedee Wilson good hay, ...... 35 hundred the same day resvd of David Tichenor, ..... __... _ 13 hundred Same day Recievd of Jonathan Lyon at Lyons farm, of good hay..... --.. ··-··-·-·-···--·-·--·--·-·-·-··...... _..... 3 5 hundred Sam day Recievd of Ezakel Karn, of good hay.. -20 hundred * * * * * April 30, 1777 Receivd of Co Dye 90 Bundle of Rye Strow. Recd of Derick Dye 250 of wheat Strow. Recd of Gabbert VanHatten Rye Strow 114. Hay which Kelly Brought half a toun. Barley which Kelly Bought Bushel, 12. Recd of Derick Dye wheat rye Ingon corn bushel, 37. Return to John Hutchinson 32 Bushels of Grain for Sick Horses April 30, 1777. on the 29 of April accident happened the Brigade. The first load lost in the waters at francis post the bridge across the mill Brok, the Grain went in the Waters. Suikvianny May 2, 1777 Received of l\,Iajor James Abeel and delivered on the third of May Chopt Grain at Morristown 390 Bushel. * * * * * Rockaway May 6, 1777. Receivd of Adam Teomath Bundles of Rye Strow, ...... 80 Received of Frederik Miller, Hundred of hay, ...... 10 Receivd of Adam Miller, of hay,...... 20

148 Receivd of John Miller, of hay, ... ·-···-·························-······················· 10 Receivd of Henry francess, Bushels of Rye Strow, ...... 82 Receivd of Eleis Anderson, Bundles of Rye Strow,...... 120 Receivd of Stephen Beck:, Bundles of Wheat Strow, ...... 55 Receivd of Jonathan Hataway, 10 Hundred of Hay, 100 small bundle of wheat Strow. * * * * * Reading town, May 9 1777 Receivd of John wickoff of wheat and Ingain corn ,..... _, ...... ·--···----···----·-·······-·---...... 50 Bushels under a meal sack,...... 5 Receivd of Cornalius Johnson bush of wheat, ...... 30 Rec of Wm Wick:off 9 Bushel of Wheat, 8 lngon Corn Receivd of Jacobus V anDervere Bushels of wheat, ...... 70 Receivd of Tise Smock 51 Busheal wheat New work Mountain May 14 1777, Jonathen Tomplcines 127 bundle of Rye Straw and 350 lb Hay at Job Brown wheat Straw 70 Bundle of Wheat Strow. at Daniel Riggs 230 Bundles of Rye Straw. Esicke Balden receivd good hay,-...... _, ...... - ...... 600 Recevd of Samuel Harrison 365 Bundle of Rye Straw. Received of Zeadlie Fremen 50 large Bundle of Rye Strow. * * * * * Saterday May 17, 1777. Suckasunny. Received Sundry of Major Abeel chop wheat 481 Busheal and about 20 Bush. Monday 19 May 1777, Suckasunny Tusday May 20 Received of Major Abeel Chop wheat 571. May 21, Detained at Morristown. * * * * * Hanover, May 22. 1777 Henry frazee 16 hundred of good hay. Daniel Drudden one hun ornerry hay and 90 sheavs of Wheat Strow. Tursday. Essey Kitchel ten Hun­ dred of Midlen Hay. Seph Kitchel Sixteen Hundred of good Hay. Ralph Smith twenty-five Hundred of Midlin Hay. friday 23 Returned at Morristown

149 Satterday May 24, 1777 Receivd 466 bushels of Chopt Grain. Returned Sunday 25. * * * * * Monday 26 May loaded storred at Head Quarters Tuesday th27 Middle Brook. _ Whenday the 28 to Trentown Return on Sunday the 1 of Jun with pork beef salt Gammen & wiskey. One weal staved on the road the waggon oversette. Driver Peter Rees Peter Rees. on the 30 May 1777 One Black Horse deid at John Hunt in the evening or in the night, he being sick wen we cam at Hunt about 8 miles from Trentown. belong to Jacob Sower. had a team. Retand for work of Loading. The shallop wase aground. On the 29 May in the Night Strayd away from the Waggon of Jacob Sowhaven Brown Mare. Left a Horse at John Hunts same. * * * * * Thursday 3 of June 1777, returnd on Wenday with Chopt wheat.. James Coal about 90 Bush of Chopt wheat which wase put in his mill for the use of the Continental Army. Abra­ ham VanHom 120 busheals of chopt wheat. * * * * * Col Lewis 14 Virginie Ridgment Adam feagly and Christophe Zimmerman. June 4, 1777. Capt. Cavgaint Compy of the Trane of the artlelery Adam Shupe. Tursday 5 June went with six Team to mill and Re­ turned the friday the 6 with wheat in the straw. went long with the waggon. Saterday 7 1777 Returnd Sunday the 8 with 486 chopt wheat & Barie of Chopt wheat James V anHorn Mills.

150 June 10th~ return & moved out to Sunday 8 of June. Thusday 1 waggon went toward Boundbrook and returned the same day with grane. Jacob BaltzHover undertook to Drive a Continental Team on the 30 day of June 1777- a solder in Capt. Heiser Company. Peter Hover begon to Drive Team in the Germon Regiment on the 10 day of July 1777. Solder Capt feister. * * * * * Virginia 1 Col Read 5 Capt Ball Mellen berg 9 Col Mashen 13 Col Russel 2 Col Spotswood 6 Col Henarick: 10 Stephen Weeden 14 Col Lewis Major Gen Green * * * * * Thusday 15 the Rangment of General M uhlen- berg Brigade the sam day 9 Virginie Rigimen German Regiment Col Sumner 1 Varginie 5 Vargini on 15 of July.

The next March 3 Vir July German July 9V 17 Col Sumner 16 Germen 1 Virgin July Col Sumner 5 Virgin 20 1 Vir 9 Virgin

151 Col Sumner July 1 Virgen 1 Virgen 21 5 Virgen 5 Virgin 9 Virgen 9 Vir Germen Germen Colonel Sumner

On Thusday March 23 July Thurday 25 July 1777 9 Var 1 Virg 5 V Morristown 9 Virginie Romppough Ger 5 Vir Col Sumner G 1 Virg Col Sumner

5 July 27 Gen Col Sumner Col Sumner lV 1 9V 9 German

* * * * * Mellenberg Brigade of foot 5 waggoners Renew Ack- tion the 15 of Jun 1777 Jacob Sink Joseph Shannon Benjamin Edmond Tobias Houck * * * * * Peter Neuman his pay Due from the 3 day of July 1777 Henry Burkhard his pay due from the first of July 1777 George Elk near Dunkertown have shoes Charles Kennidy October the 9 received 358 pairs shoes 15 pair Boots.

152 John frey J~nuary 21, 1778 Lent a Brack Band to John Frey. return in a few days. * * * * * On the 20 August we march near the Cross Roads. On Sunday the 10 of August we camp at the Cross Roads. Tursday the 14 in Evening Hard Shower Tundered & Lighted & friday the 15 in Evening hard sower and Rand and hard Tunder Claps and on Sunday the 17 Raind all day. Monday 18 august Raind on Thusday. the 19 August Clodey. * * * * * U nLoad 72 Hand Barrow in Doc Potts Stable the 5 of November 1777 which wase sent by Wm Porter Team. 1778. On the 23 June I Deliver a Brown Horse to Ruher Wm- from Lebanon to load with whiskey and other loading. June 17, 1778, to Sunder Expence Going to the White Horse after Sam W aggon and to William Williamsons To Dr of Speret,-··-·~···-.. ··--························· .. ··················-···················· 5 :00 To Diner, ...... 6 :06 To 39 of Oat,...... 2 :06

14:00 * * * * * Henry Vanderslice. 2 month wages about 2 day, ...... 12 :00.02 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 month, ...... 6 :00 :00 1 ditto, ...... 6 1 ditto, ...... 6 1 ditto, ...... 6 1 ditto, ...... 6

153 Walsh come to me the 30th day of July 1777 John Mesersmith went to Wiperill feagly to Hold Wood Christ Zemmerman ditto Sion Sourhaver ditto John Zemmerman ditto * * * * * May 12, 1777 •. · Sharpe Hold Wood Ludwick Zemmerman Berry Wertz Wood Peter Rees Jacob Jeager John Messersmith Hold Wood Sowerhaven * * * * * Wertz, Sharp, they lowed Lassey & Bonney Sower­ haven to make use of the Tallow that wase allowed for to Greese the Waggon. • * * * * Bonsey Renker th Zemmerman they went for provision May 22 L. Zemmerman

May 16 John Mesersmith, Adam Sharp, May 16 went for provision. May 25. John Zimmerman, Adam Feagly,

May 19 Berry Wertz, Peter Reed, May 19 ,vent for provision. May 25. Jacob Sowerhaven, Christian Jaeger

154 On Sunday the 29 of March 1778 snow all day I wase at Lebanon in Lancaster County with three Team loaded goods of mark Brode. On the Seconday of Aprile in the evening, Snow. I come Collinder place that Col. Bird purchased of the Col­ lender executor on the 1 day of april. the man that lived in the house, George Sacket, would not Giv possession I wase oblige to go To the widow. * * * * *

a, Cll -~ Morristown, Ca.. Ul"'Q VQQ a.. 0" ~..C~"'Q 0 May 19th, bll"'Q a.. bll c <+-4 , E ~ " ~ ";j t = .. Morning Re­ >-~ ~-E ~ a.. CE~ ~ ._ rll ·= ., v C port of my ,.. 0 rll rll bl) OO r,;i E ~ 0 0 "'O 0 Brigade of • ...s a..~ ...s ·="'0 .. " 8 .. O .... 0 ...... !:! = C C Waggons. Z A=A ~AAO 1-4 May 19, 1777, 12 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 21 12 .1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 22 12 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 23 12 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 Retand 24 12 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 28 12 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 June 2, 1777 12 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 10 3 12 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 10 1 Col Chamber 2 Co Lewes 14 5 12 2 1 1 2 1 0 6 10 1 Capt 6 11 1 1 1 1 5 6 7 we went from Reading the 18 february 1778 Seaven Teams. George Leader George Sheff er f rederick Cougher Carters George freight Adam Kittle Anthony Vanderslice

155 to Jacob weaver mill in Earl township Lancaster County. May 31 1777 at Trenton 2 Terces beef & pork to 2 of wiskey to 1 Ditto of hames 65 lb. to 7 Bade Salt 58 Berle beef 5 boxes candles 8 of soap * * * * * 1. John Mesersmith with Col Chambers 2. Christopher Zammerman & Adam feagly with Col Lewis the 14 Virginia Redgment 1. Berney Wertz with Seventh Redgment of Virginia 1. Peter Rees with Gen Wain 1. Ludwig Zemmerman with General Conway 1. Adam Shurp with Capt Chargains of the Artillery William Kennard with Jacob Jeager with Majar Woll Richardson 15 Virginia Ridgment Jacob Sowerhaven is with Col Hobly Jacob Bondey with General Maxfield. * * * * * Elijah Bromfiel, John Dogerty, William Woodie, Jacob Sink, John Blight, Edward Madden, Jacob Gress, Joseph J. Linnon, John Reis, Tobias Houck, Garmen Ridgment, ( German Benjamin Feagler, Regiment) (Remainder of the page was so faded that it could not be read.) * * * * * Made order on the 17 of June 1777 for Mellenberg Brigade of waggoners for Ration.

156 John SulaVen one feeding Trough carter in G Mel- lenberg Brigade · Ed Maden 1 feeding Trough To bear Houk: 1 Ditto To Jacob Gress 1 Ditto John McMillen 1 Ditto

June 19 1777 General Green Carter Receivd order for 4 halters & one pitch£ ork:

June 25 1777 John Rees to a Bucket Elijah Bromfecto to a buck:et John Blight to fl Buck:et Jacob Gress to a Bucket John Mowerly to a Buck:et . Jasper Steines to a Bucket John Dogerty to a: per of Trases to a par of Bresh Band and a Coller. * * * * * June 26, 1777 General Green Carter had a feeding Trough.. ( Re­ mainder of page is too faded to read.) * * * * * John Filagly he owed his full pay to the 14 of May 1777 Solder in Captain newmans John Wicoff inlested the Second Day of may & received Six pons. John Roach his pay is due from the 7 of May Jasper Steinas his pay is due from the 3 of June 1777 Solder. (Give act on 16 of June.) James Page his pay is due from the 31 of May. David Davis his pay is due from the 2 of June. Edward Madden, pay Due to .him from the first of May 1777

157 Jacob Grees his pay is due for driving team in the Con­ tinental 12 months 1777 Solder in Capt Hays company * * * * * Jacob Rice Drove a Team in the Continental Army his due from the first day of April 1777 Solder in Capt Hays com- Elijah Brumfield Drove a Team in the Continental Army his pay due from the 23 day of March 1776 Solder in Capt W oodsons Com. George Magel, Drove a Team in the Con Army his pay is due from the twenty forth day of March 1777 * * * * * John McWhorter Drove a Team in the Continental Army his pay is due from the 5 of June William Campbell Carter in the Continental Army from the 18th day of May Solder in the 5 Virginie Rigiment under Capt Tarle John Sullivan Carter in the Continental Army his pay due from the 1 day of June 1777 Crofford Newson Sold. in the Virginie Rigement under Capt Wales his pay is due from the 3 day of May 1777. * * * • • Received my pay to the first day of August 1777 Pay due to me 20 days at 10 pence a day st October 1 1777 Drue my Ration for Ration for 5 day 6 Receivd my Ration 7 d 13 Rece my Ration 7 d 20 Reced my Ration 7 d 27 Re my Ration 7d September 3 Recd my Ration 7d * * * * * List of waggon and four Horse teams which I Received at work fumice September 27 which wase

158 4 horses an4 one waggon & 1 cover 8 Coller 6 pair Treases 6 pair of Hames 1 cart Siddle & 1 Quiller 1 pair of Quillers 2 Cropper 5 Back Bands 3 Bally Bands 3 Blind Holters the above mentioned waggon ·wase 5 or 6 mile from the fumice-and the other about 15 miles Beyant the Manor Meeting house at one, Wilsons they were not shore of ·it­ that is this is at Wilsons . * * ••• Monday 16 ·1777 I went with Michl Kerser for waggons. * * * • • ( A number of pages follow, hut they have been crossed in pencil. They are lists of . supplies. ) * * * * * at a Tavern between York and River. 6 quart of oat, ...... ·-·····-········· .. ······-·····-·· ...... -...... 3 :00 1 horse hay,-····-···············-······-················-······· ...... _...... 3 :00 1 Dram, -·-······················· .. ··················· .. ··········································-·············-·· 1 :03 Lodging, ...... :06 * * * * * December 19, 1777 Settled with Harmon Umsted (dil- ley) for 6 months. December 21 1777 this day Settled that the waggon are to be Ready on Thusday the first day of January December 24 1777 John Kaepner he says that he can Deliver here in Reading 1000 Bushels of wheat and Rye. --- to have the chopping of it. * * * * * Jacob Kaffman Snider he base his wheat iri Little house covered with strow in Berne Township.

159 John Bowman January 7 1778 Received 87 5 feet of Board @ 12 p 100, ...... 5 :05 :00 76 feet of felt price Board @ 1 p,...... 6 :01

5:11:01 * * * * * Peter Yerger wase lmployd with his waggon & 4 horses on the third class of militia under Col Lendenmady from the 7 day of october to the 18 day of November both day included 5 day found his own forage. Tho Thacham * * * * * Henry Philipses 50 Bus wheat about 12 mile from Reading in Berne township near Noacker latter end of next week f ebruy 14 10 days from date. februy 18 1778 Brong from Reading in two teams 101 Bags for forrag- paid Jacob Braser soling one shoe ...... 5 :00 paid George piffer to two Shoes...... 2 :06 * * * * * Christian Houck he having Great quantity wheat un Trashed I am informed by frederick Weber that Houck will not Trash his wheat til How comes June 14 1778

June 15, 1778 sent 433 feet of Board to George Jager for feed Trough to be made by the Team (Kena) Driver.

on the 17 or 18 of June the Inleish went out of phila in the Jerseys with part of their Army for news we wait with Pasons

John frey January 21 1778 Lent a Back Band to John Frey Return in five days-- General Conway Jacob Vanderslice .

160 on Friday the 8 of August we March to Sanday Run on the 9 of August we went to word correl about 1½ on Sunday the 10 of August we camp at the Cross Roads sence the Eight I have note token the command of the Brigade Cramer went home the 10 of august. on the 14 T ursday the 14 august in Evening hard shower Tundered & Lighted & friday the 15 in Evening the Sower and Rand and hard Tunder Claps and on Sunday the 17 Raned all Day on Monday 18 of August Reind an Thuday the 19 august Clodey. * * * * * unLoad 72 Hand Barrows in Doc Potts Stable the 5 of November 1777 which wase sent by Wm Carter Team

June 24, 1778 James Hockley By one Ton of Iron Con­ taining 60 Bars

1778 On the 23 · I Deliver Brown Horse to Recker W. M. from Lebanon to Leaders with whisky other Louding.

th June 27 1778 to Sundy expense Going to the white Horses after Sam W aggon and to William.

THE KICKAPOO INDIANS (The following article is copied from "Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians," published 1841 by George Catlin. For eight years, (1832-39,) he traveled amongst the wildest tribes in North America, and his books are an authority on the subject.) At present, the Kickapoos are but a small tribe, num­ bering six or seven hundred, the remnant of a once numerous and warlike tribe. They are residing within the state of Illinois, near the south end of Lake Michigan, and living in a poor and miserable condition, although they have one of

161 the finest countries in the world. They have been reduced in numbers by whiskey and small-pox, and the game being destroyed in their country, and having little industry to work, they are exceedingly poor and dependent. In fact, there is very little inducement for them to build houses and cultivate their farms, for they own so large and so fine a tract of country, which is now completely surrounded by civilized settlements, that they know, from experience, they will soon be obliged to sell out their country for a trifle, and move to the West. This system of moving has already commenced with them, and a considerable party have located on a tract of lands o:ff ered to them, on the west bank of the Missouri River, a little north of Fort Leavenworth. The Kickapoos have long lived in an alliance with the Sacs and Foxes, and speak a language so similar that they seem almost to be of one family. The present chief of this tribe, whose name is Kee-an-ne-kuk, ( the foremost man,) usu­ ally called the Shawnee Prophet, is a very shrewd and tal­ ented man. When he sat for his portrait, he took: his attitude as seen in the picture, which was that of prayer. I soon learned that he was a very devoted Christian, regularly hold­ ing meetings in his tribe on the Sabbath, preaching to them and exhorting them to a belief in the Christian religion, and to ~n abandonment of the fatal habit of whiskey-drinking, which he strenuously represented as the bane that was to destroy them all, if they did not entirely cease to use it. I went on the Sabbath to hear this eloquent man preach, when he had his people assembled in the woods, and although I could not understand his language, I was surprised and pleased with the natural emphasis, and gesticulation, which carried their o,vn evidence of the eloquence of his sermon. I was singularly struck with the noble efforts of this champion of the mere remnant of a poisoned race, so stren­ uously laboring to rescue the remainder of his people from the deadly bane that has been brought amongst them by en-

162 lightened Christians. How far the efforts of this zealous man have succeded· in Christianizing, I cannot tell, but it is guite certain that his exemplary and constant endeavors have completely abolished the practice of drinking whiskey in his tribe ; which alone is a very praiseworthy achievement, and the first and indispensable step toward all improvements. I was sometime amongst these people, and was exceedingly pleased and surprised, also, to witness their sobriety and their peaceful conduct; not having seen an instance of drunkenness, or seen or heard of any use made of spirituous liquors, whilst I was amongst the tribe.

The whole of the Sacs and Foxes are gathered here, (Prairie du Chien,) and their appearance is very thrilling, and at the same time 'very pleasing. These people have sold so much of their land lately, that they have the luxuries of life to a considerable degree, and may be considered rich; consequently they look, elated and happy, carrying them­ selves much above the humble manner of most of the semi­ civilized tribes, whose heads are hanging and drooping in poverty and despair. Kee-o-kuk, ( the running fox) is the present chief of the tribe; a dignified and proud man with a good share of talent, and vanity enough to force into action all the wit and judgment he possesses, in order to command the atten­ tion and respect of the world. At the close of the Black Hawk war in 1833, which had been waged with disastrous effect along the frontier by a Sac chief by that name, Kee-o­ kuk was acknowledged chief of the Sacs and Foxes by General Scott, who held a Treaty with them at Rock Island. His appointment as chief was in consequence of the friendly position he had taken during the war, holding two­ thirds of the warriors neutral, which was no doubt the cause of the sudden and successful termination of the war, and the means of saving much bloodshed. Black Hawk and his two sons, as well as his principal

163 advisers and warriors, were brought to St. Louis in chains, and Kee-o-kuk appointed chief, with the assent of the tribe. There is no Indian chief on the frontier better known at this time, or more highly appreciated for his eloquence as a public speaker, than Kee-o-kuk, as he has repeatedly visited Washington and other of our Atlantic towns, and made his speeches before thousands, when he has been contending for his peoples' rights in their stipulations with the United States Government, for the sale of their lands. M uk-a-tah-mish-o-kah-kaik, ( the Black Hawk) is the man to whom I have alluded as the leader of the "Black Hawk War," who was defeated by General Atkinson, held prisoner of war, and sent through Washington and other eastern cities, with a number of others, to be gazed at. This man, whose name has carried a sort of terror through the country where it has been sounded, has been distinguished as a speaker or counselor, rather than as a warrior; and I believe it has been pretty generally admitted, that "Nah-pope," and the "Prophet," were the instigators of the war, and either of them with much higher claims for the name of warrior, than Black Hawk ever had. When I painted this chief, he was dressed in a plain suit of buckskin, with strings of wampum in his ears and on his neck, and held in his hand his medicine-bag, which was the skin of a black hawk, from which he had taken his name, and the tail of which made him a fan which he was almost constantly using. Nah-se-us-kuk, ( the whirling thunder) a very hand­ some young warrior, and one of the finest looking Indians I ever saw, is the eldest son of Black Hawk. After I had painted the portrait of Kee-o-kuk, he had the vanity to say to me that he made a fine appearance on horseback, and wished me to paint him thus. So I prepared my canvas in the door of the hospital which I occupied in the dragoon cantonement, and he flourished about for a con­ siderable part of the day in front of me, until the picture

164 l\lAJOR DANIEL VANDERSLICE ( S) was completed. The horse that he rode, was the best animal on the frontier; a fine, blooded horse, for which he gave the price of $300, a thing that he was quite able to do, as he had the distribution of $50,000 annually in annuities amongst his people. His horse was beautifully caparisoned, and his scalps were carried attached to the bridle-bits. (Footnote: About two years after the above was written, and the portrait painted, and whilst I was giving lectures on the Cus­ toms of the Indians, in the Stuyvesant Institute, in New York, Kee-o-kuk, his wife and son, and twenty more of the chiefs and warriors of his tribe visited the city of New York on their way to Washington City, and were present one evening at my Lecture, amidst an audience of 1500 persons. During the lecture I placed a succession of portraits on my easel before the audience, and they were successively recognized by the Indians as they were shown. At last I placed this portrait of Kee-o-Kuk before them, when they all sprung up and hailed it with a piercing yell. After the noise had subsided, Kee-o-kuk arose, and addressed the audience in these words: "My friends, I hope you will pardon my men for making so much noise, as they were very much excited by seeing me on my favorite war-horse, which they all recognized in a moment.")

THE DIARY OF MAJOR DANIEL VANDERSLICE, JR.

Major Daniel Vanderslice, Jr., probably had the most interesting history of all the V anderslices. He had plied the trade of paper making back in Pennsylvania; had taught school in Kentucky; had explored and worked the lead mines on River La Fevre back in northwestern Illinois; had fought in the Black Hawk War; and had been editor and publisher of the "Kentucky Sentinel" at Georgetown, Kentucky; but most people knew him as the Indian Agent who had moved the C4ickasaw Indians to their new home west of the Missis­ sippi early in March 1837. Due to his past experiences with the Indians and his success in managing them, Major Vanderslice was appointed

165 by President Pierce in 1853, as agent of the Iowas, Sac and Foxes, and Kickapoos of Missouri, the Agency then being at the Mission Farm, near what is now Highland, Kansas. He held this position until Lincoln became President in 1861. Major Vanderslice's trials and experiences on that Indian Agency were typical of those thrilling frontier days. During the entire period of his appointment Major Vander­ slice kept a day by day account of his life among th~ Indians and only a few years ago these musty, faded diaries were brought to light. In this account are incorporated some of the pages from that diary. The first incident recorded takes place soon after Major Vanderslice arrived at the Agency and deals with a trip to Washington. Early in the spring of 1854, the United States govern­ ment conceived the idea of purchasing some western tracts of land from the Iowa, Sac and Fox, and Kickapoo Indian tribes. Congress approved of the idea and the Indian Agent for these tribes was ordered to proceed to Washington with delegates from each of these tribes. The diary in Major Vanderslice' s own words continues the story.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1854. Left the Agency on horseback to have a council with the Kick­ apoos to select and empower a delegation to treat with the United States for a part or the whole of their lands. I saw Wah-the-nab, one of their leading men, and requested him to let the Kickapoos know that I would meet them three miles west of Fort Levensworth on Monday next at noon. I crossed the Missouri River at St. Joseph after dark in a skift and -ordered my horse brought over in the morning.

APRIL 8. Remained at St. Joseph and attended to business. Sent for the Kickapoo interpretor and directed him to have the Indians at the place designated. APRIL 10. I met the Indians in council at Wilson's trading house three miles west of the Fort but adjourned council until tomorrow at ten o'clock, since there was not a majority of the Kickapoo tribe present. Made arrangements to have rations furnished them through the com-

166 missary of the post. Sent runners out to call the Indians to council. Colonel Beall, Major Macklin, Mr. Hammond and Mr. Rich accom­ panied me.

APRIL 11. At ten o'clock I opened council. All the principal men were present. I explained the object of the meeting and read and explained the power they were to confer on the delegation. I had issued to the Indians one hundred rations of bread and beef. The Kickapoos contended for a large delegation and had much difficulty in reducing the number to five. At length they agreed that Ka-pe­ o-mah, Pe-shah-gon, Pah-Kah-Kah, No-ko-Wat, and Ke-wi-suh-tuk should represent the tribe at Washington City. We fixed on Wed­ nesday to start. Returned to Fort Levensworth at five o'clock. Crossed the river at the upper ferry. I stopped at the City Hotel in Weston. With the Kickapo<} delegation settled upon, Major Van­ derslice next turned his attention to the other two tribes under his guidance and under another entry we :find the following statement.

APRIL 14. I held council with the Iowas but after three hours talk we adjourned to the next day. APRIL 15. I met the Iowas early in council. They selected Nan-Cheening, Sho-un-tang, Narg-gar-ash, and Wah-noon-mak-ka as their dele­ gates. The same day I held council with the Sac and Foxes of Missouri, which lasted until sundown. There was much talk about the number and the · employment of special interpretors. They selected as delegates Pe-teak-ah-mah, Nun-rod, and Ne-sour-guot. I issued to each tribe two sacks of flour and thirty-five pounds of bacon ( twenty dollars) and other articles.

APRIL 19. I started with the Iowa and Sac and Fox delegations for St. Joseph. I rode horseback but took a horse and wagon for the bag­ gage and Indians. We arrived opposite St. Joseph in the evening. I crossed with an interpretor and three Indians to take the provisions over from St. Joseph. The "Honduras" arrived at St. Joseph after dark. About nine o'clock I went on board and made arrangements to put the Indians on board early in the morning.

167 APRIL 20 . . I got the Indians on board the ''Honduras" before breakfast. I had the assistance of John Corby to try and reduce the ·price of passage but I had to pay heavily for each passenger. I could get no reduction. I am determined to see that the Indians are treated as cabin passengers.

APRIL 21. At Weston I gave instructions to the Deputy United States Marshal to have papers served on Grooms and Cox for trespassing on Indian land. I wrote to Colonel Fontleroy, commanding Fort Levensworth, notifying him that Thomas J. Vanderslice was acting agent during my absence. After picking up the Kickapoo delegation at St. Joseph and getting all the Indians on board the steamer, the long and tedious journey began. It was a trying journey for it was all done by water and as a consequence a great deal of time was required ; but finally, after ten days of continuous travel the end was in sight for we find on those fading pages these words. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1854. We passed Cumberland this morning. A fine day. We stopped two hours at the relay house and had supper, arriving in Washing­ ton at nine o'clock in the evening. For almost a week Major Vanderslice took his charges about the capital city, showing them the places of interest and objects they had never seen before.

MAY2. I visited the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Took a walk with the Indians and saw the paintings and other curiosities at the Smithsonian Institute and went upon the tower of the same. Some of the Indians were much alarmed at being so high from the ground. I made arrangements to board my Indians with Mrs. Green on Eleventh Avenue, which was completed after dark. MAY 3. I visited the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at nine o'clock. This visit was merely formal. Many compliments passed between the parties and ·old reminiscences talked over. At eleven a. m. we visited the White House and the president was introduced to the Indians by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The President

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MAY 8. The Iowas were called to council by the Commissioner. They discussed the subject of disposing of their lands. They agreed to sell three-fourths of all their land and they desired to keep that portion near the mouth of the Nemaha. Much pleasant talk took place between the Commissioner and the Iowas. No Heart was the principal speaker. MAY 9. At ten o'clock the Commissioner sent for the Indians. He took the Sac and Foxes. They had a pleasant talk. They appeared to give satisfaction to the commissioner. They asked one dollar per acre for their iand. At twelve o'clock the Kickapoos were called to council. They asked two dollars per acre for their land. They

169 had much talk hut nothing was accomplished. I went to the theatre at night. MAY 11. The Kickapoos called again hut agreed upon nothing. Ex­ amined maps with all the tribes hut came to no conclusions. Mr. Irvin and J. W. Forman came to the city, Mr. Irvin urging the Indians to get all their money down. Wanted them to keep all the land about the Missouri. He says that he was sent by the Iowas at home. This does not seem right, but Mr. Irvin denies the charge hut "Wolf" has crossed his track so often that little faith can be put in his assertions. For a time it seemed to Major Vanderslice that his long trip was in vain. Five days passed and nothing was accom­ plished, the Indians remaining mute and stubborn. But finally an arrangement was made, for the diary holds the fol­ lowing historical data. MAY 17. WEDNESDAY Concluded a treaty with the Iowas today. MAY 18. Concluded a treaty with the Kikapoos. In the afternoon of the same day concluded a treaty with the Sac and Foxes of Missouri. MAY 20. Visited the President and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Many speeches were made. I received nineteen medals and three United States flags, also an order to take through tickets. Received an amount on Colonel Cummins for $12,000 to pay for provisions and the freight of same. I sent the Indians off on the cars and I walked with Mr. Rooney. I got to the cars just in time. We started at five o'clock a. m. The journey homeward began on the "Buckeye State" and fourteen days later Major Vanderslice and the Indians embarked at St. Joseph, tired and weary; the Indians happy in that they were soon to possess some money, but Major Vanderslice exhausted from responsibility. For some days he rested at the Agency before he began the task of surveying the land that the Indians had sold. This was the hardest task of• all for many disputes, ill feelings, and much trouble resulted. The diary takes up the story.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1854. I left home to meet the Kickapoos in council and to select their reservation in accordance with previous arrangements. I arrived at Kenekuk and found that Peter Cadue was still at home sick. AUGUST 22. I got James F. Forman to go with me to Peter's. Left mules in charge of Mr. Hawkins. We found that Peter had an attack of cholera morbus, but was much better. He agreed to go with us the next day. I engaged Mr. Forman to take his compass and chain and meet us at the crossing of the Grasshopper. · AUGUST 23. We attempted to cross at the lower ford of Independence Creek but could not ge~ the mules to take water. They got much tangled up in their harness. Mr. Hawkins was on the other side clearing the road where we expected to go but we had our labor for nothing. We unharnessed the mules, turned the carriage about, hitched on the mules and started for the upper crossing. Lost two hours at this place for we found the roads very bad and in crossing Rock Creek we broke the houser short off. The irons being strong, we lapped them with a bed cord and spring pale which seemed to make all safe. We started on and reached the Creek. We cut a road with the assistance of Peter Cadue and Tah-sha-gon who fell in with us before we reached Rock Creek. Crossed Independence Creek safely. A Winnebago chief came up to us about a mile from where we crossed the creek. He wished to know if the govern­ ment had decided to let his band have a portion of the annuity due to their tribe this fall. I informed him that I had no information on the subject but would let him know as soon as I heard what the government intended to do. He detained us half an hour. At three o'clock a heavy blow came on and it rained very hard. We had to keep the curtains up to keep the wind from blowing the carriage over. We stopped to camp at four p. m. on Deer Creek in company with some men looking for places to locate. AUGUST 24. We started early and got to the place appointed for council at one p. m. There were no Indians on the ground except Ke-wi-sah­ tuk and one or two others. We sent them off to collect the others so as to have consultation the next day at as early an hour as possible. AUGUST 25. The Indians began to assemble and at ten a. m. they held con-

171 sultation among themselves for an hour when they made known that they were ready to hold council with me. I then told them the object of the meeting which was to select their new homes, as they knew from the letter I sent them. I told them that accidents on the road prevented me from getting there sooner but it was I who was ready and on the ground before them. I had the treaty with me and a compass to show the course the lines would run and in a few minutes detailed them what they had agreed upon and had written in the treaty about their new homes. Ke-wi-sah-tuk was their speaker. He said that he understood while at Washington that they could occupy the land for two years from that time and that it was still theirs for all practical purposes until they gave it up formally and the government had promised to keep the white men from troubling them. He also thought that the Deleware line was still further south than where I said it was. But the main object of the council was to explore the waters of the Grasshopper and to decide how to lay off their lands. In reply I told him what the language of the treaty was in regard to the time they would be permitted to occupy this portion of their lands and that the time would soon expire within which they had agreed to make their choice of new homes. After several hours spent in council it was determined that some six or eight braves should join the delegation and assist in could not go himself but had every confidence in everything I would recommend to the consideration of the delegation and the braves selecting their new homes. Mah-she-nab, the head chief, said he who were going with me. I left about three p. m. and camped on Stranger Creek near Dawsons. The hard part of the task was then before the lvlajor as he set out to trace the Delaware line and to follow the stipulations of the treaty that had been made in Washington. It was imperative that no mistakes should be made.

AUGUST 28. MONDAY. Made an inefectual attempt to trace the Delaware Line but I had no field notes and no one could give any information to be relied upon. The Indians contended that the line crossed below the ford. In this I am sure they are mistaken and we had to explore the country without knowing this line. Proceeded up Grasshopper about ten miles above the crossing of the Fort Riley road, having travelled some twenty miles in reaching it, we camped near the falls at a good spring. Saw much good country. Found a man by the name o~ Arnold who had made some improvements and had at least twelve tons of hay put upon Indian Land. Notified him to

172 move but permitted him with the consent of the Indians to feed his hay to his stock. AUGUST 29. The Indians and myself rode from seven a. m. to two p. m. exploring the country. Crossed Cedar Creek above the fall of the fourth perpendicular of solid rock in the form of a horseshoe. The Indians, having agreed to make their reservations so as to include Grasshopper and its tributaries, I left them to continue at camp until the next day and started for the agency. Travelled some fifteen miles and camped on the headwaters of Walnut Creek. AUGUST 30. Made an early start. Crossed several branches of Independence Creek. Crossed Wolf Creek at the old Dragoon ford and arrived at the agency in the evening. The weeks fled by and try as hard as he might, the Major was unable to find the Delaware Line that would serve as the starting point for laying out the new homes of his charges. Something had to be done immediately. SEPTEMBER 27. WEDNESDAY. I went to St. Joseph and met Colonel Manypenny. I rode in a buggy toward Savannah with him and talked over matters. Authorized the survey of the Delaware line, the kickapoo line, and the Iowa line also. Authorized me to retain the sum of $4000 to buy provisions for Iowas. He approved of my course with regard to furnishing agriculture implements to those who will use them. SEPTEMBER 28. Made contracts for the surveying of all the lines except that of the Delaware Line, with Kemper and Leonard, Surveyors. SEPTEMBER 29. Brought Kate home from St. Joseph. I met Mr. Searles who informed me that Mr. Gay had jumped William's Claim and that Gay had a wagon and was commencing to work on the claim. He also told me that Gay had a fuss the day before with others. SEPTEMBER 30. It rained last night and still continued to rain during the fore­ noon. I started to go with William Vanderslice, Nelson Rogers, J. W. Cox and others to get Gay off William's claim. Found Gay camped on edge of the timber on the bank of the Creek. He refused to get off the claim, stating that he had bought it from Mr. Makay for twenty dollars. This William agreed to pay rather than have

173 further trouble with him. I proposed to him to bring his family to my house until the weather was better. This he declined to do and agreed to come in the afternoon and settle the matter. The weeks dragged by and the surveyors kept at their difficult task of laying out the new Indian reservations. In the meantime Major Vanderslice was called to Washington to confer about the treaty and to get the money with which to pay the Indians their yearly allowance. With his return to the Nemaha Agency troubles began to assail the Major thick and fast.

NOVEMBER 11, 1854. SATURDAY. I started for the Agency in a buggy and got to St. Joseph at four p. m. I left the horse at Blackstones. Saw James Forman and he told me that the Donaphin City Company was organized. The town of Donaphin laid out.

NOVEMBER. 17. I went to the Great Nemaha and saw the surveyors. They had run the Iowa Line embracing the reserve. Stayed with John R. Roy. The weather was quite cold and there was a strong N. W. Wind. NOVEMBER 18. I went to the south fork of the Nemaha and traced the line. I rode several miles west of that stream. Visited the camp of Mr. Johnson who was surveying the boundary line between Nebraska and Kansas Territory. Had some conversation with Messers Smith and Johnson on the subject of his survey of the Delaware line. NOVEMBER 23. THURSDAY. I went to the Great Nemaha with Mr. Irvin to try and recover an Indian Girl who was stolen away from the Missouri. Put up our horses at Roy's and crossed the river in a canoe. Walked one and one-half miles to their camp. The mother of the girl was notified of our approach by White Crow's wife and the girl hid so we could not find her. Engaged To-bee to bring her in for five dollars. Returned to the agency after night. · NOVEMBER 30. Recrossed the river in company with Mr. G. Wilson. Went to Smithton at two p. m. and assisted in opening the first Masonic Lodge in Kansas Territory. Returned to the Agency the same night. Smithton organized today.

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DECEMBER 8. I held council with the Indians and afterward went on with the valuation of Indian improvements. I had much difficulty in ascertaining the owners, many claiming parts of the same field. At night I stopped with John Cook. For a time Major Vanderslice began to believe that the task of carrying out the provisions of the treaty was about over and that he could now turn his attention to other mat­ ters on the agency that needed immediate consideration ; but he was mistaken. New troubles, connected with the sur­ veying heaped themselves upon the Agent

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1855. I got $5000 of Corby for the Iowas. I tried to hurry up Kemper and Leonard. so that I could report ·their surveys. I fear I shall have some trouble with him. (Leonard.) JANUARY 15. I went to the Nemaha and made out the roll. I found that during the year forty-eight Indians had died. Wolf had been drink­ ing. Worked half the night in preparing for the next day. JANUARY 16. I paid the Iowa Indians $3000, a distribution share of $7.50. There were only 389 persons on the list. Several families were cut off, they having gone to the Otoe payment expecting to draw annuity there. I talked to the Indians about sending their children to school. Returned to the Agency after night. JANUARY 19, FRIDAY. I went to St. Joseph to mail letters, to get oxen and wagons for the Iowas, and to see abo~t the report of the surveyors. I had a dispute with Mr. Leonard about field notes, he contending that he was not bound to return them. Mr. Kemper promised to make it all right but it is time that I had all the papers to forward to the Department. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1855. I left the Agency for St. Joseph. I got my letters and mailed my monthly report and letters. The name of the town of Iola is approved by the company. The report of the surveyors was finally in the Major's hands and the new reservations were finally settled and then a new trouble broke. The Indians claimed that they were

175 being cheated and had to be shown the correct lines surveyed before they would move to their new homes.

FEBRUARY 6. I met the Indians in council and examined every val nation of Kickapoo property. Took up the subject of the boundary line. John Kenekuk contending that there was a line which ran through the Salt Lake and that white men showed them a tree that marked the Kickapoo Land. Mah-chenah made a talk of one hour on the same subject, and which in subject matter was the same. He stated that Nathan Koons and Allen, who were companions, had, when explor­ ing the country, pointed out this course as being the southern bound­ ary of their line. He said that he did not want to infringe on Delaware land but he would abide by the true line if shown to them. He evidently believed that the line started from the south­ west corner of the Military Reserve and ran due west. After much other talk from Kenekuk and Ah-qui-sah, I endeavored to convince them, that from the maps and field notes as well as by the treaties that they were wrong and showed them the boundary. At length it was agreed that tomorrow we would go and hunt the line. For two days they searched for this mythical line but it could not be found. The Indians were becoming restless and sullen and Major Vanderslice saw that serious trouble was brewing. Above all things it should be avoided, so he called the Indians together to thrash out the difficulty by means of debate and oration.

FEBRUARY 8, 1855. I opened council by a speech from Mah-che-nah merely stating who would be the speaker. Ah-qui-sah then spoke detailing the manner of their first agent who spoke to them in council and said he hoped that I would make known to the Great Father as to their wants. Mah-che-nah said: "You have heard what was said in good feeling. We look to the President for aid and protection. How can he expect much of us because of our ignorance. God made us of different colors and he looks upon all. I hope he will direct all. It seems that our Great Father has unstopped his ears and we have unstopped ours also. We are willing to hear what our Great Father wishes us to do. I believe this

176 is so because God has put it into our minds for our benefit. The delegates will open their ears and listen to council." John Kenekuk said : ( He said he listened to the commissioners at Wash­ ington.) "I was pleased then that some satisfaction would be given to us who are poor. It seems he made no distinction as to age but to wish to aid them all alike. He said he looked on all alike and that the advice of the commission was for our benefit. I thought he spoke with one tongue and N o-ko-wat said he did not want him to speak with a forked tongue. He, the commissioner, said he had but one tongue and but two eyes, not four eyes, and they rely upon his words. When he asked us about this land we told him we wanted it to Independence Creek. He said it was too much. His hands were too full now. It was more than they wanted. We then told him we wanted to keep from the old tract west. We then told him we would stay on the Missouri but he objected because it was sickly. · The com­ missioner asked us to look at the Blue, and then at the Great Nemahaw. Then he pointed to the Grasshopper. Said if you like it there, your Father if he agrees to it, then it shall be yours. Then he showed us the map and we thought the line went through Dyers and he said if it was so then it was ours. Go and see it. Your agent will go ,vith you. He told us we would have an honest surveyor to run the line. We are waiting for this but this satisfaction has never come. We are looking to these promises. We have no hard thoughts but thought it odd that this was not done as it was promised." "The commissioner told us then that the $20,000 might overtake us before we got home and the first amount was to be paid on the first of October. They are slow and we do not understand the reason. We are looking at the line which we thought should go by Dyers. He, the com­ missioner, told us that the Agent would get us a surveyor to run the line, but the delegates do not yet know where this

177 line runs. In selecting your reserve, he said, 'look for your­ selves.' We are willing to go if all things are satisfactory." The Agent tried to get them to fix upon a time when he should pay them the money he had for them on their reserve, but they would not say, but will wait until they hear from Washington before they will go. I then told them that on the morrow I would talk to them. FEBRUARY 9. I met the Indians early this morning and asked them if they had anything more to say about the line and the reserve. They said no. I asked if they had any complaints to make about the agent or interpretors because I would send these complaints on to the Government as well as anything else they wished and as there were white men present I wanted them not to be afraid to speak out. I would faithfully write down all they would say and send it to their Great Father. If they had anything against the interpretor now was the time to say it, and not to withhold anything they had to say against either the interpretor or myself, because if your agent or interpretor has made mistakes let them know and they may be the better able to correct these mistakes. If he has done you wrong speak it out so that he may make due repara­ tion for the wrong. If he has neglected your interests tell him of it so that he may account for his neglect and know how he may avoid it in the future. Be not afraid to speak right out face to face for this is honorable. But don't go about when he leaves you and tell things behind his back that may turn out as base as the lies which had been told to Colonel Cook and others. Mah-Che-Nah said they had not fault to find with their father except they could not make him believe that the line between them and the Delaware was much further south. They had been told by others and among them the commis­ sioners who made the treaty at -Castor Hill that it was so. They would be pleased if their father would think as they did about this matter. He said that he had some complaints or at least some of his people had, against some of their

178 white neighbors and. they would tell me. After which a complaint was laid in that a Mr. Hayes had agreed to pay an Indian one dollar per cord for cutting wood and after the wood had been cut he only offered seventy-five cents per cord. After attending to a dozen cases of like character, I enquired if they had anything else to say. They said they were done. I then told them that with the exception of a few minutes they had all my time for five days, holding my ears open, listening to them ; that I had forgotten nothing of any importance they had said. I now in return asked them to hold open their ears so that what I had to say might pass freely in so that they could understand it. I would not detain them long. While it took them many days in their talks to me, I could say all I had to say in less than half a day. I only ask:ed one hour to answer everything they said and I would begin by reading the Delaware Treaty made in 1829. "I do this to show you who has a right to the land you claim." ( I read them the treaty.) "The treaty which I have read shows that more than three years ·before you made a treaty that this very land was given to the Delawares and it was surveyed for them and they were in full pos­ session of it two years before the Kickapoos removed to this country which you ceded to the United States last May and yet seem to contend for. I shall now read you the Treaty of Castor Hill. Now, if you were governed by this treaty your line would stop six miles northwest of Fort Levens­ worth and thence to the Delaware Line, bnt in a supplemen­ tary treaty made one month and two days after, the boundary was changed so as to commence on the left branch of Salt Creek where the line of the Delaware's Northern boundary crosses the same, then up the Missouri river to a point thirty miles in a straight line from Salt Creek, there westerly to a point twenty miles from the Delaware line. There to said line and with it to the beginning. You were to have within the boundary twelve hundred sections. Now the whole mat­ ter hangs upon one point and that is, the proper location of

179 the Delaware northern line. If the line recently run for you is the same line run for the Delawares two years ago before you made your treaty, then the question is settled against your views no matter who pointed with his finger the course the line was supposed to run. If your Great Father himself had stretched out his hand and said it was due west from the place you decern to be the starting point it could not make it so because he was liable to be mistaken not having seen the line run and the field notes of the survey; and although he may have seen a map of the country, unless he was acquainted with the country, he could not describe it so as to explain the local point without some knowledge of the country and have the map before him at the same time as I am doing now. So it was with me. I had neither field notes nor map and no one to show me the line. And your representatives led me to believe the line was further south than it really was. Yet I am not so far wrong as you, for I have studied to make myself acquainted with the localities of all the tribes, and the general topography of the land and you know that I took up the Grasshopper some eight or nine miles north of the point where you believed it crossed that stream and when some of you were selecting your locations as your future homes, I then advised you to go still further north for fear that you might be upon Delaware land. This was truly found the case when the line was run by a man in whom the commis­ sioner had every confidence and whom I employed because he so advised and I found him in every way competent to the work. Now let us examine these field notes and maps which show how the Kickapoo line was surveyed, which was done some two years after the boundary of the Delaware land was surveyed. Here the surveyor set his compass. He proceeded down Salt Creek to its mouth, there up the bank of the Missouri River to a point above Whitehead which is thirty miles straight across to Salt Creek. Then he ran N 71 degrees 8 minutes W. Then he ran due south 20½ miles. This point was on the Delaware outlet line something over

180 two miles west of th~ Delaware corner. They ran this short distance east to Delaware comer and then stopped. And why did they stop there? The reason is that the line between the Delaware corner and where it crossed Salt Creek had been run but two years before and was easily found. And this line was traced by J. C. McCoy from one end to the other before he surveyed it for you last autumn. This survey by him found all the marks and proved that the original survey was made correctly. No matter how much we may desire that this boundary was further south, we must submit to the truth and I for one will not be so foolish as to contend for that which has been so definitely proven not to belong to us. If we close our ears to evidence that is true, and shut up our eyes, we are acting foolish and are doing ourselves a great wrong." The Indians were finally convinced that their mythical line was but a myth and that the true line marking their new reservation was the one that the Major had explained to them. Soon after the three tribes under the Major's' care removed to their new homes, accepted their annuity and set­ tled down to a few weeks of comparative peace and quiet, but not for long. The new adventure of Major Vanderslice was quite different in character from the preceding one and called for more quick thinking on the part of the Major. To this he was not found wanting. After living on their new reserve a few weeks the Indians suddenly rebelled, demanding that they be paid for the land they had sold and stating that they had been cheated in the amount of land that composed their new reserve. Major Vanderslice immediately saw that this new unrest was the work of some white man and after a great degree of investigation he laid the trouble at the door of A. G. Boyd, a trader. The diary explains the trouble in detail. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1855. Mr. Van S. Grayum called on me this day having two letters, one from T. Tensouneaux and the other from Peter Cadue, United States Interpretors. From these statements it appears that Mr. Boyd had council with Kap-io-mah, No-ko-wat and John Kenekuk about matters which belonged wholly to the government, and that said

181 Boyd wrote some papers for the Indians and one of them was forced to sign the same, such was detailed to him by Tensouneaux. This took place on Sunday last at Boyd's office at Kickapoo. Wah-che-nah and Tensouneaux were locked out by Boyd.

MARCH 13. At Kickapoo. I saw Tensouneaux and Joe Glassbrook. Glass­ brook gave me a statement of what transpired at A.G. Boyd's who had council with the Kickapoos on Sunday, March 3. I notified the Indians to meet me at W ah-che-nah's. MARCH 14. I met the Indians in council. Some eight or ten white men had assembled with them before I got there. I found that Tas-hah­ gor, Te-wi-sa-kut, and Sha-pi-o-mah were absent. John Kenekuk and No-ko-wat were present. I soon found out that these Indians had been much imposed upon and so told them. John Kenekuk was made to believe that they had been deceived and cheated by the government according to the misrepresentations of A. G. Boyd. He contended that Boyd said they should have their money paid here. He reteriated that the commissioner had promised to pay them the whole of the $20,000 as soon as they got home. He also said that the commissioner told them that their line runs through Dyer's field and that the treaty admitted the same. He said they had a friend who knew it was so. I replied to them that the man they called their friend could not be one as hQ' did not tell them the truth. I called their attentions to the last council and repeated the substances of what had been said on both sides on that occasion and told him that it was impossible for him to be right under all the circumstances. I told him that the commissioner never told him that the $20,000 removal money would be paid as he stated for the commissioner himself did not know when it would be paid, for the treaty was not ratified until the 11th day of July and Congress had to make a law to appropriate the money before he could say when it would be paid. John Kenekuk became excited and said that I spoke with a forked tongue and that I had on one occasion said "God Damn." I told him that he was mistaken, but I had used language equally emphatic on one occasion in order to command silence when examining a witness and held myself accountable not to him for that, but he was the last man of the tribe that should attempt to rebuke anyone, for his own course was not correct. He had been drunk, wallowing in the streets of Weston when he should have been at home attending to the business of the tribe. I told him that he was a drunkard and a gambler and yet pretended to preach ;

182 that he was by his course, doing himself and his tribe much injury. No-ko-wat said that tlie treaty told them that the line runs through Dyer's field and the Grasshopper, for he had it read right to him and continued speaking for some time to the same effect. He having a copy of the treaty I had given Wah-che-nah, I handed it to Mr. Dan Grover to read, and explain to them, which was also done. I then handed the letter of the commissioner to Mr. Grover to read and explain, but A. G. Boyd had read to them the treaty to suit his own purposes, and also read what he stated was a letter from his father at Washington City on these subjects, and also one from the same source, stating that Wah-che-nah was entitled to a section of land where he lived and that no one could remove him. He im­ pressed other Indians with the -same views. I found these Indians much prejudiced by the machinations of Boyd and told them that I had sent on the proceedings of the former council in full, and that if they did not go upon their reserve in twenty days I would be compelled to have a new chic£ and councilors appointed. I would be on their reserve in that time or about that time, and would take their money with me and those who were there, these would be paid. They now after some consultation among themselves proposed a compromise which was in substance to let them settle upon the Grasshopper as low down as the falls. This I could not do as that was Delaware land and no one had that right but the Delaware's themselves with the consent of the government. But if it would satisfy them I would go with them the next day and while there I could talk with the Agent about it and he and they could talk with the Delawares. But they could not go then. I then told them to go when they could and to let me know. They then said that they would go in five days and would let me know the result. The coun­ cil broke up and it commenced to snow very hard.

MARCH 18. THURSDAY. The Sac and Foxes who were present at the council yesterday were with Boyd this morning. As soon as I found it out I went there but they had left him and come out. I told them to go home. They had no business there and there was now trouble enough. I told them to go home, that Boyd was a bad man and would bring trouble upon them if they did not go. I had a conversation with No-ko-wat and he repeated that he was going to the Delawares and would let me know in five days. Boyd did not show himself out of doors. I went to the Fort and mailed a letter to Superintendent Cummins. Snow storm.

183 MARCH 20. Returned to the Agency. Before I left Kickapoo, Robert Thompson told me that he was informed by a friend of Boyds that he was in the habit of reading letters to the Indians from Wash­ ington, which letters by the by, were probably written by himself. In one of these letters he (Boyd) said and informed Mah-che-nah that I could not make him remove, that he had a section of land where he lived as his own. A month passed and still the matter was not settled. Major Vanderslice did his best to see Boyd, the creator of all the trouble, but this he could not, until one day: SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1855. At Kickapoo. I had an interview with A. G. Boyd, who dis­ claimed any intention of producing the mischief he did. Begged off as well as he could from the consequences. He agreed to go to Mah-che-nah's. and there state that the reply to the communications written by him for the Indians was that both agent and interpretors had obeyed instructions and that the Indians were wrong and their Agent was right. On Monday I intend to tell the Indians my ulti­ matum. I left Peter Cadue at the place of meeting. MONDAY, APRIL 30. Opened council early in the morning. Told the Indians I had but little to say for all that I had told them was true and approved by the government. They now see how much reliance should be placed upon their One Eyed Chief (Boyd). He had come there to tell them of his failure and that their agent was right. I read the letters of the commissioner to them and thus informed them that I was to pay them but would and could not until they went upon their reserve. Mah-che-nah said that he was glad that he had found out the truth. There was so much confusion growing out of the many stories that had been spread abroad that they were to some extent excusable. But now they would go to their reserve and live there, make fields and build homes. He repeated that he thanked the Great Spirit that the truth had come so straight that all could now understand what they had to do. He knew that the President was the head over all and that they must do as he told them and they would soon go to their reserve. "But Father, do not take from us our old interpretor. He has been with us for so long and understands us so well that we do not know how we can get along without him. We ,vere sometimes foolish and said things when our ears

184 were poisoned by the words of some white men. But Father we have nothing to ·find fault with about you or the inter­ pretor. We beg you not to take him from us although we have not acted right in all things and our young men, who act as councilors, hoped to bring this trouble upon us. I hope Father, you will not think hard of us for we were much confused and did not know what to do for we were told so many things and our young men believed every new story that was told them. I hope you will forgive us and not take our old friend Peter Cadue from us. But, Father, we know you have a good heart and will grant us this." Agent Van­ derslice (myself) said : "I am happy to find that you have opened your ears to the truth. The letters were from the commissioner whose ear was turned to the mouth of the President so that he could write the words that the President wished them to know. They wish to do the Indians good and they know best what is for their good. The government has many eyes and they are far seeing, and as they not only looked into the future as well as the present time for their future benefit, every confidence should be placed in the words of their Great Fathers. Indians thought only of the present moment and did not look forward to the time when they as little children would be in the place of those who are growing old and must soon pass away and even if they do not like all things recommended by the President they must know that he is the best judge of what is for their good now and many days to come. Since you have now listened to this advice and have agreed to remove I will go to the house of Mah­ che-nah in eleven days from now with your money and if you meet me there I will wait two days and pay you all I have belonging to you. Since you seem to be sorry for the foolish manner in which you listened to the one eyed man and others I shall say no more about it. I have always kept my word and now I want you to keep yours so I shall drop this subject. With regard to Peter Cadue, I had thought of taking him with me to be interpretor for the Sac and Foxes

185 but to please you I will let him stay with you and your new agent. I do not wish you to forget that I will be on the Grasshopper the tenth of. May which is eleven days from today." The Kickapoos were· faithful to their agreement and went back to their new reserve where they remained peace­ fully. The diary records no more of them so we are prone to believe that they appeared on that tenth day of May so long ago.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS (Montgomery's "Berks County In The Revolution.") Jacob Vanderslice, son of Henry Vanderslice of Read­ ing, was horn February 7, 1757. He was a Lieutenant in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, as appears by the following reference: "Lieutenant Jacob Vanderslice, of the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment, laid before the Council instructions for his enter­ ing on the recruiting service given him by the Lieutenant­ Colonel of the Regiment, and thereupon recruiting instruc­ tions were issued to him in the County of Berks, with orders to the Lieutenant of the County for money, September 14, 1778." In the account of Colonel Jacob Morgan, Lieutenant of the County, the following entry appears: "Lieutenant Jacob Vanderslice, paid him for recruiting service, Sept. 26, 1778, 225 pounds, and on November 6, 1778, 220 pounds. Total, 440 pounds." * * * * * (Bean's History of Montgomery. County, Pa.) "Amongst the constables serving was Jacob V ander­ slice." * * * * * (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XLV.)

186 Chief Kee-o-kuk of the Sac and Foxes, who was allied with Black Hawk in the Black Hawk War. :Major Daniel Vanderslice canw into contact with the~e two chieftan~ both in war and peacf'.

In 1777 there was on file the first complete roster of the Second Troop of Light Dragoons and the name of Thomas Vanderslice was in the list. * * * * * (Pennsylvania Archives, Vols. XXIII and XXVI.) August 20, 1794, Daniel Vanderslice had 400 acres of land in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. * * * * * ( Pennsylvania in the Revolution.) Daniel Van der Sluis re-enlisted in the First Pennsyl­ vania, private, on the roll of Capt. Robert Cluggage's Co. Enlisted in Bedford Co., 177 5. Nov. 15, 1776. Daniel Vanderslice re-enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment in Col. William Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen, Capt. Robert Cluggage's Co. · * * * * * These FAMILY RECORDS were furnished l,y Mr. Meredith Hanna, and Miss Helen Hanna, of Philadelphia, Pa. Their great-aunt, Rebecca K. Vanderslice, when she was a young girl visited frequently in Berks County. She left these records : Children of Henry and Catharine ( Sassamanhausen) Vanderslice. Anthony Vanderslice, b. June 4, 17 53. Henry Vanderslice, b. April 17, 17 55. Jacob Vanderslice, b. Feb. 7, 1757. Daniel Vanderslice, b. Feb. 17, 17 59. Catharine Vanderslice, b. Nov. 15, 1761. Sophia Vanderslice, b. March 10, 1764. Margaret· Vanderslice, b. Jan. 24, 1767. John Vanderslice, b. March 31, _1770. George Vanderslice, b. Oct. 8, 1771. Joseph Vanderslice, b. Jan. 28, 177 6. Children of the above John Vanderslice, and Catherine Christi en.

187 Sarah Vanderslice, b. April 6, 1793. George Vanderslice, b. Nov. 11, 1794, d. Oct. 14, 1795. Hannah Vanderslice, b. April 2, 1796. Henry Vanderslice, b. June 16, 1797, d. Aug. 6, 1803. John Vanderslice, b. Jan. 6, 1799, d. Aug. 11, 1805. Joseph Vanderslice, b. March 21, 1802, d. Dec. 7, 1802. Daniel Vanderslice, b. Nov. 1, 1803, d. Sept. 29, 1804. Maria Vanderslice, b. Aug. 23, 1805. William Vanderslice, b. Sept. 3, 1807. Henry Vanderslice, b. Sept. 8, 1809. George Vanderslice, b. May 5, 1811, d. Sept. 26, 1813. Thomas Vanderslice, b. April 3, 1814.

Henry Vanderslice was born 9 March, 1726. Married Catharine Sassamanhausen, 23 Oct. 17 50. Henry Van­ derslice died at Reading, Pa., 10 Feb., 1797.

The following deposition was made by Deborah L. {Vanderslice) Hopper, {sister of the above Rebecca K. Van­ derslice,) when she ,vas in her 84 year of age, in F eh., 1904. "I am one of 9 children. James died in California fifteen years ago. Edward died over fifteen years ago, aged 76. He married Clementina Schultz. Thomas died when about the age of 27 years. I was then about 15. William died in San Francisco,-he married Kate Sherman of Boston. Joseph was in the U. S. regular army. He has been dead a number of years. He married and lived in Peekskill, N. Y. Catherine is now dead. Emma died when she was 65. Rebecca K. died in Philadelphia, aged 84. "My husband was Samuel Hopper, and he was a jew­ eler. He died at the age of 46. My father's name was George Washington Vanderslice. He married Janette or Jane Roberts. She died about 1874, in her 90 year. "My father's father was Henry Vanderslice, who was the Sheriff of Berks County, and lived in Reading, Pa.

188 "My father had the following children by his first wife : George; Charles; · Anne; Maria, who married Rev. M. Felty; and her child, Annie married William Zieber. My father's brother was John Vanderslice, and lived in W omels­ dorf. He was a lawyer. "George and his wife, Elizabeth, married 22 March, 1794. Children: A girl, named Maria, born on the 7th day of July, 1795, at half past 9 o'clock in the evening. A boy named Henry, born the 7th day of July, 1795, at half past 11 o'clock in the evening. A son, named John, born the 14th day of July, 1797, at 9 o'clock in the morning. Died October 27, 1797. A son, named George, born on the 15th day of November, 1798, in the morning between four and five o'clock. A son, named Charles, born on the 8th day of Sept., 1800, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. A son, named Alexander, born on the 13th day of July, 1802, between seven and eight o'clock in the morning. A daughter, named Anna Elizabeth, born on the 10th day of October, 1804, between 7 and 8 o'clock in the . evening.

"George Vanderslice, son of Henry Vanderslice, born the 8th day of Oct., 1771, and was married with Jane Roberts, the 18 day of Sept., 1806. A son born unto us, on the 19th day of July, 1807, at 15 minutes before 7 o'clock, named Edward. A son, Thomas Roberts, born 19th day of Dec., 1809, at 8 o'clock in the evening. A son, named James, born the 11 day of April, 1812, between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A daughter, born 27 day of February, 1814, name, Rebeckah, half past 7 o'clock in the morning.

189 A daughter, born 16th day- of Feb., 1817, Sunday morning, at 5 o'clock, named Catherine Jane Roberts V ander­ slice. A daughter, born 18 day of February, 1820, Friday morn­ ing, at 4 o'clock. Name, Deborah. A son, born 31 day of August, 1823, Sunday morning, at 7 o'clock, named William K. A son, dead born. A daughter,. born 2 day of July, 1825, at 7 o'clock in the morning.

"Above Edward was a prominent dentist in Philadel­ phia, and married Feb. 16, 1842, Clementine Shultz, who was born June 13, 1817, and was descended from Governor Shultz and Henry M. Muhlenberg. Their children: Ed­ ward S. Vanderslice, M. D.; Virginia, who married Zieber; Henry Muhlenberg, DD.S., married Helen E. Seiss; and Mary J ., all of Philadelphia. "William K. Vanderslice, of San Francisco, Calif., mar­ ried, Aug. 31, 184 7, Catherine Sherman, of Boston, Mass. Children : Annie, who married -- Johnston, of Oakland, Calif. ; Jeannette, married Carl Mauner, of Calif.; Her­ mine, married Andrew Rudgear, of Oakland; Milton T. "Capt. Joseph Henry Vanderslice, U. S. A., married Hester Meeks, of New York State. He was born June 29, 1828, and died F eh. 27, 1894. He took part in all of the principal battles of the Civil War, and was in a number of engagements on the western frontier, especially against the Sioux. He was retired for disability in 1879, and resided at Peekskill, N. Y., until his death. He was buried with honors of war, at West Point. "Catherine Vanderslice married Thomas MacClement."

Deborah L. Vanderslice Hopper, died Oct. 3, 1905. She was connected with the First Baptist Church, of Philadel­ phia, from early childhood, having been baptized in the

190 Schuylkill River when but 12 years of age. She was a strong, earnest Christian, and her long life was devoted to furthering all branches of the Master's work.

The children of Deborah L. (Vanderslice) Hopper, were Mary, who m. William B. Hanna; Annie, who m. Charles Milnor; William G., who m. Mary Franciscus; Harry S., who m. Hattie Bucknell.

Judge William Brantly Hanna, the honored President­ Judge of the Orphan's Court of Philadelphia, was born in that city, Nov. 23, 1835. He was graduated from the Phila­ delphia High School, ~d in 1853, from the Law department of the University of Pennsylvania. He was actively inter­ ested in all public affairs, and served his city and state faith­ fully during his lifetime. He died Oct. 24, 1859. * * * * * September 4, 1862, Jane Roberts, second wife of George W. Vanderslice, makes affidavit as follows: "My grandfather, William Roberts, was brought to America, from Wales, when a boy, in company with his father, mother, and sister, Sarah. I was told they came in company with William Penn." (Then follow other statements that have already been recorded above.) (The above information was obtained from Family Recorps in possession of Miss Helen A. Hanna, of Phila­ delphia, and were gathered by her great-aunt, Rebecca K. Vanderslice, daughter of George, and grand-daughter of Henry Van~erslice.) Have not been able to prove the line of Catharine Sassamanhausen, wife of Henry, but the follow--ing is pos­ sibly hers: Yost Heinrich Sassamanhausen was naturalized Jan. 9, 1739-40. ( See Rupp's Thirty-Thousand Emigrants.) His Will, probated Nov. 14, 1767, mentions his wife, Petronella,

191 sons Henry, Jacob, Andrew, and daughters Juliana, Catha­ rine, Dorothea, Sophia and Gertrude. ( German Presbyterian Church, Phila.) Burial Permit, Aug. 20, 1809, Catharine Vanderslice, 77 years 4 months; Jacob and George signed permit. ( Her sons, Jacob and George went to Philadelphia after the Revo­ lutionary War.) ( First Dutch Reformed Church, Reading.) Died: Feb. 12, 1797, Henry Vanderslice, aged 70 years 11 months 1 day. Henry Vanderslice was bequeathed a plantation in Providence Twp., Montgomery County, on the death of his father, Anthony, but sold it when he went to Berks County. (Records of Berks County, Pa.) April 11, 1797, Letters of Administration granted to Catharine, widow, and John, son, on the estate of Henry Vanderslice, deceased. "True list of persons names who have taken & subscrib­ ed the Oath of Allegiance before Henry Christ, Esq., May 8, 1778." No. 460, was Anthony Vanderslice. ( Pension record. ) Henry Vanderslice, Jr., enlisted in the army, Jan. 10, 1776, (at the house of Benjaman Tollman, near Berks County, Pa.,) in the company commanded by Captain John Spolius, of the 5th Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. Magaw. He continued in the said company until Nov. 16, 1776, when he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington,, from thence to New York, and confined in what was then called N e·wbride-well, for about two months subsequent to which was let go on parole of honor, (by which he got no dis­ charge.) Was in battles of Long Island and Fort Wash­ ington, aforesaid. He had enlisted for one year. ( Pa. in the Revolution.) Henry Vanderslice, Corporal, Reading, taken Nov. 16, 1776, in Captain John Spolius' Company, Colonel Robert Magaw. Residence, in Sunbury in 1792.

192 ( Colonial Records, _Vol. X, pp. 634-5.) "The President of the Congress sent the following Resolve of Congress: In Congress, 5th July, 177 6. RESOLVED, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several Assemblies, Conventions, and Councils of Safety, and to the several Commanding Officers of the Con­ tinental Troops, that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the Head of the Army. By order of Congress, Signed, John Hancock, President. In consequence of the above Resolve, Letters were written -to the Counties of Bucks, Chester, Northampton, Lancaster and Berks, Inclosing Copy of the said Declaration, requesting the same to be published on Monday next, at the places where the Election for Delegates are to be held." * * * * * ( Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Vol. X.) Oct. 5, 1775, a Commission was issued to Henry Van­ derslice as Sheriff of Berks County, and another was issued Oct. 5, 1776. Probably owing to the war, no other Com­ mission was issued until 21 March, 1777, Henry having served during that time, "continuing in office with all the powers granted him by his former Commission, until the form of government of the state is established, or until it shall be altered by proper authority." As Sheriff he resided in the jail at Reading. As the Minutes of the Council of Safety ordered, the Sheriff of Philadelphia read, or caused to be read, and proclaimed at the State House on Monday the 8th day of July, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, Letters were written to the Committees of Bucks, Chester, Northampton, Lancaster and ~erks, .enclosing a copy of the said Declaration, and request­ ing the same to be published on l\!londay next, at the places where the Election of Delegates are to be held. "This was done," Montgomery in his History of Berks County, says,

193 "by Henry Vanderslice, Sheriff of that County, on that day, at the Court House, on Penn Square, the bell having been rung earnestly beforehand, as elsewhere, to call the people together." * * * * * The Bell mentioned above, (Berks County Liberty Bell,) stands in the building of the Historical Society, in Reading, Pa. It bears a bronze tablet with the following inscription : BERKS COUNTY LIBERTY BELL Which hung in the Court House on Penn Square and rang to call the Citizens together to hear the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE read July 8, 1776. HENRY VANDERSLICE SHERIFF Preserved and presented by ROBERT B. LUDY, M. D. Atlantic City, N. J. (Reading Eagle, Saturd~y, June 5, 1929.) The old BERKS COUNTY COURT HOUSE BELL was removed from its glass case in front of the present Court House, to its :final resting place in the new home of the Historical Society of Berks County, at Centre Avenue and Spring Street. A military guard of honor accompanied the bell on its journey to the main hall in the new building. The bell was presented to the Society at the time of Reading's 175 anniversary, in 1923. With the exception of a journey made to the Philadelphia Sesqui-centennial, the bell has rested in front of the Court House since that time. A National Guard unit under the direction of Captain William J. Smith, and a guard of honor from the Spanish War Veterans, formed the escort. A National Guard truck was used to transport the bell. At Fifth and Penn Streets, the site of the first county offices, a brief stop was made and a member of Company G~

194 tolled the bell. It was on this spot in 1776, that it rang out the news of Independence in Reading. Dr. C. R. Scholl, President of the Berks County His­ torical Society, gave a brief history of the bell, telling how the Sheriff of the County, ( Henry Vanderslice,) read the Declaration of Independence, while the bell tolled. In early years it was used to call the citizens together for important gatherings. * * * * * July 8, 1779. Grantee, Henry Vanderslice. Grantor, Mary Rogers. Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Post set at the comer of the line of Mordeccii Lincoln's land, and line late of Thomas Lincoln's but now of Michael Zeister's, thence along same N ., 20° East 12 Perches ½to post, thence by the said Mordeccii Lincoln's land the three courses and distances following, vizt. South 20° West 12 perches and 8/10 part to post. South 20° West 12½ perches to post, and North 20°-&c. * * * * * April 11, 1797. Letters of Administration were granted Catharine, the wife, and John, the son, of Henry V ander­ slice, who died intestate, February 10, 1797. • * * * • ( Pennsylvania Archives.) Camp Cross Roads, Augt. 13, 1777. D. 0. A Court of enquiry to set tomorrow morning whereof Col O Stephens is President, to examine into a Complaint made by Mr. Vanderslice, a W aggon-Master, against Lt. Col Davis of the 5th Virga Regt for striking and abusing him, the state of the matter to be reported at large, that his Excelly who orders this Court may judge who is the Ag­ gressor.

195 The Pennsylvania Historical Society, in Philadelphia, has some books which contain these inscriptions: "The gift of Jasper Hamer to Henry Vanderslice, of Berks County.'' "Given to me by H. Vanderslice. Some of his :field notes are in the latter part. Tho Lightfoot." "Mordecai Yarnell's Field Notes, 1765-1768." "Henry Vanderslice's Field Notes, 1771-1794." * * * * ~ ( Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. 13.) At the request of the Agents of Berks County to Survey the several Confiscated tracts of land as follows: Nov. 1789 To Surveying and Dividing the Big Spring tract in Heidelberg township in Said County, late the Estate of Andrew Allen. Confiscated in Six Sundres Tracts at 2 :02 :06 pr tract...... 6 :15 :00 To two hand Corring Chains Each Six days at 3 :09 pr day for the above land, ...... 2 :05 :00 To two hand Corring Chains each one day at 3 :09 each ...... 7 :06 Also to Surveying three other Tracts lying con­ tiguous to each other over the Blue Hill on Cold Run in Brunswick township in said County late the Estate of Christian Hook Confiscated at 22 :06 per tract, ··························-··················································································· 3 :07 :06 To two hands Corring Chains Each two days at 3 :09 pr day...... 15 :00

Pr me, 15:15:00 Henry Vanderslice. ( Copied from Records of Miss Helen A. Hanna, Philadel­ phia, Pa.) THE FAMILY NAME. The "Armorial General," par J. B. Riestap, (published at Gonda, 1887,) gives on page 788: Sluys, Van der, (Holland.)

196 Coupe: au 1 d'or un ruban de sa., roue en saut: au 2 de sa a une roue d'arg. Sluys, Van der, (Holland.) · D'arg. a trois peupliers arr. de gu. Sluyse, van der, (Brabant.) De gu. a une roue d' arg. C: la roue, soutenne d' un chapeau de gu. retr. d'arg. In the above, the Wheel of silver seems to be a general characteristic, except for the one with the poplar trees. There are also Van Sluys of Gorinchem, ( South Hol­ land,) and others of Holland; and Van der Sluys of Brielle, (South Holland,) all having a Swan with various modifi­ cations. That of the Vander Sluyse of Brabant, {one of the Southern provinces of Holland,) when translated, would be "A wheel ( with eight spokes) of silver, upon a shield with red ground, and for a crest, a helmet surmounted by a hat of red with the brim turned up with silver, and sustaining the wheel.'' "It was not until the fifteenth century that family names were in use in Northern Europe. The Dutch took theirs largely from places, landmarks, and natural objects in the scenery." "In Germany, Von denotes nobility, title, privilege, monopoly. In Nederland, Van, the same word, belongs to the people. All can use Van, from the Boer in 'Klomps,' to the King." REIJNER VAN DER SLUYSE. He was a baker by occupation, and lived in Philadel­ phia: this we learn from his Will. He was a Hollander, as was shown by the statement of Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, in the Hallische N achrichten, and by the way in which the signature to the Will is written, ( the Dutch "Reijner," being used.) The date of his arrival in this country is uncertain. His name is not found in "a Partial List of the Families who

197 arrived in Philadelphia between 1682 and 1687." (Penn­ sylvania Magazine, Vol. 8.) Nor is it found in the "Grund und Lager Buch von Francisco Daniele Pastoris," in the list of 1689 of the pur­ chases by the German and Dutch, of land in Germantown. ( Register of Deeds Offices, Philadelphia.) Nor is he among those sixty-four first settlers of Ger­ mantown, to whom Thomas Loyd, Deputy Governor, granted naturalization, March 7, 1691. ( Patent Book A, Vol. I, page 275, in Department of Internal Affairs, Har­ risburgh, the names being mostly those afterwards included in the Act of 1709.) Nor in the First Tax List for Philadelphia County, A. D. 1693, ( Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. VIII.) Of the foregoing, the only direct evidence is his not being on the Tax List, and that seems to have been rather carelessly made. But from Dr. Muhlenberg's Report, we learn that his youngest son, Anthony, was born in this country. As An­ thony was married, and his oldest son, Henry, was born in 1726, Reijner must have been here at least as early as 1704, and perhaps much earlier, as others of his children might have been born here, also. He was naturalized by the Act of 17 09. The son, Adrian, also included in that act, must have died before his father, as he is not mentioned in the Will. That Adrian was not a misprint for Arnold, is shown by the original roll of the Act of 1709, where it is distinctly written Adrian: and also, Arnold was not of age at the time. ( See Will.) Reijner's wife's name was Anna, and she was left sole Executrix. Their children were : Adrian ; Arnold ; Henry; Johannes; Anthony; Anna; and Elentha. Of these, John and Anthony are the only ones of whom I can find any record. That Reijner lived in tolerable comfort, is shown by the Inventory which was filed with his Will.

198 The original Will is in the Recorder's office at Phila­ delphia, and was written by John Cadwallader, who signs as Witness, in the same handwriting as the body of the Will, and the pencil mark "att'' was placed by the Register after. his signature. In regard to the religious views of Reijner, he was probably among those referred to by Falckner, when he said: "The majority of the Germans in Pennsylvania have dis­ tributed themselves among the different sects. Some, who were familiar with the English tongue, have joined the Quakers, or Anabaptists. Others, again, have become Ra­ tionalists, ( F reygeister, ) and adhere to no particular de­ nomination. They also let their children grow up in the same manner. In short, there are Germans here, and per­ haps the majority, who scorn God's Word, and shun all proper outward forms of Worship; they even publicly abuse and blaspheme the Sacraments." (Lutheran Church Re­ view, April, 1897. By Justus Falckner, who was ordained on November 24, 1703, in Gloria Dei Church, ( Old Swedes, Philadelphia,) and labored principally among the Holland Lutherans in New York and New Jersey, as well as Penn­ sylvania.) At least his son, Anthony, had never been baptized. Mr. Daniel K. Cassel said that the German Menonite records do not contain the name of Vanderslice. * * * * * Johannes Van der Sluyse, son of Reijner. John Vanderslice, of Springfield, in the County of Philadelphia, Cordwiner, purchased from John Roelfs van der Werf, and Deborah, his wife, 99½ acres with tenement, situated near Skippack Creek, in the County of Philadelphia, "beginning at a post in Bebber's line," &c. The deed is dated May 13, 1726, and registered in Philadelphia, F, 2, page 356.) The price was 64: 12 :06, and he was also to satisfy a mortgage of 38 pounds, still due on the original purchase.

199 The list of landowners and tenants in Philadelphia County, made for Thomas Penn in 1734, has W orcester, ...... ·-················J ohn Vanderslice (An encyclopaedia of 1763 says, "Cordwainers, a term whereby shoemakers are denominated in statutes.")· * * * * * Anthony Vanderslice, son of Reijner. He was born in this country, of Holland stock. Mar­ ried Martha, daughter of Hendrick: Pannebeck:er and Eve U mstat, and their oldest son was born March 9, 1726. He had, besides this son, Henry, three daughters, Ann, who married Harman U mstad; Catharine, who married Warner Peters; and Eva, who married Isaac Peters. There was also a younger son, Anthony, who married Elizabeth, the daughter of his Uncle, John Pennypacker. Anthony Vanderslice is mentioned in the list of Land­ owners and Tenants made for Thomas Penn in 1734, (MS. in Pennsylvania Historical Society,) as the owner of 100 acres in Providence Township. This land I have been unable to locate, and there is no sale of it recorded in Philadelphia. In 1736, Anthony Vanderslice acquired a tract of 240 A. from Henry Pannebecker. This was situated in Upper Providence near the line of Limerick: and Perkiomen Town­ ships, and is what is now known as the Custer farm. Whether this property was given by Henry P~nnebecker, or sold for its full value, I cannot tell, as the deed cannot be found, and was not recorded, but I have the lease for a year that accom­ panied the deed. Upon this property, Anthony Vanderslice lived until his death in 1751. Anthony Vanderslice was by occupation a weaver, as well as a farmer. Follows an extract from "Home Life In Colonial Days," by Alice Morse Earle, Macmillan Co., 1899. "Every town had its professional weavers. They were a universally respected

200 class, and became the ancestors of many of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of today. They took in yarn and thread to weave on their looms at their own homes, at so much a yard; wove their own yarn into stuff to sell; had apprentices to their trade; and also went out working by the day at their neighbors' houses. "The hand loom used in the Colonies, is an historic machine, one of great antiquity and dignity. You may see a loom like the Yankee one, in Giotto's famous fresco in the Campanile, painted in 1335; another, still the same, in Hogarth's 'Idle Apprentice,' painted just f~ur hundred years later." Scull's Map, (republished in Pennsylvania Archives,) places Pennypacker's Mills on the Perkiomen Creek, at the junction of its north-east branch, and the Skippack road. A Pannebecker House, is also marked, perhaps four miles away from the Mills, and still farther from the Trappe. Pennypacker's Mills, were purchased by Peter Panne­ becker, (son of Heinrich,) in 1747. Here, before 1730, Hans Joest Heijt had erected a mill. Heinrich had owned land on the Skippack as early as December 25, 1702, and having settled on it near the present Markley's Mills, one mile from Evansburg and four from Schwenksville, passed there the greater part of his life. He died April 4, 1754. Henry Pannebecker was naturalized by an act "Anno regui quarto Georgii, Regis. ( 17 30.) An advertisement in Saurs Pensylvanische Berichte, 16 June, 1754: "Some days ago the old Henrich Panne­ becker died in the 81st years of his age. He was accus­ tomed to lend out many of his books, and any one who has any of the said books in his possession, is requested to bring them to Johannes Pannebecker, Peter Pannebecker, or Cor­ nelius Heissen."

201 (Deed Book H 6, p. 369.) Deed to Anthony Vanderslice of New Providence Township, Weaver, dated 31st of March, 1748, .for Plan­ tation in New Providence. This was along the Perquco­ mink Creek, which was one of its boundaries, and contained 159 acres. The consideration was 400 pounds. It was pur­ chased from Richard Richardson, being part of a 1000 acre tract purchased by his father from Ahr. Bickley, merchant of the City of Philadelphia. ( Deed Book F 4, 78.) Bickley received it by Proprietary Patent, 26 April, 1706. {Deed Book A 3, p. 260, in Exemplification Book 1, p. 654.) This 1000 acres was at the junction of the Perkiomen Creek with the Schuylkill, both streams being in its boundary. (Deed Book H 6, p. 374.) Deed to Henry Vanderslice from Martha, widow of Anthony Vanderslice, weaver, dated May lo, 1752, for plantation situated in New Providence. Signed with her mark. This was for land purchased in 17 48, and upon which Henry lived, and which was left to him in his father's will. Land purchased by Anthony Vanderslice, for his son, Henry. There is now· no tract of 159 A. on the Atlas of • Montgomery County at this point. The original tract of 1000 acres, belonging to Richard Richardson, has a front along the Perkiomen of 460 perches, or 7590 feet. This would just include the property of the Perkiomen Brick Co., and that of Miss Rebecca Gumbo, as marked in the Atlas. The father of Richard Richardson seems to have divided the tract among his sons, and as that of Aubery ~ichardson was above that sold by Richard, and another Richardson below it, the Henry Vanderslice place must have been above the middle of the tract. Either the lower part of the Gum­ bos', or the upper part of the Brick Co., or the upper part of each. There is a road down from Oak Station, at the back of the Gumbo property, about one mile to a bridge

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~ i over the Perkiomen. There are no houses marked on the Atlas at about the location of Henry's farm: the nearest being that of J. Detra, 18 acres on the west side of the road from Oak Station. The nearest station would be Perkiomen, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Schuylkill Division. On March 9, 1758, Henry Vanderslice, and Catharine his wife, conveyed this property to Rinear Vanderslice, son

203 of John (Deed Book 1, No. 10, p. 20,) as recited in the conveyance of it June 15, 17 65, by Rinear Vanderslice to Ludwig Hornung. It is there described as starting at a stone on the "Great Road near a corner of Israel J acobses land," and as adjoining land of Jacob Vanderslice, and other land of Reinart Vanderslice, and being in two tracts, 102 acres, (plus, ) and six acres, (plus. ) The 240 acre tract upon which Anthony Vanderslice lived, and died in 17 51, was left by him to his daughter, Rebecca, who married Peter Custer, and is known as the Custer place. The oldest date on the place is on a white stone set in the gable of the spring house, facing the main road. 1783 AVS. ( Records compiled by John Mitchell Vanderslice, and loaned by his son, Clarence Vanderslice, of Philadelphia.) (Reynier Vander Sluyse, Colonial Records, Vol. II, page 493.) Reynier and his wife, Anna, had six children, Arnold, Henry, Johannes, (or John,) Anthony, and Anna and Elentha. He died in Germantown. John Vanderslice, Reynier' s third son, married Frances --. John bought a tract of land from John Ruloff Vanderwerf, near Skippack Creek, in Worcester Township, deed dated May 13, 1726, and recorded in Philadelphia, in Deed Book 2 F, page 258. He moved there from Springfield Township, which abuts on Germantown. John had five children: Anne, Rey­ nier, Mary, Jacob, and John. (See Will of John's widow, Frances, No. 268, in the year 1742, also John's vendue Bill in possession of Governor Pennypacker.) Jacob Vanderslice, second son of John and Frances, was born July 12, 1731, and died April 12, 1793. He married Anne Francis. He took title to 140½ acres of land situated

204 on the Perkiomen, abutting on the road that now leads from Audubon, ( formerly Shannonville,) to Phoenixville, by Patent dated April 7, 1793. Recorded at Philadelphia in Patent Book A, Volume II, page 189. This land is now part of the Gumbes place. Jacob Vanderslice and his wife, Anne Francis, had four children: John, Catherine, Debbie, ( who married her first cousin, John,) and Thomas. He was school trustee in Providence Township, in 17 68. Thomas Vanderslice was born October 4 , 17 56, and died August 14, 1817. He married Tacy Richardson, Janu­ ary, 1778. She was born January 1, 1752, and died June 18, 1807. He served in the Revolutionary War, and lived and died on his father's homestead. Tacy Richardson was the daughter of Captain Joseph Richardson, (his wife was Mary Massey,) who was a man of note in his day. {See Pennypacker's Biographical and Historical Sketches, and Pennypacker' s Historical Sketches; also Pennsylvania Archives.) He was great-grandson of Samuel Richardson, who came to Philadelphia from Jamaica in 1684, was a wealthy man, a Judge, and a member of the Colonial Council. His Will is recorded in Philadelphia in Book D, page 125. {Colonial Records, Pennypacker' s Pedigree.) Tacy Richardson's great-grandmother was the daughter of Judge John Bevin, ( died 1721,) and Barbara Catharine Aubrey, (born 1637, and died November 26, 1710.) Thomas and Tacy had nine children : Edward, b. October 21, 1778, d. August 31, 1835. Anne, b. 1783, d. 1812. Unmarried. John, b. 1785, d. May 16, 1825. Unmarried. Thomas, b. 1788, d. March 24, 1848. Unmarried. Marcus, b. 1794, d. March 12, 1827. Unmarried. Augustus, b. 1797, d. January 23, 1822. Unmarried. Mary, who d. in 1858, at an advanced age. Jacob, who married Amelia Shannon.

205 Joseph, who married Miss Heister, and settled near Bloomsburg, Columbia County. Jacob, who married Amelia Shannon, had several chil­ dren. Amelia was born August, 1779, and died December 10, 1832. Their children were: Anne, who married Detra. Tacy, who married Rev. Allen. Mary, who married James Wetherel. Thomas l S ttl d . D hi Co John \ e e 10 aup n unty.

Richardson ~ Settled in Tennessee, and then went to Jacob S Arkansas. Their sons served in the Rebel Army, from 1861 to 1865. Jacob, and his wife Amelia (Shannon) Vanderslice, are buried in the Evansburg Cemetery, while Thomas and his wife, Tacy, (parents of Jacob,) are buried in the Mount Kirk Presbyterian Cemetery, in Providence Township, about two miles above Norristown, on the Ridge Pike. All of the children but Mary, lived and died in the old homestead. Jacob and his wife, Anne Francis, (parents of Thomas, and grand-parents of Jacob,) are buried near their children in Mount Kirk Cemetery. Edward, the oldest child of Thomas and Tacy, was born October 21, 1778, and died August 31, 1835. He mar­ ried Elizabeth Pawling, who was born February 24, 1771, and died December 28, 1847. Their children were : Benjamin, born October 28, 1803, married Lydia Lle­ welyn, and died very old in Ohio; Tacy, born December 13, 1805, married Benjamin Fullerton, and died very old in Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Rebecca A., born May 24, 1808, died June 3, 1895, unmarried; Marcus Lafayette, born June 19, 1813, died July, 1876. Married Margaret Mitchell; John Van Renssalear, born February 17, 1815, died March 9, 1902; Samuel Lane, born December 13, 1819, married Mary Buckwalter.

206 Marcus L., married Margaret Mitchell, who was born October 19, 1815, and died June 6, 1896. Their children were: Ellen S., who died in 1917, unmarried ; Thaddeus L. ; Anne ; John M., who was born in 1846, and died in 1915 ; Theodore P. ; Louisa M. ; Elizabeth E. ; Gertrude, who mar­ ried Haller; and Arabella, who married Brazier. TRAPPE. "There has been much speculation concerning the origin of the name of Trappe. It is undoubtedly original, and of local origin. Of all the various theories on the subject, the most feasible to us appears to be that given by the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the founder of the Augustus Lutheran Church," says W. J. Buck, in his History of Montgomery County, published in 1859. "One of the :first settlers of this place was Jacob Schrack, who arrived from Germany in 1717, accompanied by his wife, Eva Rosina, and four children .. Rev. Muhlen­ berg in his journal says: 'They built a cabin and dug a cave in which they cooked. They kept a shop in a small way, and a tavern with beer and such things. Once an English inhabitant, who had been drinking in the cave, fell asleep, came home late, and was scolded by his wife. He excused himself by saying that he had been at the trap. From that time this neighborhood was called The Trap.' Mr. Muhlen­ berg's statement is supported by other authorities." * * * * * (From Pennsylvania-German, Volume I, 1912.) In the· little town of Trappe, on the trolley line from Norristown to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and not remote from Valley Forge, is one of the oldest and most antique­ looking buildings in Pennsylvania. It may be no exaggera­ tion to say that this specimen of rough-cast stone masonry has a singularity of appearance surpassed by that of no other building in America.

207 As one approaches it from the street, across the broad, shady lawn, he is impressed, not by the building's size, but by the indefinable air of mystery which is due to its antique aspect, and unusual form. Viewed from its north end, it appears octagonal. The southern end of the curb roof, slop­ ing at various angles in order to fit tne octagonal wall, is sure to attract the attention of the most unobservant per­ son. The windows, however, various in size, are irregularly arranged, the lower ones being covered by crude board shutters, while those above, fitted by small, square panes, have been penetrated by the sunlight of many summers. The building has two entrances, one in front, and one at the north end. Each entrance is through a stone vestibule, whose outer doorway has the form of a Roman arch. Set in the dull gray wall, directly over the front arch, is a dark stone, bearing the inscription, "Augustus Lutheran Church, Built by Muhlenberg, 1743." A huge key unlocks the front door, and the visitor passes the sacred portals. Entering, one finds himself in a typical Colonial church, surrounded on all sides by antique arrangements. In one quarter of the room the pews of rough, unpainted boards, extend at right angles to those opposite. Huge hewn beams and pillars support galleries at one side, and both ends of the room. A winding stairway of eight steps leads up to the small semi-circular pulpit, which, being barely large enough to afford standing-room for one person, is accordingly provided with a single wooden seat, adjusted to be raised or lowered on wooden hinges. The bare floor, worn by the tread of the pioneer, the crude doors of the pews, the rough gallery seats, rising tier above tier, the huge organ-case with its faded blue curtains, the leathern collection pouches, on the ends of long poles, the numbers marked with black paint on the pews,-all these, with other details, present a rare scene to the observer,

208 and can but cause him to marvel at the quaint simple ways of our forefathers. Before leaving, however, the visitor pauses before one of the pews. Why do so many who make pilgrimages to this old church pause before that particular pew? Why do so many Americans, both young and old, raise the rusty latch, and open the door of this pew, walk into it, and seat them­ selves reverently, as it were, upon the bare wooden bench? To answer these questions properly, it is necessary to go back to the days of 1778. It is a Sunday in winter; great blasts of wind sift heavy snow drifts through the bare boughs of these Pennsylvania forests. The pioneer sits close to his :fireside, on which blazes huge logs. But a few miles away on the bleak hillsides of Valley Forge, is a half-starved, half­ frozen .remnant of an army. Philadelphia, the capital of the new-born nation, is occupied by well-cared-for British vet­ erans. The Continental Congress, the only central power of this new nation, is either inert or powerless, to provide food, clothing, or shelter for the famishing troops at Valley Forge. Seemingly, American independence hangs in the balance between life and death. There seems to be but one who may be able to save, and toward him all eyes are turned. He it is whom we see this Sunday of that dark winter, come riding on his white charger to this humble little church. He it is, "The Father of his Country," whom we see take his place in this same pe,v, and there, on bended knee, from out of his great heart, lay before his God the destiny of this, our nation; and it is in reverential memory of hjm that we come to this. old church, and linger in its quaint colonial atmosphere, for here it was that he made those fervent appeals to the God whose help was so necessary in those dark hours. * * * * * The old wooden floor was in such a dangerous condi­ tion, ( 1928) that it was decided to replace it. When the

209 old hoards were removed, a floor of rough native stone was revealed. These stones are now laid in concrete, and form a part of the new flooring. The cornerstone of this building was laid May 2, 17 43, and the first service held within its bare walls, September 12, 1743, by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, who remained its pastor until his death in 1778. All of the timbers used in this building are hewn, and the nails and hinges are hand-forged. The pulpit is of red European walnut, and was imported at the time the church was built. The pipe organ was imported from Germany in 1715, being one of the first pipe organs in this country. After 1851, it was depleted by vandals and relic hunters. For some time during the Revolutionary War, this church was used as an outpost of the American Militia. Washington's army marched past it all night, September 22, 1777, on the way from Brandywine to Germantown. On September 22, a regiment under General Armstrong en­ camped here, using the church as headquarters. After the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, the church was used as a hospital. The life of the congregation is intimately embodied in the birth and life of the nation. Translated from the Hallische N achrichten, edited by Rev. William J. Mann, and published in German, in Allen­ town, 1890-1892. Copy of a Report sent to Halle, Ger­ many, by Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor of the Augustus Lutheran Church of Trappe, Pennsylvania, from 1742- ln the month of October, 1751, a Dutchman of New Providence, (A. V. S.,) fell into a heavy sickness. He was born in this country, but not baptized, had a Low-Dutch Surveyor's daughter for consort, and five grown children, who also were not baptized, and were not instructed in Christianity. The aforesaid man was, after my arrival in the land, through God's word, stirred up and awakened; showed much

210 diligence in the building of the church, and school-house, and contributed also, willingly, his offering to the scanty support of the Preacher. He took the Word of God as the living seed, with joy, but it did not take deep root: therefore, he fell away in time of temptation. His wide spreading, and for the World, somewhat influ­ ential relationship, who for the greatest part had an aversion to the whole scheme of God for salvation, and to the Sacra­ ments, grudged his conduct, and thought that he was going too far. His Father-in-law, who was a drunkard and blas­ phemer about our church and ordinances, ceased not to make hated and ridiculous to his Son-in-law, the services of the Teacher, and the Blessed Sacrament, and so caused many confused wanderings of the so-called Lutheran, serving also to the enlargement of the offense. And although he had the first Drawings-of-Grace, and the remaining operations of the Spirit of God were given through the Means-of-Grace Room, he let himself be led astray. So gave him place to the apparent enticements and allurements of the World, grieved the Good Spirit of God, and was drawn by degrees into the counsels of the ungodly, into the Way of sinners, and among the Scoffers. The poor sheep was so ensnared, that he at last entirely avoided the Hearing of God's Word, and in the presence of his God­ forgetting Boon Companions, spoke in a hostile manner, without cause, not alone of my insignificant person, but also made fun of God's Word and Ordinances. His grown children followed rather on the broad than the narrow way, (whither they equally one_with another, had good motion and intention.) The Blind and Godless World­ Worms rejoice, and think what wonderful heroic deeds they have done, that they have brought the man, ( A. V. S.) on their side, and released him, as they think, from his God­ serving fancy. Some weeks after my return from New York, I heard that this man was suddenly taken sick, and was in great

211 anxiety. I ,vent, out of love for his poor soul, uninvited to his house. He was much frightened over my arrival, and said that he wondered much at my visit, when he had so heavily offended me. I asked whether I, since my presence in the land, had in any meanness off ended him, or any of his, or ,vhat in fact, in my teaching or life, had put him out. He answered, "Oh, no, I must acknowledge it before God, that in your teaching and course· of life, I have found nothing blame,vorthy, and that I, in the beginning, had entered upon the right Way." Hereupon he thre,v himself around the bed, struck his hands together, and began bitterly to cry out, "Oh, I am a damnation-deserving sinner! a child of Hell! Oh, woe is me, my sins go over my head. Oh Just and Holy God, where shall I hide myself from thy countenance? Oh, crucified Saviour, I have thy blood foully esteemed! Oh Good Spirit, I have grieved Thee against better kno,vledge and conscience. Oh my false, Godless and malicious heart! Oh evil company, you have overturned me into misery!" After he had ,vearied hi1nself by crying out, and had poured out his heart, I asked him ,vhether I should pray ,vith him and for him. He ans,vered "Yes, from the bottom of my heart, but I am not ,vorthy." Because I have noticed that the mother tongue in fear and need, was nearest and best, so, kneeling with his affiicted ·wife by his bedside, in the Holland language, I laid the poor sin-,vorm and lost son, before the throne of grace and pity, and held before the great Shepherd of the Sheep his Word, promise, and example. The sick man raised himself in bed on his feeble knees, and wept freely, and joined in the prayer with fear and trembling, that he ,vould hold to the Word that Christ, the Saviour of the World, had spoken from the Cross, &c. He entreated then, for the Holy Baptism, which I could not forbid him, as he had kno,vledge of the necessary fun­ damental truth, and ,vas in like condition ,vith the Jail er,

212 (see Acts XVI, 29-33). On the question of belief, he answered, with heart-felt emotion, "Lord Jesus, I willingly believe; I do believe; help Thou my unbelief!" After he had made his confession, had renounced the Spiritual Fiend, and I had again committed him in prayer for mercy to the Triune God, he stretched his head from the bed, and so received the blessed bond and seal, namely, the baptism. When I visited him again on the following day, I found him nearer to Christ, in whose wounds he sought full heal­ ing. He lamented that he had so miserably and sinfully made use of his precious time of Grace, and had set so much upon the flesh, and wished that he had the time to go over, again, and could employ it for the honor of his Saviour. He called his three grown daughters and his youngest son, to come to his bedside, and addressed them with the following ,vords: "Dear children, l have neglected you, and neither instructed you in the Way of Salvation, nor had you baptized. I have grossly sinned to God and you. God, who is rich in Grace and Pity, through Christ, has forgiven my sins. So, also, should you, too, pardon me, and here, in God's sight, promise your dying father, that after his death, you will be instructed in Christian doctrine, and labor from the Spirit of God, and through the Holy Baptism, to be brought into God's Band of Grace. Will you promise this from the bottom of your hearts, and with God's help, keep it?" The children answered ,vith many tears, "Yes." The father prayed again that they would fulfill their promise with God's help, or he could not die in peace. After I had spoken to him of one and another need, and prayed, he desired that I should visit him again, and prepare him for the Blessed Supper, which, however, he did not receive, as the next day I traveled to New Hanover, as my business there must be seen to, and on the second day I was informed by an express that he was dead.

213 I was compelled to come home to take care of the funeral ceremony, because then the large relationship might be expected to cause a great attendance of both English and Germans, and it did. So I held at the church first, a German discourse from Zechariah, III, 2, "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" and after that an English one from Psalm LXXIII, 17, "Until I went into the Sanctuary of God, then understood I their end." As it was on· a Sunday ,vhen the regular service was to be at New Hanover, I was compelled to be at New Hanover in the morning, and to ride from there in all haste to Provi­ dence, and in the afternoon to hold the funeral. The good God, however, granted me so much grace, that I was able to do both. The applications in the funeral sermon were made with earnestness to the different hearers, and the whole course of the matter not kept secret. With some, it went to the heart and made a deep impression : others, namely haughty Pennsylvanians, angered themselves, and thought that they were, through their deceased friend's last showing up, much insulted ; and the former Drink and vice com­ panions, had partly their jest and mockery with their text of the Firebrand, &c., and threatened that they would accuse me before the magistrate, &c. And the old Father-in-la,v, aforesaid, took the trouble to go around and warn the children and other friends, that they should never in his opinion, fall into such notions, and come into Christian ordinances. The oldest son and the oldest daughter of the deceased, held back, and shamed them­ selves, from receiving the Instruction and the Baptism. The other three grown children let themselves be instructed by me for awhile, at their house, made after that the Confes­ sion of Faith, with much emotion before a Christian assem­ bly, and received the Holy Baptism, according to Christ's command, and promise, and according to their deceased father's wish an_d longing.

214 This vexed beyond measure the old Surveyor, the grand­ father, anew, and· he sought as I was told, to make mockery of the young people, and threw out angry speeches both against the Holy Baptism, and the Ministry. The true Hig~ Shepherd, who is more mighty, would take pity on the poor children, and not let them be tom out of His hands. The old man is at that time by a sudden death, trans­ planted into Eternity. How absolutely nothing are all men, who yet so securely live. This example gave particularly, a good impression to the Friends and Relatives, which, how­ ever, did not last long. • • * * * JOHN MITCHELL VANDERSLICE. When not yet 17 years of age, John Mitchell Vander­ slice enlisted in Company D., 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was awarded the Congressional Medal for disti_nguished gal­ lantry at the battle of Hatcher's Run. He was taken prisoner three days before Lee's surrender, at the Battle of Farm­ ville, and this fact prevented him from receiving his Cap­ tain's Commission, although at the time of his capture he was in command of what was left of his company. After the war he studied law, and wa_s, at the time of his death one of the most prominent members of the Phila­ delphia Bar. He was a member of the City Courts of Phila­ delphia for several years. He was president of the Netherlands Society of Penn­ sylvania, and published a book "Gettysburg, Then and Now," which is considered an authority on that battle. He was secretary of the Memorial Commission for the battle­ field, and it was his duty to pass on every inscription that was placed there. Governor Stone appointed him chairman­ of the Commission to erect a Pennsylvania Memorial on the battlefield.

215 DANIEL VANDERSLICE, III. Daniel Vanderslice, III, was about 9 years old when his parents moved to Kansas, in 1853, living about two miles east of where the town of Highland was later established. His father, Major Daniel Vanderslice, was appointed Indian Agent over the Sacs and Foxes, Iowas and Kickapoos. He was in charge of these tribes for a number of years, and when these tribes, with the exception of the Kickapoos, were removed to the Great Nemaha Agency, in Nemaha County, Major Vanderslice was sent there in charge. When the V anderslices first came to Kansas, they could not hire white help, so they had to buy a negro man and woman. These were the first slaves in Kansas. In 1860 they removed to St. Joseph, Mo., and when the Civil War broke out, Dan Vanderslice, at the age of 18 years, enlisted in the Missouri State Militia. He served with them guarding St. Joseph, until 1863, when he left with a wagon train bound for the gold mines, in Nevada, where he arrived late the same year. He received his discharge in 1863, and went to Mon­ tana to help open a road to the Big Horn Mountains. They were run out by the Indians. Daniel Vanderslice went to the Indian school at Iowa Mission, and attended the first white school in Kansas, taught by a man named Balis. * * * * * A VANDERSLICE GOLDEN WEDDING IN OHIO. (From the Ravenna, Ohio, Republican.) As April 1, 1880, completed the golden mile stone in the married life of Benjamin P. Vanderslice and his wife, Lydia Llewellyn, their many sons and daughters having made due preparation for the event, gathered at their home in Nelson, to spend the day as a united family. The family consisted of all of fifteen children, nine sons and six daugh­ ters. Fourteen are still living. Stephen 0. died Oct. 15,

216 A family µ;roup taken in 1880 at the celebration of the Golden Weddin~ of Benjamin P. Vanderslice and his wife, Lydia Llewellyn,

1851, at Concord, Delaware County, Pa. The sons have all made homes for themselves in Pennsylvania, the native state of their father and mother. The names are as follows: Charles A., and William H., live in Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa.; Thomas L., and George W., live in Philadelphia, Pa.; Edward R., John V., and E. H., live in the oil regions of Pa.; Benjamin F., lives in Jamesto,vn, Pa. The daughters have all been contented to remain in Ohio. Mrs. Elizabeth Kitselman in Mantau, Ohio; Mrs. Harriet Tinker, and Mrs. Ersie E. Horton, in Nelson, Ohio; Mrs. Rebecca Gates, in Mesopotamia, Ohio, (Trumbull Co.;) Mrs. Ann L. Craiger, in Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio; Mrs. Lydia Gates, in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio. The anniversary day was pleasant, and all passed oft with naught to mar the happy occasion except that sickness had detained one of the daughters at home. ( ~1rs. Lydia Gates.) As the dinner hour drew near, the father and mother with thirteen of their sons and daughters, sat do,vn at one table, this being the first time in many years that some of them had met their father and mother, brothers and sisters. At the table, Charles A. was the oldest, aged 48 years, and Mrs. Ersie E. Horton was the youngest, aged 24 years. Benjamin P. Vanderslice and Lydia Llewellyn were married April 1, 1830, by Samuel Brinkley, at the parson­ age of St. Peter's ·Episcopal Church, in Charleston, Chester Co., Pa. Mr. Vanderslice's ancestors came from Holland, and the Llewellyns, from Wales. Mr. Vanderslice is now in his 77 year, and his wife in her 69. They still enjoy a fair degree of heal th. It is seldom that so large a family has measured out to it so great a degree of health as has fallen to this family­ almost 30 years without a death. 16 out of the 35 grandchildren of this aged couple were present, and one out of the 2 great-grandchildren.

217 (Benjamin Vanderslice was a farmer and lived in west­ ern Pennsylvania for a number of years, :finally removing to Ohio.) * * * * * VANDERSLICE FORD. ( Historical Society of Montgomery County, Vol. III, p. 248.) Vanderslice Ford, on the Perkiomen Creek, is a very old one and derived its name from an adjoining property owner, named Vanderslice, whose farm bordered the stream at this point. It is on the road from Norristown to the Phoenix Iron Works, and ¾ miles west of Audubon, Penn­ sylvania, and near the present bridge over the creek. Ever since the early settlement of this section of the country, this was one of the most traveled fords across the Perkiomen. It was a dangerous ford, as the channel of the creek was treacherous, especially during the winter and spring months, from the high water and the ice. As early as 1815, the courts were petitioned for relief from this danger, and asked for a bridge at this point. The question was fought in the courts, but not until 1834 was the present covered bridge built. Several persons were drowned here, and :finally, when an employee of one of the prominent men in the vicinity was drowned, the bridge was built. One day a woman, having miscalculated the depth and the fury of the stream, drove her team into the water. When half ,vay over, she was rapidly being carried down stream, and in her alarm, screamed loudly for help. One of the Vanderslice boys heard her cry, and mounting his horse, rode into the water. When he reached her, in her fright she attempted to hand him some bundles, but he dropped them into the water, dragged her from the wagon, and his horse reached the shore with them in safety.

218 WILL OF REIJNER V ANDER SLUYSE. I, Reijner Vander Sluyse, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, Baker, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and memory and understanding, and calling to mind the frailty of this Transitory life, and the certainty of Death, Do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, That is t-0 say Imprimis: that all my just debts and Funeral Expenses be paid and discharged by my Executrix hereinafter named, within a convenient time after my decease. Item: I Give, Devise and Bequeath unto my dear & well beloved wife Anna, all and singular my Estate as well real as personal Whersoever the same may be found, and all every such sums of money Goods wares Merchandizes what­ soever as well in Europe as America, that now are in my possession or by any manner of ways or means whatsoever are or may be due me growing, owing or payable unto me or detained from me by any person or persons whatsoever. And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said wife, Anna, sole Executrix of this my last Will Tes­ tament. I Give Devise Bequeath unto each of my sons Arnold, Henry, Johannes and Anthony, and to my daughters Anna & Elentha, the sum of five Shillings lawfull silver money of Penn., apiece which, several sums or legacies shall unto each of them as they respectively attain unto the age of twenty-one years or their respective days of marriage which shall first happen:, which Sum or Legacies shall be in full of their share, part or portion of my estate. The division of the residue and remainder whereof amongst my said children I ,vholly leave and submit to the discretion of my wife aforesaid, to be divided by her amongst them as she shall see :fitt. I do hereby ratify, allow and con­ firm this and none other to be my Last Will Testament revoking disannuling & making utterly void all former other

219 Wills Legacies Bequests by me at any time heretofore in any wise named, willed made or bequeathed Either by word or writing or otherwise or howsoever. In witness whereof, I the said Reijner Vander Sluyse have put my hand and seal hereunto dated the Third day of July in the Twelfth year of the reign of Queen Anna by the Grace of God over Great Britain, Anno Domini One thous­ and seven hundred and thirteen. Reijner Vander Sluyse. Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared by the said Reijner Vander Sluyse as his last Will Testament in the presence of us. John Cadwallader, att. (Proved July 13, 1713.) Philadelphia, July 13, 1713, there personally appeared D. Chr. Sprogel and John Cadwalader, two of the wit­ nesses to the foregoing Will & Testament, and the said D. Chr. Sprogel on his oath, and the said John Cadwalader on his solemn affirmation according to the Law, did severally declare they saw the beforenamed Reynier Vander Sluyse the testator, sign, seal, publish and declare the foregoing Will & Testament and that the day thereof he ,vas of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and belief. Philadelphia, the 6th of August, 1713. Inventory and appraisement of the goods and chattels of Reynier Vander Sluyse of Philadelphia, Baker, deceased, at the request of his Relicte & Administratrix ( should be Executrix.) Anna Vander-Sluyse, by us, the subscribers underwritten, as follows: 1 Rolling mill 12 reels & cases, ...... 18 :00 :00 1 Balance with scales & 56 :18 :12 weights, ...... 1 :16 :00 4 Beds, 3 Bolsters & Pillows, ...... 1S :00 :00 2 Rugs and 4 Blankets,...... 3: 10 :00 9 Pair of Sheets,...... 3 :00 :00 3 Pillow cases, ...... 9 :00

220 4 Napkins & 1 Table cloth,...... 9 :00 2 Bedsteads, ...... :...... 18 :00 :00 2 Suits of ordinary curtains, &c.,...... 1 :00 :00 1 Chest of Drawers,...... 4 :00 :00 6 Black Walnut chairs, ...... 2: 14 :00 1 " " Table,...... 2 :00 :00 1 '' '' Box,...... 8 :00 1 Clock, ...... 3 :00 :00 1 Looking Glass, ...... 1 :00 :00 3 Earthen Decanters, ...... 6 :06 4 Mapps, ...... 8 :00 5 Earthen -?- & Plates,...... 4 :00 :00 5 " -?-& 4 do coffee cups,...... 2 :06 :00 1 Large earthenware dish & 2 other plates,...... 2 :06 :00 1 Warming pan, ...... 15 :00 :00 2 Brass candlesticks· & 2 -?- cruets,...... 9 :00 :00 2 Black ordinary chairs & 1 -?- Do, ...... 6 :00 :00 6 White Do, ...... ·-········--· --···-·························· 8 :00 :00 1 Black Walnut Table,...... 1 :00 :00 1 Large Looking Glass,...... 2 :00 :00 2 Large Pewter dishes & 5 Kettle Dishes,...... 2 :00 :00 1 Gilded picture and some glasses,...... 2 :00 18 Pewter Plates, ...... 1 :00 :00 1 Brass Teakettle,...... 12:00 2 Iron Potts & Earthenware in Parlor,...... 17 :00 S Warming Pans, &c,...... 4 :00 1 Spitt, a pare doggs, Ropes, Tongs & Bello,vs,...... 12 :00 1 -?- & Iron Chain,...... 4 :00 Money, scales, & weights in the cellar, ...... 2: 14 :00

Total Sums, 132 :17 :06 Thomas V andergaegen. * * * * * WILL OF FRANCES VANDERSLICE. BE IT KNOWN unto all whom it may concern, that I, Frances Vanderslice, of the Township of Worcester, in the County of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania, Widow, and Relict of John Vanderslice, deceased, being very sick and weak of body, but having a perfect memory and

221 thinking that my Life may not be long in this World, do this twelfth day of aprill in the year of our Lord one thous­ and seven hundred and forty-two, make and Ordain this my last Will & Testament in the following manner & form, ( vizt. )-First my will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged by my Executor-hereafter named, and concerning my late husband's Estate which was appraised to one hundred pounds or thereabouts, ( by reason that I have paid an hundred pounds and upwards of debts which remained from the same,) I give and dispose of the same as followeth: Viz.- My Will is, that all my Estate both real and personall, shall be sold by my Executors within a twelve month after my decease, at a publick vendue, ( or otherwise,) for the best price that can be had, and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided between my five children, (Vizt.,) Anna, Rinor, Mary, Jacob, and John. I also order that my three sons be put to school till thay arrive to the age of four­ teen or fifteen years, if my executors think fitt, (and the In­ terest of the money after the sale of the Estate, as above said, shall be toward paying the charge thereof) and then each shall be bound out to learn a trade of their own choise, till thay arrive at the age of twenty-one years, at which day and time thay shall receive their share of the Estate as above said. I likewise desire that my two daughters may learn to read well and when thay come to the age of Eighteen years to have their share as abovesaid, equall with the boys. But if anyone of my said children should dye before thay arrive to age as aforesaid, then my Will i"s that their share be equ­ ally divided between the Survivors, share and share alike, and lastly I do make and ordain my trusty and wellbeloved friends Anthony Vanderslice, of the Township of Provi­ dence, in the County aforesaid, yoeman, and Martin Scollor, of the aforesaid Township of Worcester, carpenter, to be Executors of This my Last Will & Testament, giving them

222 or either of them, full power to sell and convey my planta­ tion to the highest bidder, and also to Order, Comand & enforce that the contents hereof be duly observed, paid & performed, according to its meaning, tenour, and true Intent.. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannull all and every other Wills, Testaments and Executions by me in any wise, before this time named, willed, or be­ queathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof, I have here­ unto sett my hand and seal, the day & year first above written. Published, pronounced & Declared by the Testator as her Last Will & Testament, in the presence of us1 the subscribers. Her FRANCES X VANDERSLICE. Mark SEAL Peter Custer, Conrad V anfosen, Thomas "Bull. (Probated May 6, 1742.) * * * * * WILL OF ANTHONY VANDERSLICE, of New Providence Township. I, Anthony Vanderslice, of New Providence Town­ ship, and County of Philadelphia, Y oeman, being at present weak in Body, but of sound and disposing mind, and memory and understanding, calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life and that it is appointed for all men once to dye, do think it proper to settle my Temporal affairs, and

223 therefore do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form follo,ving, hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made, Declare this to be my Last Will & Testament. First and principally, I recommend my soul to Al­ mighty God who gave it, and my body to be Decently Buried. First, it is my Will that all my Just Debts shall be paid. Then I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Henry Vanderslice, all that Plantation whereon he now liveth, ,vith the appurt. thereunto belonging To hold to him his Heirs and assigns forever, and it is my will that my son Henry· shall pay the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds out of the said Plantation, and that five years after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann, the sum of Seventy Pounds to be paid unto her five years After my decease. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Catharine the Sum of one hundred Pounds and to be paid unto her five years after my decease. further I give and bequeath unto my daughter Evea, the sum of one hundred Pounds to be paid unto her Ten years after my Decease. Then I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, 11artha, all my Plan­ tation whereon I lived during her natural Life, and after her decease I give and bequeath all that said Plantation unto my youngest son, Anthony Vanderslice, To hold to Him his Heirs and .Assigns forever; but if my said Wife should marry again after my decease and before my Youngest son arrives to the age of t,venty-one years, then it is my Will that the said Plantation shall be Rented out for the best of my said Youngest son, untill he arrives to the full age of T,venty-one and \vhen he has come to that age of T,venty­ one, he is to pay the sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds unto my well beloved wife if she marries again after my decease: but if she doth not marry again after my decease, shall possess and Enjoy that said Plantation during her natural life and further I give all my Household Goods and

224 Chattels and all what is belonging to my said Plantation unto my wife Martha, during her life if she keeps unmarried, and after her decease I give and bequeath all the said Goods and Chattels unto my said Son Anthony; but if my Wife Martha, should marry again before my Son Anthony arrives to his· full age of Twenty-one then it is my Will that all my Goods and Chattles shall be sold at publick vendue and the money be Let out for the best of Son Anthony until he arrives to the full age of Twenty-one, and further I do order my Wife, Martha, to Seal and Deliver a Deed unto my Eldest Son Henry for the Plantation whereon he now liveth, one year after my Decease, and I make and ordain my said Wife and my son Henry Sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament in Trust for the Intents and purposes in this my Will contained and I make my loving Brother-in-law John Pennebecker, overseer of this my Will, to take care and see the. same performed according to my true Intent and meaning. In Witness whereof I the said Anthony· Vanderslice, have to this my Last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the Twenty-ninth day of october and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty-one. ANTHONY VANDERSLICE. Signed, Sealed and De­ livered by the said An­ thony Vanderslice, as & for his Last Will & Testament in the pres­ ents of us. Were present at the Signing & sealing thereof. William How, SEAL. Nicholus Bunn, his John X Henrick. mark

225 CODICIL. And further it is my Will that the Plantation which I was Joyntly with Peter Pennebacker and Jacob Niefs which I bought of the Sherriff, I hereby do impower the Said Peter Pen and John Pen and Jacob Niefs to Sell the Said Plantation again and Return the fourth part of money what they get for the said Plantation unto my Exects and do impower my said Executors to Sign a Deed to the Buyer of the said Plantation after my Decease as Witness my hand & Seal this Twenty-ninth Day of october 1751. ANTHONY VANDERSLICE. (There were two papers with the Will of Anthony Vanderslice. One was the accounting of the Estate, by Martha Vanderslice, his widow, and the other one follows:) A True and Perfect Inventory Made This Third Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord, one thousand Seven Hundred and fifty-one. The Subscribers of the Real and personal Estate of Anthony Vanderslice of Providence Township and Philadelphia County, deceased To his wearing Aparel,...... 7 :00 :00 To his Riding Mare and Saddle and Bridle...... 10 :00 :00 To a Loom and Gears,...... 5 :00 :00 To 4 old Sickles,...... 5 :00 To a old bed and bedsted,...... 1 : 10 :00 To another bed and bedsted,...... 3 :00 :00 To a Cubberd and what is in it,...... 3 :00 :00 To 6 bags, ...... 12 :00 To 12 P e,vter Pleats,...... 18 :00 To 4 Pewter Dishes 2 Beassens 4 Cups,...... 1 : 10 :00 To 2 Brass Kittles,...... 3 :00 :00 To 4 Iron Potts and Pott Hangers,...... 2 :00 :00 To 3 little weels and one big weel,...... 1 :00 :00 To a fryen Pann Greet Iron fire tongs & shovel,... 12 :00 To 6 Chears Table and Dow Trough,...... 1 :15 :00 To Earthen Wear,...... 5 :00 To 2 old Tanikers, Tea Pott brass Skimer & ladle 12 :00 To a Pepper mill,...... 5 :00 To a ochshead of Seyder ,...... 1 :00 :00

226 To a W aggon, ...... ·-····--·····-····-··.. ·.. ····--·...... _. 3 :00 :00 To 4 hogs, ·····-····-··.:...... 1 : 15 :00 To 2 Sighs & Cradles old Saddle & grine Stone, .. _ 1 :03 :00 To 2 axes grubbin how Spead and Shovel Maul & wedges, ...... - ...... ·--····-···· .... ·····... 1 :00 :00 . To 2 Plows Schwingeltrees clevesses & harrow,...... 2 :10:00 To a Winnin mill, ...... ·-······-········-········ .. ··················· 3 :00 :00 To a Cuttin box & Knife and Timber Chean,...... 10 :00 To hors Gears Collers and blind holters,...... 3 :00 :00 To Corn in the Barn,...... 20 :00 :00 To 2 old horses and a Colt,··············-··-········· .. -····-...... 18 :00 :00 To 6 milking Cows,...... 13 : 10 :00 To 2 Yearling Heffers, ...... -...... 3 : 10 :00 To 3 Yearling heffers & a Calf,...... 3 : 10 :00 To 10 Sheep, ...... 2 :05 :00 To a Bound Sarvent,... ~...... 7 :00 :00 In Bonds and Bills, ...... _ ...... -····--·-··.. ····329 :16 :06 In Book Deps, ··-·.. -··-···--··········-·-···-· .. ·· .. ----...... -.-- 3 :15 :04 In Com in the Ground,...... -.... 10 :00 :00 The Plantation whereon his Son Henry liveth,-.... 450 :00 :00 The Plantation whereon the Testator Died, Seized with the lmprovements, ...... 450 :00 :00

1370 :08 :10 John Schrack, Owen Evans. * * * * * WILL OF MARTHA VANDERSLICE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: this four­ teenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thous­ and seven hundred and sixty-one, I Martha Vanderslice, of Providence Township, and County of Philad. widow, being weak in body, but of perfect mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God Therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my Body, knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will & Testament: First of all, I recommand my soul to God who gave it, and my body I Recomand to the Earth, to be buried in a Christianlike and decent manner, at the discretion of my

227 Executors, nothing doubting but that in the general Resur­ rection I shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of God: And as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form : lmprimis : It is my will, and I do Order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral Charges be paid & Satisfied. I tern: I give and bequeath unto my son, Henry Van­ derslice, the sum of one hundred Pounds, which he is in­ debted to me, or to the Estate, by the last Will & Testament of my Latte Husbands, Anthony Vanderslice, deceased, and also the sum of four or :five and Twenty pounds, as may appear in a Certain Obligation in which I Stand bound for him, my sayd son, Henry Vanderslice, to and be paid by my Executors, as I shall hereafter appoint and Nominate, and that out of my Estate. - I tern: I will and order that my son, Anthony V ander­ slice, Shall have the Plantation which I now live on & pos­ sess, which is Willed & Bequeathed unto him, and to his Heirs & assigns forever, by the last Will & Testament of my late Husband, Anthony Vanderslice, deceased, after my decease, with all buildings and improvements Thereunto belonging, and that free, clear and unincumbered of any charge or Legacie whatsoever from me or my heirs, from the time of my decease, and forever. and I give and bequeath unto my said son, Anthony Vanderslice, my bedstead and bedding, and all the furniture thereunto belonging, and his choise of one of my weavers Looms, with the Gears there­ unto belonging, and ten bushels of wheat, and ten bushels of Rye for Bread corn, and as much seed Corn, both wheat and rye, as he hath need of out of my crop now in the barn, and

228 all the crop he now puts in the Ground shall be his own: and I give and bequeath in further part unto my sayd son Anthony, mye Horse which I bought of Klein, and my sorrel yearling post Horse coult, and five hundred Sheefs of Oats, & two W aggon loads of hay for four Horses drafts, and the wind mill in my barn and the Plough and plough yrons, and alt the Gears belonging to the same, and the Harrow and the kitchen Dresser, and the big yron Pott, and the Apple-Mill and all the Bees on the Plantation except one of them, he is to give to his sister, Eva, and a Hog, the next to the biges~ and my Closepress and the Gun. Item: I give and bequeath all the remainder of my Estate unto my three Daughters, Vizt, Ann Umstad, wife of Harmon U mstad, and Catharina Petters, wife of Warner Petters, and Eva Petters, wife of Isaac Peters, to be equally divided between them share and share alike, by my Executors after they have made sale of my effects, Excepting my waring apparel Shall not be sold, but equally divided· between my sayd Daughters. And I do hereby make, Ordain & Con­ stitute my loving brother, John Pannebecker, and my son-in­ law Harmon U msted, Executors of this my last Will & Testament to see every article herein executed to the true intent and meaning and whereas my son, Anthony is jett under age, I whereby Strictly charge him to obey and Coun­ cell him his sayd Uncle John Pannebecker in the managing of his Plantation till he arrives at the age of 21 years, and I do hereby utterly Revoke and disallow all former and other Wills by me at any .time hereto£ ore made Ratefying & Con­ firming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, the day and year first above written. Signed, sealled Pro­ nounced & declared by the sd Martha V ander­ slice as her last Will &

229 Testament, in the Pres­ ence of us who where present at the signing thereof. Her X Mark. MARTHA VANDERSLICE. SEAL John Koplin, Milch snider. (Will was probated October 6, 1761.) * * * * * WILL OF ANTHONY VANDERSLICE, JR. In the name of God, Amen. I, Anthony Vanderslice, Qf. the Township of Providence, County of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, Being much indisposed in Body, but in mind sound and unimpared, do make and publish this, my last Will & Testament, in the following manner & form, To wit: I commend my Soul to God, the great author of the Universe, and my Body to the earth to be buried in a decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named. And respecting such worldly estate wherewith I am possessed, I dispose of in the following manner: First : I direct that, as soon after my decease as may be convenient, all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my personal estate. I give and devise to my two grandsons, Jacob Custer, son of Peter Custer and Rebecca, my daughter, and Anthony Vanderslice, son of my son John Vanderslice, deed, all that Tract of Land with the improvements thereunto Belonging, Situate in Limerick Township, Containing about three hun­ dred acres, be the same more or less, to be equally divided between them by men chosen for that purpose by themselves,

230 when Anthony, who is the youngest, becomes twenty-two years of age, to be to the said Jacob Custer and Anthony Vanderslice, their heirs and assigns forever. But it is my will that in case the above named Jacob_ should die without issue before he becomes twenty-two years of age, his moiety or half-part of the sd plantation, shall be equally divided between the above Anthony and all the remaining Children of my daughter Rebecca, or their legal representatives. And also, if Anthony should die without issue, before he arrives at the age before mentioned, that his part of sd place shall be equally divided amongst all my daughter's children. I give and devise unto my well beloved wife, Elizabeth Vanderslice, the rents and profits of the above mentioned plantation situate in Limerick Township, untill the above named Anthony becomes twenty-two years of age, and then to my grandson, as above. I also give and Devise to my wife the use· of a ten acre Lot of land, with the improvements thereunto belonging, situate in Providence Township, adjoining Schuylkill, during her naturai life, and from and immediately after her disease, I give and devise the same lot of land adjoining the river Schuylkill, to my grandson, Anthony Vanderslice, to be to him and his heirs and assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my wife, all my personal prop­ erty, of what kind or nature soever, to be for her own use, & at her own disposal after my just debts and funeral ex­ penses are first paid out of it. I also give to my wife the one third of all the produce of the farm situate in Providence & Skippack townships, con­ taining about three hundred and forty-eight acres, except hay and Pasture, and I allow her as much hay as will be suffi­ cient to keep two cows, to be delivered in the Barn, ready for her use, and her cows to have the privilege of pasture with the other cattle on the farm, during the summer season.

231 I also allow her one third of all the fowls and eggs pro­ d uced on the place. I also grant to my Wife the use of the new House on the farm last mentioned, and the Privilege of the kitchen in the old House, and firewood sufficient for her use, to be cut and delivered at the door, from sd farm. She is to have stable room for two cows, also. All the above mentioned gifts, rights & privileges, to be during her natural life, if she does not marry again. But in case she does, it is my Will, and I do hereby direct, that all the property given to her above, as well real as personal, be imme­ diately, upon such her marriage, Restored to my Executors, to be equally divided amongst all my grandchildren or their legal Representatives, and also that all the Privileges above granted to her, shall entirely cease as soon as she is no longer my widow. I give and devise to my daughter, Rebecca, the last men­ tioned Plantation, situate in Providence & Skippack Town­ ships, containing three hundred and forty-eight acres, or thereabouts, be the same more or less, with the buildings and improvements thereunto belonging, during her natural life, ·subject to all the rights & privileges above mentioned, to my Wife, and from and immediately after my daughter's decease to all her children equally, except Jacob, her oldest son, to be to them, their Heirs and assigns forever. Lastly, I nominate, constitute and appoint Peter Custer, my son-in-law, and John Umsted, Jr., Innkeeper, to be the Executors of this, my Will, hereby revoking all other Wills, legacies & bequests, by me hereto£ ore made, declaring this, and no other, to be my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this sixth day of May, Anno Domini, 1803. Anthony Vanderslice, Signed, sealed, published & declared by the sd Testator as his last Will & Testament, in

232 presence of us, who, in his pres­ ence, & at his ·Request, have Subscribed as Witnesses. SEAL Wm. Smith, Adolph Pannepacker. Will proved July 4, 1803. The Inventory and Apprisement, filed July 4, 180j, amounts to $3,068.25. It consists of household goods, crops, farming implements, and farm stock; about $70 in cash, and about $2200.00 due decedent. No account was ever filed. * * * * * EXTRACTS FROM VAROUS WILLS. Will of Joseph Walker, probated January 23, 1764, mentions his daughter Hannah, wife of John Vanderslice. ( Philadelphia Records.) Will of Thomas Francis, probated October 4, 1765, mentions his daughter Ann, wife of J acoh Vanderslice. ( Philadelphia Records.) Will of Andrew Bertsch, mentions daughter Mary, wife of Jacob Vanderslice. Will signed September 18, 1793. ( Philadelphia Records.) Will of Jacob Vanderslice, Pottsgrove, probated April 29, 1793. Thomas Vanderslice and William Thomas, Ad­ mins. ( Montgomery Co. Rec.) Will of Elizabeth Vanderslice of Providence, probated March 6, 1809. P~ter Custer, Admin. (Montgomery Co. Rec.) Francis Shunk, of Trappe, died May 19, 1807. Will probated July 7, 1807. Leaves farm &c, to Rebecca Van­ derslice, and appoints her Executrix. Witness, Jacob Fry. ( Montgomery Co. Rec.) Will of Thomas Roberts, signed April 3, 1816, men­ tions his daughter, Jane Vanderslice. ( Philadelphia Records.)

233 Will of Jonathan Vanderslice, of Upper Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Signed April 6, 1825, probated May 23, 1825. He bequeaths- To Sister Mary, 300 pounds yearly. To Elwood Vanderslice, wearing apparel. To Elizabeth Vanderslice, Interest on $700. To Brother Jacob Vanderslice, $100. To Amelia Vanderslice, Interest on $7 00. To Brother Joseph Vanderslice, $1000 for Education & Maintenance. To Jonas Umsted & John Shearer, the interest on $1000 yearly. To sister Mary Vanderslice, a cow. To nephew Thomas Vanderslice, a gold wat~h. To Samuel Spencer, a double barrel gun. The Executors are to make sale of the personal property not before the bequests. To sister Mary, interest and residue of the estate. Executors: Jonas U msted and John Shearer. Witnesses: Abraham Brower and A. Thomas, and John Essicks. ( Montgomery County Records.) Will of Thomas Vanderslice, of Upper Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ( 1817) The tract of land where I dwell containing 240 acres to be sold. To my son Jacob, a tract of land containing 40 or 50 acres. To my son Joseph, $500. To my son, Edward, 50 pounds, to be paid annually by my executors, and to be put on interest. To my son Jacob, 5 pounds. To grandson Jacob, a silver watch. To granddaughter, Ann, the bureau in my bedroom. To mother, 30 pounds annually.

234 To wife Mary, 5 pounds. To son Thomas; a black boy named Bob. To daughter Mary, a negro girl. The remainder of the estate must be sold, and the money divided among my sons John, Thomas, Mark, Augustus, & daughter Mary, equally. Executors:· his brother-in-law George Pierce, and Mary Robeson, and Levi Pawling. Witnesses : Samuel Gartley and Jesse Jarrett. ( Montgomery County Records.) Will of Augustus Vanderslice, made January 31, 1822, and probated February 5, 1822. To brother Joseph, all personal property. To brother Joseph, $100. To brother Marcus, $100. Remaincfer of the estate to be divided into 5 equal shares. To brother John, 1 share. To brother Edward, one share. Remaining 1/5 share to brother Jacob. · Executor, Brother John. Witnesses: A. Thomas and Samuel Spencer. ( Philadelphia Records.) Sunbury Items. Estate of Mary Vanderslice, Executor, Joseph L. V ander- slice. Probated, July 15, 1829. Estate of Jacob Vanderslice, Will probated June 25, 1814. ~state of Jacob Vanderslice, Will probated April 6, 1850. Estate of Henry Vanderslice, Will probated September 8, 1833, Administratrix, Sarah Maus. Will of Catharine Snyder, (born Vanderslice.) The :first statement says that Catharine Snyder was for­ merly Rohr. She bequeaths various articles of personal property to Cousin Edward Vanderslice, Cousin Joseph Vanderslice, Cousin Rebecca Vanderslice,

235 Mrs. Clementine Vanderslice, ( wife of Edward,) Nephew Thomas J. Vanderslice, ( a large Bible with red morocco cover,) Brother Daniel Vanderslice, ( various pictures and dag(lerro- types, and a large and a small Bible,) Daughters of Brother Daniel, ( Kate and Margaret,) Brother Thomas Jefferson Vanderslice, Brother John H. Vanderslice, Brother John's two daughters, Sarah and Jane Vanderslice. Will made F ehruary 22, 1851, and probated May 11, 1865. ( Philadelphia Records.) February 10, 1874. * * * * * Last Will and Testament Of D. VANDERSLICE, SENIOR. In the name of God, Amen. I, Daniel Vanderslice, Sr., of Doniphan County, and State of Kansas, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of life; and :heing this Tenth day of February, A. D., Eighteen Hun­ dred and Seventy-Four, Seventy-five years of age, which age admonishes me that but few days or years at most may he added thereto before I shall he called hence, from the care of all earthly matters entrusted to me; I do now declare this writing to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT: That is to say: Item 1st. First, after all my lawful debts are paid and dis­ charged, the residue of my estate, both real and personal, I give and bequeath as follows: viz, to my beloved wife, if she survives me, the lot of land and appurtenances thereunto belonging and described in the Patent granted to me by the United States, as lot number six, ( 6) Sec­ tion Twenty-Four, (24) Town two, (2) and Range Nineteen, ( 19) East of the principle Meridian, situate in Doniphan County, and State of Kansas; containing

236 Seventy-two and Forty-four Hundreds, (72 44/100) acres, to hold· the same for her separate use and benefit during her natural life. Item 2nd. I also give and bequeath to her in the same manner, and for the same purpose, the North-east Quar­ ter of Section Twenty-five, (25) Town No. Two, (2) Range Nineteen, ( 19) East of the principle Meridian, containing One Hundred and Sixty, (160) acres. Item 3d. I, also, in addition to the bequests contained in the First and Second items, bequeath to her Lot number Five, (5) Section number Twenty-four, (24) Town number Two, (2) and Range Nineteen, (19) East of the Principal Meridian, containing· Sixty-one, ( 61) acres, more or less. Item 4th. All other real estate of which I may be possessed at the time of my death, and wherever situated, may be sold in such manner and upon such terms as my executors may deem advisable, and the proceeds to be applied for the payment of debts, if any, against the estate, and for the subsistence and use of my wife. Item 5th. All my household and Kitchen Furniture, I be­ queath to my wife absolutely, so that she may dispose of it as she may desire. Item 6th. In order that any debts existing at the time of my death, together with my funeral expenses, may be speedily paid, It is my will that my Executors may sell Two-thirds of the Stock of every description, and also Two-thirds of the grain and other productions on hand on the farm, arid also all Tools, farming implements, wagons, together with such other personal properties that may be on hand at the time of my decease, at public vendue, Provided, that in addition to the reserve to one­ third of the stock; the grain and other products of the farm, my wife may select such tools and farming imple­ ments as she may deem to be of use to her in cultivating any portion of the land.

237 Item 7th. In case any emergency should arise during the lifetime of my. beloved wife, to raise money to relieve her necessities, or the estate from debt, my Executors are hereby authorized to sell Forty Acres off of the West side of Lot Number Five, (5) Section Twenty­ four, (24) Town number Two, (2) and Range Nine­ teen, ( 19) East of the Principal Meridian, and apply the proceeds as above mentioned. Item 8th. After the decease of my wife as well as myself, should I survive her, it is my will that the whole of the estate, both real and personal, remaining, shall be sold to the highest bidders in such manner and on such terms as my executors may deem best, and the proceeds to be applied as follows: 1st, Expenses; 2nd, Five Hundred Dollars to be paid to Margaret Riney, My Daughter, and in case of her death, to her husband, James B. Riney, in trust for the children begotten of her body. 3d, Five Hundred Dollars to Hardin Critch­ field, in trust, for the Children of My Deceased Daughter, Catherine, his late wife. 4th, 200 Dollars -to my Grandson Thomas, the son of William, provided he remain with me or my wife until he become twenty­ one years of age. 5th, One Hundred and Fifty Dol­ lars to my Grand Daughter Kate, provided she remains with me or with my wife until she arrives at the age of eighteen years; these last two Items, the 4th & 5th, are contingent upon reasonable good behavior on their part; and 6th, and Final Disposition. The residue to be divided into six shares, and the amount of one share to be paid to Thomas J. Vanderslice; one share to Wil­ liam T. B. Vanderslice ; one share to James J. V ander­ slice ; one share to Daniel Vanderslice ; one share to Margaret Riney; and one share to Hardin Critchfield in trust for the children of my Deceased Daughter Cath­ erine, his late wife ; In case of the death of any of the above legatees, either sons or daughters, before this final

238 distribution, the sums that may be due those deceased is to be paid to their lawful heirs if any of age, or some one in trust for them, if minor. I tern 9th. Miscellaneous: I bequeath to my son, Thomas J. Vanderslice, my gold ring appertaining to the Scot~ tish Rite of Masonry; also my Baldric of the order of Knight Templar, together with my sword. To William, such of my books, as he may select, except those relating to Masonry. To my son James, my Masonic Jewel, a Gold Trowel. To My Son, Daniel, My large Family Bible, my walking cane, & a square seal with the initials "D. V." To Smithton Lodge, of A. F. & A M., all my Masonic Books. In order· that this, my last Will and Testament. may be lawfully executed, I hereby nominate and constitute Thomas H. Moore, Jordon 0. Marcell, and my beloved wife, Nancy Vanderslice, during her lifetime, my Executors of said Will. In witness thereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal, on this the Tenth day of February, A. D., Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Four. D. Vanderslice. February 10, 1874. Witnessed by: Samuel I. Van Derslice Louis Whittington * * * * * (The following pages were copied from "Life of Hendrick Pannebecker, Surveyor of Lands for the Penns," a volume privately printed in 1894 by a .descendant, Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, LL. D., who was twice Governor of the state of Pennsylvania, and until the time of his death was always a prominent figure in that state.) HENDRICK P ANNEBECKER. CHAPTER I Origin of the Family-Holland and the Palatinate The details of the lives of the early colonists of Penn­ sylvania, must always be of interest, not only to their de-

239 scendants, but to the thoughtful members of the community they aided to found. The growth, development, and pros­ perity of a State depend upon the characteristics of the people. If it be true that Pennsylvania, though settled later than most of the other colonies, soon took a leading position among them; if she early forecasted the evil consequences of slavery, and saw the .importance of a federal union; if she reckons both Independence Hall and Gettysburg among her inheri­ tances; if the Pennsylvania idea has during the greater part of our federal existence been the controlling principle in our politics, and if she is still growii;ig more rapidly in popula­ tion than any other state, while at the same time steadily maintaining in both city and country, her American views, such unusual results must be due to some inherent traits and energy of character. It is well, then, for us to know who were the men who first came to the shores of the Delaware, whence they were, what were the motives that impelled them to emigrate, what had been their antecedents, and what the training that fitted them for the work that they were called upon to do, and so successfully performed. It is the purpose of this memoir to give such facts as can be ascertained concerning one of them, whose relations to the settlement in its early days were of some moment. At the beginning of the Christian era, the country extending eastward and westward about on a line with Roer­ mond on the Meuse and Antwerp on the Scheld, and north­ ward from this line to the rivers Meuse and Waal, perhaps to the east bank of the Rhine, was inhabited by a Teutonic tribe which Caesar calls the Menappi. He says they had fields, buildings, and villages upon both banks of the Rhine. He had numerous engagements with them, laid waste their homes, and drove them into the woods. They entered into a combination with the Aduatici and Nervii, under the com­ mand of Ambiorix, against Caesar; and he says they were among the bravest and warlike of the Germans. It is charged that they were given to cruelty, idleness and drink; that they

240 regarded life so little as to venture it upon any hazard; that they could brook no opposition, and that they put to death the men and children of their enemies, and even the pregnant women when divination disclosed that these should bear sons. After the division of the empire of Charlemagne, in the ninth century, this region of country became part of the Dukedom of Lotharingen, so called from Lothar, the grand­ son of the Emperor, who inherited it, and who, by the· aid of the learned Werner, revived the laws of Justinian. In the northern part of it, somewhere in the neighborhood of the present cities of Gorcum, Heusden, and Hertogenbosch, or Bois-le-due, we find the earliest traces of the family of Pannebecker. The n~e means, in the Dutch language, a maker of tiles. Van Heurn says, in his History of Herto­ genbosch, published at Utrecht, in 1776: "Formerly, there was here a thick clay soil which underlay the thin surface. The clay of it was used for the baking of bricks, tiles, and the making of clay walls," or in the Dutch, which shows the origin of the name, "Hier uit word de leem, tot het bakken van Steenen, pannen, en het maken der leeme wanden gehaald." No one who has ever been in the Netherlands needs to be told how general is the use of the tile roof, nor how im­ portant in the home-life the industry of the Pannebekker must have soon become. On the 15th of September, 1463, an edict was issued .forbidding the further use of thatch or straw, and requiring that thereafter the houses should be covered with tiles. The local histories of this region through the early centuries, contain only barren details of the geneal­ ogies of the Hertzogs, and their wars. What happened to the people is only touched upon incidentally, and ·when the failure of the crops caused a famine, as in 1315, resulting in the death of one-third of the dwellers; when an unusual flood broke down the dykes and devastated the land, as in 1446; or when the pest, lingering for years until it had exhausted itself, almost depopulated the country, as in 1438

241 and 1529,-these events made so deep an impression that the most indifferent chronicler must narrate them. During this period we find no individual traces of the Pannebekkers, though at some early date their arms-three tile gules on a shield argent-were cut in glass in a window of the church at Gorcum, that town where the ferocious Dutch hero, in the wars with Philip of Spain, after having entered the castle in the guise of a priest, blew the structure into pieces, and himself, his companions, and the Spaniards, into eternity. From this locality, about the middle of the seventeenth century, a family bearing their Dutch name of Pannebek.ker, went up the Rhine to the neighborhood of Worms, that celebrated city which was the scene of the Nibelungenlied, the home of Charlemagne, and the place where Luther made his bold declaration in the struggle with Rome. The reason for their change of residence is unknown, but it was not improbably due to the wars which still ravaged the Nether­ lands. Nor is the date fixed with any definiteness, though a tradition preserved there to the present time, says, that the winter after their arrival was of extraordinary severity. Upon the margin of one of the leaves of a bible, brought to Germantown in 1685, and which now belongs to me, one of my ancestors wrote contemporaneously: "In the year 1658, the cold was so great that even the Rhine was frozen up. On the 31st of January, so great a snow fell that it continued four days. There was no snow so great within the memory of man." It may be that this memorandum indicates the time of their emigration from Holland to Germany. They settled in Flomborn, a rural village containing today perhaps five hundred people, a large proportion of whom bear the Germanized name of Pfannebecker. A spring within its limits is still known as the "Hollanders' Spring." It has two main streets that cross each other, a Reformed church, an inn, a monument to commemorate the triumph of Germany over France, and two-story houses, roofed with tile, where the farmers who till the surrounding country have their

242 homes together, as is the German custom. The road from Worms, passing the villages of Kriegsheim, so closely identi­ fied in its associations with our Pennsylvania life, and Ober­ florsheim, and running through the beautiful and highly cul­ tivated rolling country of the Palatinate, suggestive of Lan­ caster County, without fences and farm houses, in about ten miles reaches Flomborn. The appearance in the church records of the names, Werner Pfannebecker and Lothar Pfannebacker, about the beginning of the eighteenth century, indicates an attachment for their old home in the Nether­ lands, and a recollection of its history. In recent times Johann Pfannebecker, a great-great­ grandson of W emer, and born in Flomborn in 1808, became one of the most conspicuous and influential personages in German public life. He was Staats-Procurator in Mentz, President of the Landwirthschaftliche Verein for Rhein­ Hesse, for many years of the Kreisrath at '\\"unns, member of the upper chamber of the Landstande, of the Parliament at Erfurt, of the Zollparliament, and of the German Reich­ st_ag. He was knighted, and bore the high title of "Gross­ herzoglich Hessischer Geheimer Regierungsrth." At the time of his death, at his home in Worms, March 7, 1822, he was owner of the vineyard from which comes the Liebfraumilch wine, and he left six millions of marks. Upon his house the city of Worms has placed a tablet containing an inscription commemorating his entertainment of the Emperor: "In this house . the victorious Emperor William abode and sat at table with the Protestant German Princess at the time of the dedication of the Luther Memorial, June 25, 1868." In 165 7, William Ames, a noted preacher among the Quakers, and George Rolf, of the same sect, went to Krieg­ sheim, and there succeeded in making some converts and set­ ting up a meeting, which was maintained during the follow­ ing years amid much opposition, but being the most distant point in Germany where the Quakers had gained a footing,

243 they watched it with great interest and care. Besse tells us that the priests (clergy) excited the rabble disposed to evil, "to abuse those persons by scoffing, cursing, reviling, throw­ ing stones and dirt at them, and breaking their windows." They were repeatedly fined and imprisoned, and their cattle, corn, cabbage, vines, swine, sheets, pewter and brass, and crops were seized because of a refusal to perform military duty. William Caton made a journey there in 1661, and wrote a letter from Kriegsheim to the Quakers in London concerning their welfare. Stephen Crisp paid them a visit in July, 1669. He says: "But the Lord preserved me and brought me on the 14th day of that month to Griesham, nere Worms, where I found divers who had received the Ever­ lasting Truth, and had stood in a testimony for God about Ten Years in great Sufferings and Tribulations, who received me as a Servant of God and my Testimony was as a Dew upon the tender Grass unto them. I had Five good Meet­ ings among them, and divers heard the Truth, and several were reached and convinced, and Friends established in Fait~." He further says that just at that time the Pfaltz­ graff had imposed a fine of four rix dollars upon each family for attending meetings and on their refusal to pay, goods to the amount of thrice the value had been taken from them. He went to Heidelberg to intercede with the Prince for them, and was graciously received. On August 23, 1677, William Penn, accompanied by a coachful of persons from Worms, including the Governor, and "one of the chief Lutheran priests," went out to Krieg­ sheim and preached to them. From there, Penn wrote a letter of exhortation to the Princess Elizabeth. On the 26th, he walked out from Worms, six English miles, and held a meet­ ing lasting five hours, in the course of which "the Lord's Power was sweetly opened to many of the inhabitants." He describes them as "Poor Hearts! a little handful surrounded with great and mighty countries of darkness." On the 27th,

244 after two more meetings, accompanied by several of them, he returned to Worms. In 1685, and during the next succeeding years, the most of the families constituting the Quaker meeting at Krieg­ sheim, crossed the sea to Germantown, and thus happily escaped the troubles and disasters incident to a French inva­ sion of the Palatinate. One of the results of that invasion was the general destruction of the churches, and of church records, the loss of which we may still deplore in this remote time and distant land.

CHAPTER II Bir.th and Emigration HENDRICK PANNEBECKER was born on the 21st of March, 1674, or within a day or two of that date, and, according to evidence which I think is convincing, in the village of Flamborn. There is no direct proof as to the place of his birth. The best that can be done is to collocate the facts that are known, and see how fully they comport with that theory. He was one of the very early emigrants to Germantown, living there in 1699, and it may be some years before. Prior to 1709, there was no extensive inpour­ ing of Germans into Pennsylvania, and the movement im­ pelling those who came before that time, can be generally shown to have emanated from one of two sources, from Crefeld, or from Kriegsheim, in both of which towns the Quakers had established meetings. We naturally look, there­ fore, to find him coming from. the neighborhood of one or the other of them. It needs little imagination to hear the coun­ try people about Kriegsheim talking of the great English­ man who had come with the Governor and preached a new creed; to hear them telling of their neighbors, and perhaps kinsmen, who had concluded to leave the Palatinate forever, or to conceive that the curiosity and ambition of a youth approaching manhood, ,vould be aroused by wonder stories of the great Province with its strange folk, across the sea.

245 Johann Pannebecker, then living in Flomborn, had, with other children, two sons, about whom we have knowledge­ Johann Georg, born in 1672, and Werner, born in 1677. Johann Georg, who died in 1746, had two sons-J. Friedrich and Lothar. Friedrich came to Pennsylvania and bought lands in Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, where he was a member of the Reformed Church, at Goshenhoppen, in 1731, and where Hendrick was a land-owner at an earlier period. Lothar followed him in 17 49, and bought land in the same neighborhood, in Upper Milford, Buck County. Now if Hendrick was another son of Johann, and the uncle of these two, their later emigration to the same locality is explained. Moreover, a grandson of Hendrick removed to the Valley of Virginia, and a grandson of Friedrich to Ken­ tucky, and the family in Kentucky preserve the tradition that these two were cousins. Nathan Pennypacker, whose grandfather William was a grandson of Hendrick, and had held his papers, said to me that his grandfather often told him that there were three emigrants of the name closely related, one of whom was not successful. A granddaughter of the Kentucky emigrant, still living, heard him tell in her childhood of his relation­ ship to Matthias, my great-grandfather, then a man of local prominence. If these traditions can be depended upon, they are conclusive of the question. The baptism, in 1710, of the children of Hendrick, by a Dutch Reformed minister from one of the congregations in New York, there being then, no reformed minister in Pennsylvania, shows they were all of the same faith. In 1702, William Hoster, of Germantown, bought fifty acres of land there, and soon after died, leaving a widow, but without children. The widow married Isaac Casdorp, who also soon died, and she remained in possession of the property. On the 3d January, 1721, she and Panne­ becker sold the land, he acting under a power-of-attorney from Agnes Hoster, the sister of William Hoster, and wife of Peter Hochter, of N eustadt. I have always thought that

246 if the home of Hoster could be found abroad, it would afford a clue to that of Pannebecker, because his selection as attor­ ney-in-fact by the sister was in all probability due to the previous acquaintance. When in Flomborn I inquired of a . resident whether there were any Rosters living there, and was answered in the negative; that they lived at Oberflor­ sheim, two miles nearer to Kriegsheim, which was the place of the family stamm, or where they had always been known. Our family traditions universally allege that the ancestor was a Hollander. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, who knew Pan­ nebecker well, wrote that he was Niederdeutsch. He used, however, almost invariably the German script and tongue, though with some Dutch words, as "het," for "the," and the family bibles are German. If he was born in Flombom, of Dutch parents, who had been there only about twenty years, these apparent discrepancies are reconciled. For all of these reasons, in the absence of any fact pointing to another local­ ity, the conclusion that he came to Pennsylvania· from Flom­ born, seems to be fairly established. In 1699, he married, in Germantown, Eve, the daughter of Hans Peter U mstat, who arrived in Philadelphia in the Francis and Dorothy, on October 12, 1685, together with his wife, Barbara, his son John, and his daughters, Anna Mar­ garetta, and Eve, and who spent the remainder of his days as a husbandman upon two hundred acres of land in Ger­ mantown, toward Plymouth, which land he had bought from Dirck Sipman, before leaving Crefeld. He was the son of Nicholas Umstat, who ·died in Crefeld, October 4, 1682. He brought with him a German Bible, published at Heidelberg in 1568, which has now been in the family since 1652, and through nine generations. From it I translate these MS. marginal notes, made by Nicholas and Hans Peter U mstat, in addition to one already given: "Johannes Philippus Krill gave the Bible to my brother­ in-law, Matthias Wasselet. He gave it to me in 1652."

247 "This is a peace text for the Palatinate in the year 1667, February 29." "These marked words were the last spoken by the Em­ peror Ferdinand.'' "December 16, 1680, the comet star with a long tail was seen the first time.'' "October 4, 1682, about 4 o'clock in the morning, our father, Nicholas Umstat, died." "February 10, 1696, my daughter Anna Margaretta died." "August 12, 1702, my wife· Barbara died." The comet of 1680, which made so marked an impres­ sion upon the mind of Nicholas Umstat that he entered a note of it in his Bible, is the most imposing of all those known. It has a period of about :five hundred years, and its coming has always created great commotion and foreboding. From 1699 until some time in the year 1702, Panne­ becker lived in Germantown. A MS. account book, begin­ ning in 1702, of that most learned of American colonists, Francis Daniel Pastorius, who came to Pennsylvania in 1683 as the agent of the Frankfort Company, is still preserved. An entry in the account of Thomas Sute, under date of 3d of 1st mo. (March,) 1702, contains a charge of ls, 6d, "Vor ein Summons an Heinrich Pannebacker," and a credit on the 10th of the same month, which I translate: "Henrich Pannebacker paid me ls. The 6d. I very willingly forgave him." In the account with James Delaplaine, on December 22, 1702, there is a charge of 6d. for "Ein warrant var Nathan Hands, contra Henrich Pannebacker," from which I infer that he had been tempted into treating Nathan with some violence. There was also an account with Pannebecker, running from 1702 until the time of the death of Pastorius in 1718, but its items are confined entirely to charges and payments for drawing contracts and writing deeds, with reference to

248 Pannebecker's numerous land purchases. The Germanized orthography contained in these entries has been at times fol­ lowed, but I have recently come into the possession of a deed from Peter Shoemaker to Matthias Van Bebber, exe­ cuted December 10, 1706, witnessed by Pastorius and Panne­ becker, where the name appears "Hendrick Pannebecker." He always wrote it in this way until later in life, when he substituted the English Henry for the Dutch Hendrick. The chirography of this earliest known signature is worthy of attention, because it is not only good, but unusual. The autograph is written in German script, in a back hand, the letters are small, the hair lines are as fine as though made by a delicately reared young lady, and the capitals show entire command of the pen, and ornamental curves which may properly be described as artistjc.

CHAPTER III. Letter from Germantown, In Pensilvania, March 16, 1684. The blessing of the Lord be at all times with you, dearly beloved brother-in-law, Benedict Kunts, and your household companion and all good friends who shall inquire for me, and especially all those who are from the land of Berne. Through the blessing of God I greet you all very heartily, giving you to know that I arrived here in good health, and -God be praised-_find myself still very well, earnestly wishing that I may receive the same information concerning you. The city of Philadelphia covers a great stretch of coun­ try, and is growing larger and larger. The houses in the country is better built than those within the city. The land is very productive and raises all kinds of fruit. All kinds of corn are sown. From a bushel of wheat, it is said you may get 60 to 70, so good is the land. You can keep as many cattle as you wish, and there is provender enough for them, and as many swine as you want, since there are

249 multitudes of oak trees, which produce an abundance of acorns to make them fat, and other wild nuts. You find there householders who have a hundred cows, and innumer­ able hogs, so that a man can have as much pork as he wants. There are all kinds of wild animals, such as deer, roes, etc. ; all kinds of birds, some tame and others wild, by the thous­ and, together with an exceptionally great quantity of fish. The land lies in a good climate, and is very healthy. You seldom see mists or fogs. There are many great and small rivers that are navigable, beautiful springs, fountains, moun­ tains and valleys. The farmers, or husbandmen, live better than lords. If a workman will oniy work four or five days in a week, he can live grandly. The farmers here pay no tithes nor contributions. Whatever they have is free for them alone. They eat the best and sell the worst. You can find as many wild vineyards as you wish, but no one troubles himself to look after their safety or take care of them. The vines bear so many bunches, that from one vine many hun­ dred bottles of wine should be made. Handicraftsmen earn here much money, together with their board and drink, which are very good. The natives, or Indians, are blackish, like the heathen, who through Germany and Holland have disappeared. They are stronger and hardier than the Christians, and very mild. They go almost entirely naked, except that they cover the loins. They use no money except kraaltjes, and little shells like those one finds on the bridles of the train horses in Holland. If anyone is inclined to come here, let him look for a good shipmaster, since he cannot believe everything that they say. The freight from England to Pensilvania is five pound sterling, about 56 Holland gul­ dens, but I should advise you to go rather with a Holland shipmaster to Manhates, formerly called New Amsterdam, and now New York, two or three days' journey from Pen­ silvania, and I should advise you to take with you what you need upon the ship, especially brandy, oranges, lemons, spices and sugar, since the sea may be very trying. See that you are

250 well supplied with clothes and linen, and it will be better than to have money, since what I bought in Holland for 10 guldens, I here sold again for 30 guldens; but you must not buy too dear. I have written to my brother in Amsterdam that he should send me a chest full of clothes. If you, and anyone else from the Hague, come here and are willing to bring it along, and take care of th.e transportation, I shall compensate • you for your trouble. So if you bring or send to me here, one or two of my sons who are with my brother, I shall pay all the costs. If anyone can come here in this land at his o,vn expense, and reaches here in good health, he will be rich enough, especially· if he can bring his family with him or some man-servants, because servants are here dear. Peo­ ple bind themselves for three or four years' service for a great price, and for women they give more than for men, because they are scarce. A good servant can place himself with a master for a hundred guldens a year and. board. Brother-in-law B. K., if you come into these regions bring a woman _with you, and if you bring two for me, Joris Wertmuller, I shall be glad, because then we shall live like lords. My brother, who lives in Amsterdam, is named J ochem W ertmuller. He lives in Ree Street, in the Three Gray Shoes. I have many more things to write to you, but time does not permit. Mean,vhile, I commend you all to God the Father Almighty, through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. I, Joris Wertmuller, Switzer by birth at present in Pensilvania. N. B.-If anyone comes in this land, or wishes to write letters, let them be addressed to Cornelius Born in Pensil­ vania, in the city of Philadelphia, cake baker, who used to live in Haarlem in Holland, and who came here in the same ship with me, and knows where in the country I dwell. March 16, 1684.

251 Letter from Cornelius Bom, October 12, 1684. Jan Laurens, well beloved friend: I duly received yours of the 22nd of April, 1684, and have read it through with heartfelt pleasure, as an evidence of your love to me and to the Lord. Well, Jan, I have not forgotten you since I have been away from you, but you have many times been in my thoughts. I have not written to you, but remembered you in the letter I sent to Rotter­ dam. My business has been urgent, and I have had little time for writing many letters. You want to know how it goes with me here, and how I like it, and whether things are prosperous with the people, and you want to learn the condition of the country. Concerning these things, I should answer you briefly and truthfully as follows: the country is healthful and fruitful, and the conditions are all favorable for its becoming, through the blessings of the Lord, and the diligence of men, a good land-better than Holland. It is not so good now, but daily grows better and better. The increase here is so great that, I believe, nowhere in history can be found such an instance of growth in a new country. It is as if the doors had been opened for its progress. Many men are coming here from many parts of the world, so that it will be overflowed with the nations. Our Governor's authority is respected by all, and is very mild, so that I trust the Lord will bless this land more if we continue to walk in His way. The people in general have so far been prosperous in their business, so that those who are industrious daily expect to do better and have reason to live in hope; but many have found it hard to get along, especially those who did not bring much with them, and those ,vho went into the land to clear it for themselves, and did not go to work for hire by the day. Many of those who have sat down to their trades alone, so that people who are far from the city can obtain necessary accommodations, have had it somewhat hard. Car­ penters and masons have got along the best. During the first year or two men spent what they had saved, but now

252 almost everything is improving. As for myself, I went through and endured great difficulties, unaccustomed hard­ ships and troubles, before I got as far as I am no,v, but now I am above many, in good shape, and do not consider that I have less of my own than when I left Holland, and am in all respects very well-to-do. I have here a sl).op of many kinds of goods and edibles ; sometimes I ride out with -mer­ chandise and sometimes bring something back, mostly from the Indians, and deal with them in many things. I have no regular servants, except one negro, whom I bought. I have no rent or tax or excise to pay. I have a cow which gives plenty of milk, a horse to ride around, my pigs increase rapidly, so that in the summer I had seventeen, when at first I had only two. I have many chickens and geese, and a garden, and shall next year have an orchard if I remain well; so that my wife and I are in good spirits, and are reaching a condition of ease and prosperity in which we have great hopes. But when we first came in it was pretty hard in. many respe~ts. Those who come now, come as in the summer in what there is to be done, since now anything can be had for money. The market is supplied with fresh mut­ ton and beef at a reasonable price, in a way that I would not have thought could have occurred in so short a time. Sometimes there is a good supply of partridges, for a half stuiver a piece, pigeons, ducks, teals, and fish in great quan­ tities in their seasons. There are not many roads yet made in order to receive from and to bring to market, but these things are no,v beginning to get into order. In a few years, if it continues in the same way, everything here will be more plentiful than in other lands. The commerce and trade are close to the door, to the Barbadoes, Bermudas and other West India Islands, that will bring this country into a good condition. Time will best show this to be the case. Never­ theless, I do not advise anyone to come here. Those who come, ought to come after Christian deliberation, with pure intentions in fear of the Lord, so that the Lord may be their

253 support, for before a man here reaches ease, he must exer­ cise great patience, resignation and industry, the one as much as the others. Therefore, whoever comes, let him come with a constant mind, having his eyes fixed upon the commands of the God above him. This, none can do, except those who have the Lord with them in the matter, and so are cleansed from fleshly and worldly views and they have good counsel by them in all things. If it is hard for them, if trials come, they look. to the Lord and are clear in themselves, so that to them all things are for the best. For my own part I have no regrets that I came here, but all the while have had a good hope that everything was sent for my good, and being clear before the Lord, that I have had no views which dis­ pleased Him, and having faith in the great God over the sea and the land. He has not forgotten me, but has shown His fatherly care over me and mine. Truly, He is a God over those who are upright of heart, and looks upon many of their weaknesses leniently. So, my dearly beloved friend, not knowing whether I shall see your face in the flesh again, I tak.e my leave of you for the present in the tender love of our Father, who has shown His love for us through His Son, the true light through which He daily seeks to unite us with Him. 0 great love of our God! Oh let us not forget, or think. little of· Him, but daily answer Him by submitting ourselves to His wishes, and the power of His mercy which He shows to us! Oh let us hold Him here in love, and above all remem­ ber Him and cling to Him! 0 that we might daily perceive, that our hearts more and more cling to the Lord! That we still more and more might be united with Him in that His spirit might witness that we are His children, and so His heirs! Then shall we be able to say with the Apostle Paul that we k.now whenever this earthly house is broken, we have a building with God, everlasting in heaven. Oh great cause, worthy of consideration above all causes!

254 So, true friend, I commend you to the Lord, and to His word of mercy; which is mighty to build up you and me to the end. So, with my love, I remain your unchange­ able friend. Cornelius Born. In Philadelphia, the 12th of October, 1684. Here are, it is supposed, four hundred houses, great and small. CHAPTER IV. The Settlement On The Skippack-Pannebecker's Removal -The Menn·onite Church-Its Origin and History. In the year 1702, Pannebec~er removed from German­ town to the Skippack, a small stream bearing an Indian name, which empties into the Perkiomen, and is the first water­ course reached in going northward after leaving the Wis­ sahickon, and there, about two miles from the present village of Evansburg, he spent the remaining half century_ of his life . . On the 11th of June, 1683, William Penn sold one thousand acres of land in Pennsylvania to Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber, a Mennonite, in creed, and a baker by occupation, then living in Crefeld. He sent his son, Isaac, to German­ town the following year, and crossed the ocean himself with his son Matthias, in 1687. They were undoubtedly people of means and influence in Europe. On the 22d of February, 1702, Matthias Van _Bebber had located by patent on the Skippack, 6,166 acres which he had secured by numerous purchases, and established a settlement there, mainly of Men­ nonites, the first outgrowth of Germantown, and long after­ ward known as Bebber's Township. The purchasers from him were Hendrick Pannebecker, and his brother-in-law Johannes Umstat, and others, in 1702, and after the last sale, all of the unsold remainder of the tract, and the entire interest of Van Bebber, was bought by Pannebecker, who had become the leading spirit in the affairs of this rural community.

255 The people of Skippack and "adjacent plantations," June 2, 1713, presented a petition to the court, saying that "pretty many families are already settled and probably not a few more to settle" in that neighborhood, but that no road had yet been laid out, and that "what paths have been hi th­ erto used are only upon sufferance and liable to be fenced up," and asking that a road or cart way be established "from the upper end of said Township down to the wide marsh, or Farmers' Mill." The result of the petition was the laying out of the Skippack Road, and there is reason to believe that the surveys for it were made by·Pannebecker. The Town­ ship under the name of Skippack and Perkiomen, was regu­ larly laid out and surveyed in 1725.

CHAPTER VI. Though owning and cultivating a farm upon the Skip­ pack, Pannebecker' s chief occupation ,vas that of a surveyor of lands, an occupation whose importance at a time when the country was being settled, was exemplified in the careers of both Wayne and Washington. He was the first, and so far as known, the only surveyor among the early Dutch­ German emigrants. From what has been discovered of the number and extent of his surveys, it is no exaggeration to assert that most of the manors, roads and townships of that period in Philadelphia County, were laid out by him. His familiarity with three languages, Dutch, German and English, doubtless proved to be of great advantage to him, and to those requiring his services, and in the performance of his work, at a time when land a:ff orded almost the only opportunity for investment, he was brought into relations of acquaintance, if not of friendship, not only with the Penns, but with the leading men of Philadelphia, and throughout the province. Upon a draft in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, of the Proprietary's Manor of William­ stadt, containing ten thousand acres, and including the pres-

256 ent borough of Norristown, which draft. was a copy of one prepared by Thomas Fairman, who made a re-survey for William Penn, Jr., in 1704, there is a representation of a large tree, on a line between the Manors of Williamstadt and Gilberts, with the statement: "This is the tree I sup­ pose wch Pannebecker shew' d me in 9br 1725, mark' d W. P." The inference is that Pannebecker ran the original line between the manors, and, perhaps, in the presence of the founder, whose initials were cut upon the tree. The Lutheran people near the Swamp in New Han­ over Township, in 1719, "having associated themselves into an Ecclesiastical Community, determined to purchase a piece of land whereon they might erect a place of worship and a Grave Yard for burying their dead, and it so happened that John Henry Sprogell, one of their Community and Per­ suasion, being possessed at that time of a large Quantity of land in these parts, did willingly make a True Gift and Donation of Fifty Acres of his Land, appropriating the same for. the use and oehoof of the said Lutheran Community to build a Church, .a School-House, a Graveyard, and what other suitable Conveniences they thought proper." He re­ quested Henry Pannebecker to lay out and survey fifty acres for the purpose, which survey was completed April 17, 1719, and George Boone to prepare a deed, but from some neglect this important paper was never executed. In 1746, they awoke to a knowledg~ of the fact that Sprogel was dead, and that "owing to the SI oath and Neglect of the Elders and Church ,vardens," they had no title except as it was shown by Sprogel's conveyance of other lands described as adjoin­ ing those of the church. Henry Pannebecker, and others who knew the facts in the case, united in a certificate of the facts, and appearing before Judge Potts, one of His Majesty's justices, declared they were "Real Truth." Upon this paper the title depends, and to the happy carelessness of the elders, we owe the preservation of the history of the origin of the Lutheran Church at the Swamp.

257 A letter written by Hendrick Pannebecker in terms of friendship to Edward Shippen, dated February 13, 1742, and now in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, says that the children of Abraham op den Graeff were ready to sign Shippen's deed, and that he had not yet divided the tract of Humphrey Morris, because his instrument was out of order, and was being repaired. This letter, written in his sixty-eighth year, is repro­ duced verbatim. It is valuable, because it shows to what extent he had overcome the difficulty of expressing himself in a foreign tongue, indicating that -he had more fully mastered the structure than the orthography of the English. £rind Edward Shippen. My Keind Respek too Juw too let Ju understan tha I ha:ffe Spoken With the totters of Abraham op then graff an by ther Words are Willing too Sings J ur deets as ther broders haffe don. As for dveiding the trak belonging too homfry Morris is not don because my instrament Was out of order. I det send hat too W ellem Strets an hey send het horn too mey bey my Son bout I Kam too treiet het Wold Not doo an I haffe send het bak too him again. As son as I haffe att my hand again I shall fulfill the Sam. An forther I lat Ju untterstan that the people that ha:ff e bought the trey Hundret ackers take all the Kar watt is in ther pouwer too pay att the May faer. therafore my deseier of Ju is that Ju may be Reade too mak them a good Lawful teittel. an I ha:ffe madem ther draght Redey. Now mor att this pres­ sents as mey Keind Resspeck too Ju an J or broder. from J ur f rind Henry Pannebecker Anno Domnij 1742 the 13. day of Februarry.

CHAPTER IX In the year 1728 occurred a difficulty with the Indians. The only interruption during the early days of the settle-

258 ment of those pleasing and friendly relations which ever ex­ isted between the Pennsylvanians and the natives, and for that reason, conspicuous, and to be treated more seriously than the circumstances would otherwise require. Eleven Indians, all armed and under the command of a Spanish Indian, appeared in the neighborhood of Colebrookdale, and rudely forced their way into houses, and compelled the people to supply them with meat and drink. Twenty men, a few of whom were armed with guns and swords, went in search of them, and overtaking them, sent two messengers to treat with the captain of the hostiles. Instead of being civil, he bandished a sword, and ordered his men to fire, which they did, wounding two of the settlers. The latter returned the fire, and the valiant captain fell, "but he after­ wards got up, and ran into the woods after his Party, having left his Gun and his Match Coat behind him," and was seen no more. The settlers remained in possession of the :field, but the skirmish eaused the greatest commotion, because no one ·knew to what it might lead, and its incidents were much magnified by rumor. An express rode into Philadelphia, bearing the despatch to the Governor: "To His Excellency, Patrick Gordon, Esqr. Governor Generall in Chief over the Province of pencilvania and the Territoris thereunto Belonging. Van Beobers Township and the adjacenses Belonging May ye 10, 1728. "We think It fit to address your Excellency for Relief for your Excellency must Knowe That we have Suffered and is like to sufer By the .Ingians, they have fell upon ye Back Inhabitors about falkner's Swamp & near Coshahopin. Therefor we the humble Petitioners with our poor Wives and Children do humbly Beg of your Excellency to take it into Concideration and Relieve us the Petitioners hereof, whos Lives lies at Stake with us and our poor Wives and Children that is more to us than Life. Therefore, we the humble petitioners hereof, Do Desire an answer from your

259 Excellency by ye Bearer with Speed. So no more at present from your poor afflicted People whose names are here Subscribed. John Roberts, John Mier, Peter Bum, Dielman Kolb, W. Lane, Henry Pannebecker, Matthias Tyson, Jacob Kolb, Jacob Op dan Graef, Hans Detweiler, J n. Pawling, and others. Israel Morris, This appeal was too strong to be resisted, and that same day, April 15, the Governor hastened to Manatawny, where he found things in great disorder because of the skirmish. Many of the remote inhabitants had quitted their houses and were in great apprehension that numerous bodies of Indians were coming to attack them. Several German fam­ ilies were collected at a mill near New Hanover in order to defend themselves, and there he saw the man reported to have been killed, "but he appeared to be only slightly wounded in the Belly." After investigating the occurrence, he concluded that the settlers were as much responsible as the Indians, but fearing further trouble, he distributed some powder and lead among them, and gave a commission to John Pawling, Marcus Huling, and Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of the president, to gather them together and place them in a situation for defence. Some of the people were so much incensed that they threatened to kill all of the Indians they could find. Acting upon this impulse, about a month later, two brothers, John and William Winter, killed Toka Collie and two Indian women, and bringing with them two Indian girls, one of whom was maimed, to Justice George Boone, ancestor of Daniel Boone, demanded a re­ ward. Walter Winter later made a statement in which he said that on May 10th, he heard from a Dutchman at Tul­ pehocken, that the Indians had killed two Dutchmen, and wounded three others; that he notified the neighbors to get

260 together for defence, and going to his own house, fastened the windows; that while there, the son of John Roberts came to him for assistance, saying that some Indians with a bow and a great number of arrows, were at his father's house, and that his father was in danger of being killed; that then he, Walter, with his father-in-law, Morgan Herbert, and John Winter, each with a loaded gun, started for the house of Roberts, and saw an Indian man with some women and girls sitting on a wood pile before Roberts, door; that the Indian took his bow, drew an arrow, and put it to the center of his bow; that he shot the Indian, and John Winter shot one of the women and knocked the brains out of the other ; that the girls ran away, but he overtook one of them after shooting at her with an arrow, and later, found the other, much hurt about the head and face. Toka Collie, the Indian who had been killed, was an old man, friendly to the settlers, and closely related to sev­ eral powerful chiefs, who, Governor Gordon feared, would endeavor to revenge his death. The Governor, therefore, immediately sent a messenger with some presents to the Indian girls who had been injured, and with instructions to employ some skilled person to dress their wounds and to assure them that their assailants should not be permitted to escape punishment. He also· sent John and Nicholas Scull, interpreters, to the chiefs, Allummapees, Opekassel and Manawkyhickon, to inform them that measures had been taken to arrest the Winters, and to request them to meet him in council at Conestoga. On the 22d of May, accompanied by about thirty of the principal men of the colony, and hav­ ing with him "twenty-five Strowd Matchcoats, twenty Blanketts, twenty Duffels, twenty-five shirts, one hundred wt. Gunpowder, two hundred wt. of Lead, five hundred flints, and fifty Knives, with Rum, Bread, Pipes, & Tobacco," he departed from Philadelphia. On the way he visited the Indians upon the French Creek, and continuing his journey to Conestoga, found there awaiting him seventeen chiefs,

261 representing the -Delawares, Ganawese, Shawanese and Min­ goes. The council lasted through two days, in the course of which presents were mutually given, and promises made by the Indians that they would do all in their power to capture the hostiles who had attacked the settlement, and on the part of the Governor, that the perpetrators of the outrage upon the Indians should be treated as they deserved. The Winter brothers were afterward tried for murder, convicted and hanged, and in this way terminated the embroilment.

CHAPTERX. Pannebecker was naturalized by Act of Assembly in 1730. He is described in Deed Book G 10, page 315, as a gentleman. That he had somewhere received an education beyond that of the ordinary colonist appears from his neat chirography; from his use of three languages; from his knowledge of mathematics, sufficient to make him competent to act as Surveyor for the Proprietaries; and from his owner­ ship of that rare possession in a new country-a library of books. I have seen the inventories of the estates of perhaps the most of the wealthiest citizens of Philadelphia, of that period, and while silver spoons and tankards are sometimes met with, a book, unless it be a Bible, is not often found. Soon after his death, on the 16th of June, 1754, his two sons and his son-in-law inserted this advertisement in Saur's Pensylvanische Berichte: "Some days ago the old Henrich Pannebecker died in the 81st year of his age. He was accus­ tomed to lend out many of his books, and any one who has any of the said books in his possession is requested to bring them to Johannes Pannebecker, Peter Pannebecker or Cor­ nelius Theissen." They were numerous enough to make it important to advertise for them, and it is therefore manifest that he had some literary tastes and the means for their gratification. A descendant may be pardoned for looking back after the lapse of a century and a half, with some emo­ tion, upon the picture of the old man, his wife dead and his

262 children married and away, spending his declining days over the leaves of voh.u.~es that ·told perhaps of the far-off home in the Palatinate and the familiar scenes of his youth, and his generous but vain efforts to awaken an interest among_ indifferent and forgetful neighbors in the things that gave him pleasure. That many of the early German settlers of Pennsylvania were men of more than ordinary attainments, is certain. The liberal principles advocated by Penn and embodied in his government, attracted wide attention upon the continent of Europe, and many of those bold spirits who were inclined to break away from the established lines of thought, and who found that their ~fforts brought them into difficulties at home, sought the greater intellectual freedom of the new province. Especially was this true of those who were in the advance in theological inquiry. The world has been made to some extent familiar with the work of Pastorius, Kelpius, Muhlenburg, Falkner, Beissel, Peter Miller, Zinzendorff, and Spangenberg, through the results of the study of recent investigators, b1,1t the interesting career of Henry Bernhard Koster, who had translated the Bible from the Septuagint into German, and was familiar with most languages, ancient and modern, and who spent several years of his long life on the Wissahickon, has remained unknown, even in Penn­ sylvania.

CHAPTER XI. T award the close of his life, when in his seventy-eighth year, Pannebecker had an unfortunate controversy with Henry Melchior Muhlenburg, the founder of the Lutheran Church in America. The difficulty apparently arose from the differences of religious views between the Reformed and the Lutherans, and the too great zeal of a pastor, then forty years old, in the prime of life, and eager for the growth of his church, in efforts to make converts. Pannebecker made no note of the occurrence, which would have been forgotten

263 long ago, if Muhlenberg had not sent an elaborate report to Germany, and had it published at Halle. From this report I omit some of the bitterness of spirit, and extract the facts, viewing them, however, from the other end of the camera. Anthony Vanderslice, of Providence Township, married Martha Pannebecker, daughter of Hendrick, and had five children. In his earlier years he had been impressed by the preaching of Muhlenberg, aided in building the church and school house, and contributed to the support of the preacher; but "his important family con~ections," ·disapproved of his conduct, and his father-in-law, who was a "reviler of our church," intermitted nothing to make the preaching ridicu­ lous and hateful to the husband of his daughter. The result was ·that Vanderslice fell from grace, and "abused my poor person causelessly." In October, 1751, he became very ill, and on receiving a visit from his former pastor, which ended in a reconciliation, he, in warm words expressed regrets for what had been said and done, and soon after died. This probably would have ended the matter, since, in entire good spirit, Muhlenberg was asked to preach the funeral sermon; but even preachers are human, and he could not forego an expression of triumph. Expecting from the numerous fam­ ily connections a large concourse of English· and Germans, as in fact happened, he took as his text Zechariah III, 2, "Is not tnis a brand plucked out of the fire?" and as he says: "The application in the text was made sternly to the many listeners, and I detailed the whole history of the affair." Strange to say, his hearers did not take the admonition meekly, but the "proud Pennsylvanians were angry and thought themselves insulted," and the old father-in-law warned the children and remaining friends against such influ­ ences. The two more mature children of Vanderslice obeyed him, but the other three adhered to the pastor. Muh­ lenberg says: "This angered the old surveyor as grandfather anew beyond measure, and he sought, as I understood, to shame the young people, and poured out angry speeches."

264 And he complacently adds, with a feeling which he prob­ ably never stopped to analyze: "The old man has now, by a sudden death been sent into eternity! What nothings are all men, and yet they live so securely!" The sons of l\1uhlen­ berg and those of Pannebecker were intimately associated; and their descendants soon intermarried. Pannebecker fell over dead, almost without a struggle, on the 4th of April, 17 54, aged eighty years and two weeks. He had eight children ; the eldest, Martha, who married Anthony Vanderslice, born June 15, 1700, died September 18, 1761; Adolph, born 1708, died May, 1787; Peter, born March 8, 1710, married Elizabeth Keyser, and died June 28, 1770; John, born August 27, 1713, married Anneke Keyser, died June 14, 1784; Jacob, born 1715, married Margaret Tyson, died May 27, 1752; Henry, born 1717, married Rebecca Kuster, died about May 31, 1792; Barbara, born about 1720, married March 30, 1738, Cornelius Tyson; and one other, believed to be Susanna, wife of Peter Keyser, of Worcestor.

CHAPTER XII. The impress made by a man upon subsequent genera­ tions may well be considered, in forming an estimate of the value of his life. There have been many prominent men descended from Hendrick Pannebecker, both in the church and state. Among this number was Henry Vanderslice, who was Sheriff of Berks County during the Revolutionary War, and who read the Declaration of Independence from the steps of the Court House in Reading, on that memorable July 8, 177 6, as was ordered by the Continental Congress. He was with the army in the New Jersey campaign, as Wagon Master in General Muhlenberg's division. Jacob Vanderslice, his son, was a Lieutenant, Henry Vanderslice, Jr., Corporal, and Anthony Vanderslice, another son, a private.

265 In the War of the Rebellion, there were Captain Joseph Henry Vanderslice, U. S. A., Private Co. A, Bat. Eng., Jan. 30, 1851. Corporal, July 1, 1855. Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1856. Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, May 14, 1861. First Lieutenant, Oct. 24, 1861. Captain by brevet, September 17, 1862, "for gallant and meritorious services in the Battle of Antietam. Captain 14th Infantry, March 22, 1866. Naval Service. Joseph Vanderslice, who went down with the "An­ them.'' Privates. Charles Vanderslice, John C. Vanderslice. * * * * * (This is primarily a history of the Vanderslice family. and only the records of that name are given above.) How­ ever, the descendants of Hendrick and Friedrick Panne­ becker to the present time certainly exceed three thousand in number, since a record (far from complete,) has been made of over 2500. In this large throng, eight have been clergy­ men, one of whom, Matthias Pannebecker, became a Bishop among the Mennonites in the last century. Fifteen have become physicians, including Benjamin Pennypacker, Resi­ dent Physician at the Philadelphia House of Correction; Jacob Pennypacker, President of the Chester County Medi­ cal Association; E. Z. Derr, Surgeon in the United States Navy; Isaac A. Pennypacker, Professor of Theory and Prac­ tice in the Philadelphia College of Medicine ; and James Tyson, Professor of Clinical Medicine, and Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, and learned author of many standard works on the subject of medicine. Twenty-eight have been lawyers, and of these three were District Attorneys, and seven were Judges. Peter, son of Hendrick Pannebecker, was assessor of Philadelphia County, and since that time there were three Burgesses, nine Assemblymen, 5 State Senators, a State Agent, two County

266 Treasurers, one S~ate Treasurer, two members of the Con­ stitutional Convention, a Canal Commissioner, a Presidential Elector, two Members of Congress, and a Governor of the state of Pennsylvania. Isaac A. Pennypacker, long a Judge­ of the United States District Court, one of the first Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and a Member of Congress, declined a seat in the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Attorney-Generalship of the United States, and died while a member of the United States Senate from Virginia. During the Revolution, John Pannebecker was one of the Committee to distribute food and clothing among the families of the soldiers, Dirck Pannebecker was a Captain, Daniel Pannebecker was an Ensign, and the record of the descendants. of the name of Vanderslice has already been given. The record of this family during the War of the Rebel­ lion is necessarily incomplete, but 144 are in this list, among them two Major-Generals; four Colonels; one Adjutant­ General; one Surgeon; two Assistant-Surgeons; one Adju­ tant; five Captains; two Lieutenants; five Sergeants; 9 Cor­ porals; two in the Naval Service; one Signal Corps; one Musician, and the others, privates. Of the women of note, there were three who married Judges; one a United States Senator ; and one has gone back across the Atlantic to live as a Countess on the shores of Lake Geneva. * * * * * The record of Hendrick Pannebecker, as it has been left after suffering the abrasions and depletions of two cen­ turies of time, has now been written. Enough remains to indicate with clearness that he possessed both intellectual and physical vigor, and that he bore no unimportant part in the building of that great American commonwealth which, from its beginning, has ever been liberal in principle, and great in achievement. "'Tis a crabbed, sullen, proud kind of people, and bent on establishing a popular government," wrote my

267 Lord Leicester to Queen Elizabeth in 1587, about the Dutch. Let others boast, if they will, that their ancestors, after passing the Channel, tarried for awhile along the Mer­ sey and the Thames, before making the bolder adventure of crossing the broad Atlantic. It is our pride that we drew our inspiration with our blood from that sturdy race living where the River Rhine meets the North Sea, who encoun­ tered and resisted with like courage and success, the storms of ocean and the hosts of Spain, and who, in maintaining with rugged tenacity their own freedom of thought and _con­ science, preserved as well the liberties of modern Europe.

BEBBER'S TOWNSHIP, AND THE DUTCH PATROONS OF PHILADELPHIA. By Hon. Samuel W. Pennepacker, LL.D. Since the publication of a Biography of Hendrick Pannebecker, in 1894, additional facts have come to light which gave a broader signification to his life, and make him a more conspicuous, and almost a unique figure in the early history of the Province of Pennsylvania. Research has disclosed that he spoke Dutch, German and English; that he wrote a conveyancer's hand, and drew deeds; that he surveyed for the Penns a number of their Manors; and laid out most of the roads in Philadelphia County; that he owned 4,012 acres of land; that he pos­ sessed a library of books, one of which has been secured by the Rev. 0. Stapleton, and in it a contemporary theologian has written: "Henrich Pannebecker, habet virtuosem uxorem ;" that he was described in certain recorded instru­ ments as a Gentleman, and offended Henry Melchior M uh­ lenberg by his pride, and sense of "important family connec­ tions;" and that he was on terms of personal friendship with Edward Shippen, Israd Pemberton, Richard Hill, James Logan, and Isaac Norris.

268 It now appears that he became the head ot an important inland colony, and ·the proprietor of an extensive Township, (since divided into two of the present townships of Mont­ gomery County,) with certain manorial privileges, and at. least a quasi jurisdiction over the people. He owned many other acres elsewhere on branches of the Perkiomen, in Sal­ ford, and in Hanover, but none of which had the same importance, or gave the same satisfaction. He gave lands to each of his five sons, and they all became millers, almost the only occupation in which, at that early day, in a rural community, capital could be invested at a profit. He read his Bible, printed at Heidelberg, 1568, and his other books, and generously, though unwisely, loaned of his store to his neighbors. April 4, 1754, he fell over dead at the ripe age of 80, thus fitly ending the career of the last of the Dutch Patroons in Pennsylvania. . ( Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. XXXI.)

RICHARDSON FAMILY. ( Pennypacker' s Historical and Biographical Sketches.) On July 3, 1686, not quite four years after the arrival of Penn, a brick.layer from the island of Jamaica, named Samuel Richardson, -bought 5880 acres of land in Pennsyl­ vania and two large lots on the north side of High, ( now Mark.et) Street, in Philadelphia, for 340 pounds. He had probably been but a short time in Jamaica, since the certifi­ cate which he brought with him from the Friends' Meeting in Spanish Town, to the effect "yt he and his wife hath walked amongst us as becomes Truth," was only given "after consideration whereof and Enquiry made." Of his previous life we know nothing, unless it be the following incident narrated in Besse's "Sufferings of the Quakers:''

269 "In the year 1670 a squad of soldiers arrested George Whitehead, John Scott, and Samuel Richardson at a meet­ ing of Friends, at the Peel, in London, and after detaining them about three hours in a guard room, took them before two Justices and charged Richardson with having laid violent hands on one of their muskets. This was utterly false, and denied by him, for he was standing peacefully, as he said, with his hands in his pockets. "One of the Justices asked him: 'Will. you promise to come no more at meetings?' "Samuel Richardson: 'I can promise no such thing.' "Justice: 'Will you pay your five shillings?' "Richardson : 'I do not know that I owe thee five shillings.' "Nevertheless, a fine of that· amount was imposed." Driven, as we may safely suppose, from England to the West Indies, and thence to Pennsylvania by the persecution which followed his sect, he soon began to bask in the sun­ shine of quiet and secure prosperity. Surrounded by men of his own creed, he throve greatly, and rapidly passed into the s:uccessive stages of a merchant, and a gentleman. In January, 1689-90, he bought from Penn another lot on High Street for the purpose of erecting quays and wharves, and he now owned all of the ground on the north side of that street, between Second Street, and the Delaware River. In 1686, Richardson was elected a member of the Pro­ vincial Council, and was re-e.lected in 1688. Was Judge of the County Court and Ju.stice of the Peace from 1688 to 1704; Assen1blyman in 1691-2-3-4, 1696-7-8; 1700-1-2-3; 1707-8-9. For many years after his arrival in Pennsylvania he lived on a plantation of 500 acres near Germantown, and had horses, cattle and sheep. A Friend's Record tells us that several grand children were born in his house, and from

270 F·rancis Daniel Pastorius' account book we learn they were sent to his school at four pence a week! April 19, 1703, Ellinor, his wife, died, and early in 1705 he removed to the city. He married again, and lived­ somewhere near Third and Chestnut. He was elected Alder­ man that same year, and held the position unitl his death. The meeting of the Town Council, Oct. 1, 1717, was the last he attended. He died June 10, 1719, at an advanced age, and left a large estate. His children were Joseph, who in 1696 married Eliza­ beth, daughter of Judge John, and Barbara C_atharine (Aubrey) Bevan; Mary, who married William Hudson; Ann, who married Edward Lane, of Providence Twp. ; and Elizabeth, who married Abraham Bickley. (In the "History of One Branch of the Richardson Family," written in 1860, the following story is accredited to David Thomas, a member of that family, who died in 185 5, when past 80 years of age.) · The first Richardson in our line of whom I have heard, was Samuel, an Englishman, who resided in Jamaica when Port Royal was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692. He was a Quaker, and was sitting in meeting when the earth­ quake commenced. He left the house, and as he and a traveling minister who was with him, passed through the graveyard, the earth was so violently shaken that coffins rolled out on the surface of the ground. Tradition gives the following coincidence with regard to the lady whom he married : Upon visiting the scene of desolation after the catas­ trophe, ( a portion of the place having been sunk and sub­ merged beneath the ocean,) he espied a lady floating upon a house, and immediately sprang into the water at the risk of his life, and saved her from the waves. This lady became his wife, and thus it may be said the.ir descendants had their beginning in an earthquake.

271 Samuel Richardson thought that Jamaica would no longer suit him, so this couple removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where he died in 1719. He had a son Joseph, to whom he gave a thousand acres of land where the Perkiomen Creek joins the Schuylkill River, about 22 miles above Phila­ delphia. This Joseph was college-bred, but denied penmanship to his daughters, saying they would only be writing love letters. The schooling his sons got was .obtained with much difficulty. In all other respects he bore an excellent char­ acter. He had 3 sons and 4 daughters. A daughter married Edward Lane. * * * * * JUDGE JOHN BEVAN. Judge John Bevan was a noted preacher of the Society of Friends, who abandoned his position of wealth and honor in Wales, to accompany his esteemed friend, William Penn, to America. He married Barbary Catharine Aubery, who was born in 1637, and died in 1710. Their daughter Elizabeth, mar­ ried Joseph Richardson in 1696. * * * * * BRUMBACH FAMILY. ( Genealogy of the Brumbach Family, by Gaius Marcus Brumbach.) This name, like many others, is spelled in various ways. "Brum" is a contraction of Brummen, meaning noisy, roar­ ing, or humming, and "Bach" is brook. Many times a name described an ancestor by locality, and from Socin's statements and investigations it seems to be definitely established that an extensive family took its name from the ancient settlement in Wiesenthal, called Bromback. Hermanus Emmanuel Brumback, a member of this family, arrived in America about 1770, probably through

272 the port of Baltimore. He was born in 17 51, and a tradi­ tion has it that he ·was a silver miner in Switzerland. The assessor's list for Amity Township, Berks County, Pa., for 1779, gives him as a weaver and a farmer. He married Maria Catherine Pott, who was born 1749, and died in 1833. This couple is buried in Amityville. Their son, Matthias, was born Oct. 9, 1776, and died in Norris­ town, Pa., Feb. 5, 1852. He married Mary, daughter of Herman and Eve Custer, who was born May 7, 1772, and died Aug. 24, 1844. Buried in Norristown. Their daughter Mary, who was born in Lower Provi­ dence Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1808, and died there March 20, 1898, was married Dec. 1, 1829, to Anthony Vanderslice Custer, Rev. George Wack officiating. * * * * * LANE FAMILY. (Descent From Ancient Counts of Holland, by Penny­ packer.) · The name Lane occurs in Battle Abbey. Edward Lane, to whom William Frequently refers in terms of friendship, and to whom he entrusted some correspondence to be brought across the Atlantic, was the son of William Lane, of Bristol, England. He owned 7500 acres of land on the Perkiomen, and founded the St. James Episcopal Church there, as early as 1709. He left by Will, for glebe purposes, 42 acres adjoin­ ing the church, which was built in 1721, and his bequest still provides an income for the church. He erected a grist mill on the Skippack in 1708. He married Ann, daughter of Samuel Richardson, who came to Philadelphia from Jamaica, in 1684. Their children were James, Elizabeth, William, Samuel, Christina, Ellinor, and Ann, who died 1'iarch, 1710. Rebecca Lane who married Benjamin Pawling, and became the mother of Elizabeth Pawling, who married Edward Vanderslice, is descended from this family.

273 VAN REED FAMILY. ( Pennsylvania Historical Register, Vol. II, p. 38.) Two brothers, Jacob _and Henry Van Reed, whilst com­ paratively young, emigrated from Holland to this country, having landed at the post of Philadelphia about the year 1740. Henry was born in Holland, March 10, 1722, and soon after landing hired out upon a farm in .the l~wer section of what is now Montgomery Co., near the Skippack: Cree~. There he continued for some years at farming, and accumu­ lated considerable means. About 1745, he married Miss Agnes (Anna) Vander­ slice, of Philadelphia, and May 20, 17 50, bought a farm of 150 acres in the extreme north-east section of Amity Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and settled there, where he farmed con­ tinuously until his death, in 1792. In 1767 his wife died, and is buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. In 1769, he married Miss Heigh­ stand, (Hiestand,) and at the time of his death in 1792, left considerable property. His children are all of the first . marnage. ( In the records following the above, many of the dates do not agree with those gathered from Bible, Church and Cemetery dates. We have indicated the difference in most cases.) * * * * * FRANCIS FAMILY. ( Historical Society of Montgomery County, Vol. IV.) Thomas Francis came to New Providence Twp., at a very early date, and is recorded as owning land, in 1734. It is said he was a Welchman, and became one of the very early members of the Lower Providence Presbyterian Church, if not one of the founders. He appears as one of the leading spirits in the affairs of the neighborhood. He is buried in the cemetery of that church, and his stone bears

274 this inscription: "In memory of Thomas Francis, who de­ parted this life August 5, 1765, aged 65 years." His Will, probated Oct. 4, 1765, in Philadelphia, men­ tions his wife, Catherine, and children: Thomas, Jr., David1 Anna, who married Jacob Vanderslice,. Elizabeth, who mar­ ried Harmen Umstead, (Feb. 1, 1765,) Arnold, and Hannah. * * * * * HUNSICKER FAMILY. ( Copied from the History of the Hunsicker Family, by Henry and Horace Hunsicker. Published in 1911.) In the latter part of the seventeenth century, violent religious persecutions -arose in Europe. During the reign of Charles II in England, a Charter had been granted to Wil­ liam Penn, (Jan. 27, 1682,) in which right and title in cer­ tain lands in America were granted him for the considera­ tion and payment to the heirs and successors of King Charles II, of two beaver skins, to be delivered to Windsor Castle, on the first of January of every year, and also the 1/5 part of "all gold and silver oer" which should fr9m time to time happen to be found there. Crefeld on the Rhine, close to the Netherlands, had a humble population of craftsmen, among them many Quakers and Mennonites, who had endured great persecutions. Penn visited and comforted these people in 1677, and they never forgot him. When his plan for settling his province reached them, they at once prepared to send some of their numbers to recruit his forces. Valentine Hunsicker, who was born in the Canton Zurich, Switzerland, in 1700, was one of these, and came to America with his maternal grandfather, in 1717. He died l\1arch 30, 1771. After a short stay in Germantown, they pushed on into the dense forests as far north as Bucks Co., into the district known as "der gross Schwamm," ( the big swamp.) It is now known as Milford.

275 In 1720 or 21, Valentine Hunsicker went with his uncle to Skippack, and helped to build the first Mennonite meeting house, there, in 1724. By industry and economy, he saved sufficient money to buy 125 acres of wild land at five shillings an acre, and afterward bought 100 acres more. He married in 1728, but his wife died in 1732, and in 1735 he married Elizabeth Kolb. He was a deacon and an active member of the Mennonite Church. His. son, Henry, was born March 7, 17 52, and died July 8, 1836. He married, Dec. 6, 1772, Esther Detweiler, who was born March 13, 1751, and died August 18, 1829. Henry Hunsicker spoke and wrote well both English and German, and became a preacher in the Mennonite Church. His daughter, Sara, was born August 30, 1790, and married Anthony Vanderslice, of Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pa. * * * * * PAWLING FAMILY. The Pawling family according to tradition, came from New York to Pennsylvania, about 1750, and settled on the .Schuylkill between Trappe and Farland Ford. The earliest authentic information is in the record that "Henry Pa,vling, Jr., with others, was appointed by an Act of Assembly, 1784, to purchase ground near _Stony Creek, and thereon erect a Court House and Prison for the use of Montgomery County." This Henry Pawling, Jr., was also, one of the first Associate Judges of Providence Township. ( Auge' s Biographical Notes of Montgomery County, Pa.) Henry Pawling settled on a tract of land in Marble­ town, Ulster County, N. Y., where he raised a family and died. He was High Sheriff of Ulster County in 1684, and as such was a member of the Governor's Council, and col­ lected taxes for the county. His salary was 125 pounds a year.

276 He purchased 7,000 acres of land in Dutchess County, N. Y., which is still known as the Pawling Purchase. In 1676, November 3, at Kingston, we find Hendrick Paeldin married Neeltjen Roosa, daughter of Albert Hevmansen and Weyntje de Jonge Roosa. Henry Pawling died between 1691-95, when he signed his Will, and ,~;hen it was probated. This Will is recorded in New York City, Book 5, page 105. He left 3 sons: John, who was baptized Oct. 2, 1681, and who married August 23, 1712, Aagte DeWitt: Joseph, who was born in Pennsyl­ vania, and whose Will was made in 1797, when he was about 80: and Benjamin, who was born December 27, 1751, and died Oct. 9, 1800. He married Rebecca Lane, who was born February 28, 1756, and died September 19, 1830. She was the daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Lane. ( Colonial Series, Vol. I, p. 379.) Tuesday, April 5, 1670. This day Captain Pawling's Foot Company appeared at the Rendezvous where they were mustered and exercised their arms. The president, also, caused all the laws relating to military affairs to be read before them, and then marched them with flying colors to the town of Hurley, and there dismist them. The colors were Lodged with a guard in the town hall at Kingston, where the soldiers were commanded to appear next day in court to draw their Lotts. Commissions: Henry Pawling to be Captain : Chris­ topher Berrisford, Lieutenant: John Briggs, Ensign at Esopus. From Francis Lovelace, Esq. : To Henry Pawling, Captain.-By vertue of ye com­ missions and authority unto me given (by His Royal Highness,) I do constitute and appoint you, Henry Pawling, and you are hereby constituted and appointed to be Captain of the foot company listed and to be listed in towns of Marbletown and Hurley and Wil­ tyck at Esopus. Ye are to take into ye charge and care

277 the s'd cop's' as capt'a thereof, and duly to exercise both yer inferior officers and souldy' ers in armes, and to use y' er best care, skill, and endeavor to keepe them in good orders and discipline, hereby requiring all inferior officers and souldy'ers under yer charge to likewise ob­ serve and follow such orders and directions as you shall from time to time . receive from me and other your superior officers, according to the discipline of warre. Given under my hand and seal, this 18th day of April, in ye 22th year of his Ma'ties' Raigne, Anno Domini, 1670. (The following paragraphs are written on the back of the manuscript, and do not allude to it in any way.) "Whereas: Mr. Henry Pawling came over a souldier with my predecessor, Colo. Richard Nicholls in his in the which he did belong, being These are to certify to all whom it may concerne, that the sa' d Henry Pawling behaved himself well and as be­ comes a souldy' during the time of his being under my command, and being now a Time of Peace, I do hereby give him a discharge from his military engagement so that he hath time to follow his private a:ffayres without any further lett or interruption. Given under my hand at Ft. James, in New York, the 18th day of April, 1670." ( Broadhead' s History of the State of New York, Vol. II, p. 156.) "Lovelace now ordered the garrison to be disbanded, and dismissed of their military employment, as it was a time of peace, and a needless charge to the Duke of York." In his "History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania," Bean says: "The Pawlings, a large and influential family, pur­ chased 1,000 acres from Penn in Providence, and 500 acres opposite Valley Forge." This Henry Pawling purchased 7,000 acres of land in Dutchess County, ·N. Y., which is still known as the Pawling Purchase. In 1676, Nov. 3, at Kingston, we find Hendrick Paeldin married Neeltjen Roosa, daughter of Albert Hev­ mansen and Weyntje de Jonge Roosa. He died between 1691-95, when he signed his Will, and when it was probated. This Will is recorded in New York: City, Book: 5, p. 105. In it he mentions his wife, Neeltie, and children, Jane, Weyntie, John, Albert, Anna and Henry, and one who would probably be born after his death. This was Mary, who was baptized at Kingston, Oct.30.1692. ( Paulding Genealogy, given in the Burham Genealogy.) Of the above children, Weyntie was baptized 1679; John, 1681; Albert, 1687, and Henry, 1689. John and Henry went to Philadelphia County, Pa., and settled on adjoining 500 acre tracts of land at the junction of the Schuylkill and Perkiomen Rivers; in his History of Montgomery County, Pa., Bean says, "The Pawlings, a large and influential family, purchased 1000 acres from Penn in Providence Twp., and 500 acres opposite Valley Forge." (Auge's Biographical Notes of Montgomery County, Pa.) Henry Pawling, Jr., (with others,) was appointed by an Act of the Assembly, 1784, to purchase ground near Stony Creek, and thereon erect a Court House and Prison for the use of Montgomery County. This Henry Pawling, Jr., was also one of the first Associate Judges of Provi­ dence Twp. John Pawling, who was baptized in 1681, married Agje DeWitt, and their son, Joseph, was born about 1717. He married Elizabeth --, and their son, Benjamin, was born Dec. 27, 1751. Benjamin married Rebecca Lane, and their daughter Elizabeth, who married Edward Vanderslice, was born in February, 1777.

279 HIESTER FAMILY. ( Hiester Family, Pennsylvania-German Society, Vol. XVI.) The Hiester family came from Elsoff, in the Grafschaft County of Wittgenstein, in the Province of Westphalia, Germany. Joseph and Daniel Hiester arrived from Rotter­ dam on the St. Andrew, and took: the Oath of. Allegiance at Philadelphia, September 26, 1737, then joined their brother, John, who had come in 17 32. · They purchased a tract of between 2000 and 3000 acres of land in Bern Township, Berks County, extending from the old stone Bern Church to Tulpehocken Creek, and set­ tled there. Ann Elizabeth Hiester who married Jacob Van Reed, is descended from Joseph. * * * * * UMSTAT FAMILY. (Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. VIII, p. 338.) "The ffrancis and Dorothy £from London, Richard Bridgeman Commander, Arrived at Philadelphia th 16th of the 8th months, 1685. "The Passengers names are as followeth : John Peter U mstat and Barbara his wife. John his sonn Margaret and Eve his Daughters."

After his arrival in America, John Peter U mstat spent the remainder of his days as husbandman upon two hundred acres of land in Germantown, toward Plymouth, which land he had bought from Dirck Sipman, before leaving Crefeld. John Peter, who was the son of Nicholas Umstat, who died in Crefeld, October 4, 1682, brought with him a Ger­ man Bible, published in Heidleberg in 1568. It contains these marginal notes, written in German, by Nicholas and Hans Peter U mstat: "Johannes Philippus Krill gave the Bible to my brother-in-law, Matthias Wasselet. He gave it to me 1652."

280 ''These marked words were the last spoken by the Em­ peror Ferdinand.'' · "This is the peace text for the Palatinate in the year 1667, Febryary 29." "December 16, 1680, the comet star with the long tail was seen the first time." "October 4, 1682, about 4 o'clock in the morning, our father, Nicholas Umstat, died." "February 10, 1696, my daughter, Anna Margaretta d1e. d"• - "August 12, 1702, my wife, Barbara died.'' In 1699, in Germantown, Pa., Hendrick Pannebecker married Eve, daughter of John Peter, and Barbara Umstat. * * * * * McGAVOCK FAMILY. James McGavock was born in 1728 in the County of Antrim, Ireland, near Glenarm, and emigrated in early life to America, leaving a widowed mother and only brother, Rand~ll, at the homestead, called Carnton. He landed in Philadelphia, and soon· sought employment in farming. Tradition says that having acquired the means, he pur­ chased a wagon and team, and for a time was engaged in carrying provisions for the army under General Braddock. He must therefore come to America about 1754-55. He came to that part of Augusta County, Virginia, which is now Rockbridge County, previous to, or in the early part of 1757, as there is a land indenture endorsed, "from Samuel Mc­ Dowell and Mary, his wife, to James McGavock, and proven in open court, 17 March, 17 57 ; signed, John Madison, Cl'k." This is among the papers at old Fort Chiswell. In 17 60, he married Mary Cloyd, daughter of David and Margaret (Campbell) Cloyd. From Rockbridge, he removed to what was then Fincastle County, Va., now Wythe, and settled at Fort Chiswell, which was then em­ braced in a large body of land purchased by him, and is still in the possession of some of his descendants.

281 James McGavock came from that remarkable people, the Scotch-Irish, who have done so much for the liberties of this country, and for education generally, and the. dis­ semination of Presbyterian principles, especially in Penn­ sylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. As an Old-countryman, he understood the solid value of land, and wishing to found a family with landed estates, was eminently successful. By his aptitude for business, and his industry and energy, he acquired large and valuable bodies of land. With credit to himself, and general satisfaction to the public, he filled several important offices of honor and trust. He was a magistrate, when that office was entrusted to men fitted for the responsible duties of the place. He must have held the office of Commissary, being entrusted with the dis­ posal of provisions for the Continental Army, as a receipt now in the possession of his descendants at Fort Chiswell will show. He was one of a committee of fifteen prominent citizens of Fincastle Co., Va., to draft resolutions expressive of the privileges and rights they, as free men, possessed, and declar­ ing their determination "never to surrender those rights to any power on earth but at the expense of their lives." These resolutions were adopted Jan. 20, 1775, four months before the Mecklenburg, N. C., declaration. They were forwarded to the Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, and can now be seen in the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. * * * * * CUSTER FAMILY. ( Milo Custer.) The family name of Custer is of Teutonic origin, and is spelled in various ways: Kuster, Coster, Koster, &c, &c. The English meaning of the name is "Sacristan," and the family or individual ,vho first used this surname, probably held that office in some Catholic church in western Gerrr1any or Holland, in mediaeval times.

282 The first instance of the use of this name in any form so far as I have been able to learn, was that of Laurens Coster, the reputed inventor of printing in Haarlem, Holland, A. D. 1370-1440. In the year 1535, during the Inquisition, Pieter Koster, a Mennonite preacher who had formerly been sacristan of what was then the Roman Catholic Church of Oost, Zaan­ dam, Holland, was condemned by the Roman Catholic authorities, and executed at Amsterdam, because of his reli­ gious beliefs. In the year 1684, Paul_ Kuster, a farmer and mason by occupation, his wife Gertrude Streypers, a native of Kalden­ kirchen, in the Rhineland, with their children, Arnold, Her­ manus, Johannes, and Eliza, emigrated from Crefeld, Ger­ many, along with 28 other emigrant families of that vicinity, and settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania. These families formed the two German colonies who settled at Germantown. They were Mennonites, and were under the leadership of their pastor and teacher, Franz Daniel Pastorius. The church organization founded by these German pioneer-emigrants, is still in existence, and its records contain an entry of the attendance at communion of Arnold and Hermanus Kuster, May 23, 1708. Paul Kuster married Gertrude Streypers. Child: Her­ manus, born 1660. He married Isabella Conrad. Child, Peter Custer, who ~as married (name of wife not given,) and they had Jacob Kuster, about 17 40. In 17 60 he mar­ ried Elizabeth Van Fossen, and had Peter Kuster, who was born November 20, 1761, and died at Skippack, April 27, 1832. He married Rebecca Vanderslice, who was born March 7, 1761, and died May 16, 1844. This couple is buried at Trappe. Their children were: Jacob Custer, born Feb­ ruary 5, 1790; Elizabeth, born 1792, died 1874. She mar­ ried -- Yerkes; Samuel, born 1794, died 1858; Nancy, born 1796, died 1879. She married -- Gross; Anthony Vanderslice Custer, born 1802, died 1886.

283 SMEDLEY FAMILY. Joseph Pennell Smedley, born Edgmont Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1827, and died in Upper Uwchlan, Chester County, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1872. He is buried at Middletown Meeting House Cemetery. He was married in Philadelphia, March 11, 1867, to Emma Winner, daughter of John and Mary {Van­ derslice) Winner. She was born September 19, 1846. (Pennsylvania in the Revolution.) Daniel Van der Sluis re-enlisted in the First Pennsyl­ vania, private, on the roll of Captain Robert Cluggage's Company. Enlisted in Bedford County, 1775. November 15, 1776. Daniel Vanderslice re-enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment in Colonel William Thompson's Batallion of Riflemen, Captain Robert Clug­ gage's Company. { Bean's History of Montgomery County, Pennsyl­ vania.) "Amongst the constables serving was Jacob Vander­ slice." ( Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XLV.) In 1777 there was on file the first complete roster of the Second Troop of Light Dragoons, and the name of Thomas Vanderslice was in the list. ( Pennsylvania Archives, Volumes XXIII and XXVI.) August 20, 1794, Daniel Vanderslice had 400 acres of land in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. ( Phoenixville and the Vicinity, by Samuel Penny­ packer.) He describes the old · homestead owned by John Van­ derslice, on the crest of the hill above French Creek Dam.

284 John V andersl~ce was President of the meeting that had for its objective the incorporation of the village of Phoenix­ ville. In the list of Burgesses : John Vanderslice, 1849, 1854, 1855. Addison S. Vanderslice, 1858-62 inclusive: 1865-6; 1870-2 inclusive. During the Civil War, John Vanderslice was among those who charged no · rent for the tenants where the head of the family was in the army. (Rupps 30,000 Names, p. 435.) Naturalized Henrich Pannebecker from Berks County. He had 150 acres in Perkiomen and Skippack Townships, Philadelphia County in 1734, and Anthony V andcrslice has 100 acres in Providence Township. * * * * * ( Original Paper in Pension Bureau, Interior Building, Washington, D. C.) District of Pennsylvania, Iss Northumberland County, Be it remembered that on the Fifteenth day of June Anno Domini, One thousand and eight hundred and twenty, 1820, Before me, Jacob Gearhart esquire, one of the asso"." ciate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County afsd in the district aforesaid, Personally appeared Henry Vanderslice, aged 65 years. He enlisted on January 10, 1776, (at the house of Bem­ jamin Tollman, near Berks County, Pennsylvania,) in the company commanded by Captn John Spohn, of the 5th Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. Magaw. He continued in said company until November 16, 1776, when he was taken prisoner at Ft. Washington, from thence to New York, and confined in what was then called Newbride-well, for about nvo months subsequent to which

285 was let go on parole of honor, (by which deponent got no discharge.) Was at battles of Long Island and Fort Wash­ ington, aforesaid. He had enlisted for one year. ( Pension granted.) * * * * * January 2, 1855. Mary Bradley, aged 71, of Philadelphia, daughter of Jacob Vanderslice, who was born in Reading, 7 February, 1757, entered the army at Reading 1775, for the term of the war. He was Sergeant in the 5th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental line of the Revolutionary War, and was in the battles of Paoli, Brandywine, Red Bank, and Germantown. He was taken prisoner. He was orderly for the camp at Morristown, New Jersey, and his orderly ..book is now in the possession of the deponent. ( Here follows a brief summary of the orderly book, and among other things is mentioned the trial of Benedict Arnold.) Jacob Vanderslice was commissioned Captain in the Militia of Pennsylvania, and continued in the actual service of the United States as Captain of the Company aforesaid, until peace was made and the companies disbanded. After the War, he continued as Captain for several years, and was appointed Clerk of the Philadelphia County Court. He resided in Philadelphia at the time of his death, January 10, 1815. Jacob Vanderslice married Mary Barge, in Reading, November 8, 177 5. She died in Philadelphia, April 20, 1839, and is buried in the cemetery of the Dutch Presby­ terian Church, in Philadelphia. Their children now living are Mary Bradley, Susanna Dodds, Jacob, and John.

286 A list of the children of this union : Catharine, 177 6, 1854, married McCully. Henry, 1778, 1827, Andrew, 1780, 1831, Mary, 1784, married Bradley. Susanna, 1786, married Dobbs. Barge, 1788, 1843. Jacob, 1789, John, 1794, The commission of Jacob Vanderslice as Captain, is dated May 10, 1780. ( Pension granted.)

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INDEX

PART I: VANDERSLICES IN AMERICA

VANDERSLICE, VANDERSLICE, Abraham H. ( 5) 41, 50. Berdella (6) 51, 67. Ada (7) 55, 75. Bertha Elizabeth (8) 71. Adolph ( 7) 56, 78. Bessie ( 8) 69. Adrian (2) 26. Beula Esla ( 8) 75. Alexander ( 5) 38. Alice Mahala ( 6) 50, 63. Allie (7) 57. Caleb (6) 51. Amelia ( 6) 44. Carrie E. (6) 49. Andrew ( 5) 35. Catharine ( 4) 30. Angie ( 8) 78. Catharine ( 6) 51. Ann (3) 28, 31. Catharine (8) 76. Ann Eliza (6) 49, 61. Catherine ( 3) 28. Ann E1izaheth ( 5) 38. Catherine ( 4) 29. Ann Elizabeth ( 6) 46. Catherine ('5) 35. Anna (2), 27. Catherine ( 5) 36. Anna (3) 27, 29. Charles ( 5) 38. Anna (6) 45. Charles (5) 41, 51. Anna (6) 48. Charles A. (6) 49. Anna Llewellyn ( 7) 52, 68. Charles Augustus (7) 52. Anna M. (8) 71, 91. Charles Howard ( 7) 58. Anne (5) 34. Charles Maus (7) 55, 76. Anne M. (6) 44. Charles Thomas ( 8) 76. Annie Louisa ( 6) 50. Clarence (8) 69, 89. Annie M. ( 7) 54, 72. Anthony ( 2) 26, 223. Daniel ( 4) 30, 35. Anthony ( 4) 30. Daniel (5) 37. Anthony ( 5) 40. Daniel ( 7) 56. Anthony, Jr. (3) 28, 31, 230. Daniel ( 7) 58. Anthony, III ( 4) 32, 40. · Daniel ( 7) 58. Arabella Mitchell ( 7) 53, 70. Daniel, Jr. (5) 36, 45, 165, 236. Arnold ( 2) 26. Daniel, III. (6) 46, 57, 216. Asa Riney ( 8) 78. Daniel C. (6) 49. Augustus ( 5) 35. David ( 9) 91. Augustus ( 6) 44. Debbie ( 4) 29. Augustus (7) 56. Deborah Lavina (5) 39, 47. Augustus M., Dr. (7) 54, 71. Della May (7) 58. Augustus Muhlenberg, Jr., Dr. (8) Dorothy ( 8) 78. 71, 91. Dwight (8) 77. Austin (9) 91. Earl Paul ( 8) 72. Barge (5)- 35. Edith ( 8) 69. Bell (7) 58. Edward ( 5) 34, 44. Benjamin ( 6) 44, 52, 216. Edward ('5) 38, 46. Benjamin Franklin (7) 52. Edward (9) 97. VANDERSLICE, VANDERSLICE, Edward M. (8) 74. Harry ( 8) 68. Edward Richardson ( 7) 52. Harry (9) 89. Edward Schulze (6) 47. Harry B. (7) 56, 77. Edwin Rank, Dr. (8) 71, 91. Harry Disston (8) 69, 89. Effie Medora ( 8) 75. Harry M. (8) 76. Eleanor Jane (8) 71. Helena Maus (8) 77. Elencha (2) 27. Helene (7) 55, 76. Elihu Williams (8) 75. Henry (2) 26. Elizabeth (5) 40, 49. Henry (3) 28, 29, 124, 127, 188. Elizabeth (7) 54, 71. Henry ( 5) 35. Elizabeth Amelia ( 7) 55, 74. Henry (5) 37. Elizabeth Elmira ( 7) 53. Henry ( 5) 38. Elizabeth Pawling (7) 52. Henry, Jr. (4) 30. Ella Ursilla (7) 53, 68. Henry H. (5) 40, 49. Ellen S. (8) 77. Henry H., Jr. (6) 49, 62. Ellen Saylor (7) 53. Henry Muhlenberg (6) 47. Elwood ( 7) 54. Herbert Eugene ( 7) 53. Emma (5) 39. Hermine ( 6) 48. Emma An1anda ( 6) 50, 64. Horace Kenneth (8) 75. Emmett C. (8) 79, 98. Howard ( 7) 56, 3, 5. Ernest Milam ( 8) 73, 95. Howard Augustus ( 8) 72, 92. Esther ( 5) 40, 48. Howard Earl (10) 102. Ethel (8) 69. Howard J. (8) 78. Ethel Louella (8) 79, 98. Howard Roy ( 8) 71, 92. Ettie ( 7) 58. Hugh McGavock (8) 74. Eulah May ( 9) 95. Eva (3) 28. Eva Elizabeth (8) 68 .. Ida Lane ( 7) 54. Evalyn Louise ( 9) 89. Irma H. (8) 79, 98. Isaac ( 7) 54. Felix Garmany (8) 75. Isabel Little ( 8) 68. Frances Anne ( 7) '55, 72. Frank Rauch (8) 71, 91. J. Stanley (9) 91. Franklin P. (7) 56, 77. Jacob (3) 27, 29. Fred Clever ( 8) 76. Jacob ( 4) 30, 35. Jacob (5) 35, 44. George ( 4) 32. Jacob (5) 35, 47. George (5) 37. Jacob, Jr. (6) 45. George ( 5) 38. James (5) 38. George Irwin ( 6) 50. James (7) 55, 74. George Jackson ( 8) 77. James Buchanan ( 6) 50, 64. George Washington ( 4) 30, 38. James Edward (7) 57. George Washington ( 7) 52. James F. (7} 64. Gertrude Schrack ( 7) 53, 70. James Hugh (8) 74. James Johnson ( 6) 46, 58. James :McCreight ( 8) 71. Hannah (5) 37. James Putnam ( 10) 102. Hannah ( 6) 45. James Warren, Dr. ( 8) 72. Hannah Villera ( 6) · 50, 64. Jane M. (7) 54. Harriet Lane ( 7) 52. Jeanette ( 6) 48. Harry ( 7) 62. Johannes (2) 26, 27. VANDERSLICE, VANDERSLICE, John (3) 27. Lacy (7) 55. John ( 4) 29. Lillie Ellen (8) 74. John ( 4) 30, 37. Lou Ann ( 8) 73, 95. John (4) 32, 40. Louisa (7) 55, 75. John ('5) 34. Louisa Miranda (7) 53, 69. John (5) 35. Louise ( 7) 55. John (5) 37. Lucinda ( 6) '51. John (5) 38. Luella F:rances ( 8) 72. John (5) 40. Lulu A. (8) 69. John (6) 45. Luzetta (8) 76. John (7) 55, 73. Lydianna (7) 52. John (7) 58. John C. (9) 98. l\ilabel ( 8) 69. John Daniel (5) 39. Marcus ( 5) 34. John F. (6) 49. Marcus (8) 69. John Frederick (9) 97. l\ilarcus (Lafayette) Lawrence ( 6) John Henri ( 5) 36. 44, 53. John Henry ( 6) 45. Margaret ( 7) 58. John Henry ( 9) 92, 102. Margaret ( 4) 30, 37. John Henry, Jr. (10) 102. Margaret Ann (6) 46, 57. John Jacob (8) 71. Margaret Ann ( 7) 53. John Livezey (9) 89. Margaret B. (7) 5, 56, 79. John M. (9) 91. Margaret Louise ( 10) 102. John 'Mattie (8) 69, 89. Maria (5) 37. John Mitchell (7) 53, 69, 215. :Maria ( 5) 38. John Mitchell (8) 69, 89. Marie Ethel (7) 64. John Mitchell, Jr. ( 9) 89. Marion (8) 69. John S. (M. D.) (6) 44, 54. Marjorie ( 8) 78. John Shannon ( 7) 54, 72. Mary (3) 27. John Thomas (8) 79, 98. Mary (5) 35, 109. John Thomas, Jr. (9) 98. 1\1:ary ( 5) 35. John Van Rensslaer ( 6) 44. 1\-fory (5) 41, 51. John Van Rensslaer ( 7) 52. Mary (7) 54, 70. John William (7) 56, 78, 5. Mary ( 7) 55, 73. John William (7) '58. Mary (8) 77. Jordan (7) 58. l\:lary Anne ( 8) 74. Joseph ( 4) 30. l\iary Janette ( 6) 47. Joseph (5) 37. Joseph ( 6) 45. Mary Lane ( 6) 44, 54. Joseph Henry ( 5) 39. Mary Matilda ( 6) 50. Joseph P. (7) 55. Mary Virginia ( 6) 49. Joseph R. (7) 64. :Martha Clifford ( 8) 75. Joseph Richardson ( 5) 34, 45. :Maud (8) 68. May (7) 58. Melissa Catherine ( 6) 46. Karl Shannon ( 9) 91. Mida A. (8) 79. Kate M. (7) 58. Milton (7) 58. Katherine J. R. ( 5) 39. :Milton T. ( 6) 48. Kingsley ( 8) 77. I\1:yra (9) 92, 102. VANDERSLICE, VANDERSLICE, Nancy Alma (8) 75. T. Irvin (8) 78. Nannie (7) 58. Tacy (6) 44. Nannie ( 7) 55, 75. Tacy (6) 44. Nellie (7) 57. Tacy (6) 45. Nellie Maus (8) 76. Tacy (7) 56, 78. Nona (8) 77. Thaddeus Lawrence (7) 53, 68. Theodore (8) 78. Olive Delle ( 8) 75. Olivia Cecelia (8) 69, 89. Th~dore Pennypacker ( 7) 53, 69. Theodore Pennypacker (9) 89. Theodore Pennypacker, Jr. (8) 69. Raymond ( 9) 92. Thomas ( 4) 29, 34. Rebecca ( 4) 31, 40. Thomas ( 5) 34. Rebecca ( 6) 45. Rebecca (7) 55, 76. Thomas ( 5) 38. Rebecca A. ( 6) 44. Thomas ( 6) 44. Rebecca Jane ( 9) 91. Thomas ( 7) 58. Rebecca K. (5) 39. Thomas Henry (7) 57. Rebecca Llewellyn ( 7) 52. Thomas Jefferson ( 5) 36. Regina K. ( 7) 64. Thomas Jefferson ( 6) 45, 55. Richardson ( 6) 44, 54. Thomas Jefferson ( 6) 45, 56. Rinor ( 3) 27. Thomas Jefferson, Jr. (7) 56, 76. Reynier (Vander Sluyse) (1) 26, Thomas Jefferson (8) 79, 97. 219. Thomas Jefferson, Jr. (9) 97. Robert (7) 55, 75. Robert Clinton ( 7) 57. Thomas Llewellyn (7) '52, 67. Robert Foster (8) 76. Thomas M. ( 7) 55. Robert Walker ( 8) 74. Thomas Robert ( 5) 38. Roy (8) 78. Rozelle Warren ( 8} 75. Valeria (6) 51, 67. Russell M. (7) 56, 79. Vernon (8) 78, 96. Ruth DeArmond ( 9) 92, 102. Ruth E. (8) 79. Vernon Francis (9) 97. Vesta Rozelle ( 8) 75. Sally ( 7) 55. Virginia ( 6) 51. Samuel (5) 41. Samuel Forrest ( 8) 75. Walter J. (8) 72. Samuel Irvin ( 7) 5, 56, 78, 239. Walter James (10) 102. Samuel Lane ( 6) 44, 54. Willard Allen ( 8) 75. Sara (5) 41, 50. Willia I. (8) 79. Sarah (6) 51, 67. William ( 5) 38. Sarah (7) 56, 77. William ( 7) 55, 74. Sarah ( 7) 58. William Dunlevy ( 10) 102. Sarah E. ( 6) 49, 61. William Henry ( 6) 49. Sarah Elizabeth ( 6) 50, 65. William Henry (7) 53. Sarah M. A. (5) 37, 46. William Hoyle (8) 71. Scott B. (8) 78. William K. (5) 39, 47. Sophia ( 4) 30, 36. William T. Barry ( 6) 45, 58. Sophia (6) 47. Winnie (7) 58. Stanley (8) 69. Stephen 0. (7) '52. Susanna ( 5) 35. Zoe Hart (8) 77. PART II: OTHER NAMES

Abrams, Catherine Cecil 97. Austin, Elizabeth 91. William John 97. Baer, Harvey Glenn (9) 99. Adams, ___,.-- 42. Harvey J. 99. Barbara 41. Jacob T. (9) 99. Dora M. 75. Maud Irene ( 9) 99. John 75. Ruth Emma ( 9) 99. Lillian 76. Bader, Louise 90. Addams, William 32. Baker, Alice 96. Alexander, Louisa 69. Elmer 58. Allen, Rev. Mr. 44. Barge, Mary 35. Allston, Sally F. 72. Barringer, N. Guy 79. Altenderfer, Charles Chester {7) 67. Bartman, Alverda George 67. Harry ( 8) 84. Andrews, Augustus ( 8) 71. John H. 84. Ella (8) 71. Mary D. (8) 84. Frank ( 8) 71. Russell ( 8) 84. Jackson 71. Baum, Daniel 41. Jane (8) 71. John (8) 71. Bechtel, Chas. W. (8) 85. Richard ( 8) 71. Earl P. (8) 85. Wilson ( 8) 71. Elizabeth ( 7) 62. Emma D. (7) 62, 84. Anna (Reynier) ------26. Frank (7) 62. Archbald, Jean 101. Hannah G. (8) 85. Ashton, Harriet M. B. 47, 60. Henry D. 62. Atkinson, D. S. 93. Henry Ernest ( 8) 85. Henry H. ( 7) 62, 85. Auer, Anthony 66. Irvin ( 7) 62. Dorothy (7) 66. Kate D. (7) 62, 84. Grace Roberts (7) 66. Leland P. (8) 84. Viola ( 7) 66. Mamie ( 7) 62. Auman, Annie Valeria ( 7) 64. Mary G. (8) 85. Bartley ( 7) 64. Mildred P. ( 8) 84. Donald Sebastian ( 8) 86. Oliver (7) 62, 84. Frank 64. Bell, ______77. Franklin Alvin (8) 87. Frederick Paul ( 8) 87. Berkebile, Adam G. ( 8) 82. George Washington ( 8) 87. Ambrose ( 8) 82. Gertrude ( 7) 64. Clarence ( 8) 82. Hannah ( 7) 64. Daniel ( 7) 60, 82. Harriet ( 7) 64, 87. Eliza Ann (7) 60, 81. Harvey ( 7) 64, 87. Emma (7) 59. John J. (7). 64, 86. Grace (8) 82. Leonard Franklin (8) 87. Isaac 59. Mary Emma ( 7) 64, 87. Isaac ( 7) 60, 82. Mary Sarah (8) 87. James (8) 82. Roy Frederick ( 8) 87. Jeremiah (7) 60. Sallie J. (7) 64. Lavina (7) 60, 81. Sue Marguerite ( 8) 87. Lucinda ( 7) 60, 81. Philip (7) 60. Breisch, Erwin E. 65. Rose (7) 60. Briggs, Chas. Blaine 97. Thelma La Verne 103. Chas. Blaine, Jr. (9) 97. William R. ( 8) 82. Mary Ellen ( 9) 97. Berkey, Alvin (8) 83, 102. Samuel 97. Amos (7) 59, 82. Brown, Fred C. 79. Billie (9) 101. Brumbach, Mary 48. Clyde ( 8) 83. Cora (9) 101. Brumbacker, Paul 104. Curtis (9) 101. Robert Ernest ( 10) 104. Grant ( 9) 101. Brunner, Elijah K. 60. Hazel (9) 101. Mary Elizabeth (7) 61. Howard (9) 101. Buchanan, ______81. Jacob 59. James (8) 81. John (7) 59. Bucher, Hannah M. 86. John (8) 83, 101. Jc,seph (7) 59. Bucknell, Hattie 47. Mahlon (7) 59. Mary Franciscus 47, 60. Mahlon (8) 83, 101. William 47, 60. Malinda (7) 59. Buckwalter, Mary 54. Margaret ( 9) 101. Burnish, Harry ( 7) 67. Mary (7) '.59, 82. John 67. Mary A. (8) 83, 101. Caldwallader, Mary Jane 89. Philip (9) 101. Robert ( 9) 102. Calder, Howard L. 60. Roy (8) 83, 101. Calder, Joshua Russell ( 8) 83. Mildred Virginia 102. Urias (7) 59. Campbell, Mary ( 5) 34. Verna (9) 101. Thomas 34. William (7) 59. Thomas ( 5) 34. Birchfield, Sarah Jane 56. Carrol, Joanna Judson 94. Birk, Sarah 79. Simpson 94. Bisbing, Myrtle 100. Cassel, Anna Myrtle (7) 65. Boice, Etta 89. Eulalia (7) 65, 88. Bolling, Addie 73. Henry 65. Bomboy, Bessie (8) 77. Lenora ( 7) 65. David 77_ Castle, Ernest 68. Fred (8) 77. Chapin, Merrill L. Homer (8) 77. Chapman, Elizabeth 68. Loretta ( 8) 77. Ned (8) 77. Sarah Ann 68. Bortz, David 50. Cheatham, Margaret Ann 74. Hannah K. 50. Christien, Catherine 37. Bossert, Margaret 65. Gottlieb 37. Bowman, ______41. Clapp, Margaret 47. Alverda 81. Clark, Alvin Earl ( 9) 100, 103. Bradley, ______35. Chas. Geisel ( 9) 100, 103. Brazier, Chas. H. 70. Chas. Geisel, Jr. ( 10) 103. Constance (9) 91. Clarence Eugene (9) 100. George Marcus ( 8) 70. Clifford Kenneth ( 9) 100. Laurence Thurston ( 8) 70, 91. Harry Clammer (9) 100. Ida Myrtle ( 9) 100. - DeLanghter, Benjamin 75. Joshua 100. Nannie Hattie (8) 75. Kathryn Lois ( 9) 100. Derr, Samuel 33. Lillian Elaine ( 10) 103. Detra, ______44. Marian Wiltbank 83. Mary Rachel (9) 100. Detweiler, Albert (7) 62. Pearl Marie (9) 100. Amos 49. Robert James ( 9) 100. Anthony ( 6) 49. Ruth Elaine ( 9) 100. Catharine ( 7) 63. W. Godell 83. Chas. William (7) 63, 85. Clemens, Theodore 70. Chas. William Jr. (8) 85. Elizabeth (8) 70, 89. David R. (7) 63. Elsie ( 7) 62, 85. Clemmons, Alfred Faring (7) 67. Florence May (7) 63. Anna Pearl (7) 67. Frank (6) 50, 63. Charles 67. Frank R. (7) 63. Charles Lewis (7) 67. J. Warren (7) 63. Cora Myrtle (7) 67. John (6) 50, 62. Elizabeth G. (7) 67. Kate (6) 49. Essie Virginia ( 7) 67, 88. Lulu ( 7) 62, 85. James (7) 67. Martin ( 6) 50_ Jennie (7) 67. Mary ( 6) 49, 62. Margaret 36. Mary Lizzie ( 7) 63. Mildred May ( 7) 67. Mary P. (7) 62. Coate, Michael 38. Milton Vanderslice ( 6) 50, 63. Cole, Thomas 50. Sarah ( 6) 49. Warren (6) 49. Connett: Francis 98. Detwiler, Esther 41. Covington, Annie Mary ( 9) 93. John Weakley ( 9) 93. Diefender, Jennie Alice 87. Joseph 93. Dobson, Pearl 93. Craiger, John 68. William 93. Sherman M. (8) 68. Downing, Caroline 69. Crissey, Charles 100. Drake, Laura_ M. 77. Clyde Durward ( 9) 100. Drummond, Geo. W. 75. Hazel Edna ( 9) 100. James Harvie ( 8) 75. Mildred Mae (9) 100, 103. Dunlap, Thurlow 99. Critchfield, Harding 46. Dunlevy, Luella Juliette 72. Cummings, Elizabeth 38. Dunlop, Mary Salina 75. Custer, Anna May ( 6) 48, 60. Anthony ( 6) 48. Edwards, Dwight 77. Anthony Vanderslice ( 5) 40, 48. Eisenhart, Geo. H. 68. Catherine ( 6) 48. Ennis, ______57. Elizabeth ( 5) 40. Jacob (5) 40. Ent, Catherine 55, 76. Louisa ( 6) 48. Ermentrout, Samuel 37. Matthias Brumbach ( 6) 48. Ettinger, Elsie 62. Nancy ('5) 40. Peter 32, 40. Evans, Philip 32. S"amuel ( 5) 40. Fallis, Nettie 79. Davidson, Franklin 69. Faust, Martha 81. Fegely, Henry Stanley (7) 65. Garten, Eleanor Delight (9) 91. Nelson P. (7) 65. William M. 91. Niobe (7) 65. Gates, ______52. Sadie June ( 7) 65. Geisel, Bertha Estelle ( 8) 82, 100. Felty, John F. 38. Cora Minerva ( 8) 82, 100. Mary (9) 100. Fidler, Catherine Lohr (6) 46. Myrtle l\fildred (8) 82. Daniel M. 46. Edward (8) 81. · Paul (9) 100. Elvina ( 6) 46. Pearl Lois (8) 82, 100. 9) Ehina (7) 59. Regretla { 100. Eliza (6) 46, 59. Simon 82. Eliza (7) 59. William Emery ( 8) 82, 100. William Emery, Jr. (9) 100. Elizabeth (7) 59. Frank (8) SL Geist, Edna ( 8) 87. Harriet ( 6) 46, 59. Edwin L. 87. Harry (8) 81. Grant (8) 87. Henry (7) 59. Hattie Ursilla (8) 87. James (7) 59, 81. Ralph Edwin (8) 87. John (7) 59. Sarah May (8) 87. John Eli (6) 46, 58. Judson (8) 81. Gennaria, C. Kenneth ( 8) 85. Henry B. (8) 85. LaW!"ence ( 8) 81. Levi Jerome H. 85. (6) 46. Kathryn Mabel (SY 81. M. ( 8) 85. Maria A. ( 6) 46, 59. Myrtle ( 8) 85. Mary (7) 59. Sarah H. 85. Mary (8) 81. Gemant, Harriet 42. Noah (7) 59. Gilbert, John Albert 42. Sarah (7) 59, 80. Margaret 42. Thomas ( 7) 59, 81. Samuel 42. Viola ( 8) 81. Susan 42. Fisher, Jacob 33. Gillen Bessie 99. Flinn, Minnie Elizabeth 56. Ginn Lena 83. William D. 56. Gla!;ismoyer, Sarah Ann 51. Ford, Ella 63. Gotwaltz, Daniel Vanderslice {6) 49. Fox, Martha '56. Elizabeth (6) 49, 61. Talitha 74. Jacob 48. Frances, (Johannes) ______27, 221. Jacob Vanderslice (6) 49. Franklin Vanderslice ( 6) 48. Francis, Ann 29. Griesmier, Jacob 33. Thomas 29. John 33. Catherine 29. Griswold, Beatrice 68. Fullerton, Benjamin 44. Gross, Christian 40. Gardner, Dorothea 43. Richard Clair ( 10) 103. Grundlock, Lottie M. 86. Robert Blaine ( 10) 103. Guldin, Abraham 33. William 103. Haas, Anna ( 5) 34. Garges, Jacob 40. John (5) 34. Garmany, Alice M. 75. John 34. Dr. James 75. Hahn, Katherine 82. Halbert, Herbert ( 9) 94. Henson, Ahner H. 73. Homer ( 9 f 94. Ahner Hilton ( 8) 73, 94. John A. 94. Carol Elvira ( 8) 73. James Thomas 94. Cora B. Alice ( 9) 95. Sallie E. ( 9) 94. Ernest ( 9) 94. Haller, Dorothy Miriam ( 9) 90. Fannie Lou (9) 94. Franklin Pierce 70. Frances Ellen f 8) 73, 94. Franklin Pierce Jr. (8) 70, 90. George Hilton ( 9) 94. Franklin Pierce III (9) 90. George Washington ( 8) 73. Gertrude Laura ( 9) 91. James Robert ( 8) 73. Jefferson Davis (9) 94. Lelan Mitchell ( 8) 70. Lelon Eyre (9) 90. Jerome (9) 95. Leroy Vanderslice ( 8) 70, 90. Jewell (9) 94. John Calhoun ( 8) 73. Ler~y Vanderslice Jr. (9) 90. Lows Eyre ( 8) 70, 90. Joseph Galen (9) 95. Louise ( 9) 90. Laura Lee ( 8) 73, 94. Margaret Ann (8) · 70. . Lottie Ruth ( 9) 95. Margaret Anna ( 9) 90. Martha Lee ( 9) 95. Pierce (9) 90. Mary Elizabeth ( 9) 94. Stanley Thnron (8) 70,. 90. Nancy Alice (9) 94. Stanley Thuron Jr. (9) 91. Nannie A. ( 8) 73, 95. Virginia ( 9) 90. Rachel Louisa ( 8) 73. Virginia ( 9) 90. Richard C. 73. Virginia Eyre (8) 70. Richard Carroll ( 8) 73, 94. Richard Carroll ( 9) 95. Hallman, Anna Detweiler 88.­ William Richard ( 9) 94. Hamer, · Caroline Cecelia 69. William Thomas ( 8) 73. Dr. James 69. Herbine, Peter 32. Hampt-0n, Charles A. 85. Hicks, Bernie Vancil ( 8) 80. Charles A. Jr. (8) 85. Charles Langdon ( 9) 98. Phoebe ·Jane ( 8) 85. E. 0. 80. Emily 79. Hanna, Helen Allison ( 7) 60. Roger Lee ( 8) 80, 98. Maud (7) 60. Roger Lee Jr. (9) 98. M~redith (7) 60, 83, 187. Higlit, Mary Ann 38. William Brantley 60. William Clark ( 8) 83~ Hill, Abraham ( 6) 43. Delilah (6) 44. Hancock, Catherine 46, 58. Elmore 55. Susan Francis 45, 58. Ellen ( 6) 44. Harrison, Ethel 90. Jacob (6) 43. Hartman, Effie 76. Lovera ( 6) 44. Muriel P. 91. Hartnett, Minnie 97. Rebecca ( 6) 44. Hartzelle, Grace 77. Reuben ( 6) 43. Hay, Elizabeth '54. S--amuel (6) 43. Samuel R. 43. Heister, Ann Elizabeth 33. Susan ( 6) 43. Daniel 45. Himmelberger, Laura 99. Joseph 33. Maj.-General John 45. Hiteshew, Daisy (8) 80, 99. Rebecca 45. David 80. David Franklin (8) 80. Henderson John 51. Della (8) 80. Elvina Grace ( 8) 81, 99. Samuel M. 47. George David (9) 99. William 47. Mary Louise (9) 99. William George ( 6) 4 7, 60. Thomas Cleveland (8) 81, 99. Horner, ______59. Hobson, Francis Moses 61. Mary Matilda (7) 61. Horton, ------53, 68. Anna (8) 68. Hoch, Anna ( 6) 43. Claire ( 8) 68. Elizabeth ( 6) 43. Effie ( 8) 68. Hannah ( 6) 43. Henry ( 6) 43. Houck, Samuel 43. Henry R. V. 43. Hufnagle, Daniel 71. Jacob (6) 43. John (8) 71. Maiia (6) 43. Lillian ( 8) 71. Martin ( 6) 43. Louise ( 8) 71. Maybury ( 6) 43. Richard ( 8) 71. Rebecca ( 6) 43. Hunsicker, Henry 41. Reuben ( 6) 43. Sarah 40. Samuel 43. Samuel (6) 43. Hunter, Nicholas 29. Gen. William 32, 33. Huy, C_atherine 41. Willoughby ( 6) 43. Jeffers, Martha A. 57. Holcomb, Myra (10) 103. Ruth Dearmond ( 10) 103. Johnson, Alice Brown ( 9) 92. Virginia Taylor (10) 102. Alice May (8) 86. Walter Pierce 102. Alice Maxie ( 8) 73. Annie Lorah ( 7) 63. Hollenbeck, Leora June ( 9) 98. Charles Weakley ( 9) 92. William John 98. Clifford V. ( 7) 63. William John (9) 98. Daniel Webster ( 7) 64, 86. Holsapple, Bruce (8) 82. Fannie Lou ( 8) 73, 93. Clarissa ( 8) 82. Frances Cuthbert- (9) 92. Clyde (8) 82. Harriet Ann ( 7) 63, 86. Edmund 81. Izora Wilkes ( 9) 92. Guy (8) 81, 99. James K. (8) 72, 92. Guy Jr. (9) 99. James Kerney ( 9) 92. Leon (8) 81. John Abraham (7) 63, 86. Leslie ( 8) 82. John M. 63. Louise (9) 99. John Weakley ( 8) 73, 93. Russell ( 8) 82. Karl Eugene (8) 86. Sidney (8) 81. Lydia M. (7) 63. Honeycutt, Myrtle 98. Margaret Jane (7) 64. Mary Degrafienried ( 8) 73, 93. Hoppenheimer, Catherine 42. Nancy V. (8) 73, 92. Jacob 42. Paul Elmo (7) 64, 86. Hopper, Anna E. (6) 47. Spencer R. ( 8) 86. Harriet Bucknell ( 7) 60. Victor Leroy (8) 86. Harry Boardman ( 7) 60. William Joseph ( 8) 72. Harry S. (6) 47. William Weakley 72. Laura Storrs ( 7) 60. William Weakley ( 9) 93. Margaret Bucknell ( 7) 60. Williamson ( 9) 92. Marie Louise ( 7) 60. Willie Dood ( 8) 73, 93. Mary Vanderslice (6) 47, 60. Johnston, ______48. Jones, Emily Ann 49. Livezey, Florence 89. Harris 38. Hiram 89. Mary 42. Llewellyn, Lydia 52, 216. Mary 101. Lloyd, Winifred 78. Jordan, Fannie Lou ( 9) 93. Lockard, Alex T. 76. James Weakley (9) 93. Lohr, ______81. · Pleasant 93. William T. 93. Austin 81. William T. (9) 93. Catharine 58. Jonas (8) 81. Kaenter, Leo 102. Mary Virginia (10) 102. Long, Esther 80. Richard J. ( 10) 102. Loughlin, Evalyn 89. Kahler, Jane Laucks (10) 103. Ludwig, Demetrius Thomas 99. Mary Ann (10) 103. May (9) 99. Paul M. 103. Violet (9) 99. Kauffman, George 33. McClister, Elizabeth 90. Kelly, John 29. McClellan, Maxwell S. 57. Kester, Edith (8) 78. Mc Cready, Harry A. 98. Martha ( 8) 78. Marian L. ( 9) 98. Roscoe ( 8) 78. Mc Cright, Jane 54. William 78. McCulty, ------35. Kistler, Byron Clees (8) 76. Mc Gavock, Hugh 54. Frank (8) 76, 96. Nancy M. 54. John 76. Nona, (9) 96. l\lc Intyre, Martha 101. Warren (8) 76. MacClement, Thomas 39. Wilbur (8) 76. MacFerran, Irwin 67. Wilbur (9) 96. l\facKubin, Chas. C. 63. Kitselman, ______52. Knabb, ______41. Madsen, Ella 90. Daniel 33. Maillard, ------31, 39. Ann (5) 39. Krissinger, Ella K. 66. Harmon (5) 39. Krupp, Isaac 50. Henry (5) 39. Large, Albert L. 67. Mary (5) 39. Lee, Geo. F., Jr. 86. Samuel (5) 39. Lehman, Alton (9) 101. Marquette~ Sarah Katharine 63. Edna (9) 101, 104. Massey, Mary 34. James (9) 101, 103. Mather, Cotton 69. Marian (9) 101. Richard ( 10) 103. Matthews, Solomon 29. Sylvester 101. Mauner, Carl 48. Wilmer (9) 101. Maus, Chas. 55. Leidy, Ann 77. Helen C. 55. Ella M. 62. Philip 55. Helene (8) 76. l\'layer, Karl F. 67. North 76. MeeKs, Hester 39. Leiss, Henry 32. l\ileers, Leora Rebecca 79. Lickfield, Kathryn 69. Milam, Leake 73. Lindstrom, Viola 102. Mattie 73. Miller, Eliza Jane 59, 82. Ott, Otto 82. Helen Lois ( 8) 88. Owens, Rev. Mr. 35, 109. Julia 41. Pace, Beulah Wells (8) 84. Robert Curtis (8) 88. Charles A. 84. Sarah Ann 74. Walter 88. Page, Annie Louise ( 9) 92. Wayne E. (8) 88. Frederick 92. Joseph Johnson ( 9) 92. Milnor, Rev. Chas. E. 47. Lela, Abernathy ( 9) 92. Dr. Wm. Henry 47. Mabel 57. Mitchell, Sara 44. Ruth (9) 92. Margaret 53. Stokely 92. Molineaux, Amelia 58. William, .Stokely ( 9) 92. Monnett, Allen Elbert ( 9) 97. Palmer, Nora 72. Howard Norman ( 9) 97. Pannebecker, Elizabeth 31. John E. 97. Martha 28. John Robert (9) 97. Parker, Amanda Jane 58. Margaret Jane ( 9) 97. Martha 56. Norman Nash 97. Paul, Arthur 90. · Moore. Atha Hortense (8) 79. 97. Eleanor Vanderslice ( 9) 90. (8) 97. Bessie 791 James F olsam ( 9) 90. Jennie 78. Kenneth Ecclos ( 9) 90. Thomas H. 79. Remsen 0. (9) 90. Morgan, Helen 81. Pawling, Elizabeth 44. Moyer, Augustus 51. Peale, Mabel 83. Muhlenberg, Henry M. 46. Pearson, Gladys 98. Mulner, Effie 67. Peters, Isaac 28. Muma, Charles (8) 72. Phillips, Edna 97. Fannie (8) 72. Mary 96. Grace (8) 72. Mary B. 96. Henry (8) 72. Ralph 96. Herbert (8) 72. Howard ( 8) 72. Pieters, Warner 28. Jennie V. (8) 72. Place, Anna Florence ( 7) 66. Mary (8) 72. Benjamin F. (6) 51, 66. Richard ( 8) 72. Bertha (7) 65. Samuel ( 8) 72. Catherine (6) 51, 65. Solomon H. 72. Clarence G. (7) 66, 88. William ( 8) 72. Cora (7) 66. Nall, James M. 55. Elmer Bossert (7) 65, 88. Elmer Raymond ( 8) 88. Neuman, Elizabeth 40. Elsie May (8) 88. Nevling, Boynton Alanza (9) 101. Esther Ann (6) 51, 66. Wm. Edward 101. Frances (6) 51, 65. Nicholls, Bessie 86. Horace ( 6) 51, 66. Nichols, Anna Lee 95. Howard R. ( 7) 66. Ira (7) 66. Nix, Elizabeth 96. John (6) 51, 65. Susan, 95. Joshua 50, 51. Nummy, James 95. Katherine Bossert ( 7) 65. 5. A. (9) 95. Leroy Stephen ( 8) 88. O'Neill, Catharine 64. Lizzie R. ( 7) 66. :Mary Jane (6) 50. Thomas J., Jr. (8) 74, 95. Rachel R. (7) 66. Walter 0. (9) 96. Russell Hallman ( 8) 88. William Henry ( 8) 74, 96. Samuel Vanderslice (6) 51. Richardson, Capt. Joseph 34. Samuel Wilson ( 7) 66. Tacy 34. Walter Hallman ( 8) 88. Riney, Alice (8) 79. Winfield Bossert (7) 65, 88. Benjamin Spaulding (7) 57, 80. Poley, Anna 84. Bernice ( 8) 80. Elmer S. 61. Daniel S. ( 8) 80. Pound, Sarah 73. Dorothy ( 8) 80. Powers, Fannie 95. Franklin (7) 57. Phoebe Jane 62. George Daniel (7) 57, 79. William 95. Horace Sherman (7) 57, 79. Hortense (7) 57, 78. Pyatt, Jane 38. James Bezzel 57~ ~~ f Rauch, Rebecca F. 71. James Welden ( 8) 80. Reher, Anna M. 41. Jeanette N. (7) 57, 80. Valentine 32. Maggie (7) 57. Mary Elizabeth ( 7) 57. Reid, Aigil ( 9) 96. Della ( 9) 96. Ring, Susan 92. Gantt 96. Roberts, Janet 38. William 96. Thomas 38. Rennard, Elsie M. 88. Roke, John A. 36. Renwick, Amy 90. Rosenberger, Abraham 51. Reynolds, Galen A. 95. Benjamin H. (6) '51. Mary Jane 95. Frank A. (6) 51, 66. Hannah 63. Rhinehart, Dr. 42. Laura M. (7) 66. Rhoads, Annie Elmira ( 8) 86. Margaret· (7) 67. Edith Alice (8) 86. Sarah C. 66. Erma Marguerite ( 8) 86. Royer, Etta 49. Harvey Eugene ( 8) 86. John Johnson ( 8) 86. Rudgear, Andrew 48. Lydia Matilda ( 8) 86. Rudy, Elizabeth (7)- 59. William H. 86. Emma (7) 59, 80. Rhodomoyer, Gertrude 96. Michael 59. Ruth, ______41. Rice, Crawford (9) 95. Eunice (9) 96. Rutter, Isaac 37. Gordon L. ( 9) 96. Sassamanhausen, Catherine 30, 187. Bennie ( 9) 96. Yost Heinrich 30. Jessie (9) 95. Saunders, l\tlary 47. John (9) 96. John Richardson ( 8) 74. Sawyer, Jennie 97. John S. 74. Saylor, Anna 81. Julia F. (9) 96. Scheu£ ele, George E. 89. Louisa E. ( 8) 74, 96. Marion (9) 89. Mary G. (9) 96. William· ( 9) 89. Nancy S. (8) 74, 96. Schulze, Clementine 46. Oscar ( 9) 95. Robert Augustus (8) 74. Schnarre, George J. 79. Thomas J. 74. Schrack1 Susan 59. Schrock, George 29. Stevens, Dorothy C. (8) 85. Seaman, Alfred F. 67. Harry M. 85. Harry M., Jr. (8) 85. Seiss, Helen E. 47. Stone, John Glover 70. Seitzinger, ______42. Strunk, Jacob 50. George (5) 37. Lydia 50. Joseph (5 l 37. Leah (5) 37. St. Clair, Lillie V. 97. Leonard ( 5) 37. Sullivan, Ray 86. Magdalene ( 5) 37. Talbot, Ida 91. Mary (5) 37. Thomas, Elihu H. 73. Michael 37. John 76. Michael ( 5) 37. Thomas J. _(8) 76. Sarah (5) 37. Thompson, Asbury 74. Selen, Mary 57. Ella 74. Seltzer, John 33. Tilley, Louisa 78. Sarah 38. Tinker, ______52. Settle, Elizabeth 47. Tunis, Ada 85. Henry (5) 36. Turner, Lizzie 93. Jacob 36. Umstat (Umstead), Ann (4) 31. Jacob, Jr. (5) 36. Anna (4) 31. Mary (5) 36. Catharine ( 4) . 31. Shaefer, Ella Helen 102. John (4) 31. Shannon, Amelia 44. Martha ( 4) 31, 39. John 44. Mary (4) 31. Samuel (4) 31. Sharpless, Loretta A. 76. Warner (4) 31. Sherman, Catharine 48. Umstead, Esther ( 8) 87. Slater, Florence (8) 87. Florence (8) 87. Martin 87. Herman 28, 31, 39. Smith, Allison Virginia ( 9) 102. William 87. Augustus 96- Utley, Nancy 45. Avis Elizabeth 80- Van Reed, Agnes ( 4) 29. Francis Hobson ( 8) 83. Anna ( 4) 29, 33. Frederick 83_ Anna ( 5) 32, 33. Marion Stella 88_ Anna (6) 42. Oliver Hobson ( 8) 83, 102. Catharine ( 4) 29, 34. 0. P., Rev. 83. Catherine ( 5) 32. William C. 96. Catherine ( 5) 33. Worth (9) 96. Charles ( 6) 41. Snyder, ------36. Daniel ( 5) 33, 43. Spencer, Anna (7) 62. David ( 5) 33. Charles 62. David ( 6) 42. Charles H. (7) 61. Deborah ( 6) 43. Lawrence (7) 62. Elizabeth ( 5 ) 32. Margaret (7) 61. Elizabeth ( 5) 33, 43. Sarah C. (7) 61. Elizabeth ( 6) 41. W. F. (7) 61. Elizabeth ( 6) 42. Elizabeth ( 6) 43. Spiker, Howard 57. Emma (6) 42. Steinley, Frieda 103. Eve (5) 32. Gardner ( 6) 43. Von Nieda, Charles A. L. ( 8) 80, 98. Hannah ( 4) 29. George (8) 80. Hannah (5) 32. Gertrude H. ( 9) 99, 103. Hannah ( 5) 33, 43. Simon 80. Henrietta ( 6) 42. Henrietta ( 6) 42. Waite, Ida Olivia 68. Henry 29. Wann, Irvin Y. 65. Henry (5) 32, 41. Mabel C. ( 7) 65. Henry ( 5) 34, 42. Watson, Elizabeth 66. Henry (6) 42. Hiram ( 6) 42. Weaver, Anna (5) 33. Jacob (4) 29, 33. Catharine (5) 33. Jacob (6) 42. Dorthea Irene 103. Jacob (6) 43. Jacob 33. Jacob, Jr. ('5) 34, 42. Jacob (5) 33. Jacob, III ( 6) 42. Peter (5) 33. James (6)" 41. Samuel ( 5) 33. Jeremiah ( 6) 42. Susan ( 5) 33. John ( 4) 29, 32. Tama H. 97. John (5) 33, 42. Wells, Anna F. (7) 61. John (6) 41. Carrie (7) 61, 84. John (6) 42. Daniel C. (7) 61. John, Jr. (5) 41, 32. Ellen ( 8) 84. Joseph (5) 33. Emma P. (7) 61, 84. Joshua (6) 42. Ida A. (7) 61. Levi (6) 41. Inez (8) 83. Levi (6) 42. Irene (8) 83. Lewis ( 6) 42. James A. 61. Lydia (6) 42. James A. (7) 61. James U. (8) 83. Magdalena ( 5) 32. John L. (7) 61, 83. Margaret ( 4) 29. John L. (8) 83. Margaret ( 6) 42. Lucille (8) 83. Mary (4) 29. Minnie 74. Mary (5) 33. Wetherell, Hamlet A. (7) 54. Mary (6) 41. James '54. l\i1ary ( 6) 42. Mary (6) 42. Weynant, Anna 101. Rebecca ( 5) 33. White, Evalina (8) 84. Rebecca ( 5) 33, 43. Florola Vanderslice ( 8) 84. Rebecca ( 6) 42. James A. (8) 84. Rebecca ( 6) 42. Samuel 84. Samuel ( 5) 33. Wilkes, lzora 92. Samuel ( 6) 42. Williams, Alfrew ( 8 )' 88. Susan ( 6) 43. Bessie Lee ( 9) 93. Susanna ( 4) 29, 34. Clara E. 63. Susanna ( 5) 32. Clement 93. Susanna ( 5) 34. · Fannie Willie ( 9) 93. Thomas (6) 41. Guilbert G. ( 8) 88. William ( 6) 42. Gus 88. Robert 93. Veeder, Carrie J. 92. Robert Herman (9) 93. Williamson, Alice 92. Edith ( 9) 94. Charles S. 92. John 94, 95. John Anderson 94, 9, Wilson, Alexander 74. Lay (9) 95. Delilah Jane 74. Manie (9J 94. Wiltbank, Mary Elizabeth 83. Ray (9) 95. Wolhert, Mahle 83. Wanna (9) 94. Wolf, William W. 71. Yost, Charles C. (7). 64. Eva Elizabeth 32. Yocum, Moses 33. Harmon B. (7) 64. Yoder, Augustus 48. Russel P. (7) 64. Stella B. ( 7) 64, 87. York, Basil ( 9) 95. William J. 64. Clive ( 9) 94. Clyde ( 9) 94. Zacharias, Rebecca 41. Edgar ( 9) 94. Zieber, Virginia Gould 47.