TWIGS FROM FAMILY TREES or 162 Early American and Foreign Lineages of First Settlers in This Country And Their Descendants Who Were Pioneers in Northern Pennsylvania and Central New York; Together With Royal Lineages, Revolutionary Journals, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Old Timers, and A Register of the Marriages and Deaths of the Pioneers. Carefully Compiled from Authentic Sources By ED\VARD COOLBAUGH HOAGLAJ\-D Author of "Coolbaughs In America” 1Iember of The New England Historic Genealogical Society Fellow The Institute of American Genealogy Published By The Author Wyi;ox, Pa. 1 9 4 0 PREFACE "Honour thy father and thy mother; which is the drat commandment with promise.” (Eph. 6: 2). Reverence for our parents is the first of the ten commandments which touches every life. The tiny babe instinctively loves the mother who ten- derly nurtures it. As the character of the youth unfolds, he finds that recourse to his own background supplies the answer to most questions about his physical and mental endowments which have written themselves indellibly upon his subconscious mind. It takes foresight, paradoxically, to see into the present from the past. Helpful remarks touching on the origin of surnames, practical value of a family record, etc., will be found in the Preface to the Coolbaugh Genealogy. The contents of this volume are partly supplemental to the Coolbaugh Family History, and will be of great interest to possessors of one of those little records. As a contribution to the general history of northeastern Pennsylvania and central New York State, and even to the bibliography of New England, New Netherland and the mother countries across the sea, its value cannot be overestimated. The author had assembled a genealogical register of 6,000 descendants of William Coolbaugh, Patriot of the Revolution, which, with names of i:;nouses, .narentages. etc.. made UD a master-index of over 11,000 individuals. It was his cherished plan to preserve this vast fund of material in im- perishable form, available to all descendants and others interested, through the medium of the minted page. “But the best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft aglee,"' Only a handful really cared for such a record, and none could be found who would contribute toward a publication fund. As a result, the small amount received in pledges was used to finance the printing of the Coolbaugh genealogy, and the lineages of collateral sub- scribers of the first edition have been brought to completion in this volume. Any who desire to possess additional copies of this book or the Cool• baugh Family History may communicate with the compiler at Wysox, Pa. A great many marriage and death notices appear in an available form for the first time in this book. Thev have been gleaned from files of early Bradford County newspapers, notably the “Bradford Porter” and “Brad- ford Reporter.” Originals are deposited with the Towanda, Pa., Public Li- brary. Miss Dawes Markwell, assistant at the library, prepared a card- index showing the issue of the paper in which the marriage or death was published, and through the courtesy of the library staff in placing this list at the d:sposal of the compiler, the work of arranging the material in alpha• he~ical order was appreciably lessened. All information of genealogical importance contained in the originals has been incorporated into the text, as well as any other items of a singular nature. The caption “pub.” for published is inserted in cases where the actual date is not stated or im- plied in the context. Every device has been employed to make the mate- rial concise and readily accessible to the busy student; the author having drawn upon his broad experience of a decade and a half spent in research work, to incorporate those features which he found to be most desirable 3 in arrangement of material. The use of capitals for surname of brides is unique, and renders a cross-reference instantly notica.ble by a mere glance down the page. Most of the places mentioned are within or adjacent to Bradford County, Pa. We believe that release of these records will bridge a much-neglected gap in our local annals. But aside from their provincial value, they present to the family or general historian the key he may have long sought as to the time and place of migration of a certain individual or branch of his family. He who undertakes to follow down the posterity of the early New England or Dutch colonist will find a rich field of endeavor in this, the northern sector of Connecticut’s far-famed Wyoming. Here the sociologist can find his melting pot; the physician or underwriter his cue to longevity or other hereditary characteristic he may need in his work. The casual reader will find exciting allusions to the Wyoming massacre or an un- expected obeisance to Comus; and the romander may even find the setting for his masterpiece. 162 ALLIED FAMlLIES ENGLAND. (1:1) Kings of, The line of descent from Noah the Patriarch is as follows: NOE (1) SCEAF (2) HEDWIG (3) HWLA (4) HATHRA (5) ITERMON (6) BEREMOD (7) SEELDWA (8) BEAN (9) TAETWA (10) GEAT (11) GODWULF (12) FINN (13) FRITHUWULF (14) FREALAF (15) PRITHUWALD (16) ODE~ or Woden (17) called by the Romans Othinus, made himself master of a considerable part of the north of Europe in the third eentury and died in what is now Sweden. By his wife Frea or Frigga he had six sons: 18. Wecta 19. Caser 20. \Vethelgeat. 21. Weldeg 22. *Ileldeg 23. Eaxneta BELDEG (No. 22) sometimes called Balder, the 5th son, Iih :Nanna, dau. of Gewar, and had: BRANDO (24) or Brandius FRCODIGARIUS (25) Frodigarius or Froethgar WIGGA (26) GEWESIUS (27) EFFA (28) or Esta EFFA II 29) ELISEUS (30) CEDRIC (31) first king of the West Saxons, reigned 561-d. 534. Hengest and Selle’s men had touched hardly more than the coast, and the true conquest of southern Britain was reserved for a fresh band of Saxons, a tribe known as the Gewissas, who landed under Cedric and his son Cynrick on the shores of the Southampton water, and pushed in 495 to the great Downs of Gwent where Winchester offered so rich a prize. No- where was the strife fiercer than here; and it was not till 519 that a de- cisive victory at Cbarford ended the struggle for the Gwent and set the crown of the West Saxons on the head of Cedric, Cedric was defeated at Mt. Baden in Dorsetshire in 520. In 530 he and his son Cynrick conquered the island now called Wight. They gradually subdued the country from Sussex to the river Avon in Hampshire, and passed the Thames and con- quered the country as far as Bedford, They were called the West Saxons, and the kingdom of Cedric was named Wessex. Cedric had two sons: 32."Cynr ick 33. Chelwull',\vho d. during lifetime of his father; his great-grandson, Kentwin, was 7th King of the West Saxons. CYNRICK or Keni·ic (No. 32) successor of Cedric, King of the West Saxons, succeeded to the Crown in 534, reigned till his death, 560. CHEAULIN (No. 34) 2nd son, King of the West Saxons, first apl)ears in 556 as taking part with his father in the battle of Boranbytig, and succeeded in 560. In 592 he was driven out of his kingdom by Cealrick, and d. in exile 593. He left two sons: 35.*Cuthwin 36. Cuth CUTHWIN (No. 35) reigned 577 until killed in battle with the Britons in 584. He was~the eldest son. He also had two sons: 37. Kenwald 38.*Cuth CUTH (No. 38) d. leaving a son: CHELWALD (39) whose son: KENRED ‘(No. 40) who sons and one dau. His eldest son was the eleventh King of the West Saxons. Another son was: INGILLS (4T) who d. 718; King of West Saxons;· ,•ihose son: EOPPA (No. 42) King of West Saxons; had son: EASA (43) King of West Saxons; whose son: ALKMUND (No. 44) or Aethelmund, King ·of West Saxons; his son: : EGGBERHT (45) or Egbert, surnamed the Great, b. abt. 775; reigned 800-839, was the seventeenth king of the West Saxons and the first Saxon King of all England, succeeding to the crown UDOl:J. the death of King Bithrick. In the Erst twenty years of ‘his reign he succeeded in uniting the whole heptarchy under his rule. He m.· Lady Redburga, first Queen of England. He passed many of his earlier years at the court of Charlemagne. At. this date England was divided into three separate kingdoms, Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex. defeated the Mercians at EI!endane in 825, soon after which he completed the conquest of Mercia and Northumbria, ruled over all the states of the Heptarchy, and gave the name of England to the whole. In 835 he defeated an army of Danes who had invaded Eng- land. He d. 4 Feb. 83&;: Children: 46.*ActhelwuH, m. Osburga; 2d Princess Judith of France (III:43) 47. Aethelstan 48. Eadith (St. Edith) Abbess of Polesworth ETHELWULF (No. Anglo-Saxon King of England in 839, was the eldest son of Egberht. His kingdom was harassed by several in- cursions of the Danes, who pillaged London in 851. He defeated these in- vaders at Okely in that year. He m. Cl) Lady Osburga, dau. of Earl Olsac the Thane, Grand Butler of England, direct desc. of Cedric. He m. (2) in 856, Princess Judith of France (Ill.: 43)_: no fosue. He a.. 13 Jan. 857. He had by Osburga: 49.