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Quellen-Verweis NF06962 :

Personen : Guettermann John, Hummel Louise
Out of their six children, Joseph Guettermann was the only child within the family to have his own children.

Quellen-Verweis NF06979 :

Personen : Miller Catherine "Millie", Tharp William
(As told to Tommy Graham by Martha Jane Tedrow, granddaughter of Cornelia Clementine Scribner Brown) February 21, 1996.
HOW WILLIAM MET MILLIE:
Bennett Scribner and his brother William had moved from Maury County, Tennessee, in 1850, bringing their families to the fertile farm land of Morgan County, Illinois. The two brothers had been born and raised in the "South", but moved north with their wives and children following the promise of cheap land in Illinois. They settled down on farms in the Waverly area, only a few miles apart.
In mid 1855, Cholera struck the Morgan County area of Illinois. Among the victims were the 3 yr. old daughter, Marilla of Bennett and Millie Scribner. The disease hit even harder on William's family, with William and two of his three daughters all dying within a three week period of Marilla's death, that is from June 21 through July 6, 1855. Bennett and Millie sold their farm, packed their wagon with all their belongings, their two surviving children, 8 yr. old James, and 7 yr. old Cornelia Clementine, and headed
west. To Kansas!!
By the spring of 1856, Bennett and Milly had a cabin on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. They had several head of stock, a new baby boy, and had again settled down to begin farming. Little Cornelia Clementine had now had her eighth birthday, and could well remember the times as "troubled." She could remember in May 1856 when she stood in the "yard" with her older brother, James, and could hear the distant gunfire and see the smoke of fires in Lawrence (see note 1). She could remember when several nights later, men came in the middle of the night and tore down their fences, running off the livestock, and making lots of noise, hollering and shooting (note 2).
She could remember that several weeks later, her father had taken his rifle, gathered some food, addled his horse and rode off, joining a group of men who had ridden by the house (note 3). She could remember her father's parting words, "I am a Johnny Reb, and I have to help my friends."
She could remember how quiet the homestead was for the next several days. The three children stayed either in the house or just outside long enough to bring water from the well, feed the livestock, and do necessary chores. A week passed, with no word from her father. They didn't know where he had
gone, what he was doing or when he would return.
One evening, in the middle of the second week, just as it was getting "good and dark," a familiar voice hailed the cabin from outside, "Millie!". When her mother threw open the door, the voice continued hurriedly, "Don't come out! You and the kids stay inside, I have the Cholera!". "Just throw me some clean clothes, something to sleep on, and something warm to drink." They did as he asked.
In the morning, they found her father huddled next to the porch, in the blanket her mother had tossed out the evening before. He was dead.
Millie and the three children moved into Lawrence where Millie found work in a Boarding House, but difficulties followed. The three children came down with Cholera, all the "Boarders" but one, immediately moved out, and times were very tough. Two of the children, the oldest son, James aged 9 and the infant son both died of the dreaded disease. If it had not been for the one "boarder" who stayed, Cornelia and her mother would "surely have perished." The boarder was a wagon-maker from Indiania. He arranged for a team and wagon, and with his help, all three left Kansas and started back for Illinois. They arrived after considerable hardships, back in Morgan County, Illinois, by late Fall/Winter of 1856.
The Boarder was named William Tharp. He and Millie Scribner were married in Jacksonville, county seat of Morgan County, Ill, on 4 May 1857.
William Tharp and Millie were my g-g-grandparents.
Little Cornelia grew up in the Franklin area, married Samuel Newton Brown in Jacksonville, on 8 Jan. 1864. She and her family moved to California in about 1885, and in about 1927, she told her story about "the troubled times" in Kansas to her granddaughter, Martha Jane Brown, then aged 13. In February 1996, Martha Jane (Brown) Tedrow told the story to me.
HISTORICAL NOTES:
a. From "The Civil War--Brother against brother" by William C. Davis and the editors of Time-Life books. " pg. 76 -- The newly appointed Governor, Wilson Shannon of Cincinnati, managed to pacify the hotheads and prevent any shooting. But the bloodshed was not postponed for long. In the spring of 1856 Sheriff Jones twice went to Lawrnece to enforce arrest warrants, and both times he was forcibly rebuffed. Shortly after the second attempt, he was shot and wounded in an ambush by Free State men. Soon thereafter, the Douglas County grand jury returned indictments against several Free Staters, two newspapers, and the Free State Hotel--all in Lawrence, and all charged with treason.
A federal marshal made a few arrests, but the Border Ruffians were unsatisfied. Bent on bringing the whole settlement to heel, if not to justice, they rode into Lawrnece on May 21 and sacked the town. They wrecked the offending presses, bombarded the seemingly impregnable Free State Hotel with cannon and set it afire along with the Free State Governor's house. -----."
b. From "The Bicentennial Almanac" edited by Calvin D. Linton, Ph. D. "May 24-25, John Brown, an abolitionist who had come to Kansas to prevent it from becoming a slave state, leads a group that includes four of his sons to retaliate for the violence at Lawrence. The band slaughters five pro-slavery colonists living near Dutch Henry's Crossing at Pottawatomie Creek." The settlers (James Doyle with his two sons, William and Drury, Allen Wilkinson, and James Harris) were called from their cabins and hacked to death with sabers.
From "The Golden Book of the Civil War" pg 24. Following the attack on Lawrence, ---"Confusion and hatred hung over Kansas like a blinding fog. Patrols of free-soil men clashed with patrols of pro-slavery men. There were barn-burnings, horse-stealing and occasional shootings."
c. From "The Civil War--Brother against brother" by William C. Davis and the editors of Time-Life books." pg. 79. --- "In the aftermath of the Pottawatomie Massacre, John Brown lay low in his camp in the Kansas brush. For weeks the antislavery forces and the Border Ruffians postured and threatened but managed to avoid a pitched battle. A few skirmishes did take place. The largest was an attack by 250 pro-slavery men on Osawatomie, near where Brown and his followers were camped. One of Brown's sons was killed in the clash."---

Quellen-Verweis NF07000 :

Personen : Nicholson Isaac, Walkingstick Betsy
The records for the Nicholson lines are inconsistent, and sometimes contradictory, so it is difficult to give specifc information on our family trees.
There are around 55 applications from descendants of Isaac Nicholson claiming that he was the full-blood Cherokee. However, all of these applications were rejected. Isaac Nicholson is found on two white censuses in 1800 and 1830 and bought and sold land as a white man. Sarah Shook Berry is also found on two white Georgia censuses in 1836 and in 1840.

Quellen-Verweis NF07003 :

Personen : Guetterman Arthur Adam (Sr.), Welch Lois Nell
On or before 1914, they lived in East St. Louis, 1473 Henryetta Street. Arthur Adam Guetterman was a carpenter by trade, as were other members of his family. Arthur and his first wife Nell (Welch) Guetterman had three daughters Helen, Mamie and Alice.

Quellen-Verweis NF07008 :

Personen : (Unknown) Rose Marie "Rosie", Guetterman Paul
As of 2002, the family was living on a farm near Bucyrus, Kansas.

Quellen-Verweis NF07072 :

Personen : Gibson Lena, Lester Frank E.
Tracy Hale stated, "The parents of Lena didn't approve of her marriage to Frank E. Luster, and when she died he sent her home to her parents to be buried in a family plot under the Gibson name."

Quellen-Verweis NF07084 :

Personen : (Unknown) Julia Augusta, Wagner Charles William
As of September 12, 1818, they're living in Hecter, Monroe County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NF07085 :

Personen : Eckert Josephine, Schifferdecker Phillip
No children were born from this union.

Quellen-Verweis NF07105 :

Personen : Hoffmann Johann "John", Schreiner Anna Kunigunda
Not sure on where they married, but all the children were born in Marissa, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NF07106 :

Personen : Erb Anna Dorothea, Hoffmann Johann "John" (Jr.)
They had a total of 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls.

Quellen-Verweis NF07121 :

Personen : Rauch Kunigunde, Schifferdecker George Phillip
Listed in the (1763-1900) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Groom: George P. Schifferdecker
Bride: Kunigunde Rauch
County: St. Clair
Date: December 04, 1856
Marriage Licence: 5127

Quellen-Verweis NF07130 :

Personen : Hinkle Frances Adeline, Nations Thomas
They migrated to Perry County, Missouri.

Quellen-Verweis NF07137 :

Personen : Crawford Edward, Lewis Mildred
THE DESLOGE SUN, Desloge, St. Francois Co. MO, Tues. April 28, 1925.
LEWIS - CRAWFORD
Miss Mildred Lewis, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis of Fredericktown, and Mr. Edward Crawford, son of Mrs. Flora Belle Crawford of Farmington Route Six, were quietly united in marriage Saturday evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pritchett in Flat River, the Rev. E. D. Owen, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Flat River, officiating. The only witnesses to the ceremony were the members of the Pritchett family. Following the ceremony, Mrs. Pritchett served ice cream, cake and punch.
The bride has been employed in Flat River for the past few weeks. The groom, who had been employed in St. Louis, came to Flat River two or three weeks ago and obtained employment with the St. Joseph Lead Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have established their home in Flat River. The Sun joins the friends of the young couple in wishing them a long and prosperous wedded life.

Quellen-Verweis NF07146 :

Personen : Koehler Anna Catherine, Schifferdecker Jacob
From: twilac@@jps.net (twila costello)
Jacob Schifferdecker arrived Oct. 22, 1754 in America (Philadelphia). He settled in Lancaster Co Pa. and married Anna Catherine Koehler June 5, 1755.
They had the following children:
Jacob b. Feb. 27, 1756
Margaret b. Oct. 13, 1757
Anna Maria b. Aug. 28, 1759
Phillip b. before 1762 d. after 1795.
Michael b 1762 d 1833 Ohio
Michael is my ancester. He was in the Rev. War. Jacob moved from Pa. to Frederick County, Virginia prior to 1762. In 1765 they purchased land in Stephensburg (Stephens City). I have given you just a little of what I have. My family always spelled it Shiverdecker so it was very exciting to find out for over 200 years we were spelling it incorrectly. Write when you can and tell me if this family is the same one you are researching.
Love, Twila Costello

Quellen-Verweis NF07170 :

Personen : O'Brien Martin, Wagner Kathryn "Kate" I.
No children were born from this union.

Quellen-Verweis NF07180 :

Personen : Schifferdecker Henry, Starr Edna L.
Listed in the (1763-1900) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Groom: Henry Schifferdecker
Bride: Edna L. Starr
County: Monroe
Date: August 01, 1900
Marriage Licence: 2579
Book: 9, Page: 20

Quellen-Verweis NF07211 :

Personen : Sherrill Aaron L., Wallen Mary Emily
No children were born from this union.

Quellen-Verweis NF07213 :

Personen : Dean Thomas Andrew, DePriest Mary Jane
Thomas and Mary can both read, write and speak English as could the older children.

Quellen-Verweis NF07240 :

Personen : Fiegel Elisabeth, Wagner Anton "Anthony"
This Catholic Wagner family lived north of Millstadt, in Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois. Anton/Anthony Wagner (1784-1851) was born in Baerendorf, Bas-Rhin, France and married Elisabeth Fiegel in 1815 in Baerendorf. This couple and 8 of their children came to the US between March 1832 and Feb. 1833. Most of the children died in Stookey Township or Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NF07250 :

Personen : DePriest Thomas Jefferson, Edmiston Mary A.
Addition research is needed, for I believe another connection may exist with the family of Newton Vestal Edmiston and his wife Geneva Walkingstick. Both surnames (Edmiston and Walkingstick) exist in each family line, and both family lines can be traced to the state of Arkansas.

Quellen-Verweis NF07312 :

Personen : Harter Phillipine (Herter), Schramm Henry A.
LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. Sept. 29, 1933.
LUTHERANS TO OBSERVE SILVER ANNIVERSARY:
Trinity Lutheran Church of This City Founded September 1, 1908. Edifice Built The Same Year.
Next Sunday Trinity Lutheran Church of Flat River will observe its twenty fifth anniversary with a morning service at 10:30 in which Rev. W. Peterson of Farmersville, Ill., a former pastor of the local church, will preach, while the afternoon address will be delivered by Rev. P. List of St. Louis. With invitations extended to all former members, next Sunday's observation promises to be a homecoming for this church. A brief history of this organization will be read at the close of the morning service.
A perusal of the records of this church shows that, like other organization, it was an inauspicious beginning, dating back to the turn of the century. Then it was that Rev. A. Rohlfing of Farmington, made a brief survey of this territory and subsequently conducted services in various homes. Those were not the days of rapid transportation when it was possible to make a trip to the county seat in a few minutes. The road, unworthy of the compliment, linking Flat River and Farmington was often unfit for vehicle traffic. Rev. Rohlfing would, therefore, frequently come to the little town of Flat River in circuit rider fashion.
With the number of attendants at the home gatherings growing, it was deemed expedient to rent a hall, more centrally located. The place chosen was Level's Hall, the site now occupied by Campbell Furniture Co. This was used as a church home till 1903 when the structure burned. Of those who were identified with this movement from its very inception, two are still active members of the Flat River church. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Giessing.
Six charter members signed the constitution: Chas. Houser, W. P. Giessing, W. Fischer, A. Schramm, Henry Schramm and George Meyer. According to the certificate of incorporation, dated Sept. 1, 1908, the official name of this organization was "Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation U.A.C., in and about Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri."
The first resident pastor was Rev. O. Motuschka, whose tenure of pastorate was from August, 1901, to October, 1902. His present charge is Pittsburg, Kansas. He was succeeded by Rev. F. Schroeder who came in September, 1903 and served this congregation for nearly three years. At his arrival the church property consisted of exactly 19 hymnals, the pews and the piano, all other things having been destroyed by fire. Rev. Schroeder is now in Brooklyn, New York.
In September, 1906, the little flock was once more supplied with a resident pastor, Rev. W. Peterson, who like his two predecessors was a recent graduate of Concordia Seminary. The church school, established by Rev. Schroeder, was successfully continued by Rev. Peterson. Its enrollment ranged between forty and fifty. After Rev. Peterson's removal in December, 1909, the church was without a local pastor for several years. Students from the St. Louis Seminary would conduct bi-weekly services, but this arrangement proved unsatisfactory and so in 1914 Rev. H. Harting, of the Seminary graduating class of '14 was assigned to the field. He remained in Flat River six years almost to the day. The present pastor has served this church since 1923. During these ten years, the church has shown its greatest growth. Rev. Keisker has not only served his church efficiently as pastor, but he has served the community loyally as a citizen and his friendship among members of all denominations speaks for his neighborliness and kindliness.
In a previous paragraph the statement was made that the first place of worship was destroyed by fire. The next improvised church home was the club room above Fisher's Store, the present location of the Littleton Building on West Main. After an occupancy of one month, this building was reduced to ashes. Services were then held in a hall above Buckley's Store in St. Francois. After these frequent removals, sentiment was under way to secure a church building. Accordingly in November, 1904, the lot was acquired on which the church edifice now stands and the house on the rear of lot was converted into a chapel. In 1908, the present building was erected. The parsonage was purchased in 1923.
The following are officers of the church: F. Reuter, president; W. P. Giessing, vice president; J. Schmidt and Noah Meyer, Elders; Chas. Schmidt and Harry Stange, Trustees; W. A. Schramm, secretary; Henry Thomsen, treasurer.
A Ladies Aid was organized in 1915, of which Mrs. F. Thomsen and Mrs. F. Reuter are charter members. Organization of the Sunday School took place in 1908. The young peoples society joined the International Walther League on July 18th of this year.

Quellen-Verweis NF07315 :

Personen : Schramm Lena, Thomsen Henry
Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, Aug. 12, 1927.
Miss Lena Schramm of Farmington and Henry Thomsen of Flat River surprised their many friends when last Thursday, August 4, 1927, they drove to Beck, Mo., where they were united in marriage by Rev. H. C. Harting, pastor of the Lutheran church, at Beck and who was formerly a pastor of the Flat River Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Thomsen returned to Farmington Sunday afternoon where theyare spending the week, after which they will return here, where they will establish their home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomsen are well and favorably known here, where Mrs. Thomsen has been bookkeeper for the Schramm Grocery Company for about eighteen years. Mr. Thomsen is also connected with the company. The News extends best wishes.

Quellen-Verweis NF07318 :

Personen : Politte Robert Edwin, Schramm Margaret
The following notice of marriage license application was published in the St. Francois County Journal of Flat River, Missouri, on April 23, 1941:
Robert Edwin Politte, 23, Flat River, Margaret Schram, 20, Farmington.
Additional Note: The correct spelling of Margaret's last name is Schramm.

Quellen-Verweis NF07324 :

Personen : Harter Warren F., Mayberry Ellen June
MARRIAGE LICENSE -
[Lead Belt News/Flat River/St. Francois County/Missouri/published June 11, 1948]
June 5 -- Warren F. Harter, Flat River and Ellen June Mayberry, Doe Run, St. Francois County, Missouri.

Quellen-Verweis NF07325 :

Personen : Schifferdecker John William, Wunderlich Mary Louisa
Listed in the (1763-1900) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Groom: John W. Schifferdecker
Bride: Mary Louisa Wunderlich
County: St. Clair
Date: October 18, 1887
Marriage Licence: 2530

Quellen-Verweis NF07346 :

Personen : Gann Roy, Scaggs Mamie
The following was published in the Farmington Times newspaper, on Friday, Dec. 6, 1918, under column entitled, Licensed to Marry:
Nov. 27 -- Roy Gann, Flat River, and Mamie Scaggs, Mine La Motte.

Quellen-Verweis NF07383 :

Personen : Finke Friedrich Johann Wilhelm, Wagner Katharina Charlotte
Listed in the(1763-1900) Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Groom: Friedrick Finke
Bride: Cathrina Wagner
Date: September 17, 1860
Location: St. Clair County, Illinios
Marriage Licence: 00000474

Quellen-Verweis NF07388 :

Personen : LePere George Jacob, Wagner Christine
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 00001159

Quellen-Verweis NF07391 :

Personen : Pruitt Martin, Wagner Dorothea "Dorothy"
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 52

Quellen-Verweis NF07392 :

Personen : Seitz Barbara, Wagner Jacob
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 5062

Quellen-Verweis NF07398 :

Personen : Metzger Albert, Wagner Carolina
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 2677

Quellen-Verweis NF07401 :

Personen : Brinzen Elizabetha, Wagner Wilhelm
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 2382
Additional Note: Another research has the wife last name as Prinzen, not Brinzen as listed on the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.

Quellen-Verweis NF07402 :

Personen : (Unknown) Cathrine, Schifferdecker Phillip "Philip" (Sr.)
1860 Census, New Athens Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
Family: 1151, SCHIFFERDECKER
Philip, 34, Baden
Cathrine, 27, Baden
George, 4
Philip, 2
Cathrine, 5/12
Feldmann, Henry, 33, Saxony

Quellen-Verweis NF07404 :

Personen : (Unknown) Christian, Schifferdecker George
1860 Census, St. Clair Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
Family 2517 SCHIFFERDECKER
George, 33, Baden
Christian, 28, Prussia
Maria, 8
George, 6
Charles, 4
Anna, 2
ECKEL, Peter, 22, Baden
STAHL, Barbara, 63, Bavaria

Quellen-Verweis NF07405 :

Personen : Gosnell William Wiley, Riddle Emeline
In 2008, Dixie (Riddle) DiVito wrote: "I am the Great Granddaughter of Jacob Millard Riddle. I am trying to find out more information on his side of the family. I know that his mother, Emeline Riddle was not married to his father William Wiley Gosnell, In fact, Wiley was married to someone else. Apparently Emeline had several children by Wiley. In many of the census' for that area, she is living with Lifus Shelton and his wife Sarah."

Quellen-Verweis NF07412 :

Personen : Meier Kilian, Mueller Catherine "Catharina"
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Groom: Kilian Meier
Bride: Catherine "Catharina" Mueller
Date: 02/19/1864
Volume: N/A
Page: N/A
License: 00000890
County: St. Clair

Quellen-Verweis NF07416 :

Personen : (Unknown) Dorothy "Dolly", Wagner Barnabas
Sources: Prairie Pioneers Of Illinois, v I, 1986, pp 323-324 (family of Peter Wagner).

Quellen-Verweis NF07422 :

Personen : Scherle Helen "Lena", Wagner Otto Ben
Had five children.

Quellen-Verweis NF07427 :

Personen : Herrling Dorothea Charlotte Sophia, Wagner Gustavus Gottfried
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763 - 1900.
Marriage Licence: 638
Licence Marriage Date: March 30, 1861

Quellen-Verweis NF07430 :

Personen : Berneking Heinrich "Henry" Wilhelm, Wagner Anna
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 7
Page: 184
Licence: 805
Groom: Henry Berneking
Bride: Anna Wagner

Quellen-Verweis NF07431 :

Personen : Timmermeister Katherine "Katie" Louisa, Wagner George John
This family lived in Monroe County, Illinois.

Quellen-Verweis NF07433 :

Personen : Huber Elisabeth, Wagner Philipp
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 3
Page: 54

Quellen-Verweis NF07455 :

Personen : Proffit Caroline "Louise" Margrethe, Wagner August Monroe
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 8
Page: 381
Licence: 2502

Quellen-Verweis NF07456 :

Personen : Haltenhof William, Wagner Josephine Maria
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 7
Page: 364
Licence: 1194
Groom: William Haltenhof
Bride: Josephine M. Wagner

Quellen-Verweis NF07465 :

Personen : Heusohn Margaret "Maggie", Wagner August
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 6
Page: 364
Licence: 372

Quellen-Verweis NF07467 :

Personen : Guenther Edward, Wagner Emilie Louise Lisette
Marriage Record in Monroe County, Illinois.
Volume: 6
Page: 271
Licence: 176
Groom: Edward Guenther
Bride: Emilie Wagner

Quellen-Verweis NF07477 :

Personen : Horst William, Reich Johanna
On the 1930 US Census the family is living in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Quellen-Verweis NF07478 :

Personen : (Unknown) Terry "Ann", Lacy Matthew
Thomas Lacy I of New Kent and Hanover Counties, Virginia
Thomas Lacy, immigrant, reputed to have come from Wales to Virginia between 1680 and 1685 and to have settled in that part of New Kent County which years later was cut off into Hanover County, an area which was then on the very frontier of the early and somewhat scattered settlements. It is this Thomas who is credited with being the progenitor of a long and prolific line of Lacys who resided in various parts of Virginia, principally the counties of Hanover, Louisa, Goochland, Albemarle, Powhatan, Chesterfield, Henrico, Buckingham, Bedford, and Halifax, spreading to the Carolinas and Georgia. With Virginia as the focal point, descendants spread fanlike to all points south, west and northwest. Today descendants of this line live in almost every state in the Union. This branch is by far the largest of any of the pioneer Lacy families of Virginia.
Due to the loss of the old New Kent and Hanover County records--lost in the tragic burning of Richmond toward the very end of the Civil War where, ironically, they had been taken for safe-keeping and also the loss of the Registers of the parishes in which the Lacys lived, very little is known of Thomas and his family. His year of birth is estimated to be about 1660 and his place of residence before coming to America to have been Wales, according to an old document in the family and according to tradition. Thomas Lacy (1800-1879) of St. Clair Co., Ill., a son of Lionel Lacey and a grandson of Elliott Lacy, a descendant, told his niece in 1863 -- Miss Pamelia Lacey -- that the Lacys came from Wales. What Thomas knew came to him from his father and his account of the family, as given to Miss Pamelia, has been corroborated in every instance where official records have been found. By tradition, subject Thomas was of French Huguenot stock, perhaps a son of a Huguenot who had fled France and settled in Wales. This tradition of French Huguenot ancestry exists among widely separated branches of the family, some of whom have been out of contact with one another for generations. It has come down through the author's own line, the sire who left Virginia shortly after the ending of the Revolutionary War. Rev. William Henry Foote in his "Sketches of Virginia", published
in 1850, in writing of Rev. Drury Lacey (1758-1815), states: "His father, William Lacy, a grandson of the immigrant. . . of English descent and Norman-French extraction. His mother, Elizabeth Rice, was a cousin to Benjamin Rice of Bedford, the father of Rev. Doctors John H. and Benjamin H. Rice." Prof. Austin W. Smith (b. 1885), then of Cookesville, Tenn., author of the "George-Lacey Genealogy" and himself a Lacy descendant, in his letter of Dec. 8, 1936 wrote: "Dear Mr. Lacey: I was delighted to hear from you. I have been engaged in the task for some time in collecting material for a book of the Lacy family. My great-grandmother, Susannah Lacy, daughter of Matthew Lacy of Goochland County, Va., son of Stephen Lacy of same county, married Robert George and came to Warren County, Tenn., after spending a number of years in KY. She lived to be 92 years of age. My father who died in 1929 at the age of 90 knew her well as did my mother who is still living at the age of 90. She was always proud of the fact that she was French, of the Huguenots who came to America. Her name was Susannah de Lacy, French, you will readily see, though she accepted the English 'Lacy' . Her grandson, who is now living in Texas, knew her as she lived with them the last few years of her life. His name is Law Lacy, or de Lacy. He says that there is no question that they were French. She certainly ought to have known as it was her great-grandfather who was the French Huguenot.
There are Lacys in Virginia who are not French Huguenots. I am sure that this bunch of Huguenots were in England for a time but that they were French in origin." Persecution of the Huguenots in France preceded the edict of Jan. 29, 1535, ordering the "extermination of the heretics", but reached tragic and awful proportions from that date. A great many French Protestants fled the country to save their lives, rather than give up their freedom of conscience and their religious beliefs. Many of these settled in England and Holland. This migration continued until the middle of the 18th century. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 merely accentuated this mass migration, and France lost, to her detriment, over 400,000 of her best artisans and citizens. The family of Thomas de Lacy was already in England by 1680. Many of them settled in Wales and Ireland where they became very prominent.
We find in English Heraldry a seeming variation of the Lacy-Normandy coat-of-arms, which may signify a family of Norman extraction. In "Lacy of Walsham in the Willows, Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk" their coat-of-arms is: "Quarterly, argent and sable, on a bend gules three martlets or, over all a label of five points the last, each charged with an ermine spot. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet gules a demi-eagle wings espanded or, in the beak an arrow of the first headed and feathered argent." (Burke's "General Armory")
The Norman coat-of-arms is: "Quarterly or and gu, a bend sa. over all a label three points ar."
("A complete Book of Heraldry", London MDCCCXX. Jos. Edminston, Esq. F.S. A.)
Note the similarity of these coats of armor. However, it is unlikely that the Lacys of Suffolk and Norfolk are the parent family of subject Thomas Lacy, because these two counties are located on the far side east coast of England and thus some distance from Wales. However, they may have been an off-shoot of the same family. The names Thomas and Stephen are found in both. From "Cavaliers & Pioneers", Abstracts of Virginia Land Grants (1623-1800), Virginia Land
Office Patents, by Nell Marion Nugent (1924), Vol. 5, Land Office of Va., we find this item:
"Grant of 500 acres of land on Chowan River in the Isle of Wight was made to Thomas Mann in 1682 for the transportation of ten persons, among whom were Thomas Lacy, Richard Carter, Giles Thornberry, Ann Dowds, Elizabeth Croomer, and John
Middleton."
It cannot be said that this Thomas is the same man as subject Thomas Lacy. but as the date of arrival corresponds with that of subject the possibility is very strong and should be given credence. Statements have appeared in print at various times about the date of arrival in America of Thomas and some confusion as to Thomas himself. For instance in the Comp. of American Genealogy (Virkus), V. 1. p. 683, it states "Thomas Lacy from England to Va., 1702. Married Ann Burnley." The date of this edition was 1925 and the article is based on material submitted and not on research by Virkus. Subsequent research has proven this information incorrect, as it is now the conclusion that the Thomas who married Ann Burnley was the son of the immigrant Thomas. This conclusion has been arrived at principally from an old document written by Rev. William Sterling Lacy (1791-1881), relating a narrative told him by "old William Rice" about the year 1828 or 1829. Rev. Lacy put this narrative in writing probably sometime before 1850, probably having made some notes at the time of his interview with Mr. Rice. This treasured document is now in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth (Lacy) Jones of Roanoke, VA., widow of Alfred Power Jones, M. D. This document definitely states that Thomas Lacy came from Wales, was engaged to Miss Rice in Wales, preceded the Rice family to Virginia, who followed a few years later, and he married Miss Rice, daughter of Thomas Rice, after their arrival in Virginia.
In order to assay the credibility of the family data in this article, it would be well to view the character and veracity of "old William Rice" and Rev. Lacy. William Rice was born about 1742 or 1743, based on the statement that he was 85 or 86 years of age in 1828 or 1829. His place of birth would have been in Hanover County in the locale of the Rice and Lacey homesteads. He was a son of David Rice and Miss Searcy, and a brother of the noted Rev. David Rice (1733-1816), Presbyterian minister of Kentucky, and an uncle to the Elizabeth Rice who married William Lacy (1713-1775). He was a grandson of the immigrant, Thomas Rice. Surely, living in the same neighborhood and being personally in touch with the older members of the family, he would have known of the proper family relationship. He was, according to Rev. Wm. Lacy, a man whose "mind was unimpaired, his memory remarkable", and an "esteemed and consistent Christian man".
Rev. William Sterling Lacy, son of Rev. Drury Lacy, who was a son of the William Lacy who married Elizabeth Rice, mentioned previously, was a man of the highest integrity and retentive memory. He could recite from beginning to end the New Testament and many of the Psalms and portions of the Old Testament. There can be no question but that he wrote the narrative exactly as it was narrated to him. This document is the only tangible bit of evidence known of the immigrants Thomas Lacy and Thomas Rice, relation to their old world background and their immigration to Virginia, and of the marriage of Thomas Lacey to the daughter of Thomas Rice. All of the old New Kent and Hanover county records were destroyed by fire in 1865, and the Register of St. Paul's Parish is not in existence. The Vestry Book of this parish gives little data. We learn from this narrative that Thomas Lacy lived to a very ripe old age and that he was an exceedingly tall man, which would tend to discount any Welsh ancestry since the Welsh are of very short stature. It would appear, from the statement of William Rice, that Thomas Lacy was living about the year 1750 since he states that he saw him "when a small boy". Thus Thomas Lacy must have been 85 or more years of age at his death, if born about 1665. His death would have occurred in Hanover County, the place of his residence.
The first documented evidence of the residence of subject Thomas is that contained in the official 1704 Rent Roll Record, which shows the following Lacys owning land in New Kent County: Thomas Lacy -- 100 acres, William Lacy -- 500 acres, and Emmanuel Lacy -- 180 acres. Thomas must have purchased his land as no land grant record has been found. If he had paid his own way to America he would have received a headright of 50 acres and that would have been recorded in "Virginia Land Grants". Some information has been secured from the Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, which was located in that part of New Kent County cut off in 1720/1 into Hanover. In the Vestry Book covering the period from 1706 to 1766 the following references are found: "Returns made to the Vestry of St. Paul's Parish, March 4, 1708/9, from the surveyor of the 39 Precincts that the said Parish was divided into for the Processioning of Lands by an order of the said Parish Vestry held Sept. 24, 1708/9, are here according to Law and an order of the said Vestry made on the said 14th of March, Registered Verbatim." "No. 18. The lands of Haughton House, Thomas Lacy, Jeremiah Dumas , Robert Depriest, William England, Rice Hughes, William Stephens, John Hickman, John McCoy, lying adjacent to each other, being made one precinct, of which the said William England Haughton House were appointed overseers, who made this return on the Back of the Order (viz;) this order is executed, only one line with Rice Hughes did not appear. Subscribed: William England Haughton House"
"No. 20. Thomas Lacy and Thomas Graham were appointed overseers in the Processioning of lands in St. Paul's Parish, Sept. 17, 1711. Among these lands was that of Emmanuel Richardson."
These two records would certainly apply to Thomas Lacy I, but subsequent ones may refer to the second generation and in the one instance -- that of Thomas Lacy, Jr. -- to the third generation.
"No. 22. Ordered into one Precinct for Processioning ye lands of Jeremiah Dumas, Thomas Prosser, James Wood, Col. Curtis, Mr. Brooks, James Rice, William Crossley, Thomas Lacy, Thomas Lacy, Jr., James Whitlock, Col. Thompson, Olivers, Nathaniel Hodgeskeson, James Hunt, ye Hughs, James Allen, George Straughan, David Tyree, James Anthony, and ye Carr's Lands, James Whitlock and James Allen to see the said processioning performed, who made the following return, viz: In Obedience to the within order, we the Subscribers has seen all the lands within mentioned procession'd except the land of George Straughan and Ellis, which nobody appeared for. March ye 28th, 1732 James Allen James Whitlock."
"No. 38. The Lands of Thomas Lacy, James Whitlock and Thomas Graham lying adjacent to each other, being made on Precinct, of which the said Thomas Lacy and James Whitlock were appointed overseers, who made this return on the Back of the order, viz: the within order complied with ... us. Subscribed: Thomas Lacy James Whitlock"
Of a later date -- 1743 -- an entry shows for the first time the name of Stephen Lacy. "At a Vestry held in St. Paul's Parish, Oct 18, 1743. No. 7. Ordered into one precinct for processioning the Lands of Thomas Johnson, Benjamin Johnson, Thomas Grant, John Price, John Williamson, Thomas Harlow, Charles Anderson, and that John Williamson and William Allen see the said processioning performed, who made the following report, -- we whose names are mentioned in ye within Order have met accordingly and none agreed & sent. Thomas Grant, Stephen Lacy, Benjamin Johnson, Charles Anderson, Thomas Harlow, Richard Allen John Williamson, William Allen"
[N.B. "Processioning" of lands was necessary in order to re-establish boundary lines between adjoining owners due to the destruction or removal of land marks which consisted in many cases of scrub oak or other trees, stones and creeks -- the latter often changing courses. Disputes would develop between property owners and the authority to adjudicate these matters was granted by the Council to the various parish vestrys of the Established Church.]
There is no evidence that subject Thomas Lacy lived anywhere except New Kent County, in that part which became Hanover County. He was already in Virginia when Oliver de la Muce arrived in 1700 with three ships of Huguenots. There is also no evidence that his son, Thomas, who married Ann Burnley, lived any place other than Hanover County. We know that Thomas Lacy's grandsons moved to Manikintowne and lived among the French Huguenots in Goochland County and the name of Lacy is included among the settlers of Manikintowne. This list appears to be about 1750. The parish serving Manikintowne was old King William and later St. James Northam. We have record of one son, Thomas Lacy II, born to Thomas Lacy I and his wife, Miss Rice (Rhuys in Welsh) whose name may have been Phebe. There were most likely other children but we have no knowledge of them. There is a record of a Julian Lacy in Hanover County towards the latter part of the 18th Century who may derive from an unknown branch of the family.
Lacy, Thomas Ii (~1684 - ) - male
b. ABT 1684 in New Kent County, VA
father: Lacy, Thomas (~1650 - )
mother: Rhuys, Phebe (*1653 - )
spouse: Burnley, Ann (~1689 - )
- m. ABT 1705 in New Kent County, VA
----------child: Lacy, Thomas Iii (~1706 - )
----------child: Lacy, Stephen (~1710 - 1772)
----------child: Lacy, William (1713 - 1775)
----------child: Lacy, Nathaniel (~1715 - 1781)
----------child: Lacy, Phoebe (~1718 - )
----------child: Lacy, Elkanah (~1721 - 1777)
----------child: Lacy, Elliott (~1726 - 1777)
Thomas Lacy II b ca 1683/4 New Kent Co., Va.) Planter.
Practically nothing is known of him. There is a record in the Bible which belonged to Rev. William Sterling Lacy, taken from earlier records in the Bible of his father, stating that Thomas II married Ann Burnley; no date shown but it is supposed to have been about 1704/6 in New Kent Co., VA.
The parentage of Ann Burnley is not known. Reputedly the family was English and French. There are a few records of Burnleys but none go back as far as Ann who was probably born about 1688 or 1690. She may have been a sister to one John Burnley so is credited with being born about 1670; in fact, she could have been a daughter. There was one John Burnley who returned to England in 1771 leaving a will in Virginia and making another in England in which he devised a considerable estate. In this will is mentioned brothers Zachariah Burnley, Hardin Burnley, Richard Burnley and sisters Elizabeth Duke, Keziah Duke, and Ann Littlepage and sons of a deceased sister, Judith Meriweather, who married James Meriweather. He does not mention a wife or children. This John, who was a merchant, was no doubt the son of John, supposedly born ca 1670, and may have been a cousin or uncle to Ann. He was not a brother, else he would have mentioned her in his will.
It is most interesting to note that Zachariah Burnley held 880 acres of land in Bedford Co., Va., which he sold to Thomas and Elliott Lacy (sons of Thomas Lacy and Ann Burnley), and to Thomas Deen in 1758. This transaction will be discussed in the
section on Elliott Lacy. Authenticated records of the names of all of the children of Thomas and Ann are lacking, but the names of three sons are known, Thomas (III), William, and Stephen. The names of the others, proven by circumstantial evidence, are Elkanah, Nathaniel, Elliott and tentatively Phoebe. There may have been other, especially daughters, of whom we have no knowledge.
The Legend of Thomas Lacy and the Pirate
The story of Thomas Lacy capturing a pirate, reputedly Blackbeard, has come down through the generations. The furthest back it goes is to the Rev. William Sterling Lacy, a man of outstanding character and the source of much correct information on the family. This story has been suspect because of the claims that it was the pirate, Blackbeard, who was captured and slain. This could not possibly be because Edmond Drummond, a.k.a. Edward Teach a.k.a. "Blackbeard" was born 1680-1690 and was killed 22 November 1718 in a fight with Lieut. Robert Maynard and company. The incredibly true story has now surfaced, much of it consistent with the important facts in William Sterling Lacy's version. It was found by Gene Lacy doing an on-line search in the Virginia Colonial Records Project on the Homepage of the Library of Virginia. The Library spent the years between 1955 and 1985 visiting more than one hundred libraries and archives in Great Britain, Ireland, and France to survey the collections. They subsequently obtained microfilm on 14,704 Survey Reports, and acquired 963 reels of microfilmed documents. It was among these documents that the story of Thomas Lacy and the pirate surfaced.
First we present the story as told by William Sterling Lacy. This is taken from Hubert Wesley Lacey's book, "The Thomas Lacy III Family of Hanover and Buckingham Counties, Virginia".
COPY OF OLD PAPER WRITTEN BY WILLIAM STERLING LACY, SON OF REV. DRURY LACY.
ORIGINAL IS IN THE POSSESSION OF ALFRED P. JONES, M..D. OF ROANOKE VA.
Passing through the upper end of Luta Prairie about the year 1828 or ?, I stopped at the house of old Mr. Wm. Rice; he said he was 85 or 86 years of age, and brother of Rev. David Rice, one of the first Presbyterian Ministers of Kentucky. His mind was unimpaired, his memory remarkable and he was esteemed a consistent Christian man. He told me that when a small boy, he saw my ancestor who emigrated from Wales, and was then residing in Hanover Co., Va., remarking that he was one of the oldest and tallest men he ever saw; his name was Thomas Lacy. He told me his history was very peculiar, that when a young man he embarked on board a vessel from Wales with other emigrants, with a view of settling in Virginia; that during the voyage he was captured by a notorious pirate who went under the familiar name of Black Beard, but whose name was Taike; that every passenger on board was made to walk the plank with the exception of Thomas Lacy, who the pirate swore was too fine a looking fellow to be drowned and that he would impress him into his service and make a noble pirate of him.
A short time after the pirate put into Ocracoke Sound, and cast anchor on a desolate coast, where he was in the habit of trading with some lawless accomplices. A man of suspicious character, I think by the name of Minnis, applied to the Governor of Virginia, then residing on Jamestown Island, to aid him in fitting out a large Merchant Vessel and collecting a large number of desperate adventurers with a view of capturing the pirate. He was induced to do this, from the fact that a very large reward had been offered by the British Government and several of her colonies for the capture of the pirate.
It seems that Minnis was acquainted with the habits of Black Beard and knew at what time he would be on the coast. The vessel was fitted and crew collected. Immediately on entering Ocracoke Inlet the vessel was so fitted to appear almost a wreck. Taking advantage of a favorable wind and tide she sailed slowly under ragged sailes and crippled masts to where the piratical vessel lay, only four or five men on deck making signals of distress as they approached the pirate. All the men, completely armed, hid under the hatches of the vessel. The pirate seemed amused at her slow approach, supposing they had her entirely in their power. The piratical vessel was anchored over a half mile from shore. At this time nearly half the crew were on shore trading as above mentioned. As soon as she reached the pirate she was grappled and drawn up alongside of her. Instantly all the hatches were thrown up and armed men in large numbers rushed on the deck of the pirate. At this instant Thomas Lacy drew his cutlass and shouting with trumpet-voice, "I am a true man. I am a prisoner", began to cut down the pirates on the right and left. This circumstance increased their panic and threw them into some confusion so that they were quickly overcome by superior numbers. Not one would surrender and every one was slain. Black Beard recognized Minnis and cursed him as a traitor and was soon after killed. They then proceeded with their prize to Jamestown where the good Conduct of Thomas Lacy being reported to the Governor, he gave him a share of the prize money, and a tract of land on the frontier in which is now Hanover Co., saying he would make a fine Indian fighter. In a few years after Thomas Rice sailed from Wales and settled in the same neighborhood of Thomas Lacy. Thomas Lacy married his daughter to whom he had been engaged before leaving Wales.
This Thomas Rice was the ancestor of this William Rice who gave me the above narrative.
Signed: William S. Lacy
FROM THE COLONIAL RECORDS PROJECT-LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA
Survey Report No. 4385
13 May 1700 This document contains 21 depositions sworn before the Court of Oyer & Terminer for the trial of pirates in Virginia before Peter Beverly, Clerk of Arraigns. Some of the depositions are sworn by individual mariners, others by groups of mariners from different ships captured by Lewis Guittar. All ships were outward bound from Virginia, except the Pennsylvania Merchant, which was inbound from England. On 17 April (1699) the BALTIMORE was captured; on 18 April the GEORGE of Pennsylvania bound for Jamica. The master of the FRIENDSHIP of Belfast-Hans Haniel-was killed when the pirates fired on his ship. On 28 April 4 ships were captured within the Cape of Virginia including the PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANT, and the INDIAN KING of Virginia and the NICHOLSON. The PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANT WAS BURNT. The crews taken prisoner were confined in the hold of the pirate ship which was call LA PAIX (PEACE); some other being made to throw cargoes of tobacco and other goods to Lyn-Haven by the pirates. On 28 April Captain John Alread, Commander of H.M.S. ESSEX having heard of the pirates' exploits came ashore and informed H. E. Francis Nicholson H.M. Governor General of Virginia and Captain Passenger of H.M.S. SHOREHAM that there was a Pirate in Lyn-Haven Bay. Whereupon captain Passenger and His Excellency, together with Captain Alread and Peter Hayman Esquire, went aboard H.M.S. SHOREHAM and in coming out of the James River engaged the Pirate ship. Captain Guittar fought under a blood red flag. Peter Hayman Esquire was slain. After an engagement which lasted 6 to 8 hours John Lympany, a passenger from the PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANT, was ordered by Lewis Guittar to swim aboard the SHOREHAM to inform H. E. the Governor that there were English prisoners aboard his ship and that they and the ship would be blown up unless H. E. was prepared to grant Quarter to Guittar and his men if they surrendered. The Governor gave his promise. About 124 pirates were taken prisoner and some 25 to 30 pirates were slain. Between 40 and 50 English prisoners were liberated.
Survey Report No. 4378
Part I contains two documents 17 and 18 relating to charges of Piracy against Lewis Guittar and others and 18 also relates to a charge of Piracy against David Evand and Turlagh Sulivan and others.
8 November 1700. The warrant for the execution of Lewis Guittar and members of his crew for Piracy upon the High Seas.
21-21 October 1700. Not of Judgment at Sessions, sentencing Lewis Guittar and a number of his crew to death.
Survey Report No. 5918
An Admiralty memorial, dated 12 September 1701, recommending an allowance of 23 shillings a month for 5 months to Thomas Lacy and William Woolgar for the capture of the French pirate Lewis Guittar, within the Cape of Virginia.
Survey Report No. 6672
Lords of the Admiralty to the Navy Board. 17 September 1701. By direction of the Lords Justices, their Lordships ordered the Navy Board to pay Thomas Lacey and William Woolgar each five months pay as A.B. of the Royal Navy as a gratuity for their voluntary service on board H.M.S. SHOREHAM, Capt. Passenger, in her action with a pirate ship off the Capes of Virginia.
Conclusion: Thomas Lacy was listed as a sailor from one of the ships that was captured on the 28th of April 1699. Of the three ships captured, only the Nicholson was reported as leaving crew behind in its attempt to escape from the pirate. The above report makes it clear that Thomas Lacy served on the Shoreham during the battle. Thus, we conclude that he was a seaman aboard the Nicholson, was left in port in the hasty departure, volunteered to serve on the Shoreham and received his reward for this service.
Lacy, Thomas Iii (~1706 - ) - male
b. ABT 1706 in VA
father: Lacy, Thomas Ii (~1684 - )
mother: Burnley, Ann (~1689 - )
spouse: , Unidentified (*1704 - )
----------child: Lacy, Susannah (~1725 - )
----------child: Lacy, Thomas Iv (1728 - 1802)
----------child: Lacy, Elliott (~1732 - 1809)
----------child: Lacy, Alexander (~1741 - )
----------child: Lacy, Sarah (~1746 - )
----------child: Lacy, John (~1751 - )
Lacy, Thomas Iv (1728 - 1802) - male
b. 1728 in Hanover Co., VA
d. 12 DEC 1802 in Halifax Co., VA
father: Lacy, Thomas Iii (~1706 - )
mother: , Unidentified (*1704 - )
spouse: Evans, Catherine (~1728 - <1802)
- m. ABT 1749 in Goochland Co., VA
----------child: Lacy, Elisha (1751 - )
----------child: Lacy, Mathew (*1762 - )
----------child: Lacy, Drusilla (*1762 - )
----------child: Lacy, Magdaline (*1762 - )
----------child: Lacy, Christiana "Kitty" (*1767 - 1838)
----------child: Lacy, Reubin (*1769 - )
----------child: Lacy, Sarah (1770 - )
Lacy, Mathew (*1762 - ) - male
father: Lacy, Thomas Iv (1728 - 1802)
mother: Evans, Catherine (~1728 - <1802)
spouse: Terry, ? (*1766 - )

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