Notes: Sterneman - Willett Family History

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1	"Presumptive conjectural" son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hanks.	Hanks, William (I8746)
2	(Medical):born an invalid.	Carty, Robert Floyd (I3865)
3	(Medical):Moved to Colorado for his health in May 1872.	Leech, John Johnston (I7820)
4	(Medical):Was blind before her death.	Lockett, Virgie Sue (I3885)
5	(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.	Butz, Adolf (I3422)
6	(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.	Hermann, Paul (I3421)
7	(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.	Zetzer, Ruth (I3420)
8	+ an Lungenschwindsucht 20 Uhr	Lisibach, Elisabetha (I845)
9	+15 Uhr an Lungenentzündung	Stirnimann, Adam Joseph (I842)
10	1777 Cumberland County, North Carolina tax list, Capt. Hugh Gilmore's dist. 1778, Cumberland County, North Carolina deed to Thomas Collins, witnessed by Humphrey Gilmore, moved to Wilkes County, Georgia by 23-9-1786 poss. same as Chas. Gilmore, South Carolina Rev. War private, born 1753, died 1818, married Jane. [Gilmore Genealogy].	Gilmore, Charles Heard (I7912)
11	1830 Census	Spurrier, Son (I4768)
12	1850 Farm division of Hinter Etzenerlen	Stirnimann, Joseph Johann Xavier (I855)
13	1907 Galliker property hall 1914 Nikl. Stirnimann-Felder buys the Saalhof and the move took place that same	Stirnimann, Niklaus (97263782)
14	?? - His name is in the Social Security Index, but not all information matches exactly: SS#: 462-03-4176 Born Feb. 5, 1906 instead of Feb. 5, 1905 Died Apr. 1985 instead of 1988	Cato, John Odis (I3845)
15	Abner, first seen in the 1850 Census working as a farm laborer in household 540 for David Osbourn, is most likely a son of John P. Carty but is not listed in "John P. Carty of Molls Creek."	Carty, Abner (I4306)
16	Abraham LeMaistre was said to be born in the parish of Derval, a small village located in the province of Brittany, France, about 1639, by the book Lemasters, USA> By the request of his son John, court records say Abraham was born in St. Maries Parish inold Jersey, to John and Sarah Lemaistre. Perhaps the following statements applied to his ancestors: "The Lemaitre family has a documented existence in Brittany which extends back to the 13th Century. The LeMaitre family early came under the influence of the reform doctrines of John Calvin and the Swiss political reformer Bezanson Hugues, whose followers were called Huguenots. As Huguenots, the LeMaitres undoubtedly suffered thorough many of the political and religious purges which swept France throughout the 16th Century." In the late 1650's, Abraham LeMaitre left Brittany and emigrated to England. Once there Abraham anglicized his surname to "Lemasters", an unusual translite4ration since the name retains the French article and combines it with the English noun. Abraham'ssurname was spelled in America with many variants, including Le Master, Lemastr (s), Lemaitre, and de la Maitre. Lemaster or Lemasters is the most commonly used among his descendants. Abraham Lemaistre arrived aboard ship in St Mary's County, Maryland, about 1661, with his wife, and perhaps one daughter. He had barely recovered his land legs when he signed an indenture with one John Smith to serve him for the next seven years as a carpenter. We see that being an indentured servant did not exclude on from civic affairs, as Benjamin witnessed a will in 1662, and in 1665 was listed as a witness in a court action. At least three children were born during this time. The privations of colonial life took a heavy toll on early Marylanders. Nearly 35,000 people immigrated to the colony between 1634 and 1680, yet only 20,000 lived in Maryland in 1680. Met with new diseases of the swampy Chesapeake Bay, and poor shelter,many immigrants perished during their first year. Maryland's greatest need in its formative years was a sturdy, reliable work force. The immediate answer to this problem was the indentured servant system. The contract offered those willing to sell their labor and broad shoulders for a chance to start anew life in America. Most indentures called for a period of bound servitude lasting seven years. When the term of service was complete the former servants received what was known as "freedom dues", which included a grant of 50 acres. After assigning his freedom dues land grant to Roger Snell, Abraham Lemasters became a tenant on a plantation of two hundred acres known locally as "Betty's Delight". Abraham and his wife farmed this land for several years, until he bought it from EdwardEvans, in 1685. It was on the western edge of Zekiah Swamp, which at that time was in St Mary's Co., MD. An adjustment of the line between St. Mary's Co. and Charles Co., in the 1680's placed "Betty's Delight" in Charles Co., MD. Zekiah Swamp was thenthe "Western Frontier", which those in later generations thought of as Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, or Oregon, depending in which generation they lived. The typical plantation of early Maryland included the dwelling house; perhaps slave quarters; some outbuildings used for milkhouses, kitchens, workshops and/or storehouses. There might be corrals, a hog house and a hen house. Further from the dwelling would be cleared fields in which stands of tobacco and corn were cultivated. The plantation, by necessity, almost always contained on or more tobacco barns. Their houses were rough clapboard, which were small, dark, and drafty. They had packed dirt floors, and no glass windows. Most of these homes were uniformly dreary, unpainted, weathered gray structures. The interior was equally uninspiring, with open beams and unpainted wood or lath and plaster walls. The open fireplace was the focal point, sole sources of heat and of cooking. A person's bedding usually consisted of a mattress stuffed with cattails. However, the crude conditions in which early Maryland families lived were not out of step with the rest of the western world. Most adult males made their living wholly or partially form tobacco production. The broadleafed plant dominated every aspect of early Charles County life. Nearly all daily efforts were directed toward growing it, storing it and marketing it. In 1699 a Maryland resident noted that "tobacco is our meat, drinke, cloathing and monies the standard for trade, not only with the merchants but also among ourselves." Abraham secured the granting of a 50 acre property named "Toombett", for his son Richard, when the latter was only five years old. Apparently this was considered Richard's birthright, as he was not named in Abraham's will. "Toombett" was near "Betty's Delight". Abraham Lemaster lived to be in his 80's., at a time when life expectancy of an immigrant was 49 years. His will was probated in Charles Co., MD in 1722. He left "Betty's Delight" to his son John, and son Isaac received title to a 100 acre farm adjoining. He left equal shares of another plantation know as "Berry's" to his daughters Sarah and Mary. Abraham's bequest to his daughter Anne was less definite. He willed her the right tot live on his land, "during her husband's absence." Anne's husband wasStephen Noe, and it is not known where he was in 1722 that Abraham should remark on it in his will. Abraham also left property to be used by his wife during her lifetime. Her children sold this property in 1727, so it can be presumed she died before then. In 1736, "Betty's Delight" was sold by son John for 11,000 pounds of Tobacco. Although a few Lemasters lived in Zekiah Swamp in the next 100 years, many lost no time in getting away. In the 20th century, much of Zekiah Swamp had been a wilderness for many years, and was being considered for a Wildlife Preserve in 1965, because it is used by migrating wildlife.	Lemaistre, Abraham (I2695)
17	Accompanied John Haydock and Mary Wright when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.	Wright, Siles (I4810)
18	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek": In 1860 he is listed as owning a 200 acre farm and being a miller in the Dickensonville District, Russell County, Virginia.	Carty, John P.\D.\B. (I4280)
19	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek": In the 1850 Russell County, Virginia Census, Thomas was listed as living in the house next to his brother James and was a farm laborer. By 1860 he owned a 624 acre farm in the Dickersonville District of Russell County valued at $1500. By the 1870 Censushe was in the Copper Creek Township, Russell County, Virginia on 470 acres valued at $1000.	Carty, Thomas J. (I4263)
20	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek": In the 1870 Russell County, Virginia Census, Robert D. and his family lived on a 190 acre farm that was valued at $200 which was located at Dickensonville, Copper Creek District, Russell County, Virginia. Robert was a carpenter by trade. In the 1860 Russell County, Virginia Census, Robert D. Carty also had a servent named Mary J. Jordon living in his household. Dona, Joseph, Sally & Serena Carty were listed as children in Robert D. Carty's Will dated 1897. The will was filed in Russell County, Virginia. He is buried on his farm in the family graveyard located on state road #671, Copper Creek, Russell County, Virginia. The inscription on his headstone reads: Robert D. Carty // died August 25, 1897 // Aged 64 years // Lo by this silent marble we weep // A friend a husband and a father sleeps.	Carty, Robert D. (I4276)
21	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek": James & Rebeca lived on her father's old homeplace at Brumley Gap, Russell County, Virginia. James was a farmer and a blacksmith and he served as supervisor of his district. He also purchased tracts of land from William White (23-Jan-1872), L. H. Counts, John G. Gobble.	Counts, James M. (I4377)
22	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek": Jeremiah left home at age 16 to join the Confederate Army at Saltville, Russell County, Virginia. He was wounded in battle and sent to a hospital in Richmond, Virginia to recover from his wounds. After the Civil War he and his family lived on a farm in Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia.	Fugate, Jeremiah (I4365)
23	According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek," both of Nancy's parents could read and write.	Dickenson, Nancy V. (I4300)
24	Adam stayed on his father's farm and in 1738 "bought his beloved brother Joseph Stirnimann from everything that they had inherited from their father Walter Stirnimann and mother Magdalena Marbacher".	Stirnimann, Adam (I909)
25	Adolf Stirnimann-Hurter became a businessman and hotelier and lived in America for a long time.	Stirnimann, Ludwig Adolf (95310325)
26	After John Gilmore died, it is believed that Jane Heard Gilmore came with her children to Georgia as she received two land grants in Burke County, Georgia in 1786 and 1788.	Heard, Jane (I7924)
27	After seven short years of marriage and the birth of four children Samuel died in 1793. His will was recorded in Nelson Co., KY.	Willett, Captin Samuel (I359)
28	After the death of her 2nd husband, Mary Griffith Willett Simmons moved to Nelson Co., KY which at the time of her move was still part of the State of Virginia.	Griffith, Mary (I369)
29	After this owner pair remain fore and. Hinter-Etzenerlen, because the hall property went to the youngest brother of the above owner of Joseph Stirnimann	Stirnimann, Matthias (I833)
30	Albert Smith referred to this great grandmother as Holland-Dutch. Melbourne Smith (in "Smith Family Health Problems") says that she was straight German.	Kinder, Barbara Vienna Caroline (I6205)
31	Albert's mother died when he was born prematurly and he was not expected to live. He was raised on goat's milk by his grand mother "Bebo" and his aunt "Puff." After his Grandfater (Madison Roswell Smith) died and his father (Melbourne Smith) remarried, His father wanted him to live with them but Albert wanted to stay with the only "mother" he had ever known. So he continued to live with Bebo. Albert Smith opened a radio repare shop in Farmington with $1000, an inheritance from his mother. He lost the shop during the depression. Got a letter of recommendation from the local Sherif and hitched rides to California and back to seek his fortune. He found none.	Smith, Albert (I4776)
32	All Saints & St. John.	Family: Edward Willett, Sr. / Elizabeth Pegg (F690)
33	Always dressed in Western outfits.	Byars, Mack A. (I3893)
34	Ann was a Catholic. A priest did not perform their marriage since it was the summer of 1787 before the area had its first priest. As was the custom in the early days of our nation when few priests were available, once the priest visited an area, marriages were solemnized with the Sacrament of Matrimony and children were baptized.	Family: Captin Samuel Willett / Ann Lee (F95)
35	Anna married Phillip Muehlbauer, a farmer, in 1870. Anna Occupation was housekeeper Phillip and Anna were members of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda, where their fourteen children were baptized. Two children died in infancy and are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda. About 1900 the family moved from Spencer County to Posey County, Indiana. Phillip died in 1908 at age 68. Anna lived to age 79 and died in 1932. A granddaughter (Ruth Seitz) recalls that Anna was very tall. Anna and Phillip are buried in a rural area of Posey County, Indiana, in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery near Poseyville, surrounded by fields. SEE FAMILY GROUP SHEET.	Simon, Anna (I13)
36	Anna was the oldest (age 21) of the six Nemer siblings when they immigrated on the Ship "Gertrude" from le Havre and arrived in New York on 20 May, 1852. Six months later Anna married Henry Simon Jr. in St. Boniface Catholic Church, Fulda, Indiana. This was the first marriage to be recorded by Father Kundak in the new St. Boniface parish records. Anna and Henry Simon had five children. Her occupation is listed as housekeeper on census reports. Henry was a farmer and later opened a shoe shop in Fulda. Henry died in 1885, leaving a hand written will which was witnessed and signed by Henry's brothers John and Martin (later executed by Martin Simon as John was by then deceased). In his will, Henry refers to Anna as "my beloved wife Tina Simon." Confirmation has not been established but one might assume from this that Anna's middle name was Christina or a variation. In points one and two of Henry's will, he bequeaths his estate in its entirity to his wife, but the inheritance is made provisional in the following statement, labeled #3: " The points one and two are only in force as long as my beloved wife Tina Simon remains my widow, should she marry again then the laws of the state of Indiana should be in force." *Excerpt from the "Will of Heinrich Simon" Spencer County, IN Will Book, 1880-1895; p. 217. After Henry's death in 1885, Anna lived with their married son Henry Francis and his family, in the log house/cobbler shop built by Henry prior to his death, where Henry Francis continued the shoe business until about 1914. Anna died twenty years after her husband, still Henry's widow, at age 78. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FAMILY & DESCENDANT LINES OF ANNA NEMER & HENRY SIMON JR., see "HENRY SIMON JR." in the section of this book, "Descendants of Henry Simon Sr."	Nemer, Anna (I310)
37	Anna's maiden name, Coen, is also seen as "Coenn" and "Conn" with umlaut.	Coen, Anna Catherina (I2842)
38	Appears to be the Gideon A. Haydock listed in WFT vol. 4. #0448 Accompanied Siles Wright and Mary Wright when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey. John Haydock and his family were Quackers that moved to the U. S. because of religious persecusion. Both John Haydock and Mary Wright died in 1814, leaving five children. The oldest, Mary, was 16 and the youngest, Elizabeth, was 5 years old. According to the coustom of the society of Friends, or Quakers, the children were "apprenticed" to various members of the Society until becoming of age. James Haydock, the youngest son, was placed in the family of James Middleton, of Rahmway, a relative and an owner of a tannery, where the boy learned the trade of the tanner. To whom the other children were "apprenticed" is not known.	Haydock, John (I4802)
39	Appears to be the Thomas Wesley Gresham listed in WFT vol 5. Had a "Sister-in-law" (age 66) living with them in the 1910 Census -- Mary J. Graham.	Gresham, Thomas Wesley (I3780)
40	As the husband of Anna Gertrudis Justen, his name is entered in error on two records as Georgius. The parish marriage record lists no date other than the year. No birth record was located, but Gregorius was age 41 in April, 1795 at the time he died, making his birth date 1754-55. His youngest son was born 7 & 1/2 months Gregorius died in 1795, leaving Anna Gertrudis widowed with 7 children. The oldest was 16.	Justen, Gregorius (I2316)
41	Assumed to have died before 7 Nov 1821 as she is not named in her husband's will.	Steele, Isabella (I6187)
42	at Beck Chapel.	Family: Rodney Parlin / Vicki Joan Sterneman (F31)
43	at Coleman Hospital.	Phelps, Dawn Michelle (I1965)
44	at Stephenville Hospital	Noland, Kaleb Boyd (I2884)
45	at Stephenville Hospital	Noland, Stephanie Michelle (I2883)
46	at the Oxford house, a Garden Wedding.	Family: Stephen Glen Noland / Dawn Michelle Phelps (F938)
47	At the time of his mother's 2nd marriage all the pewterer tools and molds became the property of Edward.	Willett, Edward (I424)
48	at Washington St. Baptist Church	Family: Weldon Boyd Phelps / Teresa Ann Sterneman (F937)
49	Aunt Bab was single all her life but had a particularly good friend named Edna Landzettel. Edna lived with her mother. Aunt Bab lived in the Hotel Gibson, a motel that only took long term residents. Aunt Tuggy (Pauline) remembers a single room and bath with a bed, a dresser with all the neices and nephews pictures around the mirror, the sink was on the wall outside the bathroom. All meals were taken in the dining room. Tuggy remembers Barbara (Bitsy) patting a chocolate treat all over the white table cloth on one occasion to the horror of their mother. Barbara (Bitsy) remembers ordering a peanut butter sandwich and recieving a "peanut" butter sandwhich with no jelly. Aunt Bab had her own car. This struck Tuggy as an unusual thing that a woman would have her own car. She remembers Babs taking herself and Sonny (Albert) on day trips to the zoo, the Jewel Box--a Botanical Garden, and the St. Louis Cathedral. Aunt Bab was an educator. She taught fourth grade at the school Aunt Tuggy attended in kindergarden, Hamilton Elementary in St. Louis. She also taught at Washington University in the evenings. Aunt Tuggy remembers an incident: when she had just seen the new movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and drawn a picture of Snow White, the teacher suggested she take it to her Aunt Babs to see. After wandering the school without success, Tuggy returned to her classroom. The teacher asked her if she had shownher Aunt the picture, and Tuggy replied that, yes, she had. At that time, a school teacher could not be married and still teach. All the teachers in Tuggy's school were unmarried. Mama (Pauline Ann Smith) once pointed out a bald-headed man who was standing at the piano in the Gibson Hotel parlor. She said that he wanted to marry Bab but she didn't want to have anything to do with him. When the family moved to Texas they didn't have the rule about not being married and Tuggy had some teachers who were Mrs.	Smith, Barbara (I3874)
50	Barbara was married to George Thoma prior to this marriage. Her maiden name was Barbara Lex. She is listed as "Laura" on 1880 census (perhaps a middle name).	Lex), Barbara Thoma (Nee (I1987)

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"Presumptive conjectural" son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hanks.

Hanks, William (I8746)

(Medical):born an invalid.

Carty, Robert Floyd (I3865)

(Medical):Moved to Colorado for his health in May 1872.

Leech, John Johnston (I7820)

(Medical):Was blind before her death.

Lockett, Virgie Sue (I3885)

(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.

Butz, Adolf (I3422)

(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.

Hermann, Paul (I3421)

(Research):From Peter Stirnimann, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.

Zetzer, Ruth (I3420)

+ an Lungenschwindsucht 20 Uhr

Lisibach, Elisabetha (I845)

+15 Uhr an Lungenentzündung

Stirnimann, Adam Joseph (I842)

1777 Cumberland County, North Carolina tax list, Capt. Hugh Gilmore's dist. 1778, Cumberland County, North Carolina deed to Thomas Collins, witnessed by Humphrey Gilmore, moved to Wilkes County, Georgia by 23-9-1786 poss. same as Chas. Gilmore, South Carolina Rev. War private, born 1753, died 1818, married Jane. [Gilmore Genealogy].

Gilmore, Charles Heard (I7912)

1830 Census

Spurrier, Son (I4768)

1850 Farm division of Hinter Etzenerlen

Stirnimann, Joseph Johann Xavier (I855)

1907 Galliker property hall
1914 Nikl. Stirnimann-Felder buys the Saalhof and the move took place that same

Stirnimann, Niklaus (97263782)

?? - His name is in the Social Security Index, but not all information matches exactly:
SS#: 462-03-4176 Born Feb. 5, 1906 instead of Feb. 5, 1905
Died Apr. 1985 instead of 1988

Cato, John Odis (I3845)

Abner, first seen in the 1850 Census working as a farm laborer in household 540 for David Osbourn, is most likely a son of John P. Carty but is not listed in "John P. Carty of Molls Creek."

Carty, Abner (I4306)

Abraham LeMaistre was said to be born in the parish of Derval, a small village located in the province of Brittany, France, about 1639, by the book Lemasters, USA> By the request of his son John, court records say Abraham was born in St. Maries Parish inold Jersey, to John and Sarah Lemaistre. Perhaps the following statements applied to his ancestors:

"The Lemaitre family has a documented existence in Brittany which extends back to the 13th Century. The LeMaitre family early came under the influence of the reform doctrines of John Calvin and the Swiss political reformer Bezanson Hugues, whose followers were called Huguenots. As Huguenots, the LeMaitres undoubtedly suffered thorough many of the political and religious purges which swept France throughout the 16th Century."

In the late 1650's, Abraham LeMaitre left Brittany and emigrated to England. Once there Abraham anglicized his surname to "Lemasters", an unusual translite4ration since the name retains the French article and combines it with the English noun. Abraham'ssurname was spelled in America with many variants, including Le Master, Lemastr (s), Lemaitre, and de la Maitre. Lemaster or Lemasters is the most commonly used among his descendants.

Abraham Lemaistre arrived aboard ship in St Mary's County, Maryland, about 1661, with his wife, and perhaps one daughter. He had barely recovered his land legs when he signed an indenture with one John Smith to serve him for the next seven years as a carpenter. We see that being an indentured servant did not exclude on from civic affairs, as Benjamin witnessed a will in 1662, and in 1665 was listed as a witness in a court action. At least three children were born during this time.

The privations of colonial life took a heavy toll on early Marylanders. Nearly 35,000 people immigrated to the colony between 1634 and 1680, yet only 20,000 lived in Maryland in 1680. Met with new diseases of the swampy Chesapeake Bay, and poor shelter,many immigrants perished during their first year.

Maryland's greatest need in its formative years was a sturdy, reliable work force. The immediate answer to this problem was the indentured servant system. The contract offered those willing to sell their labor and broad shoulders for a chance to start anew life in America. Most indentures called for a period of bound servitude lasting seven years. When the term of service was complete the former servants received what was known as "freedom dues", which included a grant of 50 acres.

After assigning his freedom dues land grant to Roger Snell, Abraham Lemasters became a tenant on a plantation of two hundred acres known locally as "Betty's Delight". Abraham and his wife farmed this land for several years, until he bought it from EdwardEvans, in 1685. It was on the western edge of Zekiah Swamp, which at that time was in St Mary's Co., MD. An adjustment of the line between St. Mary's Co. and Charles Co., in the 1680's placed "Betty's Delight" in Charles Co., MD. Zekiah Swamp was thenthe "Western Frontier", which those in later generations thought of as Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, or Oregon, depending in which generation they lived.

The typical plantation of early Maryland included the dwelling house; perhaps slave quarters; some outbuildings used for milkhouses, kitchens, workshops and/or storehouses. There might be corrals, a hog house and a hen house. Further from the dwelling would be cleared fields in which stands of tobacco and corn were cultivated. The plantation, by necessity, almost always contained on or more tobacco barns.

Their houses were rough clapboard, which were small, dark, and drafty. They had packed dirt floors, and no glass windows. Most of these homes were uniformly dreary, unpainted, weathered gray structures. The interior was equally uninspiring, with open beams and unpainted wood or lath and plaster walls. The open fireplace was the focal point, sole sources of heat and of cooking. A person's bedding usually consisted of a mattress stuffed with cattails. However, the crude conditions in which early Maryland families lived were not out of step with the rest of the western world.

Most adult males made their living wholly or partially form tobacco production. The broadleafed plant dominated every aspect of early Charles County life. Nearly all daily efforts were directed toward growing it, storing it and marketing it. In 1699 a Maryland resident noted that "tobacco is our meat, drinke, cloathing and monies the standard for trade, not only with the merchants but also among ourselves."

Abraham secured the granting of a 50 acre property named "Toombett", for his son Richard, when the latter was only five years old. Apparently this was considered Richard's birthright, as he was not named in Abraham's will. "Toombett" was near "Betty's Delight".

Abraham Lemaster lived to be in his 80's., at a time when life expectancy of an immigrant was 49 years. His will was probated in Charles Co., MD in 1722. He left "Betty's Delight" to his son John, and son Isaac received title to a 100 acre farm adjoining. He left equal shares of another plantation know as "Berry's" to his daughters Sarah and Mary. Abraham's bequest to his daughter Anne was less definite. He willed her the right tot live on his land, "during her husband's absence." Anne's husband wasStephen Noe, and it is not known where he was in 1722 that Abraham should remark on it in his will.

Abraham also left property to be used by his wife during her lifetime. Her children sold this property in 1727, so it can be presumed she died before then. In 1736, "Betty's Delight" was sold by son John for 11,000 pounds of Tobacco.

Although a few Lemasters lived in Zekiah Swamp in the next 100 years, many lost no time in getting away. In the 20th century, much of Zekiah Swamp had been a wilderness for many years, and was being considered for a Wildlife Preserve in 1965, because it is used by migrating wildlife.

Lemaistre, Abraham (I2695)

Accompanied John Haydock and Mary Wright when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Wright, Siles (I4810)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek":

In 1860 he is listed as owning a 200 acre farm and being a miller in the Dickensonville District, Russell County, Virginia.

Carty, John P.\D.\B. (I4280)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek":

In the 1850 Russell County, Virginia Census, Thomas was listed as living in the house next to his brother James and was a farm laborer. By 1860 he owned a 624 acre farm in the Dickersonville District of Russell County valued at $1500. By the 1870 Censushe was in the Copper Creek Township, Russell County, Virginia on 470 acres valued at $1000.

Carty, Thomas J. (I4263)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek":

In the 1870 Russell County, Virginia Census, Robert D. and his family lived on a 190 acre farm that was valued at $200 which was located at Dickensonville, Copper Creek District, Russell County, Virginia. Robert was a carpenter by trade. In the 1860 Russell County, Virginia Census, Robert D. Carty also had a servent named Mary J. Jordon living in his household.

Dona, Joseph, Sally & Serena Carty were listed as children in Robert D. Carty's Will dated 1897. The will was filed in Russell County, Virginia.

He is buried on his farm in the family graveyard located on state road #671, Copper Creek, Russell County, Virginia. The inscription on his headstone reads: Robert D. Carty // died August 25, 1897 // Aged 64 years // Lo by this silent marble we weep // A friend a husband and a father sleeps.

Carty, Robert D. (I4276)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek":

James & Rebeca lived on her father's old homeplace at Brumley Gap, Russell County, Virginia. James was a farmer and a blacksmith and he served as supervisor of his district. He also purchased tracts of land from William White (23-Jan-1872), L. H. Counts, John G. Gobble.

Counts, James M. (I4377)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek":

Jeremiah left home at age 16 to join the Confederate Army at Saltville, Russell County, Virginia. He was wounded in battle and sent to a hospital in Richmond, Virginia to recover from his wounds. After the Civil War he and his family lived on a farm in Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia.

Fugate, Jeremiah (I4365)

According to "John P. Carty of Molls Creek," both of Nancy's parents could read and write.

Dickenson, Nancy V. (I4300)

Adam stayed on his father's farm and in 1738 "bought his beloved brother Joseph Stirnimann from everything that they had inherited from their father Walter Stirnimann and mother Magdalena Marbacher".

Stirnimann, Adam (I909)

Adolf Stirnimann-Hurter became a businessman and hotelier and lived in America for a long time.

Stirnimann, Ludwig Adolf (95310325)

After John Gilmore died, it is believed that Jane Heard Gilmore came with her children to Georgia as she received two land grants in Burke County, Georgia in 1786 and 1788.

Heard, Jane (I7924)

After seven short years of marriage and the birth of four children Samuel died in 1793. His will was recorded in Nelson Co., KY.

Willett, Captin Samuel (I359)

After the death of her 2nd husband, Mary Griffith Willett Simmons moved to Nelson Co., KY which at the time of her move was still part of the State of Virginia.

Griffith, Mary (I369)

After this owner pair remain fore and. Hinter-Etzenerlen, because the hall property went to the youngest brother of the above owner of Joseph Stirnimann

Stirnimann, Matthias (I833)

Albert Smith referred to this great grandmother as Holland-Dutch. Melbourne Smith (in "Smith Family Health Problems") says that she was straight German.

Kinder, Barbara Vienna Caroline (I6205)

Albert's mother died when he was born prematurly and he was not expected to live. He was raised on goat's milk by his grand mother "Bebo" and his aunt "Puff."

After his Grandfater (Madison Roswell Smith) died and his father (Melbourne Smith) remarried, His father wanted him to live with them but Albert wanted to stay with the only "mother" he had ever known. So he continued to live with Bebo.

Albert Smith opened a radio repare shop in Farmington with $1000, an inheritance from his mother. He lost the shop during the depression. Got a letter of recommendation from the local Sherif and hitched rides to California and back to seek his fortune. He found none.

Smith, Albert (I4776)

All Saints & St. John.

Family: Edward Willett, Sr. / Elizabeth Pegg (F690)

Always dressed in Western outfits.

Byars, Mack A. (I3893)

Ann was a Catholic. A priest did not perform their marriage since it was the summer of 1787 before the area had its first priest. As was the custom in the early days of our nation when few priests were available, once the priest visited an area, marriages were solemnized with the Sacrament of Matrimony and children were baptized.

Family: Captin Samuel Willett / Ann Lee (F95)

Anna married Phillip Muehlbauer, a farmer, in 1870. Anna Occupation was housekeeper
Phillip and Anna were members of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda, where their fourteen children were baptized. Two children died in infancy and are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda.
About 1900 the family moved from Spencer County to Posey County, Indiana. Phillip died in 1908 at age 68. Anna lived to age 79 and died in 1932. A granddaughter (Ruth Seitz) recalls that Anna was very tall.
Anna and Phillip are buried in a rural area of Posey County, Indiana, in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery near Poseyville, surrounded by fields.
SEE FAMILY GROUP SHEET.

Simon, Anna (I13)

Anna was the oldest (age 21) of the six Nemer siblings when they immigrated on the Ship "Gertrude" from le Havre and arrived in New York on 20 May, 1852. Six months later Anna married Henry Simon Jr. in St. Boniface Catholic Church, Fulda, Indiana. This was the first marriage to be recorded by Father Kundak in the new St. Boniface parish records.
Anna and Henry Simon had five children. Her occupation is listed as housekeeper on census reports. Henry was a farmer and later opened a shoe shop in Fulda. Henry died in 1885, leaving a hand written will which was witnessed and signed by Henry's brothers John and Martin (later executed by Martin Simon as John was by then deceased).
In his will, Henry refers to Anna as "my beloved wife Tina Simon." Confirmation has not been established but one might assume from this that Anna's middle name was Christina or a variation.
In points one and two of Henry's will, he bequeaths his estate in its entirity to his wife, but the inheritance is made provisional in the following statement, labeled #3:
" The points one and two are only in force as long as my beloved
wife Tina Simon remains my widow, should she marry again then
the laws of the state of Indiana should be in force."
*Excerpt from the "Will of Heinrich Simon" Spencer County, IN Will Book, 1880-1895; p. 217.
After Henry's death in 1885, Anna lived with their married son Henry Francis and his family, in the log house/cobbler shop built by Henry prior to his death, where Henry Francis continued the shoe business until about 1914.
Anna died twenty years after her husband, still Henry's widow, at age 78.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FAMILY & DESCENDANT LINES OF ANNA NEMER & HENRY SIMON JR., see "HENRY SIMON JR." in the section of this book, "Descendants of Henry Simon Sr."

Nemer, Anna (I310)

Anna's maiden name, Coen, is also seen as "Coenn" and "Conn" with umlaut.

Coen, Anna Catherina (I2842)

Appears to be the Gideon A. Haydock listed in WFT vol. 4. #0448

Accompanied Siles Wright and Mary Wright when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

John Haydock and his family were Quackers that moved to the U. S. because of religious persecusion.

Both John Haydock and Mary Wright died in 1814, leaving five children. The oldest, Mary, was 16 and the youngest, Elizabeth, was 5 years old. According to the coustom of the society of Friends, or Quakers, the children were "apprenticed" to various members of the Society until becoming of age. James Haydock, the youngest son, was placed in the family of James Middleton, of Rahmway, a relative and an owner of a tannery, where the boy learned the trade of the tanner. To whom the other children were "apprenticed" is not known.

Haydock, John (I4802)

Appears to be the Thomas Wesley Gresham listed in WFT vol 5.

Had a "Sister-in-law" (age 66) living with them in the 1910 Census -- Mary J. Graham.

Gresham, Thomas Wesley (I3780)

As the husband of Anna Gertrudis Justen, his name is entered in error on two records as Georgius. The parish marriage record lists no date other than the year. No birth record was located, but Gregorius was age 41 in April, 1795 at the time he died, making his birth date 1754-55. His youngest son was born 7 & 1/2 months Gregorius died in 1795, leaving Anna Gertrudis widowed with 7 children. The oldest was 16.

Justen, Gregorius (I2316)

Assumed to have died before 7 Nov 1821 as she is not named in her husband's will.

Steele, Isabella (I6187)

at Beck Chapel.

Family: Rodney Parlin / Vicki Joan Sterneman (F31)

at Coleman Hospital.

Phelps, Dawn Michelle (I1965)

at Stephenville Hospital

Noland, Kaleb Boyd (I2884)

at Stephenville Hospital

Noland, Stephanie Michelle (I2883)

at the Oxford house, a Garden Wedding.

Family: Stephen Glen Noland / Dawn Michelle Phelps (F938)

At the time of his mother's 2nd marriage all the pewterer tools and molds became the property of Edward.

Willett, Edward (I424)

at Washington St. Baptist Church

Family: Weldon Boyd Phelps / Teresa Ann Sterneman (F937)

Aunt Bab was single all her life but had a particularly good friend named Edna Landzettel. Edna lived with her mother.

Aunt Bab lived in the Hotel Gibson, a motel that only took long term residents. Aunt Tuggy (Pauline) remembers a single room and bath with a bed, a dresser with all the neices and nephews pictures around the mirror, the sink was on the wall outside the bathroom. All meals were taken in the dining room. Tuggy remembers Barbara (Bitsy) patting a chocolate treat all over the white table cloth on one occasion to the horror of their mother. Barbara (Bitsy) remembers ordering a peanut butter sandwich and recieving a "peanut" butter sandwhich with no jelly.

Aunt Bab had her own car. This struck Tuggy as an unusual thing that a woman would have her own car. She remembers Babs taking herself and Sonny (Albert) on day trips to the zoo, the Jewel Box--a Botanical Garden, and the St. Louis Cathedral.

Aunt Bab was an educator. She taught fourth grade at the school Aunt Tuggy attended in kindergarden, Hamilton Elementary in St. Louis. She also taught at Washington University in the evenings. Aunt Tuggy remembers an incident: when she had just seen the new movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and drawn a picture of Snow White, the teacher suggested she take it to her Aunt Babs to see. After wandering the school without success, Tuggy returned to her classroom. The teacher asked her if she had shownher Aunt the picture, and Tuggy replied that, yes, she had.

At that time, a school teacher could not be married and still teach. All the teachers in Tuggy's school were unmarried. Mama (Pauline Ann Smith) once pointed out a bald-headed man who was standing at the piano in the Gibson Hotel parlor. She said that he wanted to marry Bab but she didn't want to have anything to do with him. When the family moved to Texas they didn't have the rule about not being married and Tuggy had some teachers who were Mrs.

Smith, Barbara (I3874)

Barbara was married to George Thoma prior to this marriage. Her maiden name was Barbara Lex. She is listed as "Laura" on 1880 census (perhaps a middle name).

Lex), Barbara Thoma (Nee (I1987)

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