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_Hans BAR ________|_Verena HUBER ______
_Hans Jagely BAR ________|
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| |_Verena HUBER ____|_Engle MARTELER ____
_Jacob BAER _______|
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| | _Isaac FREDERICK _|____________________
| |_Anna Barbara FREDERICK _|
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| |_ MARY ___________|____________________
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_ CHRISTOPH __________
_Johan PETER ______|_ MAGDALENE __________
_Jacob GELTIER _____|
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| |_Mary ELIZABETH ___|______________________
_Cornelius Edward GETTIER _|
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| |_Catherine CROWLE __|
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| _William HARRISON _|_Johanna NEAL ________
| _Nicholas HARRISON _|
| | | _Thomas SKINNER ______
| | |_Ruth SKINNER _____|_Mary Sarah CONNAKIN _
|_Sarah Eliza HARRISON _____|
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Henry L Gettier clerk 700 w Saratoga Baltimore MD 1890
Howard N Gettier painter 1521 e Preston Baltimore MD 1890
_Thomas GREENFIELD _+
_William GREENFIELD _|_ RACHEL ___________
_James GREENFIELD _|
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| |_ ELIZABETH _________|____________________
_Ashbury GREENFIELD _|
| | _Thomas CORD _______
| | _Thomas CORD ________|_Hannah MATTHEWS ___
| |_Phebe CORD _______|
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_Nicholas S. HARRISON _+
_George H. HARRISON ___|_Elizabeth GREENFIELD _
_George Stanley HARRISON ___|
| | _Augustus J. JOHNSON __+
| |_Alice Olivia JOHNSON _|_Elizabeth STURGIS ____
_Frank Imwold HARRISON _|
| | _William GRAHAM _______+
| | _Samuel GRAHAM ________|_Margaret DUNBAR ______
| |_Caroline Katherine GRAHAM _|
| | _John B IMWOLD ________
| |_Katherine C. IMWOLD __|_Katherine WELTNER ____
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| _David BAER ___________+
| _Albert Abraham BAER __|_Susan BRYAN __________
| _Leroy J. BAER _____________|
| | | _Josiah FISHER ________
| | |_Jemima FISHER ________|_Margaret UNKNOWN _____
|_Thelma Emma BAER ______|
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| _Henry C FISCHER ______|_______________________
|_Barbara Anna FISCHER ______|
| _Henry HANNA __________
|_Emma HANNA ___________|_Catherine GO?BLEIN ___
[435] They were married at Walbrook Methodist Episcopal Church.
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_John JOHNSON _____|_Sarah SAVAGE ________
_Isaiah JOHNSON , Sr._|
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_Isaiah JOHNSON , Jr._|
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The MEARS COLLECTION consists of a large group of genealogical files
derived mostly from other documents found in the Eastern Shore Room of
the Eastern Shore Public Library. Over the years a number of professional
and amateur genealogists have contributed copies of their works to this
library for use by the general public. Other collections may be added as
they are donated.
The MEARS COLLECTION is based on the works of some of them including the
Mark Lewis files, the Spencer Wise files, the Nora M. Turman files, the
John Cropper files, "Ames, Mears and Allied Lines" and many more. Each
one of these works is a genealogical treasure chest of Eastern Shore
lineages. All of these works were combined into one larger database which
then tied together many loose ends. Thus the final result is much bigger
than the sum of its parts.
Since many of these files are based on incomplete works and are not
thoroughly authenticated by fully documented sources, no claims as to
accuracy are made or implied. The user of these files should treat them
as clues in his own research using such official files as wills, deeds,
marriage records, census data, old Bibles and such others. Many can be
found in the official records of the courthouses which are located within
easy commuting distance from this library.
This collection contains the names of many of the descendants of the
original settlers of the Eastern Shore. There are over 190 family names
traced from their earliest known origins to relatively modern times. None
are complete.
Since this is a continuing project, the files will be updated
periodically as new information becomes available and is integrated
within the database. The most recent revision was in the spring of 1998.
Robert L. Mears, is the author and compiler
Robert Keeney, is Library Director
Journey
During the 1600's, many people felt a great urge to leave England. Much
of the populace wanted to go to the New World. The motivations were many.
Some people felt compelled by their need to practice their religion in
freedom from those who were opposed to it. Others were adverse to the
political system and its taxes and other uncertainties. Still other
adventurers dreamed of unlimited land and riches beyond their
imagination. Some were criminals who were ordered to the New World or
face long jail times or even execution.
The law of primogeniture said that only eldest sons could inherit
property. The unfortunate second and third sons were left out . So they
emigrated. Still others just wanted to become landowners and to make a
decent living for themselves and their families. Whatever the reason
people left England by the thousands.
There was still one other way of getting to Virginia. The streets of
London was home to many children. They were homeless waifs who were
constantly dodging the authorities who threatened them with work houses.
The children preferred the streets by begging, scrounging and stealing
for sustenance rather than life in the work houses. Periodically they
were rounded up and put into the Bridewell Hospital. This was really a
house of correction used to hold the children (male and female) until
they could be shipped off to the New World.
The authorities in England had chartered the Virginia Company (named
after Elizabeth the Virgin Queen). The idea was to make landowners and
thus taxpayers of the immigrants. They were allowed to patent fifty acres
of land for each person whose passage was paid to Virginia. It made no
difference whose passage was paid for or who paid it. It could be for
himself, his family, his friends or relatives, his slaves or his
contracted servants. The latter were most prevalent. They were people who
contracted themselves out for some period (usually three to seven years)
in exchange for their passage. They were obligated to serve their master
for wages for that time thus allowing him to acquire more riches and to
import still more headrights.
Upon completion of their contract or indenture they were free to join the
ranks of the landowners by importing their own servants. And many did.
They had saved their wages and maybe had inherited money or earned more
on the side. Immigration continued for many years. There were many
adventurous young single women among the headrights who later became
wives of the masters or the other immigrants.
And then others came as part of a family group. A man could pay for his
own passage, and that of his wife and two children and become eligible
for 200 acres immediately. A very good investment indeed! Still others
brought over his entire household including servants and thus claimed
many hundreds of acres as a brand new estate or manor.
These people were known as headrights. The master received the right to
claim (patent) fifty acres of land for each "head" whose passage he paid.
Often a prosperous person could import hundreds of people and receive
thousands of acres.
The fare across the ocean was usually six pounds of English money (or 120
lbs. of tobacco) and three more for administrative expenses in England.
The master did not have to accompany or escort his headrights across the
ocean. It was only necessary for him to pay the expenses to an agent who
made all the arrangements. And the master could save up his headrights
until he had enough to patent a large chunk of adjacent land. To
accomplish this he registered them with the local courts until he was
ready to make his claim. And it was these indentured servants who
provided the labor to make improvements on the home and or cultivate the
crops of tobacco on the land of their master thus allowing him to
continue the sequence.
Most of the vessels the emigrants traveled in were ships of 150 to 250
tons. A few went up to 500 tons. They usually had three masts- the main
mast located amidships with two smaller ones fore and aft of the main.
The top speed was about eight knots. The smaller ships could carry about
50 passengers plus crew. The larger ones were capable of transporting up
to 150 or more passengers. They departed the various ports of England to
gather at the last point of land until hundreds of them were ready to set
out. The ships were bound for all over the New World. They traveled in
fleets.
Those bound for Virginia sailed southwest to the Azores and then turned
nearly due west to the Capes of Virginia. But it was not unusual for the
ships to get separated. The stragglers sometimes arrived in Virginia to
find others in their starting fleet had been riding at anchor for many
weeks. The trip usually lasted from 47 to 138 days, sometimes longer. The
return trip was usually two weeks less.
On the trip over, the passengers were treated the same as the crew. Each
received a half pound of bread per day. On five days per week they also
received a half pound of salt pork and "pease". The other two days were
special with each person getting a half pound of beef and some pudding
with their peas and bread. Children under six received a half share.
These were types of food which could be stored easily without spoiling.
On days when the "kettle could not be boiled" each person received one
pound of cheese.
Upon discharge of their passengers and the settling of accounts, the
ship's masters looked for cargo to take back to England. The usual cargo
was hogsheads of tobacco some of which was for more headrights and some
to sell in the markets of England. They also found animal skins to be a
desirable cargo. The local merchants and residents needed to pay for
products imported from the factories of England with the proceeds of
their trade.
The return trip was also made in fleets. For instance, on July 31, 1702
there were 140 ships gathered in the mouth of the Chesapeake for the trip
back to England. They were escorted by four men-of-war for the first leg
of the journey. Coastal pirates were a plague upon such ships. But the
pirates rarely ventured far from shore. Once the ships were well out to
sea, pirates usually were no longer a problem.
By 1700 all the land on the Eastern Shore of Virginia had been claimed.
The once friendly Indians had either been driven away or had died of
English diseases. Colonists of early Virginia had a hard life but things
improved in time. Within a few decades many had become landed gentry and
were generally as well off as their English cousins. Maybe even better.
The climate was milder, the land was rich and bountiful, the seas were
full of life and laws were tolerable.
For the next seventy five years, the people prospered according to their
own talents and techniques. Tranquility settled over the Eastern Shore.
The troubles of the world were far away. The Chesapeake Bay on one side
and the Atlantic Ocean on the other side provided buffers which made the
residents somewhat of a closed society. The geographic boundaries coupled
with an intense self-suffiency made them a people who could get along
with what they had.
And that was the way it more or less stayed until well into the 1700's
when some people in the English government got greedy for more taxes
without representation by the taxed.
Robert L. Mears
From Bob Mears
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Roll of the Galley "Accomac"
Virginia State Navy as of October, 1777
Underhill, William, Capt. Milliner, Ro., 1st Lieut.
Andrews, Ishmael, 2nd Lieut. Harris, John, Lt.
Marshall, Jenepher, Master Murray, David, Master
Mate
Howard or Hayward, Thos., Midship White, William, Surgeon's
Mate
Webb, Ro., Pilot Field, John, Stw'd & Clk.
Cropper, John, Carpenter Wilson (Melson ?) Levin,
Cop. Mate
Johnson, Joshua, Boatswain Taylor, Jabez, B. Mate
Broadwater, John, Gunner Waters, Isaac, G. Mate
Simpson, William, Cook Mears, Bartholomew, Qr. M.
Tunnells, William, Q.M. Tennels, Joseph, Private
Rogers, Henry, Private Collins, Stephen, Private
Collins, James, Private Broadwater, Covington,
Private
Andrews, William, Private Taylor, Daniel, Private
Chance, Shadrack, Private Johnston, Isaiah,
Private
Warrington, James, Private Taylor, Severn
(Levern?), Private
Taylor, Aytres, Private Moore, Stephen, Private
Simpson, Elisha, Private Simpson, Hancock,
Private
Warrington, Stephen, Private Bloxsom, George,
Private
Bloxsom, Stephen, Private Johnson, John, Private
Darby, Ayres, Private Taylor, Thomas, Private
Paradise, Merit, Private Walker, James, Private
Riggs, William, Private Joynes, Edwd., Private
Macklin, Edwd., Private Kingston, Negro, Private
Towsand, Tho., Private Button, Michael, Private
Tobey, Tho., Private Stewart, Geo., Private
Harris, John, Midship. Bloxsum, Scarborough, Surgeon
Hays, William
The Formation of Drummondtown, later known as Accomac
"Drummondtown was built on a site that had been patented by 1664, and it
was called by a succession of names. Among these were Freeman's
Plantation, Metompkin and the Courthouse. The Colonial post office was
Accomack. After more than two hundred years, the name Accomac, without
the K, superseded Drummondtown."
On the town's formation:
"In October 1786 the General Assembly acted favorably on a petition of
seven people who lived near the Accomack Courthouse for the establishment
of a town to include the houses of the petitioners and ten acres
adjoining this built-up area as follows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that ten acres of land, the
property of Richard Drummond, adjoining the Accomack Courthouse, shall be
laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and
together with twenty other half acre lots already improved shall form a
town by the name of Drummond. John Cropper II, Thomas Evans, John
Teackle, Thomas Bailey and Thomas Custis shall be trustees. The trustees
or the major part of them shall sell the lots at public auction after the
time and place of the auction have been advertised for two months at
Accomack and Northampton courthouses. The purchaser of each lot is to
build a house 16 feet by 16 feet at least within two years of date of
purchase. The house is to have a brick or stone chimney. The trustees are
to convey the deed when the conditions are met and pay the money to
Richard Drummond or his legal representative."
Turman, Nora Miller. _The Eastern Shore of Virginia: 1603-1964_.
Onancock, VA: The Eastern Shore News, Inc. 1964. Reprinted, Bowie, MD:
Heritage Press, 1988. p. 133
About the only thing I have found so far are for different
individuals
named Isaiah in the Accomack, VA wills and administration listings from
1663
to 1800. There are lots of listings for the surname Johnson. But I just
copied those for Isaiah for the time being. If you already have the
abstract information from these documents, please let me know so I won't
be
repeating work you have already done. You might already have this
information since I see on the FTM you have listings of children fro
various
Johnson members.
These are the ones I have for Isaiah from the Accomack Co, VA will
books.
103 John Johnson of Muddy Creek 14 Jul 1734 - 1 Oct 1734 to son Isaiah
all my land and
negroes after dec. of my wife Elizabeth and for want of heirs. To
my daughter,
Dinah Johnson - to son, Samuel Johnson - daughter, Mary Lingo -
daughter,
Sarah Meers. Wife and 4 children, Susanna, Elizabeth, Dinah, &
Isaiah resid. legatees.
Wife, exect.
Witt: William Andrews, Ralph Corbin, Nathaniel Bird, pg 386
167 Order 1753-1763 Linton, William adm. of his estate to Isaiah Johnson
Solomon Bird
& Joseph Bell, sec.
170 Henry Greenalds adm his est. to Catherine Greenalds - Isaiah Johnson
&
Elijah Lilliston
28 Mar 1758 pg 234
332 Joshua Johnson 23 Aug 1781 - 26 Mar 1782 Land to build church at
Bloxom's
Bridge. To wife, Patience land during her wid. To son, Crippen
Johnson, my
plantation cont. 99 ac & for want of issue to my wife Patience
Johns. "My father in law,
Isaiah Johnson to let my wife Patience keep my son Crippen
Johnson 'til he arrive
to age of 16.
Father in law, Isaiah Johnson exect.
Witt: Solomon Johnson, John Brimer, George Northan pg 170
339 John Johnson 2 Jun 1783 - 30 Sept 1783 to wife, Famy Johnson -
daughter, Sarah Johnson - daughter, Ann Johnson - son, Isaiah
Johnson. Youngest
daughter, Ewfamy Johnson. Wife and 4 children resid legatees.
Wife and father Isaiah Johnson execs.
Witt: William Young, Thos Fisher, Mills Northam pg 399
(my note: the spelling of the wife's name and the one daughter
is
as I found it in
the book)
375 Isaiah Johnson Adm his est. to Sarah Johnson - Crippen Taylor,
sec
25 Sept 1792 pg 463
379 Woodman Bloxom 24 Oct 1788 - 31 Dec 1788
Witt: Isaiah Johnson, John Riley, Sarah Riley & William
Bloxom
392 William Riley
Witt: Isaiah Johnson with William Young pg 439
Now these are just the ones that mention an Isaiah Johnson. If you
want some of the others, let me know. I'll bet there are a ton of
listings
for John and no doubt a few for George too.
The Accomack Co, VA 1776-1854 marriage records list the following:
Johnson, Isaiah - Tabitha J East 28 Oct 1850
Johnson, Isaiah - Abby Russell 18 Feb 1809
Thos Josiah Speight, sec.
Johnson, Isaiah Sr - Sally Ewell 23 Nov 1829
wid of William Ching
John P Drummond, sec
There are still a few books that I want to look through yet.
Hopefully
I"All get to the library later this week.
Take care an happy hunting.
Best wishes, Ginny Reiland
Date of Import: Dec 23, 1998
Date of Import: Dec 23, 1998
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(Information from Family Tree Maker CD 195, Baltimore County Families,
1659-1759, pg 136).
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|_Tiffany Sandra PLEASANT _|
| _Frank Imwold HARRISON _+
| _Carroll Lee HARRISON _|_Thelma Emma BAER ______
|_Sandra Denise HARRISON _|
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