Of course, I'll never be done writing about this family, or at least learning about them. However, I've come to a stopping point and any posts I write now will either be of things I've learned from the Huntington newspaper, or I'll post when I find the story of a new Beeks ancestor. Since some of these people right now are first names only, I don't hold out a lot of hope for locating them, but certainly stranger things have happened. My criteria for including people on this list is that they at least died in this country. Some were probably immigrants and some may have been here for several generations, but I just can't trace them.
Here are the names I'm looking for:
Timothy Martin, born about 1798 died before 1870; married in 1833 in Shelby County, Ohio to
Hannah Tilberry or Tilbury, born about 1810. They may have died in Wabash County, Indiana.
possibly Eva, the wife of George Philip Serfass. She would have been born about 1783, maybe.
Sabina, wife of Frederick Serfass, born about 1760.
Felix Weiss about 1720-1779 died in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pa.
Anna Maria van Buskirk, his wife, born about 1726
George Featheringill 1710-1767-died in Frederick County, Va.
possibly Elizabeth Marie Settlemire, his wife
Hannah, wife of William Lehew about 1745-1810, died in wythe County, Va.
Tabitha, widow Underwood, wife of William Hunt, early Virginia
Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Donaghe
Isabel Hamilton, wife of John Donaghe
Thomas Hicklin, 1689-1772
Richard Bodkin 1710-1773
Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bodkin
Barbara, wife of Johan Jacob Bentz
Rebecca Caroline, wife of Christian Funk
Polly Carter 1805-1880, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, wife of John Beeks
Elizabeth, wife of Johann Gottfried Neimrich
Johann Gottfired Neimrich
possibly John Barnes and his possible wife Elizabeth, parents of Catherine Barnes
As you can see, for most of these people I have little to go on. However, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. They also ask for help, which is what I'm doing now. Can you help me learn the stories of any of these people, and possibly their parents?
Showing posts with label Donaghe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donaghe. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Beeks line: Hugh Donaghe, dates unclear, Immigrant
Hugh Dunaghe or Donaho is the last Beeks ancestor I have on the family tree. I hope I can find more ancestors to write about, and I hope I can find more about this man than I have right now. The information I have is sketchy, but interesting.
As you might guess, Hugh's last name, Donaghe, or Donaho, seems to indicate an Irish origin. The sketchy and undocumented information that I have says that Hugh was born about 1680, In Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland . Kilkeel is a small town on the east coast of Northern Ireland, and their principal industry is fishing. I'm not sure whether that fits with what is known about our Hugh, but of course there would have been other occupations, too, for someone had to feed and clothe the fishermen of the time.
He is believed to have married someone named Elizabeth about 1700, possibly in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 1700, shortly before his father John died in 1705. The location for John's death is given as Virginia, but again, that seems very sketchy. The only child of Hugh and Elizabeth that I can locate is Dianna, who married Thomas Hicklin in about 1723. So Dianna would have been born about the turn of the 18th century.
I suspect that Hugh and Elizabeth had at least one other child, a son named Hugh. There are records in Augusta County, Virginia referring to a Hugh Donague, and that Hugh died in 1773. I suspect that this record is not for our Hugh, and I suspect that military records for Thomas and Charles Donaho, as early as the 1740s in Virginia, may also belong to sons or other relatives of this man.
Land records as late as 1774 mention Hugh. If this is our Hugh, he had land, 277 acres on "the south side of the North RIver of Shando". It's possible that the deed wasn't filed until after Hugh's death, because up to that point there had been no need to file a deed. There is also a record of Hugh witnessing a land deed several years after our Hugh's death, so it seems that whether or not they were father and son, they were surely two different people. Perhaps our Hugh never made it to the Shenandoah Valley.
That is as much information or speculation as I have for Hugh. It certainly isn't much to go on but because the Beeks family doesn't have much known Irish ancestry, I thought it was worthwhile to at least mention the man. Perhaps there are more records waiting to be found, and if we are lucky enough to find them, I'll post them at a later date.
The line of descent is
Hugh Donaghe-Elizabeth
Dianna Donaghe-Thomas Hicklin
Dinah or Delilah Hicklin- James Bodkin
George Bodkin-Elizabeth "Fannie" Featheringill
Charity Botkin-Jackson Wise
Mary Wise-William Beeks
John Beeks-Elizabeth Wise
Wilbur Beeks-Cleo Aldridge
Mary Margaret Beeks-Cleveland Harshbarger
Their descendants
As you might guess, Hugh's last name, Donaghe, or Donaho, seems to indicate an Irish origin. The sketchy and undocumented information that I have says that Hugh was born about 1680, In Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland . Kilkeel is a small town on the east coast of Northern Ireland, and their principal industry is fishing. I'm not sure whether that fits with what is known about our Hugh, but of course there would have been other occupations, too, for someone had to feed and clothe the fishermen of the time.
He is believed to have married someone named Elizabeth about 1700, possibly in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 1700, shortly before his father John died in 1705. The location for John's death is given as Virginia, but again, that seems very sketchy. The only child of Hugh and Elizabeth that I can locate is Dianna, who married Thomas Hicklin in about 1723. So Dianna would have been born about the turn of the 18th century.
I suspect that Hugh and Elizabeth had at least one other child, a son named Hugh. There are records in Augusta County, Virginia referring to a Hugh Donague, and that Hugh died in 1773. I suspect that this record is not for our Hugh, and I suspect that military records for Thomas and Charles Donaho, as early as the 1740s in Virginia, may also belong to sons or other relatives of this man.
Land records as late as 1774 mention Hugh. If this is our Hugh, he had land, 277 acres on "the south side of the North RIver of Shando". It's possible that the deed wasn't filed until after Hugh's death, because up to that point there had been no need to file a deed. There is also a record of Hugh witnessing a land deed several years after our Hugh's death, so it seems that whether or not they were father and son, they were surely two different people. Perhaps our Hugh never made it to the Shenandoah Valley.
That is as much information or speculation as I have for Hugh. It certainly isn't much to go on but because the Beeks family doesn't have much known Irish ancestry, I thought it was worthwhile to at least mention the man. Perhaps there are more records waiting to be found, and if we are lucky enough to find them, I'll post them at a later date.
The line of descent is
Hugh Donaghe-Elizabeth
Dianna Donaghe-Thomas Hicklin
Dinah or Delilah Hicklin- James Bodkin
George Bodkin-Elizabeth "Fannie" Featheringill
Charity Botkin-Jackson Wise
Mary Wise-William Beeks
John Beeks-Elizabeth Wise
Wilbur Beeks-Cleo Aldridge
Mary Margaret Beeks-Cleveland Harshbarger
Their descendants
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Beeks line: Thomas Hicklin 1689-1772 Probable Immigrant
The origins of the Hicklin family are not clear. It is possible they were Scotch-Irish, meaning the family moved from Scotland to Ireland and stayed there for some time, most likely generations, before they moved on to America. There was a John Hicklin in Chester County, Pennsylvania as early as 1702, but as far as I know no one has definitely been able to tie John to Thomas.
The first that is actually heard of Thomas, however, is in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1734. He had married Dianna Donaghe, daughter of Hugh Donaghe and Elizabeth, about 1723 but the location is unknown. In 1734, he received a grant for 120 acres in Chester County and was still there ten years later, as evidenced by an advertisement in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette.
Thomas purchased land on the Bullpasture River in Augusta County, Virginia on January 6, 1756. The family was there earlier as Thomas had been directed to work on a road crew in 1753. Historically, this was just before the outbreak of the French and Indian war, and Hugh was found on the rolls of the Highland Fort in 1757. (The only reference to a fort that I could find for this location and time period was Fort George, and the marker for that says that this fort never came under direct attack. I don't know about the settlers who lived nearby. They would have been fortunate indeed to have survived unscathed.)
By 1766, Thomas was aging. He would have been about 77 by now, and was excused from head tax due to his age. He sold some of his land to son Thomas Hicklin Jr in 1770 and died probably at the end of 1771, as his will was proved January 11, 1772. There is no mention of his wife in the transcription I saw of the will, although it appears she didn't die until later in the year. Perhaps a child was already caring for her. Also, a comment is made that he signed his will with an "X", but not a rough X as the illiterate did. This one had extra garnishes, making it appear that he was possibly using the "X" because he was too weak to sign his whole name, yet making it evident that he had at least some education.
Thomas and Dianna's children known by his will are Hugh, John, Thomas, Rosannah (Johnson), Jane (Laferty), Dinah (Botkin) and Sarah (Black), born from about 1725 to 1740 in Chester County.
This is what is known of Thomas and his family. He is one of the mostly anonymous people who settled this country, raised his family and protected them by arms when needed, and, in death, is known mostly by his will and his children. His heritage is one of hard work and family values, and we could use more of that today.
The line of descent is:
Thomas Hicklin-Dianna Donaghe
Dinah Hicklin-James Botkin
George Botkin-Elizabeth Featheringill
Charity Botkin-Jackson Wise
Mary Wise-William Beeks
John Beeks-Elizabeth Wise
Wilbur Beeks-Cleo Aldridge
Mary Margaret Beeks-Cleveland Harshbarger
Their descendants
The first that is actually heard of Thomas, however, is in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1734. He had married Dianna Donaghe, daughter of Hugh Donaghe and Elizabeth, about 1723 but the location is unknown. In 1734, he received a grant for 120 acres in Chester County and was still there ten years later, as evidenced by an advertisement in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette.
Thomas purchased land on the Bullpasture River in Augusta County, Virginia on January 6, 1756. The family was there earlier as Thomas had been directed to work on a road crew in 1753. Historically, this was just before the outbreak of the French and Indian war, and Hugh was found on the rolls of the Highland Fort in 1757. (The only reference to a fort that I could find for this location and time period was Fort George, and the marker for that says that this fort never came under direct attack. I don't know about the settlers who lived nearby. They would have been fortunate indeed to have survived unscathed.)
By 1766, Thomas was aging. He would have been about 77 by now, and was excused from head tax due to his age. He sold some of his land to son Thomas Hicklin Jr in 1770 and died probably at the end of 1771, as his will was proved January 11, 1772. There is no mention of his wife in the transcription I saw of the will, although it appears she didn't die until later in the year. Perhaps a child was already caring for her. Also, a comment is made that he signed his will with an "X", but not a rough X as the illiterate did. This one had extra garnishes, making it appear that he was possibly using the "X" because he was too weak to sign his whole name, yet making it evident that he had at least some education.
Thomas and Dianna's children known by his will are Hugh, John, Thomas, Rosannah (Johnson), Jane (Laferty), Dinah (Botkin) and Sarah (Black), born from about 1725 to 1740 in Chester County.
This is what is known of Thomas and his family. He is one of the mostly anonymous people who settled this country, raised his family and protected them by arms when needed, and, in death, is known mostly by his will and his children. His heritage is one of hard work and family values, and we could use more of that today.
The line of descent is:
Thomas Hicklin-Dianna Donaghe
Dinah Hicklin-James Botkin
George Botkin-Elizabeth Featheringill
Charity Botkin-Jackson Wise
Mary Wise-William Beeks
John Beeks-Elizabeth Wise
Wilbur Beeks-Cleo Aldridge
Mary Margaret Beeks-Cleveland Harshbarger
Their descendants
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