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12
6
1971
Report
"The Family of Paul Trimmer (c1750-c1834)
of Washington County, Pennsylvania" by
Raymond Martin Bell, Washington and
Jefferson College. Includes note "Dianne."
14 pages.
12
6
07/14/1969
Letter
From Raymond M. Bell to Mr. Melencamp;
re: President's ancestors. Includes Nixon
family tree. 1 page with attachment.
12
6
06/13/1969
Other Document
Note from Rose Mary Woods to Noble
Melencamp; re: Dr. Bell. Includes letter from
Raymond Bell to Miss Woods re: Nixon
family genealogy and Raymond Bell's letter
to Mr. Mendenhall re: Mendenhall family
with attachment. 4 pages.
12
6
06/26/1969
Letter
From Raymond M. Bell to Miss Woods; re:
Jos. D. Moore and Jane Brown Moore. 1
page.
12
6
11/19/1969
Letter
From Mrs. Isaac Hardeman to President; re:
Nixon family genealogy. Includes "Family
Lines of President Richard Milhouse Nixon"
from the History and Genealogy of the
Harlan Family. 1 page letter with
attachments. 7 pages.
Monday, May 21, 2007
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Diame
THE FAMILY OF PAUL TRIMMER (c1750-c1834)
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
by
Raymond Martin Bell
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pennsylvania
1971
The Trimmers in New Jersey
There were Germans in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, N J by 1720. John
Trimmer, the earliest known Trimmer, was likely there before 1730. There
are four dates associated with John, all indicating that he was living
in Amwell (now Readington) Twp, Hunterdon Co:
Nov 17-1739 will proved of Henry Woolever, a neighbor
Receipts listed from Henry Dierdorff, Johannes Trimmer, Joseph
Bast, Johannes Beckelshammer (Becstolzheimer) and others
Nov 12-1744 naturalization by New Jersey Provincial Council
23 persons with German names including Johannes Trimmer, Matthias
Trimmer (the only son over 21) and these surnames: Hauschilt
(Houshell), Belesfelt, Sharp (Scharf) enstein. Of the 23 only two
are listed in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, a list beginning 1727.
This 1744 group is the largest to be naturalized by the Council.
Nov 4-1748 agreement by John Trimmer to sell land to his son,
Matthias. Land adjoining Belesfelt and others.
Jan 10-1750 will written by Johannes Tremer
Witnesses included Houshell and Belesfelt. (Some of the Houshells
and Belesfelts were naturalized in 1730.)
The will of John Trimmer is signed JOHANNES TREMER in German. His sons
who were executors signed MATTHIAS TRIMMER in German and ANDREW TREMER
in English. The will is the only place where the surname is spelled
TREMER. The original spelling in German is not known. A few months after
John's death in 1750 his son, Anthony, bought a 315-acre farm at Long
Valley, Morris Co, N J about 15 miles to the north. Other sons who went
to Morris County were Matthias, William and Nicholas. Andrew went to
York (now Adams) County, Penna.
Clearly, John Trimmer was of German origin. His name is not listed
in Pennsylvania German Pioneers. He should not be confused with Johannes
Deimer (Hans Timmer) who landed in 1738. The names of John's neighbors
do not appear in Pioneers either. This means that he entered Pennsylvania
before 1727 or through a non-Pennsylvania port. Anthony Dierdorff, who
was naturalized in 1730, came to New Jersey in 1719; he died in Hunter-
don County in 1747. In York Co, Pa the Trimmer and Dierdorff families
intermarried.
The only place in Germany that Karl von Frank of Austria has found
the name TRIMMER is south of Karl-Marx-Stadt at Annaberg, Saxony in
1633. This is in the Erzgebirge region just north of the Czech border.
The will of John Trimmer was written Jan 10-1750 and proved Feb 22-
1750. The inventory filed lists one hundred items - total value 126-15-3.
I Johannes Tremer of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon and
western division of the province of New Jersey
I give
and bestow unto my beloved wife Mary the sum of twelve pounds
and all her goods as she had before marriage
estate
divided amongst my children equally only my children from my
first wife shall have the sum of five pounds money above the
rest that is Tys (Matthias), Toenis (Anthony), Andry (Andrew),
Gorg (Geofge), Herbert
and my children of my second wife
Anna, Christina, William, Hannes (John), Niclas (Nicholas),
Judit(h), Hendrick (Henry)
my daughter Anna shall have
my bed and bedding
my third wife Mary Catrina shall
live in my house until sold or disposed of
I appoint
Tys Tremer and Andris Tremer, my two beloved sons
executors.
Signed JOHANNES TREMER
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John Trimmer was born in Germany about 1700 and died in Hunterdon
County in 1750. He married first c1721 Mary ---; second c1738 Elsie
(Alice) Engel; third c1748 Mary Catharine ?Cobine. His children:
1. Matthias Trimmer b c1722 d 1793 Roxbury (now Washington) Twp,
Morris Co, N J m c1742 Anna Martha Nochber
Children: Mary, Matthias, Sophia, Elizabeth, Leonard,
John, Jacob, David
2. Anthony Trimmer b c1724 - see below
3. Andrew Trimmer b c1726 d 1793 Reading Twp, York (now Adams) Co, Pa
to Pa c1767; m c1746 Susanna Houshell
Children: Mary, John, Sophia, Andrew, Peter, David,
Christiana, Matthias, William, Elenora
4. George Trimmer b c1728 d 1807 Amwell (now Readington) Twp
in York Co 1767; m1 Ann Hoppock; m2 Catharine ---
Children: Mary, Anthony, John, Catharine, Sarah,
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Anna
5. Herbert Trimmer b c1730 d 1810 Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co
m Catharine Case
Children: George, Peter, John H, Anthony, William, Ann
6. Anna Trimmer b c1739 d young
7. Christine Trimmer b c1740
8. William Trimmer b c1742
lived Morris Co; m widow Weaver
Children: Conrad, ?Daniel
9. John Trimmer b c1743 d 1820 Amwell (now Readington) Twp m --- Servis
Children: Amos, Henry, John, Hannah, Susanna, Mary, Sarah, Catharine
10. Nicholas Trimmer b 1745 c1825 now Washington Twp, Morris Co
m1 Ann Bowman d 1814; m2 widow Catharine Thomas
Children: Anna, Elizabeth, John, Peter, Mary, Henry, Isaac
11. Judith Trimmer b 1746 d 1798 Morris Co m Matthias Dufford b 1738 d 1818
Children: John, Jacob, Ann, Maria, Elizabeth
12. Henry Trimmer b 1747 ?d young
Anthony Trimmer (d 1754)
Anthony Trimmer, son of John, was a weaver. He married c1749 Eliza-
beth b 1723 d 1781. She m2 Thomas Faircloe b 1720 d 1794. Anthony
on May 30-1750 bought a 315-acre farm at Long Valley, Morris Co, N J.
There were six Germans who owned adjoining farms in German Valley on
the Logan tract in Washington Twp in 1750. The owners, north to south,
were: Peter Sharpenstein, Philip Weise, Anthony Trimmer, William Welsh,
Leonard Neighbor (Nachbar), Matthias Trimmer. After Anthony's death in
the fall of 1754, his farm was bought by John Hager. Anthony died at
the age of thirty. His son, Paul, may have been named for the maternal
grandfather. His will was written Nov 7-1754 and proved Dec 24-1754.
I Tunis Trimmer of Roxbury in the County of Morris and pro-
vince of West New Jersey - weaver
I give and bequeath
unto Elisabeth my dearly beloved wife fifty pounds
I give
unto my oldest son Paul ten pounds
the remainder to be
equally divided among my three children Paul, Mary, Anthony.
Signed TUNIS TRIMMER
Executors: Matthias Trimmer, Johannes Hager
Witnesses: Roelof Roeloffson, Johannes Peter Sharpenstein,
Johann Wilhelm Welsh
His children:
1. Paul Trimmer b c1750 - see below
2. Mary Trimmer b 1752 m Dec 2-1768 Caleb Swayze b 1722 d Canada
Children: Trimmer, Samuel
3. Anthony Trimmer b 1754 d 1838 Torrey, Yates Co, N Y m c1777 in Fer-
managh Twp, now Juniata Co, Pa Sarah Howard b 1759 d 1832
Children: David, Isaiah (Ohio), Elizabeth, Amy, Epenetus, Anthony, Mary,
(Sarah, Thomas
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Central Pennsylvania
About 1775 Paul and Anthony Trimmer with German friends migrated
from New Jersey to Juniata (then Cumberland) County, Pa. Here Paul and
Anthony served in the militia and were married. The reason for the
migration of Paul (age 25) and Anthony (age 21) is not known, except
that it was a part of the westward movement in America. Their mother
had remarried and had more children; their sister was married. Paul
is listed as a single freeman 1779-80 and as a married taxable 1781-82
in Fermanagh Twp, then Cumberland Co. Anthony was taxed from 1778 on.
In 1778 Paul was a private under Capt James McConnell, 4th Battalion;
in 1780 under Capt Hugh McAllister, 7th Battalion. In 1778 Anthony was
a private under Capt David Boal, 4th Battalion.
Anthony Trimmer (Jr) m c1777 Sarah Howard, a sister of Thomas Howard.
His name is on a 1780 petition and in 1790 it is on the Fermanagh tax
list and the Federal Census. He may have gone to Snyder (then Northumber-
land) Co, Pa where Paul had gone. About 1798 Anthony moved to Seneca Lake,
Yates Co, N Y "from Northumberland Co" with his neighbors, Epenetus Hart
and Thomas Howard, formerly of Fermanagh. Anthony died at Torrey, N Y 1838.
Paul Trimmer (b c1750) married early in 1780 Jane McElwain, the daugh-
ter of a neighbor. She was single Nov 22-1779 when she signed a deed,
possibly in anticipation of marriage. About 1784 Paul moved a distance
of about 6 miles north, crossing Shade Mountain into another valley.
Here there were more Germans. It was then Penn Twp, Northumberland Co,
now West Beaver Twp, Snyder Co. Paul Trimmer is listed there in the tax
records and the 1790 census. This was very close to what later became
Decatur Twp, Mifflin Co. The fact that the names just above and below
Paul Trimmer in the census were West Beaver men leads to the conclusion
that Paul was in now Snyder Co. Among the neighbors were a Manning family
and some Myers families. The older children of Paul married Manning and
Myers. Tradition says that Paul Trimmer was a seaman for several years.
This could have occurred between 1770 and 1775 when he was in New Jersey.
To Washington County
About 1800 Paul Trimmer moved west from Snyder County to Smith Twp,
Washington County. His name is not in the census for either county. He
was likely on the way west. Why did he go to Washington County? Some-
time before 1800 Samuel Tennis, brother-in-law of Paul, had moved to
Smith Twp from Fermanagh Twp. This may have been one reason. Tennis is
listed in the 1800 census.
The names of Paul Trimmer (3 cows) and Anthony Trimmer (3 cows) first
appear on the 1801-02 tax list. The Trimmers never owned any land. There
are no deed or estate records on file for the Trimmers. In the 1818-19
tax list are these Trimmers:
Paul 2 horses, 1 cow; Anthony 1h, 1c; Thomas 2h, 1c; Samuel 2h, 2c
and for this year only John 1h, 1c
The name of Paul Trimmer disappears from Smith Twp (possibly the Atlas-
burg region) about 1825, when he moved to Robinson Twp (north of McDonald)
and lived with his son, Samuel. In the 1830 census in Samuel's household
are a male and a female both 80 to 90. Paul appears on the Robinson Twp
tax list until 1834. The last year the name appears is 1833-34. In 1828-
29 he is taxed for one dog. In 1831-32 there was a judgment against him.
Paul Trimmer died about 1834 and is likely buried in an unmarked grave
at the Raccoon Presbyterian Cemetery at Candor, Pa. His son, Samuel, a
Presbyterian, lived near here. His grave, too is unmarked. The Trimmers
owned no land on which to bury. There was no money for a stone. In 1834
the young children of Paul's three sons and one grandson are all listed
as "poor", the county paid for their schooling.
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Were the Trimmers related to Anthony Wayne?
There is an old tradition that Paul Trimmer married Anthony Wayne's
sister. This is stated in the History of Noble County, Ohio and in
David Trimmer's 1904 Genealogy. The History of the Hocking Valley, Ohio
in a biography of Anthony Trimmer (b 1814) states that Paul Trimmer's
wife was "Jane McUlwaine". This is correct.
Anthony Wayne was a son of Isaac Wayne 1699-1774. Anthony had only
two sisters (born about 1750) : Ann married William Hayman,
Hannah married Samuel Van Leer.
Paul about 1780 in Fermanagh Twp, now Juniata Co, Pa married Jane McEl-
wain, daughter of Moses and Agnes (Miller) McElwain. Jane was of Scotch-
Irish origin. Moses Trimmer was named for his great-grandfather.
It is easy to see how the tradition arose. Paul's father, brother and
son were named Anthony. To a German family the Scottish Jane "Muckle-
wayne" may have been taken as Jane M Wayne. So the mistake arose. It is
clear that the Trimmerswere not related to Anthony Wayne.
Where Trimmers Lived
N.Y.
PA.
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N.J.
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N J: M=Morris; H=Hunterdon
N Y: Y=Yates
Pa: A=Adams; Y=York; S=Snyder;
J=Juniata; W=Washington
Ohio:H=Huron; T=Tuscarawas; R=Ross;
C=Coshocton; Je=Jefferson;
B=Belmont; N=Noble; V=Vinton;
Ja=Jackson
These Persons Have Helped
Floyd W Trimmer
Wallace Johnston Sarah Butler
Eva T McCoy
Edward P Trimmer
Daisy Duffner
Alice Wyatt
Harris S Smith
David C Trimmer
Ira A Brown
Gladyse Ziegler
Martin L Heisey
Ross K Trimmer
Myrtle Gibbs
Bertha Nickell
Charles Hines
Doyle K Trimmer
Henry Hall
Alma Smithson
James E Emery
Ralph McIlvaine
Jessica Ferguson
Charles M Hogan
Paul T Emery
Mary Richardson
Florence Main
Edna Jordan
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Family of
Paul Trimmer b c1750 Washington Twp, Morris Co, N J; d c1834 Robinson
Twp, Washington Co, Pa; m 1780 Jane McElwain, Fermanagh Twp, Juniata Co,
Pa; c1775 to Juniata Co; c1784 to Snyder Co; c1800 to Washington Co
1. Anthony Trimmer b c1781 d 1841 Smith Twp m1 c1798 Jane Manning
a. Jemima Trimmer b c1799 d young
b. Paul Trimmer (see A)
C. Nancy Trimmer b 1802 m George McCready
Children: Alexander, Sarah, Jane, Rebecca
d. Mary Trimmer b 1804 m Samuel F Bell
Children: John, James, Mary b 1835, Ann, Jane, Carolyn
e. Jane Trimmer b 1806 m1 Thomas Hunt d 1839 Brooke Co, W Va
m2 John Hunter - daughter, Clara m Jester
m3 James Johnston - daughter, Rebecca Jane
f. Rebecca Trimmer b 1808 m Benjamin Pinkerton
Children: Hunter b 1839, Jemima Jane b 1840 m Fulton
g. John Trimmer (see B)
h. Jemima Trimmer b 1812 m1 James Lewis - daughter, Eliza
m2 James Boyd
i. Anthony Trimmer (see C)
j. Elizabeth Trimmer b Aug 9-1817 d Jun 7-1907 m Ephraim Johnston;
Westmoreland Co. Children: William b 1845, Margaret Jane b 1846,
Martha Elizabeth b 1848, Mary Ann b 1850, Rebecca Esther b 1852,
John b 1854, Sarah Louisa b 1856, James b 1859, Clara Roberta
b 1862, Laura Belle b 1865
k. Sarah Trimmer b Sep 14-1820 d 1901 New Cumberland, W Va m Philip Ward
Children: Eliza, Thomas, Martha m Tucker, Joanna, Nancy,
Jemima, James, Frank, Charles
Anthony Trimmer m2 Sep 21-1824 (Washington Examiner) Margaret Hunt
b 1804 Smith Twp; d 1876 Vinton Co, Ohio - she m2 Richard Howard
1. Margaret Trimmer b 1826 d Mar 18-1865 m Jan 10-1843 George Nixon
Children: Martha L b 1844, David Palmer b 1846, Samuel Brady
b 1847 Atlasburg, Smith Twp (grandfather of Richard Milhous Nixon),
Margaret Lovina b 1849, Sarah Elizabeth b 1851, William Francis
b 1854, Boston A b 1856, Hiram D b 1858, Elihu (Lyle) Andrew b 1860
m. Catherine Trimmer b 1828 m1 George Tuten; m2 Easton
Children (Tuten) Iantha b 1852, Lavina C b 1854, Clara E b 1856
n. Lavina Trimmer b 1830 m George Casner, no issue
O. Thomas Trimmer b 1832 d young
p. Samuel H Trimmer (see D)
2. Mary Trimmer b c1783 m c1799 Myers - Chillicothe, Ohio
3. Thomas Trimmer b 1786 d 1850-60 Robinson Twp; m1 c180 Agnes Ravens-
craft; m2 1832 or before Martha Perry
a. James Ravenscraft Trimmer (see E)
b. Samuel Trimmer (see F)
c. Moses Trimmer (see G)
d. Anna Trimmer m Rankin
e. Jane Trimmer m McElhaney
Children: Sarah, Elizabeth, Emma, Linna, James, Thomas
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f. Maria Trimmer b 1816 m William Annan
Children: Mary Ann, Nancy, James W b 1844, Sarah b 1847
g. Sarah Trimmer b 1820 d young
h. Thomas Trimmer (see H)
i. Ellen Trimmer m Swearingen
Children: Julia, Wilda, Queen, Thomas, James
j. Nancy Ann Trimmer b 1833
4. Nancy Trimmer b 1788 d bef 1850 m c1806 Robert Ravenscraft b 1788
Children: Robert, Paul, John, Margaret, Jane
5. Samuel Trimmer b 1790 d 1847 Robinson Twp m c1811 Elizabeth ?Stevenson
(b 1786
a. Ruth Trimmer b 1812 d 1878 Hoskinville, Ohio
b. Stevenson Trimmer (see I)
c. Isaiah Trimmer no record after 1850, Robinson Twp - b 1816
d. John Trimmer, single Smith Twp, 1843-46
e. Sarah Trimmer b 1820 m Alexander McAdams b 1820
Children: Elizabeth R b 1846, Mary J b 1848, Samuel b 1851,
Julia Ann b 1856, Sarah M b 1860 and others
f. Samuel Trimmer (see J)
g. Jane Trimmer b 1824
h. Mary Trimmer b 1826 m Pyle
i. Julia Trimmer b 1828 m1 1858 Elihu Lippitt - Children: Elizabeth
b 1859, Samuel, Julia, Elihu, Katherine; m2 Isaac McCune - Dau: Maud
6. Elizabeth Trimmer m1 Pyles - Son: William; m2 George Miller - Coshocton
(Co, Ohio
7. Rebecca Trimmer m Miller - Sons: Anthony, Samuel - Tuscarawas
(Co, Ohio
8. ?John Trimmer - taxed 1818 Smith Twp, no further record
Related Families
McELWAIN - Moses McElwain, ensign 1756, d 1760 Lancaster Co, Pa; m Agnes
Miller, daughter of James; she warranted 200 acres in Fermanagh Twp,
now Juniata Co Sep 18-1762. Moses was a son of Robert and Isabel McEl-
wain. Robert d 1760 West Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pa
Children of Moses: Moses d 1782 m Martin, Robert, Isabel b 1745 m James
Barclay, James, Jane m Paul Trimmer, Violet m Samuel Tennis - Washing-
ton Co, Pa 1800, Samuel m Jan 1779 Elizabeth Purdy b 1761 - to Ohio,
John m Martin
MANNING - Nathan Manning living 1790 now West Beaver Twp, Snyder Co, Pa
neighbor of Paul Trimmer - 6 sons, 3 daughters - wife ?Jemima
?daughters Jane m Anthony Trimmer, --- m Nathaniel McPherson
HUNT - William Hunt taxed in Smith Twp, Washington Co 1803-06 1808-17,
no further record, names of children given in Thomas Hunt will 1839:
Margaret b 1804 d 1876 m1 1824 Anthony Trimmer; m2 c1845 Richard
Howard, daughter Margaret Ann b 1846 - Thomas d Apr 1839 Brooke Co,
W Va m Jane Trimmer b 1806, owned lots Cross Creek village, Washing-
ton Co 1833-35 - Mary m Ewing - Nancy, not married 1839
FAIRCLOE - Thomas Faircloe b 1720 d 1794 Chester Twp, Morris Co, N J
m1 widow Elizabeth Trimmer; m2 Morehouse; Children (Faircloe) Isaiah
m1 Mehitable Swayze, 11 children including Paul Trimmer Faircloe;
m2 Meritie King, 2 children; m3 Sophia Hugg, 8 children - Elizabeth -
Johanna m Caleb Dickerson - Mehitable - daughter m Esta
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(A) Paul Trimmer (son of Anthony) b 1800 d c1884 Smith Twp
m c1824 Mary
b 1808
1. Jane Trimmer b 1825 m c1843 George Davidson b 1825
Washington Co
Children: Mary J b 1844, Margaret A b 1846, Alexander b 1848, Samuel
Martin b 1850, Martha M b 1852, Matilda b 1854, Trimmer b 1856,
John W b 1858
2. Martin Trimmer b 1826 d c1896 m 1850 Susan Casner b 1828
a. Mary Agnes Trimmer b 1851 m Campbell
b. Julia Trimmer b 1853 m Bell
c. George Casner Trimmer b 1854 d 1926 m 1876 Laura Cox - Coraopolis
Children: Howard, Daisy, Mabel, George, Frances, Alfred
d. Margaret Trimmer b 1857 m1 Campbell; m2 Jones
e. John Trimmer b 1859 d yg
f. Paul Trimmer b 1861 d 1913 m Mary Cruse
Children: Owen 1881-1915 (father of David C), John*, Susan*, Ro-
bert*, Paul*, Mary, Gene, Agnes, George, Viola, Margaret, Helen
*
3. Samuel Trimmer b 1828 d 1905 m Mar 16-1848 Margaret Jane Wherry
d yg
Jefferson Co, Ohio
a. Martin Trimmer b 1858 d 1918 m Josephine Blakely - Son: Floyd W
b. Paul Trimmer, never married
c. Margaret Trimmer m Robert Morrow
d. Elizabeth Trimmer m1 Culler; m2 Grimm
e. Matilda Trimmer m Charles Householder
4. Mary Trimmer b 1830 m Apr 15-1848 Samuel Davidson
5. Paul Trimmer b 1834 m c1858 Elizabeth
b 1838
a. Eliza Ann Trimmer b 1859
b. Mary Trimmer b 1861
C. Paul Trimmer b 1866
d. William Trimmer b 1868
e. Charles Trimmer b 1872
m Anna Wardles
Salem, Ohio
Children: Charles Edward, Paul, William Griffin, Stanton
f. John Trimmer b 1874
g. Alzona? Trimmer b 1876
h. Bertie Trimmer b 1878
i. Samuel Trimmer b 1879
6. Martha Trimmer b 1836 m 1853 John Ross b 1833
Children: Mary M b 1854, Thomas T b 1856, Amanda b 1859, Jemima J b
1862, William L b 1864, Martha M b 1869, M M b 1874, J M b 1877,
Rose b 1880, Minerva b
, Fred b
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(B) John Trimmer (son of Anthony) b c1810 taxed Wash Co 1835-37 ?Beaver Co
m1 c 1830 Elizabeth (daughter of Zachariah) McPherson
m2 Elizabeth Javens
1. Anthony Trimmer b Jan 25-1831 d Mar 28-1887 m May 21-1870
Margaret Jane Johnston
a. Jessie May Trimmer b Nov 25-1871 d Feb 22-1934 m William Emery
Children: William, Paul Trimmer, James Edgar
b. Audley Manning Trimmer b May 4-1875 d Jul 23-1949 Rea, Pa - single
2. Zachariah Trimmer
m Christina
Bloomingdale, 0
a. John William Trimmer b Oct 11-1858 d Aug 2-1930
m Jan 24-1882 Anne Hervey
Children: John Zachariah 1882-1966, Christina Elizabeth b 1892,
Cameron Hervey b 1895 (father of Doyle K)
b. Thomas Trimmer
m Ida Quillian - Sons: Clifford, Earl
c. Mack Trimmer
m Ida
- Daughter: Virginia
d. Alexander Trimmer
m Annie
e. James Trimmer
m Maude
f. Mary Trimmer
g. Sarah Trimmer b Aug 1-1857
h. Kennedy Trimmer d at 21
3. Jane Trimmer
m Edie
4. James Trimmer
d c1875
five children
5. John Hunter Trimmer b 1853 d 1913 m Leanna J Pry b 1853
Smith Twp
a. Maude Trimmer b 1876
b. Lillian Trimmer b 1880
C. William Pry Trimmer
Son: George
d. Clara Trimmer
e. Edward Trimmer
f. James Trimmer
6. Elizabeth Trimmer
(c) Anthony Trimmer (son of Anthony) b Mar 22-1814
Vinton Co, o
m c1846 Lucinda Miller b 1822 d 1877
1. David Trimmer b 1847 (wrote Trimmer history 1904)
single
2. Rebecca J Trimmer b 1848 d yg
3. John Trimmer b Jul 9-1850 d Feb 9-1920 Concord Twp, Ross Co, Ohio
m Jan 3-1874 Harriet Leach b Oct 4-1853 d Nov 11-1921
a. William Warren Trimmer b Sep 18-1874 d Jul 25-1917 m Rose R Dawson
Children: William Lloyd, Thelma Maude, Mildred, John
b. Charles Barnett Trimmer b 1876 d Aug 12-1922 m Claris Annette Kendall
Children: George W, Pauline, Charles Glenn, Alberta, Ralph
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c. George Ewing Trimmer b Jul 27-1878 d Jul 24-1965
single
d. Una Maude Trimmer b Aug 27-1879 d Jan 9-1971 m David Sheppard
e. John Anthony Trimmer b Aug 6-1882 d May 7-1952
single
f. Howard Allen Trimmer b 1889 d Apr 20-1923 m Sylvia G Stewart
Son: Howard A
4. Eliza A Trimmer b 1852
m Oliver Arnett
Children: Chester H, Vidalia E, Paul Roy
5. Paul Trimmer b 1854
single
6. William M Trimmer b 1856 d 1948 m Frances M
Daughter: Mary
7. Lucinda Trimmer b 1858
single
8. Mary Trimmer b 1860 d yg
(D) Samuel H Trimmer (son of Anthony) b Jan 31-1834
Vinton Co, 0
m Aug 26-1858 Rebecca Jane Bottomfield
1. Ida Trimmer m Hilas Bay - Children: Earl, Charlene, Adele
2. Margaret Trimmer d at 96 m L W Sprague - Daughter: Gladyse
3. Myrtle Trimmer m William Fischer - Daughter: Margaret Jane
4. Alice Trimmer m Arch Arnold - no issue
5. Dallas Orton Trimmer b Mar 8-1880 d Jul 22-1922 Billings, Mont
Daughter: Myrtle Louise m Gibbs
and five others died young
(E) James Ravenscraft Trimmer (son of Thomas) m Louisa E Smith - Huron Co, o
1. Thomas C Trimmer m Mary Jane Chandler
a. Beech Trimmer m Louisa Niever - Children: Walter, Hazel
b. William Trimmer m Mayme Irwin - Children: Irwin, Grace
C. Harry Trimmer m Annie Clark - Children: Howard, Margaret
d. Irwin Trimmer m Blanche Gregory - Son: Robert
e. Altoe Trimmer m Leahia West
f. Leon Trimmer m Julia Wilcox - Sons: Kenneth, Wayne
Ethel
g. Nellie Trimmer m1 Harry White; m2 William Smith - Children: Dale,
h. Addie Trimmer m Thomas Dailey - Children: Harry, Mary
i. Alma Trimmer m Thomas Cross - Child: Frieda
2. Essington Taylor Trimmer m1 Jeanette Wheeler; m2 Smith - Chicago, Ill
a. Louisa Trimmer
b. Alice Trimmer
C. Charles Trimmer
d. Tracy Trimmer
e. Florence Trimmer
10
3. Charles Edwin Trimmer m Prudence Ann West
a. James Trimmer m Annie Laurie Arthur
Children: Helen, Arthur, Marium, Julia, Jeanette, Charles
4. Orlando Trimmer d at 4
5. Angelia Trimmer m Albert Sweetland d Civil War
(F) Samuel Trimmer (son of Thomas) b 1808
m Mary Cahia b 1829
living N Fayette Twp, Allegheny Co, Pa 1850; later Jackson Co, 0
1. Jane N Trimmer b 1830
2. Thomas Trimmer b 1833 - Son: Frank
3. Rebecca Trimmer b 1836
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4. John C Trimmer b 1837 d Jan 14-1899 Portsmouth, Ohio m Louisa Jane Fit-
5. Maria Trimmer b 1839
6. Samuel Trimmer b 1842
(G) Moses M Trimmer (son of Thomas) b Sep 13-1810 d Dec 8-1882 Hendrys-
burg, Belmont Co, Ohio m Jane
b Jun 10-1805 d Mar 24-1886
1. Maria A Trimmer b Oct 10-1834 d Aug 30-1899 m Shepherd
2. Thomas Trimmer
d 1915 m Ann Hill
a. Bertram Trimmer - Son: Grant
b. John Trimmer
d 1936 - Daughter: Lillian m Fowler
C. Alice Trimmer m George Frazier
and ten other children
3. Eber Trimmer b Dec 23-1850 d Oct 18-1933 m Addie Agar b Jul 8-1858
a. Albert Trimmer b 1883 d 1957 m 1904 Forest Reynolds
(d Jul 14-1935
Children: Ray, Harry, Ross Kenneth
b. Clarence Trimmer m Blanche Moore
C. Otis Trimmer m Anna Dickson
d. Gail Trimmer m Earl Hall - Son: Henry
e. Earnest Trimmer m Gail Majors
f. Nell Trimmer m Earl Patton
g. Faye Trimmer m Oliver Sears
h. Robert Trimmer m Helen Faye - Son: James
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(H) Thomas Trimmer (son of Thomas) b 1822 d 1910 McDonald, Pa
m c1851 Isabel McElhaney b 1825
1. William Henry Trimmer b 1852 d yg
2. Nancy A Trimmer b 1855
3. Sarah J Trimmer b 1857
4. Anna Trimmer b 1859 d yg
5. Henrietta Trimmer b 1861
6. John McDonald Trimmer b 1865 d 1929 m Rebecca Pooler
a. Besse C Trimmer
b. Isabelle W Trimmer
c. Thomas E Trimmer
d. Charles E Trimmer
e. Edward P Trimmer
f. Mary Trimmer
(I) Stevenson Trimmer b Mar 11-1815 (son of Samuel) d 1900 Hoskinville,
Noble Co, Ohio m1 Oct 14-1843 Ann McAdams b 1823 d 1882
m2 1885 widow Malinda Butterbaugh
1. James A Trimmer b 1845 d Jun 9-1864 Civil War
(J) Samuel Trimmer (son of Samuel) b 1823
Noble Co, o
1. Elizabeth Cleo Trimmer b 1860 d 1932 Hoskinville, Ohio
2. Sarah Green Trimmer b 1863
m John Thorpe b 1858
Daughter: Eva Marie m Arthur McCoy
3. Marietta Trimmer d yg
12
Martin
George
Howard, George, Alfred
Paul
Owen, John, Robert, Paul,
Paul
(Gene, George
Paul
Samuel
Martin
Floyd
Paul
William
Paul
Charles
Charles, Paul, William, Stantor
John
Samuel
Anthony
Audley
John W
John, Cameron
Thomas
Clifford, Earl
John
Zachariah
Mack
Alex M
James
James
Anthony
William P
George
John H
Edward
James
Warren
William, John
John
Charles
Anthony
George, Glenn, Ralph
Howard
William M
Chester, Paul
MARGARET SAMUEL B
FRANK
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
Samuel H IDallas 0
Beech
Walter
William
Irwin
Harry
Howard
Thomas
P
Irwin
Altoe
Robert
A
Leon
James R
Kenneth, Wayne
U
Charles
Essington
L
Tracy
Charles
James
Albert
Ray, Harry, Kenneth
Clarence
Thomas
Otis
Earnest
Moses M
Robert
James
Thomas
Bertram
Grant
Eber
John
Thomas
Frank
Samuel
John C
Samuel
Thomas E
Thomas
I
John M
Charles E
Edward P
StevensonJames A
Samuel
Isaiah
?John
Samuel
?John
13
INDEX TO TRIMMER (pgs 5-11)
Addie 9
Gail 10
Mary 5 6 7 8 9 11
Agnes 7
Gene 7
Mary Agnes 7
Albert 10
George 7 8
Matilda 7
Alberta 8
George Casner 7
Maude 8
Alexander 8
George Ewing 9
Mildred 8
Alfred 7
George W 8
Moses M 5 10
Alice 9 10
Grace 9
Myrtle 9
Alma 9
Grant 10
Myrtle Louise 9
Altoe 9
Alzona 7
Harry 9 10
Nancy 5 6
Angelia 10
Hazel 9
Nancy A 11
Anna 5 11
Helen 7 10
Nancy Ann 6
Anthony 5 8
Henrietta 11
Nell 10
Arthur 10
Howard 7 9
Nellie 9
Audley Manning 8
Howard A 9
Howard Allen 9
Orlando 10
Beech 9
Otis 10
Bertie 7
Ida 9
Owen 7
Bertram 10
Irwin 9
Besse C 11
Isabelle W 11
Paul 5 7 9
Isaiah 6
Pauline 8
Cameron Hervey 8
Catherine 5
James 8 10
Ralph 8
James A 11
Ray 10
Charles 7 9 10
James Ravenscraft 5 9
Rebecca 5 6 10
Charles Barnett 8
Charles E 11
Jane 5 6 7 8
Rebecca J 8
Charles Edward 7
Jane N 10
Robert 7 9 10
Charles Edwin 10
Jeanette 10
Ross Kenneth 10
Ruth 6
Charles Glenn 8
Jemima 5
Christina Elizabeth 8
Jessie May 8
Samuel 5 6 7 10 11
Clara 8
John 5 6 7 8 10
Samuel H 5 9
Clarence 10
John Anthony 9
Sarah 5 6 8
Clifford 8
John C 10
Sarah Green 11
John Hunter 8
Sarah J 11
Daisy 7
John McDonald 11
Stanton 7
Dallas Orton 9
John William 8
Stevenson 6 11
David 8
John Zachariah 8
Susan 7
David C 7
Julia 6 7 10
Doyle K 8
Thelma Maude 8
Kennedy 8
Thomas 5 6 8 10 11
Earl 8
Kenneth 9
Thomas C 9
Earnest 10
Eber 10
Lavina 5
Thomas E 11
Tracy 9
Edward 8
Leon 9
Edward P 11
Lillian 8 10
Una Maude 9
Eliza A 9
Louisa 9
Eliza Ann 7
Lucinda 9
Viola 7
Elizabeth 5 6 7 8
Virginia 8
Mabel 7
Elizabeth Cleo 11
Mack 8
Walter 9
Ellen 6
Margaret 5 7 9
Wayne 9
Essington Taylor 9
Maria 6 10
William 7 9
Maria A 10
William Griffin 7
Faye 10
Marietta 11
William Henry 11
Florence 9
Marium 10
William Lloyd 8
Floyd W 7
Frances 7
Martha 7
William M 9
Frank 10
Martin 7
William Pry 8
William Warren 8
Zachariah 8
14
INDEX TO OTHER SURNAMES (pgs 5-11)
Agar 10
Gibbs 9
Niever 9
Annan 6
Gregory 9
Nixon 5
Arnett 9
Grimm 7
Arnold 9
Patton 10
Arthur 10
Hall 10
Perry 5
Hervey 8
Pinkerton 5
Barclay 6
Hill 10
Pooler 11
Bay 9
Householder 7
Pry 8
Bell 5 7
Howard 5 6
Purdy 6
Blakely 7
Hugg 6
Pyle (s) 6
Bottomfield 9
Hunt 5 6
Boyd 5
Hunter 5
Quillian 8
Butterbaugh 11
Irwin 9
Rankin 5
Cahia 10
Ravenscraft 5 6
Campbell 7
Javens 8
Reynolds 10
Casner 5 7
Jester 5
Ross 7
Chandler 9
Johnston 5 8
Clark 9
Jones 7
Sears 10
Cox 7
Shepherd 10
Cross 9
Kendall 8
Sheppard 9
Cruse 7
King 6
Smith 9
Culler 7
Sprague 9
Leach 8
Stevenson 6
Dailey 9
Lewis 5
Stewart 9
Davidson 7
Lippitt 6
Swayze 6
Dawson 8
Swearingen 6
Dickerson 6
Majors 10
Sweatland 10
Dickson 10
Manning 5 6
Martin 6
Tennis 6
Easton 5
McAdams 6 11
Thorpe 11
Emery 8
McCoy 11
Tucker 5
Esta 6
McCready 5
Tuten 5
Ewing 6
McCune 6
McElhaney 5 11
Ward 5
Faircloe 6
McElwain 5 6
Wardles 7
Faye 10
McPherson 6 8
West 9 10
Fischer 9
Miller 6 8
Wheeler 9
Fitzer 10
Moore 10
Wherry 7
Fowler 10
Morehouse 6
White 9
Frazier 10
Morrow 7
Wilcox 9
Fulton 5
Myers 5
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE
WASHINGTON. PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
14 July 1969
Dear Mr. Melencamp,
Thank you for your letter of 7 July and for the copy
of the letter to Mr. Brinton. I suppose about 10% of the
people who write to me are related to President Nixon.
NN:
I enclose a summary of material in my hands that may help
brothers, sisters,)
you identify some of the persons. These are the uncles,
aunts, greatuncles, greataunts of Mr. Nixon's parents.
I am working on a revised chart of the President's
ancestors. It contains 280 names at present and grows
each week. It is interesting to note that all were in
America before 1776 - a number were here in 1700.
Sincerely,
NIXON
Wm W 1807-1891
/horn
Eleanor 1809-1891 m Scot-
Sarah
m Shaw
NIXON
Mary A
m Lawson
Martha L 1844-
James
m Vansky
GEORGE 1821-1863
D Palmer 1846-
Nancy 1825- m Sinclair
- -
SAMUEL B 1847-1914
Eliza J 1831- m Stevens
GEORGE NIXON
HANNAH WILSON
Seeds 1833-1918
Margaret L 1849-
Susannah 1835- m Waldren
m Carson
Mark -1863
S Elizabeth 1851-
Perry
m Shields
W Francis 1854-1863
TRIMMER
Paul 1799-1882
NIXON
Boston A 1856-1939
John 1800-
Irene C 1874-1901
Mary m Bell
m Engle
Hiram D 1858-1927
Nancy m McCready /son
Walter W 1876-
Jane m Hunt, Hunter, John-
1967
Elihu (Lyle) A 1860-
Rebecca 1808- m Pinkerton
FRANCIS ANTHONY
1948
Jemima
m Fulton
1878-1956
Anthony 1814-
Carrie M 1881-
Elizabeth 1817- m Johnson
1968 m Wildermuth,
Sarah 1820-1901 m Ward
ANTHONY TRIMMER
MARGARET HUNT
Skinner
- - -
Ernest L 1883-1969
MARGARET A 1826-1865
m NIXON
- -
Catharine 1828- mTuten,
Hugh H 1892-1965
Samuel H 1834- Easton
WADSWORTH
WADSWORTH
Martha 1824-1824
Elizabeth J 1851-
THOMAS W 1826-1879
m Vanscoy
B Franklin 1829-1902
SARAH A 185201886
ROBERT WADSWORTH
ELIXABETH LYTLE
m NIXON
MOORE
Mary F 1855-1857
Isaac N 1826-1862
Thos C 1828-
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
Rebecca M 1858-1876
Jos A 1829-
Jas W 1831-1912
R Franklin D 1862-1955
MARY L 1832-1918 m WADSWORTH
Sarah A 1834-1878 m Bay
Melinda A 1866-1881
Melissa J 1836-1856 m Rowland
Eunice E 1839-1925 m Pagett
M W Houston 1870-1935
John W 1844-
Electa M 1846-1894 m Laverty
JOSEPH DICKINSON MOORE
Eliza E 1848-
m Griffin
JANE BROWN
MILHOUS
Rebecca V 1808-
m Cope
MILHOUS
Vickers 1810-1883
FRANKLIN 1848-1919
Wm C 1811-1884
Hannah 1814-1903 m Mendenhall
Jesse G 1851-
Thomas 1818-
JOSHUA V 1820-1893
Edith G 1853-
Jane 1820-
m Rice, Waters
m Hadley
Martha 1822-1829
WILLIAM MILHOUS
MARTHA VICKERS
Wm H 1855-1866
MILHOUS
Chas W 1858-
Griffith W 1873-
GRIFFITH
Jane R 1860-1860
Daniel P 1821-
Mary A 1875-1909
Jesse
m Cummings
Martha J 1861-
ELIZABETH P 1827-1923 m MII#
m Ware
George P
HOUS
Emily 1877-1877
Amos W 1863-1866
Mary R
AMOS GRIFFITH
EDITH PRICE
Amos T
Edith A
Esther P
m Patterson
Edith 1880-
m Timberlake
BURDG
Martha 1882-1968
Albert 1808-1824
m Gibbons
Peter 1810-1811
HANNAH 1885-1967
Wm 1813-1876
m NIXON
Hannah 1815-1892 m Walker
Ezra C 1887-
Roland 1817-1818
BURDG
Lewis 1819-1878
JaneB 1889-
Martin 1847-
OLIVER 1821-1908
JACOB BURDG
MIRIA... MATTHEWS
m Beeson
Mary 1824-1887 m Malmsbury
Elizabeth 1892-
ALMIRA P 1849-1943
1930 m Harrison
m MILHOUS
HEMINGWAY
R Olive 1895-
Ezra 1854-1871
JANE M 1824-1890 m BURDG
m Marshburn
Eleazer 1825-
Maryetta 1860-1867
Abigail 1827-
m Ellyson
Isaac 1829-
Joseph 1831-
Elizabeth C 1833-
John W 1836-
Sarah 1838-
JAMES HEMINGWAY
HOPE MALMSBURY
James 1840-1863
Benjamin 1843-
David P 1845-
1969 R. M. Bell
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date 6/13/69
To noble Melencamp
From Rose Mary Woods
FYI
Please Handle
Please tell Dr. Bell
that you are now working
on this subject matter
and that you would
he glad to meet with
him Thanks.
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE
WASHINGTON.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
12 June 1969
Dear Miss Woods,
Thank you for your letter of 9 June and the copy of Mr. Men-
denhall's letter. This was a gap when I made my chart in 1954.
New data come in on the President's forebears nearly every
day. I am in correspondence with Jessamyn West, Edith Nunes,
Mrs. Ernest Nixon, Joyce Sanden and many others more remote.
Because of the help given by the lady in Cheyenne to which
you sent a letter I have located the Moores in Indianola, Iowa.
The grave of George Nixon I 1752-1842, Revolutionary soldier,
near Moline, Ill. has a big marker erected in 1925. I will have
a copy of the speech given in a few days.
The enclosed chart shows that I have completed the fifth gene-
ration back. I am now working on the sixth. It is incomplete in
the Moore line. It is interesting to note that all the persons
on the chart 16-31 were born in America, and all their parents
were born in America except Jane Brown's father. He was born
in Ireland.
The Washington Post on May 31 had an article on the President's
Relatives. Although the reporter contacted me, there are a number
of errors. For example, Mrs. Nunes is a Gibbons, not a Beeson;
the Milhouses never lived in Washington, Pa.; the wrong Charles
Milhous is quoted; the family came in 1729 not 1792; however it
has a lot that is correct.
If all of the 200,000 7th cousins write in to you, you will
have to use a printed answer.
I want you to have a copy of what I have. My file has inceased
50% since November. It will take a lot of time to put it in shape.
Would it be possible sometime to come down to Washington and com-
pare my notes with yours?
Sincerely yours,
Paymond m.Bell Raymond M. Bell
12 June 1969
Mr. Gerald V. Mendenhall
P. 0. Box 671
Midland, Texas 79701
Dear Mr. Mendenhall,
The 'hite House has kindly sent me a copy of your letter
of 2 June re the Mendenhall family. I knew that Mr. Beeson
was working on a book.
My files show data that yours do not:
Benjamin M Sr.see below
Ann Pennell
in
Robert P.
Benjamin Mendenhall
m
Owen Roberts 2 Hugh R.
Lydia Roberts
Mary
Thomas M.
Francis M.
1633-1682
Edward S.
Wm. S.
Benjamin N. Sr.
Wm. S.
Alice Whiting
Elizabeth
Joan Strode
Upton
Joanne Barnard
Sincerely yours,
Copy to Miss Woods
Raymond M. Bell
12June 1969
16 George Nixon
Raymond M.Bell
1784-c18650hio
8 George Nixon
1821-1863 B.
17 Hannah Wilson
1790-c1827 Pa,
4 Samuel Brady Nixon
1847-19140hio
18 Anthony Trimmer
1781-1841 Pa,
9 Margaret Ann Trimmer
1826-18650hio
19 Margaret Hunt
2 Francis Anthony Nixon
1804-1876 Ohio
1878-1956Cal
20 Robert Wadsworth
1785-1867 Ohio
10 Thomas Wiley Wadsworth
1826-1879 Ohio
21 Elizabeth Lytle
1794-1831 Md.
5 Sarah Ann Wadsworth
1852-18860hio
22 Joseph Dickerson Moore
1797-1860 la,
11 Mary Louisa Moore
1832-1918 Ohio
23 Jane Brown
1807-1886 /a.
1 Richard Milhous Nixon
24 William Milhous
1783-1874 Ohio
12 Joshua Vickers Milhouse
1820-18931nd
25 Martha Vickers
1786-1873 Ohio
6 Franklin Milhous
1848-1919(a).
26 Amos Griffith
1798-1871 0hic
13 Elizabeth Price Griffith
1827-1923cal.
27 Edith Price
1801-1873 ohio
3 Hannah Milhous
1885-1967Cal.
28 Jacob Burdg
1783-1862 Ind.
14 Oliver Burdg
1821-1908Cal.
29 Miriam Matthews
Park
1786-c1865 Ind
Almira A Burdg
849-1943 Cal,
30 James Hemingway
1801-1893 Mo
15 Jane M Hemingway
1824-1890 tnd.
31 Hope Malmsbury
1804-1865 12.
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE
WASHINGTON. PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
26 June 1969
Dear Miss Woods,
you may wish to
add this to the collection
It comes through the
lady in Wyoming to
whom you note
Sincerely,
Raymond M. Bell
Jos. D. moore of Jane Brown moore
Sarah am Wadsworth nixon
grandparents of
grandmother of
Richard milhons nixon
A LABOR OF LOVE FOR MY PRESIDENT
03 SEMINARY VILLAGE
LOUISVILLE, KY. 40207
November 19,1969
Dear Mr. President:
A few weeks ago I read an article in the papers which stated
that your people were from Ireland. I knew that this could
not be SO. When your people came to America Ireland was Catholic
except the few in the northern counties. Catholics are not
Quaker, as yours and mine are.
My huge family genealogy and history, the Harlan family, contains
hundred of Quaker names except Harlan. I looked in the index and
there were many names in the Nixon family, and the Milhouse family.
There was even a Richard Nixon!
It has been a lot of fun digging out your direct line back to the
Harland family in England. They dropped the "d" when they came over,
some with William Penn, some a few years later.
You will find a Harlan Genealogy in the DAR library, or the public
library where your daughters will have as much fun as I did,
verifying what I have written. There was one error in the genealogy
as "Asenath Hunt Robbins" as juoted. p.177-8. Asenath's mother's
maiden name was "Robbins. She married Jehu Wickersham, so Asenath's
name was Wickersham and she married Richard B.Nixon.
You and I come from the same ancestor who came from Ireland, living
there nine years only, to what is now Delaware, where he was a
member of Newark Meeting, later Center meeting. The three brothers
who came to America dwindled to one -- George who had six sons,
your progenitor being the oldest, Ezekiel. I am descended from
Aaron, Michael's brother.
Anyhow, I hope you will be as happy to receive this as I was to
"Gig it out.
With admiration and affection
Mrs. Isaac Hardeman
P.S. This line makes your deughters Gigible for Colonial Damon
or any other Colonial patriotic association. I hope you will
overlook the errors here and there, and erasures. I ar eighty
years old and find even a typewriter hard to convey what I
wich to offer
GH
FAMILY LINES OF PRESIDENT RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON
TAKEN FROM THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
OF THE HARLAN FAMILY
WHO SETTLED IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA. , 1687
BY ALPHEUS H. HARLAN, OCTOBER 1914
Although Alpheus Horlan calls the early Harlans "yeomen", meaning
"farmer", they were a great deal more than that, as you will read
if your public library has this history and genealogy, pages 969
through 975.
James Harland, Cavalier and member of the Church of England was
born C. 1625 in the "Bishoprick of Durham, England, "and is the
earliest paternal ancestor known to the family in America. He lived
and died in England.
That James Harland was married according to the usages of the
Established Church there can be no doubt. His children were baptized
and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that the
earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "baptized
at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England. "The monastery was
established A.D.672.
So far as we know James was the father of three sons:
1. Thomas b. - d. - married Katherine Bullock (1) and
Alice Foster (2).
2. George b. - d. - married Elizabeth Duck
3. Michael b.- d. an Married Dinah Dixon
The Harlands were followers of Kings Charles 1st.& second and
therefore were one of those known as "Cavaliers" Old wills confine
the name to Yorkshire - "North Riding of Yorkshire", and they speak
of the estates of Sutton Hall, (which is still standing) nigh Durham,
Ruby, New Parke etc. Sutton Hall eight miles north of York was in
the family before the civil wars and was probably bestowed upon them
by Queen Elizabeth 1st., or King James lat., or perhaps by Charles J.
p.2
On page 972, a letter from King Charles II, dated February ,1661,
restores Sutton Hall to the Harlands for services to the King.
During the religious wars, both Queen Elizabeth 1st. and James, of
Scotland, later of England, had so decimated the counties in Ireland
of Armaugh and Down that they offered large grants of land, about
one thousnd acres, to the Englishmen and Scots. That is how the
latter were afterward known as "Scotch-Irish" when, in truth, they did
not have a drop of Irish blood. Younger sons of the landed gentry
and aristocracy as well as many others went to these Irish Counties
to re-populate them. The three young sons of James Harland had
undoubtedly taken advantage of these offers.
George, baptized at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth, "ye 11th. day
(England),
of First Month 1650". "He remained there/until he reached manhood
when, in company with his brothers and others he crossed into Ireland
and located in the County of Down." There, he came into contact with
"The Society of Quakers" and married one, Elizabeth Duck. It may be
that "the low public morals" of the king's court influenced him to
become a Quaker, or it may have been his devotion to Elizabeth Duck
who would never have married outside her sect.
.3
George and El,izabeth were married by ceremont of Friends,
9-6-1678. He lived in Ireland nine years with his brother Michael.
In 1687, with his brother, he brought his wife and four children to
America, taking ship at Belfast. They had bought lands before coming
which were in that province of Pennsylvania known as "The County of
Delaware", now known as the state of Delaware. ile owned a thousand acts
along Brandywine Creek.
,6
He belonge to Newark Meeting but later to Center Meeting.
George Harlan( they had dropped the "d") was a very important mun
in the County. He was "Governor of the three lower a) unties of
p.3
Pennsylvania", later Delaware, in 1695, and was a member of the
Colonial Assembly in 1712.
On pages 4 7 5 there is much interesting information concerning
this man.
He died in Fifth Month (July O.S. 1714 and was buried beside his
"deare wife" in the new burying grounds on Alphonsus Kirk's land,
Center Meeting Grounds.
George and Elizabeth were the parents of nine children, but it
is the oldest, Ezckiel, whose line leads to the Nixon family.
Ezekiel Harlan, b. 6-16-1679; d. 4-15-1731. He was born in
County Down, Ireland, and was eight years old when the family came to
America. In 1700, aged 21, he married by ceremony of Friends in Chesto
County, Pa. Mary Beeser, Friend, born in Wiltshire, England. She died
in 1702, probably in childbirth, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle ,
Delaware, leaving one child, the infant, William, b.9-1-1702;d-10-22-
1783. In 1705/6, Esckiel married Ruth Buffington.
William Harlan, 5 (Ezckiel George³), was born in Kennett TWP.
Cheater Co., Pa. d. 1783 and buried in Friends Burying Ground, London
Grove Meeting House. He was married at Old Kennett Meeting "argaret
Farlow 12-14-1721. Margaret Farlow was born in Ireland 9-1-1703
66
d.12-6-1767. Their son, Stephen, 6 (Wm. 5Ezekicl4 b.3-12-1740 in Chester
County, Delaware. He married 12-2-1761 in New Castle, Mary Carter,
b. 8-8-1740 in Chester Co. d.7-11-1824 in Randolph County, North Caro-
lina. Daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Ann (Mcl'herson) Carter, both of
North Carolina. In 1765 Stephen & Mary with their two oldest children,
moved from Chester Co. Del. to Randolph, N C. where he died in 1830
and both were buried in Friends Burying Grounds at "arlboro Meeting
House. They had nine children, Alice being the ancestor leading to
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ps. 177-8 Alice Harlan 7 (Stephen 6 Wm. 5 ) b. 7-22-1764 in Chester County, Del.
Emigrated with her parents to North Carolina, in Cumberland Co.
later to Randolph Co. She M. circa 1785/6 Moses Robbins b.1-26-
1741 in Wales, England. .5-8-1834 in Wayne County, Indiana. Alice
died there 6-17-1835. They were the parents of nine children,
Mary being in the Nixon line.
Mary Robbins 8 (Alice ⁷Stephen⁶) A Friend, was b.10-27-1793 in
Randolph County, N.C. Died 10-27-1855 in Howard County, Indiana.
Buried in Friends Burying Grounds at New Garden Meeting House in
that county. She married 4-29-1813 in Randolph County, .C.
Jehu Wickersham. Friend, b. 12-28-1787 in Randolph County, N. C.
d.7-14-1840 in Henry County, N.C. Buried there in Freinds Burying
Grounds at Greensborough, N. C. He was the son of Jehu Wickersham and
Mary Kirk. At the time of their son's marriage they lived in
Guilford Co.,N.C. They had three children, Moses Robbins, Benjamin
Price and Asenath Hunt.
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Asenath Hunt Wickersham, b. 1-2-1821 in Wayne Co., Ind.
married 9-23-1841 in Henry County, Ind. , Richard B.Nixon, b. 9-11-1820
d.10-6-1891. Children:
1. Louisa, b.12-19-1843 m. 11-12-1885 Valentine Arneth .5-15-
1853
2. Mary Emily, b.3-9-1847 at New London, Ind. m.10-31-1867
John A.Ellis b.5-15-1843. Mary was a recorded minister among
Friends and resided at Kokomo, Ind. Children:
(a) Wp.Brinton b.3-20-1869 m.6-6-1892 Minnic B. Curlee,
b.7-25-1870
(b) Isaac C. b.12-18-1873
(c) Jambs Edwin b.12-27-1879
3. Jemimgh A. b.12-9-1824 in Henry Co.Ind. m.4-3-1847 Edwin
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Union County, Ind. Children: Amanda Malvina, b.1-14-1848. d.6-6-1866
Unm.
Frederick D. b.9-4-1867. m.Alexine m.Jones 10-7-1891.
4. William Kirk, b.11-17-1829 in Henry Co. Ind. d.there 1832
5. Jason F. b.9-11-1837 in Henry Co.Ind. m. Sarah hayes. Children:
Charles, Mary, Robert Price.
OTHER HARLAN -NIXON CONNECTIONS
1. MARGARET HARLAN m. Silas Bailey. "aughter Emilie b.9-22-1809
d. 8-12-1882. m. 4-30-1833 Dorcas Nixon.
2. Solomon Herlan, b. 2-13-1732. m.Jane Ferris. Son, Jonathan b.3-26-1826
m. Elizabeth Nixon 10-10-1846. She was the daughter of George Nixon
b.11-12-1797 and Jane Simonton.
3. Ruth Hale, Handolph Co.N.C. b.3-3-1797. d.9-18-1861 in Clinton Co. Ohio
m. John Hadley. Son,Alfred Clark, m.5-1-1845 Ann Nixon. One son,
Charles, of Warren Co., Ohio.
4. James Dunn Harlan, Wayne Co.Ill m.Annie Elms, 12-23-1877 in Clay Co.
Ill. "aughter, Nancy b.2-6-1838 in Wayne Co. d.7-25-1867 in Clay Co.
Buried in Nixon Burying Grounds. She m. 8-18-1859 in same CO. Looker
Nixon b.12-28-1819 in Harrison Co. Virginia, son of Joshua and Ruth
Nixon. Children: James Harlan, Joshua, Ella, Jessie B. and Alvin.
5. Alexander Harlan, b.1-21-1834 in Clinton Co.Ohio. Went to Warren Co.
m. 8-9-1875 Ann Longstreth b.12-4-1833. Their daughter, Isabel b.
b.6-9-1857 M. 9-16-1875 Cornelius H.Nixon, b. 5-2-1851, son of Pamuel
and Ann (McCaine) Nixon. Children: Annie barlan, b.8-6-1876, Morris
Longstreth.b.e-15-1885 to Athel Corwin b.2-25-1891.
All Harlans go back to George as Michael's line died out. Their lineage
can be traced back to George in the Harlan Genealogy.
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MEMBERS OF THE MILHOUSE ( MILLHOUSE) FAMILY
IN THE HARLAN GENEALOGY
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William S.Harlan, Presbyterian, b.12-15-1886 in Morgan County, Ohio,
(still living in 1912) 111. in Muskingum Co.Ohio
6-24-1858 Elizabeth Jane Milhouse, Presbyterian,
b.there 1-10-1841. d.at Seattle, Wash. 3-8-1904.
She was the daughter of Jonathan B.Milhouse, Friend,
of Chester Co. Pa. and Hannah Hall Nixon, Friend
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Rebecca Webb, Friend, b.2-3-1795 in Chester Co. Pa.d.there 3-2-1841
m. by ceremony of Friends at Old Kennett Meeting,
3-20-1828 John Parker, Friend, b.9-20-1786 at Parkers-
ville; d there 4-8-1857. A son,John Parker, b.8-22-17/
and Hannah Milhouse, both born in Chester Co. Pa.
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Ezekiel Jefferson Harlan, farmer, Baptist, b.2- - 1799 at Doe Run, West
Marlboro Twp. Chester Co. Pa. d.2-6-1861 in village
of Rural Muskingum Co.Ohio. m. in Morgan Co.
4-29-1824 Sarah McCune b.12-11-1803.d.10-11-1890.
Son, William S. b.12-15-1836. m.Elizabeth Jane "ilhouse
6-24-1858.
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Mahala Harlan, farmer, b.12-13-1814 in Christian Co. Ky.d.10-13-1892
in Macoupin Co., Ill. m.12-20-1841 Martin Dickerson,
son of Lewis and Catherine Price Dickerson of Virginia
Son: George W., farmer, b.9-25-1843 in "acoupin Co.Ill
m.10-20-1885 in Dawson Co.Nebraska, (1) Clara I..
Clayton, dau of WmClayton, b.4-7-1840. (2) "argaret
E.Milhouse b.7-22-1843