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Short family history for Baldwin cousin reunion, Chester Co., Pa. by P. Lousia Webster McCarter. 8 pages. [Report], n.d.
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Note from Rose Mary Woods to Noble Melencamp re: FYI. Attachments include letter to Miss Woods from Therese Worthington May 8, 1970; re: birthday cards from the President and Worthington Geneology with attachment. 3 pages total. [Other Document], 5/9S
"There's a Princess on the Nixon Tree" by Suzy Sherman; re: Princess Eleanor. 1 page. [Report], 3/11/1971
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n.d.
Report
Short family history for Baldwin cousin
reunion, Chester Co., Pa. by P. Lousia
Webster McCarter. 8 pages.
12
7
11/06/1970
Letter
From Paul J. Lareau to President Richard M.
Nixon; re: interest in Nixon family
genealogy. 1 page letter with attachments. 4
pages.
12
7
05/09/1970
Other Document
Note from Rose Mary Woods to Noble
Melencamp re: FYI. Attachments include
letter to Miss Woods from Therese
Worthington May 8, 1970; re: birthday cards
from the President and Worthington
Geneology with attachment. 3 pages total.
12
7
03/11/1971
Report
"There's a Princess on the Nixon Tree" by
Suzy Sherman; re: Princess Eleanor. 1 page.
Monday, May 21, 2007
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maden mana
w ritten by P. Lousia Webster
ms Carter
a short history of my parents,
written for the Baldwin cousin's
reunion, held at her home in upper
offord, Chester Co., Pa. my father
was John w elster and mother was
Phebe Baldwin us elster. 7 others
ancesters, the w elsters were of
English and w ettch decent, on
his mothers side they were of
German decent Their name was
milhousen. a number of them
left Germany for England in
company with w illiam B Prince
of Orange and his consert mary
in 1688, The name when reduced
to English became milhour. a por
tion of the family became foll-
owers of George F of and removed
to clreland Three brothers, Thomas,
w illiam, and Robert Milhour came
to America and settled in Chester
Co. Pa. w illiam and Robert
removing to South Carolina.
Thomas remaining in Chester
20
Co. 7 rom. him all the immediate
family decended.
thomas milhous came from clrelan
in 1729. He having married in
timahoe, Ireland. Sarah, daughter
of games and Catharine Lightfoot
miller, She was as daughter of
Thomas and mary Lightfoot of
Cambridge, England
Chatharine Lightfoot miller
was a worthy public friend
(minister). She died 10-17,1729.
She died a few weeks after
their arrival in America. thomas
and mary Lightfoot were my
great, great, great, great grand
parents, James and Catharine
Lightfoot miller, their daughter
and son- in law were my
great, great, great grand-parents.
thomas and Sarah miller millhour
my great, great grand parents
came to America in 1729. their
first child was born in lre
land 1-18-1722. died 9-20,1796
in East nottingham, Chester Co.
3,
He married 2-7,1749 Margaret
Paschall, they, John and margaret
Paschall milhous were my
great grand parents. Their third
daughter was born 8-31-1760, She
was married 11-4,1784 to cleane
w elster of East nottingham, Ches
ter Co, They were my grand.
parents, Shortly after their
marriage they removed to
Little Britian township, fancaster
County, Pa, where they settled
on a large tract of land, Here
they lived a quiet and useful
life, attending to cultivating
and clearing off their land
and attending to their meeting
at Penn Hill friends meeting. On
this farm, my father John Welster
their eldest child was born 1, 5th
1786 and there among the rolling
hills and fair valleys of the grand
old conowing region. F other past
his boyhood days. In fact his
life time was spent in happy
compainship with his earliest
4,
associates. I te was very desir.
our of gaining knowledge, opp
extunity for learning were very
limited in those days. cet require
a great deal of studying and
fserseverance to acquire even
a common edeecation. Public
schools had not been organized
at that time. all pay schools,
But possesing a very retainter
mirid, with strong intellect he
succeded in overcoming all deff
iculties. He soon acquired a fair
knowledge of all branches. of learning
Ise engaged in teaching school through
the winter months, He went to
Chester Co., Pa. to teach school.
here in that pleasant occup...
ation he became acquainted with
my mother, P hele Baldwin, a
daughter of w orthel and Catharine
Balduin. Phote was born Wes.
2, 1797. She was one of his
fair, young pupils they were
married in the winter of 1814-15.
I ter parents rather lawred +1.
5.
suite His parents, being strict frienc
were not as pleased with his mar
rying out of the meeting which re.
released him from a membership
until he requested to be in again.
w hich he did not do. never the
less, they were pleased with his
wife
they raised their large family
in the plain friends faith," to or
onto others as you would have
others do write you".
7 other selected a beautiful site
on a little rising ground on the
southern portion of his fathers
land lie got one hundred acres
for a farm on this beautiful place
in 1815, Ife ereated good substantial
buildings for their future home.
Eighteen years of happy married
life were spent until mother was
called from her large family in
may 1835. to enter into rest, leaving
a family of light children, sif
daughters and two sons. my
three eldest sisters and the tier
6,
brothers are dead. One sister Sophie
W. Bear is living in I tarford, md.
and sister adaline W. Clark is in
helnasha, and l are all that is
left of that once large and happy
family. F ather, being very sociale
and friendly in his disposition
he delighted in having his friend
about him. Being a great reader
and good tabler, beside having
a well selected library of history
polms, law, religion and some
fiction of course to make it
interesting to all that wished to
read.
of other held several township
offices was justice of the place
a number of years. many pleasant
as well as unpleasant scenes
we witnessed in these days many
marriages were transacted there.
F ather, not being at home when
a couple came to be married, my
sister married them in the office
lt made a very interesting time
when the faidnepper stole a about
7.
woman and three children The
neighbers, following on horses an
on feet, barcheaded and barifor
with pitch fortor and shot gun
they succeded in overtabing the
leagon just before they reached
the maryland line. The pursuers
called a halt and brought them
into fathers office in the morning
before breakfast the waman and
children were cared for, the others
went back to maryland.
after fathers children left him
for homes of their own. he marrie
alice gactroom of Cecil County md
may 10, 1850. But he did not
live. long after his marriage 1 be
deed, Wer. 28,1850. we buaid him
at Penn I tell, Fancaster Co, Pa.
the farm has part into the hand
of strangers.
We are very thankful to our
havenly father for the privilege
of meeting with the dear cousiner
in a happy reunion and hope
ue man all Co anamed to meet
8
again in the near future, and
unbuten circle, with other levels
that had not the pleasure of
being with us today to eftend
the happy feeling of relation-
ship among us. although our
paths are wedeliy separated we
are of the same family. Just
here allow me to thank all the
dear friends that are with us
today for this happy received
P. Socise Welster nCarter
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Lareau
80 Rossway Ave Apt. D-4
Rossford, Chio 43460
6 Nov 1970
President Richard M. Nixon
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Mr. President:
In my position as a librarian, I recently came upon a gen-
ealogy of your family written this year.
Because of the interest in your family you expressed in your
recent visit to Ireland, I thought I would pass on to you
some additional information about some of your mother's
ancestors. You are, by the way, a 15th cousin to my wife,
which is admittedly quite a stretch of relationship!!
The enclosed sheet presents what I have in my records. I
cannot fully guarantee everything, but it is accurate as far
as the best studies of the Morse family can establish given
the tremendous time lag.
I hope that this will be of interest to you.
Peace to you and
all people of the world,
Robert Mors¹ m. (?)
ohn Mors m. (?)
Thomas Mors2 m. Margaret (?)
obert Morse m. Agnes (?)
Edward Morse m. Alys Hawke
ed-c.1552,
homes Morse3 m. Margaret (?)
Edward Morse m. Julyan Forth
oseph Morse4 m. Dorothy (?)
William Morse m. Elizabeth (?)
oseph Morse5 m. Hester (?) 6
Samuel Morse m. Elizabeth Jasper
ohn Morse⁷ m. Abigail Stearns
Joseph Morse m. Hannah Phillips
oseph Morse 8 m. Elizabeth Sautle
Joseph Morse m. Mehitable Wood
bigail Morse9 m. Joshua Hemingway
Joseph Morse m. Prudence Adams
saac Hemingway m. Elizabeth Haven
Joseph Morse m. Experience Morse
James Hemingway m. Elizabeth Armstrong
Zebediah Morse m. Mary Sabin
ames Hemingway m. Hope Malmsbury
Lemuel Morse m. Mehitabel White
ane M. Hemingway m. Oliver Burdg
Adoniram Judson Morse m. Hila Ellen Skinner
lmira Park Burdg m. Franklin Milhous
John Jay Morse m. Clara C. Withington
annah Milhous m. Francis Anthony Mixon
Benjamin Harrison Morse m. Lucille E.
Stringer
ichard Milhous Nixon m. Patricia T. Ryan
Donald Benjamin Morse m. Lois M. Richards
atricia Nixon
Barbara Beth Morse m. Paul J. Iareau
ulie Nixon
Angelique Adrienne Iareau
OTES ON CHART
Lived at Stratford St. Mary, England, where he is credited with building the church
between the years 1430 and 1450.
Owned a salt-house at Stratford St, Mary, England; died on the 11th of January, 1501.
A British clergyman. He was rector at Boxstead, Eng. 1573-1578. He was rector at
Hinderday, Eng. 1578-1583. Finally, he is recorded from 1594-1597 as rector of
Foxearths, Eng. His wife, Margaret, is supposed to have died in 1585.
Born in England about 1587; emigrated to New England, probably 1642, place of origin
being likely Suffolkshire, and place of settlement, Ipswich, Mass. He died at
Ipswich in 1646. I'e was probably among the early, but not the first proprietors
and settlers of that town, whose incorporation took place in 1633. It is evident
from their records that he was acting as a commoner with them, 28 Dec 1642, and
the extent of his improvements, four years later, indicate an earlier commencement
than 1642. The destruction of their earliest records precludes the hope of dis-
covering his relative standing in the community; but from the company in which
he is found, the uncommon education of his family, and the references in his will
to copies of precious religious books, it is inferred that he was a person of
standing and piety His will is dated 24 Feb 1646. In this, he gave a dwelling
house to his wife, Dorothy, his new cloak to his son, Joseph, his great Bible to
Hannah, and other Bibles and religious books to his children. To John he gave
"his other house, all his apparel, a yearling hoffer and three improved lots of
land" which John sold on removing to Groton, Jan. 4, 1663, for 180.
-Morse, Rev. Abner. Memorial of the Morses.
Boston: William Veazie, 1850. Appendix to Page
1, No. LXXII.
Came on the ship "Elizabeth" from Ipswich, Suffolkshire, England, in 1634 at the age
of 24, before his father. He was an inhabitant and proprietor of Watertown,
Mass.
Last name was either Bullard or Fierce.
A Deacon of Lancaster, Mass., who died 28 Jul 1702. He was born 28 Dec 1638, and was
a planter by profession. He married Ann (?), who died before 1666. His second
marriage, to Abigail Stearns, was on 27 Apr 1666. Abigail died 15 Oct 1690.
This is the first person mentioned in the genealogy recently published on the Nixon
family. He was born on 25 Aug 1671, and he died 24 Jun 1709 at Guilford, Conn.
Below is a letter written by him two days prior to his death:
Guilford (ct.) June th 22: 1709.
"Dear and Loveing Wife after my hearty Love to your Selfe and my Children
I would give you an account of the dealings of God towards me sence I left
you: I was taken sick soon after I Came on bord, and was so sick all the way
that I thought many times that the Seas must have ben my grave: but our Good
God beyond my expectations has Brought me to Land and I am through much difficulty
Goten to Guilford to my Cousin Jones and under her care which is a Considerable
Support to me under my Great affliction, and now my Dear Wife, though I have
Great Reson to think that I shall no live to see you again, yet I hope through
the grace of God to meet you in Heaven and I must desier that you would not be
greaved that I caim away from you, but Labour with me to Submit to the Holy will
of God in this, as in all other of his dispensations toward us; and if I never
see your face, this is my last request that you would labour with all diligence
and faithfulness to bring our Children up in the fear of God; teach them to love
and fear Honor and obey God and there Mother. I am not insencible that your
work may be Difficult but go to God for wisdom and the Lord grant you the Com-
forting directing presances of his Holy spirit to Gide and Care you through all
your Duty and difficultys: be Careful to keep good order in your family and
if thear be any that will not Submit to Good order put them where they may:
Give my Searvis to Mr. Angier and desier the prayers of the Congregation that
if the Lord please I may be restored, if not, fitted for his Holy Will: So
I Commit you and yours to the Grace and Conduct of my Dear Lord to whome I
have Committed my own Soul. I Rest and Remain your Loveing Husbond tell
Death
JOSEPH MORSE
-Morse, Rev. Abner. Memorial to the Morses.
Boston: William Veazie, 1850. Appendix to Page
75, No. LXXIV.,
Abigail was born on 1 Jan 1696. Further information on her and on other persons in
your line are already recorded in the published genealogy.
Recorded 6 Nov 1970.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date 5/9/70
To Noble Melencamp
From Rose Mary Woods
FYI
X
Please Handle
The original has been sent
to Eliska for birthday letters.
Thought you might be
interested in the geneology
information.
Washington, D. C.,
May 8, 1970.
Miss Rosemary Woods,
THE WHITE HOUSE,
1600 - 16th Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss Woods:
As a result of a telephone conversation recently between you and
Dr. Roderick Lee Smith of the National Presbyterian Church, I am writing
this letter regarding the approaching birthdays of two elderly ladies. One is
that of Mrs. Jenny Virginia Fitzgerald of 4525 North 18th Street, Arlington, Va.
who will celebrate her 100th birthday on June 26, 1970. - Mrs Fitzgerald
was born in Culpepper County, Va. -
Also on the same date June 26, 1970 Mrs. Florence Moomaw will celebrate
her 96th birthday. She was born on President Eisenhower's Farm in Gettysburg, Pa.
and lived there until she was 9 years old. I am only mentioning her because
she is not in very good health and may not reach her 100 birthday. If possible,
I am sure that these lovely ladies would greatly appreciate a birthday card
signed by President Nixon. Mrs. Moomaw lives at 7303 Summit Ave., Chevy Chase,
My husband and I have been ardent supporters of the President from the
beginning and a Christmas card received last Christmas from him and Mrs. Nixon
is greatly cherrished by us. We think his Sunday morning worship services
at The White House are wonderful, and I also would like to mention that in
husband's "The Worthington Geneology" a William Milhouse was one of the
wittnesses at his Great-great Grandparent's Quaker wedding. A copy of which I
am enclosing.
Thanking you for your assistance in this matter, I am
Very Sincerely Yours,
Therese Worthing
THERESE WORTHINGTON
The Westchester Apt. 212 A,
THE MARRIAGE OF JESSE WORTHINGTON AND RACHEL PICKETT AS RECORDED IN BOOK A. (Page44)
Where as Jesse Worthington of Chesterfield in the county of Morgan and the
State of Ohio, the son of William Worthington (deceased) and Elizabeth his wife; and
Rachel Pickett daughter of Thomas Pickett late of Morgan County and State of Ohio and
Mary his wife (both deceased) having declared their intentions of marriage with each
other bafore a monthly meeting of the religious society of Friends held at Pennsville
in the county and State of foresaid; and having concent of his surviving parent and her
guardine their said proposal of marriage were allowed by said meeting.
These are to certify whoom it may concern that for the full accomplishment
of their said intentions this 26th day of 11th Month in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and fourty-six, they the said Jesse Worthington and Rachel Pickett appared in
public meeting of the said people held at Hopewell in the County and State of foresaid;
and the said Jesse Worthington taking the said Rachel Pickett by the hand declared that
he took her the said Rachel Pickett to be his wife, promising with Divine assistance,
to be unto her a loving and faithfull husband untill death should separate them and
then the said Rachel Pickett did in like manner declare that she took him the said
Jesse Worthington to be her husband promising with Divine assistance, to be unto him
a loving and faithful wife, untill death should separate them.
And moreover they the said Jesse Worthington and Rachel Pickett (she accord-
ing to the custom of marriage adopting the name of her husband) did as a further con-
firmation thereof then and there to these presents set their hands -
Jesse Worthington
Rachel Worthington
And we whose names are also hereunto subscribed being present at the
solemnization of the said marriage have as witnesses Mereto set our hands the day and
year above written -
William Llewelyn
Isaic Stubbs
Elizabeth Stubbs
Ehoda Vernon
Mary Vernon
Thomas Dewees
David Ball
Sahra Vernon
Samuel King
George Cope Jr.
Nathan T. Cope
William Patten
William Milhouse
Elwood Burgess
Joseph Deweese
Jesse Deweese
Joseph Embree
William Pickett
Rebecca Pickett
Caleb Gregg
Isaic Vernon
Isaic Stubbs Jr.
Mary T. Worthington
Priscilla Worthington
Martha Gregg
Margaret Stubbs
Hanna Pickett
Julian Ball
Nancy Smith
Jacob Worthington
This brief geneological account does not bring us up to date,
therefore it is desirable that any interested persons add to it What-ever information
they may have pertaining to their particular branch of the family. Family histories
have a way of either being forgotten or of Gailing to be passed down to succeeding
generations In this age of change and movement from place to place it will become
increasingly difficult to trace such information, thus for the sake of future genera-
tions it is important that some records be made.
Geneological charts of the Worthington and some related families are given;
it is hoped that additions to it will be made as the families continue to grow.
Vernon Worthington
The Westchester, Apt. 212A
Resistance Press
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(The Rebel News Service)
P.O. BOX 592
Chicago, 60690
312 / BUtterfield 8 - 8765
3/11/71
There's a Princess on the Nixon Tree
By Suzy Sherman
(She of the plain cloth coat)
Remember the November news pictures of President Nixon and Tito with their
bejeweled wives being served in classless Yugoslavia by what appeared to be
dozens of footed servants? Also, those pictures of Pat Nixon and daughter Tricia
with Prince Juan Carlos de Bourbon and various hand kissing routines?
If you were bothered that the Nixons, just plain folks from the American west,
appeared to be putting on airs, you can stop worrying. It turns out that America's
president, Richard Milhous Nixon, is related to royalty. There's a genuine
princess on his family tree.
She is Princess Eleanor Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich. Born in Visalia,
California, Princess Eleanor was the daughter of Judge Ezekiel Ewing Calhoun,
and grand-niece of none other than that stalwart of States Rights and the
Southern planter aristocracy, John C. Calhoun, vice president of the United
States under two presidents (John Quincy Adams, 1825-29, and Andrew Jackson,
1829-33), Secretary of War and Secretary of State, ante bellum.
Unknown to most Nixon watchers is the fact that his paternal cousin was
Thomas Green Clemson, who married John C. Calhoun's only daughter.
(Calhoun's plantation, Fort Hill, is now the campus of Clemson College, Clemson,
South Carolina--not far from Nixon's alma mater, Duke University).
Princess Eleanor was quite a character. Before her story book marriage in
1903 to Eugene de Czernucki-La zarovich, Prince Hrebelianovich, a civil engin-
eer, the Princess had appeared on the London stage (Theatre Royal) and at the
Odeon in Paris, playing Cleopatra, Portia, Lady Macbeth and other roles. It is
also reported that she was a freedom fighter. With her husband, she fought for
Balkan freedom. Later, they worked successfully to secure the financing of his
Danube-Aegean canal project.
Then Princess Eleanor did her supreme thing. As president of New York's
Woman's Chamber of Commerce, she came up with a "triple coordinate" plan to
eliminate and prevent unemployment destitution.
At this stage we think this long lost relative should be brought to the attention
of the President. Maybe her "triple coordinate" unemployment plan would be
just the thing right now.
This news about Nixon's royal relative, Princess Eleanor, might not erase
the image created by those other news stories, in which the Nixons were being
served brown bread and tea by their poor old Irish relatives, or the one about a
Mr. Milhous, a Nixon relative currently in "poor pocket, 11 but at least it might
xplain the Student Prince uniforms that the President ordered for Whitehouse
uards last year. --(Resistance Press)
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