INTRODUCTION

This blog has been created for the sole purpose of finding out my ancestor Sarah Walton's family. It's a place to sort through my info and have access to it as I am researching away from home. If you have stumbled across this blog because you are looking for information, or better yet, if you have information, :) please contact me at denianek@gmail.com to share.

MY CONNECTION: William Decatur Kartchner>Prudence Wilcox Kartchner>John Wilcox (m. Sarah Walton)

For more on the Willcox Family see www.thomaswillcox.blogspot.com

Monday, September 19, 2011

History of Montgomery County, PA

http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/texts/1884_buck.html

Towns of interest in Franklin County

The following are townships I need to research as relating to Sarah/John:

Concord - postmaster Edward W. Doyle
Roxbury
Marion
Doylesburg

http://books.google.com/books?id=X4bWAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=scotland&f=false

Settlement of Roxbury

Some of the records on Family Search erroneously pointed out that Sarah was christened at Roxborough Church (but they put her death date instead). I am going to follow through to see records from the township of Roxbury in Franklin County.

Book about Franklin County

This has a great description of the Germans who settled the township of Quincy.

http://books.google.com/books?id=X4bWAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=scotland&f=false

Franklin County, Pa., one hundred years ago:

a letter from Alexander Thomson, describing a settler's experience in Franklin County, Pa., in 1773 ...

Alexander Thomson, Theodore William John Wylie

Collins, printer, 1884 - 18 pages

Germantown and Scotland, PA

From "Historical Sketch of Franklin County" p. 209
(Prepared for the centennial celebration, held at Chambersburg, PA, July 4, 1876

"Germantown is a small village in Greene Township, situate on the public road leading from Scotland to Fayetteville, about midway between the two places. It contains a population of about fifty persons."

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=1YpBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA209

p. 217
Scotland (P.O.) is situated on the Conococheague creek, in Greene township, about five miles north-east of Chambersburg, and a short distance south of Scotland station, on the Cumberland Valley railroad. It contains two churches, (one Covenanter and one United Brethren), three stores, a grist and saw mill, a planing mill, and a population of about two hundred and twenty-five persons.

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=1YpBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA217

Strasburg is also mentioned as being in Franklin County (Letterkenny township), and there was a Strasburg Walton that I found a while back. ....
http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=1YpBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA219

William Walton info from Byberry database

This is the only William Walton I can find so far that could actually be the father to Sarah due to ages, but there is no Sarah listed. Bummer.

From Byberry Waltons, Volume I, 1958, by Norman Walton Swayne, Pages 59, 60

WILLIAM WALTON , born 12.23.1719 in Phila. Co., Pa., died 4.22.1770 in same, son of 34 Jeremiah Walton & Elizabeth Walmsley of Hatboro, later in Montgomery Co., Pa., married 9.26.1741 Phebe Atkinson, born 9.10. 1720, died 1773, daughter of William Atkinson & Phebe Taylor. They passed Ab?ington Mtg. 8.26.1741 and 9.30.1741 were reported married. William?s death is from Isaac Comly?s obituary notes. The Joseph Solomom Walton Ma says Phebe died 8.16.1773. The will of William of Phila. Co., drawn 7.15.1769,proved in Phila. May 17, 1770, named wife Phebe, brother Thomas, children Hannah, Phebe and John. The will of Phebe of Upper Dublin, drawn 8.7.1773, proved in Phila. Oct. 1, 1773, named the same three children. 5th of 3rd mo 1754 William Walton of Moreland, Yeoman, & wife Phoebe deeded to Thomas Walton his brother, Yeoman of same, 33 acres there by other land of Thomas, by Samuel Lloyd and John Mitchener, for 100 pounds, part of 70 acres rec?d 1 June 1749 from Samuel Preston More, wife Hannah and Richard Hill Jr, part of Nicholas More?s 10000 acres rec?d 7th of 6th mo (Aug.) 1684. from Win Penn Esq. 9th of 3rd mo 1754 the same deeded
to John Mitchener of same, Yeoman, for 110 pounds, the remaining 37 acres of the 70. Witnesses were Cephas Childs, Ellis Ellis and Thomas Walton. Both deeds were recorded in Montgomery Co. in 1854. A deed of partition between Hannah and Phebe, dated 11.28.1780 and recorded in Phila., divided 268 acres or more William had bought 1754 and 1760. It says their brother John had died minor
and his share went to them. A newspaper scrapbook clipping on the Walton Family of Upper Dublin gives more details, saying William Walton paid 600 pounds in 1731.. (probably should be 1754) for 198 acres there, willed that to son John who died not married and it descended to John?s sisters Hannah and Phebe. William also had 78 acres rec?d 1760 from Thomas McCurdy, on Butler head next his other land. In division of both these tracts Hannah got the homestead and 121 acres, Phebe 78 acres besides the 50 acres she already had. The deed for the 78 acres shows that tract on the Great Road leading from North Wales to the Lime Kiln by Michael Trump, Frederic Karns, Charles Mullin, Ellis Lewis and William Walton? a other land, and the price 170 pounds. Some of the dates above are from the
Shoemaker Gen. and the Davis History of Bucks Co. Births and burials of most of these nine children are from Abington Mtg:

292 Rebecca b 6.15.1742 buried 10.25.1748

293 Phebe b 7.21.1744 buried 9.16.1744

294 Hannah b 1745 d 1807 m 1785 John Cleaver

295 William b 7.18.1748 buried 10.17.1752

296 Elizabeth b 8.27.1751 buried 11.27.1753

297 William b 9.2.1754 buried 9.20.1758, called Win ye 2nd

298 Seneca b 10.6.1757 buried 9.20.1758, same day as William

299 Phebe b 1759 d 1827 m 1781 James Shoemaker b 1756 d 1806

300 John b after 1759 alive 1773 died minor

http://www.byberrywaltons.com/getperson.php?personID=I01926&tree=Byberrywaltons

Peter Wallauer

November 26, 1790

Friederich Schuetz, papermaker, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, advertises that his German servant, Peter Wallauer, ran away. He is 19 years old, has learned papermaking, and speaks good English.

http://books.google.com/books?id=3DbXh7BJcLwC&pg=PA187&dq=Peter+wallauer&hl=en&ei=5L93TuzpBObXiAK8zZj8Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=wallauer&f=false

Paper trade journal: Volume 98, Part 2

books.google.com1934 - Snippet view

7 is an eagle "PW," Peter Wallover, 1807. Wallover was a papermaker of Lower Merion Township. In 1802, Paul Jones sold to George Helmbold, a paper mill in the "Tenure of Peter W allover" and 19 acres of land in Gulley Run, ...

Page 121

Where's the rest of this book?

Saturday, September 10, 2011

http://www.byberrywaltons.com/getperson.php?personID=I01790&tree=Byberrywaltons

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The information below was taken from the 2 photographs of Walton Family Bible pages attached to Amos Walton.
First photograph (the darker of the two):
Amos Walton was born July 9th 1750
Marcy Walton was born September 1st 1758
Phebe Walton was born March 4th 1775
Jonathan Walton born June 16th 1777
Sarah Walton was born December 25th 1779
Amos Walton was born June 23, 1782
John Walton was born April 6th 1785
William Walton was born August 8th 1787
Marcy Walton was born 30 October 1800
Second photograph:
Amos Walton was born July 9 1750
Marcy Lacock (also) Walton September 1, 1758
Married the 20 day of March 1774
They have the following offspring.
Phebe Walton born 4 March 1775. Married to Caleb Ball 5 April 1792. Who died 19 April 1814
Jonathan Walton born June 16 1777. Married to Keziah Moore 28 December 1797
Sarah born December 25 1779. Married to Wm. Gordon (Gorson) 18 August 1795
Amos Walton born 23 June 1782. Died the ___ day of November 1790
John Walton born 6 April 1785. Married to Sarah Paul 18 April 1805
Wm. Walton born 8 August 1787. Died the 2 day of October 1788

The correct birth year for Marcy Lacock is 1758. I am the owner of the bible.. I just double checked. Debbie

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Thomas Doyle info

Thomas Doyle was a hatter. The following references are about two of his apprentices.

The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 31
By Historical Society of Pennsylvania

http://books.google.com/books?id=tv47AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=william+and+phebe+atkinson+walton&source=bl&ots=vIBdHYAzP4&sig=lw3XUxJiGs0K-MEY8jBBQ3DVJiQ&hl=en&ei=osBmTpSvFKKQsQKThvG1Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=doyle&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=tv47AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=william+and+phebe+atkinson+walton&source=bl&ots=vIBdHYAzP4&sig=lw3XUxJiGs0K-MEY8jBBQ3DVJiQ&hl=en&ei=osBmTpSvFKKQsQKThvG1Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=snippet&q=thomas%20doyle&f=false

William Walton and Phebe Atkinson

James SHOEMAKER, seventh child of Isaac and Hannah, born in Upper Dublin, 10 mo. 13, 1757, was a farmer and lived all his life in Upper Dublin. He married in Horsham Meeting house, 6 mo. 1, 1781, PhebeWALTON, daughter of William and Phebe (ATKINSON) WALTON, the original certificate of the marriage engraved on parchment, as well as that of the marriage of William Walton and Phebe ATKINSON, which was solemnized at the same place, 9 mo. 26, 1741, are in the possession of the subject of this sketch. William WALTON, father of Phebe SHOEMAKER, was a resident of Moreland, and a son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (WALMSLEY) WALTON, of Byberry. William WALTON, father of Jeremiah, was one of the four Walton brothers who landed at New Castle in 1675 and subsequently located in Byberry. He was married at Byberry, 4 mo. 29, 1689, to Sarah HOWELL, and was the first minister at Byberry after the Keithian trouble and continued to preach there for many years. Phebe (ATKINSON) WALTON was a daughter of William and Phebe (TAYLER) ATKINSON, of Upper Dublin, and granddaughter of John and Susannah (HINDE) ATKINSON, of Lancashire, England, an account of whom is given elsewhere in this volume.
William and Phebe (ATKINSON) WALTON were the parents of ten children, several of whom died young. Phebe, who married James SHOEMAKER, was the second of the name and was born 11 mo. 16, 1759. The children of James and Phebe (WALTON) SHOEMAKER were as follows; William, born 3 mo. 16. 1782; Joseph, died an infant; Isaac, born 4 mo. 6, 1785; John, born 9 mo. 8, 1786; Hannah, born 2 mo. 24, 1789; Jesse, born 4 mo. 17, 1791, see forward; Jonathan, born 9 mo. 3, 1793, married in 1822 Margaret RUTTER; Rebecca, died an infant; Rachel, born 2 mo. 28, 1798; and Phebe, born 9 mo. 2, 1802.

http://www.pagenweb.org/~bucks/BIOS_DAVIS/shoemakerharry.html

Prudence Slater children named in legal doc

The statutes at large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801.

An act to enable Henry Hawkins, Guardian of Maria Bicker, to sell certain real estate belonging to the said Maria.
Whereas it hath been represented to the legislature, that Prudence Slater, deceased, devised to her children, Thomas, John, James, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary and Sibby, inter alia, two certain messuages and a lot of ground in the borough of Lancaster; that the aforesaid Elizabeth hath since died, leaving issue one daughter a minor; that the said property is unproductive and decaying for want of repairs, and that it would be better for the said minor if the same were sold:

Therefore,

Section I. (Then it goes into the details).

Read more at

http://books.google.com/books?id=lNhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA474&dq=prudence+slater&hl=en&ei=m-ZmTsSXEqmHsgK497WWDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=prudence%20slater&f=false

Info about Prudence Wilcox Slater

Delaware Co Wills, 1789-1834

SLATER, PRUDENCE, Borough of Lancaster.
May 2, 1799 - August 5, 1801.
Granddaughter Prudence, daughter of son John. Seven children: Thomas, 
John, James, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary and Sibby or Libby. Husband Thomas 
SLATER to have an annuity.
Exrs: Son Thomas and John WILCOX of Delaware County and brother in law 
Mark WILCOX.
Wits: Joseph PENNELL and Benjamin PALMER.
The inventory taken August 14, 1801 distinctly states that the same was 
taken by "us freeholders in the city of Philadelphia and district of 
Southwark." Will signed SLETER. #185.

http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/delaware/wills/s/slater-p.txt

Bucks County Connections

I'm going on a crazy whim here, but I have found information about a Phebe Walton that I am going to follow through with. My reasoning is that she was an Atkinson, and Atkinson is a name listed for one of the sponsors at a Wilcox family baptism. (See below).

Sacramental Registers at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA, January to December 1800.

p. 327
Scravendyke, same date*, by the same**, James, born Jan. 15th, of Peter Scravendyke and his wife Mary Wilcox [ought to be Willcox]; sponsors--George Atkinson and Prudence Slater.*3 Feb 1800, **Rev. L. Neale

These sponsors are the "godparents" so to speak, and are usually chosen by the parents, so there is obviously some connection. I'm pretty sure that Prudence Slater is Mary Willcox Scravendyke's mother, which would stand to reason that George Atkinson is also a relative.

Within that line of thinking, here is a link to "A geneological and personal history of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1".
http://books.google.com/books?id=-nEHRwRAwxAC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=walton+bucks+county&source=bl&ots=dZETkCOcuj&sig=0VqUhJPX8FpEg8tm49MjU-YFBRA&hl=en&ei=Oq9mTqyxBezJsQLD3JCjDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=walton&f=false

Wm. D. Kartchner also mentions in his diary that when his father dies on 2 April 1826, "Our connections came from Philadelphia and Bucks Co., to the funeral, which was a large attendance of carriages."

Middletown township

Middletown township was first settled in 1681, the township named for its position in the center of what was then Chester County (prior to the creation of Delaware County in 1789).

MORE ABOUT MIDDLETOWN:
http://usgensites.com/padelaware/modules/lexikon/letter.php?init=M

John Wilcox, hatter in 1799

I found the following in Chapter XLVII about Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

"In 1799 the taxables were returned as follows:

... John Wilcox (hatter)

http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg612.htm

Baptism record at St. Joseph's, 1800

Sacramental Registers at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA, January to December 1800.

p. 327
Scravendyke, same date*, by the same**, James, born Jan. 15th, of Peter Scravendyke and his wife Mary Wilcox [ought to be Willcox]; sponsors--George Atkinson and Prudence Slater.
*3 Feb 1800, **Rev. L. Neale

p. 334
Wilcocks [Willcox], on the 9th*, by the same**, Prudence, born Mar. 16th, of James Wilcocks and his wife Mary; sponsors--Joseph and Anna Cassin.
*9 May 1800 ** Rev. J. Burke

p. 337
Webb, on the 15th*, by the same**, Sabina, born Feb. 25, of Robert Webb and Sabina Wilcocks [Willcox?], non-Catholics; sponsors--Peter and Mary Scravendyke.
*15 July 1800
** Rev. J. Burke

p. 478
Wilcocks [Willcox], on the 19th*, by Rev. J. Rosseter, James, born Feb. 15, of John Wilcocks and his wife Mary Warton [perhaps Wharton]**; sponsors Peter Scravendyke and Anna Cassin.
*19 October 1800
** At the bottom of the page the footnote says "Error. John Willcox married Sarah Walton.--Jos. Willcox.

There are some Doyles here.

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=bLMTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA478

Baptism records at St. Joseph's

The following entries for baptisms were made in the sacramental registers at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA from January to December, 1791. (339 baptisms for the year)

I've transcribed information about anyone I think might be remotely related.

p. 147:
Willcox, same day*, at Concord [in Delaware county, probably at the Willcox mansion], by Rev. F. A. Fleming, James, born April 12, 1791 of Mark Willcox and his wife Mary, Catholics, sponsors Lawrence Cauffman and Deborah Sutton, Catholics.
*22 May 1791

p. 149:
Walton, the 13th*, by Rev. F. A. Fleming, Charleton Alexander, born May, 1772, of John Walton (Prot.) and his wife Sarah (Catholic), sponsors James Alexander Cosksin (?) [or Corksin] and Mary Byrne, Catholics.
*13 June 1791

p. 156:
Cottringer, 10th*, by Rev. L. Graessl, Elizabeth, born August 23, 1791, of James Cottringer and his wife Elizabeth, Catholics, sponsors Michael Conner and Mary Carell.
*10 Sept 1791

p. 161:
Webb, same day*, by Rev. F. A. Fleming, Robert, born March 26, 1791, of Robert (Quaker) and Sabina Webb (Cath.), sponsors John and Anna Carson, Catholics.
2 Dec 1791

p. 162:
Willcox, same day*, by the same**, Thomas, born January 7, 1787, of Thomas (Cath.) and Hannah Willcox (Quakeress), sponsors William Doyle and Mary Willcox, Catholics.
*12 Dec 1791 **Rev. C. V. Keating

Wilcox, same day*, by the same**, Mary, born July 31, 1791, of John Wilcox [ought to be Willcox] (Cath.) and his wife Sarah (Prot.), sponsors William Doyle and Deborah Sutton, Catholics.
*12 Dec 1791 **Rev. C. V. Keating

p. 163:
Corkrin, same day*, by the same, Anna, born December 18, 1791, of James and Mary Corkrin, sponsors Thomas Lilly and Mary Byrne, Catholics.
*22 Dec 1791

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=cZVJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=webstore_bookcard&pg=GBS.PA162

WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS RECORD:
If I have interpreted other records correctly, Thomas Wilcox, Sabina Webb, and John Wilcox are all children of James Willcox, making their children first cousins. It would make sense then, why, Thomas--who was born in 1787--would be baptized in 1791 on the same day as Mary. I also wondered if by a slim chance "Cottringer" is "Kartchner" spelled phonetically, and if Charleton Alexander Walton might lead me to the Walton family, if his parents John and Sarah are related at all to our Sarah Walton. Sarah is a very common name. :(

John, Sarah Walton

Here is a possible connection.

"Walton, the 13th, by Rev. F. A. Fleming, Charelton Alexander Walton, born May 1772, of John Walton (Prot.) and his wife Sarah (Catholic), sponsors James Alexander Coskin (2) [or Corksin] and Mary Byrne, Catholics.

http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=cZVJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=webstore_bookcard&pg=GBS.PA149

It's interesting to note that these are baptisms for 1791.

Records say Waltons are from Scotland

In the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Volume 15 it states:

James and Prudence (Doyle) Willcox had issue:

i Ann, b. about 1754; m. Capt. John Cassin, of Philadelphia.
ii John, b. about 1756; buried 10, 1, 1818; m. Sarah Walton, of Scotland. He was a hatter, and lived and died in Middletown, Del. Co., Pa.
iii Thomas... m. Hannah Worrall, then Catherine King.
iv Mary... m. Peter Scravendyke, of Philadelphia.
v Elizabeth, m. Capt Henry Bicker, then William McMurray, and then Thomas Hoggard.

This is what is moving me away from the Byberry Waltons who came from England and instead to other Waltons from Scotland. The book was published in 1904, and doesn't indicate from which records they pulled the information.
http://books.google.com/books?id=cZVJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA436&dq=john+willcox,+Sarah+walton&hl=en&ei=ldSXTcKlJ4iisQPE-czOBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=john%20willcox%2C%20Sarah%20walton&f=false

THE OTHER OPTION I AM LOOKING AT NOW IS THAT SCOTLAND IS A COMMUNITY IN PA:

Facts from: http://pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com/pa/franklin/scotland.cfm

Scotland is a community or populated place (Class Code U5) located in Franklin County at latitude 39.969 and longitude -77.587 (Scotland Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 702 feet. Scotland appears on the Scotland U.S. Geological Survey Map.Franklin County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). Observes DST? Yes. Current Time. | Chambersburg, PA ZIP Code Maps

Scotland had a population of 0; a land area of 0.82 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 0.00 people per sq. mile according to the US Census Bureaue estimate of July 1, 2009.

Sarah's resting place

THIS IS NOT CORRECT. I visited Ivy Mills Cemetery personally in 2012, and neither John nor Sarah are buried here according to the headstones in the cemetery or any official records.

Sarah is buried in the Willcox Family Homestead Burying Ground, also known as Ivy Mills Cemetery. It's a private cemetery on 109 Ivy Mills Road in Concord Township, Delaware County, PA, according to the website below.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/cemeteries/willcox.txt

I haven't been there personally. I have not found pictures of the cemetery online. I plan on going there someday.

From this record I am starting with the following information:

Name                          Date of Birth       Date of Death       Comments

WILLCOX, Sarah Walton Abt. 1758 28 Feb 1830 w/o John Willcox

WILLCOX, John                 1754/1756           01 Oct 1818         h/o Sarah Walton
    Son of James Willcox and Prudence Doyle

Sarah's resting place

Name                          Date of Birth       Date of Death       Comments

WILLCOX, Sarah Walton Abt. 1758 28 Feb 1830 w/o John Willcox

WILLCOX, John                 1754/1756           01 Oct 1818         h/o Sarah Walton
    Son of James Willcox and Prudence Doyle