Selected Families and Individuals
Source Citations
Benedict ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, Film # T9-0744, p. 321 D.
2M Andrae, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, 10 May 2003.
Katharine FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey
daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey
Born in Westphalia, Prussia May 2, 1845
She was the youngest of nine children:
Adam
John
Carl
Katherine
Caroline
Anna
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Matilda
Her mother died of TB when Matilda was 3 years of age.
At the age of nine she, and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
When she was twenty years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel.
For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883 the family came to Oregon.
They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district.
In 1899 she was married to William Druschell.
She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Canby cemetery."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
4Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
5M Andrae, Descendants of Heinrich Fey, 10 May 2003.
Frederick ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8.
Benedict ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, File# T9-1421, p. 222C.
Adolph ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, File# T9-1421, p. 222C.
Caroline ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, File# T9-1421, p. 222C.
Mary ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, File# T9-1421, p. 222C.
Charlotte ROTH
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Cedar, Nebraska, Precinct 7 & 8, File# T9-1421, p. 222C.
August Gastine REUTER
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
2Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
3Ancestry.com, albertson Family Tree.
4Ancestry.com, albertson Family Tree.
5Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
Elizabeth FEY
1Wintermantle, Minnie, note, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "1) Matilda Fey - daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey - Born in Westphalia, Prussia, May 2, 1845. She was the youngest of nine children Adam, John, Carl, Katherine, Caroline, Anna, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matilda. Her mother died of TB when Matilda was three years of age. At the age of nine, she and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin. When she was 20 years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel. For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883, the family came to Oregon. They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district. In 1899 she was married to William Druschell. She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Zion Cemetery."
2) "Christian Wintermantel, youngest son of Jacob (?) Wintermantel was born in Baden, Germany on Oct 3, 1843. The family came to the U.S. in 1855(?) settling in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he volunteered in the Union forces, was with the Union army at Gettysburg, and Shermans march to the sea. He was appointed corporal of his company, and when the army was mustered out, he returned to Wisconsin. In 1866 he married Matilda Fey and was the father of eleven children
Rosina
Matilda Caroline
Frederic William
Albert Ernst
Hedwig Ottilia
Herman Otto
Amelia
Louisa Anne
Minnie Julia
Clara Edith
Elianor Charlotte"
(The handwriting is very hard to read on some of those names, particularly Frederic, Ottilia, and Elianor.)
3) This is a book that my father, Christian Wintermantel kept on our journey from Iowa to Oregon.
The blackbordered stationery was almost a "must as was the black veil the widow wore. The bereaved gentlemen wore crepe bands on their sleeves but not very long.". "Matilda Fey
daughter of Adam Fey and Anna Thomas Fey
Born in Westphalia, Prussia May 2, 1845
She was the youngest of nine children:
Adam
John
Carl
Katherine
Caroline
Anna
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Matilda
Her mother died of TB when Matilda was 3 years of age.
At the age of nine she, and the family came to America and settled in Wisconsin.
When she was twenty years old she was married to Christian Wintermantel.
For a time they lived in Ackley, Iowa, then in 1883 the family came to Oregon.
They lived near Jefferson and in 1891 moved to the Canby district.
In 1899 she was married to William Druschell.
She died July 2, 1922 at the age of 77, and was buried in Canby cemetery."
2edited by Glazier and Filby, Germans to America.
3Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, Ancestry p 15 of 21. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
5Census, Federal 1870, Blooming Grove, Dane, WI. "Name: Eliza Renter
Age in 1870: 35
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1870: Blooming Grove, Dane, Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Post Office: Madison
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Gastine Renter 36
Eliza Renter 35
Emma Renter 12
Rosa Renter 10
Matilda Renter 8
Gustus Renter 6
Charley Renter 4
Fred Renter 1
Adam Fay 70."
6Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, Batch # c970181, Source # 0995304.
7Ancestry.com, albertson Family Tree.
8Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
Emma REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Rosette REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Mathilda REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Augustas REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Charles REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Fred REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Amel REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seamstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Otto REUTER
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Dane Co., WI, Blooming Grove, File# T9-1421, p. 222C. "Line 19 Dwelling 125 Family 125
Reuter, Augs. age 47 Laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Elizabeth wife 45 Keeping House Prussia Prussia Prussia
Emma dau 22 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Rosette dau 20 Seampstress WI Prussia Prussia
Matilda dau 18 At Home WI Prussia Prussia
Augustus son 15 Harness Maker WI Prussia Prussia
Charles son 13 WI Prussia Prussia
Fred son 11 WI Prussia Prussia
Amel son 7 WI Prussia Prussia
Otto son 4 WI Prussia Prussia."
Isaac LAMB II
1Randall, William , Randall, Ancestry.com.
2Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). "Name: Isaac Lamb
Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1733
Marriage Place: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Lydia Richards."
Lydia RICHARDS
1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
2Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). "Name: Isaac Lamb
Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1733
Marriage Place: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Lydia Richards."
William A. LEVI
1Edna Kokanour, Kokanour Family Ancestors, Ancestry World Tree Project, Edna Kokaour, .
2May Sommers, May Sommers personal family history of the DeMouths, Written for her children in 1936, unpublished, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Demouth Family History
dated June 1936
This history is of my Mother's ancestors, and my father's what little is known of them.
This story begins many years before the Revolutionary War. It follows down through the years the history of my people, covering a period of about two-hundred years of time.
William Levi was born in Germany in 1737. At the age of thirty he was sold to the English army to fight against the colonists during the Revolutionary War. These Germans were Hessians. William being one of them. They were lured on board the battle-ships to see the interior. Then the gangplanks were lifted and the ships sailed away. William Levi hated the English and got out of fighting every apportunity. He would play off sick at their military drills, etc. One cold night when snow was on the ground he took off his shoes and tied them on his feet, heels front and toes of the shoes facing backwards so the British would think he had gone in the opposite direction! In a short time he safely reached the American lines. Levi was a miller and was following his trade when carried off to America.
After the Revolutionary War ended, he went back to his trade and married a girl by the name of Abigail Mudge who was of English descent. Abigail's grandparents came over to this country on the Mayflower, not sure, and brought with them a pewter platter which they gave to Abigail. This platter many years after was melted and molded into spoons, one of which the writer posesses.
Abigail's second husband was Mr. Lamb, by whom she had two children. He was killed in the Revolutionary War fighting against the English.
There was an incident happened along about this time, no date to make sure when it happened, which shows are folks were in poverty. One dark night a wagon drove up which was loaded with barrels of flour being taken to the British soldiers. One barrel had rolled off and the head broken in. The driver went to the house where some of my folks lived and told them about the broken barrel and said he would give it to them, half or more was still in the barrel and clean. He would give them this barrel if they would remove every trace of the flour that was scattered, in other words, cover his trail. They studied a little. It was abetting and helping an enemy but their family was hungry and no harm could come of it probably, and they accepted the barrel of flour and covered the flour in the road with dust. It was the Colonists that must not know that the British were near. Such is war.
Abigail now a widow marries William Levi the Hessian who was brought to this country on a British warship. We have no proof of this marriage but we have proof of the 1740 marriage first one. This week came the following from Sharon, Conn. The town clerk sends a notice of David Skinner's marriage to Abigail Mudg in 1740. Also D. Skinner died August 12, 1740, her husband.
K. B. Hotaling, Town Clerk
The above item is all the proof we have of the authenticity of our history, all else has been carried down by word of mouth and may be correct and may not be.
Where was Abigail Mudg between 1740 first marriage and 1797 when my grandmother Mariah was born, supposed to be Abigail's child by William Levi. I think a generation was skipped right here. We know the date of 1740 must be trueit coming out of a book of vital statistics. We know 1797 must be correct for my grandmother remembers things she saw in 1800, she was three years old then.
Abigail's name was first Mudg then Skinner, she then married and changed name to Lamb, then married William Levi. Eight children were born to them as follows: William, Oliver, John, Phoeba, Mariah, Betsy, Frances and Elizabeth, twins who died in infancy. William Levi and Abigail his wife spent most of their lives near Sharon, Connecticut.
We drop all these children but Mariah my grandmother. She was born in 1797. She learned to write on birchbark by the light of a fireplace. She learned to spin wool on a tall spinning wheel, being very young and small, her father had to make her a bench on which she would walk back and forth as she spun.
We will now turn to my mother's father's people. Many years before the Revolutionary War, there were a Mr. and Mrs. Demouth who came from Holland and settled in New Jersey. To them was born in1770 a son Jacob.
They owned 300 acres of landabout twenty miles fron New York City. They had but one child, Jacob, who at his parents death inherited everything they left, three hundred acres of land with a beautiful stone mansion on it, archards, flowergardens, etc. We have no record of Jacob's wife.
One or both of them did not seem to know how to handle an estate as in course of time all was lost. Jacob had a conscience and it would not let him keep those thirty slaves, so in 1810 he freed them. That of course was a loss of much money. That and other things caused the estate to be sold piece by piece until finally the family got in hard straits.
It was in the great mansion Jacob and his wife's children were born nine of them who were: Frederick, Adam, James, John, Thomas, Jacob, Mary, Betsy, and Charlotte. Jacob Demouth, the father of these nine children was a prominent public man. He was Justice of the Peace of Pequat Township, Morris County, New Jersey for thirty years. He belonged to the Methodist church. But we must now follow one of these children down the line, one of them is related to us, it is John. John Demouth was my grandfather.
At the age of twenty-four he became acquainted with Mariah Levi. She had come from Connecticut to New Jersey to keep house for her brother. At the age of twenty-three she and John Demouth were married (my grandparents). The wedding was in the year 1818. The first two years of their married life were spent in Connecticut, after which they returned to New Jersey. John was a farmer. To this union six children were born: Samuel, Chalon, James, Jacob, Frances and Semantha, my mother the youngest of the family.
John and Mariah raised their family in New Jersey then migrated to Wisconsin in 1848. Semantha was twelve years old when her parents moved to Wisconsin. It was in Wisconsin John Demouth was killed by a tree falling on him that he had just chopped down. His grand-daughter May was about one year old in 1861. . . .
A cousin, Frank Barber, was visiting in New Jersey and saw the place where his mother and mine (sisters) had lived. Demouth was their maiden name now changed to Frances Barber and Semantha Webster. Cousin Frank also saw the place where the old mill had been when slaves worked in it. That was before Jacob Demouth freed his slaves.".
3Ratables - 1816 - Pequannock Twsp, Morris County, NJ, State of NJ, Public Record Office.
4Census, Federal - 1820 - Orange co., NY, Blooming Grove, p. 304, roll m33_64.
5Census, Federal - 1830 - Bergen Co., NJ, Franklin.
6Census, Federal - 1850 - Bergen Co., NJ, Franklin, Image 448 Roll m432-442 ; p. 222 (Ancestry p. 42).
7Passaic County, New Jersey - Vol. AC - Marriages Deaths 1848 - 1867, p. 486.
8Census, Federal - 1850 - Bergen Co., NJ, Franklin, Image 448 Roll m432-442 ; p. 222 (Ancestry p. 42).
9Church of Jesus Christ of the latter Day Saints - Familysearch.com.
Marregret CRAIN
1Church of Jesus Christ of the latter Day Saints - Familysearch.com.
2Census, Federal - 1850 - Bergen Co., NJ, Franklin.
3Passaic County, New Jersey - Vol. AC - Marriages Deaths 1848 - 1867.
4Passaic County, New Jersey - Vol. AC - Marriages Deaths 1848 - 1867.
5Church of Jesus Christ of the latter Day Saints - Familysearch.com.
Jailin LEVI
1Census, Federal - 1850 - Bergen Co., NJ, Franklin.
John LEVI
1Edna Kokanour, Kokanour Family Ancestors, Ancestry World Tree Project, Edna Kokaour, .
2May Sommers, May Sommers personal family history of the DeMouths, Written for her children in 1936, unpublished, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Demouth Family History
dated June 1936
This history is of my Mother's ancestors, and my father's what little is known of them.
This story begins many years before the Revolutionary War. It follows down through the years the history of my people, covering a period of about two-hundred years of time.
William Levi was born in Germany in 1737. At the age of thirty he was sold to the English army to fight against the colonists during the Revolutionary War. These Germans were Hessians. William being one of them. They were lured on board the battle-ships to see the interior. Then the gangplanks were lifted and the ships sailed away. William Levi hated the English and got out of fighting every apportunity. He would play off sick at their military drills, etc. One cold night when snow was on the ground he took off his shoes and tied them on his feet, heels front and toes of the shoes facing backwards so the British would think he had gone in the opposite direction! In a short time he safely reached the American lines. Levi was a miller and was following his trade when carried off to America.
After the Revolutionary War ended, he went back to his trade and married a girl by the name of Abigail Mudge who was of English descent. Abigail's grandparents came over to this country on the Mayflower, not sure, and brought with them a pewter platter which they gave to Abigail. This platter many years after was melted and molded into spoons, one of which the writer posesses.
Abigail's second husband was Mr. Lamb, by whom she had two children. He was killed in the Revolutionary War fighting against the English.
There was an incident happened along about this time, no date to make sure when it happened, which shows are folks were in poverty. One dark night a wagon drove up which was loaded with barrels of flour being taken to the British soldiers. One barrel had rolled off and the head broken in. The driver went to the house where some of my folks lived and told them about the broken barrel and said he would give it to them, half or more was still in the barrel and clean. He would give them this barrel if they would remove every trace of the flour that was scattered, in other words, cover his trail. They studied a little. It was abetting and helping an enemy but their family was hungry and no harm could come of it probably, and they accepted the barrel of flour and covered the flour in the road with dust. It was the Colonists that must not know that the British were near. Such is war.
Abigail now a widow marries William Levi the Hessian who was brought to this country on a British warship. We have no proof of this marriage but we have proof of the 1740 marriage first one. This week came the following from Sharon, Conn. The town clerk sends a notice of David Skinner's marriage to Abigail Mudg in 1740. Also D. Skinner died August 12, 1740, her husband.
K. B. Hotaling, Town Clerk
The above item is all the proof we have of the authenticity of our history, all else has been carried down by word of mouth and may be correct and may not be.
Where was Abigail Mudg between 1740 first marriage and 1797 when my grandmother Mariah was born, supposed to be Abigail's child by William Levi. I think a generation was skipped right here. We know the date of 1740 must be trueit coming out of a book of vital statistics. We know 1797 must be correct for my grandmother remembers things she saw in 1800, she was three years old then.
Abigail's name was first Mudg then Skinner, she then married and changed name to Lamb, then married William Levi. Eight children were born to them as follows: William, Oliver, John, Phoeba, Mariah, Betsy, Frances and Elizabeth, twins who died in infancy. William Levi and Abigail his wife spent most of their lives near Sharon, Connecticut.
We drop all these children but Mariah my grandmother. She was born in 1797. She learned to write on birchbark by the light of a fireplace. She learned to spin wool on a tall spinning wheel, being very young and small, her father had to make her a bench on which she would walk back and forth as she spun.
We will now turn to my mother's father's people. Many years before the Revolutionary War, there were a Mr. and Mrs. Demouth who came from Holland and settled in New Jersey. To them was born in1770 a son Jacob.
They owned 300 acres of landabout twenty miles fron New York City. They had but one child, Jacob, who at his parents death inherited everything they left, three hundred acres of land with a beautiful stone mansion on it, archards, flowergardens, etc. We have no record of Jacob's wife.
One or both of them did not seem to know how to handle an estate as in course of time all was lost. Jacob had a conscience and it would not let him keep those thirty slaves, so in 1810 he freed them. That of course was a loss of much money. That and other things caused the estate to be sold piece by piece until finally the family got in hard straits.
It was in the great mansion Jacob and his wife's children were born nine of them who were: Frederick, Adam, James, John, Thomas, Jacob, Mary, Betsy, and Charlotte. Jacob Demouth, the father of these nine children was a prominent public man. He was Justice of the Peace of Pequat Township, Morris County, New Jersey for thirty years. He belonged to the Methodist church. But we must now follow one of these children down the line, one of them is related to us, it is John. John Demouth was my grandfather.
At the age of twenty-four he became acquainted with Mariah Levi. She had come from Connecticut to New Jersey to keep house for her brother. At the age of twenty-three she and John Demouth were married (my grandparents). The wedding was in the year 1818. The first two years of their married life were spent in Connecticut, after which they returned to New Jersey. John was a farmer. To this union six children were born: Samuel, Chalon, James, Jacob, Frances and Semantha, my mother the youngest of the family.
John and Mariah raised their family in New Jersey then migrated to Wisconsin in 1848. Semantha was twelve years old when her parents moved to Wisconsin. It was in Wisconsin John Demouth was killed by a tree falling on him that he had just chopped down. His grand-daughter May was about one year old in 1861. . . .
A cousin, Frank Barber, was visiting in New Jersey and saw the place where his mother and mine (sisters) had lived. Demouth was their maiden name now changed to Frances Barber and Semantha Webster. Cousin Frank also saw the place where the old mill had been when slaves worked in it. That was before Jacob Demouth freed his slaves.".
3Church of Jesus Christ of the latter Day Saints - Familysearch.com, film # 170414, p. 510.
4Edited by Hollis R. Bailey, Somerville, Mass, Bailey Genealogy, James, John, & Thomas & their Descendants in Three parts., The Citizen Company, 1899. From: "June Ferguson" To: "Dianne Stevens" Subject: Re: John Levi Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 14:49:40 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
Hi,
Here is my source:
Bailey Genealogy, James, John, & Thomas & their Descendants in Three parts.
Edited by Hollis R. Bailey, Somerville, Mass: The Citizen Company, 1899.
My main line is the Baileys but I am always interested in the ancestors of
the spouses also. I would love to have more information on John Levi's
family and ancestors. If I upload it to the internet, someone may have the
mother's name.
Thanks,
June.
5Church of Jesus Christ of the latter Day Saints - Familysearch.com, film # 170414 p. 510. This source does not list father or mother only: "Relative - Lucretia W. Tyrrell.
6Burying Grounds of Sharon Connecticut, Amenia and Northeast New York, Amenia,NY 1903. "John Levi died Jan 28 1841 in his 52nd year."
7Burying Grounds of Sharon Connecticut, Amenia and Northeast New York. "Cemetery: The Ellsworth Burying Ground Name: John Levi Death Date: 28 Jan 1841 Age: 52d yr. Inscription: Levi, John, died Jan. 28, 1841, in his 52d yr." This source indicates John was born in 1789 - before Abigail could have married Levi.
8Contact: June Ferguson , June Ferguson to Adam Genealogy, Ancestry.com.
Sarah BAILEY
1Contact: June Ferguson , June Ferguson to Adam Genealogy, Ancestry.com.
2Contact: June Ferguson , June Ferguson to Adam Genealogy.
Ziba TRYON
1Barbour, Lucius Barnes - compiler, "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Groton" , Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland (974.6 CT/Vitals SCGS)
Vital records of Wethersfield, CT.
2Randall, William , Randall, Ancestry.com.
3Raven, Alice (contact) , Raven Genealogy and Family History, Ancestry.com.
4WikiTree.com, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tryon-53. "Ziba Tryon (1684 - 1753)
Ziba Tryon
Born 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of William Tryon and [mother unknown]
Brother of Joseph Tryon, David Tryon, Sarah (Tryon) Gillett, Thomas Tryon, Abel Tryon, Elizabeth Tryon, Mabel Tryon and Abiel Tryon [half]
Husband of Dorothy (Baldwin) Tryon — married 2 Sep 1708 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of James Tryon, Rowland Tryon, Dorothy Tryon, Oliver Tryon, Abigail (Tryon) Ferris and Samuel Tryon
Died 26 Dec 1753 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America."
5Raven, Alice (contact) , Raven Genealogy and Family History.
6Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.com, Archiver>TRYON>1997-03>0858402308. "Ziba TRYON, b. 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, d. 26 Dec 1753, New
Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
+ Dorothy BALDWIN of Guilford, New Haven, CT, m. 2 Sep 1708, Weth.
=2E. C4 Oliver TRYON, b. 15 Dec 1715, Weth., m. 1754 (transposition?)
=2E.. + Deborah MUDGE, b. 1726, Hebron, Tolland, CT
=2E. C5 Abigail TRYON, b. ca. 1717, m. 15 Mar 1738, New Milford,
Litchfield, CT
=2E.. + John FERRIS. They were married in a Quaker ceremony before 27
witnesses at Joseph FERRIS. Source: Wethersfield Collection; New Milford
LR4:22."
7Rootsweb, TRYON-L Archives Archiver > TRYON > 1997-03 > 0858402308. "Ziba TRYON, b. 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, d. 26 Dec 1753, New
Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
+ Dorothy BALDWIN of Guilford, New Haven, CT, m. 2 Sep 1708, Weth."
Dorothy BALDWIN
1Barbour, Lucius Barnes - compiler, "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Groton" , Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland (974.6 CT/Vitals SCGS)
2Randall, William , Randall, Ancestry.com.
3Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.com, TRYON-L Archives Archiver > TRYON > 1997-03 > 0858402308. "Ziba TRYON, b. 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, d. 26 Dec 1753, New
Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
+ Dorothy BALDWIN of Guilford, New Haven, CT, m. 2 Sep 1708, Weth."
Ebenezer MUDGE
1FunwithFamilyHistory, https://funwithfamilyhistory.files.wordpress.com. https://funwithfamilyhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/0747-chapter7-book-of-leonard-gurley.pdf is the title of the Ebenezer Mudge excerpt.
2Mudge, Alfred, Memorials: Being a Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Name of Mudge, Boston 1868, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3Mudge, David C. of Burlington, NJ, Mudge Research notes.
4Mudge, David C. of Burlington, NJ, Mudge Research notes.
5Mudge, David C. of Burlington, NJ, Mudge Research notes.
Abigail SKINNER
1Skinner, Glenn R. of Marlborough, Mass 01752, LostBowyer, . Published on Family Tree Maker's genealogy site.
2Skinner, Glenn R. of Marlborough, Mass 01752, LostBowyer.
3Mudge, David C. of Burlington, NJ, Mudge Research notes.
Micah MUDGE
1contact: Olive Holt, Layton/Holt Genealogy, Ancestry.com.
2contact: Lisa Gorman, New England Witch Trial Lines, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=witchtrials&id=I1316, Ancestry.com. "Micah & Mary appear to have been among the original settlers of Northfield, Mass., but the indians burnt their village and drove them off in 1675, as they were dissatisfied with the amount of the original payment in 1671. A deed was signed by Micah Mudge and two others on behalf of the settlers in 1682 paying the indians additional monies where upon they were allowed to resettle Northfield. There were twenty-three signatures including those of George & John Alexander & Micah Mudge on the application filed with the General Court of Boston for the formation of the Northfield plantation.He moved to Lebanon, Conn. about 1679 and having had some experience as a surveyor assisted in laying out the town and was granted land at various times which appears to have totaled one hundred and twenty acres or more. In 1705 he sold one hundred acres to Joseph Tilden (his son-in-law) for eight pounds. Micah was one of the nine persons who organized the First Congregational Church in 1700. His wife was the only female until 1707.In 1717 he sold thirty acres of land for one hundred and fifty-five pounds. He seems to have bought and sold land for speculation. He moved to Hebron, CT. in the fall of 1717 where he stayed until his death in 1724."
3Mudge, Alfred, Memorials: Being a Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Name of Mudge, Boston 1868, p.34, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "After the death of his father in 1653, his mother removed from New London to Wethersfield, Conn., where they lived, and where, probably, the mother died. The first record of him appears on the town books of Northampton, Mass., where he marries Mary Alexander, Sept. 23, 1670. Northampton was settled in 1654, and George Alexander, the father of Mary, was one of the original proprietors. Here Micah Mudge resided and acte as a surveyor, and appears to have been one of the original proprietors of Northfield, Mass., the settlement of which was attended with great difficulties, as the Indians burnt the village and drove off the settlers in 1675. He returned with others afterwards, as appears from an order from the General Court, dated Boston, May 24,1682,* and became an actual settler.
*Order from the General Courte of Boston, dated May 24, 1682
The Towne Book of Squakeheag orNorthfield, Where in is Recorded the names of ye petitioners for the PlantationWith the Grants and Acts of the General Court about . . . . With the Deeds from the Indions and the orders of the Comitey with the consent of the Proprietors Which Have taken upp Land there With the Grants and rerescript of every mans Land.
The names of those that presented their Names to Major Pinchon to bee presented to the Honored Gen Couret who engaged to doe yr indeuer to atend the conditions of ye grant
Elder John Strong Isark Shelden
Joseph Parsons Sen'r Matthewe Clessen
Samuel Wright Sen'r Joshuah Pummery
Joseph Dirkinson John Alexander
George Alexander Cornelius Merry
Thomas Bascomb William Smead
Robert Liman Richard Weller
Thomas Roote Sen'r John Kilburne of Wethersfield
William Jeanes John Hilleor
William Hubbard Micah Mudg
Nathaniel Phelps Sen'r Ralph Hutchison
William Miller Sen'r." The grant of Northfield, MA.
4John Alexander an Email from Allan Meyer to Ellen Baker on 8 Dec 2000.
5Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988. "Name: Mary Alexander
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1670
Marriage Place: Northampton, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Micah Mudge."
Mary ALEXANDER
1John Alexander an Email from Allan Meyer to Ellen Baker on 8 Dec 2000.
2John Alexander an Email from Allan Meyer to Ellen Baker on 8 Dec 2000.
3Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988. "Name: Mary Alexander
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1670
Marriage Place: Northampton, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Micah Mudge."
Thomas SKINNER Deacon
1WikiTree.com, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skinner-262. "Deacon Thomas Skinner
Born about 25 Jul 1645 in Chichester, Sussex, Englandmap
Son of Thomas Skinner and Mary (Unknown) Skinner
Brother of John Skinner and Abraham Skinner I
Husband of Mary (Pratt) Skinner — married [date unknown] in Colchester, New London County, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary Skinner, Thomas Skinner, Abraham Skinner, John Skinner, Richard Skinner, Joseph Skinner, Hannah Skinner, Benjamin Skinner, Ebenezer Skinner, Nathaniel Skinner and Abigail (Skinner) Mudge
Died about 1722 in Colchester, Connecticutmap."
2Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
Mary PRATT
1Skinner, Glenn R. of Marlborough, Mass 01752, LostBowyer, . Published on Family Tree Maker's genealogy site.
2Deacon Thomas Skinner's Wife, an EMail from Glenn Skinner at received 4 APR 2003, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3WikiTree.com, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pratt-220. "Mary Skinner formerly Pratt
Born 30 Sep 1643 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Richard Pratt and Mary (Unknown) Pratt
Sister of Thomas Pratt, Elizabeth Pratt, Mercy Pratt, John Pratt, Hannah Pratt, Martha Pratt and Sarah Pratt
Wife of Thomas Skinner — married [date unknown] in Colchester, New London County, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Thomas Skinner, Abraham Skinner, John Skinner, Richard Skinner, Joseph Skinner, Hannah Skinner, Benjamin Skinner, Ebenezer Skinner, Nathaniel Skinner and Abigail (Skinner) Mudge
Died 26 Mar 1704 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut."
4Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, AFN: 9NC4-7K.
5Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com, AFN:9NC4-7K.
6Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.com.
Johan Jacob BRITZIUS
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2compiled by Lee Ann Aigner, Research of Claude B. Finley & Others Family Tree, Ancestry.com. .
3Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of, EMail. 57 pages.
4Bill Moyer, Britzius File I, received via USPS 24 Feb 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
5Census, Federal 1850, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Ancestry.com. "Name: Jacob Buzas
[Jacob Britziius]
[Jacob Britzius]
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1788
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1850: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Family Number: 238
Household Members: Name Age
Theobald Buzas 30
Elizabeth Buzas 23
Elizabeth Buzas 6
George Buzas 4
Phebe Buzas 3
Catharine Buzas 2
Theobald Buzas 0
Jacob Buzas 62."
6Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: Jacob Pretzeus
[Jacob Britzius]
Age in 1860: 69
Birth Year: abt 1791
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."
7Findagrave, http://www.findagrave.com/, internet. "Birth: unknown
Death: May 5, 1866
Family links:
Children:
Jacob Britzius (1812 - 1892)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
Age 78y 11d
Burial:
Little Valley Cemetery
Olmsted County
Minnesota, USA
Plot: Row 7 - 21
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Maintained by: Lance
Originally Created by: Jill G.
Record added: Jan 26, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47145128."
8Bill Moyer. "Per Britzius file III p. 4 "On the ship 'Leopard' arriving New York 6 July 1840, departing Europe from Le Havre, were Jacob Britzius born 1788, Catharina Britzius born 1813, Jacob born 1820, 'Dewold' (Theobald) born 1821, and Lisbeth born 1823. . . Jakob Britzius lost his wife, Katarina Elizabeth Schwartz, in Bisterschied in 1838. Two years later he emigrated (we learn from above record) with four of his children including 20 - year old Theobald, who later married Christine Elizabeth Maurer. . .also young Jakob Britzius, 16, who later married Catherine Wasem. The ship's record lists the family as coming from 'Bavaria.'"."
Catharina Elisabethe SCHWARTZ
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2compiled by Lee Ann Aigner, Research of Claude B. Finley & Others Family Tree, Ancestry.com. .
3Bill Moyer, Britzius File I, received via USPS 24 Feb 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
4Britzius File III, p.25. 30 pages of copied documents received by Dianne Stevens from Bill Moyer on 10 Mar 2005. "Death record of Katarina Schwarz
Translation: In 1838, on the 17th of February at 9 a.m., there appeared before me, Adam Lanzer, mayor (or record-keeper) of Bisterschied, Bavaria, Johann Balter, deputy (to the mayor?) and farmer, 60 years old, and Heinrich Lanzer, farmer, 22 years old, both residents of Bisterschied and neighbors of the desceased. They declare that Katarina Schwarz, 52 years old, wife of Jakob Britzius the first, cooper (maker of casks and tubs), resident of Bisterschied, daughter of Adam Schwarz and Philippina Sundheimer, who when living were a farming couple in Bisterschied, died on the 16th of February at 9 p.m. in House #68 in Bisterschied." This is a copy of an original German death record, and the English translation.