Notes: Rumsey Family Pages

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#	Notes	Linked to
1251	Jane E. Phillips, 9-F-W, NY	Phillips, Eliza J. (I7404)
1252	Jane Scoville, 2-F-W, KS	Scovill, Sarah Jane (I9372)
1253	Jane Skillin, head, F-W-62, single, NY, Ireland, Ireland	Skillin, Jane (I6121)
1254	Jane Skillin, head, F-W-75, single, NY, Ireland, Ireland	Skillin, Jane (I6121)
1255	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Criner, J. (I8889)
1256	Jannie Dâare Viens, F-8, Apr 1903, single, Quebec	Viens, Jannie Dâare (I9236)
1257	Jasper (who writes his name 'Newton'], was born just after his parent were obliged to flee from Missouri because they were Unionists. He attended the district schools, and also attended Amity College in Iowa. He was a stock raiser and farmer in Nodaway Co., near Xenia.	Otis, Jasper Newton (I2242)
1258	Jasper and Sarah farmed near the Onaga and Centralia, KS communities where they raised their three children.	Bonjour, Jasper C. (I6303)
1259	Jasper Newton Otis, 8-M-W, IA	Otis, Jasper Newton (I2242)
1260	Jay J. Pitman, head, M-W-33, married, KS, United States, United States, laborer at railroad	Pitman, Jay John (I6181)
1261	Jay Marion Fox, 84, owner of a construction firm and a former president of the Markle Town Council, died of cancer at 3 a.m. Sunday, June 7, at his home. Mr. Fox was the owner and operator of Fox Construction Inc. for 31 years, retiring in 1985. He served on the Markle Town Council from 1995 to 2002, serving part of that time as the council's president. He was an Army veteran of World War II; he was a 60-year member of American Legion Post 160 in Roanoke, where he held a life membership, and was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2689 in Huntington. He was a 1942 graduate of Markle High School. He was a 50-year member of Markle Masonic Lodge 453 and a 54-year member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Fort Wayne. He was also a member of the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne. He was a life member of the Huntington Moose Lodge and was also a member of the Markle United Methodist Church. He also served on the board of directors of Indiana Constructors Inc. from 1973 to 1976. He enjoyed watching college basketball and football and will be remembered for his great love of the outdoors. He enjoyed his fishing trips to Canada, Michigan, and Minnesota, along with traveling in his motor homes. Mr. Fox was born June 19, 1924, in Markle, to Russell and Lesta Hite Fox. He married Betty Finley in Goodland, Ind., on July 11, 1951; she died Nov. 25, 1973. He married Emma Jean Sutton Goeglein in Garrett on Jan. 31, 1976; she survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Janet (Curt) Robinson of Indianapolis, Joyce (Bob) Gowdy of Charlotte, N.C., and Connie (Larry) Conner of Fort Wayne; two sons, Nile Goeglein of Albany, Ind., and Alan Goeglein of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Doris Leimenstoll of Uniondale and Helen Washburn of Foristell, Mo.; and a brother, Robert Fox of Bloomington. Calling will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Thoma/Rich, Chaney and Lemler Funeral Home, 308 W. Washington St., Bluffton. There will be additional calling from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Markle United Methodist Church. Services will be held at the church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday with Pastor Kathie Jones officiating. Burial will be at the Markle Cemetery. Masonic funeral rites will be conducted by members of Bluffton Lodge 145 at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Military graveside rites will be conducted by members of Huntington V.F.W. Post 2689. Preferred memorials are to the Markle United Methodist Church, Visiting Nurse and Hospice, or Cancer Services.	Fox, Jay Marion (I9677)
1262	Jean Bte. Archambault, M-11, single, Quebec	Archambault, Jean Baptiste (I9243)
1263	Jean Rumsey states that their marriage date was 17 Sep 1809, but this date seems a bit late for the birth of their first child 11 Nov 1809.	Family: Simon Rumsey Mapes / Mary Rose Rumsey (F2126)
1264	Jemima E. C. Painter, 1-F-W, OH	Paynter, Jemima Elizabeth Camsidella (I6165)
1265	Jennie Holberd, wife, F-W-33, married, IL, IL, IL	[Unknown], Jennie (I7523)
1266	Jennings Crowell, 41-M-W, farmer, NC	Crowell, Jennings (I9515)
1267	Jennings D. Crowell, W-M-52, head, widowed, farmer, NC, NC, NC	Crowell, Jennings (I9515)
1268	Jeremiah Slade was a general in the American Forces stationed at Norfolk, VA in the War of 1812. His former residence is standing in a good state of repair near Williamston, Martin Co., NC. The family cemetery is enclosed by an iron fence and contains numerous markers of graves, including those of Jeremiah and Janet. There are many records concerning the Slade family in the County offices at Williamston.	Slade, Gen. Jeremiah (I1194)
1269	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Jarrett, J.H. (I7414)
1270	Jesse came to Wayne Co., OH in 1818 and entered a quarter section of land, where he cleared a farm, which in 1874 had never been sold. He was a farmer, a blacksmith, and material mechanic; was a quiet man, and very religious. He died very suddenly while riding home one day in his wagon.	Otis, Jesse (I2461)
1271	Jesse Rumsey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in the Levies in three different terms, under Col. William Malcom, Col. Morris Graham, and Col. Albert Pawling. (Roberts: New York in the Revolution, p.76, 81, 85, as sent by Mrs. Bertha Canuteson.) In the letter of 1900 quoted with #33, Lillias (Rumsey) Sanford said he served in the Revolution. But in a later letter to Martha (Rumsey) Simonds (#162-9), she said this Jesse was not a soldier. Jesse Rumsey's wife was named by LRS in this last letter. The only record found so far of even her first name was in the third marriage record of Hiram W. Rumsey, where his parents were named as Jesse and Lucinda Rumsey. This was found in Wisconsin by Mrs. Canuteson, who also has some undated letters (probably 1845 and 1846) from Pamelia (Rumsey) Reeder of Blooming Grove to her brother Hiram W. Rumsey at Wakeman and Townsend, Huron Co, Ohio. She gave him news of the family in the East, starting with her own children. She then progressed to their brother William Rumsey and his wife Rachel and their five children; then Obadiah Rumsey, with only one son named but other young ones at home, the youngest being 3 years old. She also spoke of "Uncle Daniel Goldsmith" being very low with "consumson & old age", and "Aunt Ruth Coleman" aged 84 [b ca 1862] in reasonably good health. (These last two have not been identified, see discussion with #9.) (Full transcript of letters with #174.) The 1790 census of New Cornwall lists Jesse Rumsey as head of a household consisting of 3 males who were 16 and over, 3 males under 16, and 4 females. This would be too large a family for Jesse, and would seem to include another family - possibly his brother Jonas who is not indexed in that census, or perhaps some relatives of his wife. The 1800 census of Blooming Grove shows both Jesse and his wife as being between the ages of 26 and 44. They had one boy 10-15 years of age, and 3 boys and 1 girl under 10. In Blooming Grove in 1810 there were 2 boys and 1 girl under 10, 1 girl 10-15, and 3 boys 16-25. Jesse was over 45 and his wife under 45. Jesse Rumsey was not indexed in the 1820 census, but may be the older man 45 or over, with his son William H. in Blooming Grove, and in his 70s in 1830. The only source for Jesse's parents appears to be the letter from Mrs. Sanford (see quote with #33). Family tradition, reported by Mrs. Canuteson, had "Hiram Weller Rumze" as claiming French origin. The account has many errors, but also some valuable clues. One of the errors was that Hiram was son of Obadiah and Mary instead of his brother. He was said to have had brothers named Hezekiah, Obadiah and Henry, and sisters Ann and Mary. No record of a Hezekiah has been found in Orange Co, but he could be one of the boys in the census records. Perhaps Hezekiah was the middle name of William H. Pamelia signed her letters Pamelia M. Reeder, so perhaps her middle name was Mary, leaving Ann the unknown girl.	Rumsey, Jesse (I5150)
1272	Jim Skillin, head, M-W-35, married, KS, NY, PA, partnership	Skillin, James Theodore (I3380)
1273	Jim Skillin, husband, M-W-45, married, KS, NY, NY, farmer	Skillin, James Theodore (I3380)
1274	Jno Williams, M-25, shoemaker, born in Monmouthshire	Williams, John (I4917)
1275	Joanna moved with her family to Pennsylvania, probably between the years of 1785 and 1790.	Little, Joanna (I25)
1276	Job was living at Providence in 1719, but evidently died before reaching maturity. On September 10, 1715 Anna Turpin, widow of William Turpin, "formerly Anna Pratt," deeded Providence land to her grandson Job Beers, to be his when he came of Age. Anna was living in 1719 when she sold the land she had conveyed to her grandson, explaining it was unsuitable for his use. In this deed she stated her intention to use money from the sale to buy other land for Job, but there is no record that she did so.	Beere, Job (I4350)
1277	John A. Rumsey was 1 year old in the 1860 census of Noble, Branch Co, Mich. He was 12 in 1870, living there with his widowed father and married sister. Also in Noble in 1870 were Jacob and Mary Imhoof, their daughter Sarah being 6 years old. The family had moved from Indiana to Michigan between 1866 and 1868. Widow Mary Imhoof married John Rumsey's father in July 1880. The birth record of Verba Dell, and the death record of Ethel, gave the full names of the parents as John A. Rumsey and Sarah Ann Imhoff. The name had been corrected to Imhoof in Verba's birth record. In the 1900 census of Noble, John A. Rumsey was a farmer, born "Sept 1861", though he had been 1 year old in 1860! He had been married 17 years to Sarah A. who was 35. One of their two children had died. The surviving child was Iva M. who was 12 years old. (Verba Dell was born a year later.) With them was John's mother-in-law, widow Mary Rumsey, who was also his step-mother. In the 1910 census of Noble, John A. Rumsey was a farmer aged 49, and Sarah A. was 47. They had been married 27 years, and one of their 3 children had died. Their daughters Iva Lieb, 22 and married 6 years, and Verba Rumsey 8, were at home. With Iva was her 5 year old daughter Mable Lieb. When John A. Rumsey, farmer, died in 1934, his parents were given as John Rumsey and Maria Stayley. When Sarah Ann Rumsey died in 1946, her parents were given as Jacob Imhoff and Mary Engelmyer. Petition for Administration on the estate of Sarah Ann Rumsey said she died in Noble, which was probably her residence, rather than Bronson City just north of Noble, given in her death record as the place of death. The Petition, dated 4 Oct 1946, was filed by Iva Lytle. The heirs were daughters Iva Lytle 58, of Bronson Route 1, and Verba Cochensparger 45, of Bronson (Pro File 18225)." (Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey)	Rumsey, John A. (I8941)
1278	John and Barbara Razak immigrated to the United States in 1886 on a farm near Collyer, Kansas. John became a naturalized citizen in 1891. They lived on the farm until 1926 when they retired and moved into the city of Collyer.	Razak, John (I85)
1279	John and Mary Williams must have emigrated to America from England sometime between 1852 (the birth of their son John in England) and 1854 (the birth of Thomas in Illinois).	Williams, John (I4917)
1280	John Billington and his family received three acres in the 1623 Division of Land at Plymouth and in May, 1627 he, his wife and sons were named in the Division of Cattle.	Billington, John (I2425)
1281	John Brookover, 70-M-W, physician, PA	Brookover, Dr. John (I968)
1282	John C. Thomas, head, M-W-53, married, IA, OH, OH, salesman at general store	Thomas, John Charles (I798)
1283	John D. Paynter, son, W-M-46, May 1854, OH, England, PA	Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)
1284	John D. W. Painter, 16-M-W, helps father on farm, OH	Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)
1285	John D. W. Painter, 6-M-W, OH	Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)
1286	John D. W. Paynter, W-M-26, son, at home, OH, PA, England	Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)
1287	John E. Brown, son, W-M-15, Apr 1885, single, KS, WV, WV, at school	Brown, John Edgar (I507)
1288	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Dover, J.E. (I6244)
1289	John F. Campbell, 81, Pinckneyville, Passes Away; Funeral Sunday John Frank Campbell, 81, Pinckneyville, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, August 31, at Mercy Hospital, Aledo. He was born December 15, 1879, a son of William and Jenette Brown Campbell, both deceased. He was married December 9, 1908, at Cutler to Lizzie Carswell, who died September 9, 1912. A daughter from that union Mrs. Marjorie Yung, Aledo, survives. His second marriage was to Libie Shaw on May 21, 1918, at Pinckneyville. She survives. Other survivors are three brothers, Hugh and Guy of Pickneyville and Roy of O'Fallon, and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Debinney, Belleville. Campbell was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Pinckneyville. He farmed most of his life. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the United Presbyterian Church, Pinckneyville, with Reverend Robert G. Freytag officiating. Burial will be in Cutler cemetery. Friends may call at Doerr and Son Funeral Chapel, Pinckneyville.	Campbell, John Franklin (I7526)
1290	John immigrated to Virginia in 1635, at the age of 22, on the ship Safety. He first settled in Upper Norfolk County (now Nansemond County), and later Lancaster Co., VA. Both himself and his eldest son, John, appear on the vestry book as members of the vestry in the year 1666, the father having been acting in that capacity before (but for how long is now known). John had previously built, by contract, the first church standing on the spot where Christ Church now is, and the vestry received it at the hands of his son John, six months after the father's death in 1669. John Carter, Sr. is buried in the church that he built along with his five wives, near the chancel.	Carter, Col. John (I2658)
1291	John lived in Virginia. Between 1742 and 1758 he was a member of the House of Burgesses.	Chiswell, Col. John (I2650)
1292	John Loyd, 6-M-W, TN	Loyd, John (I21949)
1293	John M. Cass, son, W-M-3, Mar 1897, single, KS, IL, IL	Cass, John M. (I7468)
1294	John married and had a family.	Horton, John (I5638)
1295	John Mathis was born in England about the year 1690, and when a young man he and his brother, Charles emigrated to America. Their first place of residence in the new world was at Oyster Bay, on Long Island. Charles Mathis finally settled at Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, where he has a numerous race of descendants. At a early date there were Mathewes who settled at Cape May, New Jersey. No doubt they were relatives of John Mathis and Charles Mathis. When John Mathis first came to Long Island, he resided at Oyster Bay. John Mathis appears to have been the first white man who settled at Bass River. In the year 1713 John Mathis was living on Long Island, and in that year, he and William Birdsall and Moses Forman purchased Daniel Mathis Island, (Then called Biddle's Island) of Daniel Leeds of Springfield, New Jersey. In the year 1714 John Mathis was residing in Little Egg Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and in September of the same year William Birdsall sold his share of the island to John Mathis, and shortly after Moses Forman sold Mathis his portion of the property. This survey contained in all 250 acres. This was John Mathis' first purchase of land in Egg Harbor. It is portion that Moses Forman finally settled in Ocean county, and was the forefather of the Formans in that section; from a certain record he owned a farm in Egg Harbor. It is situated on the east side of Bass River, and this was the commencement of his course as a land speculator, which steadily increased until he became the greatest land holder of the township. At the time he bought it, it was in its primeval state, but he settled on it and soon had it cleaned up and formed into a valuable farm. This island received its original name from William Biddle, one of the great land proprietors of New Jersey. The island has remained in the Mathis family till 1887. Mathis is not the original, and therefore not the proper method of spelling the name. The ancient form was "Mathews." It is said that John Mathis considered it a difficult name to pronounce and write, and for this cause he made the alteration, and thus it became modernized into Mathis, and long custom has made Mathis the permanent way of writing and pronouncing the name among most of the descendants of John Mathis. In almost all of the deeds for John Mathis' land his name is written Mathews. The learned in such matters say, that the Norman signification of the term Mathews is "As stubborn as a mule." This is indeed an appropriate appellation, for it is a useless waste of time and patience to attempt to turn a true, full-blooded Mathis or Mathews from what he considers the right course. A Mathis can be led by truthful and pleasant words and just and honorable acts, but treat him to the essence of meanness and he cannot be driven any further than can the most stubborn mule that ever came under the lash. Doubtless the Norman invaders of England found John Mathis' ancestors as true as steel and as stubborn as mules to the interests of their native England, and hence the designation for their stubbornness. The Mathis family is remarkable for longevity, for their excellent Memory, and for their preciseness in business affairs, and their exalted sense of justice, and further for their aptness in learning, for keeping their own counsel and even the secrets of others, and lastly for attending to their own instead of other peoples' business. These are the traits of character of the thorough dispositioned Mathis, yet there are many who possess the name who have but a small portion of the nature and principles belonging to the genuine race. In the year 1716 John Mathis married Mrs. Alice Higbee, widow of John Higbee of Long Island, and eldest daughter of Edward and Sarah (Ong) Andrews, (Edward died October 26, 1716, age 79 years) the founder of Tuckerton, New Jersey, and son of one of the most prominent Quaker ministers of his day. John Mathis' wife brought him a valuable personal property. She had the reputation of being a strong-minded woman who possessed of unusual business talents, ordering and arranging her affairs with the utmost regularity and good judgment, and it is also affirmed that she was a greater speculator than her husband, and it was in a measure owning to her influence and speculative passion and forethought that he became such an extensive land holder. Taking into consideration the age in which she lived and also the meager opportunities she had for acquiring knowledge she had a fair education. She wrote a better hand than her husband. She is described as a large, tall and muscular woman, of a dark complexion with black eyes and black hair, which she inherited from her father, Edward Andrews. Alice had married John Higbee in about 1712, he died soon after leaving two children, Abigail and Edward. Abigail Higbee was born May 22, 1713. She married Robert Leeds, son of Joseph Leeds 1st. Their children were: Solomon Leeds, Rebecca Leeds, and Mary Leeds. Edward Higbee was born June 4, 1714. He married and lived in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and was the forefather of all Higbee of that section. John and Alice (Higbee) Mathis had six sons and one daughter: Micajah Mathis born September 9, 1717, died November 11, 1804,* Job Mathis, born May 13, 1719, died 1771,* Sarah Mathis, born July 19, 1721, died April 17, 1799,* Daniel Mathis, born September 7, 1723, died in 1764 or 1765,* Jeremiah Mathis, born March 14, 1726, died December 23, 1762,* Nehemiah Mathis, born June 13, 1728, Little Egg Harbor township, Gloucester County now Atlantic County,* and Eli Mathis, born June 4, 1730, died April 14, 1795.* After John Mathis had gotten his island farm in successful operation, he purchased 813 acres of land of John Budd, and on this tract he cleared a farm now known as the Francis or more properly the Thomas E. French farm situated on the east side of Bass River. His next location of a farm was what is known as the Enoch Mathis or Smith Mathis farm on the west side of the same river and opposite his first two farms, and his next establishment of a farm was on the farm west and south of the Enoch Mathis farm which is known as the Arthur Cranmer and Daniel Sooy Farms. John Mathis was a slave holder and employed his slaves in clearing land and farming. It will be seen that he had at this time four farms, two on each side of the river and these four, tradition says, were carried on under his direction and supervision, he going from farm to farm as necessity required. This state of things continued until some of his sons got married when he deeded each one of them a farm and set to work for themselves. He was not only an extensive farmer and land holder, but was also a money lender. He seems to have loaned to persons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Springfield, Northampton, Southampton, New Jersey, and various other places. David Falkinburg secured the one hundred and fifty pounds from John Mathis for the first tavern established in Tuckerton. During the Revolutionary War he loaned a considerable amount of money for the purpose of assisting in the struggle for freedom, but when payday came he was paid with Continental paper which proved to be next to no pay. The lender was compelled to take large packages of the scrip which soon depreciated to utter worthlessness. These packages of continental paper were kept in the Mathis family for several generations, but at this time it is all destroyed. This War loan proved a ruinous adventure for his money affairs, but did not interfere with his land speculations, and in spite of his numerous losses he died the wealthiest man of his time and the township in which he lived. It is impossible at this time, 1887, to name all the lands owned by John Mathis. The following list can be vouched for, they're dated, number of acres and names of the sellers, viz.: 1713 250 acres of Daniel Leeds. This is Dans Island and has never been out of the possession of the Mathis family. 1722 50 acres of Thomas Wetherill 1722 270 acres of Thomas Wetherill 1729 813 acres of John Budd 1727 10 acres of John Budd 1734 10 acres of Zebulon Grant 1737 50 acres of Zebulon Grant 1737 37 acres of Zebulon Grant on Ives Branch 1737 100 acres of Nathaniel Gripps 1737 156 acres of Mordecai Andrews 1737 68 acres of Joseph Parker 1738 10 acres of Joseph Parker on Bass River Branch 1739 5 acres of Joseph Parker on Bass River Branch 1739 50 acres of Reuel Elton on Bass River Branch 1741 50 acres of Joathan Wright 1742 20 acres of Joathan Wright 1742 50 acres of Joathan Wright Turtle Island at the mouth of Mullican River 1742 50 acres of Joathan Wright 1742 109 acres of Joathan Wright 1742 150 acres of Joathan Wright This was a tract of cedar swamp on Tronqurlity 1742 100 acres of Langdon Bills of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. 1745 400 acres of Joseph Parker of Chester, Pennsylvania. 1747 230 acres of marsh on Belanga Creek 1747 44 acres of Thomas Wetherill of Burlington City, New Jersey 1749 150 acres of Thomas Wetherill 1751 50 acres of Charles Read 1751 107 acres of Charles Read 1751 100 acres of Thomas Gardiner 1759 36.5 acres of Thomas Gardiner 1761 50 acres of Smith & Hewlings 1738 John Mathis bought of his step son, Edward Higbee, lands which he owned in Huntington township and county of Suffolk on Long Island. Higbee's grandfather paid three hundred pounds for the right to locate the land above named. There must have been several thousand acres as rights were very low at that time. At this time no one knows what Mathis did with those lands which he owned on Long Island. He might and he might not have conveyed them away. I think it probable that he did sell the land and that was one source from which he derived the money which he lost by continental paper. In 1722 John Mathis bought of Thomas and William Fox of Springfield, New Jersey, a large tract of marsh on the west neck Meadow which lies in the township of Little Egg Harbor extending from the point of Miles Island to a considerable distance above Mathistown Mill including within its bounds cedar swamp and upland. He also bought surveys of George William and Thomas Pancoat, also George Budd, Williams Hewlings, Thomas Macks, Henry Davis, and others. Whenever one of John Mathis' sons married he provided him with a farm as far as his farms went he gave each a farm. Too such as he had not farms for he deeded large tracts of unimproved land on which they settled and made farms for themselves. He deeded his son, Micajah the farm now known as the Francis French farm. To his son, Job, he deeded Daniel Mathis Island, John gave Sarah her portion of his estate in money. To his son, Jeremiah what is now call Mathistown, Nehemiah he gave the property called the Point Place, to Eli, he gave the property on the west side of Bass River in which is now included the Arthur Crammer Farm, the Maja Mathis farm, the Crammer Howell farm, the Enoch Adams farm and the other settlements. John Mathis was the first King's Magistrate appointed for the township of Little Egg Harbor. He was associated with many of the eminent men of his day and generation, and especially of the state of New Jersey. Having married into the most eminent family of the first settler in Egg Harbor, he was related to people of the highest standing in that locality, as well as in other sections. He was the soninlaw of Edwards Andrews, an eminent Quaker minister, a brotherinlaw to Jacob and Peter Andrews, both noted ministers in the society of Friends, also a brotherinlaw of Robert Allen of Bass River, and brotherinlaw to Thomas Ridgway. His soninlaw, John Leeds was a public Friend, his grandson, Vincent Leeds (son of John Leeds), was a minister and some of his nephews and nieces of the Society of Friends (Quaker Ministers). John Mathis died at the advanced age of 88 years on October 23, 1779 at Tuckerton, New Jersey, and his wife lived to the age of 91 years. They were buried in the Friends' Graveyard at Tuckerton, New Jersey, where all of the first settlers and several generations of their descendants are awaiting the resurrection of the dead. John Mathis had seven children, therefore, there will be seven branches of his descendants. I shall name them in the order of their ages and delineate them by generations as far as I am able. His descendants are many and widely scattered and it will be impossible for me to give a correct list of them all. I shall do the best I can with what information I am able to command.	Mathis, John (I3411)
1296	John McConnell, W-M-46, married, farmer, WV, WV, WV	McConnell, John S. (I4922)
1297	John Mcconnell, W-M-8, son, single, WV, WV, WV	McConnell, John S. (I6203)
1298	John Rumsey was said by Mrs. Sanford to have the middle name of "Sigler", according to James Spencer Rumsey, a descendant of his son David⁵. Her source for this is not known, and not even a middle initial has been found elsewhere, so it has been omitted above but mentioned here as a possibility. Mrs. Lillias (Rumsey) Sanford was a granddaughter of Nathan⁵, and had done a fair amount of Rumsey research through correspondence etc., claiming John as a Revolutionary ancestor. It was her notes to which Victor E. Shelford frequently refers. John seems to have served as a private in the 2nd Regt. of Westchester Co., NY, Militia, despite a family tradition that says John went to Seneca Co because of his Tory sympathies. It was not until right after the war that he moved first to Northumerland Co., PA, then to Cayugo Co., NY in 1793. The first deed for John Rumsey recorded at Goshen, Orange Co., NY was dated 14 June 1777, though not recorded until 20 June 1783. It was a conveyance from Thomas Russell, Jr., of Cornwall, Orange Co., his brother-in-law, to John Rumsey of Cornwall Precinct. On 13 Apr 1796, Simon Rumsey and his wife Jemima sold to Liness Rider land which John Rumsey and his wife Mary had conveyed to Simon in Apr 1785. In 1775 John Rumsey signed the roll of Associators of Cornwall, upholding the Continental Congress. The farm he purchased in 1777 was located in Smith's Clove. At the close of the War, in 1783, he sold the farm and removed to White Deer Valley, then in Northumberland Co., PA, where he resided for several years. In the tax list for 1783, John Rumsey was listed in White Deer Twp., Northumberalnd Co., PA, assessed 4 shillings 6 pence; and in 1784 he was taxed 5 shillings 8 pence on 3 horses and 3 cattle but no land. John moved from Northumberland Co. to Fayette, NY between 1790 and 1793. He was in the 1790 census of Northumberland Co., as having in his household 2 adult males (16 and over), 5 males under 16, and 3 females. At the first general election held in Seneca Co. in 1804, one of the polling places was at John Rumsey's on Seneca Lake Road. In the 1800 census of Washington Twp., Cayugo Co., John Rumsey was listed with a household consisting of 2 females under 10 (Elizabeth or Abigail), 2 males and 1 female 10-15 (Moses, Nathan, Mary), 4 males 16-25 (John, David, Simon, Thomas), and 1 female 45 and over (his wife Mary). But there was no mark for John who would also have been over 45? John purchased land and located on Military Lot No. 23 in Romulus, now Fayette, on Seneca Lake. This was land which had been allotted to his father-in-law, Thomas Russel, for service in the Revolution. John Rumsey and Dr. Alexander Conventry became the first land-owner settlers along the lake prior to 1793. He opened the first public inn established in the town, and took an active part in the opening of public roads, and in the improvement of his farm. He sold the farm and moved about two miles east of the Lake, on Military Lot No. 25, where he lived until he died 10 Aug 1829. On 10 Feb 1796 he conveyed a right of way across Military Lot No. 23 to James McClung, leading to "Rumsey's Landing" on Seneca Lake, which has long since been abandoned. He was overseer of highways for the Town of Romulus 1796-1798. In the 1810 census of Fayette, Seneca Co., John Rumsey Jr., Andrew Nowland and John Rumsey were listed in sequence. The household of John Rumsey consisted of 1 male under 10, 2 males and 1 female 16-25 (Moses, Nathan, Elizabeth or Abigail), 1 male 26-44 (Thomas), and the parents who were both over 45. This was followed closely by Hiram Rogers, a Jonathan Rogers old enough to be Hiram's father, and David Rumsey. In 1820, Nathan, John and Simon Rumsey were listed next to each other in Fayette. In John's household there was only 1 male 10-15 in addition to John and his wife who were over 45. The will of John Rumsey of Fayette, Seneca Co., was dated 3 Apr 1818, and probated 25 Aug 1829. He named his wife Mary and son Nathan, but the rest of his estate was to be divided among his sons and daughters whom he did not name. The Executors were his friends John McClung and P. A. Barker. No list of hiers is included among the probate papers, but payments were made to Nathan Rumsey, Simon Rumsey, David Rumsey, Elizabeth Rumsey and John Rumsey. This leaves out his sons Thomas and Moses (deceased), but Elizabeth Rumsey was probably the widows of Moses. Thomas had already sold what land he owned in Seneca Co. and had moved to Yates Co., NY, and had perhaps received his share of his father's estate before he left Fayette.	Rumsey, John (I4938)
1299	John served in the Revolutionary War (listed as John Mathews) as a private in the 2nd NJ Regiment in Capt. Jonathan Phillips' Company, 2nd Regiment of Foot of State of NJ, commanded by Col. Israel Shreve. He was on the Company Muster Rool from January 31 to May 31, 1778. He deserted April 2, having served 27 days and received 6 2/3 dollars per week.	Mathis, Jeremiah John (I768)
1300	John Spottiswood studied at the University of Glasgow. When relations between the kirk and the crown deteriorated towards the end of the 16th century, however, he came increasingly to support royal policy, and when James VI succeeded to the English throne in 1603 Spottiswood accompanied him to London. He was appointed Archbishop of Glasgow in the same year (although he did not receive episcopal consecration until 1610) and thereafter was an important figure in the king's attempts to reduce the influence which the ministers of the Scottish church had come to exert on affairs of state. He was translated to the archbishopric of St Andrews in 1615 and at the General Assembly of the Kirk in 1618, having made himself Moderator, he successfully argued for the imposition of the Five Articles of Perth which included the requirement that Communion should be received kneeling. He married Rachel, daughter of David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross and had two sons Sir John and Sir Robert (l596-l646) and a daughter Anne who married Sir William Sinclair. Spottiswoode continued in royal favour under Charles I was made Chancellor of Scotland in 1635. He loyally supported the attempt to impose the Book of Common Prayer though he thought the move mistaken. Riots in Edinburgh in 1637 and the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 proved his misgivings to be justified and Spottiswood fled to Newcastle, fearing for his life. He was deposed in his absence on a series of spurious charges including adultery, incest and sacrilege. From Genealogy of the Spotswood Family in Scotland and Virginia, Charles Campbell, J. Munsell, Albany NY, 1868, p. 7, 9-10: John Spottiswoode, of that ilk, born anno 1565, who afterward became one of the greatest men of the kingdom, for knowledge, learning, virtue and merit. He had few equals, and was excelled by none. He was archbishop of St. Andrews, lord high chancellor of Scotland, etc., etc., and in every station of life acquitted himself with dexterity, fidelity and honor, and as the life and transactions of this truly great man are fully recorded in his 'History of the Church of Scotland', and briefly, by Mr. Crawford, in his 'Lives of the Officers of the State', to these we refer the reader. We shall only here observe that upon the death of his cousin, John of Spottiswoode, without issue, as before mentioned, he succeeded to the estate of Spottiswoode, as heir male, and was ever after designated by that title. However, in the year 1620, he sold the barony of Spottiswoode to three brothers of the name of Bell, with whom and their heirs, it remained till it was purchased by the heir of the family, anno 1700, as will be mentioned hereafter. But before this time the bishop had purchased several other lands, particularly, the barony of Dairzie, in Fife, etc., etc. He married Rachel, daughter of Doctor David Lindsay, bishop of Ross, a son of the family of Edzill, by whom he had two sons and one daughter: 1, John, afterwards Sir John, his heir: 2, Sir Robert, who carried on the line of this family. His daughter Anne, was married to Sir William Sinclair, of Roslin, and had issue. He died at London, 2d of December, 1639, in the 74th year of his age, and by the king's order was most pompously interred, in King Henry VIIth's chapel, in Westminster Abbey, and was succeeded by his eldest son.	Spottiswoode, John (I3481)

Notes

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1251

Jane E. Phillips, 9-F-W, NY

Phillips, Eliza J. (I7404)

1252

Jane Scoville, 2-F-W, KS

Scovill, Sarah Jane (I9372)

1253

Jane Skillin, head, F-W-62, single, NY, Ireland, Ireland

Skillin, Jane (I6121)

1254

Jane Skillin, head, F-W-75, single, NY, Ireland, Ireland

Skillin, Jane (I6121)

1255

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Criner, J. (I8889)

1256

Jannie Dâare Viens, F-8, Apr 1903, single, Quebec

Viens, Jannie Dâare (I9236)

1257

Jasper (who writes his name 'Newton'], was born just after his parent were obliged to flee from Missouri because they were Unionists.

He attended the district schools, and also attended Amity College in Iowa. He was a stock raiser and farmer in Nodaway Co., near Xenia.

Otis, Jasper Newton (I2242)

1258

Jasper and Sarah farmed near the Onaga and Centralia, KS communities where they raised their three children.

Bonjour, Jasper C. (I6303)

1259

Jasper Newton Otis, 8-M-W, IA

Otis, Jasper Newton (I2242)

1260

Jay J. Pitman, head, M-W-33, married, KS, United States, United States, laborer at railroad

Pitman, Jay John (I6181)

1261

Jay Marion Fox, 84, owner of a construction firm and a former president of the Markle Town Council, died of cancer at 3 a.m. Sunday, June 7, at his home.
Mr. Fox was the owner and operator of Fox Construction Inc. for 31 years, retiring in 1985. He served on the Markle Town Council from 1995 to 2002, serving part of that time as the council's president.
He was an Army veteran of World War II; he was a 60-year member of American Legion Post 160 in Roanoke, where he held a life membership, and was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2689 in Huntington. He was a 1942 graduate of Markle High School.
He was a 50-year member of Markle Masonic Lodge 453 and a 54-year member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Fort Wayne. He was also a member of the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne. He was a life member of the Huntington Moose Lodge and was also a member of the Markle United Methodist Church. He also served on the board of directors of Indiana Constructors Inc. from 1973 to 1976.
He enjoyed watching college basketball and football and will be remembered for his great love of the outdoors. He enjoyed his fishing trips to Canada, Michigan, and Minnesota, along with traveling in his motor homes.
Mr. Fox was born June 19, 1924, in Markle, to Russell and Lesta Hite Fox. He married Betty Finley in Goodland, Ind., on July 11, 1951; she died Nov. 25, 1973. He married Emma Jean Sutton Goeglein in Garrett on Jan. 31, 1976; she survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Janet (Curt) Robinson of Indianapolis, Joyce (Bob) Gowdy of Charlotte, N.C., and Connie (Larry) Conner of Fort Wayne; two sons, Nile Goeglein of Albany, Ind., and Alan Goeglein of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Doris Leimenstoll of Uniondale and Helen Washburn of Foristell, Mo.; and a brother, Robert Fox of Bloomington.
Calling will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Thoma/Rich, Chaney and Lemler Funeral Home, 308 W. Washington St., Bluffton. There will be additional calling from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Markle United Methodist Church. Services will be held at the church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday with Pastor Kathie Jones officiating. Burial will be at the Markle Cemetery.
Masonic funeral rites will be conducted by members of Bluffton Lodge 145 at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Military graveside rites will be conducted by members of Huntington V.F.W. Post 2689.
Preferred memorials are to the Markle United Methodist Church, Visiting Nurse and Hospice, or Cancer Services.

Fox, Jay Marion (I9677)

1262

Jean Bte. Archambault, M-11, single, Quebec

Archambault, Jean Baptiste (I9243)

1263

Jean Rumsey states that their marriage date was 17 Sep 1809, but this date seems a bit late for the birth of their first child 11 Nov 1809.

Family: Simon Rumsey Mapes / Mary Rose Rumsey (F2126)

1264

Jemima E. C. Painter, 1-F-W, OH

Paynter, Jemima Elizabeth Camsidella (I6165)

1265

Jennie Holberd, wife, F-W-33, married, IL, IL, IL

[Unknown], Jennie (I7523)

1266

Jennings Crowell, 41-M-W, farmer, NC

Crowell, Jennings (I9515)

1267

Jennings D. Crowell, W-M-52, head, widowed, farmer, NC, NC, NC

Crowell, Jennings (I9515)

1268

Jeremiah Slade was a general in the American Forces stationed at Norfolk, VA in the War of 1812. His former residence is standing in a good state of repair near Williamston, Martin Co., NC. The family cemetery is enclosed by an iron fence and contains numerous markers of graves, including those of Jeremiah and Janet.
There are many records concerning the Slade family in the County offices at Williamston.

Slade, Gen. Jeremiah (I1194)

1269

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Jarrett, J.H. (I7414)

1270

Jesse came to Wayne Co., OH in 1818 and entered a quarter section of land, where he cleared a farm, which in 1874 had never been sold. He was a farmer, a blacksmith, and material mechanic; was a quiet man, and very religious. He died very suddenly while riding home one day in his wagon.

Otis, Jesse (I2461)

1271

Jesse Rumsey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in the Levies in three different terms, under Col. William Malcom, Col. Morris Graham, and Col. Albert Pawling. (Roberts: New York in the Revolution, p.76, 81, 85, as sent by Mrs. Bertha Canuteson.) In the letter of 1900 quoted with #33, Lillias (Rumsey) Sanford said he served in the Revolution. But in a later letter to Martha (Rumsey) Simonds (#162-9), she said this Jesse was not a soldier.

Jesse Rumsey's wife was named by LRS in this last letter. The only record found so far of even her first name was in the third marriage record of Hiram W. Rumsey, where his parents were named as Jesse and Lucinda Rumsey. This was found in Wisconsin by Mrs. Canuteson, who also has some undated letters (probably 1845 and 1846) from Pamelia (Rumsey) Reeder of Blooming Grove to her brother Hiram W. Rumsey at Wakeman and Townsend, Huron Co, Ohio. She gave him news of the family in the East, starting with her own children. She then progressed to their brother William Rumsey and his wife Rachel and their five children; then Obadiah Rumsey, with only one son named but other young ones at home, the youngest being 3 years old. She also spoke of "Uncle Daniel Goldsmith" being very low with "consumson & old age", and "Aunt Ruth Coleman" aged 84 [b ca 1862] in reasonably good health. (These last two have not been identified, see discussion with #9.) (Full transcript of letters with #174.)

The 1790 census of New Cornwall lists Jesse Rumsey as head of a household consisting of 3 males who were 16 and over, 3 males under 16, and 4 females. This would be too large a family for Jesse, and would seem to include another family - possibly his brother Jonas who is not indexed in that census, or perhaps some relatives of his wife.

The 1800 census of Blooming Grove shows both Jesse and his wife as being between the ages of 26 and 44. They had one boy 10-15 years of age, and 3 boys and 1 girl under 10.

In Blooming Grove in 1810 there were 2 boys and 1 girl under 10, 1 girl 10-15, and 3 boys 16-25. Jesse was over 45 and his wife under 45.

Jesse Rumsey was not indexed in the 1820 census, but may be the older man 45 or over, with his son William H. in Blooming Grove, and in his 70s in 1830.

The only source for Jesse's parents appears to be the letter from Mrs. Sanford (see quote with #33).

Family tradition, reported by Mrs. Canuteson, had "Hiram Weller Rumze" as claiming French origin. The account has many errors, but also some valuable clues. One of the errors was that Hiram was son of Obadiah and Mary instead of his brother. He was said to have had brothers named Hezekiah, Obadiah and
Henry, and sisters Ann and Mary. No record of a Hezekiah has been found in Orange Co, but he could be one of the boys in the census records. Perhaps Hezekiah was the middle name of William H. Pamelia signed her letters Pamelia M. Reeder, so perhaps her middle name was Mary, leaving Ann the unknown girl.

Rumsey, Jesse (I5150)

1272

Jim Skillin, head, M-W-35, married, KS, NY, PA, partnership

Skillin, James Theodore (I3380)

1273

Jim Skillin, husband, M-W-45, married, KS, NY, NY, farmer

Skillin, James Theodore (I3380)

1274

Jno Williams, M-25, shoemaker, born in Monmouthshire

Williams, John (I4917)

1275

Joanna moved with her family to Pennsylvania, probably between the years of 1785 and 1790.

Little, Joanna (I25)

1276

Job was living at Providence in 1719, but evidently died before reaching maturity. On September 10, 1715 Anna Turpin, widow of William Turpin, "formerly Anna Pratt," deeded Providence land to her grandson Job Beers, to be his when he came of Age. Anna was living in 1719 when she sold the land she had conveyed to her grandson, explaining it was unsuitable for his use. In this deed she stated her intention to use money from the sale to buy other land for Job, but there is no record that she did so.

Beere, Job (I4350)

1277

John A. Rumsey was 1 year old in the 1860 census of Noble, Branch Co, Mich. He was 12 in 1870, living there with his widowed father and married
sister. Also in Noble in 1870 were Jacob and Mary Imhoof, their daughter Sarah being 6 years old. The family had moved from Indiana to Michigan between 1866 and 1868. Widow Mary Imhoof married John Rumsey's father in July 1880.

The birth record of Verba Dell, and the death record of Ethel, gave the full names of the parents as John A. Rumsey and Sarah Ann Imhoff. The name had been corrected to Imhoof in Verba's birth record.

In the 1900 census of Noble, John A. Rumsey was a farmer, born "Sept 1861", though he had been 1 year old in 1860! He had been married 17 years to Sarah A. who was 35. One of their two children had died. The surviving child was Iva M. who was 12 years old. (Verba Dell was born a year later.) With them was John's mother-in-law, widow Mary Rumsey, who was also his step-mother.

In the 1910 census of Noble, John A. Rumsey was a farmer aged 49, and Sarah A. was 47. They had been married 27 years, and one of their 3 children had died. Their daughters Iva Lieb, 22 and married 6 years, and Verba Rumsey 8, were at home. With Iva was her 5 year old daughter Mable Lieb.

When John A. Rumsey, farmer, died in 1934, his parents were given as John Rumsey and Maria Stayley. When Sarah Ann Rumsey died in 1946, her parents were given as Jacob Imhoff and Mary Engelmyer.

Petition for Administration on the estate of Sarah Ann Rumsey said she died in Noble, which was probably her residence, rather than Bronson City just north of Noble, given in her death record as the place of death. The Petition, dated 4 Oct 1946, was filed by Iva Lytle. The heirs were daughters Iva Lytle 58, of Bronson Route 1, and Verba Cochensparger 45, of Bronson (Pro File 18225)." (Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey)

Rumsey, John A. (I8941)

1278

John and Barbara Razak immigrated to the United States in 1886 on a farm near Collyer, Kansas. John became a naturalized citizen in 1891.

They lived on the farm until 1926 when they retired and moved into the city of Collyer.

Razak, John (I85)

1279

John and Mary Williams must have emigrated to America from England sometime between 1852 (the birth of their son John in England) and 1854 (the birth of Thomas in Illinois).

Williams, John (I4917)

1280

John Billington and his family received three acres in the 1623 Division of Land at Plymouth and in May, 1627 he, his wife and sons were named in the Division of Cattle.

Billington, John (I2425)

1281

John Brookover, 70-M-W, physician, PA

Brookover, Dr. John (I968)

1282

John C. Thomas, head, M-W-53, married, IA, OH, OH, salesman at general store

Thomas, John Charles (I798)

1283

John D. Paynter, son, W-M-46, May 1854, OH, England, PA

Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)

1284

John D. W. Painter, 16-M-W, helps father on farm, OH

Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)

1285

John D. W. Painter, 6-M-W, OH

Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)

1286

John D. W. Paynter, W-M-26, son, at home, OH, PA, England

Paynter, John Daniel William (I6163)

1287

John E. Brown, son, W-M-15, Apr 1885, single, KS, WV, WV, at school

Brown, John Edgar (I507)

1288

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Dover, J.E. (I6244)

1289

John F. Campbell, 81, Pinckneyville, Passes Away; Funeral Sunday

John Frank Campbell, 81, Pinckneyville, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, August 31, at Mercy Hospital, Aledo.

He was born December 15, 1879, a son of William and Jenette Brown Campbell, both deceased. He was married December 9, 1908, at Cutler to Lizzie Carswell, who died September 9, 1912. A daughter from that union Mrs. Marjorie Yung, Aledo, survives.

His second marriage was to Libie Shaw on May 21, 1918, at Pinckneyville. She survives.

Other survivors are three brothers, Hugh and Guy of Pickneyville and Roy of O'Fallon, and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Debinney, Belleville.

Campbell was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Pinckneyville. He farmed most of his life.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the United Presbyterian Church, Pinckneyville, with Reverend Robert G. Freytag officiating.

Burial will be in Cutler cemetery. Friends may call at Doerr and Son Funeral Chapel, Pinckneyville.

Campbell, John Franklin (I7526)

1290

John immigrated to Virginia in 1635, at the age of 22, on the ship Safety. He first settled in Upper Norfolk County (now Nansemond County), and later Lancaster Co., VA. Both himself and his eldest son, John, appear on the vestry book as members of the vestry in the year 1666, the father having been acting in that capacity before (but for how long is now known). John had previously built, by contract, the first church standing on the spot where Christ Church now is, and the vestry received it at the hands of his son John, six months after the father's death in 1669.

John Carter, Sr. is buried in the church that he built along with his five wives, near the chancel.

Carter, Col. John (I2658)

1291

John lived in Virginia. Between 1742 and 1758 he was a member of the House of Burgesses.

Chiswell, Col. John (I2650)

1292

John Loyd, 6-M-W, TN

Loyd, John (I21949)

1293

John M. Cass, son, W-M-3, Mar 1897, single, KS, IL, IL

Cass, John M. (I7468)

1294

John married and had a family.

Horton, John (I5638)

1295

John Mathis was born in England about the year 1690, and when a young man he and his brother, Charles emigrated to America. Their first place of residence in the new world was at Oyster Bay, on Long Island. Charles Mathis finally settled at Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, where he has a numerous race of descendants.

At a early date there were Mathewes who settled at Cape May, New Jersey. No doubt they were relatives of John Mathis and Charles Mathis. When John Mathis first came to Long Island, he resided at Oyster Bay.
John Mathis appears to have been the first white man who settled at Bass River. In the year 1713 John Mathis was living on Long Island, and in that year, he and William Birdsall and Moses Forman purchased Daniel Mathis Island, (Then called Biddle's Island) of Daniel Leeds of Springfield, New Jersey.
In the year 1714 John Mathis was residing in Little Egg Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and in September of the same year William Birdsall sold his share of the island to John Mathis, and shortly after Moses Forman sold Mathis his portion of the property. This survey contained in all 250 acres. This was John Mathis' first purchase of land in Egg Harbor. It is portion that Moses Forman finally settled in Ocean county, and was the forefather of the Formans in that section; from a certain record he owned a farm in Egg Harbor. It is situated on the east side of Bass River, and this was the commencement of his course as a land speculator, which steadily increased until he became the greatest land holder of the township. At the time he bought it, it was in its primeval state, but he settled on it and soon had it cleaned up and formed into a valuable farm. This island received its original name from William Biddle, one of the great land proprietors of New Jersey. The island has remained in the Mathis family till 1887.
Mathis is not the original, and therefore not the proper method of spelling the name. The ancient form was "Mathews." It is said that John Mathis considered it a difficult name to pronounce and write, and for this cause he made the alteration, and thus it became modernized into Mathis, and long custom has made Mathis the permanent way of writing and pronouncing the name among most of the descendants of John Mathis. In almost all of the deeds for John Mathis' land his name is written Mathews.
The learned in such matters say, that the Norman signification of the term Mathews is "As stubborn as a mule." This is indeed an appropriate appellation, for it is a useless waste of time and patience to attempt to turn a true, full-blooded Mathis or Mathews from what he considers the right course. A Mathis can be led by truthful and pleasant words and just and honorable acts, but treat him to the essence of meanness and he cannot be driven any further than can the most stubborn mule that ever came under the lash.

Doubtless the Norman invaders of England found John Mathis' ancestors as true as steel and as stubborn as mules to the interests of their native England, and hence the designation for their stubbornness. The Mathis family is remarkable for longevity, for their excellent Memory, and for their preciseness in business affairs, and their exalted sense of justice, and further for their aptness in learning, for keeping their own counsel and even the secrets of others, and lastly for attending to their own instead of other peoples' business. These are the traits of character of the thorough dispositioned Mathis, yet there are many who possess the name who have but a small portion of the nature and principles belonging to the genuine race.

In the year 1716 John Mathis married Mrs. Alice Higbee, widow of John Higbee of Long Island, and eldest daughter of Edward and Sarah (Ong) Andrews, (Edward died October 26, 1716, age 79 years) the founder of Tuckerton, New Jersey, and son of one of the most prominent Quaker ministers of his day. John Mathis' wife brought him a valuable personal property. She had the reputation of being a strong-minded woman who possessed of unusual business talents, ordering and arranging her affairs with the utmost regularity and good judgment, and it is also affirmed that she was a greater speculator than her husband, and it was in a measure owning to her influence and speculative passion and forethought that he became such an extensive land holder. Taking into consideration the age in which she lived and also the meager opportunities she had for acquiring knowledge she had a fair education. She wrote a better hand than her husband. She is described as a large, tall and muscular woman, of a dark complexion with black eyes and black hair, which she inherited from her father, Edward Andrews. Alice had married John Higbee in about 1712, he died soon after leaving two children, Abigail and Edward. Abigail Higbee was born May 22, 1713. She married Robert Leeds, son of Joseph Leeds 1st. Their children were:
Solomon Leeds,
Rebecca Leeds,
and Mary Leeds.
Edward Higbee was born June 4, 1714. He married and lived in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and was the forefather of all Higbee of that section.
John and Alice (Higbee) Mathis had six sons and one daughter:
Micajah Mathis born September 9, 1717, died November 11, 1804,*
Job Mathis, born May 13, 1719, died 1771,*
Sarah Mathis, born July 19, 1721, died April 17, 1799,*
Daniel Mathis, born September 7, 1723, died in 1764 or 1765,*
Jeremiah Mathis, born March 14, 1726, died December 23, 1762,*
Nehemiah Mathis, born June 13, 1728, Little Egg Harbor township, Gloucester County now
Atlantic County,*
and Eli Mathis, born June 4, 1730, died April 14, 1795.*
After John Mathis had gotten his island farm in successful operation, he purchased 813 acres of land of John Budd, and on this tract he cleared a farm now known as the Francis or more properly the Thomas E. French farm situated on the east side of Bass River. His next location of a farm was what is known as the Enoch Mathis or Smith Mathis farm on the west side of the same river and opposite his first two farms, and his next establishment of a farm was on the farm west and south of the Enoch Mathis farm which is known as the Arthur Cranmer and Daniel Sooy Farms.
John Mathis was a slave holder and employed his slaves in clearing land and farming. It will be seen that he had at this time four farms, two on each side of the river and these four, tradition says, were carried on under his direction and supervision, he going from farm to farm as necessity required. This state of things continued until some of his sons got married when he deeded each one of them a farm and set to work for themselves. He was not only an extensive farmer and land holder, but was also a money lender. He seems to have loaned to persons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Springfield, Northampton, Southampton, New Jersey, and various other places. David Falkinburg secured the one hundred and fifty pounds from John Mathis for the first tavern established in Tuckerton. During the Revolutionary War he loaned a considerable amount of money for the purpose of assisting in the struggle for freedom, but when payday came he was paid with Continental paper which proved to be next to no pay. The lender was compelled to take large packages of the scrip which soon depreciated to utter worthlessness. These packages of continental paper were kept in the Mathis family for several generations, but at this time it is all destroyed. This War loan proved a ruinous adventure for his money affairs, but did not interfere with his land speculations, and in spite of his numerous losses he died the wealthiest man of his time and the township in which he lived.
It is impossible at this time, 1887, to name all the lands owned by John Mathis. The following list can be vouched for, they're dated, number of acres and names of the sellers, viz.:
1713 250 acres of Daniel Leeds. This is Dans Island and has never been out of the possession of the Mathis family.
1722 50 acres of Thomas Wetherill
1722 270 acres of Thomas Wetherill
1729 813 acres of John Budd
1727 10 acres of John Budd
1734 10 acres of Zebulon Grant
1737 50 acres of Zebulon Grant
1737 37 acres of Zebulon Grant on Ives Branch
1737 100 acres of Nathaniel Gripps
1737 156 acres of Mordecai Andrews
1737 68 acres of Joseph Parker
1738 10 acres of Joseph Parker on Bass River Branch
1739 5 acres of Joseph Parker on Bass River Branch
1739 50 acres of Reuel Elton on Bass River Branch
1741 50 acres of Joathan Wright
1742 20 acres of Joathan Wright
1742 50 acres of Joathan Wright Turtle Island at the mouth of Mullican River
1742 50 acres of Joathan Wright
1742 109 acres of Joathan Wright
1742 150 acres of Joathan Wright This was a tract of cedar swamp on Tronqurlity
1742 100 acres of Langdon Bills of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania.
1745 400 acres of Joseph Parker of Chester, Pennsylvania.
1747 230 acres of marsh on Belanga Creek
1747 44 acres of Thomas Wetherill of Burlington City, New Jersey
1749 150 acres of Thomas Wetherill
1751 50 acres of Charles Read
1751 107 acres of Charles Read
1751 100 acres of Thomas Gardiner
1759 36.5 acres of Thomas Gardiner
1761 50 acres of Smith & Hewlings
1738 John Mathis bought of his step son, Edward Higbee, lands which he owned in Huntington township and county of Suffolk on Long Island. Higbee's grandfather paid three hundred pounds for the right to locate the land above named. There must have been several thousand acres as rights were very low at that time.
At this time no one knows what Mathis did with those lands which he owned on Long Island. He might and he might not have conveyed them away. I think it probable that he did sell the land and that was one source from which he derived the money which he lost by continental paper.
In 1722 John Mathis bought of Thomas and William Fox of Springfield, New Jersey, a large tract of marsh on the west neck Meadow which lies in the township of Little Egg Harbor extending from the point of Miles Island to a considerable distance above Mathistown Mill including within its bounds cedar swamp and upland. He also bought surveys of George William and Thomas Pancoat, also George Budd, Williams Hewlings, Thomas Macks, Henry Davis, and others.
Whenever one of John Mathis' sons married he provided him with a farm as far as his farms went he gave each a farm. Too such as he had not farms for he deeded large tracts of unimproved land on which they settled and made farms for themselves. He deeded his son, Micajah the farm now known as the Francis French farm. To his son, Job, he deeded Daniel Mathis Island, John gave Sarah her portion of his estate in money. To his son, Jeremiah what is now call Mathistown, Nehemiah he gave the property called the Point Place, to Eli, he gave the property on the west side of Bass River in which is now included the Arthur Crammer Farm, the Maja Mathis farm, the Crammer Howell farm, the Enoch Adams farm and the other settlements.
John Mathis was the first King's Magistrate appointed for the township of Little Egg Harbor. He was associated with many of the eminent men of his day and generation, and especially of the state of New Jersey. Having married into the most eminent family of the first settler in Egg Harbor, he was related to people of the highest standing in that locality, as well as in other sections. He was the soninlaw of Edwards Andrews, an eminent Quaker minister, a brotherinlaw to Jacob and Peter Andrews, both noted ministers in the society of Friends, also a brotherinlaw of Robert Allen of Bass River, and brotherinlaw to Thomas Ridgway. His soninlaw, John Leeds was a public Friend, his grandson, Vincent Leeds (son of John Leeds), was a minister and some of his nephews and nieces of the Society of Friends (Quaker Ministers).
John Mathis died at the advanced age of 88 years on October 23, 1779 at Tuckerton, New Jersey, and his wife lived to the age of 91 years. They were buried in the Friends' Graveyard at Tuckerton, New Jersey, where all of the first settlers and several generations of their descendants are awaiting the resurrection of the dead.
John Mathis had seven children, therefore, there will be seven branches of his descendants. I shall name them in the order of their ages and delineate them by generations as far as I am able. His descendants are many and widely scattered and it will be impossible for me to give a correct list of them all. I shall do the best I can with what information I am able to command.

Mathis, John (I3411)

1296

John McConnell, W-M-46, married, farmer, WV, WV, WV

McConnell, John S. (I4922)

1297

John Mcconnell, W-M-8, son, single, WV, WV, WV

McConnell, John S. (I6203)

1298

John Rumsey was said by Mrs. Sanford to have the middle name of "Sigler", according to James Spencer Rumsey, a descendant of his son David⁵. Her source for this is not known, and not even a middle initial has been found elsewhere, so it has been omitted above but mentioned here as a possibility. Mrs. Lillias (Rumsey) Sanford was a granddaughter of Nathan⁵, and had done a fair amount of Rumsey research through correspondence etc., claiming John as a Revolutionary ancestor. It was her notes to which Victor E. Shelford frequently refers.

John seems to have served as a private in the 2nd Regt. of Westchester Co., NY, Militia, despite a family tradition that says John went to Seneca Co because of his Tory sympathies. It was not until right after the war that he moved first to Northumerland Co., PA, then to Cayugo Co., NY in 1793.

The first deed for John Rumsey recorded at Goshen, Orange Co., NY was dated 14 June 1777, though not recorded until 20 June 1783. It was a conveyance from Thomas Russell, Jr., of Cornwall, Orange Co., his brother-in-law, to John Rumsey of Cornwall Precinct. On 13 Apr 1796, Simon Rumsey and his wife Jemima sold to Liness Rider land which John Rumsey and his wife Mary had conveyed to Simon in Apr 1785.

In 1775 John Rumsey signed the roll of Associators of Cornwall, upholding the Continental Congress. The farm he purchased in 1777 was located in Smith's Clove. At the close of the War, in 1783, he sold the farm and removed to White Deer Valley, then in Northumberland Co., PA, where he resided for several years.

In the tax list for 1783, John Rumsey was listed in White Deer Twp., Northumberalnd Co., PA, assessed 4 shillings 6 pence; and in 1784 he was taxed 5 shillings 8 pence on 3 horses and 3 cattle but no land.

John moved from Northumberland Co. to Fayette, NY between 1790 and 1793. He was in the 1790 census of Northumberland Co., as having in his household 2 adult males (16 and over), 5 males under 16, and 3 females.

At the first general election held in Seneca Co. in 1804, one of the polling places was at John Rumsey's on Seneca Lake Road.

In the 1800 census of Washington Twp., Cayugo Co., John Rumsey was listed with a household consisting of 2 females under 10 (Elizabeth or Abigail), 2 males and 1 female 10-15 (Moses, Nathan, Mary), 4 males 16-25 (John, David, Simon, Thomas), and 1 female 45 and over (his wife Mary). But there was no mark for John who would also have been over 45?

John purchased land and located on Military Lot No. 23 in Romulus, now Fayette, on Seneca Lake. This was land which had been allotted to his father-in-law, Thomas Russel, for service in the Revolution. John Rumsey and Dr. Alexander Conventry became the first land-owner settlers along the lake prior to 1793. He opened the first public inn established in the town, and took an active part in the opening of public roads, and in the improvement of his farm. He sold the farm and moved about two miles east of the Lake, on Military Lot No. 25, where he lived until he died 10 Aug 1829. On 10 Feb 1796 he conveyed a right of way across Military Lot No. 23 to James McClung, leading to "Rumsey's Landing" on Seneca Lake, which has long since been abandoned. He was overseer of highways for the Town of Romulus 1796-1798.

In the 1810 census of Fayette, Seneca Co., John Rumsey Jr., Andrew Nowland and John Rumsey were listed in sequence. The household of John Rumsey consisted of 1 male under 10, 2 males and 1 female 16-25 (Moses, Nathan, Elizabeth or Abigail), 1 male 26-44 (Thomas), and the parents who were both over 45. This was followed closely by Hiram Rogers, a Jonathan Rogers old enough to be Hiram's father, and David Rumsey.

In 1820, Nathan, John and Simon Rumsey were listed next to each other in Fayette. In John's household there was only 1 male 10-15 in addition to John and his wife who were over 45.

The will of John Rumsey of Fayette, Seneca Co., was dated 3 Apr 1818, and probated 25 Aug 1829. He named his wife Mary and son Nathan, but the rest of his estate was to be divided among his sons and daughters whom he did not name. The Executors were his friends John McClung and P. A. Barker. No list of hiers is included among the probate papers, but payments were made to Nathan Rumsey, Simon Rumsey, David Rumsey, Elizabeth Rumsey and John Rumsey. This leaves out his sons Thomas and Moses (deceased), but Elizabeth Rumsey was probably the widows of Moses. Thomas had already sold what land he owned in Seneca Co. and had moved to Yates Co., NY, and had perhaps received his share of his father's estate before he left Fayette.

Rumsey, John (I4938)

1299

John served in the Revolutionary War (listed as John Mathews) as a private in the 2nd NJ Regiment in Capt. Jonathan Phillips' Company, 2nd Regiment of Foot of State of NJ, commanded by Col. Israel Shreve. He was on the Company Muster Rool from January 31 to May 31, 1778. He deserted April 2, having served 27 days and received 6 2/3 dollars per week.

Mathis, Jeremiah John (I768)

1300

John Spottiswood studied at the University of Glasgow. When relations between the kirk and the crown deteriorated towards the end of the 16th century, however, he came increasingly to support royal policy, and when James VI succeeded to the English throne in 1603 Spottiswood accompanied him to London. He was appointed Archbishop of Glasgow in the same year (although he did not receive episcopal consecration until 1610) and thereafter was an important figure in the king's attempts to reduce the influence which the ministers of the Scottish church had come to exert on affairs of state. He was translated to the archbishopric of St Andrews in 1615 and at the General Assembly of the Kirk in 1618, having made himself Moderator, he successfully argued for the imposition of the Five Articles of Perth which included the requirement that Communion should be received kneeling. He married Rachel, daughter of David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross and had two sons Sir John and Sir Robert (l596-l646) and a daughter Anne who married Sir William Sinclair.

Spottiswoode continued in royal favour under Charles I was made Chancellor of Scotland in 1635. He loyally supported the attempt to impose the Book of Common Prayer though he thought the move mistaken. Riots in Edinburgh in 1637 and the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 proved his misgivings to be justified and Spottiswood fled to Newcastle, fearing for his life. He was deposed in his absence on a series of spurious charges including adultery, incest and sacrilege.

From Genealogy of the Spotswood Family in Scotland and Virginia, Charles Campbell, J. Munsell, Albany NY, 1868, p. 7, 9-10:
John Spottiswoode, of that ilk, born anno 1565, who afterward became one of the greatest men of the kingdom, for knowledge, learning, virtue and merit. He had few equals, and was excelled by none. He was archbishop of St. Andrews, lord high chancellor of Scotland, etc., etc., and in every station of life acquitted himself with dexterity, fidelity and honor, and as the life and transactions of this truly great man are fully recorded in his 'History of the Church of Scotland', and briefly, by Mr. Crawford, in his 'Lives of the Officers of the State', to these we refer the reader. We shall only here observe that upon the death of his cousin, John of Spottiswoode, without issue, as before mentioned, he succeeded to the estate of Spottiswoode, as heir male, and was ever after designated by that title. However, in the year 1620, he sold the barony of Spottiswoode to three brothers of the name of Bell, with whom and their heirs, it remained till it was purchased by the heir of the family, anno 1700, as will be mentioned hereafter. But before this time the bishop had purchased several other lands, particularly, the barony of Dairzie, in Fife, etc., etc.
He married Rachel, daughter of Doctor David Lindsay, bishop of Ross, a son of the family of Edzill, by whom he had two sons and one daughter: 1, John, afterwards Sir John, his heir: 2, Sir Robert, who carried on the line of this family. His daughter Anne, was married to Sir William Sinclair, of Roslin, and had issue. He died at London, 2d of December, 1639, in the 74th year of his age, and by the king's order was most pompously interred, in King Henry VIIth's chapel, in Westminster Abbey, and was succeeded by his eldest son.

Spottiswoode, John (I3481)

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