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OUR ANCESTORS
ENOS
MEAD |
| Enos Mead was born on May 3rd,
1761 in Greenwich, Connecticut, the sixth of the thirteen children of Abraham Mead and
Ruth Lyon. His birth was recorded in the Greenwich Town Records. He married
Prudence Anderson on 26 September, 1782 in Greenwich, CT. Enos served in the
Connecticut Militia as both a Private and a Corporal. He served under Captains Isaac
Howe, Hoit, David Wood, Benjamin Green, Sylvanus Marshall, and John Hobby. Most of
this tours of duty entailed patrolling the bridges between Connecticut and New York along
the Miamos River. His tours took him from Greenwich, CT to Mamaroneck,
NY. According to his deposition he was on patrol the day Putnam rode down the rocks
at Horseneck, CT. After the close of the war, he moved his family to New York,
where they lived in different parts of the state, ending up in Greenwood, Steuben
Co. He died there on the 5th of September, 1838. His wife died on
the 6th of June, 1847 in Greenwood. Both are buried in the Mead Cemetery,
Steuben Co., NY. His descendants hold a Mead Reunion in Coudersport, Potter Co., PA
every year. One of his 4th great granddaughters is our own registrar,
Barbara Morten who was born in Hornell, Steuben County, NY and now resides in
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, MD. |
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JOSIAH FOLSOM |
Josiah Folsom was born in Exeter, New
Hampshire, 5 Nov 1735. He was the son of Jonathan Folsom and Anna Ladd. He was
the 4th generation of Folsoms. The first came to Hingham, MA in 1638.
Josiah enlisted as a Private in Capt. Benjamin Titcomb’s
Company on 29 May 1775. He reenlisted on 22 April 1776. This time in the
Continental Army. Josiah was a
"hair-dresser and wig-maker, fond of travel and not very successful in gathering
worldly gear." His house, in Dover, NH, was very humble and his income
meager. He had rich stores of anecdotes and observation which made him one of the
most entertaining men of his day. This did not bring comfort to his household nor
advantages for his children. His four sons, one by one, left their cabin home early
and went to seek their fortunes.
Josiah Folsom was the 3rd great grandfather of our immediate past Regent,
Dottie Sowter. |
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JOHN
NASH |
| John Nash was born in Culpeper, VA on 16 May
1747. He was the son of William Nash IV and his wife Betty. He was a member of
the fifth generation of Nashs to arrive in Virginia. William Nash I was the first of
this Nash line to arrive in VA from England having left London aboard the
"GLOBE" on 7 August 1635. On 2 Jan 1770, when John was 22 years old and
she not quite 16, he married Polly Harrison Long, the daughter of Reuben Long. When the Declaration of Independence was signed the couple was
living in Culpeper VA. John enlisted first in the 9th VA Regiment and
then in the 13th VA Regiment, both of the Continental Line. In 1786 John
received a land grant from the state of South Carolina. In 1788 he received two more
land grants from South Carolina. John and Polly moved their family of four sons and
five daughters to the Old 96 District of South Carolina.
John died in Abbeville, SC on 20 Oct 1794. After his
death Polly remained with her family in Abbeville until her death in 1820.
John Nash was the 5th great
grandfather of our past Regent, Faith S. Libelo. |
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DAVID CATLETT |
| David Catlett was born in Virginia in
1753. He was baptized at Slatey Run Church in Prince William County, Virginia.
He served as a Private under his older brother, Robert Catlett. He also served under
Colonel Drake. He was with Washington at Valley
Forge, PA. After Valley Forge, he served at Yorktown, VA. He was there when
the surrender took place. He received a pension for his services.
He married Ann Morgan and lived the latter part of his
life in Kentucky. He died in Kentucky on September 11, 1834.
Our own Ruth Ellen Gaum is one of his
descendants. |
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AUGUSTINE
MOORE |
| On a quiet, sunny October 18, 1781 two
American Officers and two British Officers met in a local merchant's house near the
Yorktown Battlefield to draft the terms of surrender of the British army. This
effectively ended not only the battle at Yorktown but the entire Revolutionary War.
That house was the home of Augustine Moore. Augustine Moore had no children of his
own. He had five nephews and four nieces. One nephew, William, was the 4th
great grandfather of our own Emily Bowie. |
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JOHN GIRAULT |
John Girault was born in London,
England on February 24, 1755, the son of French Huegenot parents who had fled the
persecution of protestants in France. He came to New York, alone, shortly before the
Revolution. After drifting westward for a few years he joined George Rogers Clark's
Illinois Regiment. This was actually a group of Virginians who followed Clark into what is
now the Indiana, Illinois, Ohio area. They cleared the British from the region. He rose to
the rank of Captain. After the war he received 2106 acres of bounty land in what is now
southeastern Indiana for his service
After disposing of this land he moved to Natchez, MS. There he acquired a rather large
plantation along Bayou Pierre where he grew cotton.
He married Mary Spain May 1, 1785. They raised 10 children.
He died while on a business trip to sell in cotton in New Orleans on May 28, 1813.
He was the 6th great grandfather of Faith Libelo and the 8th great grandfather of Andrea
Libelo. |
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SIMON HELLER |
Johann Simon Heller was born 18 June
1721 in Pfeddersheim-in-der-Pfalz, Germany. He arrived in Philadelphia, PA on the ship
Winter Galley on September 5, 1738 accompanied by his father Christopher and several
younger siblings. They settled in Hellertown, PA - now a part of Bethlehem, PA.
Simon received a land patent from Pennsylvania on October 3, 1746 on which he built a saw
mill. He later added an addition to the mill in which he operated a grain mill. He
continued to purchase tracts of land one of which included a hotel and a saw mill. The
hotel is the Woodley Hotel and Wind Gap, PA.
Simon served as a Sergeant in the First Battalion, North Hampton Militia during the
revolution. He also provided wagons for the transport of supplies. He was very active in
governmental affairs. He was frequently appointed to lay out the roads throughout the
county one of which ran from the Wind Gap through the Wyoming Valley.
In 1744 he married Louisa Dietz. They raised 14 children. Shortly after Louisa passed away
on 13 August, 1768 Simon gave all his property to his oldest son Jacob. He then moved to
another large tract of land on the other side of the mountain. Here he remarried
Margaretha (last name unknown) and proceeded to raise a second family. He died on May 20
1783.
Johann Simon Heller was the 6th great grandfather of Faith Libelo. |
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