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Ipawling 0enealogy 
 
 THE first Pawling that came to America, that I can 
 find any record of, was Henry Pawling. 
 
 Writers of biography usually begin their subjects 
 with the rather startling statement "The subject of this 
 memoir was born * * ." Here follows a date, name of 
 place, etc. I will begin somewhat^ back and then go to the 
 beginning, but I will not tell where and when Henry Pawl- 
 ing was born, for I do not know. 
 
 In the State Library, at Harrisburg, Pa., I found the 
 first record. "State of New York. Eeport of the State 
 Historian, (1896). Colonial Series." Vol. I., P. 379. 
 
 "Tuesday, April 5, 1670. This day Capt Pawling's foot 
 company appeared at Rendezvous where they were mus- 
 tered and exercised in their arms. The president also 
 caused all the laws relating to the military affairs to be read 
 before them; and then marched them with flying colors to 
 town of Hurley and there dismissed them : The colors 
 were Lodg with a guard at the town hall, Kingston, where 
 the soldiers were commanded to appear next day in court to 
 draw their lotts. 
 
 Commissions: Henry Pawling to be Captain, Chris- 
 topher Berrisford, Lieutenant; John Biggs, Ensign at 
 Esopus. 
 
 Frances Lovelace, Esq. : 
 
 To Henry Pawling Captain. — By vertue of ye commis- 
 sion and authority unto me given (by His Eoyal Highness) 
 I do constitute and appoint you Henry Pawling, and you 
 are hereby constituted and appointed to be captain of the 
 foot company listed and to be listed in towns of Marble- 
 
4 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 town and Hurley and Wiltyck at Esopus. You are to 
 take into ye charge and care the s'd cop'a as capt'a thereof 
 and duly to exercise both yer inferior officers and souldy'ers 
 in armes, and to use y'er best care skill and endeavor to 
 keepe them in good orders and discipline, hereby requiring 
 all inferior officers and souldy'ers under yer charge to — 
 likewise observe and follow such orders and directions as 
 you shall from time to time receive from me and other 
 your superior officers according to the discipline of warre. 
 
 Given under my hand and seal, this 18th day of April, 
 in ye 22th year of his Ma'ties' Eaigne Anno Domini, 1670. 
 
 (The following paragraphs are written on the back of 
 the page of the MSS and are not alluded to in the cal- 
 ender. ) 
 
 Whereas, Mr. Henry Pawling came over a souldier with 
 
 my predecessor, Colo Richard Nicholls in his in the 
 
 which hee did belong being These are to certify all 
 
 whom it may concerne that the sa'd Henry Pawling behaved 
 himself well and as becomes a souldy'r during the time of 
 his being under my command and, being now a Time of 
 Peace I do hereby give him a discharge from his military 
 engagement so that hee hath — to follow his private affayres 
 without any further lett or interruption. Given under my 
 hand at Ft. James, in New York, the 18th day of April 
 1670." 
 
 The above is also found in New York State Library, N. 
 Y. Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. XXII., p. 100. 
 
 From the above you will see his promotion as captain 
 was made on the same day as discharge and disbanding of 
 the garrison. Brodhead's History of the State of New 
 York, Vol. II. p. 156, says: "Lovelace now ordered that 
 the garrison at the Esopus" shall be henceforth disbanded 
 and dismissed of their military employment, they being a 
 needless charge to the Duke.' A commission and instruc- 
 tions were likewise issued to Counselor, Rauph Whitfield ; 
 Captain, John Manning; Captain, Thos. Chambers, Wm. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 5 
 
 Beekman, Christopher Beresforcl and Henry Pawling, to 
 regulate affairs at Esopus and the new village adjoining. 
 The commissioners according went to Esopus and organ- 
 ized two new villages, the farthest of which they named 
 "Marbletown," from the blue limestone which abounds 
 there; the nearest one they called "Hurley," after Love- 
 lace's ancestral home on the Thames. A few days after, 
 "the town formerly called Sopes was named Kingston," 
 by the commissioners, in farther compliment to the Gov- 
 ernor, whose mother's family had a seat at Kingston L'Isle, 
 near Wantage, in Berkshire. Beresford was appointed 
 chief magistrate of Hurley and Marbletown, and Pawling 
 officer over the Indians. Lewis du Bois and Albert Hey- 
 mans, who was now restored to favor, were made overseers 
 for Hurley, John Briggs and Frederick Hussey for Marbel- 
 town, and Thos. Chambers and Wm. Beekman for Kings- 
 ton. The Duke's laws were directed to be inforced and 
 instructions were given to the new officers respecting their 
 conduct toward the Indians. Separate lots in the two new 
 villages were parcelled out to the disbanded soldiers. The 
 Governor have specially directed that, "a very good pro- 
 vision at the furthest drop" be made for Mrs. Ann Brod- 
 head," in regard of her great charge, and of her being a 
 commissioned officer's widow," a tract at Marbletown was 
 allotted to her. 
 
 1670, March 17-30. As soon as the river opened, Captain 
 Diedley Lovelace, with Cortelyou, Beekman, Beresford and 
 Pawling, met at Kingston, under a commission of the 
 Governor and granted lands at Hurley and Marbletown, 
 chiefly to the discharged soldiers, who were required not 
 to sell them for three years. Town boundaries were estab- 
 lished, local regulations were made and Beresford was sworn 
 chief officer of Hurley and Marbletown, (April 11, 1670). 
 At the adjournment of the commission the laws were read 
 and an artillery salute was fired "when the President took 
 horse to depart for Kew York." 
 
6 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 The same author says Lovelace appointed Henry Pawl- 
 ing to lay out lots at Esopus Creek, 9th Nov. 1668, to in- 
 duce soldiers to remain. 
 
 Col. Eichard Nicholls was at the head of the Duke of 
 York expedition in 1664, and as Henry Pawling was one 
 of his soldiers I will give a full account of it. 
 
 The following is a copy of grant of New Netherland, 
 etc., to the Duke of York. Pa. Archives, Series 2, Vol. V, 
 p. 494 : 
 
 "Charles the second by the Grace of God, King of England, Scot- 
 land, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to 
 whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye that we for 
 divers good Causes and considerations us thereunto moving Have 
 of our especial Grace, certain knowledge and mere notion Given 
 and granted and by these presents for us our heirs and successors 
 Do Give and Grant unto our Dearest Brother James, Duke of 
 York, his Heirs and assigns all that part of the main land of 
 New England beginning at a certain place called or known by the 
 name of St. Croix next adjoining to New Scotland in America 
 from thence extending. ****** i n vvitness whereof we have 
 caused these our letters to be made Patents. Witness ourselves 
 at Westminster, the twelvth day of March, in the sixteenth year 
 of Our Reign. [1664.]" 
 
 By the King. Howard. 
 
 "James, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Lord High 
 Admiral of England and Ireland, &c, Constable of Doer Castle, 
 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, & Governor of Portsmouth, &c. 
 Whereas it has pleased the Kings most Excellent Matie my Sover- 
 eign Lord and Brother by his Maties Letters Patents bearing date 
 at Westminster the 12th day of March, in the Sixteenth year of 
 his Majestes Reign, to give and Grant unto me, and to my Heirs 
 and Assigns all that part of Main Land of New England, begin- 
 ning at a certain place called or known by the name of St. Croix, 
 next adjoining to New Scotland in America, and from thence ex- 
 tending along the Sea Coast unto a certain place called Petuaguin 
 or Pemaquid and so up the river thereof, to the furtherest Head 
 of the same, as it tendeth Northwards, and extending from thence 
 to the river of Kinebeque and so upward by the shortest course 
 to the river Canada Northwards, and also all the Island, or Is- 
 lands comonly called by the several name or names of Matowacks 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 7 
 
 or Long Island, scituate lying and being towards the west of Cape 
 Cod and the Narrow Higausetts, abutting upon the Main Land 
 between the Two rivers there called and known by the several 
 names of Connecticutt & Hudson river, together also with the 
 said River called Hudsons river, and all the land from the west 
 side of Connecticutt river, to the east side of Delaware Bay; And 
 also all those several Islands called or known by the name of 
 Martin Vinyard and Nantuckes otherwise Nantuckett, together 
 with all the Lands, Islands, Soyles, Rivers, Harbors, Mines, Miner- 
 alls. Quarrys, Woods, Marishes, Waters, Lakes, Fishings, Hawking, 
 Hunting and Fowling, and all other royalties, Profitts, comodities 
 and Hereditaments to the said several Islands, Lands and prem- 
 ises belonging and appertaining with their and every of their 
 appurtenances to Hold the same to my own proper use and behoof 
 with power to correct, punish, pardon, Govern and rule the In- 
 habitants thereof by myself, or such Deputy's Comissioners or of- 
 ficers, as I shall think fitt to appoint as by his Maties said Letters 
 Patent may more fully appear, and whereas I have conceived a 
 good opinion of the Integrity, prudence, ability and fitness of 
 Richard Nicolls, Esq., to be employed as my Deputy there, I 
 have therefore thought fitt to constitute and appoint and I do 
 hereby constitute and appoint him the said Richard Nicholls, 
 Esqr. ; to be my Deputy Governor with in the Lands, Islands and 
 places aforesd to perform and execute all and every Powers which 
 are by said Letters Patents, granted unto me to be executed by 
 my Deputy, Agent or Assigns, to have and to hold the said Place 
 of Deputy Governor, unto the said Richard Nicholls, Esqr., during 
 my will and pleasure only, hereby willing and requiring all and 
 every the Inhabitants of the said Lands, Islands and places to 
 give obedience to him, the said Richard Nicholls., Esqr., in all 
 things according to the Tenour of his Matie said Letters Patent: 
 and the said Richards Nicholls, Esqr., to observe follow and ex- 
 ecute such orders and Instructions, as he shall from time to time 
 receive from myself. Given under my Hand and Seal at White 
 Hall, the Second day of April, in the Sixteenth Year of the reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, 
 King of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, &c, Annog Domini, 
 1664. By Command of His Royal Highness." 
 W. Coventry. James. 
 
 A very good account of Duke of York expedition, is 
 
8 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 found in History of New York, by Wm. Smith. He says 
 on page 32 : 
 
 "The Dutch inhabitants, by the vigilance of their gov- 
 ernour, were not unappraised of the designs of the English 
 court against them, for their records testify, that on the 
 8th of July, " 'the general received intelligence, from one 
 Thomas Willet, an Englishman, that an expedition was 
 preparing in England, against this place, consisting of two 
 frigates of 40 and 50 guns, and a fly boat of 40 guns, hav- 
 ing on board three hundred soldiers, and each frigate one 
 hundred and fifty men, and that they lay at Portsmouth, 
 waiting for a wind." News arrived also from Boston, that 
 they had already set sail. The burgomasters were there- 
 upon called into council. The fortress was ordered to be 
 put into a posture of defence, and spies- sent to Milford 
 and Westchester for intelligence. Boston was in the secret 
 of the expedition, for the general court had in May preced- 
 ing, passed a vote for a supply of provisions, towards re- 
 freshing the ships on their arrival. They were four in 
 number, and resolved to rendezvous at Gardner's Island in 
 the Sound, but parted in a fog about the 20th of July. 
 Richard Nicolls and Sir George Carteret, two of the com- 
 missioners, were on board of the Guyny, and fell in first 
 with Cape Cod. The winds having blown from the south- 
 west, the other ships, with Sir Robert Carr, and Mr. Ma- 
 venick, the remaining commissioners, were rightly con- 
 cluded, to be driven to the eastward. After dispatching a 
 letter to Mr. Winthrop, the governour of Connecticut, re- 
 questing his assistance, Colonel Nlcolls, proceeded to Nan- 
 tasket, and thence to Boston. The other ships got into 
 Piscataway. John Endicot, a very old man, was then 
 governour of Boston, and incapable of business. The com- 
 missioners, therefore, had a conference with the council, 
 and earnestly implored the assistance of that colony. Colo- 
 nel Nicolls and Sir George Carteret, in their letter from 
 Boston, to Sir H. Bennnet, secretary of state, complain 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 9 
 
 much of the backwardness of that province. The reasons 
 urged in their excuse, were poverty and the season, it being 
 the time of harvest ; but perhaps disaffection to the Stewart 
 family, whose persecuting fury had driven them from their 
 native country, was the true spring of their conduct. The 
 king's success in the reduction of the Dutch, evidently 
 opened him a door to come at his enemies in New England, 
 who were far from being few; and whether this consider- 
 ation might not have given rise to the project itself, I leave 
 to the conjectures of others. 
 
 On the 27th of July, Nicolls and Carteret made a formal 
 request in writing, "That the government of Boston would 
 pass an act to furnish them with armed men, who should 
 begin their march to the Manhattans, on the 20th of Au- 
 gust ensuing, and promised, that if they could get other 
 assistance, they would give them an account of it." The 
 governour and council answered, that they would assemble 
 the general court, and communicate the proposal to them. 
 
 From Boston, a second letter was written to governour 
 Winthrop, in Connecticut, dated the 29th of July, in which 
 he was informed that the other ships were then arrived, 
 and would sail the first fair wind, and he was desired to 
 meet them at the west end of Long Island. 
 
 One of the ships entered the bay of the North Biver, 
 several days before the rest; and as soon as they were all 
 come up, Stuyvesant sent a letter dated 19-30 of August, 
 at Fort Anil, directed to the commanders of the English 
 frigates, by John Declyer, one of the chief council, the 
 Bev. John Megapolensis, minister, Paul Lunder Vander 
 Grilft, major, and Mr. Samuel Megapolensis, doctor in 
 physic, with the utmost civility, to desire the reason of 
 their approach, and continuing in the harbor of Naijarlij, 
 without giving notice to the Dutch which (he writes) they 
 ought to have done. 
 
 Colonel Nicolls answered the next day with a summons. 
 
10 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 "To the Honorable the Governour, and Chief Council at 
 
 the Manhattans: 
 
 "Eight worthy sirs, 
 
 "I received a letter by some worthy persons intrusted by 
 you, bearing date the 19-30 of August, desiring to know 
 the intent of the approach of the English frigates; in re- 
 turn of which, I think it fit to let you know, that his 
 majesty of Great Britain, whose right and title to these 
 parts of America is unquestionable, well knowing how 
 much it derogates from his crown and dignity, to suffer 
 any foreigners, how nearsoever they be allied, to usurp a 
 dominion, and without his majesty's royal consent, to in- 
 herit in these, or any other of his majesty's territories, hath 
 commanded me, in his name, to require a surrender of all 
 such forts, towns, or places of strength, which are now pos- 
 sessed by the Dutch, under your commands; and in his 
 majesty's name, I do demand the town, situate on the 
 island, commonly known by the name of Manhattoes, with 
 all the forts thereunto belonging, to be rendered unto his 
 majesty's obedience and protection, into my hands. I am 
 further commanded to assure you, and every respective 
 inhabitant of the Dutch nation, that his majesty being ten- 
 der of the effusion of Christian blood, doth by these pres- 
 ents, confirm and secure to every man his estate, life, and 
 liberty, who shall readily submit to his government. And 
 all those who shall oppose his majesty's gracious intention, 
 must expect all the miseries of a war, which they bring 
 upon themselves. I shall expect your answer by these 
 gentlemen, Colonel George Carteret, one of his majesty's 
 commissioners in America; Captain Robert Needham, 
 Captain Edward Groves, and Mr. Thomas Delavall, whom 
 you will entertain with such civility as is due to them, and 
 yourselves, and yours shall receive the same, from 
 Worthy sirs, 
 Your very humble servant, 
 
 Richard Nicolls." 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 11 
 
 "Dated on board his majesty's ship, the Guyny, riding 
 before Nyach, the 20-31 of August, 1664." 
 
 Mr. Stuyvesant promised an answer to the summons the 
 next morning, and in the mean time convened the council 
 and burgomasters. The Dutch governour was a good 
 soldier, and had lost a leg in the service of the States. He 
 would willingly have made a defence; and refused a sight 
 of the summons, both to the inhabitants and burgomasters, 
 lest the easy terms offered, might induce them to capitu- 
 late. 
 
 After exchanging letters from 20th to the 27th articles of 
 capitulation were signed at eight o'clock in the morning of 
 the 27th of August, 1664. 
 
 In Brodhead's History of New York, Vol. I., p. 736. 
 He mentions four ships — Guinea, 36 guns — Elias, 30 guns 
 — Martin, 6 guns — William and Nichols of 10 guns with 
 450 regular soldiers. The officers of the vessels were, 
 Captain William Hill, Captain Eobert Needham, Captain 
 Math. Nicholls, Captain Thomas Morley and Captain 
 Hugh Hilde, commander in chief of the squadron. 
 
 In History of New York, by Mary L. Booth, p. 160, 
 gives the closing chapter of Col. Nicholls. "After admin- 
 istering affairs with considerable sagacity for three years, 
 •Col. Nicholls determined to return to Europe and, having 
 asked and obtained his recall, set sail on his homeward voy- 
 age in August, 1668. He engaged in subsequent war 
 against Holland and was killed in a naval engagement in 
 1670. Col. Francis Lovelace was appointed his successor." 
 Thus we see how it came about that Col. Lovelace gives the 
 discharge to Henry Pawling. 
 
 The following is a list of the soldiers at rendezvous April 
 5, 1670. Report of State Historian, New York, Colonial 
 Series, Vol. I., p. 378 : 
 
 Hen. Pawling, Capt. Sam. Olliver, Serg. 
 
 Christo. Beresford, Lieut. Albert Heymensen, Serg. 
 John Biggs, Ensign. liich'd Cage, Drummer. 
 
12 
 
 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Marbletown Soldiers. 
 Thomas Quynell, 
 Willm. Fisher, 
 John Hendrick, 
 Geor. Porter, 
 Fredr. Hussey, 
 Autho. Addyson, 
 Everett Price, 
 Thorn. Edgar, 
 Edwar. ffrench, 
 Wm. Horton, 
 Eobt. Bickerstaffe, 
 Eobt. Peacock, 
 John Eeynolds, 
 John Pound, 
 Edw. Whitacre, 
 Thorn. Mathews, 
 Geo. Hall, 
 Autho. Cooke, 
 John Joesten, 
 
 Joesten, 
 Jacob de Wael, 
 Henry Crimp, 
 Fredr. Pieterson, 
 Cornel, ffinehold, 
 Grisbert Crump, 
 Garret Johnson, 
 
 *r Henry Pawling took land and settled at Marbletown, Uls- 
 ter county, N". Y., where he raised his family and died 
 there. 
 
 I could find no authority from what part of England he 
 came from but Mrs. Katherine Wallace Kitts, at Darby, 
 Pa., says, in her book on Henry Pawling, that he came 
 from Padbury, Buckinghamshire, England, learning it 
 from the land grants in Philadelphia County. 
 
 Hurley Soldiers. 
 Paulus Paulenson, 
 Jacob Johnson, 
 Lewys De Boys, 
 Aaron Tunys, 
 Autho. Crippell, 
 Lambert Hyberts, 
 Warden'r Hornbeck, 
 Garret Fokar, 
 Garret Corneliuson, 
 ffrancois Le Shiere, 
 John Albertson, 
 Arian Albertson, 
 Jacob Carte, 
 Bobert Goldsberry, 
 John Dihoth, 
 Arian ffrancis, 
 Allard Bose, 
 Arian Bose, 
 John Bose, 
 Pieter the negro, 
 Matthias Blanchan, 
 All 54. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 13 
 
 He signed a petition for a minister able to "preach both 
 Inglish and Duche," at Esopus, 1676. 
 
 He was appointed High Sheriff of Ulster County, in 
 1684. As such he was a member of the Governor's Council, 
 and levied and collected all taxes for the county. In one 
 year his salary was £1*35. 
 
 A patent to Henry Pawling for land in Ulster County, 
 X. Y., was made October 28, 1686. 
 
 Henry Pawling made a purchase of about 7,000 acres of 
 land in Duchess County, N. Y., known as the Pawling pur- 
 chase. There is a Pawling P. 0. in Dlichess County, likely 
 named after this purchase. 
 
 Henry Pawling had a grant of land in Philadelphia 
 County, Pa., of 1,000 aci'es. There are two mention of 
 this tract. Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XIX., p. 293. "At 
 a session of the commissioners of Wm. Penn, at Phila- 
 delphia, signed a patent to Philip Howell for 20 acres of 
 Liberty land in right of Hen. Pawling's first purchase of 
 1,000 acres laid out by warrant dated 26th, 2 mo. 1701." 
 Page 318 same volume. "The prop'ry by Jud'r of L. and 
 
 Eel. date 81 sold to Hen. Pawling 1,000 acres 
 
 who again granted the same to Eich'd Burgess, who con- 
 veyed 300 acres, part thereof, to Edw'd Cowgill and Israel 
 Morris." 
 
 Henry Pawling married Xeeltje Eoosa, daughter of Al- 
 bert Heymans Eoosa and Wintie Ariens, November 3, 
 1676, in Ulster County, X. Y. The records of this family 
 are found in the old Dutch Church, Kingston, X. Y., and 
 are now published and translated by Mr. Hoe. Henry nOC$ 
 Pawling died between 1691 and 1695. The dates are the - 
 making and probating of his will, which is recorded in the 
 surrogates office, (Eegister of Wills), at Xew York City, 
 in Liber 5, p. 105, and is as follows : 
 
 In the name of God Amen. Ye one twentyeth day of January, 
 in ye year of Our Lord, 1691. Stil oveleri, I Henry Pauling, of 
 Marbletown, in ye County of Ulster, being sick and weak in body 
 
14 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 but of sound and perfect memory, praise be to God for ye same 
 and knowing ye uncertainty of this transitory life and being de- 
 sirous to settle things in order to make this my last will and 
 testament in manner and form following, that is to say — First 
 and principally I recommend my soul to Almighty God, my 
 Creator assuredly believing that I shall receive full pardon and 
 free remission of all my sinns and be saved by the precious death 
 and merits of my Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ 
 and my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to be buryed 
 in such decent and christian manner as to my Executorix here- 
 after named shall be thought meet and convenient, and as touching 
 such worldly estate as ye Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and 
 meaning is ye same shall be imployed and bestowed as here after 
 by this my last will and testament is expressed; first I do revoke, 
 renounce, first rate and make void all wills formerly by me made 
 and declare and appoint this my last will & testament. Imprimise 
 I will that all my just and lawfull debts shall be fully satisfied 
 out of my goods & chattels. Secondly I will that all my estate 
 of lands or tenements, goods or chattels whatsoever or howsoever 
 belonging to me shall continue and dure in ye trust of my well 
 beloved wife and for her free disposing during her life but in case 
 she should chance to remarry a true inventory to be taken by 
 her brother Ariaen Rose and Gylbert Crum or any faithfull Towns- 
 man which God in his mercy shall then order and when my said 
 wife shall come to dye ye whole estate of lands, goods & chattels to 
 be equally divided amongst six children namely: Jane, Wyntie, 
 John, Albert, Ann & Henry Pawling, but if my wife shall be 
 now with child and bare a seventh and live it shall have equall 
 share with ye other six of my children aforenamed. In witness 
 whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal ye day and year 
 first above written. 
 
 Henry Pawling, [L. S.] 
 Signed and Sealed in the presence of Gylbert Brown, John Ward. 
 
 Letters of administration were granted to "Nettie Pall- 
 ing," by Captain General Benj. Fletcher, at New York, the 
 25th of March, 1695. 
 
 Children of Henry Pawling and Neeltje Eoosa. 
 
 1. Jane, married, Jan Cock. 
 
 2. Wyntie, baptised, July 20, 1679; married Eichard 
 Brodhead. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 15 
 
 3. John, baptised, October 2, 1681; married Aagje De- 
 Witt, August 23, 1712. 
 
 4. James, baptised, November 28, 1683; died before his 
 father's death. 
 
 5. Albert, baptised, March 29, 1685; married Catherine 
 Beekman, born September 16, 1683, widow of John Eutsen. 
 
 6. Anna baptised, June 19, 1687; married Tjerck De- 
 Witt, January, 1708. 
 
 """ 7. Henry, baptised, 1689 ; married Jacomyntie Kunst, 
 June 26, 1713. 
 
 8. Mary, baptised, October 30, 1692; married Thomas 
 Van Keuren. 
 
 Two of the above children, John and Henry, removed to 
 Philadelphia County, Pa. Henry probably moved on his 
 father's grant about 1720, and John took title to his tract 
 by deed, which will follow, dated in 1713. 
 
 John Pawling was a lieutenant with Captain Wesseel Ten 
 Brook in 1709. 
 
 'Henry Pawling was a foot soldier with Captain Wm. 
 Nottingham in 1715. 
 
 Albert Pawling was an ensign with Captain Wm. Not- 
 tingham, in 1717. 
 
 Albert Pawling remained in New York and married 
 November 26, 1726, the widow of v John Rutsen, and 
 daughter of Henry Beekman. They had no children. His 
 large estate he leaves mostly to his nephew Levi, son of his 
 brother Henry, who went to Pennsylvania. His signature 
 is preserved and is now in the Mercantile Library in New 
 York, in the "Tomlinson Collection," on a lease to work a 
 lead mine in township of Eochester, near place called 
 Nepenaugh, dated 20th of May, 1730. 
 
 His will is recorded in Surrogates office, in New York 
 City. Liber 15, p. 491, and reads as follows: 
 
 In the Name of God. Amen. I, Albert Paulding, of the Co. of 
 Ulster in the Colony of N. Y. in America, Esq., being sick and 
 week of body but of sound & disposing mind, memory & understand- 
 
16 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 ing thanks be to Almighty God for the same, do make and declare 
 these presents to be and contain my only last will & testament 
 in manner and form following, that is to say, first and principally 
 I recommend my precious and immortal Soul to Almighty God, 
 who gave it to me, hoping through the mercy and intercession of 
 my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to obtain full 
 pardon of all my sins and my body I commit to the earth to 
 interred in such decent and Christian like manner, as to my execu- 
 tors hereinafter named in their discretion shah be thought fit. 
 
 Item — I will that all my just debts and funeral charges be well 
 & truly paid and satisfied with in some convenient time after my 
 decease and as to a testimentary disposition of such estate clear 
 of debts where with it has pleased Almighty God to bless me, I 
 dispose thereof as follows: 
 
 Item — I give, devise & bequeath unto my beloved wife, Catherine 
 Paulding and to her executors, administrators and assigns all such 
 household goods, money, effects and things whatsoever & all other 
 personal estate which the my said wife had or was entitled unto 
 at and immediately before her marriage with me and I do also 
 give, devise and bequeath unto her all such goods, chatties and per- 
 sonal estate to which she became entitled or where to I am or did 
 become entitled unto in right of her my said wife since our mar- 
 riage by virtue of any gift, devise or bequest to her made during 
 our marriage by any person or persons whatsoever or other wise. 
 
 Item — I devise & bequeath unto my said wife Catherine and to 
 her heirs and assigns forever all that my undivided right share & 
 interest which I have of and in all that & those tract or tracts 
 of land lying and being in Duchess Co. in Province of N. Y. 
 aforesaid, called De Myers purchase and which were heretofore 
 conveyed to me by one John Low to have & to hold the same to 
 her my said wife Catherine & to her heirs & assigns forever. 
 
 Item — I give unto her my said wife during her natural life one of 
 my negro men slaves as also one of my negro woman slaves & 
 which she my said wife shall have the liberty of chusing to live 
 with her during her life. 
 
 Item — My further will is & I do hereby give, devise and bequeath 
 unto her my said wife during her widow hood the full moitie or 
 half part of the produce, rents, issues and profits of all that my 
 farm or plantation on which we live in Ulster Co. as aforesaid 
 with the use & service of one half part of my negroes, stock, cattle 
 & implements of husbandry belonging & said farm of the my said 
 wife and my nephew Levy Paulding the third son of my brother 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 17 
 
 Henry Pawling shall be willing to live & shall live together on the 
 said farm during the time aforesaid. 
 
 Item — I give my said farm or plantation and all my lands & es- 
 tate in Ulster Co. aforesaid with the hereditaments & appurta- 
 nances their unto belonging, also my negroes (not before or herein 
 after disposed of for life to wife & mother) stock, cattle & im- 
 plements of husbandry (except as before is devised) unto my said 
 nephew Levy Paulding during the widow hood of my said wife 
 Catherine, provided never the less and my will is that there shall 
 be raised and allowed out of my estate a sufficient and competent 
 provision for my mother Neeltie for her better support and main- 
 tenance during her natural life, the one half part of which shall 
 be paid her by my said wife & the other half part by my said 
 nephew Levy Pawling during the time they shall be residents on 
 my said farm & occupy the profits there of in common between 
 them. Item — In case it shall so happen that my said wife should 
 dye in life time of my mother resident on the said farm, then 
 and in such case I give the said whole farm to my said nephew Sc 
 all other my estate in Ulster Co. to him my said nephew Levy 
 Pawling & to the heirs of his body, lawfully begotten & to his 
 & their heirs and assigns forever, provided nevertheless that he 
 my said nephew do in such case out of the rents, issues & profits 
 thereof, support & maintain my said mother Neeltie during her 
 life as afore said for security of which I do hereby make my whole 
 estate lyable & chargeable. 
 
 Then I give to my said mother my negro girl Betta during the 
 life of her my said mother to wait on & attend her. 
 
 Item — In case my aforesaid wife Catherine Pawling & my nephow 
 Levy Pawling shall not agree to live together on my said farm 
 but that she my said wife should be minded to remove & should 
 remove herself to some other place then and in such case I give 
 my said wife the sum of fifteen pounds a year to be paid her yearly 
 & every year out of rents, issues & profits of my estate & in such 
 case immediately on her removal as aforesaid I give the farm, 
 negroes, stock & implements of husbandry to my afore said nephew 
 Levy Pawling he paying thereout yearly & every year the said 
 sum of fifteen pounds to my said wife during her life as afore- 
 said and also paying & allowing a sufficient provision & main- 
 tenance to my said mother as aforesaid during her natural life. 
 
 Item — At & immediately after the death of my said wife & of 
 my aforesaid mother I do give devise & bequeath unto my said 
 nephew Levy Pawling the negro slaves herein before given and 
 2 
 
18 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 devised to my said wife & mother as also all other my estate, real, 
 personal in Ulster Co. as afore said to hold the same to him my 
 said nephew his heirs, executors, administrators, & assigns, pro- 
 vided always & my true & meaning in this my will is that if said 
 nephew Levy Pawling shall happen to die with out leaving law- 
 full issue that then and in such case I do give devise & bequeath 
 all my aforesaid estate, real, personal unto his brother my nephew 
 John Pawling to his heirs & assigns forever he & they paying the 
 said fifteen pounds per annum to my said wife during her life & 
 supporting & maintaining my aforesaid mother out of the rents 
 & profits there of during her life as aforesaid. 
 
 Item — I will and declare what I have here in before devised to 
 my said wife shall be & I do hereby decUre the same to l>e in full 
 law & satisfaction of her dower & claim of thirds of in or to my 
 said estate or my part there of aud lastly I do here by nominate, 
 constitute & appoint my said wife Catherine, my brother-in-law 
 Henry Beekman, Esq., and my said nephew Levy Pawling to be 
 executors of this my last will & testament here by r-'voking all 
 former or other will or wills by me at any time heretofore made 
 & declare this present to be my only last will & testament. In 
 testimony where of I have here unto set my hand & seal this 
 Twenty seventh day of Aug. in the nineteenth year of his Magesty 
 Reign, A. D. (1745), One thousand seven hunderd & forty five. 
 Witness: Albert Pawling, [L. S.] 
 
 Josph Webb, 
 Wm. Williamson. 
 
 Will of Catherine Pawling, widow of Albert Pawling, 
 recorded in New York City. Liber 24, p. 369. 
 
 In the name of God, Amen. I, Catherine Pawling, of Rhine- 
 beck Precinct in the Co. of Duchess and Province of N. Y. Gentle- 
 men being through the abundant mercy and goodness of yet of a 
 sound & perfect mind and understanding and memory thanks be 
 given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality of my Body 
 & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make 
 constitute and ordain this my last will & testament and desire 
 it may be received by all as such Imprimis. 
 
 I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my maker beseeching 
 his most gracious acceptance of it through the all sufficient 
 mercies and mediation of my most compassionate redeemer Jesus 
 Christ who gave himself to be an attonement for my sins & is able 
 to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him seeing 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 19 
 
 he ever liveth to make intercession for them and who I trust 
 will not reject me a returning Penetant sinner when I come to 
 him for mercy in the hope & confidence I render up my soul with 
 comfort, humbly beseeching the most blessed & Glorious Trinity, 
 one God most holy most merciful & Gracious to prepare me for 
 the time of my disolution and then to take me to himself in that 
 Peace & rest & incomparable felicity which he hath prepared for 
 all that love & fear his holy name, Amen. Blessed be God. I 
 give my body to the earth from whence it was taken in full as- 
 surance of its resurrection from thence at the last day, as for my 
 burial, I desire it may be decent at the discretion of my loving 
 daughter and other executors hereafter named who I doubt not 
 will manage it with all requisite prudence as to my worldly estates 
 I will & positively order that all my just debts be paid & satisfied 
 in convenient time after my decease. Then I give to my loving 
 daughter Catherine Ten Brook, now wife of Captain Petrus Ten 
 Brook & to her heirs for ever, one certain great lot of land lying 
 & being in Beckham Precinct in Duches Co.. which lot is distin- 
 guished & known on the map of Beekman Precinct by lot number 
 five, bounded on the south side by lot No. 4, belonging to Col. 
 Henry Beekman & on the north side by lot No. six, belonging to 
 Col. Livingston deceased, on the east by the Colony of Conn or 
 oblong & on the west by the purchase of Mayer & Co. called 
 Poohgvajamonk. Then I give to my said daughter Catherine Ten 
 Brook & to her heirs for ever two certain tenements plantations 
 or farms of land situate in Beekman Precinct & Dutches Co. in 
 the purchase of Mayer & Company called Poohgvajawonk and 
 there in the lott No. eight now in the tenur & occupation of Peter 
 Roesner & Daniel Lighthart each of said farms to contain one 
 hundred acres. This I give also to my said daughter Catherine 
 TenBrook & unto her heirs & assigns for ever two lotts of land 
 situate & lying & being in the city of N. Y. in the northward of 
 same city by Dick Cooks corner being in front 24 ft. five inches 
 each & 84 ft. in length each. Then I give to my loving Grand 
 daughter Cornelia, daughter of my son Jacob Rutsen deceased, one 
 certain great lott of land lying and being in Beeckman Precinct 
 & Dutches Co. aforesaid, which said lott is distinguished & known 
 on the map made of Beekman Precinct by lot No. nine bounded 
 on the south side by lot No. 8 & on the north side by lot No. 10, 
 both belonging to Col. Henry Beekman east by the Colony of Conn, 
 or oblong; west by lot No. 22 to have & to hold the said lot of 
 land to her my said grand daughter Cornelia & to her heirs for 
 
20 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 ever. Then I give unto my said grand daughter Cornelia 500 
 pounds of good & lawful money of the Province of N. Y., to be 
 paid to her or her heirs by her Brother my loving grand son John 
 Rutsen in manner following that is to say the sum of 100 pounds 
 part thereof so soon as my said grand daughter Cornelia shall be 
 attained the full age of 20 yrs. & so every first day of in every 
 year of the first four years next following & immediately ensuing 
 her said age of 20 yrs aforesaid 100 pounds. Then I give to my 
 loving daughter Catherine Tenbrook and my loving Grand daugh- 
 ter Cornelia, annually to be divided between them or to each of them 
 one moj'ity or half part of all of all the yeany rent & yearly 
 incomes of that Real Estate and land lying being & belonging to 
 me in Beekman Precinct (excepting thereof that which or what I 
 have conveyed and already herein before bequeathed to my daug. 
 Catharine Tenbrook and grand daughter Cornelia Rutsen (so long 
 or untill my grandson John Rutsen hath or shall have attained 
 the full age of 20 yrs. and then unto him and his heirs for ever 
 (Excepting that as before excepted) I will and positively order 
 that said share equal moilty or half part of yearly rent & in- 
 comes of my land messages & tenements in Beekman Precinct 
 belonging to my Grand daughter Cornelia Rutsen for & during 
 the term or time above mentioned as aforesaid shall be laid out & 
 employed all or so much thereof as can or may be wanted & re- 
 quired to give her good learning and a handsome education & 
 other accomplishments suitable to a woman of her fortune & for 
 other necessaries she shall want & have need of during that time. 
 Then I will & positively order that all the yearly rent & income 
 of all my lands messaguages tenements & real estate in Rhinebeck 
 Precinct shall be laid out & employed for my Grand son John 
 Rutsen to give him good learning and a handsome education & 
 other accomplishments becoming & for all other necessaries he 
 shall want & have need of during or untill he shall have attained 
 the full age of 20 yrs. & after that time I give the same to his 
 own free disposal. Then 1 give all my chattels, goods, moveable 
 & personal estate, silver plate, bonds, bills, book debts & other 
 debts due & owing unto me and in short an chattels & moveables 
 whatsoever & wheresoever belonging unto me unto my daughter 
 Catherine, unto my grand son John John nutsen & unto my grand 
 daug. Cornelia Rutsen, then and to 'their heirs for ever to be 
 equally divided between them, i. c, each one of them three to 
 have one full equal third part thereof. Then I give to my loving 
 grand son John Rutsen & to his heirs & assigns for ever all ray 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 21 
 
 lands, messages, tenements & all my real estate whatsoever in 
 Duches Co., Ulster Co., or any where else excepting what I have 
 conveyed to my daughter Catherine & here before bequeathed & 
 given to my said daughter Catherine & to my grand daug. Cor- 
 nelia & to their heirs for ever). Provided, never the less & that 
 is my will in case that my grand son John Rutsen should happen 
 to die before he has attained the full age of 20 yrs. or with out 
 lawfull isue that then & in either of these cases all my lands & 
 real estate given to my grand son John Rutsen by this my last 
 will & testament shall return & shall be enjoyed & be equally di- 
 vided between my loving daug. Catherine & my loving grand 
 daug. Cornelia each & every one of them to have the equal moiety 
 half part there of to them & to their heirs & assigns for ever. 
 I do constitute, make, ordain & appoint my loving daug. Catharine, 
 Executrix & my loving son in law Petrus Ten Brook & my Brother 
 Henry Beekham, esq., executors and the survivors of their 
 executors of this my last will & testament & I give to my said 
 son in law Petrus Ten Brook £100 good & lawfull money of the 
 Province of N. Y., to be paid to him out of the rents of my real 
 estate & I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disanul all & 
 every former testament & wills, legacies & bequests or executors 
 by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, ratifying & 
 confirming this & no other to be my last will & testament further 
 is my will & I do possitively order that if my real estate should 
 be attacked with law suits before my grand son has attained the 
 full age of 20 yrs. that then & in such case my daughter, grand 
 son & grand daug. shall pay equally alike that is each one full 
 third part of the cost & charges defending the same & after my 
 grand son hath attained the said age of twenty years then my 
 daughter Catherine & my grand daug. Cornelia only to pay in 
 the said cost & charges proportionable to the quantity of land they 
 enjoy as a part of my real estate. In witness where of I the 
 said Catherine Pawling have to this my last will & testament set 
 my hand & seal this ninth day of Oct. in the 27 of his Majesty's 
 Reign & in the year of our Lord Christ 1753. 
 
 Catherine Pawling,. [L. S.] 
 
 Signed, sealed & delivered by the said Catharine Pawling as and 
 for her last will & testament in the presence of us who were pres- 
 ent at the signing & sealing thereof. Christian Schultz, Hannes 
 Hendreckse his X mark. Wellelmus Heermans. 
 
22 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Will of Levi Pawling recorded at New York City. Liber 
 33, p. 301. 
 
 In the Name of God. Amen. I Levi Pawling, of Marbeltown 
 in the Co. of Ulster, & State of N. Y., Esq., being weak of body 
 but of sound & disposing mind memory & understanding, thanks 
 be to Almighty God for the same, do make & declare these presents 
 to be and contain my only last will & testament in manner 4 
 form following. 
 
 That is to say first & principally I recommend my precious & 
 immortal soul to Almighty God who gave it to me hoping thro the 
 merrits & intercession of my blessed Savior & Redeemer Jesus 
 Christ to obtain full pardon of all my sins & my body I commit 
 to the earth to be there interred in such decent & Christian 
 like manner as to my executors here in after named in their discre- 
 tion shall be thought fit. Item. I will that all my just debts & 
 funeral charges be well & truly paid & satisfied some convenient 
 time after my decease & as to a testamentary disposition of such 
 estate clear of debts wherewith it has pleased Almighty God to 
 bless me with I dispose thereof as follows: 
 
 Item. I gave unto my loving wife Helana.. the celler, kitchen 
 and the one half of the back cellar so long as she shall remain 
 my widdow or until my exectors shall think propper to sell my 
 estate in Marbletown in which case my four children herein after 
 named are to find her with a good room & cellar equal to the 
 one I leave her in possession of. 
 
 Item. I gave unto my said loving wife the bed she now makes 
 use of with the bedsted covering & curtains there unto belonging 
 together with half a doz. chairs the cubbard she brot with her 
 & the looking glass in the cellar kitchen. 
 
 Item. I gave to my said loving wife my negro man named 
 Abraham & my negro wench Jin during her widowhood & after her 
 re marage or decease which of them shall first happen, to my four 
 children hereinafter named pay annually unto my said loving 
 wife the sum of fifteen ponds current lawfull money of N. Y. so 
 long as she remains my widow to be by them paid share & share 
 alike. 
 
 Item. It is my will that my loving wife have two of my milk 
 cows & six sheep them to be her choice out of my stock. 
 
 Item. It is my will that the whole of real estate in Marble- 
 town be sold by my exectors either in parcels or in the whole as 
 they shall think proper & as soon as they shall judge it most ad- 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 23 
 
 vantageous & that the money arising therefrom after all my debts 
 are paid be equally divided among my children (to wit) Albert, 
 Henry, Levi & Margrit. 
 
 Item. I will & ordain that the executors (or survivors of 
 them) of this my last will & testament for & towards the perform- 
 ance of my said testament shall when they or the survivors of 
 them judge it advantageous bargain sell and alien in fee simple 
 all those land lying in Marbletown aforesaid, for the doing execut- 
 ing & perfecting finishing whereof I do by these presents give, 
 grant, will & transfer my exectors hereafter named or the sur- 
 vivors of them full power & authority to grant alien bargain sell 
 & convey & asure all the land in Marbletown afore mentioned to 
 any person or persons & their heirs forever in fee simple by all & 
 every such lawfull way & means in the law as to my exectors or 
 the survivors of them or their or his counsel learned in the law 
 seem fit & necessary. 
 
 Item. It is my will that the whole of my personal estate l>c 
 equally divided among my four children above named. Item. I 
 gave unto my daughter Margrit a negro girl named Bett. Item. 
 It is my will that my lanu in the Shawongonk mountain be equally 
 divided among my four children before named. Item. It is my 
 will that as long as my loving wife & children shall agree to live 
 with each other my wife shall have no right to claim or demand 
 the money negroes or other things bequeathed unto her. Item. It 
 is my express will and desire that what I have herein before given 
 to my said wife shall be & I do hereby declare the same to be 
 in full barr & satisfaction of her dower & claim of thirds of in or 
 to my said estate or any part thereof and lastly I do hereby 
 nominate constitute & appoint my sons Albert Pawling & Henry 
 Pawling my executors of this my last will & testament hereby re- 
 voking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made & le- 
 clare these presents to be my only last will & testament. In testi- 
 mony whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal this twenty 
 seventh day of Feb., A. D., one thousand seven hundred & eiglity 
 two (1782). The words (wife Halana) between the twelfth & 
 thirteenth line in the first sheet were interlined before the signing 
 of these presents & the words (and to the east of) were raized in 
 ye ninth line of the second sheet before executed. 
 
 Levi Pawling, [L. S.] 
 
 Signed sealed published & decleared by the said Levi Pawling 
 as & for his last will & testament in the presents of us who at 
 
24 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 his request in his presence & in the presence of each other have 
 subscribed our names as witness thereunto, Nathan Smedes, Albert 
 Smedes, John Contine. 
 
 This will was probated March 19, 1782. 
 
 Levi Pawling was born in Pennsylvania, but removed to 
 his uncle Albert Pawling's estate in Ulster County, N. Y., 
 which he inherited. He was commissioned Colonel of Ma- 
 litia in Ulster County. His son Albert was commissioned 
 a Brigade Major on Clinton's Staff and a Colonel on Wash- 
 ington's staff, and was the first Mayor of Troy, N. Y., and 
 re-elected for five years. ( History of Troy, by Weis. ) 
 
 The following gives an account of the Eoosa family of 
 Ulster County, N. Y., by Holdridge Ozro Collins, of Los 
 Angeles, Cal. See New York Genealogical record, Vol. 
 XXXI. p. 163, State Library, Harrisburg, Pa. 
 
 "The ancestor of the Eoosa family in America was Albert 
 Heymans Eoosa. He landed in New Netherland in April, 
 1660. Coming in the ship called the "Spotted Cow," in 
 company with Eoeloff Swartwout and others. The rec- 
 ord of his arrival is found in Documentary History of New 
 York, Vol. III., p. 56, under the chapter entitled "Early 
 Immigrants to the New Netherland 1657-1664." The ac- 
 count is as follows : Albert Heymans, agriculturist, from 
 Gelderland, and wife and eight children. 
 
 The wife of Albert Heymans Eoosa was named Wyntje 
 Allard or Ariens, and soon after their arrival they settled 
 in the Esopus district, at Wiltwyek, now Kingston, Ulster 
 County, N. Y. At this place with Cornells Barents Slecht 
 and wife, Tryntije; Bos Mathese Blanchan and wife, Made- 
 line Jorisse; Eeloff Swartwout and wife, Eva; Alberts 
 Bradt de Noorman, and others. Albert Heymans Eoosa 
 and his wife, Wyntje Allard, participated in the first ad- 
 ministration of the Lord's Supper, on December 25, 1660, 
 by the Eev. Harmanus Bloem. 
 
 Eoosa was a wealthy man for those days, bringing with 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 25 
 
 him considerable property from Holland, and he speedily 
 occupied an influential position in the new settlement. In 
 the spring of 1661 he joined in a contract guaranteeing a 
 salary to Domine Bloem, who had been called as the regular 
 pastor of the Dutch Church at Wiltwyck. 
 
 In 1661 Eoosa was appointed one of three commissioners 
 to enclose the new village at the Esopus, called Hurley. 
 
 At the destruction of the village of Hurley, on June 7, 
 1663, by the Indians, two of the children of Roosa, with 
 43 others, women and children were taken captive. 
 
 Albert Heymans Roosa, Cornells Barentsen Slecht and 
 two others, were found guilty of a rebellious and mutinous 
 riot and were taken to New York for sentence. Nichols, 
 by advise of his council, on the 3rd of May, sentenced 
 Heymans to be banished for life out of the government, 
 and the others for shorter terms, out of Esopus, Albany 
 and New York. All these sentences of the burghers were 
 subsequently modified, and the offenders returned to Eso- 
 pus. Governor Francis Lovelace restored Roose to favor 
 and in 1669 appointed him and Louis Du Bois, two of the 
 overseers for Hurley, called New Dorp or New Village. 
 "In 1673 he was confirmed as one of the officers at Esopus 
 by Gov. Anthony Colve, and described as Captain Albert 
 Heymans, who had been prominent in the riot of 1667. 
 
 The records state that in 1669 "Albert Heymensen pe- 
 titioned to sett up a Brewhouse and tanffatts in Hurley 
 and an order was made granting permission. 
 
 His name appears with that of his son Arien Albertson 
 Roosa, Louys Du Bois and others to petition to Sir Edmund 
 Andros, Governor of New York, praying that he would 
 assist them in procuring a minister for Esopus, "that can 
 preache boithe Inglish and Dutche" which will be most fit- 
 ting for this place, it being in its minority." 
 
 Albert Heymans Roosa served in the military forces of 
 the colony as mustering officer rendezvous held at Marble- 
 town, he was present as sergeant of Captain Henry Pawl- 
 
26 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 ing's company, at which also appeared his son, Arie Roosa, 
 a private, and in 1673 Albert was Captain of a company 
 recruited from Hurley, Marbletown. 
 
 Albert Heyman Eoosa died at Hurley, on Feb. 27, 1679. 
 In 1685 his widow, Wyntje Allard, secured a grant of 320 
 acres at Hurley. He had the following children, viz. : 
 
 1. Arie or Aria, born in Holland; married at Kingston, 
 Maria Pels, daughter of the Schepin Evert Pels. The 
 proofs of this marriage are found in the records of the old 
 Dutch Church of Kingston. These records were trans- 
 lated by Rev. Roswell Randall Hoes, a chaplain, U. S. N., 
 and printed 1891, by the De Vinne Press of New York. 
 The volume is entitled "Baptismal and Marriage Registers 
 of the old Dutch Church, at Kingston," etc. 
 
 In the records the name of Arie Roosa is indifferently 
 spelled Aria, Ariaan, Arien, Roosa, Roos, Rose, etc. 
 
 The mother of Mari Pels was Jannetje Symens and the 
 record of her marriage to Evert Pels appears on page 2. 
 No. 10. 
 
 2. Heyman, married Margriet Rosevelt. 
 
 3. Jan, married Helleyond Williams. 
 
 4. Ikee, married Roeyoff Kierstede. 
 
 5. Maritje, married Jansen. 
 
 6. Neeltien, married Hendric Paeldin, 1676 fc Banns, 
 November 3. 
 
 7. Jannetje,' married Matys Ten Eyck, November 16, 
 1679. 
 
 8. Aert. 
 
 9. Annatje. 
 
 10. Guert, died June 15, 1664. 
 
 Arie Roosa came from Holland with his father, Albert 
 Heymans Roosa, and mofher, Wyntje Allard, on the 
 "Spotted Cow." His name, spelled Arrie Roos, is found on 
 "a rool of the names and surnames of them that have taken 
 the oath of allegance in ye county of Ulster, by order of 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 27 
 
 His Excly; ye Gov., ye first day of September, Anno Te 
 Domini, 1689." 
 
 The following gives an account of the DeWitt family of 
 Ulster county New York, by Thomas G. Evans, New York 
 Genealogical Kecord, Vol. XVII. p. 251. 
 
 "The first mention in this country, of Tjerck Classen De 
 Witt, the ancestor of the De Witt family. Tjerck Classen 
 De Witt was the son, as the name would indicate, of class, 
 or Nicholas De Witt, and judging from the custom preva- 
 lent at the time of naming children after grand parents, 
 it is probable that his mother's first name was Taatji, for 
 his eldest daughter bears that name, as does also a daugh- 
 ter of Emmerentie Hoffman, his sister, and furthermore 
 he had a sister named Taatje living in Holland, is found 
 in the "Tronw Boeck," or register of marriages of the 
 Eeformed (collegiate) Dutch church, of New York City, 
 where it is recorded that on the 24th day of April, 1656, 
 "Tjerck Classen De Witt van Grootholdt en Zunderland," 
 married Barbara Andriessen van Amsterdam." Zunder- 
 land has not been definitely located, but it is probably 
 Saterland, a district of Hestphalia, on the southern border 
 of East Frusland. 
 
 Whether or not any of his family emigrated to America 
 with him has not been ascertained, but it is probable that 
 they did, for in 1662 his sister Emmerentie De Witt mar- 
 ried Martinus Hoffman, at New Amsterdam, and in 1699 
 his brother, Jan Claessen De Witt, died unmarried at 
 Kingston. 
 
 For a short time after his marriage he lived in New 
 York (his first child, Andries, was born there), but in the 
 spring of 1657 he moved to Albany, where he had pur- 
 chased a house and lot. In September, 1660, he exchanged 
 his Albany property with Madame de Hutler, for land in 
 Wiltwyck (now Kingston), "possession to be given May 1, 
 1661." He probably took possession at that time, as in 
 
28 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 September 1661, he appears as plaintiff in an action at 
 law before the Schepens Court of Wiltwyck, and on October 
 11, the same court ordered the sheriff, (Roeloff Stwart- 
 wout), to pay him three and a half schepels of wheat in 
 eight days and seven more in one month. 
 
 From this time until his death, he resided in Kingston 
 and Hurley, and some of the land which he purchased is 
 still in the hands of his descendants. 
 
 That he was a man of considerable means is shown by 
 the fact that in 1661 he was taxed 125 quilders, (about 
 $50), to pay for building a church in Esopus. 
 
 In 1662 he owned No. 28 of the "new lots." 
 
 June 7, 1663, Avhen Kingston and Hurley were almost 
 entirely destroyed by the Indians, his eldest daughter, 
 Taatje, was taken prisoner, but soon rescued. She af- 
 terward married Captain Matthys Matthyssen. 
 
 "During the winter of 1664, there was much sickness 
 in Esopus, (Kingston). Fever took hold of the people and 
 prostrated half the place. But this did not prevent men 
 from gathering their money. Roeloff Swartwout sold a 
 horse to Tjirck Classen De Witt, which was taken to the lat- 
 ter's barn, but the ex-sheriff, being dissatisfied, took it away 
 secretly. He was sued for property. (From unpublished 
 History of Ulster county.) 
 
 June 25, 1672, Governor Lovelace deeded him "a parcel 
 of bushland together with a house, lot, orchard, and calves' 
 pasture, lying near Kingston, in Esopus." 
 
 October 8, 1677, Governor Andros deeded him a piece 
 of wood land containing about fifty acres, at Kingston, in 
 Esopus, "to ye west of ye town." 
 
 February 11, 1679, he was one of the signers of a re- 
 newal of the Nichols treaty with the Esopus Indians. 
 
 In 1684 he signed "the humble petition of the inhabi- 
 tants of Esopus in the county of Ulster," praying that 
 there might be "liberty by charter to this county to choose 
 our own officers to every town court by the major vote of 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 29 
 
 the freeholders." This petition was addressed to Col. 
 Thomas Dongan, Governor General. It greatly offended 
 the authorities and the signers were arrested and fined. 
 Thus early in the history of the country arose the question 
 of self-government and the right of suffrage. They were 
 easily answered then. 
 
 February 13, 1685, 189 acres of land were conveyed to 
 De Witt by trustees of Kingston. 
 
 June 6, 1685, he claimed 290 acres of land lying upon 
 the north side of Eondout Kill, and known by the name of 
 "Momvoccuss," (in the town of Eochester), in Ulster 
 County. This was laid out for him by Phillip Wellis, sur- 
 veyor, and was granted to him by patent, May 14, 1694. 
 
 March 4, 1689, he was chosen one of the magistrates of 
 Ulster County, having previously held other offices. 
 
 Tjerck Classen De Witt died at Kingston, February 17, 
 1700. By his will, which bears date, the 4th day of March, 
 1698, and which is written in the Dutch language, he leaves 
 his property to his wife for life; at her death one-half to 
 go to his oldest son Andries, and one-half to his youngest 
 son Tjerck, in trust," provided that the same shall be ap- 
 praised by impartial persons on oath," and divided into 
 twelve equal shares, one share to be given to each of his 
 children, their heirs or assigns. In addition to the equal 
 shares he gave to Andries some lands to Koksnick and 
 Klime, to Jan and Jacob, each five hundred bushels of 
 wheat, and to Lucas the one-half of a sloop which he had 
 built the year previous. The legac} r to his daughter Eachel, 
 is subject to the condition "that my said daughter's share 
 shall be decreased 100 pounds for the benefit of my heirs, 
 which is what my daughter's husband, Cornelius Bogardus, 
 owes me for the one-eighth of a brigantine, desiring, how- 
 ever, that the child of the said Bogardess, named Barbara, 
 shall receive, out of the aforesaid 100 pounds, fifty pieces 
 of eight." The legacy to his daughter, Jannetje, wife of 
 Cornells Swits, is "with these conditions, that if my afore- 
 
30 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 said daughter shall die with out leaving any children then 
 all the said part shall be the property of my heirs, to be 
 equally divided between them. 
 
 His wife, Barbara, is appointed executrix, and the wit- 
 nessess are Jacob Rutsen, Abraham La Metir and Wm. 
 De Meyer. The will is recorded in the Ulster County 
 clerk's office, at Kingston, in book AA of deeds, p. 252, and 
 in the New York Surrogate's office, Liber 7 of Wills, p. 601. 
 The translation from which the above is taken was kindly 
 furnished by Geo. G. De Witt, Esq., of New York City. 
 
 Babara Andriessen De Witt died on July 6, 1714, and 
 after her death the property was appraised according to 
 the provisions of the will, as appears by the following cer- 
 tificate which is recorded in Ulster County clerk's office, 
 book BB of Deeds, p. 513. 
 
 "Whereas by the last will & testament of Tjerck Clasen D'Widt 
 he left his estate that it should be vallued & prysed by indif- 
 ferent and impartial men uppon there oath, and aplication being 
 made unto the court for the ellecting of the psons & accordingly 
 have made choyce of Capt. Derick Schepmois, Mr. Adrian Gerit- 
 sen, Major Johanis Hardenberg, Mr. James Whitaker & Major 
 Jacobus Elmendorf, to value and prize the said estate which they 
 the said psons doe prize accordingly upon oath, being sworne upon 
 the holy Evangelist by Coll. Henry Beekman, the said persons 
 prize the said estate to be worth the som of £1475. current monny 
 of N. Y. 
 
 In testimony whereof wee have here unto sett our hands this 
 25th day of April in the year 1716. 
 
 DlRCK SCHEPMOES, 
 
 Aarien Gerritsen, 
 J. Hardenburg, 
 James Whittaker, 
 Jacobus Elmendorf. 
 
 Children of Tjerck Classen De Witt and Barbara Andri- 
 essen. 
 
 1. Andries, was born in New York City in the early part 
 of 1657. On March 7, 1682, he married Jannetje Egbert- 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 31 
 
 son, (baptised January 11, 1664, died November 23, 1733), 
 daughter of Egbert Meinderts and Jaepe Jaus. For some 
 years he lived at Marbletown, Ulster county, on a farm 
 given him by his father but removed to Kingston previous 
 to 1708. On July 22, 1710, "Captain Andries DeWitt de- 
 parted this life in a sorrowful way; through the breaking 
 of two sleepers (beams) he was pressed down and very 
 much bruised; he spoke a few words and died." He was 
 buried in the church yard at Kingston. 
 
 2. Taatje, born at Albany about 1659, married Mat- 
 thyssen Van Keuren. 
 
 3. Jannetje, baptised February 12, 1662, married Cor- 
 nelius Swits. (All following records are taken from the 
 Dutch Church, at Kingston, N. Y.) 
 
 4. Klaes, baptised February 17, 1664; died, 1698. 
 
 5. Jan., baptised, February 14, 1666; married, Wyntje 
 Kiersted. 
 
 6. Geertruy, baptised, October 15, 1668 ; married, Hen- 
 dricksen Schoonmaker. 
 
 7. Jacob, married, Grietje Vernooy. 
 
 8. Eachel, married, Cornelius Bogarders. 
 
 9. Lucas, married, Annatje Delva. 
 
 10. Peek, married, (1) Marytje Jause Vanderburg, (2) 
 Maria Tuenis. , 
 
 11. Tjerck, mentioned in his father's will as the young- 
 est son. No other record. 
 
 12. Marritje, married, Hendrick Hendricksen, (Kort- 
 reght). 
 
 13. Aagje, baptised, January 14, 1684; married August 
 23, 1712; Jan Pawling, (baptised, October 2, 1681), son 
 of Henry Pawling and Neeltje Eoosa (daughter of Albert 
 Heymanse Eoosa), removed to Philadelphia County, Pa. 
 
 FAMILY 2. 
 
 Aandries DeWitt (2) and Jannetje Egbertsen had 13 
 children. 
 First child. 
 
32 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Tjerck (3), baptised, January 12, 1683; married, Jan- 
 uary 18, 1708; Anne Pawling (baptised, June 19, 1687), 
 daughter of Henry Pawling and Xeeltje Eoosa by whom he 
 had six children. One of these Petrus was a grand-father 
 of Peter DeWitt, an eminent New York lawyer in the early 
 part of this century. For his second wife Tjerck, married, 
 (October 17, 1739), Deborah, (baptised, September 14, 
 1684, daughter of Egbert Hendrickson Schoomaker and 
 Annatje Berry and widow successively of Jacob Vernooy 
 and Hendrick Vroom. Tjerck died at Kingston, August 
 30, 1762, leaving no issue by his second wife. (His will is 
 recorded at the Surrogates office at New York City, Liber 
 XXI II, p. 573, and is very lengthy. His father's will is 
 recorded same place in Liber VII., p. 601, written on the 
 liber in English but keeping the Dutch language. Albert 
 S. Pawling.) 
 
 Children of Tjerck (3) DeWitt and Anne Pawling. 
 
 1. Andries (4), baptised, May 7, 1710; died, July 23 
 1711. 
 
 2. Xeeltje (4), baptised, April 22, 1711; married, Sep- 
 tember 5, 1734; Wessel Jacobse Ten Brock, (baptised, De- 
 cember 7, 1712), son of Jacob Ten Brock and Eliz. Wyn- 
 koop. Soon after their marriage Wessel Ten Brock re- 
 moved to Harlingen, Somerset county, X. J., where he died, 
 1747. His widow married Samuel Stout. 
 
 3. Henry (4), baptised, January 24, 1714; married, 
 November 10, 1738; Maria Ten Brock, (baptised, June 13, 
 1717; died, May 19, 1767), daughter of Jacob Ten Brock 
 and Eliz. Wynkook. Henry De Witt was a merchant in 
 Kingston, X. Y. He was for some years town clerk and 
 county treasurer and was other prominent in local and 
 county affairs, being a man of much talent and force of 
 character. He died, September 17, 1753, leaving six chil- 
 dren, four sons and two daughters. 
 
 4. Johannes (4), baptised, August 8, 1717; died, Octo- 
 ber 30, 1749, in Bermuda. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 33 
 
 5. Petus (4), baptised, July 15, 1722; died, January 3, 
 1790; married, June 8, 1749; Kachel Eadcliff, (born, De- 
 cember 14, 1723; died, July 20, 1794), daughter of 
 Joachim Eadcliff. Eesided at Hyde Park, Duchess County, 
 N. Y. 
 
 6. Andries (4), baptised, March 3, 1728; died, June 9, 
 1806; married, December 17, 1757; Eachel DuBois, (born, 
 January 5, 1737 ; died, August 24, 1823, daughter of Isaac 
 DuBois.)" 
 
 Eemoval of John and Henry Pawling From 
 Few York. 
 I will now turn to(John and Henry Pawling who came to 
 Pennsylvania. They doubtless came here with considerable 
 means, and as their father had died the Pawling purchase 
 was sold and they remained in Pennsylvania. They settled 
 on adjoining tracts of 500 acres at the junction of Schuyl- 
 kill river and Perkiomen creek, ten miles from Norris- 
 town, Pa. / John took title to his tract by deed which will 
 follow subsequently. I No record could I find of patent or 
 deed to Henry Pawling, either at Philadelphia or Harris- 
 burg. Pawling P. O., in Montgomery County, then Phila- 
 delphia County, derived its name from them. Pawling's 
 bridge and mill were old landmarks. The Pawlings were 
 prominently identified with the St. James Perkiomen 
 church (Protestant Episcopal) at Evansburg, Montgomery 
 County, as wardens and vestrymen. This church was de- 
 stroyed by fire in 1820 and all the records lost ; hence it is 
 difficult to trace their family except through Deeds and 
 Wills. I therefore put in all the Wills to get the authority. 
 
 Children of Henry Pawling No. 7, and Jacomyntie 
 Kunst : 
 
 9. Henry, baptised, June 27, 1714, in Kingston; mar- 
 ried, Eleanor . 
 
 10. Sarah, baptised, July 8, 1716, in Kingston. 
 
 3 
 
34 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 11. Elizabeth, baptised, March 22, 1719, in Kingston. 
 
 12. Levi, born in Pennsylvania, removed to Ulster 
 County, N. Y. ; married, Magdalena Burhans. 
 
 13. John, born, December 27, 1732; married, (1) Neeltje 
 Vankeuren, (2) Maria VanDeusen. Eemoved to Duchess 
 County, N. Y., and attained the rank of Major. 
 
 14. Eebecca, born in Pennsylvania, removed to New York 
 and married David Schryver. 
 
 15. Barney. 
 
 Henry Pawling, No. 7, died, August 30, 1739, aged 50 
 years, and is buried at St. James' Perkiomen church. He 
 left no will. His wife and son, Henry, were granted letters 
 of administration, October 10, 1739, at Philadelphia. The 
 bondsmen were Samuel Lane, Yeoman and Samuel Norris, 
 merchant. 
 
 The following is a copy of the original inventory of the 
 estate filed at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 To two working Horses, £11. 0. 
 
 To a Working Horse, 7. 0. 
 
 To a Mare and Colt, 5. 0. 
 
 To a Spring Colt, 2. 0. 
 
 To old Stallion, 3. 0. 
 
 To a Yearling Chattle, 5. 0. 
 
 To 4 Cows, . 10. 0. 
 
 To 4 Heiffers and a Stear, 9. 0. 
 
 To a Stear 4 years old, 2. 15. 
 
 To 2 Cows, 5. 0. 
 
 To 6 Calves, 5. 0. 
 
 To a Stear, 1. 10. 
 
 To a Bull and a Cow, 5. 0. 
 
 To 3 Cows, 7.10. 
 
 To 31 Sheep, 7. 10. 
 
 To 5 Hodgs, 3. 0. 
 
 To a Sow and 8 Shoats, 2. 10. 
 
 To a Waggon, , 10. 0. 
 
 To 3 Ploghs and Irons, 10. 0. 
 
 To a Harrow, 0. 15. 
 
 To 400 Bushells of all sorts of grain in and about the 
 
 barn, 40. 0. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 35 
 
 To a Cuting Box, 0. 5. 
 
 To 4 Pichforks, 0. 5. 
 
 To a Grinding Stone, 0. 5. 
 
 To 40 acres of corn that is now in the ground, 20. 0. 
 
 To a Lume, 6 Reeds and six pare of Geers, 5. 0. 
 
 To 4 little Spinning Wheels, 1. 0. 
 
 To 1 Spinning Wheel, 0. 5. 
 
 To a Side Sadie and a Bridle, 1. 5. 
 
 To a Side Sadie, 0. 10. 
 
 To a Man's Sadie, 0. 15. 
 
 To a Bed and Two old Blankits, 0. 15. 
 
 To a Gun, , 0. 15. 
 
 To 6 Sickles, 0. 10. 
 
 To a Bed and Bed Stead and Furniture, 7. 0. 
 
 To Ditto, 6. 0. 
 
 To a Small Box of Drawes, 0. 15. 
 
 To a old Coverlead, 0. 8. 
 
 To a Case of Draws, . 4. 0. 
 
 To a Cobbard, 1. 5. 
 
 To a Wallnot Table, 0. 15. 
 
 To a Small Table, 0. 5. 
 
 To 12 Plaits, 0. 15. 
 
 To 3 Dishes and a Baison, 1. 5. 
 
 To 18 Spoons 0. 4. 
 
 To 6 Iron Potts, .' 2. 15. 
 
 To 2 pare of Hand Irons, 1. 0. 
 
 To a pare of Tongs, Laale and Flesh Fork, 0. 3. 
 
 To a Sword and Pistal, 0. 10. 
 
 To a Parsel of old Books, 1. 0. 
 
 To a Looking Glass, 0. 6. 
 
 To a Broad Ax, Augre, Chissels and Gimlet, 0. 10. 
 
 To 16 Yards of Drucket, 4. 0. 
 
 To 2 Axes, 2 Grobing Hoes and 3 Weeding Hoes, 1. 0. 
 
 To 4 Barrells and a half Barrell, 0. 10. 
 
 To Tubs, Pails and other Lumber, 0. 15. 
 
 To a negro man named Jack, 25. 0. 
 
 To a negro woman named Bess, 20. 0. 
 
 To a negro gerl named Cate, 30. 0. 
 
 To a negro boy named Ollever, 37. 0. 
 
 To a negro girl named Jane, 28. 0. 
 
 To a negro boy named Tom, 20. 0. 
 
 To a negro boy named Tim, 20. 0. 
 
36 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 To a negro gearl named Bet, 12. 0. 
 
 To Bills and Bonds and Books Debts, 37. 5. 10 
 
 To Plantation containing 500 acres of land 500. 0. 
 
 This being a true and Perfect appraisement of the Aforesaid 
 Estate Being all that came Before us or to our Knowledge, where- 
 unto we have set our Hands the day and year above written. 
 Nov. 10. 1739. 
 
 Owen Evans, 
 Samuel Lane, 
 Thomas Bull. 
 
 Henry Pawling, No. 9, was a member of Assembly for a 
 number of terms and justice of County Court for Philadel- 
 phia County. He was appointed one of the commissioners to 
 lay out boundaries, and locate public buildings on the crea- 
 tion of Montgomery County, in 178-1. His will is recorded 
 at Norristown, Pa., bearing date November 18, 1791. He 
 bequeathed £10 "for the purpose of walling in with stone 
 the graveyard of St. James' church in Province township." 
 To son, Nathan, 100 acres. To daughter, Catharine 
 Stalmford, 275 acres, in county of Luzerne, on east branch 
 of Susquehanna river. To Colonel Henry Pawling, of the 
 State of Kanetuck, £20 as a token of regard, and also re- 
 members his brother, Barney. His children follow : 
 
 16. John, born, May 17, 1744; married, Elizabeth Mor- 
 gan, September, 9, 1771. 
 
 17. Henry, born, September 25, 1746) ; married, Eebecca 
 Bull, December 7, 1769. 
 
 18. Benjamin, married, Susannah Bellenger. Moved to 
 Canada. 
 
 1!). Nathan, born, 1750; died, March 27, 1795. 
 
 20. Jesse, moved to Canada. 
 
 21. William. 
 
 22. Pachel, married, Colonel Edward Bartholomew. 
 
 23. Catherine, married, Joseph Stalmford. 
 
 It is probable that Kachel, No. 22, moved on her father's 
 "Connecticut" claim, near Wilksbarre, Pa. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 37 
 
 Mrs. Kitts says, Benjamin, No. 18, and Jesse, No. 20, 
 moved to Canada. 
 
 Elizabeth Morgan, wife of John, No. 16, was born in 
 Hunterdon County, N. J. 1736; died, July 6, 1802. She 
 was the daughter of Eeese, the brother of Major General 
 Daniel Morgan. 
 
 Nathan, No. 19, was High Sheriff of Montgomery County 
 and is buried at St. James' Perkiomen church. His tomb- 
 stone is marked "Nathan Pawling, Sr., High Sheriff of 
 Montgomery County, died March 27, 1795, aged, 45 years." 
 
 The following is a copy of the will of John Pawling, No. 
 16, recorded at Norristown, Pa. 
 
 Be it remembered that I John Pawling of Lower Providence in 
 the County of Montgomery, State of Penna., Yoeman, being weak 
 in body but of sound disposing mind and memory, do this tenth 
 day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight 
 Hundred and Thirteen, make my last Will and Testament in the 
 following manner to wit: 
 
 Firstly. I will and order all my just debts and funeral ex- 
 penses to be justly paid. 
 
 Secondly. I give and bequeath to my three Daughters to wit: 
 Elizabeth, Rachel and Fanny my dwelling house and farm whereon 
 I reside to be occupied and enjoyed by them their heirs and as- 
 signs as Tenants in common for the period of ten years after my 
 decease, together with the use of my household furniture, negroes, 
 horses sheep, horned cattle, hogs, all my implements of husbandry 
 and every article on the farm appertaining to husbandry for the 
 same term of ten years after my decease. My said Daughters are 
 to cut no timbers off' the place except what may be necessary for 
 fuel, farming, and other necessary repairs. The above request to 
 be considered to be in satisfactory and in Lieu of any demand my 
 above named Daughters may have or make against my estate for 
 services rendered after their arrival at full age. 
 
 Thirdly. Ten years after my decease I will and direct my mes- 
 suage and plantation as above willed to my daughters for ten 
 years to be sold by my executors or the survivors of them whom 
 I authorize and impower to make deeds for the same to the pur- 
 chaser as fully as I now could do. It is my will and I do hereby 
 give and bequeath the proceeds of the sale of my messuage and 
 
38 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 plantation to all my children to wit: Margaret, Eleanor, John, 
 Elizabeth, Rachel and Fanny, and their heirs to be equally divided 
 amongst them share and share alike. 
 
 Fourthly. I give and devise to my son John, a tract of land 
 situate in Bedford County containing One Hundred Acres and now 
 in possession of Isaac Carwell to him my said son John his heirs 
 and assigns forever. 
 
 Fifthly. The personal property the use of which in a former 
 part of this will I have given to my three Daughters for ten years 
 after the expiration of that term I direct to be sold and the pro- 
 ceeds of the sale is to be divided as the residuary of my estate. 
 
 Sixthly. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate 
 whatsoever not disposed of this will I gave and bequeath to all 
 my children and their heirs share and share alike. 
 
 Lastly. I nominate, constitute and approve my son John and 
 my friend Nathan Pennybecker executors of this my will and I 
 revoke all former Wills made by me and declare this only to be 
 my last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof, I the said 
 John Pawling have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and 
 year first above written. 
 
 John Pawling, [Seal]. 
 Witness : 
 
 Wm., Pawling, 
 Henky Pawling. 
 
 Signed, sealed, published and declared by Testator as his last 
 Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and 
 at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses, 
 
 William Pawling, 
 Henry Pawling. 
 
 Witnesses. 
 
 Children of John Pawling, No. 16, and Eliz. Morgan. 
 
 24. Margaret, married, Eobert Adolf Farmer, March 25, 
 1792. 
 
 25. Eleanor, born, August 1, 1775; died, June 16, 1855; 
 married, Dr. John Corman, (born, February 4, 1769; died, 
 April 23, 1813). 
 
 26. John Morgan, born, December 1, 1783 ; died, Novem- 
 ber 26, 1838; married, February 7, 1811; Eebecca Prather, 
 born, February 15, 1789; died, November 12, 1864. 
 
 27. Elizabeth. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 39 
 
 28. Rachel, unmarried ; died, August 20, 1861 ; buried 
 at Greencastle, Pa. 
 
 29. Fanny. 
 
 One other sister, unmarried, is buried near Eachel, 
 either Elizabeth or Fanny. 
 
 Tradition says there was one more child by the name of 
 Henry, who is buried in a spot of ground in Philadelphia, 
 now where Fairmount Park reservoir stands. 
 
 Some of the children of Eleanor, No. 25, and Dr. John 
 Gorman follow: 
 
 30. Elizabeth, born, January 30, 1797; died, March 1, 
 1879 ; married, Isaac Wallace. 
 
 31. Eleanor Johnston, born, May 16, 1799; married, 
 John Farmer. 
 
 32. John Pawling, born, May 4, 1801 ; married, Ellen 
 McCuchen. 
 
 33. Julian, born, October 31, 1805 ; married, January 
 24, 1831, John Coffey, born, November 13, 1809. They 
 had children, (1) James A. Coffey, died young. (2) 
 Frances Pawling Coffey, born, March 10, 1834 ; married, 
 James J. Jacobs. (3) Eobert Coffey, died young. (4) 
 William Latta Coffey, born, July 1, 1838. (5) Charles Q. 
 Coffey, died young. (6) Andrew Shem Coffey, born, No- 
 vember 13, 1840; died, January 30, 1901; married, Feb- 
 ruary 2, 1864, Frances Pi. Myers. Resided at Greencastle, 
 Pa. Had children : Snively Coffey, born, March 29, 1865. 
 Jennie May Coffey, born, March 16, 1867- John Calvin 
 Coffey, born, October 7, 1869. Wilson Corman Coffey, 
 born, November 31, 1873. Andrew Latta Coffey, born, 
 February 4, 1877. Mary Susanna Frances Coffey, born, 
 June 7, 1880. 
 
 Children of John Morgan Pawling, No. 26, and Rebecca 
 Prather. 
 
 34. Henry, born, February 11, 1812; died, young. 
 
 35. Eleanor, born, May 27, 1814; married, Wm. Hulse. 
 
40 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 36. Frank Morgan, born, February 11, 1817; died, Octo- 
 ber, 17, 1899 ; married, October, 1838, Sarah Koyer, born, 
 January 3, 1811 ; died, October 21, 1896. 
 
 37. Elizabeth, born, June 11, 1818; died, January 30, 
 1857 ; married, Isaac Sharpless. 
 
 38. Rachel, born, June 11, 1820; married, Geo. Mitchell. 
 
 39. Rebecca, born, October 11, 1821 ; married, John 
 Laughlin. 
 
 40. Thomas, born, November 11, 1824, living now at 
 Louisville, Kansas. 
 
 Children of Frank Morgan Pawling, No. 36, and Sarah 
 Royer. 
 
 41. Geo. Morgan, born, September 10, 1840; died, De- 
 cember, 15, 1898. 
 
 42. Mary Elizabeth, born, October 7, 1842 ; died, Septem- 
 ber 18, 1883. 
 
 43. Susan, born, October 11, 1844. 
 
 44. John Thomas, born, November 4, 1846 ; married, 
 January 26, 1886, Anna Brown Bowman, born, November 
 25, 1856. 
 
 45. Eebecca Prather, born, December 8, 1848. 
 
 46. Frank Farmer, born, February 14, 1850. 
 
 Children of John Thomas Pawling, No. 44, and Anna 
 Brown Bowman, residing at Martinsburg, W. Va. 
 
 47. Frank Brown, born, April 20, 1888. 
 
 48. John Thomas, born, January 31, 1890. 
 
 49. Mary Elizabeth, born, May 15, 1892; died, Novem- 
 ber 14, 1897. 
 
 A patent is recorded at office of Secretary of Internal 
 Affairs, at Harrisburg, Pa., to Henry Pawling, son of 
 Henry Pawling, deceased, from John Penn, dated October 
 31, 1769, on four warrants dated 1741 and 1745, for land 
 formerly in Lancaster County, now in Antrim township, 
 Cumberland County, one tract containing 745 and another 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 41 
 
 121 acres. Doubles^ this purchase caused the heirs of Henry- 
 Pawling to move to Cumberland County. 
 
 Mrs. Katherine Wallace Kitts, of Darby, Pa., has written 
 a book on "Henry Pawling and some of his descendants," 
 and all of his descendants are very much indebted to her for 
 her research. She is a descendant of Major John Pawling, 
 No. 13, who removed from Pennsylvania to New York and 
 married first in Ulster County, May 23, 1754, Neeltje Van- 
 Keuren, his first cousin, daughter of Mary Pawling, No. 8. 
 and Thomas VanKeuren. 
 
 Children of Major John Pawling, No. 13, and Neeltje 
 VanKeuren. 
 
 50. Henry, born, November 30, 1755; married Elizabeth. 
 
 51. Cornelius, born, January 22, 1758 ; married, 
 
 Smith. 
 
 53. John, born, October 24, 1760. 
 
 53. Mary, baptised, November 11, 1764. 
 
 Major John Pawling and Maria Van Deusen, his second 
 wife, married, April 15, 1770, at Dutch Eeformed church, 
 at Ehinebeck, N. Y., at which place he also died December 
 30, 1819, aged 87 years, 3 days. Children follow: 
 
 54. Levi, born, January 29, 1771; married, (1) Ger- 
 trude Knickerbocker; (2) Hannah Griffmg. 
 
 55. Eleanor, born, March 11, 1772; married, Peter 
 Brown. 
 
 56. Rachel, born, February 13, 1774; married, Christo- 
 pher Hughes. 
 
 57. Alicia, married, Peter Ostrom. 
 
 58. Catherine, born, May 21, 1778 ; died young. 
 
 59. Jesse, born, March 25, 1782 ; married Leah Radcliff. 
 
 60. Jacomyntie, born, May 25, 1782; married, Wait 
 Jaqnes. 
 
 61. Elizabeth, born, August 5, 1784; married Wm. P. 
 Stoutenburg. 
 
42 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 62. Rebecca, born, April 4, 1785; married, Frederick 
 Streit Uhl. 
 
 63. Jacob, born, March 4, 1787; married, Martha Eussel. 
 
 64. Catharine, born, December 28, 1789; married, (1) 
 Jacob Conklin, (2) John Coyle. 
 
 Henry Pawling, No. 50, died in 1825, at Johnstown, 
 N. Y., and some of his descendants are living there. Some 
 descendants of his brother Cornelius are living at Avoca, 
 N. Y. 
 
 The children of Levi, No. 54, follow : Margaret, Maria, 
 John, Lavina, Harriet, Stephen, Jacob, Elizabeth, Ger- 
 trude, William, Samuel Hughes, Julia Ann and Levi. 
 Some of his descendants are living at Stautsburg, N. Y., 
 where he died, in 1858. 
 
 Gertrude Pawling, daughter of Levi, No. 54, born, April 
 25, 1822, married David Wallace, of Hyde Park, N. Y., 
 where he died in 1896. They had six children. The sec- 
 ond child, John Alva Wallace, married Emeline Coyle and 
 reside at Chester, Pa. They had children — William, 
 Frank, Katherine, Sarah, Alva, Robert, Mary, Emma and 
 Ann. Their daughter, Katherine Wallace, married John 
 Franklin Kitts, and reside at Darby, Pa. They have chil- 
 dren : John Wallace Kitts and Edward Buffington Kitts. 
 
 I will now go back to John Pawling, No. 3. He evi- 
 dently came to Pennsylvania about 1714, as his first child 
 was baptised at Kingston, N. Y., on November 1, 1713, and 
 his deed was made out the same year, which is recorded in 
 the office, Register of Deeds at Philadelphia in Deed Book 
 E-7, Vol. VIII., p. 419, which reads as follows: 
 
 JAMES SHATTICK 
 
 TO 
 JOHN PAWLING. 
 
 Be it remembered that the sixteenth day of the eight month in 
 the year of Our Lord 1713 Anthony Morris, one of the Justices of 
 the Peace of the City & County of Phila. certifieth & recordeth 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 43 
 
 here that the tenth day of the seventh month last past before him 
 the said Justice of Peace aforesaid came James Shattick in his 
 proper person, &c. This Indenture made the tenth day of Sept. 
 in the twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann Queen 
 of Great Britain, &c. in the year of our Lord 1713, Between James 
 Shattick of the Co of Phila in the Province of Penn, Gentlemen, 
 one part & John Pawling of Marbletown the Co. of Ulster in 
 the Province of N. Y., Yeoman, of the other part. Whereas by 
 certain Indentures of lease & releases bearing date respectively 
 the 34 day of May in the year of Our Lord (1682) one thousand 
 six hundred eighty & two was made between Wm. Penn of Worm- 
 inghurst in the Co. of Sussex Esq., Propriatry & Governour of the 
 sd Province of Pa. of the other part & Samuel Tavernor of Lymer- 
 ich in the Kingdom of Ireland, Merch. of the other part he the 
 said Wm. Penn for the consideration there in mentioned, did 
 grant & convey unto the sd Samuel Tavernor the full & such 
 proportion and quantity of one thousand acres of land he be al- 
 lotted & set out in said Province to hold to him the said Samuel 
 Tavernor his heirs & assigns for ever as in & by the same recited 
 indenture Recorded in the rool in office at Phila in Book E-6, Vol. 
 7, page 156 & the 12th Feb. 1713 relation being there unto had 
 may more at large appear. And whereas the sd Sam'l Tavenor 
 by indenture of lease & release being date the three & twentieth 
 and four & twentieth day of Aug. in the year of our Lord 1704 
 for the consideration therein mentioned did grant & convey the sd 
 One Thousand acres of land unto the sd James Shattick & Ed Lane 
 (Late of the city of Phila) to hold to them the sd Edw Lane & 
 James Shattock their heirs & assigns forever are in the last recited 
 indenture recorded in the office afors'd in book afors'd P. 160 &c, 
 relation being there unto had may more at large appear. Ey 
 forced virtue of which s'd recited indenture or of some other 
 good conveyance or announce in said duly had and executed the 
 sd James Shattock & Ed Lane became soundly seized in their 
 demesure are of fee som the sd one thousand acres of land & being 
 so thereof seized the sd Edw died after whose decease the sd one 
 thousand acres of land did together also with other lands in their 
 Inventenary wholly accrue to the sd James Shattock by right of 
 survivorship. And whereas by virtue of warrant from cominisiers 
 of property bearing date the 26th day of the 2nd month 1708 
 there was surveyed arid laid out on the 25 of March 1709 500 
 acres of land in the sd County of Phila. in right of the above sd 
 purchase of 1000 acres. Beginning at a black oak at a corner of 
 
44 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 T Pagetts land & on the same of land belonging to the free 
 
 society of traders thence south west by Pagetts land 467 p to an- 
 other black oak thence by Wm. Stanners land north west 172 p to 
 a post thence N. E. by vacant land 467 p to a white oak thence 
 by the society land S. E. 172 p to the place of beginning as by 
 the sd warrant & return thereof remaining at the sd survey or 
 generals office at Phila may at large appear. Now this indenture 
 witnessith that the sd James Shattick for & in consideration of 
 the sum of 170£ lawful] money of America to him in hand paid by 
 the sd John Pawling the receipt whereof the **d James Shattock 
 doth hereby acknowledge & thereof doth acquit & discharge the 
 said John P. his heirs exec. adm. & assigns by these presents have 
 granted bargained sold alined enfeoffed & confirmed & by these 
 presents doth grant bargain sell alien enfoffed confirm unto the 
 sd John P. all that the sd tract of 500 acres of land as the same 
 is herein before set forth bounded & limited as afore sd together 
 also with all & singular the meadows marshes swamps cripples 
 ways waters water courses woods timber & free fishing fowling 
 hawking huntings rights sibertur privileges hand rents & ap- 
 purtenances whatsoever there unto belonging or in any wise ap- 
 purtaining and the reversion & reversions remainder & remainders 
 rents issues & profits thereof & true copies (as the charge of the 
 sd John P. his heirs or assigns) of all deeds writings & evidences 
 concerning the same to have & to hold the sd 500 acres of land, 
 hereditants & premises hereby granted or mentioned or intended 
 to be hereby granted with their appurtenances unto the said John 
 P. his heirs & assigns to the only proper use & behoof of the sd 
 John P. his heirs & assigns for ever under the yearly quit rents 
 from hence forth to become due & payable for the same to the 
 lord of the fee thereof and the sd James Shattock and his heirs 
 the sd 500 acres of land hereditatants & premises hereby granted 
 or mentioned to be hereby granted with their appurtenances unto 
 the sd John P. his heirs & assigns against him the sd James Shat- 
 tock their heirs and against the sd Saml Tarvener & his heirs 
 & assigns and against the heirs & assigns of the sd Edw Lane 
 dec'd. and against all other persons whosoever lawfully claiming 
 unto claim by from or under their or any of them shall & will 
 warrant & forever defend by their presents and the sd James 
 Shattick for himself his heirs exec. adm. & assigns doth covenant 
 promise & grant to & with sd John P. his heirs & assigns by those 
 present that he the sd James Shattick & his heirs & all & every 
 other person & persons whosoever lawfully claiming or to claim 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 45 
 
 the sd 500 acres of land & premises hereby granted or mentioned 
 to be granted or any part thereof by form or under him or the 
 sd Saml Taverner or Edw Lane or any of them shall & will at 
 any time or times hereafter upon the reasonable request cost & 
 charge in an of the sd John P. his heirs or assigns make execute 
 & acknowledge & cause or procure so to be all & every such 
 further & reasonable act & acts deed or deeds device or devices in 
 same whatsoever for the farther & better assurance & confirma- 
 tion of the sd land hereditants & premises hereby granted or men- 
 tioned to be granted with the appurtances unto the sd John P., 
 his heirs & assigns as by his or them or by his or their councel 
 learned in the law shall be reasonably devised advised or urged. 
 In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have here- 
 unto interchangeably set their hands & seal the day & year first 
 above written. 
 
 James Shattick, [Seal]. 
 Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
 
 Abraham Bickley, 
 Wm. Fishboun, 
 Wm. Hammon. 
 
 John Pawling was a devout Christian if his will is an 
 indication. Some think he was warden in St. James' Per- 
 kiomen church, in 1721, as an old stone, which is preserved 
 in the east end of the church marked, I. S. & I. P., say 
 Isaac Shannon and John Pawling were the wardens in 
 1721. He died in May 1733, in his 52nd year, as his will 
 was made, May 5, 1733, and the inventory, May 24th same 
 year. He is buried in the family burying ground which 
 he provided for in his will on the east side of creek, on the 
 farm now owned by Mr. Enos Schwenk. He was married 
 to Aagje DeWitt in New York, but in his will he says my 
 wife Ephia. I can find no record of a second marriage. 
 His will and inventory are preserved and are now the prop- 
 erty of the city of Philadelphia and are kept in the base- 
 ment, in office of Register of Wills at City Hall. Phila- 
 delphia. 
 
 I have had a photograph made of both above original 
 documents and will be glad to show them to any one. They 
 
46 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 are written in a very fine handwriting and both were un- 
 doubtedly written by Eob't. Jones, whose signature is on 
 both documents all in the same handwriting. The will 
 was written on the four sides of a large foolscap sheet of 
 paper and the inventory covers two sides of the same kind 
 paper. Both are well preserved, although the paper has 
 turned brown. 
 
 Will of John Pawling made in 1733, recorded at Phila- 
 delphia, Will Book E., p. 243. 
 
 In the Name of God Amen. The Fifth day of May in the year 
 of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty three, I, 
 John Pawling, of Bebber Township, in the County of Philada., 
 and province of Pensilvania, Gent, being Very Sick and Weak of 
 Body, but of a perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God 
 therefor having under my Consideration the mortaility of my 
 Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye 
 Do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to 
 say, principally and first of all I Give and Recomend my Soul 
 into the hands of God that gave it, & for my body I recomend 
 it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner 
 at the discretion of my Exects., nothing doubting but at the gen- 
 eral Resurrection I shall receive the same by the mightly power 
 of God, and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath 
 pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Devise & dispose of them 
 in the following manner & form. IMPRIMUS My Will is that 
 all my Just Debts both by private and public Contracts together 
 with my funeral Charges be duly observed and paid by my 
 Exects. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved wife 
 Ephia Pawling (in lieu of her Thirds or Dower from my Real 
 Estate) the full and just sum of Fifteen pounds Current Lawful 
 Money of Pensilvania to be paid to her yearly by my son Henry 
 from the day of my decease for and during her Natural life to- 
 gether with my bed chamber with other necessaiy privileges in the 
 Dwelling house that I now lives in, And the use of two acres of 
 Land where she likes best in the plantation belonging thereunto 
 with the yearly product of Twelve fruit trees of her own choice 
 in the orchard thereof, And likewise three Negro women kind 
 named (viz) Bettee, Peggee & Rose, all which above bequeathed 
 with all the proper Rights and privileges thereof shall be & re- 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 47 
 
 main for my wife's use and behoof as above sd. during her natural 
 life. And I do hereby further give and bequeath unto my sd. 
 wife my best Feather bed & bedding, bed-stead & furniture thereof 
 together with the Thirds of all the remainder part of my personal 
 Estate, to be freely & fully enjoyed & possessed by her, her heirs 
 & Assigns forever. And likewise it is my will that Either and 
 Every one of the above named Negro women kind which doth or 
 shall survive my sd. wife the same I do hereby Give & Bequeath 
 with their issue born to them after my Decease for the use of my 
 Son Henry Pawling his heirs & assigns forever. ITEM. I Give 
 and Bequeath unto my Eldest Son the above named Henry Paw- 
 ling Four Hundred & Fifty acres of land which I bought of Jost 
 Height, Situate, lying & being on Perkyomy, together with all 
 the buildings, Edifices, privileges, improvements & appurtenances 
 thereof to be freely & fully injoyed & possessed by him his heirs 
 & assigns from the day of my Decease thence forward and forever. 
 ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my sd. Son Henry Pawline all 
 that part or share of the mill & Land Tenements, Building, Edi- 
 fices, privileges & appurtenances whatsoever properly belonging or 
 in anywise appertaining unto me or mine with all the Rights, is- 
 sues & profits thereof to be freely & fully held, injoyed & pos- 
 sessed by him his heirs & Assigns from the day of my decease 
 thence forward & forever. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my 
 son Henry all the remainder part of my personal estate to be 
 freely & fully injoyed & possessed by him, his heirs & assigns 
 from the day of my decease thence forward and forever. ITEM. 
 I Give and Bequeath unto my son Henry the use of all my planta- 
 tion whereon I now dwells (Except what privileges I have here- 
 inbefore reserved for the use of my sd. wife) until my two sons 
 (to wit) John & Joseph arrive to Twenty years of age and then 
 my son Henry shall Quietly & Peaceably Surrender the premises in 
 good repair unto his above named two Brothers in the manner 
 and tenor that I shall herein bequeath the same. ITEM. It is 
 my will and I do Order the same to be observed that my Son 
 Henry shall teach, or cause his afore named Brothers to be 
 taught to Read perfectly the old and new Testament & also to 
 write a Legal Hand with such Rules of Arithmetic that is neces- 
 sary for Common business And likewise his sd. two brothers shall 
 live along with him until they arrive to the age above sd. if they 
 can agree & and their guardians approve thereof except they 
 should choose to learn a trade, or that their Guardians should 
 judge it most advisable to dispose of their time another way. I 
 
48 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 likewise Constitute make & ordain my loveing wife Ephia Pawling 
 & my Son Henry Pawling to be my Sole Exects., of this my Last 
 Will & Testament giving them hereby full power & absolute au- 
 thority to Ask, Sue for, Levy & Recover all my Speeialtys, Dues, 
 Demands whatsoever in order to Enable them to pay & perform 
 the contents thereof. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my son 
 ""John all the land lying & being the west side of Perkyomy be- 
 longing to the plantation where on I now lives, butted in the 
 middle of the said Creek & bounded on the east end by the Several 
 courses thereof from line to line together with all the privileges, 
 improvements & appurtenances whatsoever to be freely held, En- 
 joyed & possessed from the time that he is twenty years of age, 
 by him his heirs & assigns forever, otherwise if it should happen 
 that my sd. son John dieth before he arrives to the age afd. & 
 Leave lawfull issue to Survive him, he she or they shall enjoy 
 the Land Bequeathed hereby to his, her or their father and 
 possess the same by him her or them their heirs and assigns for- 
 ever. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my youngest son Joseph 
 the other part of the Land & plantation whereon I now dwells 
 which lies on the East bank of Perkyomy butted in the middle of 
 the sd. creek Bounded West by the General Courses thereof with 
 all the Buildings, Edifices, Improvements & Appurtenances what- 
 soever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining to be freely 
 held Enjoyed & possessed by him, his heirs & assigns from the 
 time that he arrives to twenty years of age thence forward and 
 forever otherwise if it should happen that my Son Joseph dieth 
 before he arrives to the age afd. Leaving Lawful Issue to survive 
 him, he, she or they so surviving shall have the Land hereby Be- 
 queathed to their father & shall enjoy & possess the same by him, 
 her or them their heirs & assigns forever. I do also hereby En- 
 joyn on my son Joseph his heirs & assigns tr< grant & allow his 
 Mother the privileges herein before reserved that she shall have 
 free & full liberty to pass & repass in & about the premises to 
 her herein before Bequeathed in order to have the true enjoyment 
 thereof during her life as aforesaid. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath 
 unto my daughter Ellin One hundred pounds Current Lawful 
 money of Pensilvania to be paid her or her heirs by my son 
 Henry his heirs, Exects. Admnts. in manner as followeth (viz) 
 Fifty pounds of money as above sd. at or before the end of two 
 years next from the day of my decease and Also Fifty Pounds of 
 like money as afd. at or before the end of one year next from the 
 day of my wife's decease. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 49 
 
 daughter Hannah One Hundred Pounds Current Lawful Money of 
 Pensilvania to be paid to her or her heirs by my son Henry or 
 his heirs, Exects. Admnts. in manner as followeth (viz) Fifty 
 pounds of money as afd. at or before the end of three years next 
 from the day of my decease and also Fifty Pounds of like money 
 at or before the end of two years next from the day of my wife's 
 decease. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Deborah 
 One Hundred Pounds Current Lawful Money of Pensilvania to be 
 paid to her or her heirs by my son Henry or his heirs, Exects. 
 Admnt. in manner as followeth (viz) Fifty Pounds of money as 
 afd. at or before the end of four years next from the day of 
 my Decease & also fifty pounds of the like money at or before the 
 end of three years next from the day of my wife's decease. ITEM. 
 I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Rebeckah One Hundred 
 Pounds Current Lawful Money of Pensilvania to be paid her or 
 her heirs by my son Henry or his heirs, Exects. Admnts. in man- 
 ner as followeth (viz) Fifty pounds of money as afd. at or before 
 the end of six years next from the day of my Decease and also 
 Fifty pounds of the like money at or before the end of four 
 years next from the day of my wife's decease. I do likewise 
 nominate & appoint my loving Brother Henry Pawling and my 
 kind friend & neighbor Owen Evans of Limerick trustees hereof 
 as well as Guardians over my children giving them full power to 
 order, oblige and demand that this my Last Will and Testament 
 be duly observed, paid & performed by my Execrs. and all others 
 therein mentioned according to the purport, meaning, tenor and 
 true intent hereof and I do utterly disallow, revoke and disannul 
 all & Every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies & Exects. 
 by me in any ways before this time named, willed or Bequeathed 
 Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will &, 
 Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
 & seal the day and year first above written. 
 
 John Pawling, [Seal]. 
 
 Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & Declared by the sd. 
 John Pawling this to be his Last Will & Testament in the presence 
 of the subscribers Johannes Lisberne, Jacob Marcle, Robert Jones, 
 
 I the within named John Pawling on the fifth day of May within 
 mentioned being the day of the date thereof do Make and Pub- 
 lish this my Codicil to my Last Will & Testament in manner as 
 followeth (viz) Whereas I & Isaac Dubois late Deed, are Joynt 
 4 
 
50 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Purchasers in six hundred and twenty acres of land of Abraham 
 Dubois it being now undivided so that I cannot herein so dis- 
 tinctly dispose the same, yet my right therein I freely and fully 
 devise as followeth (viz) I Give & Bequeath my part thereof wch. 
 lies on the west side of Perkyomy unto my Son John Butted on the 
 East side in the middle of sd. creek bounded by the Several Courses 
 thereof from the line of my other land to the dividing line between 
 me & the sd. Isaac Dubois together with all the rights, privileges 
 and appurtenances thereof to him, his heirs & assigns from the 
 time that he arrives to Twenty years of age (with the same 
 provision that is Specified in my will for his issue) thence for- 
 ward and forever. ITEM. I Give & Bequeath my part of the 
 above sd. land which lies on the east side of Perkyomy unto my 
 Son Joseph Butted on the east side in the middle of the sd. 
 creek bounded by the Several Courses thereof from the line of my 
 other land to the dividing line between me & the said Isaac Dubois 
 together with all the rights, privileges & appurtenances thereof 
 to him, his heirs assigns from the time that he arrives to 
 Twenty Years of age (with the same provision that is Specified 
 in my will for his issue) thence forward and forever and I do 
 Desire that this present Codicil be made a part of my Last Will 
 & Testament to all intents & purposes. IN WITNESS whereof 
 1 have hereunto put my hand and seal the day of the date of the 
 within written will. Whereas there is a Burying place upon the 
 land that I have bequeathed unto my Son Joseph where divers of 
 my family & others are buried. It is my will that there shall 
 be a quarter of an acre laid out commodious thereto which I do 
 hereby Give & Bequeath for a burying ground from the time of 
 my Decease thence forward and forever. John Pawling, ( Seal ) . 
 Signed, sealed, published by the said John Pawling as a Codicil 
 to be Injoyned to his will in the presence of us Jacob Marcle, 
 Johannes Lisberne, Robert Jones. 
 
 Philada 
 
 June 5, 1733, Then personally appeared Jacob Marcle and 
 Robert Jones two of the witnesses to the within written will and 
 foregoing Codicil & on their solemn affirmation according to law 
 do declare they saw & heard John Pawling the Testator before 
 named sign seal publish & declare the same Will & Codicil to be 
 his Last Will & Testament & at the doing thereof he was of sound 
 mind & memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge. 
 
 Comm Peter Evans. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 51 
 
 BE IT REMEMBERED that on the fifth day of June, 1733, the 
 Last Will & Testament of John Pawling was proved in due form 
 of law & probated & Letters Testamentary were granted to Ephia 
 Pawling & Henry Pawling Exects. therein named having first 
 affirmed well & truly to administer the sd. Decdt's estate and 
 bring an inventory thereof into the Regstr. Genl's office at 
 Philada at or before the 5th day of July next & also to render an 
 account when thereunto lawfully required. Given under the seal 
 of the sd. office. 
 
 Petr. Evans, 
 Regtr. Genl. 
 
 Inventory of John Pawling from the original. 
 
 "This true and perfect Inventory made the Twenty-fourth Day 
 of May in the year of Our Lord 1733 (on the Estate both Real 
 & Personal of John Pawling late of Bebber Township in the County 
 of Philada, Deceased as the same was appraised by us the Subscrib- 
 ers thereof. • 
 
 Imprimis £. s. d 
 
 1 The Sd. Deceased wearing apparel & money, 30 00 
 
 to parcel of Books both for Divinity & Law, 02 00 
 
 to Bills Bonds & Cash notes, 90 00 
 
 to Book Accounts, 142 08 4 
 
 to the Sd. Deceased Riding horse Sadie, Bridle & Boots, 24 00 
 
 to A large Silver Baker & 3 Silver Spoons, 10 00 
 
 to pewter, 02 00 
 
 to :3 : feather Beds Boulsters & pillows, 15 00 
 
 to :4: Rugs & :2: Blankets, 05 00 
 
 to : 8 : pairs of Sheets, 05 00 
 
 to A palantine Servan man & woman, 10 00 
 
 to negro Kuph & his old wife, Mary, 30 00 
 
 to negro Jack A runaway, 25 00 
 
 to negro Boy named Cesar, 20 00 
 
 to negro Betty, 16 00 
 
 to negro Peggy, 10 00 
 
 to negro Rose, , 10 00 
 
 to Black walnut table, with several old chairs, 01 00 
 
 to : 1 : old Large Brass Kettle & Dtto Small, 03 00 
 
 to :3: Iron potts, 01 10 
 
 to :2: wollen wheels & :2: pairs of wollen Cards,. . . 00 12 
 
 to :40: th of wooll, 01 13 4 
 
 to : 2 : old flaxen wheels, 00 08 
 
 to :2 : Hatchels, 01 00 
 
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 £. 
 to 6 new Bags with a parcel of old Dtto, 00 
 
 to all the Cooperware in the Seller and elsewhere in 
 
 & about the premises, 02 
 
 to :2: Black Horses & :1 :Bay mare, 24 
 
 to : 1 : Bay Horse & : 1 : Bay mare, 12 
 
 to :2: mares & :2: Two year old colts, 12 
 
 to : 1 : Dunn Horse, 07 
 
 to 1 waggon & Gears thereunto belonging, 10 
 
 to 3 plows & : 1 : Harrow with their appurenses, 03 
 
 to all the Carpenter's tolls with Dibbrs sorts of Imple- 
 ments of Husbandry as Axes Hows Forks 
 
 Spades Shovels &c, 06 
 
 to 10: Cows & :5: calves with a three year old Bull,. 27 
 
 to : 6 : stears 3 years old, 12 
 
 to :7 : Two year old chatles, 07 
 
 to : 15 : yearlings, 07 
 
 to :25: Sheep & :10: Lambs, 10 
 
 to : 12 : Shoats, 03 
 
 to Adjudged : 240 Bushs of unmowed wheat, 30 
 
 to the Corn in the ground (viz) 40 acres of wheat & 
 
 :20 : acres of Rye, 25 00 
 
 to the plantation & mansion house with 400 acres of 
 land or there abouts Bounded Easterly as in 
 the Sd. Deceased's will expressed with all the 
 Buildings & Edifices thereon & thereunto be- 
 longing, : . 500 00 
 
 to the Remainder part of the Sd. plantation on the 
 west side of Parkyomony Bounded Easterly as 
 expressed in the Sd. will Reputed to be 500 
 acres of land (be the same more or less) with 
 
 all the Improvements thereon, 400 00 
 
 to the plantation on the Sd. Creek lately belonging to 
 Yost Heyt (the mill land excepted with all the 
 buildings edifices thereon & thereunto belonging, 500 00 
 to the Moiety of 50 acres of Land which formerly be- 
 longed to the Sd. Yost Heyt as also the Moiety 
 of a Grist Mill thereon with all other Buildings 
 
 & edifices thereon & thereunto belonging 200 00 
 
 £2238 09 
 Edward Harman, 
 Robt. Jones. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 53 
 
 Children of John Pawling, No. 3, and Aagje De Witt : 
 
 65. Henry, baptised, November 1, 1712, in Kingston; 
 married, Elinor . 
 
 66. Joseph, born, in Pennsylvania; married, Elizabeth 
 (Will made in 1797.) His age about 80 years. 
 
 67. John, born, August 27, 1722 ; married, Elizabeth - 
 DeHaven. 
 
 68. Ellen. 
 
 69. Hannah. 
 
 70. Deborah, married, Christopher Syckler, (Ziegler). 
 
 71. Rebecca, married, Abraham Van Hovean, (De- -» 
 Haven ) . 
 
 In Philadelphia there is a deed recorded in 1746, granted 
 by John Pawling and Elizabeth, his wife ; Joseph Pawling 
 and Elizabeth, his wife; Henry Pawling and Elinor, his 
 wife; Rebecca and Abraham Van Hovean; Deborah and 
 Christopher Syckler: all the heirs of John Pawling ex^ 
 cept Ellen and Hannah, and it is probable they died un- 
 married. 
 
 Children of John Pawling, No. 67, and Elizabeth De- 
 Haven : 
 
 72. Deborah, married, William Twaddell. 
 
 73. Ann, married, Jacob Pennypacker. 
 
 74. Rachel, married, George Reiff. 
 
 75. Rebecca, married, Lynch. 
 
 76. Hannah, married, John Heister. 
 
 His will is recorded at Norrisfown, Pa., made in 1789, 
 and reads as follows : 
 
 Be it remembered that I John Pawling of the township of 
 Skippack and Perkioming, in the County of Montgomery, in the 
 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman being sick and weak in 
 body, but of sound disposing mind and memory, and calling to mind 
 the mortality of my body do think fit this Twelfth day of October 
 in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty 
 Nine, to make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. The 
 which I do in the following manner and form, that is to say, In 
 
54 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 the first place. It is my will and I do order that all my just debts 
 and funeral expenses shall be duly paid and discharged out of my 
 estate by my executors hereinafter named. 
 
 Secondly. I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my be- 
 loved wife Elizabeth, and my son-in-law Jacob Pennibaker, John 
 Heister and William Twaddle, executors of this my last will and 
 Testament. 
 
 Thirdly. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth 
 two beds and all the furniture unto them belonging, she to have 
 her choice of all in the house. My clock and case and such other 
 furniture and household goods as she shall choose to furnish two 
 rooms complete, and such articles of kitchen furniture as she shall 
 have occasion for and choose to keep. A driving horse or mare and 
 two cows to be her choice out of my stock; also my negro woman 
 named Tun during the natural life of my said wife and then to 
 be set free. I also give to my said wife the free use of any 
 two rooms which she shall choose in my present dwelling house 
 one below stairs and one above and privilege sufficient for her use 
 in the cellar and sufficient keeping of her said stock, Summer 
 and Winter also stabling sufficient to be her choice of them, 
 also privilege of keeping a hog or two and six sheep if she shall 
 choose so to do. Half of the orchard and a sufficient garden and 
 firewood cut and hauled to the door during her natural life. I 
 also give unto my said wife the sum of thirty pounds in Gold or 
 Silver immediately after my decease, and the sum of sixty pounds 
 of like money yearly, and every year during the term of her 
 natural life, all which is to be in lieu and stead of her Dower. 
 
 Fourthly. It is my will and I do order that my negro boy 
 named George now near eleven year old be set free at the age of 
 twenty one years and my negro boy named Robin to be set free 
 at the age of twenty one years. 
 
 Fifthly. I give and devise all that tract of land whereon my 
 old dweling house stands as the land was surveyed and divided 
 from the tract I now live on by Henry Sweitzer, containing by 
 estimation Two Hundred and Fifty acres, be it more or less to 
 my Daughter Deborah during the term of her natural life, and 
 the remainder of the said piece of land, Her"ditaments and ap- 
 purtenances from and immediately after the death of my said 
 Daughter Deborah hereby give and devise the same to and amongst 
 all the children of my said Daughter Deborah equally amongst 
 them to hold to them, their heirs and assigns forever, 
 i Sixthly. I give and devise all that tract of land whereon I 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 55 
 
 now live as the same was divided and surveyed off from the 
 before mentioned tract by Henry Sweitzer containing by estima- 
 tion Two Hundred and Fifty acres, be it more or less to my 
 daughter Rachel Reiff, to the use of my said Daughter Rachel 
 during the term of her natural life and the remainder of the said 
 last mentioned piece of land hereditaments and appurtenances. 
 I hereby give and devise the same from and immediately after the 
 death of my said Daughter Rachel to and amongst all the children 
 of my said daughter Rachel equally amongst them to hold to 
 them, their heirs and assigns forever. 
 
 Seventhly. I give and devise all the Rents and profits arising 
 out of that my house and lot of ground lying and being in the 
 City of Philadelphia situate on the West side of Second Street 
 opposite the New Market, containing on said Street in Breadth 
 18 ft. and in depth 70 ft. bounded Eastward with Second street, 
 Southward with ground of Edward Shippen, Westward with a 
 certain four foot alley extending into Lombard St. and North- 
 ward with ground of Edward Shippen, to the use of my Daughter 
 Rebekah Lynch to be paid to her by my executors or the survivor 
 of them as the same shall arise from the same House and Lot 
 for her comfortable support during the term of her natural life 
 and in case my said Daughter Rebekah shall leave lawful issue 
 equally between them to hold to them their heirs and issue for- 
 ever. But in case the said Rebekah shall die leaving no lawful 
 issue, my will is and I do order and direct that the said house 
 and lot of ground shall revert to and become the estate of all my 
 other Daughters or their legal representatives to them their 
 heirs or assigns forever. 
 
 Eighthly. I give and bequeath unto my two grandchildren 
 Ameley Nathan Pennibecker and Elizabeth Pennibecker, children 
 of my second Daughter Ann, to each of them the sum of Twq 
 Hundred pounds in Gold and Silver money at its present value, 
 and all the Rest and Residue of my estate I give to be equally 
 divided between all the children of my daughter Hannah Heister 
 wife of John Heister. 
 
 Ninthly. And lastly I do utterly disallow, revoke, disannul, 
 all and every other former Wills, Testaments, Legacies and execu- 
 tors, by me in anywise heretofore named, made, willed or be- 
 queathed. Ratifying and conforming this and no other to be my 
 last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set 
 my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Signed, 
 Sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said John 
 
56 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Pawling in the presence of us the Subscribers for and his last 
 Will and Testament. 
 
 B. The words, (House and lot), on the second page were 
 mentioned before signed. 
 
 John Pawling, [Seal]. 
 Witnessed : 
 
 Israel Jacobs, 
 George Boyer, 
 
 WlLFORD LEAGNER. 
 
 A descendant of his daughter, Deborah, (No. 72), is 
 John Pawling Twaddell, shoe merchant on Market street, 
 Philadelphia, and of his daughter, Kachel, (No. 74), is 
 Major George G. Groff, of Bucknell University; and of 
 Hannah, (No. 76), is ex-Governor Guy, of State of Wash- 
 ington. Bachel Pawling, No. 74, married George Eeiff, 
 had six children, namely: 1. Elizabeth, married Jonas 
 Hauf ; 2. Hannah, married Jacob Horning; 3. Catherine, 
 married Jacob Groff, and had twelve children. Their son 
 John, married Susan Beaver, who was the father of Major 
 George G. Groff. He married Margaret Marshall, and 
 have five children — William Marshall, John Charles, Mar- 
 garet Beaver, James Andrews and Frances Lloyd. 4. 
 Jacob, married Hannah Boyer; 5. Deborah, married John 
 Beaver; 6. Nathan, married Mary Ann Baugh. 
 
 Children of Joseph Pawling, Sr., No. 66, and wife Eliz. 
 
 77. Eachel, married, Lewis Truckemiller. 
 
 78. Benjamin, born, December 27, 1751; died, October 
 9, 1800, aged 49 years; married, Eebecca Lane, born, Feb- 
 ruary 28, 1756; died, September 19, 1830, daughter of 
 Samuel and Eebecca Lane. 
 
 79. Joseph, (Jr.), born, August 28, 1753; died, October 
 23, 1840, aged 87 years; married, (1) Susannah Lukens, 
 September 29, 1783; married, (2) November 5, 1793, 
 Mary Shannon, born, March 20, 1766; died, March 8, 1839, 
 aged 73 years. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 57 
 
 80. Elizabeth, married, William Shannon, 
 v 81. Hannah, married, John DeHaven. 
 
 82. Ann, married, Jonathan Jones. 
 
 Joseph Pawling, Sr., fell heir to his father's estate on 
 the east side of Perkiomen creek, which was the old home- 
 stead of his father John, on which was the grist mill and 
 family burying ground provided for in his Will and also 
 his father's Will. There are two tombstones in this old 
 burial ground, still well preserved, one of his wife, Eliza- 
 beth, and one of his son Benjamin. I can not find a record 
 of Joseph's marriage, but I find in State Library, at Harris- 
 burg, in "New York marriages" the following: Pawling 
 Joseph and Judith Shields, married, April 23, 1761. He 
 may have been married twice. His will follows: 
 
 WILL OF JOSEPH PAWLING, SE., 17<J9. 
 
 Recorded in office, Register of Wills, ISTorristown, Pa. 
 
 In the Name of God. Amen. Amen. Be it known to whom 
 it may concern that Joseph Pawling, Sr., of Perkiomen and Skip- 
 pack township in County of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, 
 Yeoman, am ancient and advanced in years and weakly in body 
 but of sound mind and memory do this twelfth day of June, in the 
 year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Seven settle my 
 estate and worldly affairs by way of this my last Will and Testa- 
 ment in manner following: 
 
 Firstly. I order that all my just debts and funeral expenses, 
 shall be discharged by my hereinafter named executors. Item. 
 I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth of the two 
 rooms for her use on the East end of my dwelling house during 
 the term of her natural life, and also, to pass and repass, un- 
 hindered through the other part of said house, and also her bed 
 and stead and clothes that do belonging, and another bed and 
 stead above stairs, and bed clothes thereto belonging, and all the 
 pewter and brass kettle and iron pots and she is to have for 
 her use during her life time, three of my milk cows, such as she 
 chooseth. She is to have one of my negro wenches, which she 
 chooseth to be at her service during her life time. She is to 
 have my riding horse, her saddle and Bridle, her spinning wheels 
 for flax and cotton and one third part of the winter grain now 
 
58 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 in the ground or at time of my decease, is to be for her use, but 
 as she is to be at the cost of reaping, I give her two thirds of 
 crop now out, and she is to have two of my hogs at her choice, 
 and she is to have the use of my clock during her life, and I give 
 and bequeath to my Daughter Rachel now wife of Lewis Trucke- 
 miller fifty acres of land where said Truckemiller now liveth, part 
 of my dwelling place and plantation situate in Skippack township 
 aforesaid forming land of John Wireman, John Detwiler, Jacob 
 Markley and land lately by me conveyed to my son Benjamen 
 Pawling to be for a dwelling place of said Truckemiller, and 
 Rachel his wife, for and during the time of the natural life of said 
 Rachel and after the decease of said Rachel I give and devise and 
 bequeath the said fifty acres to the children and heirs of said 
 Rachel and their assigns forever. 
 
 Secondly. I give and bequeath as allowed unto my son Ben- 
 jamin Pawling out of the purchase for the Mill and Planta- 
 tion, I conveyed to him by deed the sum of Eight Hundred pounds, 
 which is to be in lieu for his part dividant and share out of my 
 estate and Item. Have also given and allowed my son Joseph 
 Pawling the sum of Eight Hundred pounds out of the land I con- 
 veyed to Zeigler and my son Benjamin, which also to be his part 
 and share out of my estate. And it is my further will and do 
 hereby order that my Dwelling place and plantation whereon I 
 now live shall be and remain the lands of my said wife for her 
 use and support during her natural life. If it should so happen 
 that she should out live me rent the same under the care of my 
 son Benjamin to see and look after that the place be not injured 
 neglected or timber destroyed, and be rented to the best advan- 
 tage for my said wife. If she should happen to be my widow 
 and after her decease of my said wife my said dwelling and plan- 
 tation is to be valued or appraised by five judicious men, free- 
 holders, and my son Benjamin is to have the first choice of it, 
 to take it at the valuation so made by said men so chosen by 
 all my said children, and if said Benjamin should decline to take 
 it at the appraisement so made, then another or any one of my 
 children may take it as he is or may be willing to take it at the 
 valuation so made and do hereby further order that after valua- 
 tion so made of my Real Estate and the monies so arising out of 
 such sale or valuation I give and bequeath five hundred pounds, 
 as part there of unto my Daughter Elizabeth now wife to William 
 Shannon and to her heirs, and five hundred pounds as part thereof 
 unto my daughter Hannah now wife to John DeHaven and to her 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 59 
 
 heirs, and five hundred thereof unto my daughter Ann, wife to 
 Jonathan Jones and each of them shall receive their part or equal 
 part of the yearly payments as the purchase becomes due out of 
 said place, and the remainder part of my Estate arising out of 
 the real and personal I give and bequeath unto my two grand- 
 sons, to Joseph eldest son of my son Benjamin and John Pawling 
 eldest son of my son Joseph Pawling to be equally divided between 
 them share and share alike and I do hereby nominate, constitute 
 and appoint my trusty sons Benj. and Joseph Pawling to be ex- 
 ecutors of this my last Will and Testament to feel, and fill, and 
 execute the same to all intents and purposes, and I do hereby fully 
 impower my same sons or the survivors of them, to make, and 
 execute a good deed or conveyance in fee simple as good 
 and available to all intents and purposes as could do 
 it personally present, and in case my son Benjamin should 
 take the place then impower and authorize my son Joseph 
 to make him a deed as aforesaid and I further order that my said 
 two grandsons are to divide my clothing and wearing apparel and 
 not sell them and I do further order hereby that the first pay- 
 ment of said premises is to be Three Hundred pounds down or 
 shortly after the sale and One Hundred and Fifty pounds yearly 
 and every year till the whole of said purchase money be paid and 
 discharged of which said payments said Elizabeth, Hannah and 
 Ann are each of them to have one third part as it becomes due, 
 and payable till they and each of them have received their Five 
 Hundred pounds as above said, and there is hereby reserved two 
 acres of land part of aforesaid premises for a family burying 
 ground to run from the lower end of said burying to a small 
 run of the Northeast bank thence along said bank up the run as 
 to take in two acres of land, as is some dead already buried there 
 and to for the family or as many of them as choose to bury their 
 dead there, which said two acres of land I give and devise to my 
 sons Benjamin and Joseph their heirs in trust never the less for 
 the use of a burying ground forever and I do hereby revoke all 
 former and other wills by me heretofore made. 
 
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal as 
 testator the day and year above said. The words "such as she 
 chooseth" interlined were down before signing of the above. 
 
 Joseph Pawling, Sr., [Seal]. 
 
60 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Signed, Sealed and the declared by the Testator as his last Will 
 and Testament in the presence of us. 
 
 Samuel Pennibecker, 
 Jacob Markley, 
 Henry Sweitzer, 
 
 Witnesses. 
 
 Benjamin Pawling, No. 78, was a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tionary War. He bought the old homestead and mill. He 
 died in 1800. His widow then went to her mother's home 
 with a large family. Two of the daughters dying in early 
 life. Children follow : 
 
 83. Elizabeth, born, February 1777; died, 1847; mar- 
 ried, Edward Vanderslice. 
 
 81. Joseph, born, 1779. 
 
 85. Sarah, married, Eeese. 
 
 86. Samuel Lane, born, 1785. 
 
 87. Rebecca, married, Millon. 
 
 88. Mary, married, Benjamin Davis. 
 
 89. Harriett, married, John S. Davis. 
 
 90. Elenor, died, unmarried. 
 
 91. Benjamin, born, 1793. 
 
 Joseph Pawling, No. 84, continued to live in Mont- 
 gomery County, as did his daughters, Rebecca Hooker, (no 
 children) ; Ursula Faulk and Mrs. Moyer. His three sons, 
 Benjamin, Curtis and Albert, removed to Wabash, Ind. 
 
 Samuel Lane, No. 86, and his brother, Benjamin Pawl- 
 ing, No. 91, lived in White Deer Valley, west of Allen- 
 wood, Union County, Pa. Benjamin, No. 91, was living in 
 Iowa in 1871, a very old man. 
 
 I will now go back to another son of Joseph Pawling, 
 Sr., Joseph, (Jr.,), No. 79. He removed to Snyder 
 Count} 7 , near Selinsgrove, Pa., about 1794, as the follow- 
 ing deed will show, recorded at Sunbury, Northumberland 
 County, August 10, 1799, Deed Book L., p. 15. 
 
 This Indenture made the 25 day of June in the year of our 
 Lord 1794, between Peter Househill of Penns Twp. in Co. of 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 61 
 
 Northumberland in State of Pa. Yeoman and Mary his wife, of 
 the one part, and Joseph Pawling of the Twp. in the Co. & State 
 aforesaid yoeman of the other part. Whereas the Honourable the 
 Late Proprietaries of the Province [now commonwealth] of Pa. 
 by letters Patent bearing date the twelvth day of March, 1771 for 
 the consideration therin expressed did grant & confirm unto Philip 
 Weiser, Frederick Weiser, Peter Weiser, Samuel Weiser, Benj. 
 Weiser, Henry Muhlenberg & Maria his wife, Anthony Fricker and 
 Margarett his wife their heirs and assigns "forever all that certain 
 tract of land called "Spring Tract" situate formerly in the Co. 
 of Berks now in Penns Twp. in Co. of North aforesaid, bounded 
 as follows: beginning at a marked white oak thence by land 
 of Martin Treaister north 21° E 74 perches to a white oak and N 
 4° E 571 & a half to a post thence by vacant land N 83° E 300 
 p to a post, N 7° W 40 p to a post, N 83° E 90 p to a chestnut, 
 
 5 59° E 8 p to a gum, S 7° E 143 p to a Spanish oak thence S 86° 
 
 6 30 minutes, W 500 p to the place of beginning containing 414 
 acres and an half & the usual allowance for roads &c as by said 
 Patent Recorded in the Rolls office the said late Province now com- 
 monwealth aforesaid in Book I Vol. 8 page 277 &c. reference being 
 there to had more fully and at large appears which said tract of 
 land by them & from thence through divers mesne conveyances pur- 
 chases & decents is now become & vested in him the said Peter 
 Househill & whereas by virtue of an order of survey dated the 
 29th day of Oct., 1766, No. 1730 there was surveyed unto a cer- 
 tain Simon Minich, a tract of land containing 281 acres & allow- 
 ances situate in the said Twp. who by deed dated the 18th day 
 of Oct., 1785, for the consideration therein expressed granted 
 a part of the same land unto John Aumiller, who by deed dated 
 the 19th day of July, 1790 for the consideration therein expressed 
 granted unto the said Peter Houshill party here to his heirs & 
 assigns forever 40 acres & an half of the same land bounded & 
 described as follows : beginning at a post set for a corner in a line 
 of late Jacob Hosterman land thence by same S 86° and an half 
 W 155 p to a post set for a corner in a line of land late Philip 
 Conrad Aumiller dec*d. thence by same N 3° E 43 p & one tenth 
 of a perch to a pine tree marked for a corner in a line of land 
 late Martin Teister's thence by the same N 86° and y 2 E 168 p & 
 % to a post in a line of the first above described land thence by 
 same S 18° & 45 minutes W 47 perches to a place of place of be- 
 gining, containing 140 acres & % as aforesaid as by the said deed 
 recorded in recording office for the Co. of North in Book 2, page 
 
62 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 89 &c, reference being thereto had at large appears. Now this 
 indenture witnesseth that the said Peter Houshill and Mary his 
 wife for and in consideration of the sum of 1600 pounds of lawfull 
 money of the commonwealth of Pa. to them in hand paid by the 
 said Joseph Pawling at and before the execution of the presents 
 the receipt & payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, have 
 granted bargained sold released enfeoff & confirmed and by these 
 presents do grant bargain sell release enfeoff & confirm unto the 
 said Joseph Pawling his heirs & assigns all those certain two 
 above described tracts of land containing as aforesaid be the same 
 more or less together also with all and singular the building 
 barns & stables gardens & orchards meadows improvements rights 
 liberties privileges hereditaments & appurtenances whatsoever to 
 the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and also all the 
 estate right title interest use possession property trust claim & 
 demand whatsoever of the said Peter Househill & Mary his wife 
 of in & to the said two tracts of land & of eveiy part thereof and 
 the reversions & remainders rents issues & profits thereof to have 
 and to hold the said described tracts & parcels of land containing 
 all together four hundred fifty five (455) acres & allowances six 
 per cent for roads &c. be the same more or less & premises with 
 the appurtenances hereby granted or intended so to be unto the 
 said Joseph Pawling his heirs & assigns to the only proper use 
 benefit & behoof of him the said Joseph P. his heirs & assigns 
 for the only proper use benefit and behoof of him the said Joseph 
 P., his heirs assigns forever. And the said P^ter Housil & Mary 
 his wife for themselves their heirs & executors administrators & 
 every of them by these presents do and each of them doth covenant 
 promise grant & agree to and with the said Joseph P. his heirs 
 executors administrators & assigns that they the said Peter 
 Househill & Mary his wife and their heirs the said described lands 
 with the appurtenances unto the said Joseph Pawling his heirs & 
 assigns against all manner of person & persons whatsoever law- 
 fully claiming or to claim the same or any part and parcel thereof 
 by through or under them the said Peter Housil and Mary his wife 
 and their heirs shall and will warrant and for ever defend by 
 these presents. In witness whereof the said parties to these 
 presents have here unto set their hands & seals the day & year 
 first above written. Peter Houshill (S),Mary X Housel (S). 
 Sealed and delivered in the presence of the said Peter only Adam 
 Bolender & Simon Snyder & by the said Mary Housel in the 
 presence of Jn Epler & Simon Snyder. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 63 
 
 Joseph Pawling, Jr., was married twice as you will see 
 at No. 79. He is buried beside his wife, Mary, at Row's 
 Church, Salem, Pa., a quarter of a mile from his home- 
 stead. The Rows were among the first settlers at this place, 
 and cleared the high land. I remember when about 60 acres 
 of this "spring tract" was in timber and full of ponds, and 
 alive with frogs. Salem then was known by no other name 
 than "Frogtown." This tract has now all been cleared and 
 the ponds have disappeared. As early as 1761 Henry Pawl- 
 ing had charge of 50 or 60 carpenters, masons and laborers 
 who went to Wyoming (Wilkesbarre) and there built 10 
 houses. They were short of provisions and called at Fort 
 Augustus, (now Sunbury), for supplies. (Pennsylvania 
 Archives). This may partly account for Joseph's remov- 
 ing to Northumberland county, now Snyder. 
 
 Will of Joseph Pawling recorded at Lewisburg, Pa., made 
 in 1839. 
 
 I Joseph Pawling of Penns Township, Union Co., and State 
 jof Pa. do publish and declare this to be my last will and testa- 
 ment hereby revoking any will or wills which may have been here- 
 tofore made by me, and firstly it is my will that my body be 
 decently intered and that after payment of my funeral expenses 
 &c, all my honest debts be paid and that then all my worldly 
 estate be disposed of as follows: Item 1. I give and bequeath 
 to my son Samuel Pawling one thousand dollars together with his 
 horse horned cattle &c. formerly advanced to him by me for his full 
 part and share of my estate. 
 
 Item 2. I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Pawling one 
 thousand dollars together with his horses horned cattle &c. form- 
 erly advanced to him by me as his full part and share of my es- 
 tate. 
 
 Item 3. I give and bequeath to my son Nathan Pawling the 
 plantation and tract of land on which I now live to be his part and 
 share of my estate. 
 
 Item 4. It is my will and desire that Samuel Pawling to be 
 herein after named as executor of this will and testament, shall 
 within one month after my decease make a deed to the said Nathan 
 Pawling for the tract of land bequeathed to him in Item 3, and I 
 hereby give him full power to make and execute the said deed. 
 
64 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 Item 5. It is my will that the sum of eight hundred and fifty 
 six dollars besides household goods which I formerly gave to my 
 daughter Elizabeth intermarried with Ezekiel Davis (which said 
 Elizabeth since deceased be considered her full share and part of 
 my estate. 
 
 Item 6. It is my will that the sum of eight hundred & fifty 
 six dollars together with household furniture which I formerly 
 gave to my daughter Maria Theresa intermarried with Samuel 
 Stetler be considered her full part and share of my estate. 
 
 Item 7. It is my will that the sum of eight hundred & fifty 
 six dollars besides house hold furniture which I formerly gave to 
 my daughter Hannah intermarried with Jacob Woodling be con- 
 sidered her full part and share of my estate. 
 
 Item 8. It is my will that the sum of eight hundred and fifty 
 'six dollars besides house hold furniture which I formerly gave to 
 my daughter Susanna intermarried with Christian Houtz be held 
 and considered to be her full part and share of my estate. 
 
 Item 9. And it is my will that my executors to be herein after 
 named shall retain in his hands out of my personal estate the sum 
 of two hundred dollars for the space of three years after my de- 
 cease and should my son John Pawling appear in person or by 
 authorized agent during the said period of three years then my 
 said executor shall pay to him the said sum of two hundred dollars 
 which together with the money formerly advanced by me to him 
 shall be his full share of my estate. But should the said John fail to 
 appear during the said space of the said three years then the said 
 sum of two hundred dollars is to be equally divided among my six 
 children, Samuel, Joseph, Nathan, Maria, Hanna and Susanna. 
 
 Item 10. The remainder of my estate real and personal shall 
 be equally divided among my six children, Samuel, Joseph, Nadian, 
 Maria, Hannah and Susanna, subject to such legacies as may be 
 herein after made. 
 
 Item 11. I give and bequeath to my son Nathan Pawling the 
 clock and stove which now stands in the front room of my dwell- 
 ing house. 
 
 Item 12. It is my will that my executor as soon as convenient 
 after my decease purchase out of my estate & cause to be erected 
 head and foot stones of marble at the graves of me & my deceased 
 wife. 
 
 Item 13. It is my will that my sons in law Samuel Settler, 
 Jacob Woodling and Christian Houtz shall be charged with the 
 interest which may accrue during my life upon certain bonds and 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 65 
 
 notes which I held against them for money lent to them by me 
 but that interest be charged thereon only from the day of my de- 
 cease. I hereby nominate and appoint my sons Samuel Pawling 
 and Nathan Pawling, executors of this my last will & testament 
 In testimony that the foregoing is my last will and testament I 
 have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the four- 
 teenth day of June, A. D., eighteen hundred and thirty nine. 
 
 Joseph Pawling, [Seal], 
 Witness : 
 
 Geo. A. Snyder, 
 
 Frederick Kinney. 
 
 Children of Joseph Pawling, No. 79, and (1) Susannah 
 Lukens, (2) Mary Shannon: 
 
 92 (First wife), John, removed to Kentucky. 
 
 93. (Second wife), Samuel, born, February 9, 1794; 
 died, November 23, 1874, aged 80 years ; married, January 
 24, 1815, Elizabeth Woodling, born, February 5, 1797; 
 died, October 9, 1883, aged 86 years. Both buried at 
 Salem, Pa. 
 
 94. Joseph, (3rd), born, September 23, 1797; died, 
 October 16, 1846, aged 49 years; married, February 14, 
 1826, Margarett Rebecca Ritzman, born, October 7, 1801; 
 died, December 20, 1860, aged 59 years. Both buried at 
 Salem. 
 
 95. Nathan, born, February 28, 1808, removed to Al- 
 toona, Knox County, 111., about 1850, and raised a family. 
 
 96. Elizabeth, married, Ezekiel Davis. 
 
 97. Maria Theresa, born, about 1800 ; died, July 4, 1861 ; 
 married, Samuel Stetler, removed to Bloomsburg, Pa. 
 
 98. Hannah, married, Jacob Woodling. 
 
 99. Susannah, married, Christian Houtz, removed to 
 Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 
 Children of Joseph, (3d), No. 94, and Margaret Rebecca 
 Ritzman : 
 
 100. Henry, born, October 26, 1826; died, November 
 13, 1826. 
 
 5 
 
66 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 101. William Frederick, born, November 5, 1827; died, 
 June 7, 1865, aged 37 years, buried at Salem; married, 
 Caroline Eow; died, March 20, 1865. 
 
 102. Samuel James, born, March 29, 1830; married, 
 Alice Guyer, living at Elkhart, Ind., and have two daugh- 
 ters, Lillian and Ocie. 
 
 103. Elizabeth Margaret, born, July 20, 1834, living at 
 Selinsgrove, Pa. ; married, Henry Schoch ; born, November 
 15, 1830 ; died, November 2, 1898. 
 
 104. Mary Ann, born, July 23, 1836; married, Joseph 
 Kline, removed to Chicago. They have five children — 
 Howard, Stella, Izora, John and Jackson. 
 
 105. Joseph Jackson, born, March 2, 1839; died in the 
 army at Yorktown, Va., July 10, 1863, aged 24, unmarried, 
 buried at Eow's Church, Salem, Pa. 
 
 106. Amy Catherine, born, April 28, 1842; died, April 
 4, 1844. 
 
 Joseph Pawling, (3rd), No. 94, had 10 children, one 
 daughter and two sons died infants. He lived on the 
 middle tract of his father's purchase at Salem. His son 
 William Frederick and his wife died in 1865, leaving chil- 
 dren as follows: (1) Lydia, (2) West, living at Middle- 
 burg, Pa.; (3) Anthony MacKenzie, born, May 10, 1857; 
 married, Lizzie Rabuck, born Oct. 23, 1859, and have four 
 children living, (Eva L., born, August 27, 1884; Emma L., 
 born, Septebmer 16, 1886; Ada V., born, January 12, 
 1891; Mamie E., born November 4, 1895), and six died 
 young. He is living at Greenbrier, Pa.; (4), Joseph; 
 (5), Thursby Buchanan, born, May 23, 1859; married, 
 Catherine Caroline Wolf, born, August 9, 1861, reside 
 at Hooper, Neb., and have children: Frederick Henry 
 William, born, December 28, 1883; Ida Margratha, 
 born December 20, 1885; Louisa Dorotha Maria, born, 
 November, 25, 1887; Wilhelmine Louisa, Catherina 
 Adeline, born, January 8, ] 890 ; Emma Elizabeth Carolina, 
 born, September 27, 1891 ; Lillie Theresa, born, Sep- 
 

 
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 tember 6, 1893; William Ludwig Frederick, born, May 
 26, 1896; (6) Adeline Elmira, born, October 16, 1861; 
 married, Charles Samuel Stauffer, born, June 15, 1852, 
 reside at Selinsgrove, and have children: William W. 
 Stauffer, born, August 22, 1880, married Edna Bergstres- 
 ser; Mary S. Stauffer, born, May 18, 1882, married, John 
 Frank Keller, born, September 21, 1872, and have one son, 
 Harry, born, August 10, 1903 ; Samuel Pawling Stauffer, 
 born, April 9, 1884; (7), James Jackson, born, March 4, 
 1865, married, Emma Minerva Eoush, born, March 30, 
 1864, and have one son, Charles Roush, born, November 
 25, 1895, reside at Freeburg, Pa. 
 
 The children of Elizabeth Margaret, No. 103, and Henry 
 Schoch, are (1) Lowvinga Izrah Schoch, born, September 
 11, 1855; died November 23, 1860; (2) Agnes Cecilia 
 Schoch, born, November 15, 1858 ; died, November 22, 
 1859; (3) Laura Catherine, born, July 18, 1862; mar- 
 ried Eev. J. C. S. Shindel and have children, Martha, 
 Margaret and Jacob ; (4) Cora Irena, born, January 1, 
 1865; married, Eev. Shultz; (5) Lillie Mary, born, July 
 3, 1867; (6) Edna Verdilia, born, July 26, 1869 ; married, 
 Eev. Traver. Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Schoch, living at 
 Selinsgrove, Pa., has her father's old bible, with the family 
 record. Mr. Allen F. Pawling, living at Lewisburg, Pa., 
 has Samuel Pawling's, (No. 93), old bible with the family 
 record. 
 
 Samuel Pawling, No. 93, married Elizabeth Woodling 
 and her birth record or "Daufshein" is in their old bible, 
 and states her mother's name was Susanna Hendricks, of 
 Montgomery County. The following is a copy of the Ger- 
 man "Daufshein:" "Johannas Wudling und siner ebe- 
 lichen hausfra Susana eine gebohrne Hendricks — Its eine 
 Tochter zur welt gebohren, den 5 tag Hornung im yahr 
 unser Herrn 1797. Tiese tochter ist gebohren im Domen- 
 sen townschip in Montgomery County im Staate Penn- 
 sylvanien in Nord- America ; und its getauft worden und 
 
68 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 erhielt den namen Elizabeth den tag im yahr unsers Herrn 
 von hrn helffenstein. Die tauf Zeugen warn Johannes 
 Kiein und sein weib Elizabeth. Geboren urn 3 uhr mor- 
 gens." 
 
 The following record was made by Samuel Pawling and 
 is contained in his old bible : 
 
 "My father-in-law John Woodling was born on the 16th 
 of June, 1769, and died on the 20th of February, 1859, 
 aged 83 years, 8 months and 4 days. His wife, Susanna, 
 was born on the 31st of January, 1776, and died on the 
 21st of September, 1860, aged 81 years 7 months. They 
 were married on the 22nd of December, 1795. My wife 
 Elizabeth Woodling was born on the 5th of February, 1797 
 his daughter Cate, was born on the 29th of August, 1798 
 his son, John, was born on the 16th of February, 1800 
 Polly was born on the 10th of April, 1802 ; Lid was born on 
 the 3rd of June, 1805 ; Jacob was born on the 17th of 
 February, 1807 ; Isaac was born on the 8th of June, 1809 ; 
 Abraham on the 1st of July, 1812 ; David was born on the 
 20th of February, 1815 ; George was born on the 20th of 
 March, 1818." 
 
 Copy of Will of Samuel Pawling made in 1873 : 
 
 In the Name of God. Amen. I Samuel Pawling of Penns 
 township, Snyder County and State of Penna., being in health of 
 body and of sound mind memory and understanding, Blessed be 
 God for the same but having mind at a considerable old age and 
 considering the uncertainty of the transitory life do make and 
 publish this my last will and testament in manner and form fol- 
 lowing to wit principally and first of all I command my im- 
 mortal soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body to the 
 earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner and as to 
 such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless us with 
 in this life. I give and dispose of the same in the following man- 
 ner, first it is my will and I do so order that all my just debts 
 and funeral expenses and also the funeral expenses of my wife 
 Elizabeth Pawling be duly paid out of my estate as soon as may be 
 after our deceases and that my hereinafter named executois shall 
 cause suitable tombstones of marble to be erected at my grave and 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 69 
 
 also at the grave of my wife Elizabeth Pawling after her decease 
 which shall also be paid out of my estate. 2nd. I give and be- 
 queath unto my dear and beloved wife Elizabeth Pawling all my 
 household and kitchen furniture such as beds and bedding, stoves 
 chairs lounge settees clock sink tubs &c, and in fact she shall have 
 all the household and kitchen furniture that is in the house be- 
 longing to me. She shall also have the desk said furniture my 
 wife shall have in use and occupy during her natural life and 
 after the death of my wife Elizabeth Pawling my household and 
 kitchen furniture shall be sold at public vendue. I also give and 
 bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth Pawling the interest on two 
 thousand dollars bank stock that I hold in the First National 
 Bank of Selins Grove during her natural life, I also give and be- 
 queath unto my wife Elizabeth Pawling the interest on two judg- 
 ment notes I hold against Isaac Woodling and sons William John 
 and Samuel amounting together to two thousand three hundred and 
 twenty six dollars and ninety four cents, the interest of the above 
 named notes and also the interest on dividends of the Bank stock 
 my hereinafter named executors shall collect and shall annually 
 pay over to my wife Elizabeth Pawling as long as she lives and 
 after the death of my wife my executors shall collect said notes 
 and Bank stock and the proceeds of the sale of my household 
 furniture held by my wife, and if there is any Interest money left 
 after the death of my wife that she has not used from the income 
 of the money I left stand for her then the said interest money 
 is to be added to to the Bank stock Woodling notes and the pro- 
 ceeds of my household furniture and the whole is to be equally 
 divided among all my hereinafter named children share and share 
 alike. I also give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Pawling 
 one cow the balance of her living is provided for her, and feed for 
 her cow in the article of agreement between myself and my son 
 Lewis E. Pawling at the sale of my farm refferanee thereto can be 
 had and I give to her the room in the house and that, that agree- 
 ment calls for or specifies. I have advanced money to all my 
 children and to one grand child for which I hold their receipts 
 respectively for so much of their shares of my estate. I also give 
 and bequeath unto Mary Ellen Gemberling only daughter of my 
 daughter Jane Elizabeth who has no money advanced one thousand 
 dollars which shall be paid to her within one year after my de- 
 cease the balance which will be coming to her from my estate she 
 shall not have until the last bonds I hold against my son Lewis 
 E. Pawling shall become due then she shall be made equal or even 
 
70 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 with the rest of my children if she so long lives or leaves a child 
 the balance of my estate not otherwise willed or devised shall be 
 equally divided among my hereinafter named children Levi Paw- 
 ling, John Pawling, Sam'l Benjamin Pawling, Charles W. Paw- 
 ling, Lewis E. Pawling, Mariah intermarried with David Schoch, 
 Susan intermarried with Jacob Hilbish, Rebecca intermarried with 
 James Biehl, Anjeline intermarried with Benjamin Ulrich, share 
 and share alike. But their receipts must be taken into the ac- 
 count when they make a dividend Allen Schoch only son of my 
 daughter Harriet shall be named equal with the rest of my chil- 
 dren, if in case the Woodling pay their notes my herein after 
 named executors shall keep that money at interest & pay the in- 
 terest over to my wife Elizabeth Pawling as long as she lives my 
 executors shall collect all money due to me and not otherwise de- 
 vised and pay it over to my children as soon as may be after 
 my decease or if my children can agree to divide the notes and 
 obligations I hold and not otherwise devised & each one collect 
 his own that would be the best way I think. If I do not sell the 
 lot I got of John Mull in my life time I direct my executors to 
 sell it and make a deed for the same, and lastly I nominate con- 
 stitute and appoint my beloved sons Levi Pawling and Lewis E. 
 Pawling to be my executors of this my last will and testament 
 hereby revoking all my other wills and declaring this and no other 
 to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have here- 
 unto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of July in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three. 
 
 Samuel Pawling, [Seal]. 
 Signed sealed and delivered by the testator to be his last will 
 & testament in presence of us Samuel F. Woodling, John Mull. 
 
 The following are the children of Samuel Pawling, No. 
 
 93, and Elizbeth Woodling, who lived all their lives on the 
 
 west end of their father's purchase at Salem, Pa. 
 
 107. (1) Harriet, born, December 31, 1815; died may 
 
 14, 1839, aged 24 years; married, January 23, 
 
 1838; David Schoch, born, August 27, 1812; 
 
 died, October 16, 1866, (son of Jacob 
 
 Schoch and Elizabeth Hendricks ; who was the 
 
 son of Mathias Schoch). They had one son, 
 
 Allen Schoch, born, March 27, 1839, married, 
 
 Catharine Hassinger, (daughter of Conrad 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 71 
 
 Hassinger and Lucy Ann Snyder). They had 
 three children : 
 
 (1) Lester Edgar Schoch, M. D., born, 
 
 April 15, 1864; married, December 
 16, 1896, Laura HefTner; born, Sep- 
 tember 8, 1867, (daughter of Chas. 
 Heffner and Hannah Good). They 
 have children, Andrew Eobertson 
 Schoch, born, September 3, 1900 ; 
 Katharyn Heffner Schoch, born, 
 December 11, 1902. 
 
 (2) Harriet Lucy Schoch, born November 
 
 25, 1866; married, James Albert 
 Downes. They have children, John 
 Schoch Downes, born, December 13, 
 1898; Salome Alberta Downes, born, 
 August 23, 1900. 
 
 (3) Annie May Schoch, born, December 8, 
 
 1868; died, August 25, 1870. 
 
 108. (2) Maria, born, December 4, 1817; died, November 
 
 2, 1870, aged 53 ; married, David Schoch, 
 born, August 27, 1812; died, October 16, 1866. 
 They had two sons : 
 
 (1) Sephares Schoch, born, May 27, 1841; 
 
 married, December 4, 1866, Mar- 
 garet E. Walter, born, July 14, 1845 ; 
 died, July 31, 1893 ; no issue. 
 
 (2) Jacob G. Schoch, born, November 12, 
 
 1857 ; died, January 5, 1861. 
 
 109. (3) Susanna, born, February 25, 1819; died, March 
 
 5, 1897, aged 78; married, October 22, 1839, 
 Jacob Hilbish. They had nine children: 
 
 (1) Agnes, married, Daniel Kleckner, re- 
 
 moved to Bellvue, Ohio. 
 
 (2) Ammon, married, Mary Ann Knaver, 
 
 removed to Benton, Ind. 
 
72 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 (3) Aaron, removed to Stephan, South 
 
 Dakota. 
 
 (4) Malinda, married, Geo. Hassenplug, 
 
 removed to Bellvue, Ohio. 
 
 (5) Charles, removed to Chalk Mount, 
 
 Kansas. 
 
 (6) Wilson, to Bellvue, Ohio. 
 
 (7) James, to Goshen, Ind. 
 
 (8) David, to Harvey, 111. 
 
 (9) Harriet, born, January 27, 1841, liv- 
 
 ing at Swengel, Pa., married, Nathan 
 Knauer, born, October 16, 1836, and 
 have eight children: 
 
 (1) Sarah B. Knauer, born, De- 
 
 cember 16, 1860, married, 
 Joseph Heter; reside at 
 Clyde, Ohio, with two chil- 
 dren, Mabel Harriet and 
 Willard. 
 
 (2) John W. Knauer, born, Oc- 
 
 tober 15, 1862; married, 
 Vergie Wolfert, reside at 
 Leetonia, Ohio, with one 
 child, Madge Isabel 
 Knauer, born, October 8, 
 1899. 
 
 (3) Margaret Laura Knauer, 
 
 born, December 17, 1864; 
 married, December 18, 
 1889, Charles Edwin 
 Spangler; born, July 4, 
 1866 ; have four cnildren, 
 Mertie Verzula Spangler, 
 born, May 29, 1890 ; Paul- 
 ine Harriet Spangler, 
 born, December 10, 1891; 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 73 
 
 George Marion Spangler, 
 born, January 8, 1893 ; 
 Franklin Maize Spangler, 
 born, February 24, 1901. 
 
 (4) Charles Arthur K n a u e r , 
 
 born, September 19, 1867, 
 lives at Alliance, Ohio, 
 with two children, Eugene 
 Wesley, and Norman. 
 
 (5) Susanna E. Knauer, born, 
 
 February 21, 1870,' lives at 
 Swengel, Pa., unmarried. 
 '6) George M. Knauer, born, May 
 11, 1872, resides at Tiffin, 
 Ohio, one son, Nathan, 
 born, October, 1902. 
 
 (7) Flora Anna Knauer, born, 
 
 August 6, 1875; married, 
 Miller E. Badger, reside 
 at Mifflinburg, Pa., with 
 children, Merian Harriet, 
 born, October 16, 1899, and 
 Geo. Marvin born, Feb- 
 ruary 18, 1900. 
 
 (8) William Clyde Knauer, born, 
 
 May 10, 1879. 
 110. (4) Levi, born, July 27, 1820; died, January 15, 
 1893, aged 72 ; married, Margaret Weaver, 
 born, March 17, 1831 ; died, January 16, 1880, 
 (daughter of Michael Henry Weaver and 
 Phebe Townsend). They had seven children: 
 
 (1) Margaret Sabella, born, March 6, 
 
 1848 ; died, March 31, 1850. 
 
 (2) Allen Franklin, born, May 1, 1850; 
 
 married, December 11, 1873, Anna 
 Catherine Meixel, born, April 1, 
 
74 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 1853; (daughter of Elam Meixel 
 and Hannah Biehl). They had two 
 children: Clement, born, September 
 13, 1874, and Florence Margaret, 
 born, March 16, 1876; died, October 
 1, 1894. 
 
 (3) Jefferson Samuel, born, December 13, 
 
 1854 ; married, March 7, 1895, Mary 
 Moyer, born, February 9, 1863, 
 (daughter of William Moyer and 
 Sarah C. Hilbish), have one child, 
 William Moyer Pawling, born, No- 
 vember 30, 1899. 
 
 (4) Malinda Jane, born, November 14, 
 
 1859; married, October 17, 1893, 
 Matthew Eobert Brown. 
 
 (5) Nora Elizabeth, born, October 27, 
 
 1861 ; died, March 18, 1863. 
 
 (6) Ida, born, February 13, 1864; died, 
 
 March 10, 1884. 
 
 (7) Annie, born, August 15, 1867; died, 
 
 July 20, 1887. 
 111. (5) John, born, October 21, 1822; died, September 
 9, 1900, aged 77 years; married, March 19, 
 1850, Barbara Ann Gemberling, born, March 
 31, 1831; died, March 5, 1875. They had 
 nine children : 
 
 (1) West William, born, March 6, 1851; 
 
 died, September 8, 1855. 
 
 (2) Sarah Elizabeth, born, September 22, 
 
 1852; married, January 15, 1880, 
 Jeremiah Aurand, born, January 23, 
 1852, (son of Elias Aurand and 
 Elizabeth Mitchel). They bave one 
 son Harry Pawling Aurand, born, 
 October 1, 1884. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 75 
 
 (3) Christopher Gemberling, born August 
 
 26, 1854, removed to Portland, 
 Oregon. 
 
 (4) Mary Louisa, born, September 19, 
 
 1856 ; married, February 3, 1880, B. 
 Frank Keiser, born, January 30, 
 1846, (son of Jacob Keiser and 
 Elizabeth Flick). They had four 
 children : James L. Keiser, born, 
 August 14, 1881 ; George 0. Keiser, 
 born, June 26, 1886; John Eoy 
 Keiser, born, May 9, 1889 ; Bertha 
 A. E. Keiser, born, June 5, 1896. 
 
 (5) Emma Francis, born, March 24, 1859; 
 
 married, September 21, 1886, Allen 
 S. Snyder, born, April 14, 1861. 
 Children: John E. Snyder, born, 
 April 1, 1890; William L. Snyder, 
 born, September 20, 1891. 
 
 (6) Catharine Jane, born, May 9, 1861; 
 
 married, F. Lynn Smith. 
 
 (7) Bertha Ann, born, August 22, 1863; 
 
 married, February 6, 1890, Eeuben 
 Daniel Moyer, born, February 28, 
 1863. 
 
 (8) Alice Eezetta, born, September 14, 
 
 1867; married, Henry A. Danowsky, 
 born, April 22, 1864. Children: 
 William Frederick Danowsky, born, 
 August 9, 1862; Lloyd Lewis Da- 
 nowsky, born, October 2, 1894; John 
 Pawling Danowsky, born, November 
 12, 1896; Edward Augustus Da- 
 nowsky, born, February 12, 1899; 
 Charles Christopher Danowsky, 
 
76 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 born, December 8, 1900; died, May 
 5, 1902. 
 (9) Malinda Kebecca, born, December 22, 
 1869 ; married, George Chester 
 Reedy, Children: Dessie May 
 Eeedy, born, August 23, 1891 ; Or- 
 pha Pawling Reedy, born, March 30, 
 1898; Naomi Pawling Reedy, born 
 March 30, 1898 ; Rachel Reedy, born, 
 September 15, 1901. 
 
 112. (6) Jane Elizabeth, born, June 15, 1825; died, Octo- 
 
 ber 1, 1856; married, February 11, 1845, (1) 
 Frederick Schoch; died, August 7, 1845, no 
 issue; married, October 23, 1849, (2) Lewis 
 Gemberling ; born, May 2, 1825. Children : 
 Mary Ellen Gemberling, born, April 11, 
 1853; died, May, 1905; married, Jan- 
 uary, 1874, Rev. W. W. Clouser, born, 
 June 25, 1842. Children: 
 
 Elsie Rozaltha Clouser, born, Novem- 
 ber 14, 1877; Minnie Abigail Clouser, 
 born, September 18, 1881 ; Augustine 
 Ignatius Clouser, born, August 20, 
 1883. 
 
 113. (7) Samuel Benjamin, born, September 14, 1828; 
 
 died, December 12, 1894, aged 66 years. 
 Married (1) Leah Hoffman, died, Febru- 
 ary 11, 1855; child, James Calvin, born, 
 November 8, 1853 ; died, May 29, 1855. 
 Married (2) Sarah Jane Marshall, born, 
 January 12, 1832; died, May 21, 1865, 
 children: 
 
 (1) James Marshall Pawling, born, 
 July 21, 1857; married, Feb- 
 ruary 7, 1884, Mary C. Lahr, 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 77 
 
 born, February 20, 1863, had 
 7 children : 
 
 (1) Edna Lahr, born, De- 
 
 cember 25, 1884. 
 
 (2) Clara Jane, born, Feb- 
 
 ruary 27, 1886. 
 
 (3) Mary Alverna, born, 
 
 May 4, 1887. 
 
 (4) Harold Marshall, born, 
 
 August 26, 1889. 
 
 (5) Foster Samuel, born, 
 
 July 8, 1891; died, 
 September 23, 1892. 
 
 (6) Paul Justin, born, Jan- 
 
 uary 6, 1894. 
 
 (7) Warren John, born, No- 
 
 vember 24, 1895. 
 
 (2) Elizabeth Jane, born, September 
 
 11, 1858 ; died, June 28, 1890 ; 
 married, March 13, 1890, 
 Charles F. Dennis; no issue. 
 
 (3) Samuel Albert, born February 3, 
 
 1860 ; died, April 28, 1875. 
 
 (4) Sarah Agnes, born, July 4, 1862 ; 
 
 died, May 27, 1865. 
 
 (5) John Curry, born, February 8, 
 
 1865 ; died, June 11, 1865. 
 Married (3) Hester Ann Long, born, Sep- 
 tember 9, 1826 ; died, July 7, 1905, chil- 
 dren : 
 
 (1) Harry Jackson Pawling, born, 
 
 February 25, 1867. 
 
 (2) West Clyde Pawling, born, Feb- 
 
 ruary 20, 1870; died, January 
 10, 1895; married, Ella Bohr; 
 child, Samuel H. 
 
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 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 114. (8) Eebecca, born, December 25, 1830 ; married, Jan- 
 uary 14, 1851, James Biehl, born, March 17, 
 1829, (son of Gideon Biehl and Margaret 
 Drebelbis ; had 3 children : 
 
 (1) Sadie B. Biehl, born, September 7, 
 
 1852; died, March 28, 1902; mar- 
 ried, January 30, 1873, Israel T. 
 Euhl, born, August 27, 1850; chil- 
 dren^, 
 
 .) Leona Biehl, born, March 22 J 
 
 1886. 
 
 (2) Hellen Biehl, born, May 30, 
 
 1889. 
 
 (2) Jefferson Pawling Biehl, born, Jan- 
 uary 29, 1857 ; married, December 
 12, 1884, Carrie Davenport, born, 
 December 19, 1864; children two:./ 
 
 (1) James Euhl, born, August 
 11, 1877; married, August 
 6, 1902, Jennie Ervin, 
 (daughter of Eob't Ervin 
 and Mary Fisher). 
 
 (2) Jennie Euhl, born, August 
 22, 1880 ; married, Decem- 
 ber 4, 1902, William Jacob 
 Erdley, (son of Geo. F. 
 Erdley and Eebecca 
 Mease). 
 
 (3) Gideon Theodore Biehl, born, Decem- 
 ber 22, 1862 ; married, January 29, 
 1885, Annie May Brown, born, De- 
 cember 8, 1863 ; had two children : 
 
 (1) Susan Eebecca Biehl, born, 
 October 17, 1886. 
 
 (2) Harry Biehl, born, August 
 26, 1893. 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 79 
 
 115. (9) Angeline, born, September 22, 1834; died, Jan- 
 uary 20, 1896, aged 61 years; married, No- 
 vember 25, 1856, Benjamin Ulrich, born, Au- 
 gust 28, 1827; died, December 28, 1898; chil- 
 dren: 
 
 (1) Eebecca Jane Ulrich, born, April 14, 
 
 1856; died May 20, 1893; married, 
 May 14, 1878, John Seiber; died, 
 September 14, 1903, aged 57 years, 
 children : 
 
 (1) Annie Seiber, born, 1880. 
 
 (2) Samuel Seiber, born, 1882. 
 
 (3) Artie Seiber, born, 1888. 
 
 (4) John Seiber, born, 1893. 
 
 (5) Eebecca Seiber, born, 1893; 
 
 died, November 18, 1894. 
 
 (2) Jerome Ulrich, born, June 22, 1860; 
 
 married, Sallie Erdley, born, August 
 4, 1869; children: 
 
 (1) Nettie Verdilla Ulrich, born, 
 
 September 4, 1889. 
 
 (2) Florence Margaret Ulrich, 
 
 born, December 8, 1901. 
 
 (3) Irvin Ulrich, born, November 13, 
 
 1862; died, February 18, 1891; mar- 
 ried, Nora V. Romig ; had one child : 
 Irvin Ulrich, born, July 2, 1891. 
 
 (4) Benjamin Ulrich, born, June 8, 1865; 
 
 died, January 21, 1903; married, 
 Kate L. Hershey, born, July 16, 
 1873 ; had one child : 
 
 Benjamin Hershey Ulrich, died, 
 May 25, 1902. 
 
 (5) Samuel James Ulrich, removed to 
 
 Lcwistown, Pa. 
 
80 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 (6) William Ulrich, born January 11, 
 1871; died, May 12, 1876. 
 
 116. (10) Charles Woodling, born, May 31, 1837; died, 
 
 May 16, 1881, aged 44 years; married Lydia 
 Long, born, October 22, 1837; died, May 28, 
 1898 ; children : 
 
 (1) Cora E. Pawling, born, November 12, 
 
 1859; died, March 10, 1881. 
 
 (2) Charles Woodling Pawling, born, Jan- 
 
 uary 7, 1861; died, July 21, 1885. 
 
 (This whole family is buried at 
 Allenwood, Pa.) 
 
 117. (11) Lewis Evans, born, December 10, 1839; mar- 
 
 ried, Amanda Diana Schoch, born, June 1, 
 1844, (daughter of Emmanuel Schoch and 
 Susanna Kline, who was the daughter of John 
 Kline and Magdalena Miller). They had six 
 children : 
 
 (1) Albert Schoch Pawling, born, Decem- 
 
 ber 16, 1863; married, December 29, 
 1887, Rachel Ann Gundy, born, Jan- 
 uary 6, 1866, (daughter of Samuel 
 Follmer Gundy and Susanna High, 
 who was the daughter of Isaac High 
 and Elizabeth Leiser) ; child, Harry 
 Gundy Pawling, born, November 12- 
 1888. 
 
 (2) Infant, died young. 
 
 (3) Samuel James Pawling, born, June 24, 
 
 1866 ; died November 19, 1900, aged 
 34 years; married, March 10, 1898, 
 Harriet Richter, born, August 26, 
 1871 ; no issue. 
 
 (4) Emanuel Edgar Pawling, born, Sep- 
 
 tember 6, 1870; married, April 20, 
 1896, Alice Lyon Mench (daughter 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 81 
 
 of Melancthon Mench and Jennie 
 Graff), they have two children: 
 
 (1) Lewis Evans Pawling, born, 
 
 October 30, 1901. 
 
 (2) Helen Pawling, born, De- 
 
 cember 14, 1904. 
 
 (5) Susan Alice Pawling, born, June 27, 
 
 1874. 
 
 (6) Delia Elizabeth Pawling, born, Octo- 
 
 ber 30, 1875; died, May 7, 1901, 
 aged 25; unmarried. 
 
 In making my conclusion, I do so, knowing I have not 
 made a complete record of the family in America, but 
 knowing the uncertainty of time, I thank God for the pres- 
 ent privilege to put in a readable form what I had desired 
 to know, when I was a boy. I desire here to note some 
 things I have found in my research that may help some one 
 in the future. I have not traced the descendants of Henry 
 Pawling, No. 65, but some trace of that family still exists. 
 
 The following clipping will show some other descendants, 
 and it is probable some of this Pawling tract extended over 
 the Schuylkill river as these are in Chester county: 
 
 MRS. I. HESTON TODD DEAD. 
 
 She Gave Land for Valley Forge Memorial Chapel. 
 
 Special Despatch to "The Press." 
 
 Norristown, Dec. 29, 1904. — Mrs, I. Heston Todd, of Port 
 Kennedy, died to-night, after a short illness, from pneumonia. 
 
 Mrs. Todd was a daughter of the late H. D. W. Pawling, of 
 King of Prussia. She is survived by her husband, two stepsons, 
 Charles and John Todd, her sister, Ellen, widow of George Schall, 
 and Miss May Pawling, and one brother, former Recorder of Deeds 
 George W. Pawling. 
 
 Mrs. Todd donated the land upon which the monument to Major 
 John Waterman was erected at Valley Forge, and she also gave 
 6 
 
82 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 the land for the new Washington memorial chapel, which the 
 Episcopal Church is erecting on the Valley Forge camp ground. 
 
 A Levi Pawling was a member of the Fifteenth Congress 
 from Pennsylvania, in 1817-19. And at West Chester, 
 Pa., I find Levi Pawling appointed assignee in 1828. 
 Some of the descendants of Samuel L., now living at Elims- 
 port and Watsontown, Pa., and Benjamin, No. 91, spell 
 their name Pauling, but you will notice in John's Will of 
 1733, it is Pawling and he likely wrote it as his father did. 
 
 The following branch I trace from Isaac Pawling, whose 
 father I do not know, born 1759, died May 27, 1822, mar- 
 ried Barbara Wampole, born 1759, died 1815, both are 
 buried at Hopeville M. E. Church four miles from Coates- 
 ville, Pa. He died intestate in 1822 of W. Marlboro Chester 
 County, Pa., record is at West Chester, Pa., and names 
 following children : 1. Nathan ; 2. Isaac ; 3. Abraham, mar- 
 ried Mary Hoskins; 4. Issachar; 5. Joseph; 6. Morgan; 7. 
 Elizabeth; 8. Mary; 9 Eebecca. Elizabeth Pawling, No. 
 7, married Abner Vobil, Jan. 18, 1798 and had children — 
 Euth, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mary, James and Levi. Elizabeth 
 the 3rd child married William K. Butler and had children 
 — Anna E., Emma, Kichard and Samuel. Anna E. But- 
 ler married Joseph C. Boyd, April 22, 1863, reside at Dan- 
 ville, Pa., and have children — D. Montgomery, and Emma 
 N., who married Dr. J. M. Gemmill, Oct. 28, 1886. 
 
 Mr. George Pawling and his son William, of West Phila- 
 delphia, are descendant from Issachar, No. 4. 
 
 Nathan Pawling, No. 1, married (1) Priscella Thomas, 
 had children 1. Mary; married Thomas Graham and had 
 children — John and Isaac, reside in Philadelphia; 2. 
 Elizabeth married Stephen Leanny, had children — Han- 
 nah, Mary, Anna, Isaac, John and Nathan C. ; 3. Hannah 
 married Daniel Stump; 4. Isaac Miles, born March 3, 
 1810, married Mary Ann Foreman, born March 23, 1821, 
 resided at Paoli, Pa. ; 5. Morgan, was first child of second 
 
Pawling Genealogy. 83 
 
 wife (Margaret Leanny), had children: Mary, Ann and 
 Mason ; 6. Nathan, born March 27, 1825, died March 22, 
 1890, married December 14, 1818, Mary Jane Jeffries, 
 had children (1) Clara Alvalet, born December 22, 1851, 
 died May 5, 1868, (2) Morgan Pawling, born October 16, 
 1862; married S. Annie Frock; reside at Paoli, Pa.; have 
 children, Clara Eva, Clarence (died), Grace Lydia and 
 Herbert Morgan. 
 
 The following is from Governor Pennypacker's Annals 
 of Phoenixville, p. 279. 
 
 PAWLING. 
 
 "This family, many of the branches of which are still 
 in the neighborhood, were very influential during the colo- 
 nial era and are probably descended from Henry Pawling, 
 to whom Penn granted 1,000 acres of land before leaving 
 England. They settled at a very early period in Provi- 
 dence Township, then Philadelphia County, now Montgom- 
 ery County. Isaac Pawling was a Warden of St. James' 
 Church, at Evansburg, Montgomery County, in 1721. 
 Henry Pawling, Si\, resided on the Wethervill farm, oppo- 
 site Valley Forge, in 1734, where he owned 500 acres and 
 at the same time his son owned 1,200 acres in Perkiomen 
 Township. The latter, in 1747, was elected captain of a 
 company of Associators. In 1761 he was appointed one of 
 the commissioners for improving the navigation of the 
 Schuylkill river, to which position, John Pawling was sub- 
 stituted in 1773. In 1761 Henry had charge of a company 
 of 50 or 60 carpenters, masons and laborers who went to 
 Wyoming and there built ten houses and prepared plant- 
 ing ground for the friendly Indians. One of this party was 
 killed and scalped by hostile Indians. Pawling was ab- 
 sent 22 days and received of compensation £16 10s. He 
 was for many years a Justice of the Peace of Philadelphia 
 County, and was elected to the Assembly in 1764-74. 
 
 Henry Pawling, Jr., was appointed one of the commis- 
 
84 Pawling Genealogy. 
 
 sioners for laying out the boundaries and locating the 
 county seat and public buildings of Montgomery County, 
 in 1784. Nathan Pawling was elected sheriff of Montgom- 
 ery County in 1795." 
 
 It pained me very much to learn of the slavery, but they 
 came from a section of country that was right in the heart 
 of it. But when I investigate, I find it existed much longer 
 in other sections. I have read a copy of the will of George 
 Washington, found in Astor Library in New York City, 
 made at Mt. Vernon, Va., the 9th day of July, 1790. Item 
 2, states, "Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and 
 desire that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall 
 receive their freedom." In the 3rd item he mentions, "33 
 negroes purchased on my account from my wife's brother, 
 (Bartholomew Dandridge, deceased), estate on the 1st day 
 of October, 1795, etc." At one place he gives a reason for 
 not freeing them till his wife's death. I am glad, that this 
 is blotted out. 
 
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