Tag Archives: New Jersey

Cpt. Samuel DeWees. Fife Player During American Revolutionary War & War of 1812. Extended Family. 52 Ancestors, Week 51, Musical.

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Musical. I have numerous musicians in my close family, and my great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy played piano and, after his retirement from teaching, worked in a piano store and a music store. Previously, I wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, American Revolution, Ancestry, Colonial America, Dewees, Dohrs, Doors, Drum, Eleanor Roosevelt, family history, Family Tree, Fife, Fife and Drum, Genealogy, German, Kasebier, Kennedy, Kuster, Losure, Lozier, Musical, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Samuel Dewees, Theodore Roosevelt, War of 1812, Wenrich, Womelsdorf | Leave a comment

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My Barton ancestors are on my paternal Armstrong/Lyons lines. Armstrong-Lyons-Barton. My third great-grandmother is Catherine Ann Barton. She was born on 11 November 1795 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Thomas Barton and Rebecca Ann Cooper. She died 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Religious | Tagged American Revolution, Ancestry, Armstrong, Barton, Benezet, Billingsley, Booz, Boyer, Brown, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Camden New Jersey, Christian, Colonial America, Eldridge, England, faith, family, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gerves, Gervise, Gloucester County New Jersey, Greer, Gunpowder hundred, History, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Joppa, LaRue, Lodge, Lyons, Maryland, New Jersey, Norris, Nutick, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pickett, Quaker, Rollo, Rollow, Searl, Severns, Society of Friends, Surname Saturday, Van Sant, Ward, Winner, Wright | Leave a comment

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tombstone, the following week is Symbol. I decided to write about the interesting gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. It is pictured above. The combination of the cross bones effigy with an hourglass flanked by doves … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Baker, Barton, Birds, Cemeteries, Christian, Christian Iconography, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New Jersey, Colonial New York, Cooper, Dove, Elizabeth New Jersey, Elizabethtown, faith, family history, Family Tree, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Genealogy, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Hatfield, Hourglass, Knigh, Lyon, Lyons, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Parsons, Puritan, Puritans, Skull and Crossbones, Symbol, symbolism, Symbols, Tombstone, Vines, Woodruff | 1 Comment

My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The above information is from the book The History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio; Their past and present by A. A. Graham and Ephraim S. Colborn and published in 1883. Directly below the biographical sketch for Abraham G. Kennedy … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Athens County Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus Ohio, Coopersmith, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, Franklin County Ohio, Genealogy, Ireland, Kennedy, Montgomery County Ohio, Music Dealer, New Jersey, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Piano, Price, School, School Principal, Schoolteacher, Vinton County Ohio | Leave a comment

52 Ancestors, Week 31: Help. How Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe Helped My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case).

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt word is help. I decided to write the story of how Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe helped and befriended my ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case). First a little biographical information about him: Johann … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anhausen, blue brother, Capner, Case, Delaware Tribe, Dvoor, faith, family history, Family Tree, Flemington, Genealogy, German, Germany, HCHS, Hunterdon County, Hunterdon County Historical Society, Jung, Kaes, Mine Brook, Neuwied, New Jersey, Rückeroth, Remer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ruckerroth, St. Magdalen di Pazzi Roman Catholic Church, the pipe of peace, Tuccaminjah Creek, Tuccamirgan, Tuccamirgan's Pipe, Union Hotel | 2 Comments

William G. Lyons, My 2nd Great Granduncle. 52 Ancestors, Week 27: Extended Family.

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Extended Family. We often focus on those people from whom we descend. But what about their siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins? They played a role in our ancestors’ lives, just like those … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Addis, Armstrong, Barton, Bucks County Pennsylvania, California, Chainman Mine, Cooper, Cowger's Ranch, Dutch, Ely, English, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, Gold, Gold Rush, Hamilton County Ohio, Jewett Adams, Kansas, Lukens, Lyons, Lyons County Nevada, McGill, Miami County Ohio, Mineral City, Mining, Monitor Mine, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Placer County California, Silver, Stinsman, Virginia City Nevada, Ward Nevada, White Pine | 6 Comments

The First Name Tacy. There are 35+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 47: The Name’s the Same.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt is “The Name’s the Same”. I had prior written about how my ancestor named Tacy was a very popular name in my tree. I decided to update and add to my original post and … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious, Theology | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen, Amy Adams, Anastacia, Babcock, Baptist, Barber, Betsy-Tacy series, Billy Gilman, Burdick, Cash Warren, Christian, Clark, Cole, Colonial America, Congregational Church, Connecticut, Cooper, Crandall, Crumb, Dare Me, Davis, Due or Die Trying, England, Eustacia, faith, family history, Family Names, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hall, Harry Chapin, History, Hubbard, Jeffrey, John Batterson Stetson, Kennedy, Kenyon, Larkin, Lewis, Lucille Ball, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Massachusetts, Maud Hart Lovelace, Maxson, New Jersey, Palmer, Preston, Price, Puritians, Rhode Island, Sale, Saretzki, Saunders, Schullin, Scriven, Seventh-Day Baptist, Stillman, Tace, Tacie, Tacy, Tasy, The Long Long Trailer, The Name's the Same, Virginia, Washington County Rhode Island, West Virginia, Williams, Yeomans | 5 Comments

My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors of Berlin, Germany and Related Lines.

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Update of 29 August 2025: I spent a significant amount of time painstakingly going through many additional German church records, and as well as records found in Colonial America in the 1700s. My sixth great-grandfather’s surname is listed many various … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Berlin, Bonnett, British America, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Christian, Clerk, Cole, De Clerk, Deyo, DNA, Doman, Dutch, Evangelical Reformed Lutheran, faith, family history, family stories, Family Tree, France, Freehold, Genealogy, Germany, Greatsinger, Gretzinger, Jerusalem Chapel, Klerk, Kritsinger, Letts, Litts, Litz, Lutheran, Monmouth County, Myers, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, Palmer, Parmer, Prindle, Rhodes, Sluiter, Sluyter, Spencer, Steiner, Strelmer, The Netherlands, Ulster County, Van Schuyven, Vanderbilt | 5 Comments

My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case) of Anhausen, Germany, and New Jersey, and his Interesting Relationship with Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe.

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Johann Philip Kaes was born about 1679 in Anhausen, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the son of Hans Henrich Kaes and Anna Veronica ____. He is found near Rückeroth at Anhausen in church records. Anhausen is 5 miles northeast of Neuwied. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy | Tagged Albert, Amwell, Ancestry, Anhausen, Baden-Wuttemberg, Bavaria, Capner, Chambers, Cool, Delaware Tribe, DNA, East Franconian, family history, Family Tree, Freese, Freeze, Fries, Friese, Friesland, Frisia, Fryse, Fryze, Geissler, Genealogy, Germany, Hoerner, Horner, Hunterdon County, Ireland, Jung, Kaes, Kase, Kuhl, Leinberg, Leinenberg, Linaberry, Linaburg, Lindaberrry, Linenberg, Mateer, Maxsain, McAteer, McTeer, Meteer, Native Americans, Neuwied, Neuwieder, New Jersey, Niklashausen, Northern Ireland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Price, Remer, research, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ruckerroth, Scotland, St. Magdalen di Pazzi Roman Catholic Church, Staats, Tuccamirgan, Werbach, Westerwald, Westerwaldkreis, Zurbach | 4 Comments

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

William Davis, My Welsh immigrant of 1684. The progenitor of many Davis families in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia was the ever-controversial Rev. William Davis of Glamorganshire [Glamorgan], Wales [research has shown that his father was William Davies of … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged ancestors, Ancestry, Baptist, Brisley, Burdick, Clarke, Cocke, Cooper, Crandall, Davies, Davis, Ellis, England, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hubbard, Kennedy, Keridge, Kerrich, Kerridge, Maxson, Murray, New Jersey, Ohio, Oxford, Pennsylvania, Quakers, research, Rhode Island, Seventh-Day Baptist, Tacy, Turner, Wales, Westerly, Yeomans | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: New Jersey

Cpt. Samuel DeWees. Fife Player During American Revolutionary War & War of 1812. Extended Family. 52 Ancestors, Week 51, Musical.

Surname Saturday. My Barton Ancestors of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

My Great-grandfather Abraham G. Kennedy, Well Respected and Lauded School Teacher and Principal. 52 Ancestors, Week 4: Education

52 Ancestors, Week 31: Help. How Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe Helped My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case).

William G. Lyons, My 2nd Great Granduncle. 52 Ancestors, Week 27: Extended Family.

The First Name Tacy. There are 35+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 47: The Name’s the Same.

My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors of Berlin, Germany and Related Lines.

My Ancestor Johann Philip Kaes (John Philip Case) of Anhausen, Germany, and New Jersey, and his Interesting Relationship with Chief Tuccamirgan of the Delaware Tribe.

My Davis, Maxson, Crandall, Burdick, and related lines, in Wales, England, and Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

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