I am descended from Peter Staub, who was born in Bavaria (possibly near the city of Ulm) on 12 May 1808. He married Eva Mary Swope (Schwab), probably in Germany. Although Peter has not been located yet on any passenger list, family lore has it that he was a cabinetmaker and built a cabinet with a false bottom in which to hide his gun when he emigrated. Family lore also is that Peter's father-in-law Peter Swope (Schwab) had wanted to migrate a year earlier, but that Peter Staub had resisted the idea. He changed his mind when he was arrested in the forest for cutting wood for fuel. Assuming the oral history is correct, Peter would have probably been at least 21 or so at the time he emigrated, making the earliest year 1829 and the early 1830's even more likely
We first find Peter Staub in Franklin County, Ohio in 1838 where on March 11 he appeared in court in the City of Columbus and took an oath declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States and renouncing all allegience to the King of Bavaria. His first two daughters were born in Ohio, Margaret about 1838 and Mary about 1839. He lieved in Ohio for several years and was a cabinetmaker.
In 1840, Peter Staub and his family left Ohio with Peter's mother (a widow), Peter Swope and his family, Conrad Sans and his wife, and Lawrence Forbeck and his family. They traveled by covered wagon from Dayton to Cincinnati to Louisville, Kentucky to Evansville, Indiana to Terre Haute, Indiana, settling in Clark County, Illinois a few miles south of Marshall. There he farmed, and had at least 6 more children. He died in Clark County, Illinois on 7 Mar 1893 and is buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
In these pages, you will learn more about the descendants of Peter Staub, as well as other Staub families I have come across. Or, you can even read a little about me.
Genealogy and Wikis
Recently I have been thinking about using a wiki in my genealogy. So far, I have not decided whether, or how, to use a wiki but you can see my thoughts on my Genealogy and Wikis page,
Famous relatives
Part of the fun of genealogy is discovering the links that connect you to a specific person you may know or know of - whether
from the history books, from yesterday's newspaper or from your neighborhood. Some of my "notable" relatives include
Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke, John Cooke and Richard Warren; Presidents George Bush (and, of course, "W"), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce; actor/director Orson Welles; and author Laura Ingalls Wilder (of Little House on the Prairie).
Other Surname Pages
After more than 30 years with this hobby, putting everything from my files on the Internet at once would be a huge undertaking (probably
impossible and certainly it would mean spending all my spare time creating web pages rather than doing more research).
Instead, I plan to add other surname pages one at a time, beginning with my mother's four grandparents' surnames (Hammond,
Massey, Spoor, and Coldren) in no particular order. I have started with the Coldren family because I found very little that had
been previously pulled together in one place; therefore, most of the research is a result of my own discoveries. I added the Spoor family genealogy, primarily because I am seeking to find the ancestry of Thomas D. Spoor. Recently, I added a site on Samuel Handley of Edgar County, Illinois and his descendants. That addition broke my pattern somewhat because it is not one of the four primary surnames (John B. Massey married first Ellen Handley and, on Ellen's death, her younger sister Emma C. Handley - my great-great-grandmother).
In many of my
family lines, someone else has previously done much of the work and my contribution has been relatively limited. I prefer to launch websites where I think that my contributions to the genealogy will be more than simply reporting the efforts of other researchers.
The list below includes some of my ancestral surnames. Only the surnames which listed as active links (in blue-underlined text
in most browsers) lead to additional web pages. However, all is not lost! If one of the other surnames interests you, please
visit my database on WorldConnect and see my information on that surname. Although the information on my WorldConnect pages is similarly constrained by my lack of time to enter all my information into my genealogy
database, it will generally be the most up-to-date information I have available.
Surname |
Earliest identified ancestor in America |
ALLERTON |
Sarah Allerton; b. circa 1590 at England?; m. John Vincent (b. circa 1590; d.
before 1611) circa 1608 at Leyden, Holland; d. 1633 at Sandwich,
Massachusetts. She arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623 on the Anne. |
ARMSTRONG (?) |
Lydia (possibly Armstrong); m. John Dawley |
ASHBY |
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BARSTOW |
George Barstow; b. circa 1614 at England; m. Susannah Marrett, daughter of
Thomas Marrett and Susanna _____; d. 1652. He arrived in Sep.1635 aboard the
Truelove from London. |
BAYER |
Philip Bayer; b. circa 1709 at Germany; m. Susanna _____ (b. ??; d. bef. 1806);
d. Apr 1781 at Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania. |
BLAKE |
Lydia Blake; b. say 1730; m. Nathaniel Sparhawk, son of Noah Sparhawk and Priscilla Brown (marr. publ. on 16 Jun 1753); d. 27 Sep 1766. |
BOLLES |
Joseph Bolles; bapt. 19 Feb 1608 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; m. Mary Howell, dau. of Morgan Howell; d. 1678. |
BOYER |
See BAYER. |
BOYNTON |
Betty or Betsey or Polly Boynton; b. 29 Aug 1761; m. Edmund Tarbell (1767-bef. 1854), son of James Tarbell and Esther Fletcher, Mar 1796; d. 10 Mar 1808 at Mt. Holly, Vermont, at age 46. |
CARVER |
Richard Carver; b. abt. 1577 in England; m.(1) Margaret Skurrie 24 Nov 1614 in England; m.(2) Elizabeth ____; m.(3) Grace Walker 07 Jul 1623 in England; d. between 1638 -1641. |
COLDREN |
Peter Coldren; b. 26 Jan 1804, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Lutz 12 Aug 1828; d. 24 Aug 1886; bur. Converse Cemetery, Richland Township, Grant County, Indiana. Peter and Elizabeth lived in Pennsylvania for some years then moved to Ohio for a short time before arriving in Jay County, Indiana in 1840. They moved to Grant County, Indiana, in 1864. One source states that "it is believed that Peter's father and uncle emigrated to America from Scotland." |
COOKE |
Francis Cooke of the Mayflower. |
DAWLEY |
John Dawley; b. abt 1654 in Lisburn, County Down, Ireland; m. Sarah _____; d. in Rhode Island. |
DYER |
William Dyer; b. abt 1610 in England; m. Joanna Chard abt. 1638 in Sheepscot, York County, Maine; d. abt. 1676-78 at Sheepscot. |
EATON |
John Eaton; b. say 1795; m. Elizabeth _____ (b. 1804, poss. in Bath Co., Kentucky); d. abt. 1844. He moved to Franklin (now Williamson) County, Illinois about 1830. |
FLETCHER |
Robert Fletcher; b. abt. 1592; d. 3 Apr 1677 at age 85, at Concord, Massachusetts. |
GATES |
Stephen Gates; b. abt/ 1600 in England; m. Anne Veare 5 May 1628 in England; d. 12 Oct 1662 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
GERMAN |
See JERMAN. |
HAMILTON |
Thomas Hamilton; b. 1754, poss. in London, England; M. Sarah Seymour; d. 1827 in Warren County, Ohio. He settled in Hardy County, Virginia, near Morefield. About 1809 he moved to Warren County, Ohio. |
HAMMOND |
Benjamin Hammond; b. 1621/22 in England, d. 27 Apr 1703 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He arrived in 1634 aboard the Griffin with his mother, Elizabeth (Penn[?]) Hammond, and his three sisters. He settled in Sandwich and married Mary Vincent, daughter of John and Hannah Vincent. |
HANDLEY |
Samuel Handley; b. abt. 1776 in Pennsylvania; m. Mary Ripple 04 Sep 1804 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; d. 1852 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. Samuel Handley was in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky by 1800 and left for Illinois around 1822. |
HANLEY |
See HANDLEY.
|
HARSHMAN |
Ulrich Harshman; d. before 10 Feb 1783. |
HATHAWAY |
Arthur Hathaway; b. abt. 1620-25 in England; m. Sarah Cooke, daughter of John Cooke of the Mayflower; d. 11 Dec 1711, in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony. |
HOWELL |
Morgan Howell; b. abt 1595; d. abt. 1679 at Cape Porpoise east of Saco, Maine. |
HURST |
"Mill Creek" John Hurst; b. abt. 1735 in Orange (later Shenandoah) County, Virginia; m.(1) Nancy Nunn abt. 1759; m.(2) Elizabeth Breedwell; d. 1817. |
JARMAN |
See JERMAN. |
JERMAN |
William Jerman; b. 1730 in Maryland; m. Magdalena _____; d. 1795 in Sussex County, Delaware. |
JONES |
Samuel Jones; m. Mary _____. His daughter was Mary Polly Jones; b. 28 Jan 1780, poss. in North Carolina; m. Samuel Loring 17 Mar 1799; d. 06 Nov 1843 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. |
KEYSER |
Charles Keyser; b. abt. 1707 in Germany; m. Elizabeth (?) Shelly; d. abt. 1777 in Virginia. |
LOKER |
Henry Loker; b. bef. 7 Feb 1576 at Bures St. Mary, England; m. Elizabeth French; d. abt. 1631 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. |
LORING |
Samuel Loring; b. 08 Dec 1773 in New Jersey (possibly of French ancestry); m. Mary Polly Jones 17 Mar 1799; d. 08 Feb 1855 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. In 1833, he platted the town of Palestine in Darke County, Ohio. |
LUTZ |
Elizabeth Lutz; 23 Jan 1808, Pennsylvania; m. Peter Coldren 12 Aug 1828; d. 28 Jul 1894; bur. Converse Cemetery, Richland Township, Grant County, Indiana. Peter and Elizabeth lived in Pennsylvania for some years then moved to Ohio for a short time before arriving in Jay County, Indiana in 1840. They moved to Grant County, Indiana, in 1864. |
MASSEY |
Green Fortner Massey; b. abt. 1821-1826 in Kentucky or Tennessee; m. Louisa Jane Eaton 30 Nov 1848 in Williamson County, Illinois; d. abt. 1864-1865. He was probably the son of Drury Massey, who was b. abt. 1790 in North Carolina and was living in Williamson County, Illinois in 1850. |
McKINNEY |
Celia McKinney; b. abt. 1793 in Virginia; m. Samuel Ellsberry Hurst abt. 1813; d. 07 Feb 1862; bur. Bluegrass Cem., Dolson Twp., Clark County, Illinois. |
NEWMAN |
Rev. Samuel Newman; b. at Banbury, County Oxford, England, 10 May 1602, the son of Richard Newman; m. at Banbury 25 Dec 1623, Sybil _____, who was born there 21 Nov 1604 and died at Rehoboth 2 Nov 1672; d. at Rehoboth 5 Jul 1663. Samuel graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, 17 Oct 1620. In 1625 he became rector of the church at Ecclesfield, West Riding, Yorkshire. He came to Dorchester in the Bay colony about 1636, and he was the first minister of the church at Weymouth from 30 Jan 1638/39 until 1643. He moved with many Weymouth families to Rehoboth and was ordained minister there in 1644. He compiled a concordance to the Bible. |
NUNN |
Nancy Nunn; m. "Mill Creek" John Hurst abt.1759; d. abt. 1786. |
PARKER |
William Parker; b. in England; m.(1) Mary Rawlins Apr 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; m.(2) Mary Turner 13 Nov 1651; d. 1684 in Scituate. |
PATTERSON |
William Patterson was "a native of Ireland and upon coming to America located in Pennsylvania where he spent his last days." His son William was born about 1799 near Pittsburgh and moved to Warren County, Ohio "when a lad of ten years." There he married Nancy Hamilton, daughter of Thomas Hamilton and Sarah Seymour on 16 Oct 1823. In the fall of 1833, they moved to Edgar County, Illinois. In 1844, they moved to Lake County, Indiana. He died in Lake County between 1870 and 1880. |
RANDALL |
William Randall; b. 1609 in England; m. Elizabeth Carver in 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; d. 13 Oct 1693 in Scituate. |
RAWLINS |
Thomas Rawlins; b. abt. 1593 in England; m.(1) Mary _____ before 1618; d. 15 Mar 1660 in Boston. |
RIPPLE |
Nicholas Ripple; b. Germany; d. before 16 Jun 1777 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. |
SMITH |
Amos Smith; b. about 1783 in Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Ashby c. 1805; d. abt. 1856, Grant County, Indiana. |
SPARHAWK |
Nathaniel Sparhawk; b. about 1598 in Dedham, Essex County, England; m.(1) Mary _____ who d. in Cambridge, Massachusetts 25 Jan 1643/4; m.(2) Katharine _____ who d. 5 Jul 1647; he d. 28 Jun 1647. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1638 (1636 according to Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1630-1877, (1877)). He was made freeman 23 May 1639 and a deacon of the church in Cambridge. From 1642-1647 he was a deputy to the General Court. At the time of his death, about a thousand acres were sold from the estate and there remained "a large quantity of land on the south side of the river (now Brighton district), a part of which still remains in possession of his descendants." Paige. |
SPOOR |
Nicholas Spoor. His son, Thomas D. Spoor, was born 06 Feb 1816 in New York. A daughter, Axie Ann Spoor, was born 26 Dec 1837 near Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Nicholas probably died in Indiana about 1849. His son, Thomas, lived in Starke County, Indiana from before 1850 until his death on 9 Apr 1873 at age 57. |
STOWERS |
Nicholas Stowers; b. 1591-1595 in England; m. Amy James 2 Nov 1632 at Lynn, Massachusetts; d. 2 Feb 1667/68 at Charlestown. |
TARBELL |
Thomas Tarbell; b. ___; m.(1) Mary ___ who d. 29 Apr 1674 in Groton; m.(2) Suzanna _____, widow of John Lawrence; d. 11 June 1768 in Charlestown, Massachusetts (of small pox). He settled in Watertown as early as 1647, was in Groton by 1663 and then to Charlestown. He was a soldier in King Phillip's War. |
VANCE |
Sarah Vance; b. 02 May 1807 in Germany; m.(1) Jacob Harshman in 1825 in Preble County, Ohio (listed as "Sally Wantz"); m.(2) Ephraim Bragg as his third wife; d. abt 1895. |
VINCENT |
John Vincent; b. about 1608 in England, d. ???? in Yarmouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. |
WARREN |
Richard Warren of the Mayflower. |
WILEY |
Thomas Wiley; b. 11 Apr 1811, Bourbon County, Kentucky (probably son of William Wiley); m. Eleanor Smith 06 Nov 1828; d. 23 Sep 1862; bur. Disciples Cemetery, Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana. He was a minister in the Disciples of Christ church.
Isabell Wiley; b. abt. 1810 in Kentucky; m. Thomas Jefferson Loring; d. age 90 in Starke County, Indiana. Her relationship, if any, to Thomas Wiley is unknown. |
Note: The information on this web site has been obtained from a variety
of sources,
including information from persons who did not identify their sources. Even where the
original source is cited, transcription errors are common. All information should always be
independently verified by the researcher, from primary source materials where possible.
Please feel free to suggest any changes, additions, or corrections.
Please send e-mail to:
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Other Web Pages
In addition to these genealogy pages, you may want to visit some other web pages I have made:
Hammond, Massey, Spoor and Coldren Families and more (including Handley and Loring)
This is the group of websites I created for my my maternal ancestral lines.
My Family Tree - David K. Staub
This is a version of my genealogy database on GenCircles, which allows you to discover "Smartmatches" with names in the datebase.
Illinios Business Attorney
I am a Chicago attorney and this is a site I created to post various articles I have written about Illinois legal topics (starting with my biography, of course ...). A recent addition is a copy of the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 in PDF format which I prepared from the text copy of the web site of the Illinois Legislature.
Harvard Law School Class of 1977
This is the site I created for my Harvard Law School graduating class. I have not been keeping it up to date but most of the links to classmates still appear to be valid.
Limited Liability Company Center
This is my best site. This site offers useful information about the advantages and disadvantages of an LLC, and compares LLCs to other entities such as corporations and partnerships. It provides state-by-state information on how to form an LLC, including filing addresses, filing fees and links to forms.
Or, visit my law firm's site at:
Staub Anderson Green LLC
A Chicago law firm serving business clients in the areas of corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, business organizations, real estate, tax, litigation and estate planning. You can even see David Staub!
And finally, here are a few other spots you can find me on the Internet:
Answering mergers & acquisitions questions at allexperts.com
My profile at experts.com where I answer questions on mergers and acquisitions.
Answering Illinois business law questions at lawguru.com
I answer general business law and tax questions here.
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