• By Jeffery Lee Goodlove
• jefferygoodlove@aol.com
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• Surnames associated with the name Goodlove have been spelled the following different ways; Cutliff, Cutloaf, Cutlofe, Cutloff, Cutlove, Cutlow, Godlib, Godlof, Godlop, Godlove, Goodfriend, Goodlove, Gotleb, Gotlib, Gotlibowicz, Gotlibs, Gotlieb, Gotlob, Gotlobe, Gotloeb, Gotthilf, Gottlieb, Gottliebova, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlow, Gutfrajnd, Gutleben, Gutlove
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• The Chronology of the Goodlove, Godlove, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlieb (Germany) etc., and Allied Families of Battaile, (France), Crawford (Scotland), Harrison (England), Jackson (Ireland), LeClere (France), Lefevre (France), McKinnon (Scotland), Plantagenets (England), Smith (England), Stephenson (England?), Vance (Ireland from Normandy), and Winch (England, traditionally Wales), including correspondence with -George Rogers Clarke, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.
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• The Goodlove/Godlove/Gottlieb families and their connection to the Cohenim/Surname project:
• New Address! http://www.familytreedna.com/public/goodlove/default.aspx
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• This project is now a daily blog at:
• http://thisdayingoodlovehistory.blogspot.com/
• Goodlove Family History Project Website:
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/o/Jeffery-Goodlove/
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• Books written about our unique DNA include:
• “Abraham’s Children, Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People” by Jon Entine.
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• “ DNA & Tradition, The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews” by Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman, 2004.
“Jacob’s Legacy, A Genetic View of Jewish History” by David B. Goldstein, 2008.
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• My thanks to Mr. Levin for his outstanding research and website that I use to help us understand the history of our ancestry. Go to http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/ for more information. “For more information about the Weekly Torah Portion or the History of Jewish Civilization go to the Temple Judah Website http://www.templejudah.org/ and open the Adult Education Tab "This Day...In Jewish History " is part of the study program for the Jewish History Study Group in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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A point of clarification. If anybody wants to get to the Torah site, they do not have to go thru Temple Judah. They can use http://DownhomeDavarTorah.blogspot.com and that will take them right to it.
The Goodlove Reunion 2011 will be held Sunday, June 12 at Horseshoe Falls Lodge at Pinicon Ridge Park, Central City, Iowa. This is the same lodge we used for the previous reunions. Contact Linda at pedersen37@mchsi.com
Birthdays on this date: Rebecca Ross, Matt Olmstead, Carlos X. Mendoza, Delores Knight, Charlotte Burnard, Linda M. Burgess, Martin J. Behel, Maria Bacon
Weddings on this date: Sina J. Banes and James S. Hannah, Stella M. Wheeler and Clifford C. Craig,
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In a message dated 4/4/2011 10:57:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, JPT@donationnet.net writes:
Islamists Making Inroads in Egypt's New Government
Dear Jeff,
Is the dream of democracy turning into a nightmare of radical Islam for the hopeful in Egypt? The vision seems remote especially now that religion has surfaced as a strong political contender for the minds of the people.
The initial protests were based on a call for a democratic Egypt. Young, schooled, idealistic men and women were the first to drive the demonstrations calling for democracy. Now the Muslim Brotherhood has emerged, with the blessing of President Barack Obama, as a partner in whatever government the military decides is best for the country.
Many in Egypt's political circles deny any direct participation by the Muslim Brotherhood. However, the organization, while dormant to the naked eye, has worked behind the scenes to position itself for an eventual takeover. If that happens, Egypt will not experience hoped-for democracy but will be added to the list of caliphate-ready Islamic nations.
It now appears that the Brotherhood has managed to join itself to the military that once maligned it and its leaders. Elijah Zarwan with the International Crisis Group says, "There is evidence the Brotherhood struck some kind of a deal with the military early on. It makes sense if you are the military—you want stability and people off the street. The Brotherhood is one address where you can go to get 100,000 people off the street."
The protest leaders are now greatly concerned about the direction in which Egypt seems to have been taken. On the one hand, Mubarak is gone; on the other, demonstrations and sit-ins have been outlawed in the country. There is little transparency regarding demands for democracy and an end to the corruption that gripped the country.
Television producer Amr Koura expressed the feelings of many: "We are all worried. The young people have no control of the revolution anymore. It was evident in the last few weeks when you saw a lot of bearded people taking charge. The youth are gone."
And it's not only the youth who are concerned; Coptic Christians in Egypt are very wary of what the future may hold for them. There have already been clashes in which they were targeted. If the Brotherhood or the ultraconservative Salafis rise to the surface, what does that portend for Christians in the country?
During the initial protests, the Brotherhood refrained from any involvement. It was only after the hard work had been done and Egyptians hungry for democracy had died that the Brotherhood began to make its presence known. Touted for its strength and superb structure, the organization now seems to have taken charge in many areas. According to Mr. Zarwan, they have "set their sights higher." A well-positioned member of the Brotherhood stood alongside the new prime minister, Essam Sharaf, when he spoke to the protesters gathered in Tahrir Square. A member of the organization now sits on the committee appointed to draft the new Constitution. It is also to the advantage of the Brotherhood that one of the proposed amendments calls for holding parliamentary elections prior to September. That gives a decided advantage to the two best organized groups: the Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak's National Democratic Party.
As has already been seen, the Brotherhood is not above fear tactics. Eligible voters were cautioned that if they failed to endorse the amendments, Egypt would be a country without religion. As one flier stated, "This means that the call to prayer will not be heard anymore like in the case of Switzerland; women will be banned from wearing the hijab like in the case of France. And there will be laws that allow men to get married to men and women to get married to women like in the case of America."
The tactic worked. When the vote was counted, 77.2 percent voted affirmatively. The Brotherhood leadership continues to contend that it has no proprietary interest in running the country. The Supreme Guide reiterates that the group does not intend to present a candidate for president and will run for only a little more than one-third of the seats in the Parliament. No one knows if the Brotherhood has inked some agreement with the ruling military.
A former dean of Zagazig law school, Nabil Ahmed Halmy, expressed his concern: "I worry about going too fast towards elections, that the parties are still weak. The only thing left right now is the Muslim Brotherhood. I do think that people are trying to take over the revolution." For many, the ascension of the once-banned group is troubling. The leaders of the democratic revolution see the need for better organization.
The coalition and others have said they see the overwhelming approval of the amendments and the rise of the Brotherhood as worrisome, and as evidence that more liberal forces need to organize for a more efficient disbursal of information—quickly.
The questions now become: Will the desire for democracy in Egypt turn into nothing more than a sectarian war between the different factions? It is too early to tell just how the game will play out? Who will check? Who will checkmate? There is only one certainty: Change can be a catalyst for either good or evil. It depends on who is directing the production from the wings—young Egyptians who desperately desire democracy, or the Muslim Brotherhood and its backers whose ultimate goal is to see all infidels in submission—or dead.
Dr. Michael Evans
In a message dated 4/4/2011 4:46:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, JPT@donationnet.net writes:
UN Vote Could Force Israel's Hand
Dear Jeff,
The pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians continues to grow as unrest sweeps across the Middle East. Israel's leaders are being told that if they do not make an acceptable offer, the UN will vote to recognize Palestine as a nation—including all of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Such a move would immediately place Israel in the category of illegally occupying the land of a UN member state which would be grounds for economic or even military action by the world body.
"We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September," Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, said. "It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action." Yet Israel's options are extremely limited. Because the Palestinians know that they are likely to receive UN support no matter what they do, they are preemptively rejecting out of hand any offer Israel is likely to make.
"We want to generate pressure on Israel to make it feel isolated and help it understand that there can be no talks without a stop to settlements," said Nabil Shaath, head of the foreign affairs department of Fatah, the main party of the Palestinian Authority. "Without that, our goal is membership in the United Nations General Assembly in September."
As Israel is surrounded by increasingly hostile neighbors, their vital security interests are at the forefront of their concern for the future. Yet Israel's territorial security concerns and borders issues are viewed by the Palestinians as unacceptable. Events are moving quickly toward a crisis point, and our prayers and support of the Chosen People are more important than ever.
Dr. Michael Evans
In a message dated 4/6/2011 8:07:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, newsletter@fvjn.org writes:
Elgin Holocaust Performance
The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission is proud to present a staged reading of a new drama in its Page To Stage series:
Broken Glass by Christopher Bibby
The story takes place in Berlin in 1938 in the days surrounding Kristallnacht. The longstanding friendship between Martin Hottl, a Catholic cobbler, and Jozef Pac'zynski, a Jewish shopkeeper, is put to the ultimate test in these dangerous times.
This reading is presented in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day and will take place on April 29 & 30, 2011, at 7:30 pm and May 1, 2011, at 1:00 pm at the Elgin Art Showcase, 8th Floor of the Professional Building, 164 Division Street, Elgin, Illinois. This event is free to the public.
Audiences will have an opportunity to speak to the playwright and actors at an informal reception after performances at Villa Verone, 13 Douglas Avenue, Elgin.
Passover Haggadah Story
As we prepare for the Passover holiday, consider taking a moment to read about a beautiful Haggadah that also served as a sign of the resistance of the Jewish spirit! “The Haggadah (which means ‘the telling’ in Hebrew) is an important element of the Jewish Passover holiday. Reading the book is a Jewish rite in order to learn how the Jews escaped to freedom from slavery in Egypt. Every Jewish household has a copy. Szyk’s edition draws parallels between repressive regimes of Nazi Germany and the ancient Egyptians. In his original artwork for the book, Szyk placed swastikas onto Egyptian figures but he was persuaded to remove them because of concerns that a religious text should not be tainted by racist images. The Haggadah features a story about four sons - one is wise, one is wicked, one is simple, and the last does not know to ask. Szyk’s wicked son is clearly Germanic complete with a little Hitler moustache. “
See the full story at: http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/illustrator-polish-jewish-haggadah/arthur-szyk.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-110314-m00-roosveltA-_-cta_button
This Day…
April 16, 69 A.D. : Otho, Roman Emperor, commits suicide ending his short-lived reign. Otho was the second of the four men to hold the position of Emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors. According to some, it was the instability that Otho and his compatriots brought to the Empire that led to Titus destroying the Temple instead of merely settling for the defeat and humiliation of the Jews of Judea.[1]
April 16, 73: According to some calculations this is the day that Masada fell to the Romans after several months of siege, ending this Jewish Revolt against Rome. Of course, this was not the final revolt. [2]
75-85 C.E.: Matthew. Most scholars now think Matthew was written after the destruction of Jerusalem. His gospel depicts Jesus in a Jewish, messianic context, and includes a full account of his life and ministry, from birth to Resurrection, including the parables, the Sermon on the Mount, the miracles and the sayings.[3]
April 16, 778: Birthdate of King Louis I or Louis the Pious France. Louis continued the favorable policies towards the Jews adopted by his father, Charlemagne. Although considered to be a weak ruler (who wouldn’t have been if had to follow Charlemagne) and quite pious, he protected his Jewish subjects from the clergy and the nobles. He continued to allow them settle in any part of his dominion and out of sympathy for his Jewish subjects, changed the Market Day from Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath) to Sunday.[4]
781 A.D.: During the eighth century the number of pilgrims to the Holy Land increased. Some even came freom England; of whom the most famous was Willibald, who died in 781 as Bishop Eichstadt in Bavaria. In his youth he had gone to Palestine, leaving Rome in 722 and only returning there, after many disagreeable adventures, in 729.[5]
782 A.D. Charlemagne conquers the Saxons of Northern Germany and after finding out they had been worshipping false gods, he ordered 4,500 tribal leaders to die by the headmans sword . The incident was known as the Bloody verdict of Verdunne.[6]
April 16, 1319: Birthdate of King John II of France. During the Hundred Years War, John was captured by the English and held for ransom. Desperate for funds, John’s son who was serving as Regent during his father’s imprisonment negotiated a deal with Manessier de Vesoul that would allow Jews to return to France in return for their financial support of the impoverished kingdom. Once John was ransomed, he gave into pressure and reneged on some of his son’s promises.[7]
April 16, 1587
On April l6th, 1587, Lauchlane and Neill, sons to Lauchlane McKynnoun of Strathardill are mentioned in the records of the Privy Council. [8]
1588
With the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (an attempt by the Spanish to reclaim England for Roman Catholicism), Protestantism took firm root in England for the first time. Though not sympathetic to the Puritan element in the Church of England (those who sought to “purify the Church of Roman Catholic tendencies), she sought to be tolerant of most of those who objected to her policies. Like her mother, Elizabeth was a devoted student of Scripture and gave encouragement to the distribution of the English Bible among her subjects.[9]
[10]
Pocahontas
April 1613
Pocahontas’s real name was Matoaka (Matowaka). The sole Algonkian root from which the name is derived is Metaw, “to play,” or “to amuse oneself.”
She was decoyed aboard an English ship in the Potomac and taken to Jamestown in 1612 where the English and Powqhatan met to agree on her ransom While among the whites she fell in love with John Rolfe, “an honest gentleman and of good behaviour.” In April 1613, they were married. Pocahontas became a Christian and was given the name “Lady Rebecca.” The marriage was a great advantage for the struggling colonists; Powhatan kept peace with them until death.[11]
April 1679
... in April, 1679, Major Lawrence Smith and Captain William Byrd were allowed to seat lands at the head of the Rappahannock and James Rivers.[12]
In 1679 the assembly granted a tract of land along the rappahannock 5 1/2 miles long and 4 miles wide, provided that he seated there fifty armed men and 200 others. He was made commander of the force and given legal jurisdiction.[13]
April 1684
In April, 1684, the Rappahannock Court recognized a headright claim by Jones (Cadwallader Jones) for the transportation of 24 men from England. Included in the list were Andrew1 Harrison and John Battaile. While this 1684 claim is the first record of either man in Virginia, it should be noted that both were freemen, with no headright restrictions or limitations. A lawsuit some years later revealed that Andrew1 Harrison had leased land in Virginia in 1683, and other records show that he served as a juryman shortly after this claim on him as a headright.[14]
After coming to the Rappahannock Valley, he (Andrew1) had settled on Golden Vale Creek in an area that, by the time of his death, became St. Mary's Parrish of Essex County. It subsequently became part of Caroline County, and today lies with Fort A.P. Hill.
Golden Vale Creek was named by the earliest settlers, and still carries the name today. It flows into the southern side of the Rappahannock River about two miles below Port Royal.[15]
As noted previously, neither Torrence nor JEH (James Edward Harrison) identified the family name of the wife of Andrew1 but identify her as Eleanor; Ray (Worth Ray) maintains she was Eleanor Elliot/Ellit; Hutton gives her name as Eleanor Ellitt, and Meynard identifies her as Elinor Long, without any comment as to the source of her information. All concur that Andrew1 and Eleanor Harrison had two sons, Lawrence2 and Andrew2, and two daughters, Elizabeth2 and Margaret2. [16]
The maiden name of Andrew1 Harrison's widow is . It has been noted by other descendants in this family that the name Eleanor does not appear in later generations. Eleanor was the last wife to Andrew1 Harrison. For some years, it has seemed doubtful that she was the mother of his children. Compiler believes the mother of the children was Andrew1 Harrison's first wife, Elizabeth (Palmer). [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718. [17]
April 16, 1746: An army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government defeated Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart at the Battle of Culloden. George Frideric composed “Judas Maccabaeus” a three act oratorio “as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.” The oratorio was based on the characters known to all who have celebrated the holiday of Chanukah.[18]
April 16, 1771: William Crawford holds first court in Bedford County. [19]
Bedford Gouty, formed on March 9, 1771, from the western
part of Cumberland County, extended to the western boundary of
the state including all the c6untry west of the Alleghany Mountains,
with the exact location of the western boundary still undetermined.
Two of the townships in the list formed by the Court of Quarter
Sessions of that county on April 16, 1771, were Pitt Township and
Springhill Township. The division line between them was a line
drawn due west by the mouth of Redstone Greek. North of that
line to the Kiskeminitas River was Pitt Township, and south of
that line to the southern limit of the state was Springhill Township,
embracing the whole of the present Greene County. Both townships
eastward embraced what are now parts of Westmoreland and Fayette
counties. The tax-rolls for Bedford County for the year 1772, (an
official copy made in 1774 being in the writer's possession), shows
that as taxable’s for 1772 Pitt Township had fifty-two landholders,
twenty tenants, and thirteen single freemen; and Springhill Town-
ship had three hundred and eight landholders, eighty-nine tenants,
and fifty-eight single freemen; indicating conclusively that the
great majority of the first settlers in this section had sat down in
the region south of Washington, Pa., coming most probably from
Virginia and Maryland.
The county seat of Bedford County was at Bedford about one
hundred miles east from Pittsburg, where its first court was held
on April 16, 1771, and George Wilson living near the mouth of
George's Greek in what is now southern Fayette County; Captain
William Crawford, living on the Youghiogheny opposite what is
now Connellsville; Thomas Gist, living at Mount Braddock, near
Union town; and Dorsey Pentecost, then living on his tract called
Greenaway" in the "Forks of the Yough," but in 1777, removing
to the East Branch of Chartiers Creek, were justices of the peace
and judges of the county courts. Virginia at this date had not yet
extended the jurisdiction of her courts over Western Pennsylvania.
But the officials of the Province of Pennsylvania, seeing the
extent to which her territory west of the Alleghanies was filling
up with settlers chiefly from Virginia and Maryland, and not being
unadvised, perhaps, of the future intention of Virginia to extend
her jurisdiction over the valleys of the Monongahela and Ohio,
having been in correspondence with the Virginia officials upon the
subject from 1754, now came to the conclusion to pay more atten-
tion to her own rights in these valleys, and on February 26, 1773,
an act was passed by the provincial assembly creating the County
of Westmoreland out of the western part of Bedford County, and
extending westward to the boundary line of the province, still
undetermined. This new county thus included all of Allegheny
County east of the Allegheny River and south of the Monon-
gahela; all of Beaver south of the Monongahela; all of Indiana and
that part of Armstrong east of the Allegheny; all of Washington
and Greene, and all of Fayette, making a county of magnificent
proportions.
The first county seat of Westmoreland County was at Hannas-
town, a hamlet about three miles northeast of Greensburg, to which
it was subsequently removed. The first justices and officers of its
courts were commissioned in the name of His Majesty George III.,
the commissions purporting to have been granted by "Richard
Penn, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle, Kent and
Sussex, on the Delaware."
Of the original townships of the new County of Westmoreland,
two were Pitt and Springhill, with limits somewhat if not wholly
the same as the limits of the townships of those names of Bedford
County. But, as these townships, in which were all the lands of
Pennsylvania west of the Monongahela River, were already so
well settled, it is not necessary to particularize here the persons
who took part in the business of .the courts of the county, either
as judges, officers, juries, attorneys, or suitors. Suffice it to state
that among the justices were, Capt. William Crawford, heretofore
mentioned; Arthur St. Clair, afterwards a major-general in the
American Revolution; Alexander McKee, of McKee's Rocks, after-
wards with Simon Girty a deserter to the British-Indians; George
Wilson, of George's Creek, now Fayette County; Robert
Hanna, of Hannastown; James Caveat of near Pittsburgh, and sub-
sequently Van Swearingen, the first Sheriff of Washington County,
and Andrew McFarland and Oliver Miller, both of the Mingo Creek
settlement, Washington County; and Henry Taylor, occupying lands
just northeast of Washington, the great-grandfather of Hon J. F.
Taylor, one of the present Judges of Washington County, was
indicted for assault and battery, doubtless arising out of disputes
concerning his boundary lines.
The townships of Westmoreland County any part of which lay
west of the Monongahela River were Pitt and Springhill, with
boundaries the same as those two townships of Bedford County
created two years before. As already indicated, the division line
between them was a line due west by the mouth of Redstone Creek
(Brownsville) to the western boundary of the state, thus passing
rather centrally through our present townships of East Bethlehem
West Bethlehem, Amwell, Morris, East Finley and West Finley,
Washington County townships bordering on the present Greene
County. All of Washington County north of that line, was in Pitt
Township, and all south of that line, as well as all of Greene
County, was in Springhill Township, Westmoreland County.
The territory of Westmoreland County out of which Wash-
ington County was afterwards erected, must have been very much
of a wilderness in 1773, although at that date settlers had seated
themselves in many parts of it; for, at the October Term, 1773, of
the Court of Quarter Sessions of that County, "upon the Petition i
of Divers Inhabitants of the township of Pitt" viewers were i
appointed to lay out "a Public Road leading from the South-West '
side of the Monongahela River opposite the town of Pittsburg, by |
Dr. Edward Hand's land on the Chartiers, to the Settlement up said |
creek supposed to be at or near the western Boundary of the
Province of Pennsylvania." There are reasons for believing that
the settlement here referred to was the settlement in the neighbor-
hood of the present Canonsburg, or on the East Branch of Chartiers.
At all events this was the first attempt to lay out by judicial
proceedings a public road in any part of what is now Washington
County. [20]
Fort Pitt, Virginia Sunday, April 16th, 1775 Left Mr. De Camp’s. Travelled over small hills, woods, and dirty roads to Bush Creek, called at a Mill where by acting the Irishman, got a feed. of Corn for our horses. . Crossed Turtle Creek. Dined at Myer’s Ordinary. After dinner got a man to conduct us to the place where General Braddock was defeated by the French and Indians the 9th July 1755. It is on the Banks of the Mon-in-ga-ha-ly River. Found great numbers of bones, both men and horses. The trees are injured, I suppose by the Artillery. It appears to me the front of our Army never extended more than 300 yards and the greatest slaughter seems to have been made within 400 yards of the River, where it is level and full of underwood. Farther from the River it is hilly and some, rocks where the enemy would still have the advantage of the ground.. We could not find one whole skull, all of them broke to pieces in the upper part, some of them had holes broken in them about an inch diameter, suppose it to be done with a Pipe tomahawk. I am told the wounded were all massacred by the Indians. . Got to Fort Pitt in the eveninig. Land very good, but thinly inhabited. Our landlord seems to be very uneasy to know where we come from.[21]
April 16, 1776
His Majesties Writ for Adjorning the County Court of Augusta from Staunton to Fort Dunmore being read, this 16th April, 1776:
Pres’ t John Campbell, Dorsey Penticost, Thos Smallman, Jno. Cannon,
Admon of the Est of Jeremiah Woods, dec’ d, granted to John Stevenson, who is married to the Widow, he hav’g Comp’d with the Law.
Ord that Benj. Kuykendal, James Sullivan, Rich’d McMahon, and Peter Barrakman, or any 3, app the Estate.
Ord that the Court be Adj’d until to Morrow Morning 9 o’Clock.[22]
April 16, 1776
Stephenson, Rich., will April 16, 1776
Dev.; Eliz., wife; Sarah, Mary, Effie, Bell daus.[23]
April 16, 1781
Winch, Charles, Framingham.Private, receipt dated Framingham, April 16, 1781, for bounties paid said Winch and James Manning by the town of Framingham to serve in the Continental Army during the war.[24]
April 16, 1782: The Pennsylvania Packet of April 16th (No. 872) and the Pennsylvania Gazette of the next day have this to say concerning the origin and object of this expedition to the “Muskingum :“
“In a late paper we gave an account that a woman and three children had been carried off by the savages from their habitation near Fort Pitt; and in our paper of the 9th[6th]inst. we mentioned an advantage being gained over those Indians. By a gentleman who arrived here [Philadelphia] on Saturday last [April 13th, 1782], from Washington county [Pennsylvania], we have the following particulars: That on the 17th UOth] of February last, the wife and three children of one Robert Wallace, an inhabitant on Raccoon creek (during his absence from home), were carried off by a party of Indians. Mr. Wallace, on his return home in the evening, finding his wife and children gone, his house broke up, the furniture destroyed, and his cattle shot and laying dead about the yard, immediately alarmed the neighbors, and a party was raised that night, who set out early the next morning; but unfortunately a snow fell, which prevented their following, and they were obliged to return. About this time [day unknown], a certain John Carpenter was taken prisoner from the waters of Buffalo creek in said county [Washington County], and another party had fired at a man, whom they mitsed, and he escaped from them. These different parties of Indians, striking the settlements so early in the season, greatly alarmed the people, and but too plainly evinced their [the Indians’] determination to harass the frontiers; and nothing could save them [the frontier people] but a quick and spirited exertion. They therefore came to a determination to extirpate the aggressors and, if possible, to recover the people that had been carried off.”[25]
April 16, 1782
1 The first published account of the progress of the expedition to the “Muskingum,” is to be found in the Pennsylvania Packet of April 16, 1782, and in the Pennsylvania Gazette of the next day. It is as follows:
“A number of men, properly provided, collected and rendezvoused on the Ohio, opposite the Mingo bottom [the Mingo bottom already spoken of as just below what is now Steubenville, Ohio], with a design to surprise the above towns [previously described as ‘Indian towns upon the Muskingum The weather was very cold and stormy, the [Ohio] river high, and no boats or canoes to transport themselves across. These difficulties discouraged some, but 160 [about 1001 determined to persevere, and they swam the river, in doing of which some of their horses perished with the severity of the cold. When they got over, officers were chosen, and they proceeded to the towns on the Muskingum [that is, to the branch of that stream now known as the Tuscarawas].”[26]
April 16, 1782
“The person above mentioned to have escaped from the enemy says, that he was taken by six Indians, two of which called themselves Moravians, and spoke good Dutch, and were the most severe and ill-natured to him. He was taken to the above towns, and from thence four of the above Indians set out with him for St. Duskie. The second day of their march, in the morning, he was sent out for the horses when he left them, and, being a good woodsman, came off clear and got to Fort Pitt. [This was Carpenter: see p. 243, note.j
“While at Muskingum the two Moravian Indians learnt him an Indian song, which they frequently made him sing, by way of insult, and afterward interpreted to him in obscene language; and he left them at Muskinguni where they staid, in order to go out with the next party against our settlements.
“Our informant further says, that last Thursday two weeks, upwards of
300 men, properly equipped on horseback, set out for St. Duskie. it is hoped
they will succeed in their expedition, and hereby secure themselves from the
future encroaches of the savages.”— Pennsylvania Packet, April 16, 1782 (No.872).
It has been mentioned that Captain (?) John Carpenter” was captured by the savages previous to them being called out by Marshel “to gate Muskingum” (ante, p. 239, note 4). He afterwards escaped from his captor & Carpenter’s report as published in the Pennsylvania Pocket of April 16th, 1782, was as follows:
“The person above mentioned [John Carpenter] to have escaped from the enemy says that he was taken by six Indians, two of which called themselves ‘Moravians,’ and spoke good Duteh [German] and were the most severe and ill-natured to him. He was taken to the above towns [previously mentioned as ‘Indian towns upon the Muskingum’] and from thence four of the above Indians ‘[who had captured Carpenter] set out with him for St. Duskie [San-dusky]. The second day of their march, in the morning, he was sent out for the horses, when he left them, and being a good woodsman came off clear, and got to Fort Pitt [reaching the settlements before the militia started for the “Muskingum”]
“While at Muskingum, the two Moravian Indians learnt [taught] him an Indian song, which they frequently made him sing, by way of insult, and afterward interpreted to him in obscene language; and he [Carpenter] left them -[the two Moravian Indians] at Muskingum, where they stayed in order to go out with the next party against our settlements.”
The following contains additional particulars of Carpenter’s escape:
“A man of the name of John Carpenter was taken early in the month of March, in the neighborhood of this place [Wellsburgh, Brooke county, West Virginia]. There had been several warm days, but the night preceding his capture there was a heavy fall of snow. Hit two horses which they [the savages] took with him, nearly perished in swimming the Ohio. The Indians as well as himself, suffered severely with the cold before they reached the Moravian towns on the Muskiugum [that is, the branch now known as the Tuscarawas]. In the morning after the first [2d] day’s journey beyond the Xoravian towns, the Indians sent out Carpenter to bring in the horses which had been turned out in the evening, after being hobbled. The horses had made a circuit and fallen into the trail by which they came the preceding day, and were making their way homeward. When he overtook the horses and had taken off their fetters, as he said, he had to make a most awful decision. He ‘had a chance and barely a chance, to make his escape, with a certainty of death should he attempt it without success; on the other hand the horrible prospect of being tortured to death by fire, presented itself, as he was the first prisoner taken that spring; of course, the general custom of the Indians of burning the first prisoner every spring, doomed him to the flames. After spending a few minutes in making his decision, he resolved on attempting an escape, and effected it by way of Forts Laurens, McIntosh, and [Fort Pitt] Pittsburgh. If I recollect rightly, he brought both his borses home with him. I’his ‘happened in the year 1782.”— Doddridge’s Notes (new ad.), pp. 263, 26$. Compare, in this connection, the Cincinnati Commercial, May 24, 1873, as to Carpenter’s capture and escape. This was the same Carpenter previously mentioned (ante, p. 197, note) as a new state justice of the peace.[27]
April 16, 1799: Napoleon defeated the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Mount Tabor and drove them across the Jordan River. This the same Mount Tabor that was the staging area for the armies of Deborah and Barak, as they faced the assembly of Canaanites and their chariots arrayed below them on the plain to the west. It is also the same Mount Tabor where the Midianite kings killed the brothers of the Judge named Gideon. Both episodes are described in the Book of Judges. [28]
Sat. April 16, 1864
Light frost in camp all day
Nothing of importance transpired
All quiet got a darkie cook[29]
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• April 16, 1871: In 1869 Germany (Prussia), all restrictions against Jews were lifted. After the war of 1866 Prussia increased its territory to include Hanover, Hesse-Kassel Saxony, and other territory that became part of the North German Confederation. Under the initiative of the Liberal party, full rights were extended to Jews including serving in public positions. By April 16, 1871 it became Imperial Law and was extended to the entire empire. Although later reaction revoked most of this freedom, the discrimination never returned to the level existing in the "Middle Ages" - until the rise of Hitler. [30]
April 16, 1914
Comrades Willis Butters, Erastus Smith, P.G. Cook, W. H. Goodlove and A. E. Fuller attended the funeral of Peter Wolverton, and old soldier, at Waubeek Tuesday afternoon.[31]
• April 16, 1944: In Hungary, the concentration of Jews of the Transcarpathian Ukraine begins.[32]
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April 16, 2008: Methodist President, George W. Bush hosts a birthday party for Pope Benedict on the White House Lawn. Proof of how far the relationship of the White House and the Vatican has come.[33]
2009
The Swine Flu begins.
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[1] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[2] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[3] U.S. News and World Report, Secrets of Christianity, page 36.
[4] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[5] The First Crusade by Steven Runciman, page 24.
[6] The Dark Ages, HISTI, 3/4/2007
[7] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[8] M E M O I R S OF C LAN F I N G O N BY REV. DONALD D. MACKINNON, M.A. Circa 1888
[9] Trial by Fire, by Harold Rawlings, page 89.
[10] The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians by James D. Horan page 325.
[11] The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians by James D. Horan page 324.
[12] .” H. H. Hardesty’s Historical and Genealogical Encyclopedia, Virginia Edition, p. 357.
Torrence and Allied Families, Robert M. Torrence pg. 299
[13] Jeff Goodlove, Familytreemaker
[14] . [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online
[15] [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online
[16] [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online
[17] (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 27.] A Chronological Listing of Events In the Lives of Andrew Harrison, Sr. of Essex County, Virginia, Andrew Harrison, Jr. of Essex and Orange Counties, Virginia, Lawrence Harrison, Sr. of Virginia and Pennsylvania Compiled from Secondary Sources Covering the time period of 1640 through 1772 by Daniel Robert Harrison, Milford, Ohio, November, 1998.
[18] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[19] The Brothers Crawford, Allen W. Scholl, 1995
[20] The County Court of West Augusta
[21] The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777 pg. 64-65
[22] VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, Records of the District of \Vest Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775-1780 By BOYD CRUMRINE Consolidated Edition With an Index by INEZ WALDENMAIER Baltimore GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING Co., INC. 1981 pg. 560.
[23] . VA. Estate Settlements, Library of Congress #76-53168, International Std. Book #8063-0755-2 (Rosella Ward Wegner)89 0op[;
[24] Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.
[25] Washington-Irvine Correspondence, by Butterfield 1882
[26] Washington-Irvine Correspondence by Butterfield, page 239.
[27] Washington-Irving Correspondence by Butterfield, 1882.
[28] This Day in Jewish History
[29] William Harrison Goodlove Civil War Diary by Jeff Goodlove
[30] http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com
[31] Winton Goodlove papers.
[32] Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1778.
[33] Secret Access: The Vatican, 12/22/2010
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