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     Jane Madison was born on 11 February 1728 at Virginia, USA.¹
Jane Madison died on 24 October 1767 at age 39.¹

     Ann Madison was born on 31 July 1733 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Sarah Madison was born on 28 February 1735 at Virginia, USA.¹ She married Thomas Laughlin on 27 November 1755 at Virginia, USA.¹

Sarah Madison died on 31 October 1801 at age 66.¹

     Thomas Laughlin was born at England.¹ He married Sarah Madison, daughter of Thomas Madison and Johannah Buckner, on 27 November 1755 at Virginia, USA.¹

Thomas Laughlin died on 13 December 1801.¹

     Mary Madison was born on 15 May 1738 at Virginia, USA.¹

     George Madison was born on 7 October 1740 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Roger Madison was born on 15 April 1744 at Virginia, USA.¹
Roger Madison died on 12 September 1768 at age 24.¹

     Elizabeth Madison was born on 30 May 1747 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Capt. Thomas Todd was born at Denton, co. Durham, England.² He married Anna Gorsuch, daughter of Rev. John Gorsuch and Anne Lovelace, at Walkern, Hertfordshire, England,
;
Her 1st husband.^1,3,2
Capt. Thomas Todd died in 1676; per Todd [1920:11]: "died at sea."^1,2
     Reference: Genealogics cites: Ahnentafel Ellin Travers Mackay, 2006, Cunniff, Dennis. nr. 940.²

; per Todd [1920:11]: "a ship master."¹

; Per Geni.com: "Biological daughter of John Minor and Elizabeth Taylor
     Adopted daughter of Captain Thomas Todd, I, of Toddsbury and Anne Todd"
Per Archives.com, Mary was the dau. of John Minor and Elizabeth Taylor Minor (see attached image).^4,5 GAV-9.

     Anna Gorsuch married Capt. Thomas Todd at Walkern, Hertfordshire, England,
;
Her 1st husband.^1,2,5 Anna Gorsuch married John Oldton.⁶
Anna Gorsuch was born on 13 March 1639 at Walkern, Hertfordshire, England.² She was christened on 15 March 1639 at Walkern, Hertfordshire, England.² She married David Jones after 1676
;
Her 2nd husband. Her 1st husband died in 1676.⁷
Anna Gorsuch died in 1697 at Baltimore City, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA.²
     GAV-9.

     Rev. John Gorsuch was born in 1600 at Bishop Gate, City of London, Greater London, England.² He married Anne Lovelace, daughter of Sir William (V) Lovelace of Woolwich, Kent and Anne Barne, circa 1628.^1,3

Rev. John Gorsuch died on 22 May 1648 at Hertfordshire, England;
Per Genealogics: "slain by rebels". Per Find A GREae: "...in the Parliamentary Wars."^4,2
Rev. John Gorsuch was buried after 22 May 1648 at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Walkern, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1600, Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England
     DEATH     22 May 1648 (aged 47–48), Hertfordshire, England
     Doctor of Divinity from Cambridge University. Rector of St. Mary's Church at Walkern. A zealous Royalist who supported King Charles I, and was evicted from Walkern in 1642. Shortly thereafter he was killed in the Parliamentary Wars. His wife, Anne Lovelace Gorsuch, immigrated to America with her 7 children and she died in Virginia in 1657.
     From Find A Grave contributor Kenneth Fawcett: "He is the Son of Daniel and Alice Hall Gorsuch. John and his wife had eleven children: Daniel, John, William, Katherine, Robert, Richard, Anna, Elizabeth, Charles, Lovelace and Francis.
     You are correct after his death his wife emigrated to America with her seven youngest children. Lady Anne Lovelace Gorsuch was 36 years old at the time of her husbands death and continued to live in Weston Parish for another three years. Because of her connections with directors of the Virginia Company especially the Sandy Family she arranged for herself and several of her children to leave England for Virginia.(she took with her Robert, Richard, and Ann)(Elizabeth, Charles, Lovelace and Katherine soon followed. Ann Lovelace Gorsuch's youngest brother was later Royal Governor of the colony of New York. She died in about 1655 and is buried in Lancaster County Virginia. Her parents were Sir William Lovelace II and Dame Anne Barne."
     Find A Grave contributor Captain G notes: "John Gorsuch, D.D., was born in 1600, vice 1609, in Bishopsgate, London, son of Daniel Gorsuch a wealth merchant of the Mercer Co. of London & deputy alderman of Bishopsgate. John matriculated as a Fellow-Commoner at Pembrooke College in the University of Cambridge in 1617, earning his B.A. in 1620-21; his M.A. in 1624 and his D.D. in 1636. He was instituted rector of Walkern on 28 July 1632."
     Family Members
     Parents
      Daniel Gorsuch 1568–1638
      Alice Hall Gorsuch 1574–1662
     Spouse
      Anne Lovelace Gorsuch 1610–1652
     Children
      Richard Gorsuch 1637–1677
      Elizabeth Gorsuch Howard 1641 – unknown
     BURIAL     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Walkern, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
     PLOT     alter alcove
     Created by: Carolyn Gray-Yeaw
     Added: 19 Feb 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 48354398.²
      ; Gateway ancestor.⁴

Reference:
Genealogics cites: Living descendants of Blood Royal in America , Angerville, Count d'. III 4.⁴ GAV-10.
Rev. John Gorsuch was educated between 1617 and 1621 at Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; B. A.²
Rev. John Gorsuch was educated in 1624 at Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; M. A.² He was Instituted rector of Walkern on 28 July 1632 at St. Mary's Church, Walkern, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England.^2,1
Rev. John Gorsuch was educated in 1636 at Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; D.D. - Doctor of Divinity.²

Rev. John Gorsuch and Anne Lovelace immigrated between 1652 and 1657 to Virginia, USA.^3,2

     Anne Lovelace was born in 1610 at Bethersden, Ashford Borough, co. Kent, England; Genealogics says b. ca 1611. Find A Grave says b. 1610.^3,4 She married Rev. John Gorsuch circa 1628.^1,3

Anne Lovelace was buried between 1652 and 1657 at Burial location unknown ; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1610, Bethersden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
     DEATH     Jun 1652 (aged 41–42), Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
     Anne Lovelace was born about 1610 in Bethersden, Kent, England. She was the daughter of a knight, Sir William Lovelace (1583-1627) and Katherine Ann (Barne) Lovelace (1587-1633). Anne was also the sister of at least 2 brothers who became known, Governor Francis Lovelace of New York. Appointed Deputy Governor of Long Island and in 1668 became Governor of New York 1668-1673, until the city was captured by the Dutch 30 July 1673. Served as a Colonel for forces loyal to Charles I during the English Civil War. He died in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Another famous brother was Sir Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace was an English Nobleman and poet. His "Lucasta" poems brought him fame., English poet, a country gentleman and a justice of the peace. He died in London, England. She was also the sister of Thomas Lovelace who died in Staten Island Plantation, New York, Colonial America. William Lovelace, VI died in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. Capt. Dudley Lovelace died in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Anne also had 2 sisters: Joanna (Johanna) Lovelace died in St Catherines, London, England and Elizabeth Lovelace who died in England.
     Anne married Rev. Dr. John Gorsuch in Wicocomico, Northumberland, England in 1628. John was the son of Daniel Gorsuch and Alice (Hall) Gorsuch. John and Anne set up home in London. John Gorsuch received his Doctorate of Divinity Degree from Cambridge University and became the Rector of Walkern. John Gorsuch became Rector of Walkern (Walkhorne) Parish (in Hertford Parish), Hertfordshire, England July 28, 1632, his father having purchased this rectory for him. Four years after their marriage the young couple settled at the new parsonage house in Walkern. John Gorsuch subsequently received his Mandate for Presentment, instituting him as Rector, signed and sealed on behalf on King Charles.
     Rev. John and Alice (Lovelace) Gorsuch were the parents of the following known children: Katharine (Gorsuch) Whitby, David Gorsuch, William Gorsuch, John Gorsuch, Jr., Robert Gorsuch, Anne (Gorsuch) Todd, Richard Gorsuch, Joanna Gorsuch, Frances (Gorsuch) Sisson, Elizabeth (Gorsuch) Howard, Charles Gorsuch, Lovelace Gorsuch and Mary (Gorsuch) Keene.
     In the book "Ancestral study of four families, Roberts, Griffith, Cartwright, Simpson: covering lineal and collateral relations of my child", it states that Anne is the daughter of Sir William and Ann (Barne) Lovelace of Woolwidge, England and the granddaughter of Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden, Kent, England. States that she married Rev. John Gorsuch D.D., and their daughter, Ann Gorsuch married Captain Thomas Todd. Page 854 in this book.
     In the book "To Maryland from Overseas" on page 85, it states that Anne was the wife of John Gorsuch, Rector of Walkorne , Hertfordshire as a widow with her children emigrated to the America colony of Virginia.
     Notes on ancestry.com: She received under her father's will, dated 1622, "all my adventures in the East India Company with all the profits to be paid to her at the age of 21 or marriage". By her mother's will, dated 1v-32, there is left to "Anne Gorsuch my daughter my third suit of diaper which I made in the Low countries". She went to Virginia, probably about 1650 and soon after the death of her husband, with her younger children and died there (Va. Mag. xxiv; 90). ... She had issue by her husband Rev. John Gorsuch, eleven children whose fortunes and descendants have been traced by the writer in the preceding volumes of this magazine; viz.: (i) Daniel; (ii) John; (iii) William; (iv) Katherine married William Whitby; (v) Robert; (vi) Richard; (vii) Anna married 1st Capt. Thomas Todd, 2nd Capt. David Jones, 3d Capt. John Oldton; (viii) Elizabeth married Howell Powell; (ix) Charles; (x) Lovelace; (xi) Frances) Of these, Katharine, Robert, Richard, Anna, Elizabeth, Charles and Lovelace settled in Virginia or in Maryland, married, and with the probable exception of Robert, left numerous descendants (Va. Mag. xxiv-xxvii).
     Anne and her family are also mentioned in the book "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants. Volume I" on page 189-190.
     Anne died 1652 in LancasterCounty, Virginia, at age 41 early in the year.
     Family Members
     Parents
      William Lovelace 1583–1627
     Spouse
      John Gorsuch 1600–1648
     Children
      Richard Gorsuch 1637–1677
      Elizabeth Gorsuch Howard 1641 – unknown
     BURIAL     Unknown
     Created by: Stella
     Added: 19 Nov 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial 138959323.⁴
Anne Lovelace died between 1652 and 1657 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA; Genealogics says d. 1652-1657.. Find A Grave says d. Jun 1652.^3,4

Her estate was probated in June 1652 at Canterbury, City of Canterbury, co. Kent, England,
; Per Find A Grave: "Letters of administration were issued in England, 2 June, 1652, to "Daniel Gorsuch son of Anne Gorsuch, late of Weston, co. Hertford but deceased in parts beyond the seas, widow" (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Administrations 1668)."⁴
     GAV-10.

Reference: Genealogics cites: Living descendants of Blood Royal in America , Angerville, Count d'. III 4.³

; Gateway ancestor.³

Anne Lovelace and Rev. John Gorsuch immigrated between 1652 and 1657 to Virginia, USA.^3,5

     Sir William (V) Lovelace of Woolwich, Kent was born before 12 February 1584 at co. Kent, England.² He was christened on 12 February 1583/84 at St. Alphege, Canterbury, co. Kent, England.^2,6 He married Anne Barne, daughter of Sir William Barne and Anne Sandys, circa 1610
;
Her 1st husband.⁷
Sir William (V) Lovelace of Woolwich, Kent died on 12 August 1627 at Siege of Grolle, Grolle, Netherlands;
Per Genealogics: "died in battle"
From Wikipedia:
     "The Siege of Grol in 1627 was a battle between the Army of the Dutch Republic commanded by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and the Spanish controlled fortified city of Grol (now known as Groenlo), during the Eighty Years War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1627. The Spanish army led by Hendrik van den Bergh came to relieve Grol, but it came too late. The siege lasted from 20 July until 19 August 1627, resulting in the surrender of the city to the army of the United Provinces.[2]
     "During the siege, a-16 kilometer-long circumvallation line was made around Grol in order to prevent the enemy from leaving and to prevent liberation of the city from the outside. Ambrosio Spinola had used a similar technique during the Siege of Breda (1624), and after the successful siege of Grol Frederic-Henry would later use it in other sieges in the Netherlands, such as at the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch. The success at Grol provided the first serious victory on land for the Republic after the Twelve Years' Truce.
1. About Grol[3][4]
     "Even though it was only a small city, Grol was of military strategic importance. Grol was a flourishing trade center, well fortified and armed, and it had a strategic position on the Hanseatic trade route to Germany. The area around Grol was marshy and difficult to reach, and anyone in control of the city was in control of the region. Maurice of Nassau had taken Grol in 1597, after an unsuccessful try in 1595, and Spinola retook it in 1606. Maurice tried to take Grol again, later during the same year, again unsuccessful, after which Grol remained in Spanish hands until 1627.
     "Grol provided a defensible place to garrison troops and a freehaven for Spanish raids. Heavy taxes and import duties were collected here from the whole of the Achterhoek and Veluwe, which provided a steady source of income for the Spanish war treasury. Together with the fortified towns of Oldenzaal, Bredevoort and Lingen, Grol could provide a base for attacking the republic from the east. After Oldenzaal had been captured in 1626 by Ernest Casimir, the States-General chose to invest in an army to capture Grol, instead of concentrating solely on sea battles with the Spaniards (which the powerful states Holland and Zeeland wanted).
2. Prelude[5]
     "The Dutch Army of Frederic-Henry, totaling over 15,000 footmen and 4,000 cavalry, traveled by foot and boat via the Rhine and unloaded behind Emmerich. As was common practice in those days, the army consisted mainly of mercenaries from all over Europe, including Scottish, English, High-German, Frisian and French troops. English forces were under the command of Edward Cecil.[6] The army arrived at Grol on 20 July 1627. Immediately all major roads leading to Grol were blocked by front runners of the cavalry. 1,000 carts brought gunpowder, bullets, 75 guns, food and all the equipment necessary for besieging and taking over a city.
2.1 Circumvallation
     "The 'Engelse Schans' (English fort) built by English troops during the siege of Grol
The next day, thousands of soldiers and hired workers began to speedily build a continuous earthen wall around Grol, 10 feet high, 16 kilometers long. Wooden and earthen ramparts, entrenchments and other fortifications were built along the line, including fortified defenses for the troops (Dutch: Schansen).
     "Frederic-Henry used to let troops of the same nationality work together, so that an English fortification (Engelse Schans) was built by and for the English troops, as well as one for the French, the Frisians and one for the troops from Holland. Guns were placed strategically so that the circumvallation line could be defended from all sides. The reach of the guns placed in Grol was taken into account: they couldn't hit the line which was 2 kilometers from the city. In just 10 days the work was done, though the circumvallation was continually reinforced during the siege.
     "Frederic-Henry was aware that a large Spanish army was stationed in the south of the Netherlands, commanded by Hendrik van den Bergh. To distract the Spanish army and delay its arrival, and thus avoid a battle in the open field where he would be outnumbered, Frederic-Henry carried out a feigned attack; he sent a part of his own army towards the German town of Gogh. Neighbouring villages around Grol were taken by commanders to prevent the Spanish obtaining a foothold in the neighbourhood. Sentries were placed all around the area and supply lines were set up to Deventer and Zutphen, to feed and supply the massive army now lying around Grol.
3. The Siege
3.1 The situation in Grol
     "Matthijs Dulken, a seasoned and wily commander, was the head of the Spanish army occupying Grol. He had available to him 1,200 foot soldiers (not accounting enlisted citizens) and around 100 cavalry, commanded by Lambert Verreyken. Food and supplies aplenty, Dulken ordered his troops to reinforce the defenses of the already fortified city, and specifically: "...by musket or cannonball, to hurt or damage the enemy any which way". With the circumvallation line ready, Grol was being bombarded by the Dutch army while groups of Dutch, English, French troops dug saps towards the city. Damage done to the city's defenses were continually repaired by the besieged. However, 200 incendiary "fireballs" were shot into the city, causing heavy damage to buildings and people. Dulken himself was wounded in his shoulder by a musket bullet and gave command to Verreyken. Verreyken and his cavalry raided the attackers positions, mainly the trench digging positions and the rampart of Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz, without causing many casualties. In Grol, due to the carelessness of a soldier, two barrels of gunpowder exploded, causing forty bystanders to perish.
Activities outside Grol
3.2      "Meanwhile, the English digging team had managed to first reach the canal which lay around Grol and was supplied by the river Slinge. In order to facilitate a crossing, the lock north of the city was blown up, resulting in the lowering of the water in the canal by five feet, which left just nine feet. After that, the Dutch army tried to cross the canal by building a dam, but they were under heavy gunfire from Grol and the dam was fully destroyed by burning oil poured from the city. Finally, with the support of two artillery pieces the attackers managed to build two dams, although casualties were great, including two English officers, Ram and Proud. Having crossed the canal, they could now begin to undermine Grol's outer defensive walls, even though regular attacks were made from out of the city.
3.3 The arrival of Van den Bergh
     "In the meantime, Van den Bergh and his formidable Spanish army had arrived near Groenlo after taking in another 1,800 German mercenaries, now outnumbering the army of his cousin, Frederic Henry. However, due to lack of funding they were short on supplies and had arrived too late for a head to head battle in the open field. They fired their guns for Grol to hear that help had come. After a failed plan to cut the supply lines of the Dutch army, due to quarrels between Spanish and Italian troops, he decided to attack the circumvallation line and try to break through to Grol. His attack on the Scottish rampart seemed to succeed at first, but a fierce counterattack by Officer Morre drove the Spaniards away, erasing all hope for a victory for Van den Bergh.
3.4 Negotiations
     "Frederic-Henry now tried to negotiate with Dulken, by convincing him the Spaniards outside the city could no longer save him. Dulken, who had healed from his wound, proudly denied their entreaties. The siege went on. English troops crossed the canal and managed to put a mine under one of Grol's outer defenses (faussebray). The mine was blown up on August 18, creating a huge hole in the defenses. English troops rushed in, climbing the city's earthen walls behind, but Verreyken lay waiting with hundreds of muskets and burning tar, and he repelled the English three times, causing a massacre. Dulken however, intelligent enough in knowing that soon his city would be attacked from three sides, and realizing that he was short on men and guns, called for an armistice and sent for negotiators.
3.5 The Treaty
     "A treaty like the one used after the Siege of Breda was signed 3 days later, handing the city to the army of the Republic. The Spanish troops in Grol and its citizens were allowed to leave, taking arms and loot with them, but only 2 guns could be taken. Frederic-Henry loaned 200 carts for the defenders to carry their equipment, as was negotiated. He stationed foot soldiers and horsemen in Grol, as to defend it from future attacks. The complete circumvallation line was destroyed and all trenches filled, to prevent them from being used by future attackers. Archbishop of Utrecht Philippus Rovenius, who resided in the city during the siege, was allowed to leave. Grol was now under the Republic and would remain so until the end of the war.
The victory was celebrated greatly in the Republic. The Spaniards had finally been beaten after many losses. Hugo de Groot wrote all the details of the battle in his 'Grollae Obsidio' and Joost van den Vondel wrote a 738 verse ode to the siege. The saying Zo vaste as Grolle (as sturdy as Grolle) came into being, as a reference to the difficulty of taking the city.
4. References
4.1 Citations
     1. Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, p. 69
     2. Jaques p. 411
     3. N.J.Tops Groll in de Zeventiende en Achttiende Eeuw (Groll in the 17th and 18th century): Een kerkelijk en strategisch storende factor in het oosten van de republiek, Groenlose Historic Society, Groenlo, 1992
     4. Jan Kuys Drostambt en Schoutambt. De Gelderse ambtsorganisatie in het kwartier van Zutphen. (ca. 1200–1543). Hilversum, 1994.
     5. Hugo de Groot (1629): Beleegeringh der stadt Grol, translation of Grollae Obsidio by J. Goris, Amsterdam, 1681
     6. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Cecil, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
     7. "De Slag Om Grolle". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
4.2 Bibliography
      Jaques, Tony (2006). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313335365.^2,8
Sir William (V) Lovelace of Woolwich, Kent was buried after 12 August 1627 at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, City of Canterbury, co. Kent, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     12 Feb 1583, England
     DEATH     15 Jul 1627 (aged 44), Netherlands
     BOOK, MAGNA CHARTA FAMILIES OF ROYAL DESCENT by John S. Wurts, Part VI, p. 1859.
     Sir William Lovelace pf Woolwich, baptized in 1583, killed at the Siege of Grolle in 1627. Married Anne Barne.
      Name: Sir William V Lovelace
      Given Name: Sir William
      Surname: Lovelace
      Sex: M
      Birth: Bef 12 Feb 1583/84 in Canterbury, Woolwich, Kent, England
      Death: 12 Aug 1627 in Slain at the siege of the Burse or the Groll, Holland
      Baptism: 12 Feb 1583/84 St. Alphege, Canterbury, England
     Father: William (Sir) LOVELACE IV
      b: 30 SEP 1561 in Alphage, Canterbury, England c: 30 SEP 1561 in St. Alphege, Cantebury, England
     Mother: Elizabeth AUCHER
      b: 1561- 1565 in Canterbury Kent England
     MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY
     William was knighted by King James I on 20 Sep 1609. He died at the siege of Groll during the war with Spain and Holland. His will was dated 15 Jul 1622.
     Father of poet, Richard Lovelace. Baptized on 12 Feb 1584 in St. Alphege, Cantebury, England. Died on 12 Aug 1627 in Groll, Holland. Known as Sir William Lovelace of Woolrich, is styled Sir William Lovelace, the younger, of Bethersden in will signed on 15 Jul 1622. He was member of the Virginia Company and an incorporator in the second Virginia Company in 1609. A soldier, he died during the war with Spain and Holland in the siege of Groll Holland, a few days before the town fell.
     Note: (Research):William LOVELACE was born about 1527. He signed a will on 21 Mar 1577. He died on 23 Mar 1577. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, England. Suceeded his father as proprietor of Lovelace Place. admitted Grays Inn 1549, called to the bar in 1551, Elected memeber Parliment for Canterbury in 1558. in 1567 raised to the rank of Serjeant-at-Law, 28 Feb 1571 served as one of the justices of Assize for Oxfordshire. Mentioned both of his wives in his wills and codicills
     Left a will. "I Sir William Lovelace of Bidersden, county of Kent, Knight,
appoint my wife Anne Lovelace and Thomas Twisden of Wie, County Kent,
esquire guardians of my children....I give them all my lands whatsoever in
Bethersden, Holden (Sholden), Cart Magna, Shidonhurst, and Canterburie till
my eldest son, Richard Lovelace attain the age of twenty-four...." Will was
proved by Anne Lovelace Relict, the other executor being dead.
     Some Notes on Children:
     Richard LOVELACE was born on 9 Dec 1617. He died in Apr 1658 in London, England. As one of justices of Kent, was selected to present to the House of Commons a petition from Kent royalist in King Charles favor, for which he was committed to Gatehouse Prison where one of his best known poems was written "To Althea From Prison"
     Thomas LOVELACE was born about 1620. He died in 1689 in Staten Island, New York.
     Francis LOVELACE was born about 1621. He died on 10 May 1686 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. In 1652 was in VA. said to have been entrusted by Gov. Berkley of Virginia to carry news to King Charles II of the surrender of the colony to the representatives of Parliment. with the latters consent. Appointed Deputy Governeor of Long Island and in 1668 became Governor of New York 1668-1673, until the city was captured by the Dutch 30 July 1673. Served asa Colonel for forces loyal to Charles I during the English Civil War. One biography by Florence Lovelace Robertson claims that Francis was married twice, first to Mary Iver and (2nd) to Blanche Talbot in 1659.
     There is a letter from Gov. Francis Lovelace of NY to Gov. Berkley of Va dtd. 6 Dec 1669, which referrs to appointment of Tho. Todd of Mobjack Bay guardian to the will Whitbey's son by his neice Mrs. Kath Gorsuch.
     Marriage 1: Anne BARNESBARNE b: BET 1587 - 1590 in Woolrich Kent England Married: 1610 in London London England
     Children
      Anne Barne LOVELACE b: 1610 in Lovelace Kent England c: 1657 in Virginia
      Richard LOVELACE b: 9 DEC 1617
      Thomas LOVELACE b: ABT 1620
      Francis LOVELACE b: ABT 1621
      Joane LOVELACE b: ABT 1623
      Elizabeth LOVELACE b: 1624 - 1626
      William LOVELACE b: ABT 1625
      Dudley LOVELACE b: ABT 1627
     Family Members
     Parents
      William Lovelace 1561–1628
      Elizabeth Aucher Lovelace 1561–1627
     Siblings
      Richard Lovelace unknown–1602
     Children
      Anne Lovelace Gorsuch 1610–1652
     BURIAL     Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, City of Canterbury, Kent, England
     Created by: BONNIE & CLYDE DEWEESE
     Added: 27 Mar 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial 144226262.⁶
     Reference:
Genealogics cites:
1. Living descendants of Blood Royal in America , Angerville, Count d'. III 4
2. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists 1996, Baltimore, 1st Edition, Faris, David. 172.² GAV-11. GAV-11.

     Elizabeth Spessert was born in 1781 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.¹ She was born on 15 March 1781 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^3,2 She married Robert Reynolds in 1798 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^1,3

Elizabeth Spessert died on 5 January 1850 at New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 68.^3,4
      ; An "Elizabeth Rummek(?)" is mentioned in the will of Michael Spessert (seen on his FindAGrave memorial) along two married women named as his daughters. I assume that Elizabeth was a daughter, as well. However, the FAG memorial has a list of Michael's children and she is not included.¹ Elizabeth Spessert was also known as Mariah E. Spessard.¹ Elizabeth Spessert was also known as Mariah E. Spessert.¹
In Michael Spessert's will dated 26 April 1825 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA, Elizabeth Spessert was named as an heir; Text posted on FindAGrave memorial:
     WILL OF MICHAEL SPESSARD: His will is on record in the County Court house at Hagerstown, which reads as follows:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I, Michael Spesart of Washington County and state of Maryland, being sick and weak, in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding; in considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, thereby being the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence due, therefore make and publish this my last will and testimony in the manner and form following that is to say:
     FIRST: and properly I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my executor hereinafter named; and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
     I give and bequeath unto my wife, Christiena, during her natural life all my right claim and demands of all the rent due me and my son John, situate in Washington County and state aforesaid, the said Christiena is to have all my right and demand of my part of grain becoming due me agreeably to an agreement made between me and my son John of the 25th day of March, 1824, that one-fourth of all the grain which may be raised on the aforesaid farm, of wheat, rye, corn, oats and as much hay as is necessary for food for her cows' pasturage for two cows, fire wood halled to the dwelling of the said Christiena, and a log house situated on the aforesaid land, the stable attached to this house and the garden adjoining the said house and one-fourt of the said grain the said John may withold.
     I give and devise unto my son John Spesart, his heirs and assigns forever after the death of my wife Christiena all my undivided part of land situate lying and being in Washington County and state of Maryland, bound as follows; on the north by William Fitchew, on the east by Jacob Thomas and Michael Thomas, on the south by Gabriel Billmire and Joseph Woolf, on the west by John Stotler and Joseph Biggum, containing in all 239 acres of land more or less for which the said John is to pay two thousand seven hundred dollars current money to be paid to my executor in three annual equal payments commencing one year after the death of my wife, Christiena, the first payment to be paid over unto Elizabeth Rummek (?), the second payment to be paid over unto my daughter Mariah Weaver, wife of Michael Weaver and the last to my daughter Christiena Steritt, wife of James Steritt, their heirs and assigns safe without interest. Provided the said John Spesart is not willing to pay $2,700 for all aforesaid land, the land shall be sold and the said John shall fall equal heir with my three daughters, aforesaid and sahall be divided between him and three daughters share and share alike, the said John shall be entitled to the first payment to his amount.
     And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Spesart to be sole executor of my last will and testimony, revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testimony. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this 26th day of April, 1825.
     Michael Spesart (In German) (seal)
     Signed, sealed, and published and declared by Michael Spesart the above named testator as and for his last will and testimony in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Christian Stouffer (in German), Jacob Rohrer, Joshua Williams (his mark "X."¹ )

     Robert Reynolds was born on 18 May 1776 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.² He married Elizabeth Spessert, daughter of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, in 1798 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^3,1

Robert Reynolds died on 16 May 1867 at New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 90.²
Robert Reynolds was buried after 16 May 1867 at Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave:
     Birth:      May 18, 1776, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      May 16, 1867, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA
     An Aged Citizen Gone,
     We are called upon to chronicle the death of Mr. Robert Reynolds, senior, which took place on Thursday morning of last week, (May 16, 1867) after a long and useful life. The deceased was a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, and immigrated to this section in 1804, when there was but a cabin or two where New Castle now stands. In 1816, he removed to the farm on which he died, in Hickory township*, about two miles east of this borough. The deceased was a good good citizen, a kind neighbor, and an examplary Christian, having been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for over sixty years and died in the full assurance of a glorious immortality.
     On Wednesday, the 11th of April, 1865, there was a family re-union of all his children, at the old homestead - eight sons and four daughters - met with their venerable father, whose hairs were whitened with the frosts of ninety winters. His oldest child then was sixty-seven, and the youngest forty-one; at that time he had 85 grandchildren, and 55 great-grandchildren, and at the time of his death he had great-great-grandchildren.
     He has gone down to the grave fully ripe for his Master's use. His remains were deposited in Greenwood Cemetery on Saturday, followed by a large concourse of relatives and sympathising friends.
     Lawrence Journal, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, Saturday, May 25, 1867
     *in 1816, Hickory township would have still been part of Beaver county. Portions of Beaver and Mercer were combined into Lawrence county, formed on March 20, 1849 due to the rapid growth of New Castle.
     Reynolds, Robert B. Sr. Military Service: War of 1812 service estimated between 1812 and 1813
     I Marriage: in 1798 in Washington county, Maryland
     Spessard Reynolds, Maria Elizabeth
     Christening: on 15 Mar 1781 in Chewsville, Maryland
     Death: between 5 Jan 1850 and 1868 in New Castle, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, Joseph (unconfirmed), Birth: in 1799. Death: in 1804
     Reynolds, William Franklin Sr., Birth: possible Anne Arendel county, MD on 11 Jun 1801
     Reynolds, John Francis, Birth: Washington or Cecil county, MD on 23 Oct 1802
     Reynolds McCaslin McBride, Nancy, Birth: 26 Apr 1804 in Washington county, Maryland
     Reynolds McCaslin, Elizabeth, Birth: 12 Jan 1806 in Mahoning township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, Robert W. Jr., Birth: 14 Feb 1808 in Neshannock township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds White, Mary Ann, Birth: 21 May 1810 in Neshannock township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, Michael Spessard, Birth: 10 Jun 1813 in New Castle, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, Joseph Benson I, Birth: Twins - Joseph & Peter - 22 Aug 1817 in New Castle, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, Peter Spessard, Birth: Twins - Joseph & Peter - 22 Aug 1817 in New Castle, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania
     Reynolds, James A., Birth: 8 Sep 1819
     Reynolds, Isaac, Birth: 10 Dec 1821
     Reynolds McMillen, Christiann, Birth: 18 Jan 1827
     Family links: Children:
      William Franklin Reynolds (1801 - 1876)*
      John F. Reynolds (1801 - 1892)*
      Nancy Reynolds McBride (1804 - 1885)*
      Elizabeth Reynolds McCaslin (1805 - 1892)*
      Robert W. Reynolds (1808 - 1886)*
      Mary Ann Reynolds White (1810 - 1900)*
      Michael Spessard Reynolds (1813 - 1878)*
      Joseph Benson Reynolds (1817 - 1884)*
      James A. Reynolds (1819 - 1907)*
      Isaac W. Reynolds (1821 - 1906)*
     Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: BAMaustin
     Record added: May 08, 2017
     Find A Grave Memorial# 179143478.²
     Robert Reynolds was also known as Rummek?³

     Mariah Catharina Spessert was born on 18 October 1780 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^1,3 She married Michael Weaver on 15 November 1802 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
     Name:     Michael Weaver
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     15 Nov 1802
     Spouse:     Mary Spessart
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     County:     Washington County
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.^1,3,4,5,6
Mariah Catharina Spessert died on 4 August 1870 at Indianola, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA, at age 89.³
Mariah Catharina Spessert was buried after 4 August 1870 at Weaver Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Oct. 18, 1780, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      Aug. 4, 1870, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
     MARY WEAVER (From an account by Mac Main)
     Maria Spessard was the daughter of Michael Spessard and his wife, Christiann Waltz of Chewsville, Maryland. Maria was born October 18, 1780. She married Michael Weaver in 1802 and lived in what is now Lawrence County, Pennsylvania for a short time near her sister, Elizabeth (Spesard) Reynolds. They then went to Kentucky and from there to Clermont County, Ohio. They were in Brown County, Ohio for ten years, moving from there in 1828 to Carroll Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.There were but five log cabins in Carroll Township when they arrived there. Michael and Maria (Mary)purchased one of them.
     Family links: Parents:
      Michael Spessard (1750 - 1825)
      Christiana Waltz Spessard (1755 - 1831)
     Spouse: Michael Weaver (1775 - 1875)
     Children:
      Sarah Weaver Baum (1804 - 1846)*
      John Weaver (1807 - 1865)*
      Mary Weaver Baum (1811 - 1906)*
      Jane Weaver Fisher (1813 - 1907)*
      Elijah Weaver (1816 - 1868)*
      Catherine Weaver Baum (1818 - 1903)*
      Clarissa Weaver Fisher (1820 - 1853)*
      Nancy Weaver Cole (1822 - 1868)*
      Louisa Weaver Gaines (1827 - 1933)*
     Siblings:
      Maria Spessard Weaver (1780 - 1870)
      John Spessard (1791 - 1878)*
      Jane Christienna Spessard Sterrett (1796 - 1869)*
     Burial: Weaver Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
     Created by: Robert Jones
     Record added: Dec 04, 2008
     Find A Grave Memorial# 31937280.³
     Mariah Catharina Spessert was also known as Mariah C. Spessard.¹
In Michael Spessert's will dated 26 April 1825 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA, Mariah Catharina Spessert was named as an heir; Text posted on FindAGrave memorial:
     WILL OF MICHAEL SPESSARD: His will is on record in the County Court house at Hagerstown, which reads as follows:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I, Michael Spesart of Washington County and state of Maryland, being sick and weak, in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding; in considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, thereby being the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence due, therefore make and publish this my last will and testimony in the manner and form following that is to say:
     FIRST: and properly I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my executor hereinafter named; and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
     I give and bequeath unto my wife, Christiena, during her natural life all my right claim and demands of all the rent due me and my son John, situate in Washington County and state aforesaid, the said Christiena is to have all my right and demand of my part of grain becoming due me agreeably to an agreement made between me and my son John of the 25th day of March, 1824, that one-fourth of all the grain which may be raised on the aforesaid farm, of wheat, rye, corn, oats and as much hay as is necessary for food for her cows' pasturage for two cows, fire wood halled to the dwelling of the said Christiena, and a log house situated on the aforesaid land, the stable attached to this house and the garden adjoining the said house and one-fourt of the said grain the said John may withold.
     I give and devise unto my son John Spesart, his heirs and assigns forever after the death of my wife Christiena all my undivided part of land situate lying and being in Washington County and state of Maryland, bound as follows; on the north by William Fitchew, on the east by Jacob Thomas and Michael Thomas, on the south by Gabriel Billmire and Joseph Woolf, on the west by John Stotler and Joseph Biggum, containing in all 239 acres of land more or less for which the said John is to pay two thousand seven hundred dollars current money to be paid to my executor in three annual equal payments commencing one year after the death of my wife, Christiena, the first payment to be paid over unto Elizabeth Rummek (?), the second payment to be paid over unto my daughter Mariah Weaver, wife of Michael Weaver and the last to my daughter Christiena Steritt, wife of James Steritt, their heirs and assigns safe without interest. Provided the said John Spesart is not willing to pay $2,700 for all aforesaid land, the land shall be sold and the said John shall fall equal heir with my three daughters, aforesaid and sahall be divided between him and three daughters share and share alike, the said John shall be entitled to the first payment to his amount.
     And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Spesart to be sole executor of my last will and testimony, revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testimony. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this 26th day of April, 1825.
     Michael Spesart (In German) (seal)
     Signed, sealed, and published and declared by Michael Spesart the above named testator as and for his last will and testimony in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Christian Stouffer (in German), Jacob Rohrer, Joshua Williams (his mark "X."¹ )

     Michael Weaver was born on 18 August 1775 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.² He married Mariah Catharina Spessert, daughter of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, on 15 November 1802 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
     Name:     Michael Weaver
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     15 Nov 1802
     Spouse:     Mary Spessart
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     County:     Washington County
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.^1,3,2,4,5
Michael Weaver died on 17 November 1875 at Indianola, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA, at age 100.²
Michael Weaver was buried after 17 November 1875 at Weaver Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion Co., Illinois, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Aug. 18, 1775, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      Nov. 17, 1875, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
     Family links: Spouse: Maria Spessard Weaver (1780 - 1870)*
     Children:
      Sarah Weaver Baum (1804 - 1846)*
      John Weaver (1807 - 1865)*
      Mary Weaver Baum (1811 - 1906)*
      Jane Weaver Fisher (1813 - 1907)*
      Elijah Weaver (1816 - 1868)*
      Catherine Weaver Baum (1818 - 1903)*
      Clarissa Weaver Fisher (1820 - 1853)*
      Nancy Weaver Cole (1822 - 1868)*
      Louisa Weaver Gaines (1827 - 1933)*
     Burial: Weaver Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
     Created by: Lynn White
     Record added: Jun 03, 2002
     Find A Grave Memorial# 6475647.²

     Jane Christienna Spessert was born on 2 October 1796 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^1,2,3 She married James M. Sterrett on 9 September 1815
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their oldest child listed, James, was born in 1816.^1,2,4,3
Jane Christienna Spessert died on 11 February 1869 at Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 72.^2,3
Jane Christienna Spessert was buried after 11 February 1869 at Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Oct. 2, 1796, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      Feb. 11, 1869, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links: Parents:
      Michael Spessard (1750 - 1825)
      Christiana Waltz Spessard (1755 - 1831)
     Spouse: James M. Sterrett (1784 - 1852)
     Children:
      James B Sterrett (1816 - 1863)*
      David Sterrett (1817 - 1899)*
      William J Sterrett (1822 - 1890)*
      Caroline Hortense Sterrett Henderson (1824 - 1899)*
      Mary Jane Sterrett Caughey (1827 - 1895)*
      Elizabeth Ann Sterrett (1831 - 1860)*
      John Quincy Adams Sterrett (1834 - 1896)*
      George Lyon Sterrett (1836 - 1915)*
     Siblings:
      Maria Spessard Weaver (1780 - 1870)*
      John Spessard (1791 - 1878)*
      Jane Christienna Spessard Sterrett (1796 - 1869)
     Burial: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Bill Klauk
     Record added: Jun 04, 2001
     Find A Grave Memorial# 5511029.²
     Jane Christienna Spessert was also known as Jane Christienna Spessard.^1,2

Reference: For more information on the children of James and Jane (SPESSARD) STERRETT, see their Find A Grave memorials.^4,2
In Michael Spessert's will dated 26 April 1825 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA, Jane Christienna Spessert was named as an heir; Text posted on FindAGrave memorial:
     WILL OF MICHAEL SPESSARD: His will is on record in the County Court house at Hagerstown, which reads as follows:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I, Michael Spesart of Washington County and state of Maryland, being sick and weak, in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding; in considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, thereby being the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence due, therefore make and publish this my last will and testimony in the manner and form following that is to say:
     FIRST: and properly I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my executor hereinafter named; and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
     I give and bequeath unto my wife, Christiena, during her natural life all my right claim and demands of all the rent due me and my son John, situate in Washington County and state aforesaid, the said Christiena is to have all my right and demand of my part of grain becoming due me agreeably to an agreement made between me and my son John of the 25th day of March, 1824, that one-fourth of all the grain which may be raised on the aforesaid farm, of wheat, rye, corn, oats and as much hay as is necessary for food for her cows' pasturage for two cows, fire wood halled to the dwelling of the said Christiena, and a log house situated on the aforesaid land, the stable attached to this house and the garden adjoining the said house and one-fourt of the said grain the said John may withold.
     I give and devise unto my son John Spesart, his heirs and assigns forever after the death of my wife Christiena all my undivided part of land situate lying and being in Washington County and state of Maryland, bound as follows; on the north by William Fitchew, on the east by Jacob Thomas and Michael Thomas, on the south by Gabriel Billmire and Joseph Woolf, on the west by John Stotler and Joseph Biggum, containing in all 239 acres of land more or less for which the said John is to pay two thousand seven hundred dollars current money to be paid to my executor in three annual equal payments commencing one year after the death of my wife, Christiena, the first payment to be paid over unto Elizabeth Rummek (?), the second payment to be paid over unto my daughter Mariah Weaver, wife of Michael Weaver and the last to my daughter Christiena Steritt, wife of James Steritt, their heirs and assigns safe without interest. Provided the said John Spesart is not willing to pay $2,700 for all aforesaid land, the land shall be sold and the said John shall fall equal heir with my three daughters, aforesaid and sahall be divided between him and three daughters share and share alike, the said John shall be entitled to the first payment to his amount.
     And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Spesart to be sole executor of my last will and testimony, revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testimony. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this 26th day of April, 1825.
     Michael Spesart (In German) (seal)
     Signed, sealed, and published and declared by Michael Spesart the above named testator as and for his last will and testimony in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Christian Stouffer (in German), Jacob Rohrer, Joshua Williams (his mark "X."¹ )

     James M. Sterrett was born on 10 February 1784 at Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Jane Christienna Spessert, daughter of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, on 9 September 1815
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their oldest child listed, James, was born in 1816.^2,3,1,4
James M. Sterrett died on 13 September 1852 at Pennsylvania, USA, at age 68.¹
James M. Sterrett was buried after 13 September 1852 at Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Feb. 10, 1784, Cumberland County. Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Sep. 13, 1852, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links: Spouse: Jane Christienna Spessard Sterrett (1796 - 1869)*
     Children:
      James B Sterrett (1816 - 1863)*
      David Sterrett (1817 - 1899)*
      William J Sterrett (1822 - 1890)*
      Caroline Hortense Sterrett Henderson (1824 - 1899)*
      Mary Jane Sterrett Caughey (1827 - 1895)*
      Elizabeth Ann Sterrett (1831 - 1860)*
      John Quincy Adams Sterrett (1834 - 1896)*
      George Lyon Sterrett (1836 - 1915)*
     Burial: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Bill Klauk
     Record added: Jun 04, 2001
     Find A Grave Memorial# 5511028.¹
     James M. Sterrett was also known as James Steritt.²

Reference: For more information on the children of James and Jane (SPESSARD) STERRETT, see their Find A Grave memorials.^1,3

     John Spessert Sr. was born on 6 March 1791 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^1,2 He married Catherine Stouffer on 4 April 1814 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st wife.^3,4 John Spessert Sr. married Fanny Schilling after 1851
; His 2nd wife, his 1st wife died in 1851.^5,4
John Spessert Sr. died on 13 May 1878 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA, at age 87.²
John Spessert Sr. was buried after 13 May 1878 at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Mar. 6, 1791, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      May 13, 1878, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     First marriage, Catharine Stover, April 4, 1814, Frederick County, MD. After her death married Fannie Shilling.
     Children of first marriage: Nancy Spessard, married Rev. Samuel J. Kretsinger: Catharine Spessard, married Samuel Hoover; John Spessard, Jr., died young; Daniel D. Spessard, married Rebecca Rinehart.
     Family links: Parents:
      Michael Spessard (1750 - 1825)
      Christiana Waltz Spessard (1755 - 1831)
     Spouses:
      Catharine Stouffer Spessard (1792 - 1851)
      Fanny Schilling Spessard (1832 - 1910)*
     Children:
      Nancy Spessard Kretsinger (1816 - 1836)*
      Catherine Spessard Hoover (1821 - 1887)*
      John Spessard (1822 - 1878)*
      Daniel D. Spessard (1825 - 1884)*
     Siblings:
      Maria Spessard Weaver (1780 - 1870)*
      John Spessard (1791 - 1878)
      Jane Christienna Spessard Sterrett (1796 - 1869)*
     Burial: Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Maintained by: MockingbirdTales
     Originally Created by: Mike Hahn
     Record added: Jul 17, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 93755533.²
     John Spessert Sr. was also known as John Spessard Sr.^1,2

Reference: For more information on the children of John and Catherine (STOUFFER) SPESSARD, Sr., see their Find A Grave memorials.^3,2
In Michael Spessert's will dated 26 April 1825 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA, John Spessert Sr. was named as an heir; Text posted on FindAGrave memorial:
     WILL OF MICHAEL SPESSARD: His will is on record in the County Court house at Hagerstown, which reads as follows:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I, Michael Spesart of Washington County and state of Maryland, being sick and weak, in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding; in considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, thereby being the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence due, therefore make and publish this my last will and testimony in the manner and form following that is to say:
     FIRST: and properly I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my executor hereinafter named; and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
     I give and bequeath unto my wife, Christiena, during her natural life all my right claim and demands of all the rent due me and my son John, situate in Washington County and state aforesaid, the said Christiena is to have all my right and demand of my part of grain becoming due me agreeably to an agreement made between me and my son John of the 25th day of March, 1824, that one-fourth of all the grain which may be raised on the aforesaid farm, of wheat, rye, corn, oats and as much hay as is necessary for food for her cows' pasturage for two cows, fire wood halled to the dwelling of the said Christiena, and a log house situated on the aforesaid land, the stable attached to this house and the garden adjoining the said house and one-fourt of the said grain the said John may withold.
     I give and devise unto my son John Spesart, his heirs and assigns forever after the death of my wife Christiena all my undivided part of land situate lying and being in Washington County and state of Maryland, bound as follows; on the north by William Fitchew, on the east by Jacob Thomas and Michael Thomas, on the south by Gabriel Billmire and Joseph Woolf, on the west by John Stotler and Joseph Biggum, containing in all 239 acres of land more or less for which the said John is to pay two thousand seven hundred dollars current money to be paid to my executor in three annual equal payments commencing one year after the death of my wife, Christiena, the first payment to be paid over unto Elizabeth Rummek (?), the second payment to be paid over unto my daughter Mariah Weaver, wife of Michael Weaver and the last to my daughter Christiena Steritt, wife of James Steritt, their heirs and assigns safe without interest. Provided the said John Spesart is not willing to pay $2,700 for all aforesaid land, the land shall be sold and the said John shall fall equal heir with my three daughters, aforesaid and sahall be divided between him and three daughters share and share alike, the said John shall be entitled to the first payment to his amount.
     And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Spesart to be sole executor of my last will and testimony, revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testimony. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this 26th day of April, 1825.
     Michael Spesart (In German) (seal)
     Signed, sealed, and published and declared by Michael Spesart the above named testator as and for his last will and testimony in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Christian Stouffer (in German), Jacob Rohrer, Joshua Williams (his mark "X."¹ )

     Peter Spessert was born on 1 September 1779.^1,3,2 He married Catherine Weaver on 18 September 1802 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st wife. Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     18 Sep 1802
     Spouse:     Catherine Weaver
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     County:     Washington County
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.^4,2 Peter Spessert married Rachel Hedges on 2 August 1827 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 2nd wife. Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Year:     1779
     Spouse Name:     Rachel Hedges
     Marriage Year:     1827
     Number Pages:     1
     Source Citation: Source number: 389.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AEP
     Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.^5,3,2 Peter Spessert married Matilda Reed in 1835 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 3rd wife. Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Year:     1779
     Spouse Name:     Matilda Reed
     Marriage Year:     1835
     Number Pages:     1
     Source Citation: Source number: 376.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AEP
     Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.^6,3,2
Peter Spessert died on 19 July 1844 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA, at age 64.^3,2
Peter Spessert was buried after 19 July 1844 at Lewis Needy Farm, Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA; Comment on Brian Spessard Family Tree.^3,2
     Peter Spessert and Michael Spessert were mentioned in a land transaction on 22 February 1806 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
Memo: from Spessard [1930:13]: "Feb 22, 1806, Peter Spesard, for 400 pounds, bought of Michael Spesard two tracts of land, part of "Nancy's Contentment" and "Lain's Folley". There was a mark on a sone, I. R. F. R., mentioned in the deed. The land adjoined that of Jacob Rohrer, "Daniel Hughes", "George's Mistake", "George's Venture", and the "Barrens". Consisted of 123 1/2 acres, bordering on Antietam Creek, south side."⁷

Peter Spessert appeared in the census of 1820 at Election District 2, Washington Co., Maryland, USA; p. 224, line 8
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Election District 2, Washington, Maryland
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 14 thru 25:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     3
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     7
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     10.⁸
In Michael Spessert's will dated 26 April 1825 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA, Peter Spessert was named as executor; Text posted on FindAGrave memorial:
     WILL OF MICHAEL SPESSARD: His will is on record in the County Court house at Hagerstown, which reads as follows:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I, Michael Spesart of Washington County and state of Maryland, being sick and weak, in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding; in considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, thereby being the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence due, therefore make and publish this my last will and testimony in the manner and form following that is to say:
     FIRST: and properly I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my executor hereinafter named; and after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows:
     I give and bequeath unto my wife, Christiena, during her natural life all my right claim and demands of all the rent due me and my son John, situate in Washington County and state aforesaid, the said Christiena is to have all my right and demand of my part of grain becoming due me agreeably to an agreement made between me and my son John of the 25th day of March, 1824, that one-fourth of all the grain which may be raised on the aforesaid farm, of wheat, rye, corn, oats and as much hay as is necessary for food for her cows' pasturage for two cows, fire wood halled to the dwelling of the said Christiena, and a log house situated on the aforesaid land, the stable attached to this house and the garden adjoining the said house and one-fourt of the said grain the said John may withold.
     I give and devise unto my son John Spesart, his heirs and assigns forever after the death of my wife Christiena all my undivided part of land situate lying and being in Washington County and state of Maryland, bound as follows; on the north by William Fitchew, on the east by Jacob Thomas and Michael Thomas, on the south by Gabriel Billmire and Joseph Woolf, on the west by John Stotler and Joseph Biggum, containing in all 239 acres of land more or less for which the said John is to pay two thousand seven hundred dollars current money to be paid to my executor in three annual equal payments commencing one year after the death of my wife, Christiena, the first payment to be paid over unto Elizabeth Rummek (?), the second payment to be paid over unto my daughter Mariah Weaver, wife of Michael Weaver and the last to my daughter Christiena Steritt, wife of James Steritt, their heirs and assigns safe without interest. Provided the said John Spesart is not willing to pay $2,700 for all aforesaid land, the land shall be sold and the said John shall fall equal heir with my three daughters, aforesaid and sahall be divided between him and three daughters share and share alike, the said John shall be entitled to the first payment to his amount.
     And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Spesart to be sole executor of my last will and testimony, revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testimony. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal this 26th day of April, 1825.
     Michael Spesart (In German) (seal)
     Signed, sealed, and published and declared by Michael Spesart the above named testator as and for his last will and testimony in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Christian Stouffer (in German), Jacob Rohrer, Joshua Williams (his mark "X."¹ )

     David Spessert was born in 1777 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.² He married Eva Elizabeth Hoy in 1798.³

David Spessert died on 20 February 1868 at Aurora, Preston Co., West Virginia, USA.²
David Spessert was buried after 20 February 1868 at Cremated ; From Find A Grave:
     David Spessert was also known as David Spessard.¹

     Mary Jane Elizabeth Crittenden was born in 1702 at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married William Warren Webb, son of William Webb and Mary Taberer, in 1727 at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Mary Jane Elizabeth Crittenden died in 1768 at Orange, Orange Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Hans Martin Waltz married Christine Miller.¹

Hans Martin Waltz died in 1757 at Lancaster Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Christine Miller married Hans Martin Waltz.¹

Christine Miller died in 1800 at Bethel Township, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Catherine Stouffer was born on 5 August 1792 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA.^1,2 She married John Spessert Sr., son of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, on 4 April 1814 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st wife.^1,2
Catherine Stouffer died on 10 February 1851 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA, at age 58.^1,2
Catherine Stouffer was buried after 10 February 1851 at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chewsville, Frederick Co., Maryland, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Aug. 5, 1792, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      Feb. 10, 1851, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Catharine Stover (or Stauffer) was the daughter of Christian Stover/Stauffer (1767-1829) and Nancy Rowland. She was the first wife of John Spessard; they married April 4, 1814, Frederick County, MD.
     Children: Nancy Spessard, married Rev. Samuel J. Kretsinger: Catharine Spessard, married Samuel Hoover; John Spessard, Jr., died young; Daniel D. Spessard, married Rebecca Rinehart.
     Family links: Parents:
      Christian Stouffer (1767 - 1829)
      Nancy Varner Stouffer (1778 - 1828)
     Spouse: John Spessard (1791 - 1878)*
     Children:
      Nancy Spessard Kretsinger (1816 - 1836)*
      Catherine Spessard Hoover (1821 - 1887)*
      John Spessard (1822 - 1878)*
      Daniel D. Spessard (1825 - 1884)*
     Sibling:
      Catharine Stouffer Spessard (1792 - 1851)
      Elizabeth Stouffer Snyder (1794 - 1858)**
     *Calculated relationship
     **Half-sibling
     Burial: Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chewsville, Washington County, Maryland, USA
     Maintained by: MockingbirdTales
     Originally Created by: Mike Hahn
     Record added: Jul 17, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 93755784.¹
     Reference: For more information on the children of John and Catherine (STOUFFER) SPESSARD, Sr., see their Find A Grave memorials.^1,3

     Fanny Schilling was born on 7 May 1832 at Germany (now).¹ She married John Spessert Sr., son of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, after 1851
; His 2nd wife, his 1st wife died in 1851.^1,2
Fanny Schilling died on 2 March 1910 at Leaf River, Ogle Co., Illinois, USA, at age 77.¹
Fanny Schilling was buried after 2 March 1910 at Lightsville Cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle Co., Illinois, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      May 7, 1832, Germany
     Death:      Mar. 2, 1910, Leaf River, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
     Family links: Spouse: John Spessard (1791 - 1878)
     Inscription: Wife of John Spessard
     Burial: Lightsville Cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
     Created by: David Lee Zellers
     Record added: Aug 02, 2003
     Find A Grave Memorial# 7728415.¹

     Catherine Weaver married Peter Spessert, son of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, on 18 September 1802 at Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st wife. Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     18 Sep 1802
     Spouse:     Catherine Weaver
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     County:     Washington County
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.^1,2

     Rachel Hedges married Dr. (?) Foster.²
Rachel Hedges was born on 29 June 1812.³ She married Peter Spessert, son of Michael Spessert and Christeanna Waltz, on 2 August 1827 at Chewsville, Washington Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 2nd wife. Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     Peter Spessard
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Year:     1779
     Spouse Name:     Rachel Hedges
     Marriage Year:     1827
     Number Pages:     1
     Source Citation: Source number: 389.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AEP
     Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.^1,4,2
Rachel Hedges died on 3 February 1890 at age 77.³