Nester Terry BECKWITH

10 APR 1954 - 31 AUG 1999

Father: Bernard E. BECKWITH
Mother: Janet Marie CARIGNAN


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                         _Norman E. BECKWITH ____|
                        | (1912 - 1995) m 1930   |
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 _Bernard E. BECKWITH __|
| (1931 - 2018) m 1948  |
|                       |                                                                                       _James Lunt BRACKETT _+
|                       |                                                                                      | (1810 - 1868) m 1838 
|                       |                                                     _Elias Nathaniel Field BRACKETT _|_Nancy T. BUBIER _____
|                       |                                                    | (1838 - 1917)                     (1821 - 1893)        
|                       |                         _Sylvester Elmer BRACKETT _|
|                       |                        | (1877 - 1949) m 1907      |
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|                       |                        |                           |_Hannah Marie OAKES _____________|______________________
|                       |                        |                             (1843 - 1915)                                          
|                       |_Reine Elisie BRACKETT _|
|                         (1914 - 1996) m 1930   |
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|                                                |_Bernice B. ADAMS _________|
|                                                  (1891 - 1977) m 1907      |
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|--Nester Terry BECKWITH 
|  (1954 - 1999)
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|_Janet Marie CARIGNAN _|
  (1930 - 2013) m 1948  |
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Michael Henry HELBERT

[31657]

27 JAN 1888 - 18 APR 1954

Father: William Albert HELBERT
Mother: Catharine ("Cassie") GALLOWAY

Family 1 : Ruth Rowmina SHENBERGER
  1.  Roger Kenneth HELBERT
  2. +Donald William HELBERT
  3.  Maxine Elizabeth HELBERT

                                                                                                       _George Adam HELLEBART __
                                                                                                      | (.... - 1785) m 1771    
                                                                              _Jorg Michael HELBERT __|_________________________
                                                                             | (1748 - ....) m 1771                             
                                                        _Jacob HELBERT ______|
                                                       | (1794 - 1884) m 1817|
                                                       |                     |                         _Jacob FRACK ____________
                                                       |                     |                        | (1690 - 1775) m 1736    
                                                       |                     |_Anna Maria FRACK ______|_Susannah Barbara GRUBB _
                                                       |                       (1752 - ....) m 1771     (1725 - 1806)           
                                  _Michael HELBERT ____|
                                 | (1820 - ....)       |
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                                 |                     |_Elizabeth MOCK _____|
                                 |                       (1792 - 1872) m 1817|
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 _William Albert HELBERT ________|
| (1850 - 1935) m 1878           |
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|                                                                                                                               
|
|--Michael Henry HELBERT 
|  (1888 - 1954)
|                                                                                                      _George GALLOWAY ________+
|                                                                                                     | (1723 - 1783) m 1741    
|                                                                             _Joseph GALLOWAY _______|_Rebekah C. JUNKIN ______
|                                                                            | (1757 - 1838) m 1783     (1720 - 1780)           
|                                                       _John GALLOWAY ______|
|                                                      | (1791 - 1865) m 1815|
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|                                                      |                     |_Isabel ORR ____________|_________________________
|                                                      |                       (1759 - 1812) m 1783                             
|                                 _Thomas H. GALLOWAY _|
|                                | (1818 - 1879) m 1841|
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|                                |                     |                      _Robert HUMPHREY _______|_________________________
|                                |                     |                     | (1751 - 1834)                                    
|                                |                     |_Jane HUMPHREY ______|
|                                |                       (1794 - 1876) m 1815|
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|                                |                                           |_Martha Jane ALEXANDER _|_________________________
|                                |                                             (1752 - 1828)                                    
|_Catharine ("Cassie") GALLOWAY _|
  (1858 - 1919) m 1878           |
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                                 |                                           |                                                  
                                 |                      _Samuel TARNEY ______|
                                 |                     | (1794 - 1878)       |
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                                 |                     |                                                                        
                                 |_Mary Ann TARNEY ____|
                                   (1824 - 1913) m 1841|
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[31657] Michael r. Vermillion Twp., Ashland Co., OH.

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Lydia HORNER

[119]

16 OCT 1833 - 10 FEB 1907

Father: Daniel HORNER
Mother: Barbara BRILLHART

Family 1 : Abraham CHRISTLIEB
  1. +Angeline CHRISTLIEB
  2.  William Jefferson CHRISTLIEB
  3. +Ella CHRISTLIEB
Family 2 : Jacob NEES
Family 3 : Sam MYERS
  1. +Albert MYERS
  2. +Samuel MYERS

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 _Daniel HORNER ______|
| (.... - 1842) m 1812|
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|--Lydia HORNER 
|  (1833 - 1907)
|                                                                                            _Samuel BRILLHART ___+
|                                                                                           | (1678 - ....) m 1700
|                                                                      _John BRILLHARD _____|_____________________
|                                                                     | (1701 - ....)                             
|                                                _Peter BRILLHART ____|
|                                               | (1726 - 1782) m 1745|
|                                               |                     |                      _John Adam RURIGH ___
|                                               |                     |                     | (.... - 1777)       
|                                               |                     |_Marie RARIEGH ______|_____________________
|                                               |                       (1704 - 1777)                             
|                      _Christian B. BRILLHART _|
|                     | (1762 - 1811)           |
|                     |                         |                                            _Hans MEYER _________+
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|                     |                         |                      _John MEYER _________|_____________________
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|                     |                         |_Mary MEYER _________|
|                     |                           (.... - 1804) m 1745|
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|_Barbara BRILLHART __|
  (1788 - 1873) m 1812|
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                      |_Anna (Wever?) WEBER ____|
                        (1764 - 1828)           |
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[119] Lydia's final years were spent with her daughter, Ella, near Ravenna, OH. She was a remarkable woman whose life was filled with tragedy and hardship. Her granddaughter, Beatrice Christlieb, described her as a large woman, very tall, very beautiful and very gracious. She is buried with her husband, Sam Myers, in Section 2, Row 18 in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Uniontown, Stark Co., OH.

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Jacob MERKLE

[28149]

1701 - 29 AUG 1784

Father: Abraham MERKLE

Family 1 : Barbara DODDERER
  1. +Isaac MARKLEY

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                       _Georg(e) MERKLE ____|
                      | (.... - 1686)       |
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 _Abraham MERKLE _____|
| (1664 - ....)       |
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|--Jacob MERKLE 
|  (1701 - 1784)
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The web site of MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret.) in 2008 at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b319.htm in 2008 offers: "Jacob Merkle was born on 11 Aug 1701 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Würtemberg, Germany. His date of birth has also been found as 11 Jul 1701. He was also known as Jacob Markley about 1725. At some point he is known to have changed his surname to Markley, and the earliest known use of Markley on actual records was in 1725 when he signed to a petition for a road in the Skippack region of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He owned 100 acres of land bought from Jost Heydt on 17 Jul 1728 in East Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He owned 132 acres of land boukght from Nicholas Scull on 28 Nov 1728 in East Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Trapp Lutheran Church about 1760. In a list dated 27 Nov 1760, Jacob Markley contributed ten shillings toward the salary of Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg, Pastor of the congregation. He signed a will on 10 Jun 1779. He named as executors his sons Abraham and Isaac. His signature to the will was witnessed by William Pannebacer and Jacob Markley. He directs his executors to divide the proceeds of his estate into eleven parts, for the use of his children. He died on 29 Aug 1784 in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He had his estate probated on 24 Jan 1785. On 1 Jul 1786 the executors of the estate sold to Jacob Markley 152 acres of land from the estate. Parents: Abraham Merkle and Anna Veronika. Spouse [# 1]: Barbara Dodderer. Jacob Merkle and Barbara Dodderer were married on 13 Feb 1722 in Skippack, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania. Their date of marriage has also been found as 13 Feb 1721/22. Children were: Abraham Markley, Philip Markley , Markley , Isaac Markley, Veronica Markley, Rebecca Markley, Christina Markley, Catherine Markley. Spouse [# 2]: Barbara Kausch. Jacob Merkle and Barbara Kausch were married on 29 Jul 1739 in Perkiomen, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania. Children were: Eleanor Markley, Elizabeth Markley, Mary Magdalena Markley, Anna Barbara Markley, Hannah Markley."

See also "The Markley Freundschaft" published by the family in 1883 and available for reading on-line. This document (p. 6) reports "Jacob Markley and family were connected with the Providence (Trappe) Lutheran Church. In a list dated the 27th of November, 1760, is the name of Jacob Merckle, as a contributor of 10 shillings toward the salary of Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg, pastor of that congregation."

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Perry MITCHELL

[47745]

DEC 1883 - 1939

Father: Henry J. MITCHELL
Mother: Agnes RIFFLE

Family 1 : Jennie Katherine COLE

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                                                  _John MITCHEL _____________|
                                                 | (1792 - 1862) m 1816      |
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                       _Daniel MITCHEL __________|
                      | (1818 - 1904) m 1837     |
                      |                          |                                                             _Peter RITZMAN ______+
                      |                          |                                                            | (1735 - 1796) m 1757
                      |                          |                            _John RITZMAN __________________|_Christina STUPP ____
                      |                          |                           | (1772 - 1827) m 1796                                 
                      |                          |_Salome ("Sarah") RITZMAN _|
                      |                            (1797 - 1872) m 1816      |
                      |                                                      |                                 _John Jacob STRAUSS _+
                      |                                                      |                                | (1737 - 1780) m 1759
                      |                                                      |_Catherine STRAUSS _____________|_Elizabeth BRECHT ___
                      |                                                        (1778 - 1857) m 1796             (1738 - 1795)       
 _Henry J. MITCHELL __|
| (1855 - 1920) m 1874|
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|                     |                                                       _Johann Jakob ("Jacob") AURAND _|_____________________
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|                     |                           _Johannes ("John") AURAND _|
|                     |                          | (1782 - 1855) m 1804      |
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|                     |                          |                           |_Catherine STERNER _____________|_____________________
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|                     |_Hannah Elizabeth AURAND _|
|                       (1818 - 1901) m 1837     |
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|                                                |_Elizabeth ROW ____________|
|                                                   m 1804                   |
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|--Perry MITCHELL 
|  (1883 - 1939)
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|_Agnes RIFFLE _______|
  (1857 - 1943) m 1874|
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[47745] Perry's marriage record states he is a mechanic and r. South Bend, IN.

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Shadrach SCARLETT

[40200]

1693 - 26 MAR 1740

Family 1 : Phebe BOWATER
  1. +Ann SCARLETT

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[40200] An unverified Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2016 offers: "Shadrach Scarlett was born in 1693 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He had [at least] one daughter with Pebe Bowater on February 19, 1713. He died on March 26, 1740, in London Grove, Pennsylvania, at the age of 47. . . . Phebe Bowater was born on November 7, 1697, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. . . . . She died in 1741 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 44."

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Josephine E. SINCLAIR

[55652]

28 JUL 1881 - 21 SEP 1940

Family 1 : Edward Otis TUCKER

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[55652] The unverified file G3NS-PKF in familysearch.org offers: "When Josephine E. Sinclair was born on 28 July 1881, in Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Joseph Pierpont Sinclair, was 24 and her mother, Josephine Allen, was 28. She married William S Kelly on 2 April 1899, in Columbia Falls, Washington, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Columbia Falls, Washington, Maine, United States in 1910 and Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States in 1920. She died on 21 September 1940, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States."

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Thomas Seymour, Baron of SUDELEY

[11592]

1506 - 1549

Father: Sir John SEYMOUR
Mother: Margaret WENTWORTH

Family 1 : Catherine PARR
  1.  Mary SEYMOUR
  2.  Edward SEYMOUR

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 _Sir John SEYMOUR ___|
| (1476 - 1536)       |
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|--Thomas Seymour, Baron of SUDELEY 
|  (1506 - 1549)
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Thomas commanded the English army in the Netherlands in 1543 and was Lord High Admiral of England (1547 to 1549). His political intrigues led to his execution for treason and thus contributed to the downfall in 1549 of his elder brother, Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, who was Lord Protector (regent) for the young king Edward VI.

The Bhsnell Family Genealogy offers: "Thomas spent his childhood in Wulfhall, outside Savernake Forest, in Wiltshire. Historian David Starkey said that Thomas was 'tall, well-built and with a dashing beard and auburn hair, he was irresistible to women'. A prominent Tudor courtier, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, described Thomas Seymour as 'hardy, wise and liberal...fierce in courage, courtly in fashion, in personage stately, in voice magnificent, but somewhat empty of matter'.

The Seymour family's power grew during Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn. Sir John had succeeded in gaining a position for his daughter Jane, as a Lady in waiting. Anne Boleyn failed to have a son which gave the Seymour brothers an opportunity to push Jane in the King's way. Henry married Jane eleven days after Anne's execution in May 1536. However, it was Edward who received the most benefits from his sister's marriage to the King. Historians have speculated whether a division between Edward and Thomas began then as unsurprisingly Thomas began to resent his brother and the good relationship between them began to dissolve. Thomas was however made Lord High Admiral. Thomas's jealousy of his brother consumed him more than any other emotion.

In 1543 John Nevill, 3rd Baron Latymer, died leaving a wealthy widow, formerly Catherine Parr. An attachment grew between Catherine and Thomas. Unfortunately for Thomas, Henry VIII also became interested in Catherine, and later married her, having been impressed with her dignity and intelligence. Envious of Seymour's attentions to Catherine, the king subsequently sent Thomas away on a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands.

Henry VIII died in January 1547, leaving Catherine as one of the wealthiest women in England. Thomas had been made Master-General of the Ordnance in 1544 and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1545. He returned to court a few months before Henry's death and saw his brother Edward become Lord Protector of England, and in effect, ruler of the realm. After all, the Seymour brothers were uncles to Henry VIII's young son and successor, the future (short-lived) Edward VI of England. As part of a 'unfulfilled gifts clause' left unmentioned in Henry's will, Thomas was granted the title Baron Seymour of Sudeley. Thomas' fervent desire was to unseat and replace his brother as Lord Protector.

Though Thomas Seymour's name had been linked to Mary Howard, Duchess of Richmond, he was still unmarried at the time of the king's death. Possibly Thomas schemed to marry either Princess Mary or Princess Elizabeth, but whatever the truth, neither panned out. However, he did marry Catherine in secret in late April of 1547. Many viewed the marriage as occurring too quickly after the King's death. Anne Stanhope, Somerset's proud wife, disliked Catherine and Thomas and began to turn many people in court against them. To further show her hatred, Anne kept the Queen's jewels, which by right were Catherine's. Many viewed Thomas's marriage to Catherine as an example of his ambition.

Princess Elizabeth, later Elizabeth I of England, was Catherine's ward and immediately after her father's death she began to live with her stepmother in Chelsea. Therefore, Thomas had the guardianship of Elizabeth and also Lady Jane Grey. Thomas, who was overly ambitious, started to make advances toward Elizabeth. The loud and boisterous Seymour began to sneak into 'the Lady Elizabeth's chamber before she was ready, and sometimes before she did rise; and if she were up he would bid her good morrow and ask how she did, and strike her upon the back or on the buttocks familiarly....' As gossip began to spread, Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governess, implored Seymour to quit his bedroom antics with the princess. Indignant, Thomas retorted, 'By God's precious soul, I mean no evil, and I will not leave it!' Strange episodes followed as Catherine began to join her husband in his bizarre escapades with Elizabeth, once joining her husband in tickling the princess in bed and on another occasion holding Elizabeth still as her black dress was cut by Thomas's sword into 'a hundred pieces.' Although the governess of Princess Elizabeth at one time averred that the Queen had found Elizabeth in Seymour's arms, she later withdrew the story. Catherine nevertheless tried to save Elizabeth's reputation by sending her away to the house of Anthony Denny in Hertfordshire. However when Catherine died in childbirth in August 1548, Thomas renewed his attentions toward the Princess.

Thomas started to bribe a man called John Fowler, one of King Edward VI's closest servants. Fowler told Thomas that the King frequently complained about the lack of pocket money he received. So Thomas smuggled money to the King. Thomas also began to voice open disapproval of his brother's administration skills. As Lord High Admiral, he was able to control the English navy and he openly asked people for support in case of a coup. As admiral he encouraged piracy, allowing pirates safe passage in exchange for shares of their booty. He was completely indiscreet.

Thomas also planned to finance the coup by bribing the vice-treasurer of the Bristol Mint, Sir William Sharington. Sharington was responsible for debasing the coinage in Bristol and he had been fiddling the account books and keeping the majority of the profit. Thomas found out and blackmailed him.

Thomas's downfall

Someone informed the council of Thomas's activities and by the end of 1548 everyone knew of his plans. The Bristol Mint was investigated and Sharington revealed all. Somerset attempted to have his brother pardoned and summoned a meeting with the council that Thomas could attend and explain his actions. However Thomas did not attend and developed a plan to kidnap the King.

On the night of the 16th of January, Thomas broke into the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. He entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels. The guards arrested Thomas and he was sent to the Tower of London. On 18th January 1549, the council sent agents to question everyone around Thomas, including Princess Elizabeth.

On 22nd February 1549, the council officially accused him of thirty-three charges of treason. Somerset delayed signing the death warrant so the council, led by Dudley, went to Edward VI for his signature. On 20th March, Seymour was executed at the Tower, dying 'dangerously, irksomely and horribly.' Thomas's daughter by Catherine, Mary Seymour, was placed in the care of the Duchess of Suffolk, Catherine Brandon. Catherine's daughter Mary should have been a wealthy woman, but her mother had left her fortune to her husband. When Thomas was executed, the crown confiscated everything he had, including Catherine's bequest. The child appears to have died around the age of two, when she disappears from historical record. The title 'Baron of Sudeley' passed to Catherine's brother, William Parr.

It is falsely alleged that upon hearing of his death Princess Elizabeth said, 'Today died a man with much wit and not much judgment.' After almost being seduced by Thomas Seymour, Elizabeth learned to be much more careful in her interactions with men."

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