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Rootsweb.com RSS Feed for 1776 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/1776 Rootsweb.com RSS feed for 1776 en-us Copyright 2005 by MyFamily.inc 2008-08-14T04:51:48-06:00 helpdesk@rootsweb.com helpdesk@rootsweb.com Rootsweb.com 2005-05-01T00:00:00-06:00 1 hourly [1776] LOOKUP - BURGIN http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-08/1218711108 Hello List, Could someone please do a lookup for me on Jesse BURGIN, who may have served in GA, SC, NC, VA or MD during War. Please reference the source. Thanks much, GA Bren <bbbschilling@bellsouth.net> 2008-08-14T04:51:48-06:00 [1776] McElvy's, McElvey's & various spellings http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-08/1218579055 Hello All, I am looking for McElvy's, McElvey's and various spellings before 1820. Any and all info will be appreciated. Thanks! Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "The William McElvy Family In America" written by Deretha Elizabeth Yon Gerlits. Vol. 1 (460 pages text) - Vol. 2 (103 pages black & white and color photos). Vol. 1 only: $48.00; Vol. 1 & 2: $87.00. If interested, please contact Liz at DLizgerlits@aol.com. Researching: Booth, Chester, King, Johnson, Moore, McElvy (various spellings), Reeves, Yon, Toole. **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) DLizgerlits@aol.com 2008-08-12T16:10:55-06:00 [1776] STAR SPANGLED BANNER http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-07/1215204827 AUTHOR: Francis Scott Key O say can you see by the dawns early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof throught the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ================================================== On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream: Tis the star spangled banner oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ================================================== And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the bttle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood was out their foul footsteps pollution; No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terrof of flight or the gloom of the grave. And the star spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ================================================== O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the ewar's desolation; Blest with victory and peace may the heaven's rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must when our cause it is just; And this be our moto in God is our trust! And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYONE! commander <commander@sunlitsurf.com> 2008-07-04T14:53:47-06:00 [1776] Fwd: Washington’s Boyhood Home Is Fou nd http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-07/1215089623 HISTORIC HOMESITE IS FOUND BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julia A. Krutilla <krutillaja@comcast.net> Date: Jul 3, 2008 8:34 AM Subject: [WVBROOKE] Washington's Boyhood Home Is Found To: "HANCOCK CO., WV Mailing List" <WVHANCOC@rootsweb.com>, "BROOKE CO., WV Mailing List" <WVBROOKE@rootsweb.com> Washington's Boyhood Home Is Found By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/science/03george.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin Researchers announced Wednesday that remains excavated in the last three years were those of the long-sought dwelling, on the old family farm in Virginia 50 miles south of Washington. The house stood on a terrace overlooking the Rappahannock River, where legend has it the boy threw a stone or a coin across to Fredericksburg. On the subject of legend, the archaeologists who made the discovery could no more tell a lie than young George. No, there was not a single cherry tree anywhere around, not even a stump or a rusty hatchet. The tale of the boy owning up to whacking his father's prized cherry tree, the one thing most people think they know of Washington's youth, has long since been discredited as apocryphal. But finding the house, archaeologists and historians say, may yield insights into the circumstances in which Washington grew up. Actual documentary evidence of his formative years is scant. "What we see at this site is the best available window into the setting that nurtured the father of our country," Philip Levy, an archaeologist and associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, said in an announcement of the discovery. Dr. Levy and other members of the excavation team said the foundations, stone-lined cellars and other remains suggested that this was far from being the rustic cottage of common perception, but instead one befitting a family of the local gentry. It was a much larger one-and-a-half-story residence, with perhaps eight rooms and an adjacent structure for the kitchen. David Muraca, director of archaeology for the George Washington Foundation, said the size, characteristics and location of the structure, as well as many artifacts from the time of Washington's youth, had led experts to conclude that this was indeed the house they were looking for. "This is it," Mr. Muraca said firmly. The announcement was made by the foundation, owner of the National Historic Landmark site called Ferry Farm. Archaeologists described the excavations in a telephone news conference arranged by the National Geographic Society, a supporter of the research. George was 6 when the family moved to the farm in 1738. His father, Augustine, had bought the farm, which then covered 600 acres, to be closer to an iron furnace that he managed. The father and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, and their six children occupied a house that had been built earlier in the century. Among the few things known of that period are the death of a baby sister, a house fire on Christmas Eve 1740 and the death of Augustine, in 1743. George eventually inherited the farm and lived in the house until his early 20s, though he took to spending more time with his half-brother Lawrence at another family property, later known as Mount Vernon. Washington's mother lived in the house until 1772, when she moved to Fredericksburg, and the farm was sold five years later. The house was demolished sometime in the early 19th century; an 1833 painting shows its ruins. Other old buildings and newer ones were destroyed, their timber probably burned as fuel, when the farm was occupied by Union soldiers in the Civil War. The search for anything left of the boyhood home began in earnest seven years ago. Three likely sites were excavated, Mr. Muraca said. At the first, two years of work turned up ruins from the 17th century. The second set of ruins proved to be from a house built in the mid-19th century. For the last three years, the research team sometimes as many as 50 workers in the field and laboratories turned over the stones and soil at the remaining site. "If we didn't hit here, we had no other place to look," Mr. Muraca said. From sections of foundation stones, the bases of two chimneys and remains of four cellars, the archaeologists determined the dimensions of the main house, a rectangle 53 by 37 feet, not counting the separate kitchen. Other evidence from debris indicated that the house had a clapboard facade and wooden roof shingles. Mark Wenger, an architectural historian for Ferry Farm, said the house appeared to have had a central hallway with front rooms and back rooms on each side and possibly three rooms upstairs under the slope of the roof. The front rooms faced on the river, which in those days was navigable to large sailing ships. "It was a very nice gentry house," Mr. Wenger said, at a time when most people made do with houses of only one or two rooms. The team found some charred ruins from the documented fire, but they seemed to be confined to one small area of the house. So stories that the family was forced out into the cold winter to live in outbuildings are suspect, the researchers said. By the end of last year, Mr. Muraca said, "all our data lined up, and we felt that beyond a doubt we had found the Washington house." Artifacts from the Washington period were crucial. These included wine bottles, knives and forks, pieces of small figurines, wig curlers, bone toothbrush handles and a clay pipe with a Masonic crest that just possibly was George's. Fragments of an elaborate Wedgwood tea set, presumably belonging to Mary Washington, showed that the family's fortunes had revived after the hardships immediately following the father's death. The Washington foundation said archaeologists would continue the search for other buildings and gardens at Ferry Farm. The ultimate goal is to reconstruct the house young George grew up in. Slide Show: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/02/science/070308-George_index.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVBROOKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message commander@sunlitsurf.com 2008-07-03T06:53:43-06:00 [1776] American Prisoners of the Revolution - book online http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-02/1201881078 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: aardvark <aardvark19562002@yahoo.com> Date: Jan 31, 2008 11:42 PM Subject: [Revlist] Re: American Prisoners of the Revolution - book online To: Revlist@yahoogroups.com --- In Revlist@yahoogroups.com <Revlist%40yahoogroups.com>, "John Ogden" <johnjogden@...> wrote: > > Interesting material, but is there more background available? Were these > men Americans taken prisoner or prisoners taken by the Americans? If they > were Americans taken as POWs, where were they taken and interred? Is this > perchance mentioned in an early section of the book? I'VE TRIED THIS LINK........IT WILL NOT COME UP FOR ME > > http://www.fullbooks.com/American-Prisoners-of-the- Revolution10.html Sorry, should have mentioned you need to scroll down past the names to see the following info with context, primary source diary entries...etc. Chris [day 3 of migraine, not thinkin' too goood]: " >....>... Charles Youngans Louis Younger -Z- Jean Peter Zamiel Pierre Zuran APPENDIX B THE PRISON SHIP MARTYRS OF THE REVOLUTION, AND AN UNPUBLISHED DIARY OF ONE OF THEM, WILLIAM SLADE, NEW CANAAN, CONN., LATER OF CORNWALL, VT. The following extremely interesting article on the prisoners and prison ships of the Revolution was written by Dr. Longworthy of the United States Department of agriculture for a patriotic society. Through his courtesy I am allowed to publish it here. I am sorry I did not receive it in time to embody it in the first part of this book. D D Doubtless all of us are more or less familiar with the prison ship chapter of Revolutionary history, as this is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, tragedies of the struggle for independence. At the beginning of the hostilities the British had in New York Harbor a number of transports on which cattle and stores had been brought over in 1776. These vessels lay in Gravesend Bay and later were taken up the East River and anchored in Wallabout Bay, and to their number were added from time to time vessels in such condition that they were of no use except as prisons for American troops The names of many of these infamous ships have been preserved, the Whitby, the Good Hope, the Hunter, Prince of Wales, and others, and worst of all, the Jersey. It was proposed to confine captured American seamen in these ships, but they also served as prisons for thousands of patriot soldiers taken in the land engagements in and about New York. The men were crowded in these small vessels under conditions which pass belief. They suffered untold misery and died by hundreds from lack of food, from exposure, smallpox and other dreadful diseases, and from the cruelty of their captors. The average death rate on the Jersey alone was ten per night. A conservative estimate places the total number of victims at 11,500. The dead were carried ashore and thrown into shallow graves or trenches of sand and these conditions of horror continued from the beginning of the war until after peace was declared. Few prisoners escaped and not many were exchanged, for their conditions were such that commanding officers hesitated to exchange healthy British prisoners in fine condition for the wasted, worn-out, human wrecks from the prison ships. A very large proportion of the total number of these prisoners perished. Of the survivors, many never fully recovered from their sufferings. In 1808, it was said of the prison ship martyrs: "Dreadful, beyond description, was the condition of these unfortunate prisoners of war. Their sufferings and their sorrows were great, and unbounded was their fortitude. Under every privation and every anguish of life, they firmly encountered the terrors of death, rather than desert the cause of their country. * * * "There was no morsel of wholesome food, nor one drop of pure water. In these black abodes of wretchedness and woe, the grief worn prisoner lay, without a bed to rest his weary limbs, without a pillow to support his aching head--the tattered garment torn from his meager frame, and vermin preying on his flesh--his food was carrion, and his drink foul as the bilge water--there was no balm for his wounds, no cordial to revive his fainting spirits, no friend to comfort his heart, nor the soft hand of affection to close his dying eyes--heaped amongst the dead, while yet the spark of life lingered in his frame, and hurried to the grave before the cold arms of death had embraced him. * * * "'But,' you will ask, 'was there no relief for these victims of misery?' No--there was no relief--their astonishing sufferings were concealed from the view of the world--and it was only from the few witnesses of the scene who afterwards lived to tell the cruelties they had endured, that our country became acquainted with their deplorable condition. The grim sentinels, faithful to their charge as the fiends of the nether world, barred the doors against the hand of charity, and godlike benevolence never entered there--compassion had fled from these mansions of despair, and pity wept over other woes." Numerous accounts of survivors of the prison ships have been preserved and some of them have been published. So great was popular sympathy for them that immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War an attempt was made to gather the testimony of the survivors and to provide a fitting memorial for those who had perished. So far as I have been able to learn most of the diaries and journals and other testimony of the prison ship victims relates to the later years of the war and particularly to the Jersey, the largest, most conspicuous, and most horrible of all the prison ships. I have been so fortunate as to have access to a journal or diary kept by William Slade, of New Canaan, Conn, a young New Englander, who early responded to the call of his country and was captured by the British in 1776, shortly after his enlistment, and confined on one of the prison ships, the Grovner (or Grovesner). From internal evidence it would appear that this was the first or one of the first vessels used for the purpose and that Slade and the other prisoners with him were the first of the American soldiers thus confined. At any rate, throughout his diary he makes no mention of other bands of prisoners in the same condition The few small pages of this little diary, which was always kept in the possession of his family until it was deposited in the Sheldon Museum, of Middlebury, Vt, contain a plain record of every-day life throughout a period of great suffering. They do not discuss questions of State and policy, but they do seem to me to bring clearly before the mind's eye conditions as they existed, and perhaps more clearly than elaborate treatises to give a picture of the sufferings of soldiers and sailors who preferred to endure all privations, hardships, and death itself rather than to renounce their allegiance to their country and enlist under the British flag. The first entry in the Slade diary was made November 16, 1776, and the last January 28, 1777, so it covers about ten weeks. The entries were as follows: Fort Washington the 16th day November A.D. 1776. This day I, William Slade was taken with 2,800 more. We was allowed honours of War. We then marched to Harlem under guard, where we were turned into a barn. We got little rest that night being verry much crowded, as some trouble [illegible]. * * * Sunday 17th. Such a Sabbath I never saw. We spent it in sorrow and hunger, having no mercy showd. Munday 18th. We were called out while it was still dark, but was soon marchd to New York, four deep, verry much frownd upon by all we saw. We was called Yankey Rebbels a going to the gallows. We got to York at 9 o'clock, were paraded, counted off and marched to the North Church, where we were confind under guard. Tuesday 19th. Still confind without provisions till almost night, when we got a little mouldy bisd [biscuit] about four per man. These four days we spent in hunger and sorrow being derided by everry one and calld Rebs. Wednesday, 20th. We was reinforsd by 300 more. We had 500 before. This causd a continual noise and verry big huddle. Jest at night drawd 6 oz of pork per man. This we eat alone and raw. Thursday, 21st. 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Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Unsubscribe <Revlist-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=> Recent Activity - 3 New Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Revlist/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdjdzOTB1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk1NTEwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzNzA3OQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjAxODQwOTU0> - 2 coprhead@sunlitsurf.com 2008-02-01T08:51:18-06:00 [1776] Military research at the National Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2008-01/1200847918 Hello. My name is Kelley -- I recently completed my Masters degree and am going to law school this fall here in Washington, D.C. School is expensive and I could use some extra money to pay for tuition and loans, so I am offering to do military research at the National Archives (service files, pension files, etc). Generally, a request for this kind of information takes the Archives several months, at a minimum, to process. I can retrieve them much faster and also give you someone to interact with instead of a government form. My fees are reasonable, intended to compensate me for my time, printing costs and postage for what I'll send back to you. The Archives offers extended hours once a month, so I would be doing research over the course of three days each month, and I am more than happy to send you a schedule. If you are interested, please just email me at texlabooks@gmail.com Take care. Kelley "Kelley Bevis" <texlabooks@gmail.com> 2008-01-20T09:51:58-06:00 Re: [1776] Just joined - question about oaths in PA http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2007-12/1196941109 All Pennsylvania men took oaths of allegience to the US once hostilites began in the Rev War. I hadn't seen the "affirmation" phrase before but suspect it was designed to allow the religious sects that refused to swear oaths ( Quakers, Amish, Mennonite, Brethren) to also indicate their loyalty to the new government. Your ancestor may just have arrived or may have been here for some time. This list won't help you with the arrival date. Lancaster County records in the Pennsylvania Archives series of books are pretty complete about Rev War service and payments so you should check them out at www.footnote.com. They have the whole series scanned and are providing free access to them. http://www.footnote.com/documents/185749/pennsylvania-archives Tax records available in the PA Archives series might be your best way of determining when your ancestor arrived. If you know the township he lived in (and if there were no other Mathias Wolfs in the same township!), I would reccommend starting with the PA Archives. The Pennsylvania Archives has land records online - Warrants and patents can help you track down when someone purchased land if they bought it from the Penn family and not the state of Pennsylvania. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/landrec.htm They also have a card file of Rev War participants that can be very helpful. http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp? view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13 Annette in Bucks County, PA On Dec 6, 2007, at 1:12 AM, elizabeth wolfe wrote: > Hello, > > I just found this mailing list and am hopeful that some might be > able to > answer a few questions for me. > > I found a man that I think is the right ancestor who served in the > American > Revolution (Matthias Wolff/Wolf) > > His name is included with others on the "NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK > THE OATH > OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE > STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1777-78. To John Hubley, Esquire, Recorder > of Deeds, > &c. in and for the County of Lancaster". > > It says that "the following is a true list of the Names and Sir- > names of all > such Persons who have since the 27 day of September last Taken and > Subscribed a Majority of them, the Oath, and the others the > affirmation of > Allegiance and Fidelity " > > 1. One of my questions is this......what is the difference between > "the > Oath" and the "affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity"? > > 2. Also, does this mean he was an immigrant who came to America > about that > time? > > I am just now beginning research of ancestors in this time period so I > appreciate any help from anyone. Thank you. > > > Elizabeth > PLEASE CHECK EACH OF YOUR SUBJECT LINES! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to 1776- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Annette DeHoff <adehoff@comcast.net> 2007-12-06T04:38:29-06:00 [1776] Just joined - question about oaths in PA http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2007-12/1196921534 Hello, I just found this mailing list and am hopeful that some might be able to answer a few questions for me. I found a man that I think is the right ancestor who served in the American Revolution (Matthias Wolff/Wolf) His name is included with others on the "NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1777-78. To John Hubley, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds, &c. in and for the County of Lancaster". It says that "the following is a true list of the Names and Sir-names of all such Persons who have since the 27 day of September last Taken and Subscribed a Majority of them, the Oath, and the others the affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity " 1. One of my questions is this......what is the difference between "the Oath" and the "affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity"? 2. Also, does this mean he was an immigrant who came to America about that time? I am just now beginning research of ancestors in this time period so I appreciate any help from anyone. Thank you. Elizabeth "elizabeth wolfe" <newintr@gmail.com> 2007-12-05T23:12:14-06:00 [1776] It happened today MARCH 5th 1770 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2007-03/1173113922 March 5th 1770 Colonists were forced to house British soldiers. On MARCH 5, 1770, a crowd protested and in the confusion British soldiers fired, killing five, one being Crispus Attucks, the most famous African America who participated in the Revolution. Paul Revere's popular engraving of the Boston Massacre fanned flames of anti-British sentiment. Joseph Warren, the President of the Massachusetts Congress who sent Paul Revere on his midnight ride, stated on the 2nd anniversary of the Massacre, 1772: "If you perform your part, you must have the strongest confidence that the same Almighty Being who protected your pious and venerable forefathers...will still be mindful of you...May our land be a land of liberty...until the last shock of time shall bury the empires of the world in one common undistinguishable ruin!" John Hancock, first to sign the Declaration of Independence, stated on the 4th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, 1774: "Let us play the man for our GOD, and for the cities of our GOD...By a faithful discharge of our duty to our country, let us joyfully leave her important concerns in the hands of HIM who raiseth up and putteth down empires and kingdoms of the world as HE pleases." Glenn <commander@sunlitsurf.com> 2007-03-05T09:58:42-06:00 [1776] NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL EVENT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/1776/2007-02/1172447824 TODAY IN THE LIFE OF NORTH CAROLINA CIVILIANS IN 1782 Edenton, North Carolina 25 February 1782 During the last part of February a schooner arrived from Charlestown under a flag of truce. Several Loyalist merchants were on board that had formerly lived in North Carolina. The merchants expected that they would be allowed back into North Carolina and had brought a cargo of goods amounting to £80,000. Shortly after her arrival in port Captain Cornelius Schermerhorn seized her with his Virginia privateer Grand Turk. Patrick O'Kelley http://www.2nc.org commander <commander@sunlitsurf.com> 2007-02-25T16:57:04-06:00