Jocelyn Wilms has a second genealogical dilemma: (Posted Aug. 31, 1999)
Charity Robinson, b 5 Feb 1738,
Freehold, NJ, daughter of James & Charity (VanDyke) Robinson.
She married first on 23 Dec 1757, to William Hendrickson; married
second on 22 Aug 1775, to Abraham Jones. Both these marriages
were in Freehold.
She married third, before
1795, to Robert Campbell of Bedford Co. Robert ‘located' land in
Cumberland Valley Twp. in 1781. He wrote his will on 6 Jul 1798
& it was probated 8 Jan 1803. He names his beloved wife,
Charity; her son Jonathan Hendrickson, & left land to Jonathan. This Jonathan
died in 1817 & mentions his ‘neffues' Campbell & Jonathan
Hendrickson & left the land to them. According to her
fathers' will, Charity had five children with William Hendrickson,
but they are not named. I have located John, Jonathan, Amy, Charity
& William but I need the ‘ribbon' to tie this together.
When did Charity come to Bedford Co. & when & where were
she & Robert married? What happened to her after Robert died?
Thank you.
This item submitted by Carol
Avila. (Posted Sept. 1,
1999)
Carol found this in a book
entitled -"The History
of the Foster Family". The book contains details of the early
history of Broadtop Twp., Bedford Co., Pa. This excerpt is about
the militia-known as the Broadtop
Rangers.
"The first regular and
organized company of militia in the township known as
Broadtop was first organized in June of 1887. There were about
75 men in it,
20 of whom belonged to Huntingdon or otherwise known as Bedford
County.
These individuals were known as the "Broadtop Rangers", Joseph Fisher
being the Captain and Thomas W. Horton first lieutenant. The regimine
of Rangers included the following men....those of which belonging
to
the early families whom settled the region; John Hoover
Jr.:second
lieutenant, David Fisher, Amos Figard, Nathan Horton, William Foster,
Septimus Foster, John Alloway, Jonathan Anderson, William Anderson,
Levi Anderson, David Barnet, Jacob Barnet, Nathan Barnet, Miles Cook,
Daniel Cypher, Joseph Diggins, Aaron B. Evans, William Edwards, Josiah
Foster,
Israel French, Henry ,Hoover Samuel Horton, Thomas Long, John
Lane,
Henry Miller, Joseph Negley, Benjamin Osborn, David Stevens,
Samuel Shreeves, J.W. Whited, any many more."
For additional details of
this book and how it might be helpful to the Bedford Co. researcher
please contact Carol at CAvila1487@aol.com
