178. TROND JOHANNESSON VELKEN was born in Norway. He died in Norway. TROND married SYNNEVA JAKOBSDTR on 1722. [Parents]
179. SYNNEVA JAKOBSDTR was born 1681. She died 1775.
Synneva died aged 93.
180. LARS LARSON BO was born 1698 in Norway. He died 1754 in Norway. LARS married GUNNVOR MONSDATTER FENNO on 1736. [Parents]
181. GUNNVOR MONSDATTER FENNO was born estimated 1711. She died 1796. [Parents]
182. MONS BJARNESON BOKKATUN was born 1702 in Norway. He died 1773 in Norway. MONS married RAGNA TORJEIRSDATTER HYLLE on 1727 in Norway. [Parents]
183. RAGNA TORJEIRSDATTER HYLLE was born 1708. She died 1753. [Parents]
184. ANDER ODDSON was born 1717 in Norway. He died in Norway. ANDER married INGEBJORD LARSDTR VESTRHEIM on 1745 in Norway. [Parents]
185. INGEBJORD LARSDTR VESTRHEIM.
186. DAVID JONSSON MOLSTER was born 1696 in Norway. He died 1776 in Norway. DAVID married GUDVE KNUTESDTR NEDKVITNO on 1733 in Norway. [Parents]
187. GUDVE KNUTESDTR NEDKVITNO was born in Norway. She died in Norway. [Parents]
188. NILS ODDSON SONVE was born 1710 in Norway. He died 1793 in Norway. NILS married ELI KNUTSDTR DAGESTAD on 1738 in Norway. [Parents]
189. ELI KNUTSDTR DAGESTAD was born 1712 in Norway. She died before 1754 in Norway. [Parents]
190. TORBJORN MASSON SEVE was born 1712 in Norway. He died in Norway. TORBJORN married GUDVI KNUTESDTR RAUSTAD on 1733 in Norway. [Parents]
191. GUDVI KNUTESDTR RAUSTAD was born in Norway. She died in Norway. [Parents]
192. SAMUEL CULVER was born 21 Apr 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA. He died 4 Jul 1750 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA. SAMUEL married RUTH TYLER on 2 Aug 1710 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA. [Parents]
193. RUTH TYLER was born 1693 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA. She died 18 Jan 1727 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA. [Parents]
194. AMOS HALL was born 24 Jan 1700. He died 30 Nov 1752. AMOS married RUTH ROYCE on 8 Jun 1720. [Parents]
195. RUTH ROYCE was born CIR 1700. She died 2 Feb 1775. [Parents]
200. JOSEPH (2) PIXLEY was born 9 Mar 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA, USA. He died Feb 1752 in Great Barrington, Berkshire, MA, USA. JOSEPH married ABIGAIL CLARK on 23 Aug 1699 in Westfield, Hampden, MA, USA. [Parents]
Joseph moved to Westfield, MA with his father in 1680. He then moved to
Housatonic, MA about 1725 and later to Sheffield, MA (now Great Barrington)
in 1730. He was the town clerk of Westfield in 1685. Pixley Street in
Great Barrington, MA is named for this family.
201. ABIGAIL CLARK was born in Farmington, Hartford, CT, USA. She died in Great Barrington, Berkshire, MA, USA. [Parents]
202. SAMUEL COOPER was born 7 Jun 1673. He died 1735. SAMUEL married MARY ASHLEY on 1713 in Springfield, Berkshire, MA, USA. [Parents]
Torrey indicates that Samuel may have married first, Dorothy Ward (1672-1697).
203. MARY ASHLEY was born 6 Mar 1687 in Westfield, Hampden, MA, USA. [Parents]
204. JABEZ BINGHAM was born 20 Nov 1701 in Norwich, New London, CT, USA. He died 30 Aug 1785 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT, USA. JABEZ married BETHIAH WOOD on 8 Feb 1720 in Norwich, New London, CT, USA. [Parents]
The court appointed Abel Bingham guardian of Jabez 13 Oct 1713 at Lebanon, CT
1739-1745. Jabez bought the "Mansion" of his uncle Jonathan at Windham in 1745
and moved to Salisbury in 1760.
205. BETHIAH WOOD was born 19 Jan 1702 in Bradford, Essex, MA, USA. She died 3 Apr 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT, USA. [Parents]
Bethiah is sometimes found as Bithia.
206. ALEXANDER STEWART died in Connecticut, USA. He married AMEY (AMY) SPAULDING on 18 Apr 1734 in Plainfield, Windham, CT, USA.
Alexander was from Norwich, CT. In 1728 he was admitted inhabitant of
Plainfield Township, Wyndham, CT.
207. AMEY (AMY) SPAULDING was born 13 Dec 1717 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Parents]
208. MATHIAS SLAYMAKER was born LATE 17TH CENT in Hesse Cassel, Germany. He died estimated 1763 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA and was buried in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA. MATHIAS married CATHERINE (SLAYMAKER) about 1685 in Germany.
REMARKS TAKEN FROM "THE HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF MATHIAS SLAYMAKER -
who emigrated from Germany and settled in the eastern part of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania about 1710. Compiled by Henry Cochran Slaymaker,
published Lancaster, PA 1909.
Mathias Slaymaker, or as it is in the German, Schleiermacher, was born
and bred in Hesse Castle, in Germany, from which place he emigrated to the
city of Strasburg, then and now a part of the German Empire; for many years it
was, however, a part of the French Empire, and located along the left bank of
the river Rhine, in the province of Alsace. It belonged to one of the
provinces which composed the Palatinate, the seat of the most terrible
religious persecutions for more than one hundred years after the Reformation
took place. When Mathias Schleiermacher left Germany, to find wider
opportunities in this world, his immediate family were people of position and
eminence, and early in the Reformation embraced Protestantism. Mathias, above
mentioned, had two brothers, one was a clergyman and settled in the emperor's
dominion, high up in Germany; he was appointed Secretary of Legation from that
government to the Court of St. James, afterwards Charge d'Affairs, and there
married and settled. John Adams, when minister to the Court of St James,
resided with one of his descendants. His oldest son was governor of an island.
From this brother of Mathia Schleiermacher it is almost certain that the
Duvalls, Stewarts and Slamakers living in or near Baltimore and Annapolis,
Maryland and Washington D.C., also an Isaac Slaymaker living in New Jersey,
descend, as I have seen it expressed by one of them that their fathers said
"they had lived under the shadow of Windsor Castle."
The older brother of Mathias was a major in the King of Prussia's tall
regiment, and it is probable that a son of his was one of the officers in the
Hessian troops, as one of that name was confined as a prisoner in the
Lancaster jail.
Mathias Slaymaker emigrated to this country about 1710, and he and his
family settled on a tract of 1,000 acres, which he purchased from a company
called the London Company and known as the "London Lands," situated in
Strasburg Township, now Paradise Township, and built a log house near a spring
not far from the present village of Williamstown, Lancaster County, PA. It is
very likely he gave the name to Strasburg Township. He was married in Germany,
his wife's maiden name is unknown, her Christian name was Catharine. They had
five sons, Lawrence, Mathias, John, Henry and Daniel, and two daughters,
Margaret and Barbara. Lawrence and Margaret were born in Germany. Mathias
Slaymaker, as well as his sons, were noted for their gigantic stature and
strength, which was of great advantage in those days, as the Indians were all
around them. Mathias lived to an advanced age and died about 1762, and is
buried in old Leacock burying ground, which has been the burying place of many
of his descendants up to the present time.
The literal translation of Schliermacher is a veil maker; not the kind of
veil worn by women, but an awning or drapery maker; the insignia can be seen
on the coat of arms.
FOLLOWING IS THE WILL OF MATHIAS SLAYMAKER:
In the name of God Amen the twenty fifth day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty two, I Mathias Slaymaker, of
Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, and province of Pennsylvania, yeoman
being very sick and weak in Body but of Perfect mind and memory, thanks be
given unto God therefore Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing
that is it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and
recommend my soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend
it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner nothing
doubting but at the General Resurrection to receive the same again by the
mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate where with God hath
been pleased to bless me in this Life I give and dispose of the same in the
manner and form following first of all it is my will and I do order that all
my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied, secondly I give and
Bequeath unto the Heir of my oldest son Lawrence Slaymaker deceased ten
shillings to be levied out of my Estate, Thirdly I will and bequeath unto my
daughter Margaret one hundred pounds to be levied out of my Estate one year
after my decease, Fourthly I will and bequeath unto my daughter Barbara the
sum of one hundred pounds which she received from me at sundry times and ten
shillings more to be levied out of my Estate, Fifthly I will and bequeath unto
my son Mathias Slaymaker all that Massuage or tract of Land that now her
repectively dwells on and the sum of ten shillings to be levied out of my
Estate, Sixthly I will and bequeath in like manner aforesaid unto my two sons
John and Henry Slaymaker the Lands they respectively dwell on and ten
shillings each of them to be levioed out of my Estate. Finally I will and
bequeath unto my youngest son Daniel Slaymaker all the remainder of my estate
real and personal and do constitute and appoint him to execute this my last
will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all
and every other former Testament, Wills, or Legacies and Executors by me in
any wise before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and Confirming
this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Signed sealed published pronounced by me the said Mathias Slaymaker to be my
last will and testament. Signed by Maqthias Slaymaker, Witnessed by William
White and John Legget.A note of LCHS material states Mathias is the son of Henry, SR d. 1785. His
son, however, Henry JR died in 1785.
209. CATHERINE (SLAYMAKER) was born in Germany. She died in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA and was buried in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USA.
Catherine's maiden name is yet to be discovered, although she is well
documented after her marriage and immigration with Mathias. She is buried
in Old Leacock church with Mathias. She was in the U.S. about 1710.
210. WILLIAM WHITE died 1785. He married JANE (WHITE). [Parents]
William White of Strasburg Township m. Jane (probably dau. of John and Mary
Huston, inte. 1749 (Will Book E-1-pp. 180, 314; 1785) Deed Bppl MM. pp. 367-
368-369
211. JANE (WHITE) died before 1786 in Lancaster County, MD, USA.
Jane's will was dated 1786 and proved Jan 13, 1786. Her parents were probably
John and Mary Huston but this is not yet proven.
212. MATHIAS SLAYMAKER is printed as #208.
213. CATHERINE (SLAYMAKER) is printed as #209.
240. SAMUEL REYNOLDS was born 25 Sep 1720. He died 10 Aug 1810. SAMUEL married SARAH WARNER on 22 Apr 1742. [Parents]
241. SARAH WARNER died 22 Jun 1799. [Parents]