Katherine L KETTELL
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_William ELBEN ______|
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|--Shree ELBEN
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| _Lonnie DAVIS _______|
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|_Grace DAVIS ________|
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| _Ira Vane VOSHELL ________+
| | (1867 - 1941)
|_Lula VOSHELL _______|
(1902 - ....) |
|_Francis H (Fanny) COVEY _
(1868 - 1933)
[5323] [S135] Personal notes Ruth Estella Voshell
[16068]
dau William Smith Voshell
[7900] [S176] Cecil Co Historical Library Family file:
[1794]
Odessa Library book "The Forest of Appoquinimink" by Clifford Pryor 1975 mentions on p 80 'Auly Lore 1792-1849 came from Cumberland County, NJ about 1830 and bought from Iran Lyons the Patrick Lyons' lands. These 345 acres included the grist and saw mill at Blackbird. Mr Lores' main interest was the lumber business. He bought a number of farms with wooded tracts to provide logs for the saw mill. At the time of his death he owned 18 tracts containing over 2,000 acres, nearly all of them situated in the Forest of Appoquinimink.
Mr. Lore built a new house on the site of the old Lyon's log dwelling at the side of the mill pond called Silver Lake.'
This may have some connection to this marrage.
[1795] [S73] Personal notes Harry A Diehl's letters to Jill Voshell
+George W VANDEGRIFT
Leonard C VANDEGRIFT
Israel VANDEGRIFT
Joseph S VANDEGRIFT
+Mary Jane VANDEGRIFT
[6718] [S24] Journal of Susannah Elizabeth Vandegrift
[6717] [S5] Tatnal Tombstone microfilm records 1930
[15892] [S24] Journal of Susannah Elizabeth Vandegrift
_Amos STONESIFER __________+
| (1833 - 1909)
_Mervin Kemp STONESIFER _|
| (1864 - 1941) |
| |_Sarah Catherine LIGHTNER _
| (1841 - 1870)
_Alvah L STONESIFER _|
| (1898 - 1973) m 1917|
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| |_Minnie BYWATERS ________|
| (1877 - 1952) |
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|--Alvah Lyle STONESIFER JR
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|_Edith B DAUGHERTY __|
(1899 - ....) m 1917|
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[9114] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
+Rachel BANKERT
+Daniel BANKERT
Lydia BANKERT
+Hannah BANKERT
+Barbara BANKERT
+Catharine BANKERT
+Peter BANKERT
+Elizabeth BANKERT
+Ephraim L. BANKERT
Sabilla BANKERT never married lived with brother Abdiel in Pleasant Valley
+Abdiel Johannes BANKERT
+William J BANKERT
_ STEINSEIFER ________
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_father of John Daniel ,one of four sons STEINSEIFER _|
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_John Daniel (Sr) STONESIFER _|
| (1731 - 1813) m 1765 |
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|--Elizabeth STONESIFER
| (1783 - 1862)
| _Christian YINGLING __
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| _John YINGLING _______________________________________|
| | (1719 - ....) |
| | |_Susanna (maybe) _____
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|_Maria Elizabeth YINGLING ____|
(1744 - 1821) m 1765 |
| _Christophel BANKERT _
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|_Margaretha Elenore BANCKERT _________________________|
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|_Anna Eva ____________
[352]
She was the second youngest child of John Daniel Stonesifer, and was married to a brother of John Bankert - the husband of her sister Christina. Peter Bankert was a son of Jacob Bankert Jr. and the grandson of Jacob Bankert Sr. who was the only son of Christophel and Anna Eva Banckert - our immigrant Bankert great grandparents. Peter and Elizabeth lived about a half mile west of St Mary's Church in Silver Run, and also about a half mile from what was known in those days as Warner's Tavern. They farmed, raised 12 children, and were members of the Reformed congregation of the St Mary's Church in Silver Run.
When his father in law died Peter Bankert and Peter Erb a close neighbor were named in the will as executors. Peter Erb declined to serve in such a capacity, and thus Peter Bankert was granted the necessary papers to act as sole executor of the estate by the Orphans Court in Frederick, MD on Nov 24, 1813. By taking on this position, he unwittingly entered on a long and trying period in his life that only ended with his death.
During this period, also his own father Jacob Bankert Jr. died in 1824 and he was named an executor for that estate.
On Feb 16 1827 Peter held a public dale of John Daniel Stonesifer's real estate the interesting results of which wee as follows: 38 acres to Joshua Yingling for $389.50; 42 1/2 acres to Samuel Stonesifer for $297.50; 28 1/2 acres to Peter Stonesifer for $ 278.99. These are registered in Deed Book JS 27 on page 665+ in Frederick. Later that year on Oct 30, 1827 he sold 42 acres to Henry Routson - the husband of a granddaughter of John Daniel Stonesifer.
The sale of real estate, personal property, an the clearing off of many of the loans outstanding allowed him to make a 1st accounting in Frederick for estate matters on Oct. 31 1827. After necessary payments for expenses, there remained the sum of $7851.99 1/2 that was available for distribution to John Daniel Stonesifer's heirs with the average share being $573.23.
On July 26, 1828, Peter Bankert sold the Stonesifer homestead property of 150 acres to David and Rachel Leister for $1600 (Deed Book JS 30 page 378 in Frederick). He then was able to clear off remaining debts and loans due, and on May 11, 1831, he made his 2nd and final accounting of John Daniel's estate. After necessary expenses were again paid, there remained a balance of $2169.81 1/2 for distribution to the heirs. This time the average share per individual amounted to $166.90 and 11/13.
At about the same time he was also finishing up settling of his father's estate, and the final large item for that matter was disposal of his own homestead. On May 19, 1831, that property was sold to Isaac Bankert, his nephew, and the oldest son of his own deceased brother John Bankert, who had married his wife's sister Christiana Stonesifer.
In a few years the heirs of John Daniel Stonesifer began to "implore" peter Bankert to distribute what they claimed were additional monies he owed to them. The point of issue appears to have been the fact that Peter had bought back the original Stonesifer homestead property. It would seem that the Leisters could not complete their payments after a time, and that Peter likely agree to buy it back for the sum remaining, or about $1345.
As the Stonesifer heirs felt they again had equity in their homestead, they wanted what they believed were monies due them. It appears that at first Peter had some other reasoning on the matter, but they kept after him. Three years before his death Peter admitted to authorities that they were right, and the matter was taken to arbitration with the resulting sum being named as $1345. An agreement was made on Aug 9 1837 whereby he promised to pay the heirs that amount in six equal yearly installments. However, ill health probably brought on by years of emotional stress from dealing with financial and legal problems led to his early death in 1840 at the age of 63.
The result was no clear title to the original Stonesifer property for anyone, and the Stonesifer heirs having an equity in it with money owed to them still unpaid. To recover what they felt was theirs, and because the estate of Peter Bankert had insufficient assets to pay he debts, Jacob Stonesifer, a son of John Daniel's son Peter, filed a suit on behalf of the other heirs in Orphans Court in Westminster which became known as Case in Equity No 59. Soon additional claims and grievances arose on other past matters, and on Aug 3 1843 Daniel Stonesifer, a son of John Daniel, filed another suit, which became known as Case in Equity No 61. The filing of these suits caused a great deal of unhappiness among family members for many years, as can be well imagined. It also caused a hold to be put on the settling of the estates of all closely related Stonesifer and Bankert Family members who died in the twelve year period that litigation went on.
In 1843 Elizabeth Bankert widow of Peter Bankert, petition Orphans Court for financial aid. She referred the Court to a petition some of her children had made to them on Feb 20 1841 in which they asked permission to sell their father's property for estate distribution. The result of Elizabeth's petition is no known.
The litigation dragged on for what was to eventually be a twelve-year period 1841-1853. Claims and counter claims were brought up, hearings held, and copies of all papers pertaining to John Daniel Stonesifer's estate were secured form Frederick as in 1836 Carroll Co was set up as a separate legal entity. Matters became so complex that the Court ordered that the two separate suits be joined as one. Just before a special hearing on Sept 5 1849, it was even necessary for the lawyer for the Stonesifers to restate and summarize the main pints for all concerned in a long four-page letter to the Court.
Litigation was finally settled on July 12 1853 for an agreed sum of $24422.09. After various expenses were paid the amount came to $2343.91. From this new amount, 20 approved claims were paid which ranged from $34 to $202. Of these claims 12 were Stonesifer related, 6 pertained to the estate Andrew Shriver (he and his brother David had purchased the original Bankert Mill property at Union Mills and are buried at Christ Ch near Littlestown), and 2 claims were paid to David Leister. (He and his wife Rachel are buried at Silver Run).
When all those claims were paid, there remained a final sum of $371.12, and this money was equally or proportionally divided as necessary among the surviving children of John Daniel Stonesifer or the heirs of those children who were deceased. There also remained a stack of legal papers about six inches thick that have been kept on file in the Westminster Court House since that time which serve as a mute reminder of this tragic, but interesting, chapter in our family history.
The last years of Elizabeth, our great aunt married to Peter Bankert, were spent in the home of her son, Abdiel Bankert, who farmed in Pleasant Valley.
[353] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
_Obadiah VOSHELL JR well doc fam_+
| (1727 - 1796) m 1786
_Draper VOSHELL _____|
| (1788 - 1845) |
| |_Hannah IRONS 2nd wife___________+
| (.... - 1830) m 1786
_Draper VOSHELL _____|
| (1820 - 1902) m 1843|
| | _Nathaniel SMITH ________________
| | | (.... - 1793)
| |_Mary SMITH _________|
| (1794 - 1826) |
| |_unknown ________________________
| (.... - 1793)
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|--Draper VOSHELL
| (1845 - ....)
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|_Mary J WRIGHT ______|
(1815 - 1887) m 1843|
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[3711]
1860 Census he is 14 living with his father Draper and mother Mary.
1870 Census he is 24 married to Emma living in Dover.
1880 Census he is living in Magnolia DE.
1900 Census 54 DE Wilmington
his son Harry received the inheritance from Draper's mother Mary J
[3712] [S88] DE Archives Probate File
[14826] [S225] Misc Genealogy Sm Manuscripts
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