Elizabeth C VOSHELL
[11591] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
[12591] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
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[13881] [S176] Cecil Co Historical Library Family file:
[13882] Census 1850
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[5281] [S135] Personal notes Ruth Estella Voshell
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dau William Smith Voshell
_Daniel VOSHELL _____+
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_Alexander VOSHELL Moses K Ford_|
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_Joseph Eugene VOSHELL not on 1880 census_|
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[3609] [S88] DE Archives Probate File
[3608] [S62] "Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone Kent County Delaware Cemetery Records"
Augustine VOSHELL (VOSCHELL)
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[1719]
Henry Z Jones, Jr. in his book The Palatine Families of New York publishes 1985 writes on page 1116-1118
"An Aúgustÿn Bugsspúl, his wife and 7 ch., were on Capt. Duk's ship in the 4th party of Palatines in Holland in 1709 (Rotterdam Lists). An Augustin Buchsel age 50, his wife, sons aged 25, 22, 20, 16, 12, 8, and 1, Ref., carpenter, were in the 4th arrivals in England later that yr. (London Lists). I am not sure if the aforementioned family is the N.Y. Woschel/Voshall group, although the ages seem potentially correct (HJ)."
"'Hunter's Lists #833' Augustin Woshel made his initial appearance on the Hunter Lists:
The family showed the following entries
4 and 10 and 2 under 10 yrs. of age 30 June 1710.
5 over 10 and 1 under 10 on 4 Aug 1710,
5 pers. over 10 yrs. 31 Dec 1710,
4 pers. over 10 and 1 under 10 on 29 Sept 1711,
5 pers. over 10 yrs. On 24 Dec 1711, and
4 pers. over 10 yrs of age 25 March 1712; the family name was spelled Voschel on several entries.
"Augustine Voshell: 2 men, 2 lads aged 9-15 yrs., and 1 woman, were in Ulster Co. in 1710/11 (West Camp Census)."
"Augustinus Roschel and his wife Catharina with 2 ch. were enrolled next to Peter Roschel and his wife Anna Maria at Beckmansland ca 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register)."
"Augustine Vossel of the Co. of Kent received 100a in Delaware in Aug 13, 1716 (PA. Commissioners of Property Records)."
"The ch. of Augustin Woshel/Voschel were:
1) Peter Anthony (HJ), Hunter's list #832
2) Francis
3) Obediah
4?) James
5?) Levi
London Census of Palatines in 1709 in the 4th arrivals:
"Augustin Bushsel aged 50, with his wife , sons aged 25, 22, 20, 16, 12, 8, and 1, Reformed religion, carpenter."
In Henry Z Jones book about the Palatine Families of New York he has very interesting information about the hardships that these early immigrates endured.
In the church records of Europe during the 1600's there are countless entries about the invasions of the French forces plundering everything in the German regions. Then in the 1708-1709 entries there are many comments about the cold severe winters in a row. "The year 1709 began with such sever and cold weather and lasted such a long time that even the oldest people could not remember ever having experienced such a winter; not only were many birds frozen and found dead, but also many domesticated livestock in their sheds, many trees froze, and the winter grain was also very frozen."
"But perhaps the most important yet most intangible factor on the emigration was the character and psychological make-up of the 1709ers themselves. They seemed to have within their souls some special spark, some sense of daring and adventure which enabled them to gamble their lives and families on an unknown fate and set forth across a mighty ocean to a strange land. Several emigrants were noted in church books prior to 1709 as 'vagabonds' and thus were already on the move. Some exhibited a genuine land hunger and desire to better their lot even before leaving Germany."
"The Palatine encamped outside Rotterdam were in a miserable condition, and shacks covered with reeds were the only shelter they had from the elements." The Palatines continued to arrive in Holland. Things looked like they were getting out of hand. The British were falling victim to their own PR campaign and tried to turn back many Palatines especially the Catholics by refusing to honor their commitments to support the German arrivals. Many of those arriving after July 1709 if not sent back, made their own way to England by private charitable contribution or at their own expense.
"The Palatines arriving in England beginning in May 1709 continued to have problems there. London was not so large a city that 11,000 alien people could be poured into it conveniently without good notice of thorough planning. In June1709 when the Palatine emigration simply got too big to chronicle. The longer they lingered, the worse conditions became for the 1709ers. At first, the London populace looked on the Palatines in a rather kindly way, but gradually the novelty of their presence wore off. As the poorer classes of Londoners realized the emigrants were taking their bread, reducing their scale of wages, mobs of people began attacking the Palatines with axes, hammer, and scythes, and even the upper classes became alienated.
The crossing to America were filled with difficulty: ships sinking, weather unreasonable cold, nearly starvation conditions.
"That the Palatines survived in America is no less a miracle than their emigration! They left hardships in Germany to find new hardships here. The 1709ers never found the Promised Land of milk and honey of the Golden Book, but they did find a wilderness ready to be tamed and transformed into livable communities by perseverance and hard work. Their story is a tribute to their fortitude and quality of character, which enabled them to find the inner strength to meet the terrible difficulties they faced in their new life in a New World. The Palatine families of New York met the challenge head on and not only survived, but established a secure and important place in American life.
"Voshell Vibrations" Vol. 1 No 1:
"The earliest records of any Voshells so far uncovered by this researcher (Steven William Voshell) are those in New York State in West Camp, Ulster County, New York, which was a Palatine refugee/ immigrant settlement. A survey of remaining Palatines in West Camp in the winter of 1710-1711 listed two families of Peter Antoni Voschell and Augustine Voschell. The family of Peter Voschell was composed of one adult male and one adult female while the family of Augustine Voschell was listed as two adult males, one adult female, and two minor males between the ages of 9 and 15 years.
The Family anecdotes and some secondary genealogical sources indicate that the Voshells are of French origin and probably French Huguenot, i.e., French Protestant, background. During the preceding two hundred years to 1710, since the creation of the Reformation church in the several countries of Europe, the religious persons believing the Reformed doctrines had increasing difficulties in their various countries. In France, they were dubbed Huguenots. They had adherents in every class of society, but there was a heavy concentration in the emerging entrepreneurial class or burghers. The French government and the French Roman Catholic Church and their members actively persecuted the Huguenots, forcing them into protected cities, which were also assaulted. When the Huguenots gained some Royal supporters, they often gained some momentary toleration. For example of the one extreme, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 left 50,000 dead in Paris and at least an equal number died in other parts of France. On the other hand, in 1598, the Edict of Nantes extended a modicum of protection and peace to the Huguenots until its revocation in 1685.
Following the revocation, the persecutions began with increasing strength. Thus, many French Huguenots attempted legal and illegal emigration to avoid death. They joined thousands of Protestants already on the march in other parts of Europe, fleeing religious or political domination. Some French traveled directly to England while others joined first to other Protestant areas of the Continent such as certain Swiss Cantons, certain German states such as the Lower Palatinate, and the Netherlands. Despite earlier migrations to the New World, there was a large series of ship embarkation in the 1708 to 1710 period from London and other English cities. This was from pressure by the English people who felt they could no longer serve as hosts to these thousands of Palatine refugees from the Continent could. It seems probable that the two Voshell families came to West Camp, New York in this period.
There are two other reference uncovered about this early New York period. In the records of the Lutheran church of West Camp, Peter and his wife Maria are mentioned to have become parents of Anna Catherina on 3 August 1711; she was later baptized on 9 August 1711 by the Lutheran pastor, The Reverend Joshua Kocherthal. In the records of these otherwise presumed German persons, Peter Voschell was identified as French. The other record is a series of reports from Governor Robert Hunter to the officials in London. He reported from June 1710 to September 1714 the number of Palatine families receiving food rationing. Both families are mentioned in secondary sources twice, but the second time with reduced family sizes presumably from death. On these lists their surname was spelled in the variant Woschel.
Another secondary source not verified yet indicates that both Peter and Augustine Voschell received land to resettle in Delaware, which then was under William Penn. It was part of Pennsylvania, but it was in the process of becoming a separate colony. According to this source Augustine received a 100 acres on 31 October 1716 while Peter waited until 16 June 1717 to receive his 200 acres. Sometime thereabouts both families moved to Delaware. When Peter died in 1732/1733, his will mentioned only a second woman named Susannah I speculated to be a second wife. Since no children are mentioned as heirs and if this is the same Peter who immigrated into New York and later to Delaware, I analyze that the modern Voshell/Voshall families are all descended from Augustine Voschell."
[There were orphan court files in DE for Peter but no names were listed]
Professional Genealogist Henry Diehl writes to Jill Voshell in April 1993:
"Augustine Voschell, b ca 1680 French Huguenot origin, came to New York with the Palatines (German immigrants) ca 1709. He was listed as a head of family with two men, 2 boys (9-15) and 1 women. It is likely that the one adult male was his oldest son, Peter. John Brown Turner the noted Delaware genealogist says Augustine came to Delaware with sons Peter, Francis and Obadiah. I believe another was Levy (Levi) who shows up here and got land 1726 in Duck Neck HND. I have found no evidence yet for Francis and Peter was here and died without issue. Obadiah was here and is probably the ancestor of most of the Voshells. Augustine witnessed a will 1752 so he died after that date. When Peter had a son born in New York the pastor listed him as a Frenchman."
Why another reference to Augustine in 1756 and 1782? The first Augustine would have be very old.
Two petitions in Maryland signed Augustine Voshall and another with Augustine Voshell. They are in reference to the Inhabitants of My Ladies Manor, Baltimore. There was a dispute between the heirs of Thomas Breerwood and the tenants that have leased the land. Apparently, this Augustine was one of them. This petition was signed in 1782 new Baltimore. There is a Rachal Goodin widow also on the list. Moses Goodwin died near Baltimore.
THEORY;
This Augustine is one of the eight children of Obadiah SR not mentioned in his will. Augustine that is supposed to have witness a Will in DE in the year 1756 of a Jane Moore [neighbor of John Voshall son of Augustine]. If these are the same person, he could have left the state and worked for an Uncle Moses near Baltimore and then on his own. The "desperate note" mentioned in the Benjamin Goodwin Probate 1773 could also be attributed to a younger Augustine. Another theory is that this is the son of Peter and Susannah Voshell that the Miles Goforth orphan court document was filed at the time of her death in 1734.
This Augustine was one of the unnamed eight children of Obediah SR who moved to MD with Moses Goodwin.
10/9/1897 Middletown Transcript:" The Huguenots. The wars of the Huguenots as taken up by Dr Moore in his sermon on Sunday evening last were very minutely described and scenes from them were clearly pictured by him-- the latter resulting from his recent travels which took him through that section of France where many of the deeds, which stand out as leading points of these wars were enacted.
Starting with the reign of Francis I when their persecution began, he told of the origin of the trouble between them and the Catholics who formed in a body against them and their puritanical ideas, known as the Guises, against whom the conspiracy of Amboise was formed. The situation of the chateau here on the banks of the Loire, its massive tower, 130 feet in height, and its restoration by the Count of Paris were spoken of. It was at this place that Christians were first called Protestants.
The doctor then proceeded to tell of the massacre of the Protestants, who at the command of Catharine De Medici were butchered for truth and right. Following their history during the reign of Henry IV King of Navare, was issued the famous edict of Nantes, guaranteeing the Protestants perfect liberty of conscience etc. with the privilege of filling all offices of trust. After the death of Henry IV, they were exterminated by the order of Charles IX from the Loire in Paris resulting in the death of from two to five thousand and the banishment of twenty to thirty thousand. Because of this there was a great jubilee held in Rome.
The revocation of the edict of Nantes by Louis XIV followed. He was influenced in this by Madam de Maintenon; the loss sustained by France because of this 500,000 and more of her best citizens left the county fleeing to England, Germany, America etc.; These have given to Germany many of her noted generals, to England a marked improvement in her army navy and society; some of her bishops being descendants from the Huguenots; and in our own country the result was felt in the influence of such men as Henry Lawrence and others.
In concluding his discourse the doctor spoke of the name Huguenot being now one of honor instead of derision, and as resulting from their long and bitter struggle there is now religious liberty and tolerance and freedom of conscience."
[1720] [S71] Turner Collection Micro-Fische
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|--Kathryn WOTLASTON
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| _Jonathan GROVES ______________+
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| _George W GROVES ____|
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| | |_Elizabeth Rebecca VANDEGRIFT _+
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|_Ira Emma GROVES _____|
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|_Mary J DRINMEN _____|
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[6672] [S24] Journal of Susannah Elizabeth Vandegrift
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