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Maria,
The White family was also among the early settlers. I found
John White, the son of a Doctor Peter White. This John
White obtained a land grant of 260 acres on Hogs Creek
in 1761. The Calverts had land grants on the Red Bud.
The Calverts were almost certainly Quakers as were many
other early settlers in Frederick Co. Below is an excerpt
from a History of Frederick, which may be found on the
internet. You can readily see the influence of the Quakers,
Irish and Scotch. Also, there may be explanation as to
where Washington White got his name.
George Calvert
cybercat(a)ntr.net
HISTORY OF FREDERICK CO. (excerpt)
Englishmen settled the piedmont, then pushed west by foot
and horse through passes in the Blue Ridge, and many
more German and Scotch-Irish settlers came down the
valleys from Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Some of the earliest settlers were Quakers who built the
Hopewell Friends Meeting House which still stands near
Clearbrook. These settlers were attracted by the fertile
soils and the abundant forest and water resources.
The Government of Colonial Virginia wanted this
wilderness settled as quickly as possible, as a buffer
against Indians; but Robert "King" Carter, Lord Fairfax's
agent, was settling Fairfax's land slowly in large plantations.
The government of Virginia had chartered counties in the
land grant as settlement spread up the Northern Neck and
west through the land grant. Virginia began to argue that
Fairfax's land grant ended at the Blue Ridge, and began
granting up to 1,000 acres each to settler families west of
the Blue Ridge.
Virginia gave particular developers the right to recruit
settlers and sell them up to 1,000 acres per family within a
general "grant" area. Each parcel would revert to Virginia
unless settled with a house and orchard within two years.
Abraham Hollingsworth settled near the site of Abrams
Delight in about 1729. Owen Thomas and Jeremiah Smith
came to Back Creek in 1730 and settled on 806 acres
granted in Thomas' name. Smith left and returned with a
wife before 1741. His log cabin is now part of a house
west of Back Creek and south of Route 50. In 1732, Jost
Hite settled 16 families on his 5,000 acre "grant" and built
Hite's Fort at Bartonsville.
The Indian Path became the Great Wagon Road and
Indians were dispossessed westward by treaty and force
of arms. Frederick County was created from western
Orange County by the House of Burgesses on December
21, 1738 and was named after the Prince of Wales. James
Wood, County Surveyor for Orange County, platted a
town at the County seat, which he named Winchester,
after his birthplace. It consisted of 26 half-acre lots and
three streets within 1300 acres, which he claimed as
wilderness land owned by Virginia. Those streets are now
Loudoun, Boscawen and Cameron.
Hi Barbara and George,
Thank you both for the information on the book. I am going to view the
index on CD to the Henshaw books and see if I can find a match. If they are
not in there, I don't think that they would have been Quakers.
Maria
> Hi,
>George has the right info. I have the
>book THE CALVERTS WHO WERE
>QUAKERS. There are connections of
>Hollingsworth all over the place as well
>as the Harlan, Chenoweth, Buckey (the
>name of the author of the book) Irish
>who came over ) Crawford, Stalnaker,
>Hart, Currence,and more. Inc. VA,
>PA, NJ, OH, MD, and prob. more. I
>don't know if you can get the book at
>the library, but it is pub. by Chenoweth
>Publishing Co., Fairview Park, OH
>44126. Pub. 1991. I think if you write
>to the pub co. you can order it. Good
>luck. Barbara M. Calvert
6/14/00 Hi,
George has the right info. I have the
book THE CALVERTS WHO WERE
QUAKERS. There are connections of
Hollingsworth all over the place as well
as the Harlan, Chenoweth, Buckey (the
name of the author of the book) Irish
who came over ) Crawford, Stalnaker,
Hart, Currence,and more. Inc. VA,
PA, NJ, OH, MD, and prob. more. I
don't know if you can get the book at
the library, but it is pub. by Chenoweth
Publishing Co., Fairview Park, OH
44126. Pub. 1991. I think if you write
to the pub co. you can order it. Good
luck. Barbara M. Calvert
George,
Thank you. As usual, you are a stalwart and that is meant in the highest sense
of the word.
JIm
At 12:20 AM 6/13/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Marie Bower writes:
>Has any ever read/seen the book by J. Richard Buckley, The History of
>the
>Calverts Who Were Quakers? I saw it listed on the Internet and was
>wondering if it is about people with the surname of CALVERT who
>were Quakers (titles can sometimes be misleading), there were no
>reviews on the book.
>Looking for CALVERTS who were in Frederick CO VA
>Maria e. Brower
>
>Marie,
>
>Descendants of Virginia Calverts, 1947, by Ella Foy O'Gorman has an
>entire chapter about the "Calverts of Frederick Co., Va.; pages 611 to
>624. They begin with a John Calvert who married Jane (McMahan ?).
>They were from the Quaker Branch of the Calverts (probably) had the
>following lineage.
>
>John Calvert (b. c. 1587/9, buried at Drumgorr,
>> Ireland) arrived Northern Ireland c. 1617, from
>> Moorsham, Yorkshire, m. Grace ?, settled in
>> Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland. Buried in
>> Friends Burial Ground in Moyraverty.
>>
>> son Thomas Calvert (1617 at Lygasory - Dec 17,
>> 1685, in Pennsylvania), m. Nov 11, 1647, Jane
>> Glassford, daughter of Hugh Glassford and wife
>> Margaret of Stranmillis, near Belfast, Ireland.
>>
>> children of Thomas and Jane:
>>
>> 1. John Calvert (Oct 6, 1648, near Belfast -
>> Sept 23, 1699, Penn) m. May 29, 1673, Judith
>> Stamper (b. Sept 23, 1648, Stranmillis) daughter
>> of Hugh Stamper and Bridget of Lurgan, County
>> Armagh.
>>
>> 2. Ann Calvert (c. Nov 1650, Killwarlin, near
>> Hillsborough, County Down - Oct 16, 1697,
>> Delaware. m. June 12, 1672, Valentine
>> Hollingsworth (c. Aug 1632 - 1710/11, Delaware).
>>
>> 3. Margaret Calvert (June 4, 1661, at
>> Killurigan, Parish of Sego, County Armagh - Oct
>> 1687) m. 1684, Thomas Hollingsworth (May 1, 1661
>> Ireland - Feb 2, 1727), son of Valentine
>> Hollinsgworth and his first wife Ann Rea.
>>
>> 4. Elizabeth Calvert (June 26, 1664, County
>> Armagh) m. Dec 23, 1701, at Ballyhagen Meeting,
>> Thomas Topper of Ballyhagen, County Armagh.
>>
>> Thomas Calvert's will was proved at Philadelphia
>> Dec 17, 1685.
>>
>> John Calvert, No. 1 above, settled with his
>> family about 1683 in Pennsylvania on land
>> granted by William Penn March 13, 1683. He and
>> Judith had Ruth, Isaac, Thomas, Joshua, Daniel,
>> Mary (married John Chenoweth), Judith, and JOHN
>> (married JANE McMahan).
>
>There is no absolute "proof" that the John Calvert of Frederick
>married Jane McMahon, however his wife's name was Jane, and there
>is much in the records to suggest that John Calvert of Frederick Co.
>was indeed the son John and Judith (Stamper) Calvert.
>
>Information suggesting this includes: No. 3 above Ann Calvert who
>married Valentine Hollingsworth ends up on page 205 of Hopewell's
>Friends History of Frederick Co., Va. Also, John Calvert of Frederick
>Co. is granted 850 acres of Nov. 12, 1735 in Frederick Co. adjacent
>to Abraham Hollingsworth's farm, (Land Office, Richmond Va, Book
>16, 394). At some point becomes apparent that these are inter-related
>families, i.e. John and Abraham were cousins.
>
>Your Mary Calvert does not appear in Descendants of Virginia
>Calverts. We have two Marys born in the early 1770's. One #6215
>married Isaac Coffman. The other #6223 still had her maiden name
>when her father's will was written May 1, 1807.
>
>There were quite a few Calverts in Frederick County by 1770 and
>some lines of the family are no doubt unidentified. A good source to
>check for information is the "land records". These are on the internet
>thanks to the Library of Virginia. You could check for "White" to see if
>they obtained land grants. (Also, at one time Frederick County was part
>of Orange County.)
>
>George Calvert
>cybercat(a)peoplepc.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>I can't identify your "Mary" from the information given in O'Gorman.
>There is a Mary Calvert (#6215), born abt 1776, who married Isaac
>Coffman on Aug. 3, Washington Co., Ky. There is another Mary Calvert
>(#6223) born in the early 1770's however she still had her maiden
>name Mary Calvert when her father's will was prepared on May 1,
>1807. Both of these Marys were grandchidren of John and Jane
>(McMahon?) Calvert.
>
>
>
>
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Message #3
WHITE John White lv. Carlow, IRE. ca1681. Member of the Free Society
of Traders.
John White & wife Susannah & son Wm.
1790 Hopewell to Westfield Meeting.
Marriages: Alexander White III m.
Srah Cotter Gassaway, 1796; Augustus
White m. Abigail HICKS, 1791; David
White m. Sarah Newbrough 1793; Francis
White m. Margaret White, 1787; Garrison
White m. Elizabeth Reizer, 1786; John
White m. Peggy Frye, 1788; Michael
White m. Eizabeth Frye, 1783; Thomas
White m. Sarah McKonkey, 1784; Warner
White m. Mary Taylor, 1783; Wm. White
m. Polly White, 1790.
Connected to the Buckey family. Capt.
John White was a Rev. War soldier,
killed by Indians in 1779. One of hs
desc. Isaac White b. near Huntsville.
There is part of this White family that
lives in CO. Barbara Calvert
A friend forwarded a message to me from this list by Sue that mentions
Esther Calvert and James McManus. I did not get Sue's e-mail address, but
have a lot of information on the McManus that married Esther Calvert dau of
John C Calvert and Esther Hetty Jones. James Elliot McManus was the son of
James R McManus and Esther Calvert. Sue, please get in touch with me as I
have a LOT of the McManus info and some on the Calverts of Belmont Co OH.
Josie Vaughn
jpvaughn(a)jps.net
Mesage #2 re Swayne
QUAKER Swayne name listed.
Irish, Scots Irish, Welsh & Eng. Quakers.
Francis Swayne wit to m. cert. for Thomas
Jackson & Mary Wiley, 1718, Chester Co.,
PA.
Swayne listed in Harlan family:
WV Frederick Co. The Harlan family ancestors of Supreme CT Justice
Harlan, who served with Assoc. Justice Noah
Swayne s/o Joshua Swayne of Frederick
Co.
Samuel Swayne listed 1817 member
of Winchester, Center Meting.
Francis Swayne wit. m. in 1724, Hopewell
MM
Crooked Run Meeting:
Hannah Swayne & ch: Francis, Betty &
Lydia moved to Kennett
Joshua Swayne wit. m. of John Fawcett &
Margaret Brown, 1781.
Sorry, but that's it. Barbara Calvert
Hi,
I'm new to list..here is the only Calvert I have:
ESTHER S. Calvert was born Abt. 1804 in Ohio, and died Abt. 1888. She married JAMES ELLIOT MCMANUS, SR. 28 Dec 1826 in Belmont, Belmont, Ohio, by William Workman, J. P., son of LUKE MCMANUS and CATHERINE UNKNOWN. He was born 1804 in Berkley Co., Virginia (Now WV), and died 14 Oct 1892 in Harrison Co., Ohio.
Sue
Barbara,
I am looking for a Calvert and White connection, but they may not have
married until they got to Frederick Co, VA - or in some other place. Mary
Calvert married John White. First child appears to be born 1790. Mary
Calvert was born 22 Feb 1771 and died in 1823 in Frederick Co VA. She had a
brother named Jesse Calvert. I am trying to find thier parents. In one of
my Frederick Co books it mentions a Nottingham Monthly meeting. I will
have to go back to three of my books, and find the reference now, I did not
put a bookmark in the book or page. I don't know if they were Quakers, but
since I can't find them in any Fredereick records, I thought they may have
been. Anyway, I saw the CALVERT books listed on the internet and wonderered
if it could solve my missing link.
Maria E. Brower, Grass Valley, CA
>6/9/00 Quaker
>I have a copy of THE CALVERTS WHO
>WERE QUAKERS by Buckey. It isn't
>that easy to make connections. Lots on
>Chenoweth & Hollingsworth and Buckey.
>Lots of other Quakers named that really
>have no Calvert connection. Let me know. Barbara M. Calvert
>
I haven't posted in awhile, so I thought I would try again. I have a
Charles Calvert who was born in Virginia (not sure where) in 1803. His
son, William W. Calvert, was born in Ohio about 1834. I don't know
Charles' wife's name, but she probably died young as Charles was living
with William in the 1856 census in Iowa (when William was only about
20). Charles was still living with William and Barbara in the 1870 Iowa
census, but does not appear on the 1880 Iowa census.
William W. Calvert married someone named Barbara ??? before 1856.
They had 7? children (all born in Iowa)
Josephine Emily Calvert b. 1856
Mary J. Calvert b. 1860
Margaret Calvert b. 1861
Francis (Frank?) Calvert b. 1864
Olivia Calvert b. 1870
Clara Calvert b. 1872
Alonzo Calvert b. 1973
Margaret Calvert is my direct ancestress. She married William Henry
Davison in Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa on February 1, 1878
They had at least 8 children and may have adopted a ninth.
William Davison and Margaret Calvert were living in Beatrice Nebraska by
the 1920 Census. Her father, William W. Calvert was living with them
there. Both William Davison and Margaret Calvert died in Beatrice,
Nebraska (William in March of 1928 and MArgaret in 1937). We presume
that William W. Calvert died there also after 1920, but are not sure.)
Unfortunately, the courthouse in Beatrice burned down some years ago,
and so we have not been able to get death certificates for any of these
people.
My mother has been doing much of this research, but she had not heard of
O'Gorman's book,
So here are the questions.
1) Has anyone else run across a Charles who was a brother that may have
been lost?
2) Can someone look up in the O'Gorman book and see if Charles is listed
with the Virginia Calverts?
3) Does anyone have other suggestions for trying to track down these
illusive Calverts?
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Marti Dell
mdell(a)hevanet.com
6/9/00 Quaker
I have a copy of THE CALVERTS WHO
WERE QUAKERS by Buckey. It isn't
that easy to make connections. Lots on
Chenoweth & Hollingsworth and Buckey.
Lots of other Quakers named that really
have no Calvert connection. Let me know. Barbara M. Calvert
Yes, the book is about the Quakers in Chester Co, PA
Cathy Berger
----- Original Message -----
From: Maria E. Brower <mbrower(a)nccn.net>
To: <CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:04 PM
Subject: [CALVERT] CALVERT book
> Has any ever read/seen the book by J. Richard Buckley, The History of the
> Calverts Who Were Quakers? I saw it listed on the Internet and was
> wondering if it is about people with the surname of CALVERT who were
> Quakers (titles can sometimes be misleading), there were no reviews on the
> book.
> Looking for CALVERTS who were in Frederick CO VA
> Maria e. Brower
>
>
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tbode(a)mail.riverview.net
Just wanted to forward this on to you, it may or may not open a new door.
Carolyn Joy
Tim,
I have been researching since 1978 and sometimes we have to brainstorm,
you do not offend me in your brainstorming. I have a Aunt Rena Brown who
has worked on this line all her life and she is in her 70's. I am going
to send her your brainstorming data and see if she can help.
But I do think we are cousins somehow.
CJ in Oklahoma
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 13:29:38 -0500 Tim Bode <tbode(a)mail.riverview.net>
writes:
> Carolyn Joy wrote:
> >
> > Hey cousin,
> >
> > I was digging around over the weekend and seen an email that you
> had had
> > out on Genforum, (1998) looking for info on Benjamin Taylor and
> Jane
> > Calvert. And a Richard L. Clift had replyed. I don't know if I
> ever did
> > reply.
> >
> > I find that interesting that you said Benjamin's wife was Jane
> Mercer.
> > Hannah
> >
> > Carolyn in Oklahoma
> > curlyhorses(a)juno.com
> Carolyn
>
> Jane Mercer is just one prospect. I know that Benjamin is listed in
> a
> legal document that mentions all of the known heirs of John Calvert.
>
> Thought that maybe there is a Mercer connection as there is no
> record
> for a Benjamin Taylor marrying Jane Calvert, yet there is a marriage
> of
> Benjamin Taylor and Jane Mercer, but the dates don't match my
> calculations of the timeframe that Ben and Jane should have been
> married.
>
> The 1820 census in Belmont County says there is a 16 year old female
> living in the household, if Ben and Jane are older than we have
> assumed
> by census and other records, they could have been married as early
> as
> 1802 which is the time frame for the Benjamin Taylor Jane Mercer
> marriage.
>
> I in no way want to imply that Benjamin was married to Jane Mercer
> unless Jane Calvert was married prior to her marriage with Benjamin
> Taylor to a Mercer. Also Hannah Calvert was known as Hannah Mercer
> Calvert, yet she is not listed in the legal document as an heir to
> John
> Calvert, neither is John Scoles who she married. When I ran out of
> legal or other documents to use in my research, I turned to throwing
> out
> possibilities, far from proven yet worthy of consideration.
>
> There must be a Mercer connection with Hannah being named for them.
> My
> Taylor line later marry's into the Brock family, they also tie into
> the
> Mercer family from Belmont County. John Brock and Amy Mercer were
> married in Frederick County VA. Amy's father also moved to Belmont
> County, his name was John Mercer.
>
> I hope I didn't offend anyone with my brainstorming!
>
> Regards, Tim
Alicia,
There are 20 Fred Calverts listed on the SSDI.Only one obtained his SS
card in Washington, but he gave his birth as 1905.
What line of work was your Fred in? Would he have had a SS number or
did he work for the railroad or the government?
Paul Bardell
Has any ever read/seen the book by J. Richard Buckley, The History of the
Calverts Who Were Quakers? I saw it listed on the Internet and was
wondering if it is about people with the surname of CALVERT who were
Quakers (titles can sometimes be misleading), there were no reviews on the
book.
Looking for CALVERTS who were in Frederick CO VA
Maria e. Brower
Barbara, We really have no idea which part of Kansas Fred Calvert was from.
So maybe.
Alicia
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Calvert <BobbyNJ(a)webtv.net>
To: CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com <CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: [CALVERT] Re: CALVERT-D Digest V00 #84
6/8/00 KS Calvert
There is a Calvert family listed in biog-
raphies in ELK CO. KS. If you think that
is an area to check, let me know.
Barbara Calvert
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I am looking for Washington White son of John White and his wife Mary
Calvert, John died in 1854 in Frederick Co VA. Mary Calvert was born 22 Feb
1771 and died in 1823 Fredereick Co VA.
Their children were:
Nancy b. 1790
William White b. 1794
Washington White 1799*
Madison White 1799
John C. White b. 1801
Goren Lovett White b. 1804
James S. White b. 1807.
I don't know how many of the children left Frederick Co, VA and came West
except Washington White lived in Greene Co PA and a divorce was granted to
his wife Mary Strahan/Stahin White in 1832. He did not show up for the
court hearing and the divorce was granted to Mary. She married 2nd John C.
Huggins and they moved to Preston County, VA/WV.
Children of Mary Strahan White and her 1st husband Washington were:
William George White (my ancestor) b. c.1817
Mary Anne White b. 1830 Greene Co PA
Alexander H. Whige b. 1827 Greene Co PA
Goren Owens White b. 1828 Greene Co PA
This family lived in Monongalia and Preston County, Although William George
may have stayed in Greene Co until after the Civil war. He married Susannah
Jane Bear/Bare in 1838 in Whitley Twp, Greene Co. She was the daughter of
another Greene Co family, David Bare (sr) and Susannah Rittenour. I do not
know anything about Susannah Rittenour's family.
Maria E. Brower, Grass Valley, Ca
have you tried getting a death certificate that might have told you who his
parents
were???tried getting census which might tell you a little more about him??you
can
get microfilm of censuses sent to some libraries..