Hi! I have just discovered this Cease Rootsweb list and am excited to join
it. My maternal grandfather was Herman Theopholis Cease, son of Sidney
Theopholis Cease and Mary Caroline MacIntosh. I am aware of several
cousins, and we are all hoping to find more info on the Cease line. The
MacIntosh/Younkhaus book compiled by Frances Sterling Drisko, has some of
the Cease family in it, since the MacIntosh-Kiff-Cease lines interconnect at
least twice. The mention of our Cease line goes back to Sidney's father,
Alexander Cease, born 1 Sept. 1812 in New York. He married Julia Ann
MacIntosh and they lived in Tioga and Bradford counties, Pa. Alexander's
father is not listed in the book, but the names Henry II and Elihu have been
suggested. His mother may have been a Hall, possibly Charlotte. Alexander
married three times and must have been quite a fellow. My grandfather
Herman Cease wrote a letter to a 2nd cousin of mine, Arlene (Punk)
Lipchinsky, which is printed in the MacIntosh book, and which tells
something about his father and grandfather. The family seems to have been
involved in the lumbering line of work. I hope someone out there recognizes
these names and I find more of this Cease family. I am looking forward to
hearing from others with the Cease name. Tricia Knudsen, Arizona,
pairadox1(a)frontiernet.net.