List:
I made a significant error in fact and need to make sure I correct that.
The earliest record of land for John Channell in Randolph County is 3 Sept.
1793. Channell sells this land on 3 May 1797. This is the land that
involves a Power of Attorney with John Pierce. Supposing he lives on that
land, then this shortens the time span for his arrival in Ohio to between
May of 1797 and 1799 when he was found by McIntire on McIntire's land.
I have been working with Ethel Swiger on the Jacob Stalnaker III line, and I
have Nancy Channell's 1803 marriage date to Jacob on the brain.
Apologies for the error and confusion.
Regards,
M. Mathews
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CHANNELL] Thomas CHANNELL and Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
Jean and List:
A Jeremiah Channell is said to have moved to Randolph County from the
South Branch during the first decade of the pioneer period. I have not
seen a description of what exactly the pioneer period was, but my guess is
that it started at the time the county was formed. Whatever the case, we
do know that the arrival of Channell is between April of 1787 and December
of 1797. If you read Hu Maxwell's version closely, he seemingly credits
Jeremiah, Jr. as being the first to arrive. Highly unlikely in my opinon
that it was Junior who first appeared, as Junior would be all of about 17
years of age -- or less -- depending on what exact time frame the pioneer
period covered.
Joseph is still in Hardy county in late fall of 1799, as evidenced by
entries naming him being involved in the estate of Michael See. Joseph's
arrival in Randolph county is probably closer to the date of his frist
land purchase within Randolph county.
Thanks to information passed along to me by Mr. Dale Channell of Kansas,
there is a high degree of certainty that John is in what is present day
Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio prior to and in 1799. He was found on
land belonging to a John McIntire, McIntire being credited as the founder
of Zanesville. How long John was already there previous to McIntire
finding him is unknown, but the time frame is potentially wide -- from
between April of 1787 and 1799. From the written account describing
McIntire finding Channell on his land, it would appear that Channell was
already there for a period of time, as Channell and his family were there
with six other families. It is not known how McIntire reacted to finding
Channell there -- is this where John perhaps goes back to Virginia? From
corresponding with family members of McIntire and studying McIntire's
will, there is no relationship between he and Channell. This means there
is absolutely no way to tell with any confidence if John goes to Virginia
from here, as the first entry of land for John that I find in Randolph
county is 1803. That's about a four year period where John's presence is
not clearly known, and a year or less before he makes a land purchase in
what is now Licking county, Ohio in 1804. It is this 1804 date that John
is credited with as being a pioneer in Ohio, but the reality is he kinda
had a headstart on it.
M. Mathews
> I can't help it, I am skeptical of this connectiion. Thomas does not
> seem to be a family name. There is a tradition that the John Channell,
> one of the supposed brothers, was raised by the indians and that was why
> he was such a great hunter. Where does that fit in? If Aaron did exist
> why did not one of them name a child after this person? For sure, we
> have Jeremiah, John, and Joseph in Hardy Co in the late 1700s. They then
> moved to Randolph WV before 1800. According to the land records John and
> Jeremiah were near present day Huttonsville, and Joseph near present day
> Elkins. Then before 1810 Joseph and John sold out and went to Licking
> Co. Ohio.
>
> My cousin, before he died, was working in Penna with Channells and he
> was finding the same names. It certainly is confusing, but fun to hunt.
> I will agree that in traditions there is usually a grain of truth, but
> teaseing it out can be very difficult. And the story of 3 brothers is so
> common for the immigrants that I usually ignore it anymore.
>
> Jean
>
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