Simon Baker

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• Residence: 1860, , Tyler, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, , Marshall, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, Marshall, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA

Simon married Mary Bonar on 5 Jan 1853 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of David Bonar and Elizabeth Wilson) was born on 6 Oct 1823 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jun 1916 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Keys Cemetery, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louisana A Baker was born in 1852 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 1 Aug 1870 in Valley Run, Marshall, West Virginia, USA.
2. Daniel Baker was born on 28 Jan 1853 in , , West Virginia, USA.
3. Margaret Baker was born on 26 Aug 1856 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1944 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
4. Rebecca Virginia Baker was born on 10 May 1858 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1926 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
5. Hanson R Baker was born in May 1860 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1958 in Big Flint, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in 1958 in Keys Cemetery, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
6. Elizabeth Baker was born in 1863 in , , West Virginia, USA; and died.
7. Theodore Grant Baker was born on 14 Feb 1864 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA; died in 1939.

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• Residence: 1840, , Marshall, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Marshall, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Marshall, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Meade, Marshall, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA

Daniel married Elizabeth Yoho on 18 Dec 1830 in , Ohio, West Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Lau Yoho and Margaret Baker) was born in 1797 in , , Ohio, USA; died in 1838 in Graysville, Marshall, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Sarah Beam. Sarah was born in 1766 in , , Maryland, USA; died in 1850 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1810, , Ohio, West Virginia, USA

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Peter Yoho was born about 1745 near Winchester, VA. He died on 21 OCT 1823 in Fish Creek, Ohio Co, VA. He was buried in Peter Yoho Cemetery, Fish Creek, Marshall Co, WV.

Listed as a private in Lieutenant William Cross' Company of Monongalia Militia at Fort Pitt in 1777.

Private, First Battalion, John Guthreys's Company, Washington County, PA Militia in 1782, recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships.

He appears on the Greene Township, Washington Co, PA assessment roll in 1784.

Land Book, 1786, Tithables, Ohio County, VA.

Farmer, lived on Fish Creek, just past Graysville, Revolutionary War Veteran, came to area in 1786. Lived Greene Twp, Wash Co, PA in 1784. Listed in militia for Wash Co, PA in 1780.

Will - Ohio County - Book 3 Pages 273 - 278
Lived Westmoreland Co, PA during the Revolution. He was a private under Captain John Gethery. Service record in Vol 2 pg 19, 6th series, PA Archives. Peter was said to be one of the first white settlers in what is now Marshall Co, WV. He and his brother Henry are believed to have come to the area along the Ohio River around 1792.

Peter's name appeared on the 1810 Ohio Co, VA census list. He purchased land on the waters of Fish Creek in 1804. Recorded Ohio Co Deed Book 7 page 208. Henry Yoho purchased an adjoining tract of land in 1803. Both brothers purchased land from Abijah McClain.

Peter Yoho was on the assessment role, Greene Twp, Washington Co, PA in 1784.

The Ancestral File lists the birth as, 1745, probably Winchester, VA. Revolutionary War Service. According to Denver Yoho he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He resided in Washington Co., PA, now Greene Co., PA, during the war. He served in First Battalion, Washington Co., PA Militia. In 1782, he was recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA, under Captain John Guthrey (Gethery). (PA Archives, Series VI,
Vol. 2, pp 18-19 and 271). Records exist of at least four, and possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. Thhese five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Peter Yoho, who was born in 1745 and died in 1823, also served in the Revolutionary War. Peter died prior to the legislation that was passed rewarding Revolutionary War soldiers for their service. Thus, military records for Peter Yoho are scarce. In the Pennsylvania Archives Series VI, Vol. 2, pages 18, 19, 271, the following is listeted: "Year 1782 First Battalion, Washington County. Recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships (now Greene County) a few miles from Dunkard. John Guthrey, Captain. Among the privates were listed Peter Yoho and Henry Yoho. These men also served tours with Captain John Guthrey and Captain Samuel Swindler, Captain John Minor, Captain Cecil Davis and Captain John Shipman. Service on the western frontier was not continuous. Soldiers would be discharged at the end of an emergency and called back when an emergency would occur."

The DAR PATRIOT INDEX lists two men by the name of Yoho who had Revolutionary Service: Henry Yoho, born 1752, died 1845, wife, Catherine, Private, Spy, Virginia and Peter Yoho, b. circa 1745, died in 1817 also a private from PA. Henry Yoho apppplied for a pension from Monongalia Co., VA when he was 82 years old, put Peter never applied for one. However, both Henry and Peter show up on the First Battalion, Wasington Co., [PA] Militia recruited in Whiteley, Greene and Dunkard Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA in 1782. Ref. PA Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp. 18-19, pp. 271. Henry was placed on the roll of the Wheeling Agency at the rate of Forty Dollars per Annum under the law of 7 Jun 1832. His application reveals that he was born in Virginia about 18 miles from Winchester. He did not recollect the year, but he stated he was 85 years old. His father's family moved to Western Virginia when he was 11 years old and he resided there ever since. He first served in the Revolution in a company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Singles who was stationed on Whiteley Creek, now in Monongalia Co., [WV] at the house of a settler named Duncan. The Company was composed of 18 men, some drafted, although he had volunteered. They marched to Garrett's fort on Whiteley Creek and remained there.

According to the "History of the Panhandle West Virginia," "Old Peter Yoho settled on Fish Creek, near Graysville, Marshall Co., VA/WV in 1792." Ohio Co., VA Deed Book 7, page 208, June 5, 1804, Peter Yoho bought 170 acres of land, at Gully Bottom, Fish Creek, near (Graysville, WV) from Abijah McClain for $502.00. This land adjoined the land of his brother, Henry Yoho, who bought 192 acres on Fish Creek from Abijah McClain, June 5, 1804, Deed Book 7, page 205, for the sum of $525.00.

Peter Yoho Obtains Land from Abijah McClain 5 Jun 1804. This indenture made this 5th day of June Anno Domini 1804 between Abijah McClain and Pamela, his wife, of Green County and State of Pennsylvania of the one part and Peter Yoho of Ohio Counnty in the State of Virginia of the other part . Witnesseth that the said Abijah and Pamela for and in consideration for five hundred and ten dollars to them in hand paid by the said Peter Yoho before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge (and ?? the said Peter) have granted bargained sold ? released and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell ? release and confirm to the said Peter Yoho part of a tract of land situate in Ohio County in the State of Virginia on the waters of Fish Creek called Gully Bottom. Beginning at a gum and beech on the bank of Fish Creek on Abijah McClains original line thence by land conveyed to Henry Yoho North thirty four degrees East 45 1/2 perches to a small hickory North 23 degrees West 150 perches to three beeches in the forks of a drean South 44 degrees West 46 perches to a linn South 74 degrees West 38 perches to a ash at the creek South 17 degrees East 92 Perches South 36 degrrees East 57 perches to a beech and Spanish oak on the bank corner of the original survey and with a line of the same North 86 degrees East 132 perches to the Beginning. containing 170 acres of land strict measure (It is part of the same tract o of land which the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to the said Abijah by Patent dated the first day of September Anno Domini 1795 in consequence of a certificate of settlement from the commissioners for adjusting the title to unpatented land) t to have and to hold the above described tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Peter Yoho his Heirs assigns ??? proper use benefit and behoof of the said Peter Yoho His Heirs assigns forever and the said Abijah and Pamela fofor themselves their heirs Executors or Administrators do hereby covenant to and with the said Peter Yoho his heirs and assigns the above described tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Peter his Heirs and assigns against all persons shall and will warrant and forever defend in testimony whereof they have hereto set their hand and seals the day and year first herein written. Peter Yoho died in 1823 in Ohio Co., VA in the area that is now known as Graysville, Marhall, WV. It is thought that he is probably buried in the Yoho Cemetery near Graysville. Estate Settlement, Ohio Co., VA/WV, 21 Oct 1823, Book 3, pp 273-278. The 170 acres of land was bought by his son, Henry Yoho, Jr., from the other heirs (brrothers and sisters) on March 24, 1828, Ohio Co. Deed Book 14, pp 202-206 (9 shares), and the 10th share on Sept. 26, 1834, Ohio Co., Deed Book 19, pp 379-380. There were 11 children, and the 11th share went to Henry Yoho, Jr. as his inheritance right. (Furnished by Denver C. Yoho) He lived at: Washington Co., PA 1784; Staunton, VA, 1787; Ohio/Marshall Co., VA/WV 1792.

1810 VA Census Index
Yoho, Peter Ohio Co

He was married to Margaret Baker (daughter of Captain John Baker and Elizabeth Adams Sullivan) about 1774. Margaret Baker was born about 1761 in Shenandoah Valley, VA. She died in 1830 in Fish Ck, Ohio Co, VA. She was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.

Peter Yoho and Margaret Baker had the following children:

+2 i. John Yoho.
+3 ii. Margaret Yoho.
+4 iii. Mary Yoho.
+5 iv. Henry Yoho.
+6 v. Samuel Yoho.
+7 vi. Peter Yoho.
+8 vii. Joseph Jacob Yoho.
+9 viii. Lewis Yoho.
+10 ix. Elizabeth Yoho.
+11 x. Isaac Yoho.
+12 xi. William Yoho.

Peter Yoho was born about 1745 near Winchester, VA. He died on 21 OCT 1823 in Fish Creek, Ohio Co, VA. He was buried in Peter Yoho Cemetery, Fish Creek, Marshall Co, WV.

Listed as a private in Lieutenant William Cross' Company of Monongalia Militia at Fort Pitt in 1777.

Private, First Battalion, John Guthreys's Company, Washington County, PA Militia in 1782, recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships.

He appears on the Greene Township, Washington Co, PA assessment roll in 1784.

Land Book, 1786, Tithables, Ohio County, VA.

Farmer, lived on Fish Creek, just past Graysville, Revolutionary War Veteran, came to area in 1786. Lived Greene Twp, Wash Co, PA in 1784. Listed in militia for Wash Co, PA in 1780.

Will - Ohio County - Book 3 Pages 273 - 278
Lived Westmoreland Co, PA during the Revolution. He was a private under Captain John Gethery. Service record in Vol 2 pg 19, 6th series, PA Archives. Peter was said to be one of the first white settlers in what is now Marshall Co, WV. He and his brother Henry are believed to have come to the area along the Ohio River around 1792.

Peter's name appeared on the 1810 Ohio Co, VA census list. He purchased land on the waters of Fish Creek in 1804. Recorded Ohio Co Deed Book 7 page 208. Henry Yoho purchased an adjoining tract of land in 1803. Both brothers purchased land from Abijah McClain.

Peter Yoho was on the assessment role, Greene Twp, Washington Co, PA in 1784.

The Ancestral File lists the birth as, 1745, probably Winchester, VA. Revolutionary War Service. According to Denver Yoho he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He resided in Washington Co., PA, now Greene Co., PA, during the war. He served in First Battalion, Washington Co., PA Militia. In 1782, he was recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA, under Captain John Guthrey (Gethery). (PA Archives, Series VI,
Vol. 2, pp 18-19 and 271). Records exist of at least four, and possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho (born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Peter Yoho, who was born in 1745 and died in 1823, also served in the Revolutionary War. Peter died prior to the legislation that was passed rewarding Revolutionary War soldiers for their service. Thus, military records for Peter Yoho are scarce. In the Pennsylvania Archives Series VI, Vol. 2, pages 18, 19, 271, the following is listed: "Year 1782 First Battalion, Washington County. Recruited in Whiteley and Greene Townships (now Greene County) a few miles from Dunkard. John Guthrey, Captain. Among the privates were listed Peter Yoho and Henry Yoho. These men also served tours with Captain John Guthrey and Captain Samuel Swindler, Captain John Minor, Captain Cecil Davis and Captain John Shipman. Service on the western frontier was not continuous. Soldiers would be discharged at the end of an emergency and called back when an emergency would occur."

The DAR PATRIOT INDEX lists two men by the name of Yoho who had Revolutionary Service: Henry Yoho, born 1752, died 1845, wife, Catherine, Private, Spy, Virginia and Peter Yoho, b. circa 1745, died in 1817 also a private from PA. Henry Yoho applied for a pension from Monongalia Co., VA when he was 82 years old, put Peter never applied for one. However, both Henry and Peter show up on the First Battalion, Wasington Co., [PA] Militia recruited in Whiteley, Greene and Dunkard Townships in what is now Greene Co., PA in 1782. Ref. PA Archives, Series VI, Vol. 2, pp. 18-19, pp. 271. Henry was placed on the roll of the Wheeling Agency at the rate of Forty Dollars per Annum under the law of 7 Jun 1832. His application reveals that he was born in Virginia about 18 miles from Winchester. He did not recollect the year, but he stated he was 85 years old. His father's family moved to Western Virginia when he was 11 years old and he resided there ever since. He first served in the Revolution in a company commanded by Lieut. Samuel Singles who was stationed on Whiteley Creek, now in Monongalia Co., [WV] at the house of a settler named Duncan. The Company was composed of 18 men, some drafted, although he had volunteered. They marched to Garrett's fort on Whiteley Creek and remained there.

According to the "History of the Panhandle West Virginia," "Old Peter Yoho settled on Fish Creek, near Graysville, Marshall Co., VA/WV in 1792." Ohio Co., VA Deed Book 7, page 208, June 5, 1804, Peter Yoho bought 170 acres of land, at Gully Bottom, Fish Creek, near (Graysville, WV) from Abijah McClain for $502.00. This land adjoined the land of his brother, Henry Yoho, who bought 192 acres on Fish Creek from Abijah McClain, June 5, 1804, Deed Book 7, page 205, for the sum of $525.00.

Peter Yoho Obtains Land from Abijah McClain 5 Jun 1804. This indenture made this 5th day of June Anno Domini 1804 between Abijah McClain and Pamela, his wife, of Green County and State of Pennsylvania of the one part and Peter Yoho of Ohio County in the State of Virginia of the other part . Witnesseth that the said Abijah and Pamela for and in consideration for five hundred and ten dollars to them in hand paid by the said Peter Yoho before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge (and ?? the said Peter) have granted bargained sold ? released and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell ? release and confirm to the said Peter Yoho part of a tract of land situate in Ohio County in the State of Virginia on the waters of Fish Creek called Gully Bottom. Beginning at a gum and beech on the bank of Fish Creek on Abijah McClains original line thence by land conveyed to Henry Yoho North thirty four degrees East 45 1/2 perches to a small hickory North 23 degrees West 150 perches to three beeches in the forks of a drean South 44 degrees West 46 perches to a linn South 74 degrees West 38 perches to a ash at the creek South 17 degrees East 92 Perches South 36 degrees East 57 perches to a beech and Spanish oak on the bank corner of the original survey and with a line of the same North 86 degrees East 132 perches to the Beginning. containing 170 acres of land strict measure (It is part of the same tract of land which the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to the said Abijah by Patent dated the first day of September Anno Domini 1795 in consequence of a certificate of settlement from the commissioners for adjusting the title to unpatented land) to have and to hold the above described tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Peter Yoho his Heirs assigns ??? proper use benefit and behoof of the said Peter Yoho His Heirs assigns forever and the said Abijah and Pamela for themselves their heirs Executors or Administrators do hereby covenant to and with the said Peter Yoho his heirs and assigns the above described tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Peter his Heirs and assigns against all persons shall and will warrant and forever defend in testimony whereof they have hereto set their hand and seals the day and year first herein written. Peter Yoho died in 1823 in Ohio Co., VA in the area that is now known as Graysville, Marhall, WV. It is thought that he is probably buried in the Yoho Cemetery near Graysville. Estate Settlement, Ohio Co., VA/WV, 21 Oct 1823, Book 3, pp 273-278. The 170 acres of land was bought by his son, Henry Yoho, Jr., from the other heirs (brothers and sisters) on March 24, 1828, Ohio Co. Deed Book 14, pp 202-206 (9 shares), and the 10th share on Sept. 26, 1834, Ohio Co., Deed Book 19, pp 379-380. There were 11 children, and the 11th share went to Henry Yoho, Jr. as his inheritance right. (Furnished by Denver C. Yoho) He lived at: Washington Co., PA 1784; Staunton, VA, 1787; Ohio/Marshall Co., VA/WV 1792.

1810 VA Census Index
Yoho, Peter Ohio Co

He was married to Margaret Baker (daughter of Captain John Baker and Elizabeth Adams Sullivan) about 1774. Margaret Baker was born about 1761 in Shenandoah Valley, VA. She died in 1830 in Fish Ck, Ohio Co, VA. She was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.

Peter Yoho and Margaret Baker had the following children:

+2 i. John Yoho.
+3 ii. Margaret Yoho.
+4 iii. Mary Yoho.
+5 iv. Henry Yoho.
+6 v. Samuel Yoho.
+7 vi. Peter Yoho.
+8 vii. Joseph Jacob Yoho.
+9 viii. Lewis Yoho.
+10 ix. Elizabeth Yoho.
+11 x. Isaac Yoho.
+12 xi. William Yoho.

Peter married Margaret Baker in 1774 in , Marshall, West Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Baker and Elizabeth Ann Sullivan) was born in 1761 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1848 in Fish Creek, Marshall, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1755, , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1760, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1767, Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA

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Captain John Baker was born between 1737 and 1740 in Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Prussia. He died in 1787 at Bakers Station, Ohio Co, VA., killed by Indians. He was buried in Graveyard Run, Cresap, Marshall Co, WV.

Came to America 1740-1750, Philadephia, on the ship Neptune from Rotterdam, German, Revolutionary War Veteran, Killed by Indians. It is believed John had a brother, Jacob who died unmarried in 1836 and a sister, Beulah who married a Philpot. There may have been another brother, Michael. Some believe all came to America together but no proof has been found. John is believed to have served a six year service for his passage, and that he first married before leaving for America; she dying at sea following birth of her first child. Abt 1760 he married Elizabeth Adams, some say Elizabeth Sullivan, could have been Elizabeth Adams Sullivan. She was born 1744 and died 1836 in Monroe Co, OH, and buried on the old Matz farm. It is believed John served as a Captain in Col Silas Hedges 11th Regiment of drafted militia for the Colony of VA, but some think this is a different John Baker.

"History of the Panhandle", 1879, pages 361-3
INDIAN TROUBLES--EARLY REMINISCENCES.
From an article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer, of May, 1866, the following is obtained:

Colonel Samuel P. Baker, from whom these facts were ascertained, lives near Benwood, Union district. He is the second son of Henry Baker, and was born in the year 1798. In the year 1825 he married Caroline, oldest daughter of Samuel Tomlin. He now lives on a part of the 600 acre tract of land formerly owned by Tomlinson, and is now in his eighty-first year, and is the oldest native born citizen living in Marshall county. He is a very intelligent old gentleman and what he relates is authentic. The following was written nearly verbatim:

"John Baker, my grandfather, was a Prussian, and he came to the United States in the year 1755. He landed at Philadelphia, where he married a German lady by the name of Elizabeth Sullivan, in the year 1760. Immediately after his marriage he moved to the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, where in the year 1763 Henry Baker, my father, was born. In the year 1767 he emigrated from there to Dunkard Creek, Greene county, Pa., and settled among the Indians, four tribes of whom were then living there in peace with the whites, viz: the Delaware, the Wyandots, the Swanees, and the Mingoes. He remained there until the breaking out of Dunmore's War, when he took refuge with his family in what was then called Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville, Pa. In the year 1781 he went to where Washington, Pa., now stands, then known as Catfish Camp. About this time the country about there was very much alarmed, and the people were on the lookout for the Indians, who were reported to have crossede river near Holiday's Cove, and were expected to make inroads upon the settlements. An express was sent to Wheeling fort to give the alarm concerning it. The party sent consisted of Henry Baker, my father (then eighteen years of age,) Henry Yoho, and ------Starnater. They traveled in safety until they came to the Narrows, on Wheeling creek, near where Col. Woods lived and died. Here they were ambushed by a party of Indians. Starnater shot the Indian nearest him and in return he and his horse were immediately killed. Yoho's horse was shot and fell but arising almost immediately it dashed through the Indians, carrying him away in safety to Wheeling fort. Baker's horse was shot but ran some hundred yards when it fell on him. Extricating himself as soon as possible, and throwing away his arms to lighten himself, he ran for about a quarter of a mile, when seeing a very large red skin approaching him directly in front with a pistol in one hand and a tomahawk in the other, he saw that escape was impossible and stopped. He said the Indian took him by the hair of the head and shook him till he almost thought he would shake his head off, telling him at the same time in good English you are a prisoner. He was taken back to the body of the Indians, among whom was a brother of the one killed by Starnater. This Indian was raving mad, and was determined to kill Baker in revenge for the death of his brother, but he was prevented from doing so by the chief. They came rapidly down this ridge where I live, no doubt thinking they would be pursued. They struck the river at Kate's Rock, where they found several canoes filled with Indians, who seemed to be waiting for them. From this point, after rowing a short distance down the river, they left the stream, and going back of the Grave creek flats they crossed the creek near where the water station now is and struck the river again at the lower end of the Round Bottom. Here they crossed the river and encamped for the night at the head of Captina Island. All this time he carried his own and Starnater's and the dead Indian's rifles strapped to his back. He was tied to a sapling and passed the night without food. They started early next morning and traveled three days and three nights without stopping to camp, or with scarcely anything to eat. At the end of this time they arrived at Chillicothe. Here, thinking they were out of danger of pursuit, they traveled more leisurely and killing some deer, they had plenty to eat. Arriving at Sandusky they found a band of at least three hundred warriors, and there were nine other men from Kentucky as prisoners. They were all compelled to run the gauntlet. My father being young and active ran it easily, which so enraged a young Indian that he knocked him down with his club after he had entered the house. He witnessed the burning of the nine Kentuckians, one being burned each day, all the time being warned that his fate was to be the same as theirs. On the tenth day he was ordered to be taken out and tied to the stake by an old Indian. He resisted somewhat, and tried to parley with them, but on starting out toward the stake he saw a horseman rapidly approaching. When the horseman came up he saw a man dressed in the uniform of a British officer. He immediately ran to the man. He told him that the Indians were about to burn him, and he wanted him to save him. He found out the man to be Simon Girty, who, on finding who Baker was and where he was from, plead with the Indians for two hours to spare his life, and finally succeeded. My father always supposed that Girty anticipated making an attack on Wheeling and expected him to be useful to him as a guide, for he took him aside and asked him all manner of questions concerning Wheeling and vicinity. Through the interposition of Girty he was sent to Detroit and reported to the Governor. He was then set at liberty. Hiring himself to an Indian trader, he remained with him some time trading with the Indians. At length he started with two others for Virginia, and after a tedious march, getting lost at one time for near three weeks, they arrived at the point where Bridgeport now stands. The inhabitants of Wheeling were some of them on that side of the river, making sugar and selling it. They supposed them to be Indians and fled to the fort and gave the alarm. Finally, when the inhabitants of the fort found out who they were, they welcomed them within its walls. Baker here found that during his absence his father had moved to the Round Bottom, whither he went, and when summer opened they all went to Fort Tomlinson. In the year 1784 my father built what was long known as Baker's station, near Cresap's grove. In the same year a family by the name of Parr settled in the Flats, and a short time thereafter Henry Baker married one of his daughters. After marriage he settled at Tomlinson's fort, and in the year 1786 his first son, John Baker, was born. (He was the father of Captain A.O. Baker, present clerk of the circuit court). He lived at the fort until Wayne's treaty in 1791, when he moved to Round Bottom, where he bought a tract of land at the lower end of the bottom, including also Captine Island. Here he lived and died. His oldest son, John, married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Roberts.

DEATH OF CAPT. JOHN BAKER BY THE INDIANS
Captain John Baker, who located here in the early settlement of the country, was captain of a company of men fighting the Indians, and about 1787 met with his death. He was in company with the Wetzels, three in number, in a block house that had been erected at the head of Cresap's bottom. They were watching Indians who sauntered around on the opposite banks of the Ohio river, evidently waiting an opportunity to kill the whites that had taken refuge in the fort. Baker seizing the first chance fired and killed an Indian that was in range of his gun. The Indians pretending they were frightened, scattered and ran in different directions, leaving their bleeding and dying brother upon the ground. Baker seeing at once that his shot had proven fatal, and being somewhat daring, suggested to the Wetzels to cross the river and examine their dead foe. No Indians then, of course, were in sight--all tranquil and every appearance of safety. But the savages were using strategy. They had secreted themselves not far from their dead companion. He was left there for a bait, and Baker was thus decoyed. A canoe was secured and they crossed to the opposite bank to take a look at their dead victim. Whilst reconnoitering him, several shots from the Indians were unexpectedly fired, and one taking effect on Baker, who fell and was captured by the Indians. The Wetzels recovered the body shortly afterwards--they found he had crawled partially under a log, lying insensible, with both eyes gored out--and he was carried across the river on the canoe, only surviving but a short time after reaching the fort, or block-house. He was buried at that place. The following named persons attended the funeral: Henry Baker, the old Indian warrior, and family; Reuben Roberts, and family; George Baker, Leonard Raigor and two brothers; Aaron Hughes, and Capt. Roberts. There were three canoe loads went from the Round bottom to Baker's Station, where the block-house stood. Col. S. P. Baker and Capt. Roberts are the only two persons now living that attended on that occasion.

He was married to Elizabeth Adams Sullivan (daughter of Doctor Sullivan) in 1760 in Philadelphia, PA. Elizabeth Adams Sullivan was born on 14 FEB 1744 in Germany. She died on 22 MAY 1836 in Monroe Co, OH. She was buried in Steed Cem, Monroe Co, OH.

John Baker Captain and Elizabeth Adams Sullivan had the following children:
i. Margaret Baker.
ii. Catherine Baker.
+9 iii. George Baker.
+10 iv. Henry Baker.
+11 v. John Baker.
+12 vi. Mary Jane Baker.
+13 vii. Elizabeth Baker.
+14 viii. Joseph Baker.
+15 ix. Jacob Baker.
+16 x. Martin D Baker.
+17 xi. Isaac Baker.

Generation One of the John Baker Family
by Valerie Jean Kramer
Captain John BAKER was born between 1735 - 1740 in Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Prussia, Germany, and was killed by Indians in 1787 at Cresap, Ohio County, (West) Virginia. He married Elizabeth Ann SULLIVAN between 1760 and 1765 in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Dr. Sullivan.

Elizabeth was born February 14, 1743/44 in Germany. Elizabeth died May 22, 1836 in Woodsfield, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio. She is buried in the Steed Hill Cemetery on the Matz farm just outside Woodsfield Ohio.

The Children of JOHN BAKER and ELIZABETH SULLIVAN are:

CATHERINE BAKER, b. 1761, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; d. 1847.
MARGARET BAKER, b. 1761, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; d. 1830, Fish Creek, Marshall County, West Virginia.
GEORGE BAKER, b. 1762, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; d. 1845, Graysville, [West] Virginia.
HENRY BAKER, b. About 1763, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; d. 1849, Cresap, [West] Virginia.
JOHN BAKER, JR., b. 1765, Dunkard Creek, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. May 22, 1794, Captina Creek.
ELIZABETH BAKER, b. 1768, Dunkard Creek, Greene County, Pennsylvania; m. CHRISTIAN GATTS.
JACOB MARTIN BAKER, b. 1775, Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. 1861, Calis , Monroe County, Ohio.
JOSEPH BAKER, b. 1775, Redstone Old Fort, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. About 1859, Belmont County, Ohio.
MARY JANE BAKER, b. About 1778, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
MARTIN BAKER, b. October 10, 1780, Catfish Camp (Washington) Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. April 27, 1857, Monroe County, Ohio.
ISAAC BAKER, b. January 13, 1782, Fort Henry on Wheeling Creek, Ohio County, [West] Virginia; d. 1865, Boynton Township, Tazewell County, Illinois.

James Jefferson MILLER, (Family # 203) born in 1884, is said to have stated that Captain John Baker’s father was George Perilous Baker (b. 1715) and that John came to America with a brother, Jacob. According to some, John had six siblings: Jacob, Betty (or Beulah), Peter, Hannah, Henry, and George. Henry was supposedly born in 1731, died in 1807 and married Maria Elizabeth Fink. Beulah supposedly married a Philpot. George was born in 1749.

According to one family legend, John was married in Germany and came to America with his wife around 1750. (Note that John would be only 10-15 years old if his birth date is 1735-1740!) On the way across the Atlantic, his wife gave birth to a baby girl, then died shortly thereafter and was buried at sea. The girl was given to a family in New York. After arriving in America, John worked 7 years to pay his passage. He then married Elizabeth about 1760-1765 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In another legend, John came to Philadelphia from Rotterdam in 1754 aboard the Neptune. In another, John’s wife gave birth to a son at sea instead of a daughter. Still other researchers have believed Captain John’s father’s name was Nicholas.

Long-time researcher Denver C. Yoho sent me some information in which he had indicated that the John Baker aboard the Neptune was not the Captain John Baker who married Elizabeth Sullivan.

By all accounts, John was married to Elizabeth Sullivan in Philadelphia and from there they moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They lived there for several years and had the twins, Catherine and Margaret (b. 1761) and their first two sons, George (b. 1762) and Henry (b. about 1763). Mary Jane (b. abt 1778) is also shown by some as having been born here but it seems likely that either this birth date or location (or both) is in error.

From the Shenandoah Valley, they followed the "Warrior Trail" to Green County in southwestern Pennsylvania and took up residence on Dunkard Creek near the mouth of the Monongahela River. [The Warrior Trail is a path that has been used for 5,000 years by native Americans going from the East to Flint Ridge, Ohio to obtain supplies of flint and to trade with others. It runs East-West about a half dozen miles north of the Mason Dixon Line and follows the divide between watersheds so there are no streams to ford. 45 miles of it, from Greensboro, Pennsylvania to the West Virginia border, is still maintained as a hiking trail today.] John Baker, Jr. (b. 1765) and Elizabeth (b. 1768) were both born on Dunkard Creek.

In late April of 1774, Colonel Cresap murdered a couple of Indians in a canoe on the Ohio River. Shortly after this, Daniel Greathouse and others killed the relatives of the peaceful Mingo Chief, Logan, at the home/grog shop of Joshua Baker (no known relation) on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River just opposite Yellow Creek. These events led swiftly to the hostilities between the whites and the Indians known as "Dunmore’s War." At the outbreak of this war, many pioneers sought safer homes and John Baker was no exception. He moved his family to the safety of Redstone Old Fort, now Brownsville, Pennsylvania. His two sons, Jacob Martin and Joseph, were both born in 1775 at Redstone Old Fort.

On October 10, 1774 Virginia settlers and militia won the Battle of Point Pleasant against a confederacy of Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, Cauyga and other Indian tribes led by Chief Cornstalk. This concluded Dunmore’s War. The American Revolution broke out soon after the close of Dunmore’s War so the family remained at Redstone Old Fort for several years. John was in the service of the Colony of Virginia during much of this time. 1966 Edition DAR Patriots Index lists him as a Virginia soldier in Col. Silas Hedges Regiment of drafted Militia. See also Dr. Brumbaugh’s "Revolutionary War Records of Virginia" pp 198-225 and 403-408. It was during this time that he acquired the military title, "Captain."

After the war Captain Baker moved once again, this time to Catfish Camp which is now Washington, Pennsylvania. His son, Martin, was born here 10 Oct 1780. The family stayed here only a short time before moving west to Round Bottom on the Ohio River, just south of present day Moundsville, West Virginia. His last child, Isaac, was born at Fort Henry [now] Wheeling, West Virginia on January 13, 1782.

In 1784, Captain Baker erected a blockhouse surrounded by pickets on the Ohio River near the mouth of Fish Creek, across the river from Powhattan Point. It became known as "Baker’s Station" and afforded protection to the settlers of Cresap’s Bottom and those of the lower end of Round Bottom. It was on an Indian war path that led from the Muskingum River deep inside Ohio, eastward up Wills Creek, across a divide, and down the Big Captina to the Ohio River at Powhattan, then up Fish Creek to the interior of Virginia. Because of the strategic location, it became a popular rendezvous for hunters and Indian scouts. Although there were never any soldiers officially garrisoned at Baker’s Station, there were always plenty of defenders present, especially in times of trouble.

In 1787 John Wetzel and his son, George, were at Baker’s Station when they and Captain Baker noticed some Indians on the Ohio shore walking leisurely about. Baker shot at one and killed him. The others appeared frightened and ran away leaving the dead Indian behind. Baker and the Wetzels crossed the river and were viewing the dead Indian when several shots were fired at them. Apparently the Indians had feigned fright to lure the whites into a trap. Captain Baker fell, mortally wounded. The Wetzels "treed" and commenced firing back. Several more men crossed the river to reinforce them and drove the Indians off. Captain Baker had crawled a short distance from where he had fallen and was alive but he died soon after arriving back at the station. He was buried on a flat near a stream called "Grave Yard Run" at the upper end of Cresap’s Bottom.

After her youngest son, Isaac, married in 1802, Elizabeth migrated to Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio in 1804 with her son Martin. She later moved to Monroe County, Ohio where Martin had purchased the North West quarter of Section Twenty Seven in Township Four Range 5 on September 3, 1813. (Again details vary among the various sources. "Belmont County History 1988" reports "Elizabeth and five of their sons moved to Belmont County in the early eighteen-hundreds. She and three of the boys later moved to Monroe County.") Two years later on September 16, 1815 Martin purchased an adjacent 109 acres in Section Thirty-three Township 4 Range 5.

The 1820 census lists Elizabeth as living in a separate household with one boy and two girls under 16 and one girl over 16 and shows her as foreign, not naturalized. Elizabeth is buried in the "Old Baker" or "Stead" (or Steed) cemetery on the land on which she lived. Her tombstone has a drawing of a hand, finger pointing up and the message, "Died May 22, 1836 aged 92 yrs 3 mos and 8 days." She rests next to her son Martin and his wife, Sarah Farnsworth on the Matz farm near the junction of routes 26 and 8 just south of Woodsfield, Ohio.

The site where Baker’s Station once stood was, for some years, a public picnic area known as "Americana Park." It was on Route 2 (the main road which parallels the Ohio River on the West Virginia shore), about nine miles south of Moundsville and just south of the mouth of Fish Creek on the side of the road away from the River. In addition to picnic tables etc., the site had tombstones for Captain Baker, John Wetzel and at least one other. It also had a sign that read:

Baker’s Station

Site of blockhouse built by Captain John Baker in 1784. Rendezvous of scouts along Indian war path from Muskingum Valley into Virginia. Nearby are buried Captain Baker, John Wetzel and others killed by Indians in 1787.

Two other signs tell about General Zachary Taylor and George Rogers Clark, both of whom were here at other times. The park no longer exists. It is now a weed-choked, rubble-strewn field. Only the signposts remain to commemorate the site In order to preserve the tombstones, Oran V. Baker had them moved to a cemetery in Moundsville. According to legend, the actual grave site of Captain Baker is located under the present-day B&O Railroad tracks and the spot is marked with a red "X" painted on the rails or ties.

John married Elizabeth Ann Sullivan in 1760 in , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth was born on 4 Feb 1742 in , , , Germany; died on 22 May 1836 in Woodsfield, Monroe, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1738, Conewago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
• Arrival: 9 Sep 1738, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1745, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Johannes Yoho was born in 1712 in Sulzthal, Alsace. He died after 1795 in Graysville, Ohio Co, VA. He was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.

From the list of all the Palatine passengers on board, the ship "Snow Two Sisters", James Marshall, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes in England. [Qualified September 9, 1738.] John Joho age 37, Susanna Joho age 44.

Lived Sulzthal, Alsace (Lembach Parish), PA, VA. Emigrated in 1738 on ship SNOW TWO SISTERS, wooden shoe maker, Revolutionary War Veteran.

The name is spelled, Yoheaux in French and Joho in German and Dutch. He migrated to Philadelphia in 1738. In 1752 he was living near Winchester, VA. In 1761 he moved to an area of Virginia which would later lie in southwestern Pennsylvania (probably Greene Co., PA). By 1795 he was living in Ohio Co., VA, which is now Marshall Co., WV. He died there shortly after 1795.

Johannas Yoho was confirmed in 1729. It is thought that Johannas Joho, (son of John Michael Yoho and Susanna Gelker of Sulzthal, Alsace) and his wife, Susanna Catharine Lau, daughter of Theobald Lau, are the parents of 11 children. Johannas and Susanna had one or more children who were born and died before they came to America. Two daughters are recorded as being born in America. Family oral tradition from the descendants of brothers, John, Henry, and Jacob Yoho all claim that 3, 5, or 7 brothers came from Switzerland, Germany or Holland to Baltimore or Philadelphia and that they were wearing wooden shoes. Johannas Yoho was a wooden shoemaker in Alsace.

*Land Transfer Document from Lord Fairfax to John Yoho 19 Aug 1766.
The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britian called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. To all who this Present Writing shall come sends Greeting Know Yee that for good causes for and in consideration of the compostion to me paid and for the Annual Rent hereinafter reserved I have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for me my heirs and assigns do give grant and confirm unto John Yoho of Frederick County a certain tract of wood and ungranted land on Cedar Creek in this county and bounded as by a survey thereof made by Robert Rutherford. Beginning on the North Westerly side of the creek near the bank of the same at a locust and two young white oaks and extending N 42 W one hundred and twenty four poles by two white oaks on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles to a red oak and two chestnuts by a large rock stone on a high ridge then S 28 W fifty-six poles to a pine and white oak sapling by a steep bank of the creek a corner to Thomas Perry then with line the course continues forty-six poles in the line crossing the creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty-two poles to the Beginning, containing two hundred and forty-six acres together with all rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging Royal Mines Excepted and a full third part of all lead copper tine coals iron mine and iron ore that shall be found thereon to have and to hold the two hundred and forty-six acres of land together with all rights profits and benefits to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining except before excepted To him the said John Yoho his heirs and assigns therefore yeilding and paying to me my heirs and assigns or to my certain attorney or attornies agent or agents or to the certain attorney or attornies of my heirs or assigns Proprietor of the Northern Neck yearly and every year on the feast day of Michael the Arch Angel the fee rent of one shilling sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quanity provided that if the said John Yoho his heirs and assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual rent aforsaid so that the same or any part thereof shall be ? and unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall become due if legally demanded that then it shall and may be lawful for me my heirs and assigns proprietors as aforsaid my or their certain attorney or attornies agent or agents into the above granted premises to enter and hold the same so as if this grant had never passed.
Given at my Office in the County of Frederick under my hand and seal the nineteenth day of August, 1766. Fairfax

LAND: 22 Jul 1771, Joho Yoho sells land to Alexander Machir.
THIS INDENTURE made the two and twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one BETWEEN John Yoho of the County of Frederick and Colony of Virginia of the one part and Alexander Machir of County and Colony of the other part,
WITNESSETH, that the said John Yoho for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings in Current money of Virginia; to him in hand paid by the said Alexander Machir at or before the sealing and Delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, Bargained and sold and by these presents doth Grant Bargain and sell unto the said Alexander Machir a certain Tract of Land on Cedar Creek in the said County and Colony above
mentioned and bounded as by a survey thereof by Robert Rutherford; BEGINNING on the northeasterly side of the Creek near the Bank of the same at a Locust and two young white oaks & extending N 42 W one hundred and twenty four poles by two white oaks on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles to a red oak and two Chestnuts by a large Rock Stone on a high ridge then S 28 E fifty six Poles to a pine and white oak sapling by a steep Bank of the Creek a corner to Thomas Perry then with this line the course continues forty six poles in the line crofsing the Creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty two Poles to the beginning containing two hundred and forty six acres which said Land was given granted & confirmed to the said John Yoho by the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax by a Deed bearing the nineteenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand and seven hundred and sixty six. Registered in the Proprietor's office in Book W, page 141 and all Homes, Buildings, Orchards, ways, waters, water Courses, Profits, commodities, Hereditaments and appurtenances whatsover to the said Premises hereby Granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and Profits thereof, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the lands hereby conveyed and all and singular other the Premises hereby Granted with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander Machir his Executors administrator and afsigns from the day before the date hereof, for and during the full term and time of one whole year from thence next issuing fully to be complete and ended, YIELDING AND PAYING therefore the rent of one pepper corn on ? day next if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the intent & purpose that by virture of these presents and of the statute for transferring uses into pofsefsion the said Alexander Machir may be in actual Pofsefsion of the Premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take ? and Release of the reversion and Inheritance thereof to him and his heirs IN WITNESS whereof the said John Yoho hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Virginia Tax Lists: Jonathan Yoho, 1795; Jacob Yoho, 1795; Peter Yoho, 1785, 1790, 1795; Henry Yoho, 1785, 1795. Johannas Yoho, born 1712 in Alsace would have been 83 years of age in 1795. Johannas Yoho was probably buried in an unmarked grave at the Yoho Cemetery, near Graysville, Marshall Co., WV. This cemetery is on the farm that was owned by Peter Yoho.

He was married to Susannah Catherine Lau (daughter of Theobald Lau) on 1 MAR 1735 in Sulzthal, Alsace. Susannah Catherine Lau was born about 1714 in Sulzthal, Alsace.

Johannes Yoho and Susannah Catherine Lau had the following children:
6 i. Marie Christine Yoho1 was born on 20 OCT 1735 in Mattsall, Alsace. She died in 1736 in
Mattsall, Alsace.
7 ii. Eva Cathrina Yoho1 was born on 18 JUN 1737 in Lemback Parish, Sulzthal, Alsace. She died
before 1741.
8 iii.Maria Christine Yoho1 was born on 14 MAR 1740 in Conewago Co, PA. She was christened on
22 MAY 1740.
+9 iv. Eva Catrina Yoho.
+10 v. Peter Yoho.
+11 vi. John Lau Yoho.
12 vii. George Yoho1 was born about 1748 in nr Winchester, VA. He died about
1795 in Ohio Co, VA. Killed by Indians.

A George Yoho patented 400 acres in Fayette Co., PA, 4 Feb 1794, surveyed 312 acres, 16 Apr 1795, 312 acres sold for taxes by Commissioner of Fayette Co., PA, 10 Dec 1802. If tradition of George Yoho being killed by Indians is true, he didn't pay his taxes because he was deceased.

Records exist of at least four, and possibly five Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho
(born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian Wars. George Yoho is believed to have patented a four-hundred acre tract in Saltlick Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1794. Then on April 16, 1795, a three-hundred and twelve acre tract was surveyed. Subsequently, on December 10, 1822, the three-hundred and twelve acre tract was sold for taxes by the treasury to the land commissioners of the county, who by deed sold the same property to Andrew Stewart on November 6, 1828. A George
Yohe served in the Revolutionary War, but later said that his real name was Adam Yohe. It is believed that he used this assumed name when he enlisted because his father was opposed to his entering the army. It is also believed that he lived his entire life in and near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Source:The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1).

13 viii. Anne Maria Yoho was christened on 9 SEP 1750 in York Co, PA.
+14 ix. Henry Yoho.
+15 x. Prudence Yoho.
+16 xi. Jacob Yoho.


From the article "The Emigration Season of 1738 - Year of the Destroying Angles" which appeared in the report: "A Journal of German - American History" - Vol. 40, Published by society of the History of Germans in Maryland, 1986.

Journey to America
The Winter galley arrived first in Philadelphia on September 5. Captain Edward Paynter submitted his account of 252 passengers. If the news of the dismal situation in Kralingen had not yet reached Philadelphia, the emigrants themselves now spread the story. As usual during the arrival season, Germans, even from remote settlements, crowded the harbor to greet relatives, friends, or just people from their old home place to hear news and maybe find mail.

Four days later, the ship Glasgow and the SNOW TWO SISTERS arrived. The recently installed new governor, George Thomas, attended the oath swearing ceremonies to acquaint himself with the situation. He also was present when the next three vessels arrived with Palatines, the Robert & Alice, the Queen Elizabeth, and the Thistle. Captain Walter Goodman of Robert & Alice sent a letter back to Germany on October 19th. Excerpts were published in the Rotterdamse Courant two months later: “On the 4th of July last I sailed out of Dover in England and arrived here on this river on the 9th of September with crew and passengers in good health but on the way I had many sick people, yet, since not more than 18 died, we lost by far the least of all the ships in company with four of the skippers who together had 425 deaths, one had 140, one 115, one 90, and one 80. The two captains Steadman have not yet arrived and I do not doubt that I shall be cleared for departure before they arrive since I begin loading tomorrow. I have disposed of all my passengers except for 20 families.

Another letter, dated October 18th, was sent by Christoph Sauer of Germantown to friends in Wittgenstein who were eagerly awaiting news of several emigrants form Elsoff. Sauer wrote: “The Elsoffers have not yet arrived. Everybody wonders where their ship I, and besides that vessel, 3 to 4 ships with people are still expected. According to all reports, they have been at sea now for a quarter of a year.” As to the vessels that had come in, Sauer remarked: “The throngs of people who let themselves be seduced this year to come into the country are raising much lament here. Besides, as so many hundreds died from sickness aboard ships at sea, the survivors, if there is any left of a family, must pay or go into service which causes so much indigence and privation among a people which is hard to describe. This ship lost near 160 persons, and another one that arrived the day before, more than 150, and on one that came in the following day, only 13 healthy people are said to remain. Still another one arrived meanwhile on which out of 300 freights only 50 are left. Most of them died from dysentery, head sickness and violent fever also some captains and many seamen. Altogether of 15 passenger ships only 2 seem to have arrived with people tolerably healthy and well.”

The author estimated about 1,600 people had died on the fifteen ships which had arrived so far.

On November 20th another letter from the people in Germantown to the people in Wittgenstein was sent. The letter concludes with an upward assessment of the total number of victims: “There has been a cruel, destroying angel among the travelers this year for the number of those who died so far on the voyage has reached about 2,000.

Johannes married Susanne Catherine Lau on 1 Mar 1735 in Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Susanne (daughter of Hans Theobald Lau and Margaretha) was born on 19 May 1713 in Sulzthal, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1765 in , Ohio, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1738, , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Meat Cutter, lived Sulzthal, Alsace, served as a soldier in Alsace.

Birth:
Perhaps Switzerland

Johannes married Susanna Gelker in 1703 in , , Alsace, France. Susanna was born in 1680 in Mattstall, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1720 in Mattstall, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hans married Margaretha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]