The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Gildersleeve, William  Camp, 1795-1871                              

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1826-1842, bulk 1826-1837

Call No.:         Fol. 133

Acc. No.:        75x82

Quantity:        1 v. (558 p.)

Location:        5 F 4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

William Camp Gildersleeve resided in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  He was a merchant and operated a general store.  He was an elder and active in the financial affairs of the local Presbyterian church (now First Presbyterian Church).  He was born in Georgia in 1795, the son of the Rev. Cyrus and Amerinthia Norman Gildersleeve.  He died in October 1871.  The record in the burial registry noted that he was "a most goodly man, the friend of the poor & oppressed."  He was noted for his abolitionist work, a fact reflected in his account book.

 

Gildersleeve was in partnership with Henry C. Anhaeuser as Anhaeuser and Gildersleeve, but whether this was the store or another business is not known.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records debits and credits accrued by Gildersleeve from 1826 to 1842.  Although many entries note the sale of sundries, a wide range of products are mentioned, including foodstuffs, wood, coffee, textiles, wagon boxes, dictionaries and other books, ink and quills, oil, brushes, nails, tacks, coal, iron, steel, and other household items.  Credits were given for such items as a hammer for W.C., files, flax seed, spices, sugar, salts, and produce, as well as such activities as making a clothing, sewing, blacksmithing, carting, and hauling.  Gildersleeve identified who in the family items were for.  Relationships, such as son of, or place of residence were sometimes noted with the names of account holders.  A few account holders were noted as being African Americans.  Rents paid by people living with Gildersleeve's family are documented in the volume.  Also of interest is a list of "articles belonging to Bartholomew's coal cooking stove," including drip pans, bake irons, a copper bottom tea kettle, etc.

 

Also included are sections entitled "Received at monthly concert" and "Weekly contributions," both these in support of church activities.  Donations included candles, wine, bread, coal, and other items needed by the church.  The expenses of the building committee of the new Presbyterian church (First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre) are recorded in this manuscript.

 

The list of donations found on p. 228 and 269 is interesting.  Not only did Gildersleeve support his church and Sunday school, but he also gave to other churches, missionary work, antislavery societies (including a Wilberforce colony in Canada), a temperance organization, and the Board of Education.  He gave coal, cash, and textiles to the needy; a pair of spectacles to a poor woman; money to build a school for African-American children; and gave $4 to help support the Africans from the ship Amistad (which he spelled Armsitad). 

 

In the index section of the volume is found a list of apple trees and where they were planted.  Varieties included Newtown pippin, Spitzenberger, greening, and a swan apple from Germany.  Laid into the front of the volume is a printed list of Garden Seeds raised in Cambridge, Washington County, New York, and at the Horticultural Garden in Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y., and put up by Crosby & Peck.

           

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Avis and Rockwell Gardiner.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Amistad (Schooner)

Crosby & Peck (Firm : Lyons, N.Y.)

First Presbyterian Church (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

 

Abolitionists - United States.

African Americans - Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre.

Agricultural implements.

Apples.

Beverages.

Blacksmithing.

Building materials.

Business records - Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre.

Charity.

Christian giving.

Church finance.

            Dressmaking.

Dry-goods - Prices.

            Food prices - 19th century.

General stores - Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre.

Glassware.

            Hardware - Prices.

House furnishings.

Household supplies.

            Kitchen utensils.

            Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre.

Rent charges.

            Seeds - Catalogs.

Stationery.

            Stoves - Equipment and supplies.

Account books.

            Proprietors.

 

 

 

INDEXES

 

The volume contains a name index in front.  This has not been transcribed; rather, the names were taken directly from the pages of the volume.

 

There are two created indexes to the volume, one to names and the other to occupations mentioned in the account book.  The occupation index is not complete, but gives an idea of the sorts of work recorded.

 

Many names occur within accounts; an attempt was made to capture all names, but the attempt was abandoned after page 59 because of the time consumed by the work.  Because the handwriting in the volume is small and the indexer’s eyes are old, some of the names on p. 1-59 have undoubtedly been overlooked or misread.  Names in square brackets are supplied and may not be correct.

 

 

 

 

 



Name index to Fol. 133, acc. 75x82

 

The volume contains an index in front.

 

Names in square brackets are supplied and may not be correct.

 

A & G. – see Anhaeuser & Gildersleeve

Advocate of Moral Reform   219

Aims, Mrs.   8

Alderson, John   66

Alkins   57

Alkins, Hart   47

Alkins, Lloyd   5

Alkins, W.   5

Allen, Miss   157

Allen, David   4

Allen, Lambert   157

Almond, Sampson   103

American Antislavery Society   219

American Education Society   197

American Sunday School Union   177

Amor, Anthony   160

Anderson, Betsey   191

Andre, Jacob   4, 30, 41

            in Hanover

Anhaeuser & Gildersleeve   2, 12, 37, 58, 124, 194

Anhaeuser, Henry C.   1-4, 6-8, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23-27, 29-34, 36, 41-47, 51, 53-54, 57, 59, 125

Anhaeuser, John   59

[Anhaeuser], Mary Louisa   31, 44, 47

            [daughter of Henry C.]

Anhauser, Polly   15, 23, 32

Anhaeuser, W.   5

Anti Slavery Library   267

Apple, William   41, 63

Appleton   1, 28, 43

Armstrong, John   152

            son of Joseph

Arnold, A.   32

Arnold, Abram   13

Askum, Caroline   81

Atherton, Miss   14

Atherton, Eleazer   42

Atherton, Elisha   48, 201

            Kingston

Atherton, John   139

Athertons, the   23, 42

Avory, Punderson   212

 

Babb   38

Babb, Betsy   57

Babb, John   40

            in Hanover

Babb, John P.   24-25, 33, 38, 54, 121, 195, 261, 265

Babb, Mary Ann   2, 40

Babb, Susannah   161

            daughter of Jno. Babb, Hanover

            worked for Gildersleeves

Babcock, Eliza   59

Baber, John P.   225

Baker, Christopher H.    83

            bookbinder

Baker, John O.   40, 241-242, 244, 248, 267

Ball, Mr.   33

Ball, Josiah (Rev.)   10, 66

Baltimore Coal Co.   231

Barker, R. & G. (Messrs)   184

Barker, William   126

Barkman[?]   52

Barnes   51

Barnes, Earl   150

Barnes, Gilbert   33, 88, 152

            [appears to be a carpenter]

Barnes, Timothy   69

Barney   36

Barney, Milan   154

Barney, Nathan   74

            In Carytown

Barnum, Zerah   13, 37, 183

            first name might be Zenah;

has a withered arm

Barnum, Zenus   105, 216

            Pittston

Barton, Hannah (Mrs.)   189

Beaumont, Andrew   40

Beidler, Jacob   79

Bennet, Elizabeth   106

            sister of John Bennet, esq.

Bennet, John Taylor   216, 223

Bennet, Mary   106

            sister of John Bennet, esq.

Bennet, Mary Ann   1, 21

Bennet, Thomas   58

Bennet, Ziba   135

Bergstresser, William   13, 61

Berrian, Daniel, & Co.   185

Biddle, Lord & Co.   174 

Bidlack, Benjamin   133

Bird, Derrick    17, 58, 71

            teamster

Birdsall, James   210

“Black Charley”   2

            [no surname given]

“Black Levy”    53

            [no surname given]

Black, Mrs.   16

Blackman, Henry   30, 182

Blanchard of Messrs. Hackley & Blanchard  61

Blanchard, John   89, 147

            Son-in-law of Mr. Lazarus

Blodgett, Asahel   248

            son-in-law of Lazarus

Bowden, Mrs.   19

Bowman, Mrs.   13, 32, 59

Bowman, George   40

Bowman, Isaac   32, 108

Bowman, John & Jesse (Messrs)  127, 170

Boyd, E. L. (Dr.)   49

Boynton, John   39

Brewer, William   132, 255

            “colored man”

Briggs, Job   13

            Abington

Broabst, Samuel D.   137

            Commonwealth agent

            [spelling taken from index]

Brower   37

Brower and Rusher

            137

Brower, Mrs.   4

Brower, Anthony  20, 101, 164, 207, 235

            tailor

Brower, John   79

            son of Anthony

Brower, John G.   83

Brower, Laura   224, 225, 235, 263, 268

Brower, Mary   240

Brower, S. L.   33

Brower, Sidney   167

Brower, Sidney L.   227

Brown of Foster[?] & Brown   38

Brown, Mrs.   20, 52

Brown, A.   2

Brown, George   8

Brown, Harris   237

Brown, Henry   221

Brown, J.   41

Brown, L. (Mrs.)   51

Brown, Richard   31, 105

            blacksmith

Brown, Thomas  10, 55, 155

            well digger

Browning, George   250

Brummel and Myer   186

            390 Pearl

Buazie[?], Jno.   9

Buck, Edward   135

            Tunkhannock

Buckley, Jonathan   1, 13, 25

Bulkley   34

Bulkley, Jonathan   210

            [may be same as Buckley]

Bull – see Pumeroy and Bull

Burger, Mrs.   33

Burger, S.   37

Burger, Samuel   57

Burger, Thomas   48

            Son-in-law of Valentine Meyer

Burr, Levi   218

Burret   52

Burton, William D.   237

Butler, John L.   144, 247, 259

Butler, Lord   238, 258, 259

Butler, Pearc   202

Butler, Stuben   199

Butler, W. L.   47

Bywater, Richard   92

 

Calvin, Otis   91

Campbell, Polly   5

Capwell, George    21, 48

Carpenter, Thomas   44

Carpenter, Washington   190

            son-in-law of Isaac Harris

Carr, Edward   40, 49, 51, 178, 212, 236, 250

Cary, Benjamin   4, 39, 55

            son of Comfort

Cary, Benjamin, Sr.    77

            in Hanover

Cary, Comfort   1, 62

            [surname also spelled Carey]

Cary, Eleazer   156

Cary, George   229

            “now in Huntington”

Cary, John   29, 55

            son of Benjamin, deceased

Cary, Nathan   48

Carver   17

Carver, Rufus   251

Chamberlain, Elijah    95, 107

            school teacher

Chambers, Lord & Co.   174 

Champerlain, James   35

Champion, Chandler   15

Chapin, Solon   4

Chapman, Mrs.   108

charitable donations   228, 269

Cholett, J.   166

            shoemaker

Christell, C. J. (Dr.)   2, 15, 45

Christian   57

            [surname possibly Burger, Doe, or Dow]

Church, William   147

            Kingston

Clark, Rufus   69

            in Pitston, above Barnum’s mill

Clark, Thomas   45

Clary, Dexter (Rev.)   8, 45

Coates, Christian   200

Coats, Jno.   33

Coleman, Hannah   240

            Mary Ann’s sister

Coleman, Mary Ann   149

Collins and Hannay   185

Collins, Mr.   8

Collins, Daniel   28, 156

Collins, Oristus   23, 140

Colored American   58

            [title of a publication?]

Colt, Arnold, esq.   50

commissioners – see Luzerne County

Cooley  59

Coons - See also Koons

Coons[?], Van   57

Corlies – see Stevens and Corlies  

Cortright   57

Cortright, Margaret   81

            worked for Gildersleeves

Counterfeit Detector   219

Covell, Sarah   204

Cox   260

Cox, Isaac (Capt.)   171

Creamer, Eliza   59

Crosby   47

Culver, A.   59

Culver, Hiram   2, 89

            blacksmith in Kingston

Culver, Oliver   4

Culver, William   139

Curtain, Rowland, & Co.   210

 

Dam, Abijah   22, 51

            in Abington

Dana, Anderson, Jr.   30, 39, 120

Dana, Anderson, Sr.   2, 30, 52

Dana, Alvan   60

            cabinetmaker

Dana, Francis   2, 39, 119, 168

            [first name also spelled Franzis]

Dana, Sylvester   30, 245

Danforth, Elijah   211

Darken, John   158

Davage, Thomas   62, 71, 76, 92, 103

            shoemaker

Davenport, Leonard   4

David, Isaac   57

Davidge – see Davage

Davis   13

Davis, George A.   217, 262, 264

Decker, Polly   104

Deeter, William   26

            Son-in-law of Christian Leeder

Delaware and Hudson Railway   206

Denison, Hiram   113

Dennice, Jacob J.   136

            Partner of Anson Thomas

Dennis, Hiram B.   252

Detrick, Jacob   173

Dibbs, J. A., and Co.   184

Dickerson, Israel   95

Dickover, George C.   253, 264

Dilley, Daten   100

            son of Richard, in Hanover

Dilly, Jesse   62

Dilly, Jonathan   27

Diltz, John   56

Doffert, Henry   22

Doffert, Jacob, Jr.    11, 22

            brother of Henry

Doffert, Jacob, Sr.   11

[Doffert], John   11

[Doffert], Peggy   11

[Doffert], Phillip   11

donations   228, 269

Doremus, Sydam & Mixon   186

            Pearl St.

Dorrance, Col.   2

Dorrance, John (Rev.)   137

Dottery, Henry   4, 66

Dow, Jeremiah B.  206, 254

            teacher

Dowling, James   243

            miner

Downey & Mundy   32

Downing   30

Drake & Merrill   25

Drake & Tracy   2, 86

Drake   2

Drake, Mrs.   28, 31, 37

Drake, Benjamin   7, 80

            a blacksmith

Drake, George   25

Drake, Nancy   31, 94

            milliner

Dupie, Miss and Misses    21, 27

Durham, Alphra   226

Dyer, Thomas   127

 

Edwards   57

Egleston and Bartell   186

Elsworth, Ruth (Miss)   149

Ely, James   51

Emmons, Herman L.  84, 172, 175, 203

Eshelman, Daniel   77

Espy, John   88

Evans, B.   36

 

Fairchild, Ebz.   25

Fasnacht, Isaac   45

            Morgan’s miller

Faust, Jacob   26

Fell and Slocum   180, 250

Fell, (Mrs. Judge)   19

Fell, John G.   158, 250, 264

Fell, Hugh   138

Fell, Samuel (Jr.) 38, 57

            carpenter

Fenton, William   48

Finch, Darius   89, 182

Finn, Peter   18

First Presbyterian Church   180, 196

Fisher, E.   116

Fisher, Henry   166

            son of Jacob

Fisher, Jacob   129

Fitch and Woolsey, Messrs   225

Fitzgerald, James   59

Fitzgerald, Peter   62

            in Newport

Flake, George   16, 50

Flinn – see Flynn

Flint, Henry   151

Flynn, Matthias   41, 65, 115

            [surname also spelled Flinn and Flyn]

Foster[?] & Brown   38

Foster, Mrs.   7

Foster, Thomas   212

Foust, Jacob   36, 90

Foust, John   49

Frain, John   18

Frame, William, & Co.   226

Frederick, Daniel  100

            carpenter

French, Samuel   246

         Plymouth, step-son-in-law of Jno. Smith

Fry, George   18

Fuller, Charles   196, 250

 

Gailord   52

Gambol, George   171

            an Irishman

Gardner, Jesse   82, 155

Garner, H.   186

            56 Bowery

Garringer, Charles   18, 98

            son of John

Garringer, Daniel   18, 107

Garringer, J., estate of   117

Garringer, Jesse   114

Garringer, John   18, 34, 57, 117

Garringer, Levi   114

Garrison, Jacob   158

Garrison, Nancy   100

            boarded with Gildersleeves

George, Henry   13, 55

Geyer, John   232

Gibb – see Gibbs

Gibbs, Job   10, 37, 130

Gibbs, Nancy   130

Gibson, Andrew   59

Giddins, Alfred   14

            in town

Gildersleeve, Mrs.   21

Gildersleeve, Ann Elizabeth   26, 32, 44

[Gildersleeve], Caroline  36

Gildersleeve, Cyrus (Rev.)  3, 33, 46, 49, 85 198, 215

            See also his estate

Gildersleve, Cyrus (Rev.) – estate of   210, 230, 233

[Gildersleeve], Edward   26, 44

Gildersleeve, Nancy   26

Gildersleeve, Norman   20, 26, 44, 59, 67

         [Cyrus Norman Gildersleeve, son of William Camp Gildersleeve]

[Gildersleeve], Polly   26

Gildersleeve, William Camp    205 (receipts), 228, 269 (donations)

Gildersleeve, William Camp - see also Anhaeuser & Gildersleeve

Good, Daniel   48

            in Newport

Goodwin, William   76

Gore, John (Deacon)   225

Gorman, Mrs.   38

Gorman, Hugh   51, 55, 63, 141

Gorman, Mary (Mrs.)   148

Gould, Justus   38

Graves, George   2

Graves, Peter   56

Green[?], Adam   2

Green, Isaac   161

            brick maker

Grey, Alexander   231

Grey, Z.   151

           a baker; surname in index is Grey, but on p. 151 it is spelled Grei

Griswold, Mrs.   230

Gruver, Adam   29, 123

            Son of George

Gruver, George   4, 29

Gruver, Michael   5, 7, 29, 32, 60

Gruver, Peter   4, 7

Gruver, S.   36

Gruver, Sally   7

Gruver[?], Susan   43

 

Hackley & Blanchard, Messrs.   61

Haffety[?], Mrs.   16, 20

            [surname could be Rafferty]

Hall, Henry   9

            Beachwoods

Halland   36

Halsted, Caleb O., & Co.   186

Hammer, Marcus B.   239

Hancock estate   25

Hancock, James   78

Hancock, Jonathan   24

Hannay – see Collins and Hannay  

Harrington, Chancelor L.   60, 69, 204, 218

Harris, Isaac   8, 46, 179

Harris, John M.   131

            son of Isaac

Hart – see Stevenson & Hart

Hart, Abram (Mrs.)   216

Hart, Isaac    111, 128

Hartwell[?]   36

Hay, Charles   42, 192

            Son-in-law of Daniel Kridler

Held, Henry   9, 31, 84

            German printer

Held’s girl   36

Hellriegle, Phillip Jacobs  14, 69

            German tailor

            [surname also spelled Hellrigle]

Helmes, James C.   290

            [see also Helms]

Helmes, P.  51

Helms   57

Helms, James   51

            [surname also spelled Helmes]

Helms, Oliver   1, 41, 51

Hemple, Samuel   173

            Philadelphia

Hewitt, Randle   59

Hicks, Daniel   255

Hinds, Stephen   205

            Montrose

Hines, Alfred, esq.   199

            Tunkhannon

Hock, John   15

Hodgden, Deacon   206

Hoffert, Peter   232

Holcomb, Harvey   29, 146

Holister, Altheus   138

Hollenback, Jno.   57

Holzhausen, Betsy   1

Horton, Miller   36

Hoskin, Hiram   144

How   2

How, S.   24

How, Samuel    16, 42, 82, 120

         tinsmith; son-in-law of Widow Augten

Hoyt, Elias   37

Hoyt, Ezra   8, 57

Hoyt, Levi   11, 153, 209

Hoyt, William R.   234

Hoyt, Ziba   137

Hubard, Thomas R.   95

Huffman, Matthias   12

            shoemaker

Hughes, James   37

Hughes, Parley   118

Hughes, Thomas   168

Hull, William, & Sons   48

Huntington   35

Huntington, Samuel   1, 19, 57, 73, 190

Hurlbert, Lyman   58

Hustleton, William   247

            Lives on Robinson’s place

 

Ingham, Thomas   2, 114, 126

Inman, Edward   114

 

Jacobs the tailor   37

Jacobs, Miss   1

Jacobs, Silas   6

            brother of William

Jacobs, William   1, 6, 7

            in Newport

Jacobus, Daniel   152

            Lumney[?] town p.o.

Jameson, John   104

            on the mountain

Jameson, Robert   61

            In Carytown

Jamison, John   232

Jewett, David   134

            “comedore”

Jewett, Sally   8

            milliner

Johnson, Benjamin   152

Johnson, Jacob   240

Johnson, Jehoida   26

Johnson, William   160

            son of Jehoida

Jones  2, 44

Jones, Dr.   1, 23

Jones, Edward   47

            shoemaker

Jones, Fanny   34, 70, 131

[Fanny and Maria seem to be teachers]

Jones, Lathan (Dr.)   91

Jones, Lewis   28

Jones, Maria   131

           [Fanny and Maria seem to be teachers]

Jones, William H.   159, 176, 256

            carpenter

 

Kaltz, Christian   179

            Elizabeth Bean’s husband

[Keck], Betsy   28

Keck, Daniel   7, 23, 28, 84

Keck, David   53

Keck, Henry   7, 28, 39

Keely[?], Jacob   4

Keen[?], Daniel   26

Kelly, Jemima Ann (Mrs.)   65

Kemmerer, Henry   105

Kichline, Joseph   76

Kichline, Polly   5

Kidder, Lyman C.   118

            son-in-law of Anderson Dana

Kilpatrick   39

King, John M.   48

            [lived with Gildersleeve]

Kinzley, Michael   10, 102

            high constable

Kirkhoff, Thomas   57

Kitchen, Sarah   220, 246, 256

Kite, old Mrs.   24

[Kite], Emily   24

Klund, Jacob   125

Kocher, George   55, 57

Kocher, George, Jr.   41

Koker – see Kocher

Koons – see also Coons

Koons, Isaac, & Co.   177

Koons, Samuel   34, 45, 147

            son-in-law of Frederick Croop

Knowlton, Betsey   187

            worked for Gildersleeves

Kreidler, Daniel   6

Kreiner, Mrs.   31

Kridler, Caty   187

            worked for Gildersleeves

Kridler, Rachel   81

            worked for Gildersleeves

Kridler, Susan   81, 123

            worked for Gildersleeves

Kubler, George   4

Kuh, Daniel   53

Kunkle, Conrad   133

            Northmoreland

Kutz   37, 38

Kutz, Mrs.   33

Kutz, Jacob   9, 13, 23, 59, 181, 184, 256

            [appears to be a tailor]

 

Labor, William   170

            tailor; surname might be Labar

Ladies Fair   174

Laird, Gilbert   87

Lamb   10, 21

Lamb, Henry F.    22

[Lamb], Polly   22

Lane, Mr.   33

Lard, Old M.   49

Laubach   41

Lawrence   57

Lazarus, George   12, 36

LeClerk, Joseph   211

Lee, James   109, 125

Lee, Washington (Col.)   52

Leeder, Christian   29, 107, 251

            Hanover; brother of John

[Leeder], Frederick   11

Leeder, John  2, 9, 11, 13, 52, 93, 130, 161

[Leeder], Julian   29

Levan, Charles   188

Lewis, Sharp D.   35

            printer

Loop, Mrs.   41

the former Mrs. Maffet;

[Loop], Clinton   32

Loop, Ireen   32, 128, 251

Lorber, John   4, 11

Loveland, Elijah   78

Lutse, Polly   81

            worked for Gildersleeves

Lutsey, Henry   29

Lutz, John   36

Luzerne County Commissioners   234

Luzerne County Sunday School Union 176

Lylan, A.[?] and G.M.   149

            Surname Lyman also recorded

Lyman – see Lylan

Lynd – see Lyndes

Lynde, John W.   166

Lyndes, Conrod C.   49, 220 

            [surname also spelled Lynd]

Lynds, Henry   77

Lynch   47

Lynn, Jonathan   243

            Hanover

 

Maffet, Widow   41, 51

            now Mrs. Loop

Marble   47

Marble, Eleazer   16, 37, 116

            carpenter

Marcy – see also Marsey

Marcy, Abel   152

Marcy, Reuben   167

Marsey, Avary   209

May, Rev. Mr.   61

McAlpin, Albert   240

McCalpin, Hiram   189

            Son-in-law of Parsons

            [surname might be McAlpin]

McClintock   43

McKinney, Samuel   160

Mead, Ralph, & Co.   220

Merrill   23

Merrill, Isaac 15, 25, 34, 38

            blacksmith

Merritt, Wm. A.   106

            hatter

Meyer – see also Meyers and Myers

Meyer (Esq.)   27, 37, 38, 41, 50

            [surname possibly Meyers or Myers]

[Meyer], Charles   14

Meyer, George   56

            son of Valentine in Hanover

Meyer, John, esq.   14, 47, 57, 136, 213

            [surname also spelled Myers]

Meyer, John   15, 23

            son of Valentine, Hanover

Meyer, Valentine    1, 18, 47

            in Hanover

Meyers   6

Mill, Mr.   31

[Mill], Caty   1

Mill, George   209

            son of John

Mill, J.   33

Mill, John   1, 5, 23, 51, 96

            in Hanover

Mill, John, Jr.   214

            Son of John Mill of Hanover

Mill, Peter    18, 32, 43

Mill, Solomon    1, 4

            son of John

Mill, Solomon   28

            brother of Peter

Miller, Barnet   244

Miller, George   57, 59

Millroy, John   16, 74

Miner, Joshua   2, 7, 9, 13, 18, 23, 28, 53

            a mason  

Miner, Robert   113

Miner, Thomas (Dr.)   102, 258

Moore   36

Moore, Luke  71

            Blacksmith, Englishman

More, Luke   188

Morgan, Thomas   115

Morse, Messrs   185

            Of the New York Observer

Morse, Aldson   253

Mothers Magazine, Counterfeit Detector   219, 239

Mott, Elder   41

Mott, Seaver, & Smith (Messrs)   214

            Carbondale

Moyer, Isaac   225

            Sumney town p.o.

Moyer, Laurence   232

Murray, Nicholas (Rev.)   122, 202

Myers – see also Meyer and Meyers

Myers, Henry   118, 147

            Brother of Esq. Jno.

Myers, John, esq – see Meyer, John, esq.

Myers, Thomas   197

 

Nagle   1

Nagle, Christian   12, 75

Nesbit, James   237

            in Plymouth

Nesbott, James   4

New York Evangelist   219

New York Observer   185, 230

 

O’Neal, Patrick   45

Orton, Milton P.  19, 72, 119

            Teacher, doctor

Overbeck, Jacob   99

Overholz, Abram   51

Overton, Mrs.   14, 40, 90

            milliner

Owen, J.   51

 

Parker, Joseph    48

Parker, Stephen   51

Parks, Amos   115

Parrish  2

Parrish, Archibald   167

Parsons   1, 41

Parsons, Calvin   104, 206

Parsons, Hezekiah   4

patent for beer   205

Pell, Samuel   6

Pence, Jacob   56

Perkins, David   107, 188

Perkins, J.   45

Perry, Mrs.   1

Peterson, Richard   191

Petrich   57

Pettybone, Joshua   59, 112

            teamster

Platt, Ebenezer, Jr.   169

            N. York

Poor Masters of Wilkes-Barre   183

Preston, Hibberd   168

Preston, Silas   55

Preston, Williston   110, 211

Price, George   61

            [directions to house given]

Presbyterian Church – see First Presbyterian Church

Pumeroy and Bull    185

 

Quick, Eliza   17, 64

Quick, Maria   17, 75

Quick, Susan   17

Quick, Thomas   17, 34

Quick, Thomas, Jr.   165

 

Raenow, Mrs.  159

Rafferty, Catharine   212

Railroad of Delaware and Hudson   206

Rainer, Mrs.   59

Reakirt, Joseph   178

Receipts   205

Reel, Mrs.   17

Reel, Benjamin   146

            Blacksmith in Forty Fort

Rhimer, Philip   - see Rhymer

Rhymer   4

Rhymer, Michael   14

Rhymer, Philip   2, 65

            partner of Mortimer Parsons

Richardson, Calvin   66

Riggs, Miss   22

Riggs, Elizabeth   24-25

Rimer – see also Rhymer

Rimer, Jacob   240

Rinehimer, Conrad   11, 65

Rinehimer, George   11

Rinehimer, Joseph   4, 9

Robinson, John U.   105

Roosevelt, James, & Son   186

            Maiden Lane

            [surname misspelled as Rosevelt]

Rosecrance, Hiram   246

Rosenbaum, Julius   268

Ross, William (General)   88

Ross, William Sterling   65

            Son of Gen. William Ross

Rossenkranz   11

Rounlds, Thomas A.    185

Rudolph   1, 12

Rudolph, Jacob   13, 16, 20, 44

            [appears to be shoemaker]

Rudolph, William   133

            [appears to be shoemaker]

Ruggles – see also Rugles

Ruggles, Lorenzo   21, 84

            Hanover

Rugles, Almond   151

Rumage, Jacob, Jr.   56, 232

Rumage, Mary   5, 56, 187

            [surname also spelled Rummage]

Rummage – see Rumage

Rusher – see Brower and Rusher

Russel, James   220

            Tunkhannock

Rymer – see Rhymer

 

St. John, Benjamin    27, 83

Schwartz, Phiipp   49

            Providence

Searl, Cornelius   99

            son of Wm.; Pitston

Searl, John   206

Searles, Herman   237

            constable in Plymouth

Sedrick, Adam    9

on the plains or Pitston

Setzer, Elizabeth   222

Sewoers[?]    218

            teacher

Shaefer   17

Shaefer, Joseph    95

            blacksmith in Hanover

Shaefer, Peter   111

            teamster

Shaw, Peter   8

Shiffer, Henry   32

            mason

Shivley, Peter   150

            tailor

Shoemaker, Miss   30

Shoemaker, Charles D.  10, 53, 67, 171, 229

Shoemaker, George   171

Shoemaker, Robert   212

[Shoemaker], Ward   7

Shoemaker, William   4, 7, 152

Shortz, Betsey   187

            worked for Gildersleeves

Shriber, Henry   24

            Son-in-law of John Gruver

Shriver, Henry   24, 143

Siveley, George   175

Skeel, Capt.   170

            N. York

Skeire, Albert   157

Skinner, Rebecca   188

            step-daughter of Parley Hughes

Sleby, John   69

            in Newport

Sleppy   52

Slocum – see Fell and Slocum

Slocum, Ebenezer   223

Slocum, Jonathan J.   159, 229

Smally   39

Smiley, Thoms   224

Smith, Mr.   35

Smith, A. B.   156

            N. York

Smith, Elias   200

            pot ash boiler in Falls

Smith, Rachael   222

Smith, Robert   131, 229

Smith, Sarah   4

Smith, Zurah   10, 24

[Snowden], Betsy   22

Snowden, E. H. (Rev.)   22

Som, Christian   155

Som, John   72, 82, 99

            [surname also spelled Soms]

Sorber, John   27

            in Hanover, son of George

Spese, William   35

Spice[?], Mary   4

Stanton, Joseph (Capt.)   21, 22

            Beachswoods

Stark, H.   1

            at Tunkhanock

Stark, Paul   183

Stay, Charles   36

Steel, Miss   157

Steel, George   27

Steel, Joseph, Jr.   200

Steel, Mary   65

            Wife of Adam

Sterdevant, Ebenezer   213

Sterling, Charles   57

Stettler, George   5

Stevens and Corlies   185

            at 79 Pearl

Stevenson & Hart   90

Steyer, Henry   154

Steyers, Leonard   22

            in Newport

Stiles, Ezra (Rev. Dr.)   233

Stone, Lemuel, esq.   137

Stout, George   106

            Married widow Spuce[?]

Stovyer, William   85

            of Abington

Stowdocker[?], George   52

Streeter, Charles   202

Styer, Cornelius   111

Styre, Henry   177, 218, 256

Susquehannah Presbytery   197

Swarts, Washington   171

 

Talcott, Alvan   104

            teacher

tax receipts   205

Teeter, William   1

Temperance agent   59, 181

Temperance Intelligencer   33, 51

Temperance journal   67

Thomas, Anson   135-136

            cabinetmaker

Thomas, Edward   6, 57

            in Newport

Thompson, John   142

Thomson, David   38, 141

            Hanover

Thorne Hoff and Sharpe   116

Tillman, John   2, 10, 19, 22, 25, 33, 36, 37, 51, 53, 57, 68, 162, 208

            blackman [i.e. African American]

         name on p. 162 looks like Teighlman, but the index indicates that this is Tillman

Tillman, Sophia (widow)   257

         widow of John Tillman

Tilly, Jonathan    18

Todd, Simon   178, 212

Tolls, Abram   132

Tompson, Samuel   116

Tracy - see Drake & Tracy

Tracy, Hannah (widow)   90

Tracy, Vernett   151

Treadwell, Ephraim   185

Tretaway, Hester   30, 59, 200

            [appears to be a seamstress]

         Surname spelled Tretau on p. 200, but index indicates this is same person

Trippe, J. & J.F.    134

            of New York

Trustees of Presbyterian Church – see First Presbyterian Church

Tucker   47

Tucker, Mrs.   40

Ullman, Daniel   104

            teacher

Ulp, Barnet   32

            hatter

[Ulp], Maria   32

Underhill, T. N.   192

            Cedar St., N. York

Upliner, Rheuben   71

 

Van Fleet, Frederick   22

Van Fleet, Jackson (Gen’l)   22

Van Wyke & Phillips   186

Vendermark, Benjamin   113

Vendermark, Jeremiah   50

            on Lee’s farm

Vendermark, Simon P.   147

Vernet, Ann (Mrs.)   172

Vernett, Charles J.   145

Vernitt, Mrs.   2

 

Wagner   57

Wagner, Frederic   133

            on the plains

Wagner, John   41, 66

            on the plains

Waller, David Phineas   241

Ward   38

Ward and Aitkin   192

            N. York

Ward, John J.   2, 79

            tailor

Warner, James   8, 33

Warrington, Robert Y.   243

Washington   40

Way, Francis D., & Co.   192

            Philadelphia

Wayne County Mutual Insurance Co.   260

Weber, Elizabeth   74

            [boarded with Gildersleeves]

Webster, Conrod   137

Wehler, John   12, 26, 28, 36

            brewer and shoemaker, German

Weissenstien, John   13

Weissenstein, John, Jr.   14

West, Leander   41

Wetmore & Co.   237

            N. York

White, Daniel    87

            wagon maker

White, Mary   187

            worked for Gildersleeves

Wiggins, Hannah   39

Wilcox, Crandle   83

            constable

Wilcox, Samuel   82

            Brick maker

Wilcox, Samuel C.   106, 214

            Son of Crandel

Wilcox, Warren   107, 170

Wilkes-Barre, Poor Masters – see Poor Masters of Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre Bank   54

Wilkes-Barre Bridge Co.   221

Wilkes-Barre Post Office  205

Wilson   59

Wilson[?]   37

            Name is possibly Wilcox

Winn, Thomas   52

Winn, William   174

            Montrose

Wolf, Erastus   100

Wood, Miss   36

Wood, John  36, 38

            butcher

Wood, Moses, Jr.   58

Woodbridge, Ashbel   25, 34

Woodcock, Francis   139, 189

Woodhouse, Thomas   145, 175

Woodruff, Absalom (Dr.)   24-25

Woodward, G. W.   52

Woolsey – see Fitch and Woolsey

Wooly, George    47

Worral, Lewis   35

Worthington, Maria    24

Wright, Joseph   32

            black man

Wright, Josiah   67

Wurt, John C.   67

            a German

Wurts, Murgrave and Wurts   175

Wyin[?]   52

 

Yarrrington, Mrs.   52

Yarrington, Allison   179

Yarrington, Dilton   179

            [surname spelled Yarrinton]

Yarrington, Sinton   179

Yeates, Francis   142

Young, Henry   15

 

 

 


OCCUPATIONS:

(not a complete index)

 

Baker 151

Blacksmith  7, 15, 31, 38, 71, 80, 89, 95, 105, 146

Bookbinder    83

Brewer  26

Brick maker    82, 161

Butcher  36

 

Cabinetmaker   51, 60, 135

Carpenter   33, 37, 38, 100, 116, 159, 256

Carding   4

Carting – see Hauling

Chair maker    51

Clergy   8, 10, 22, 46, 66, 85, 122, 137, 196, 198, 202, 233

 

Doctor   1, 2, 15, 23, 25, 91, 102, 119, 258

 

Fulling cloth   1

 

Government official   10, 57, 83, 102, 137, 183, 205, 237

 

Hatter   32, 106

Hauling and carting   2, 7, 17, 23, 25, 37, 41, 45, 57, 58, 79, 111-112

 

Mason  23, 32

Miller    45

Milliner    8, 31

Millwright    61

Miner   243

Minister - see Clergy

 

pot ash boiler   200

Printer 9, 35

 

School   176, 177, 228, 269  

Schoolmaster  19, 72, 95, 104, 107, 131, 150, 170, 206, 218, 254

Scouring cloth   4

Seamstress   30

Shoemaker  12, 20, 26, 36, 44, 47, 76, 103, 133, 166

 

Tailor  20, 37, 59, 69, 79, 101, 150, 164, 170, 181, 184, 207, 235

Tavern keeper    27

Teacher - see Schoolmaster

Teamster – see Hauling

Tinsmith    82, 120

 

Wagon maker   87

Weaving   51

Well digger   10, 55, 155