Notes:

Daniel is the son of Anna Vanvye & Andrew Whitesell.

. 1845 - UCLPetition 63,
The petition of the undersigned, Daniel Whitesell of the Twp. of Malahide in the London District & Province of Canada, Farmer - son of the late Andrew Whitesell & Enrolled U. E. Loyalist,
Humbly showeth. That your Petitioner was located by the Honourable Colonel Talbot, soon after the commencement of the Talbot Settlement, upon a Lot of 200 acres of Land being Lot 87 South on Talbot Road East, in the said Township of Malahide under the expectation of receiving a firm grant from the Crown for the same as being the son of an Enrolled U. E. Loyalist.
That your petitioner appeared before the Quarter Sessions & obtained the usual Certificate previously to the first of January 1843. That your Petitioner was not aware that the Statute 4th & 5th Victoria, Chapter 100, could affect or to enjoy with such his acknowledged right to 200 acres of land, & humbly begs leave to suggest that his is no New Claim to Land formed upon any negotiation or order of the Provincial government but rather as your petitioner was always led to believe, & fondly trust that he may still be provided the same sentiments connected with such belief to his children, along with the original Free Grant from the Crown for his Farm & Old Claim a record granted the Loyalist & their children by the late Majesty George the Third of pious memory, for their loyal attachments losses, privations & sufferings in support in the unity of the United Empire of Great Britain during the American Rebellion deprivations to which your humble petitioner's inability to write his name.

.1879 Sep 6, WILL of Daniel Whitesell,
Daniel was a farmer on Lot, Conc. 6, Malahide. 1 Maly Daniel Whitesell's WILL
First - I give & bequeath unto my daughters viz Eliza, Sarah & Lydia and my son James each the sum of $1., they having heretofore received their portion of my estate.

Second I give devise and bequeath unto my son in law Asa B. Bradley, my friends John Bradley & Daniel Roy their heirs and assigns in trust all my real & personal estate in trust to sell the same to the best advantage…..& out of the proceeds pay to my grandson George Sherman Bradley son of my son-in-law Asa Bradley &
to my granddaughter Minnie Whitesell daughter of my son Daniel Whitesell each the sum of $25.
The remainder equally between my grandsons Andrew Whitesell & Lewis Whitesell children of my son James Whitesell share & share alike & to whom I bequeath the same & to their respective heirs.
Executors: Asa Bradley, his son John Bradley & Daniel Roy.
Signed, Daniel XMARK Whitesell. Registered 4 Feb. 1884, inst.#1196.
Ref: Bruce C Johnson Jr. family History Research.

Luton Cemetery memorial reads
In memory of Daniel WHITESELL who died Jan. 28, 1884, aged 83 ys 1 mo.[xx mouldering in the tomb in realms of day Enjoying endless bloom. - - -

Died:
Age 83y 11m 9d. Died of old age.

Buried:
Aged 38ys 1m 9 .

Daniel married Elizabeth FELKER, .1 in C 1823. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Frederick Völkel JOHN FELKER, U.E., 13th and Mary MINGLE, , DUE) was born on 5 Apr 1801 in Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Aug 1875 in Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried in Luton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Felker is the daughter of Mary Mingle & Johann Frederick Völkel JOHN Felker, U.E. (United Empire Loyalist.)

Elizabeth Felker Whitesell is buried at the Luton Cemetery with her husband. Near by are sisters Anna & Lydia Felker.

The white marble monument with hand holding open book motif for Elizabeth Whitesell reads:
In memory of / Elizabeth, wife of
Daniel Whitesell who died 29 Aug. 1875, aged 75 years 4 mo's & 5 days.
A faithful friend a wife most dear, A tender parent lieth here. Great is the loss we here sustain, But hope in heaven to meet again. - - -

Birth:
/ family Bible.

Died:
Aged 75y 4m 5 d. [born = 24 Apr 1800.]

Notes:

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Johnn Friedrick Völkel was born 17 Nov 1757 at Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany & Johann Federick is the son of Anna KATHARINA, Amos & Johann Eckart Völkel.
English name variation were first Folker, Falker & finally as Felker.
John Felker is thus the step-son of Joseph Jost Volckel & also his uncle. John's mother, Maria Catharina Amos, remarried after the death of her 1st husband: John Eckhart Volckel - Joseph is John's brother.

* VIllage of Erndtebrück, Germany
The village of Erndtebrück was undoubtedly first settled in the upper part hill where the houses nestle themselves up against the 'castle' hill. This village needed protection, when on the cold winter nights, packs of wolves howled from the surrounding hills. Not a stout city wall, but rather a picket fence or thorny-hedge placed on a low wall served as the boundary fence.

Now the Customs & Toll Collector, alone in his little office house, could not get at the purses of the travelers who sometimes tried to charged though in groups without paying. The Toll Collector would sound his horn to summon the local cart drivers to deal with a travelers with spears & pitchforks approaching from the city. Running the toll booth seems to have been an universal challenge.

Many of the buildings in Erndtebrück were destroyed in the bombing on 10 March, 1945 at the end of World War II, including the Toll Collectors house & the oldest Luther church where the Volkels prayed & married. The church with its steeple, has been rebuilt in the same style & sits on high point overlooking the village. Similarly there are some beautiful rebuilt houses with gardens completely surrounding the path & stairway leading to the Evangelische-Reformiert Kirche. - Translated from German. PJA 2009.

* FELKER BIBLE:
On May 1773, Johann Fredrick Völkel left Erndtebrück with a German Bible with an inscription under the front cover:
"This Bible is presented to you as a teaching of Christ, & instruction for your soul.
God Grant that you may use it frequently on your journey to America. Erndtebrück, May 18, 1773"
Last known location of this Felker Bible was by Belle Felker, great granddaughter, born in Auburn, Michigan.

* 1773 AMERICA AT LAST!
Oath of Allegiance to America as a British subject, etc,
List 310C: At Wicaco (Philadelphia, Penn.) on 1 October 1773: Present: Thos. Willing, Esquire.
The Foreigners whose names are written,
imported in the Ship Hope, George Johnston, Master, from Rotterdam but last from Cowes, (Isle of Wright,) did this day take & subscribe the foregoing Oaths, & Declarations in the usual Form. 'Consigned to Messrs. Willing & Morris, 94 person on the List, Paid £7.1.0. (i.e. paid to lawyer taking the Oaths.) -
. Fried. Völckel
. Johann Frederich Völckel [handwriting may appear to read Johann Friederick Welckel - PJA]
. John Ludwig Pfeiler [?]
. Jost Voleckel. [Jost Welckel]
Note1: All males over 16 years had to take the oath. This transcription from the original depositions, gives only the 53 males all German names, leaving out 41 females & boys aboard the Hope. Other voyages of the Ship Hope: Aug 28 1733, Rotterdam to Penn.; 9.23, 1734; 3.12.1772; 3 Dec 1772 Rotterdam-Cowes-Penn; & John's 1773 voyage appears to be the last record for the Ship Hope.- PJA 2010.
Ref: Pennsylvania Immigrants, 1727-1776

. Port of Philadelphia: Philadelphia would seem an unlikely candidate as a major immigration port of entry, but 1.3 million immigrants passed through the port. The route took immigrants around Cape May at the foot of New Jersey, into the Delaware Bay & up the Delaware River to Philadelphia, adding more than 200 miles to the journey from Europe. & the trip wasn't without its hazards. The Delaware River often froze over during winter, limiting early immigration to warmer months. During the 1700s, there was an influx of German many of whom arrived as indentured servants or "redemptioners" who often stayed in the city to work off the cost of the passage.

* NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS LOYALIST REGIMENT: Quarter Master
John FOLKER, 3rd Battalion Quarter Master of NJV, Master Feb 3 1777 -1783
NJV Loyalists, John Falker was quartermaster the Third Battalion from its organization until 1781, then transferred to the Second Battalion & resigned at the end of the War on Feb. 22, 1783.
Daniel James, on the Resignation of Quartermaster Falker, took this office & so continued until the 2nd Battalion was disbanded. William Felker (transcription?) Resigned Quartermaster, 2nd Bat. NJV.
XRef: The NJV Loyalist in the Revolutionary War.

. Note2 of Family Interest2: Also serving in the same NJV were Lieut. John Lawrence & Col. Elisha Lawrence of who commanded the NJV. - Later Lawrence descendant would married John Felker's descendant.

* 1778 December 16, LAND AT ESSEX CONFISCATED:
. At an Inferior court of Common-Pleas held for the county of Essex, on the 15th day of September last, were returned inquisitions for joining the army of the King of Great-Britain, & other treasonable practices found against (various names) & John Folker.
. of which proclamation was made at said Court, that if they, or any on their behalf, or any persons interested, would appear & traverse, a trial should be awarded; but no traverses were offered:
Therefore NOTICE is hereby given, That if neither they, nor any in their behalf, nor any interested, shall appear & traverse at the next Court to be held for the said county, the inquisitions will then be taken to be true, & final judgment entered thereon in favour of the state.
John Clawson, Commissioner. Elizabeth-town, November 14, 1778.
Ref: The New Jersey Gazette (Trenton), New Jersey, Essex Country .

Muster Roll Captain Robt. Drummer's Co., 3rd New Jersey Volunteers:
. 1779 Nov 29, Savannah, Quarter Master, John Falker
Ref: Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office.

. UCLPetition 33, F Bundle 2, C1893, p762. Niagara
To Lieut. Gov of UC, John Graves Simcoe, In Council
Petition of John Filker, Respectfully shows that your petitioner just moved from the Jeries with a wife & one child & that he is related to Geo. Bowman [Bauman?]* of the Township of Stanford. Requests 200 acres. Niagara, 2 July, 1796.
Note3: No actual signature; As was common, the petition was possibly prepared, & in the hand of, Thos. Ridout, The Survey General].
Envelope: 2 July, 96. Recommend for 200 Acres. Pay for survey. Read July 14, 1796.
. I do hereby certify that the bearer John Felker has taken the oath prescribed by law to be a faith & allegiance to Our Majesty King., Signed, July 2, 1796, David Secord, J.P.
Note4: Geo. Adam Bowman, b 1731 Albany Co., NY-1803 Niagara-on-Lake, Grantham, On. Wife Ann Marie Conrad 1649 /Schoharie, NY: is the relationship based on their being German?
Note5: John Felker's petition was sent together with brothers Ludwig, Jacob, Joseph Felker & John's oath was thus filed with Ludwick Felker's Petition & oath. Peter Bowman, Con 2, L17 Stoney Creek, 1850.
Note6: Alas, John Felker does not mention that he was the Quarter Master of NJ 2nd & later the 3rd Volunteers, otherwise he too should have received 1,000 Acres 'for one of his description"!

. UCLPetition 56, F Batch 2, C1893, p836.
Petition of John Felker,
Most humbly shewth, That your Petitioner from the beginning of the late American war was an open & declared loyalist & carried Arms for His Majesty, was several times severely wounded, taken prisoner, & suffered 9 months' imprisonment.
That your Petitioner is resident in this Home District of this province & is married to the Daughter of John Mingle (also a faithful loyalist) & has 2 children.
That your Petitioner has as yet only drawn 200 Acres of land; wherefore he prays your Honor for such additional allowances as your Honor in your Wisdom may deem meet. & as in duty bound he will ever pray.
Signed, John Felker, Newark 1st Feb'y 1797. [Newark is now Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. -PJA]
Envelope: Received 4 Feb 1797. Read 25 Feb. Certificate of Petition having married the daughter of a loyalist waning, Entered Petition 226, Land Book B.
Ref: Archives of Ontario.
. 1797 February 25th. John Felker, Praying for land in right of his wife, the daughter of a Loyalist. Certificate of Petitioner having married the daughter of a Loyalist wanting.
Ref: F56., Upper Canada Land Book, Film C101, p 225.
Note7: Petition appears to be entirely in the hand of John Felker.

. Petitioner Newark [Niagara-on-the-Lake], states is is a Loyalist.
Ref: Upper Canada Land Book B 1796-7, p225, C101.

Further Research required:
1796 Jul 14, No. 39 F12, Ludwick Filker, Recommended for 200 Acres;
No. 40 F42, Jacob Filker, 200 Acres"
No. 41, F33, John Filker, "
No.. 42 F35, Joseph Filker, "
Nol 43 F34 John Filker, Junior, ". page 117
Ref: UC Land & State Minute Book B, P6

. 1803, John Filker, 20 Mile Creek. Delivered to himself, going off with a load of Wheat & Rye.
Ref: Notes from Niagara, V14, p25.
* WAR of 1812
Muster Roll of Capt. Abram Nelles' Flank Company,
From 24th July to the 24th of August 1812, both days inclusive. - John Felker (Jr. or Sr. not determined).
Co-incidentally, also in-laws, Wim. Osburn, Charles Petit, Jacob Swackhammer & Jonathan Teetzel).

. Gainsborough Twp. Land Registry is now found in West Lincoln, in Niagara North, Ontario.

Ontario Land Registry Abstract, Wentworth Co., Saltfeet Book 361, p 272
Lot 27, Con 7
. 1967 Nov 21, Arthur H, Cora B, & Elsie M Felker, to Ontario Housing Corp, Remarks Pt 5, Reference Plan #15,
. 1967 Dec 26. Deposit, Elsie B Quinn, to Arthur H Felker, Mge. {last Felker entry.

LOUTH MILLS, Account of Flour & Wiskey sent from this to St. David's by Capt. Askin & Ensign Applgarth; &
. 1813 Dec 18th - Francis Harkisom, 4 (barrels), John Falker, 4, Joseph Falker, 4, Stephen Roy, 4, David Moyer, 4, Henry Hooh, 4, Isaac Osburn, 4, John Linderberry, 4, John Snyder, 4, David Battram, 4, John Ensly, 4, Isaiah Griffen, 3, Jacob Fisher, 4, Lewis Falker, 4, Alexander Lane, 4, Gilbert Lane, 4, Jacob Houser, 4, A. Sheldon, 4, Joseph Ducher, 4, William Hutt, 4, Morris Canada, 4, Silas Hopkins, 5.

. 1816 May 20, Election, Candidates Robert Nelles Esq. & Doctor Cyrus Sumner.
John Felker, Gainsborough Twp., Lot 30, Con 5, Voted for Nelles.
Ref: Annals of the Forty, Vol. 10, 1956.

. 1820 Feb 23 - JOHN FELKER MOVES TO STONEY CREEK from Gainsborough Twp., Niagara region of Ontario:
Indenture of Bargain & Sale, Lot 30, Con 6, & Lot 27, Con 7, Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Purchased from James Henry of Clinton Twp.
Dated Registered Mar 22, 1820. John Felker, his mark X. *
Ref: Book B #534.
Note8: Stoney Creek is next county northward, but still in the Niagara peninsula growing area. - PJA.
Note9: * Very curious indeed! as we know John Felker could read & write, why did he sign with an X? - PJA 2010.

. 1823 Mar 26 Registered - John Felker sold 200 acres to Frederick Felker, Bargain & Sale. Ref: Book B, #933.

* The farm land at Stoney Creek is near the City of Hamilton, Ontario. This farm now bears a housing sub-division, but on a portion remains at the Felker's Falls Conservation Park. The land sits on the Niagara Escarpment Corridor. Davis Creek runs through the old farm, with a two terraced veiled waterfalls over 70 feet high, creating a small plunge pool at the bottom. This would be a good place to keep your churned butter from turning rancid & No doubt, the Felkers too cooled off in the pool on a hot day. The Bruce Hiking Trail pass by the top of the falls. Through the grove of maple trees you can see lower Stoney Creek & further on to the blue of Lake Ontario.
Out along the now paved east side of Mud Road you can see the former Felker's stone blacksmith shop. - PJA.

. 1824 May 7, Loyalist Claims for Losses £25. Discount 25% = £3. 15s.
. 1824 June 28, Account of Losses: Felker or Falker, John, Payout £3 15s. CLAIM 645 - As of 486 [claim]
. Claim 182 for damages by the enemy, John Felker, Grimsby, Niagara district.
A horse taken by the Enemy. Claimed £25.
Remarks, Claimant & David Gee departs to this Claim having been sustained from the Enemy. Recommend £15.
. Claim for Losses War of 1812, John Felker, Gainsboro, Niagara District, Claimed: £25 Allowed £15.
Also, Jacob Felker, Ancaster, Gore District, Claimed £28 2s 6p, Allowed £16 15s.Ref: t1124 end & 1125, p943, Archives of Canada.
. c1824 Loyalist Claims for Losses: Commissioners Award £15. - no signature for receipt.
Note10: To Researchers: After payment, Claim #182 is then reused for someone else. - PJA

. 1826 Assessment Rolls, Saltfleet & Binbrook Twp.:
Fred Fulker, Levi & William Green, & a little farther are: J. London, Joseph London & John Cowell.

Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p374
South Half Lot 30, Con 5 Township of Gainsborough
. 1799 Jul 8, Patent, Crown, To John Felker 200 Acres, See Patent Book
. 1820 mar 22, Bargain & Sale, John Felker, to James Henry, 200 A, £0.0.0.
. 1820 Mar 22, B&S, Wm. Cooke, to John Felker, 200A, £0.0.0.

Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p375
South Half Lot 31, Con 5 Township of Gainsborough
. 1836 Feb 17, Patent, Crown, to John Felker, SHalf 100 Acres, See Patent Book
. 1846 Sep 29, Bargain&Sale, Frederick Felker, to James Page,SHalf 100A, £100.

Ontario Land Registry, Niagara North Book 102, p376
South Half Lot 34 & 35, Con 5 Township of Gainsborough,
Lot 34: 1799 Jul 8, Patents, Crown, to John Filker, SHalf 100 Acres, See Patent Book;
. 1827 Jun 13, Bargain&Sale, Joseph Filker and of John F, to John Filker, South Half, 100A, £0.0.0, 100 A.
. 1836 Feb 12, B&S, Jacob Kennedy, to John Kennedy, SHalf 100A.

. Lot 25: 1799 Jul 8, Patents, Crown, to Joseph Felker and of J.F., to John Filker, SHalf 100 Acres, See Patent Book;

SHalf, 100 Acres, £0.0.0,
. 1827 May 2, Bargain&Sale, Joseph Felker and J.F. to John Kennedy, SHafl 100 A., and SHalf 34, 200 Acres.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Felker Ahlberg, U.E. Thank you. - . -

Birth:
Westfalen, Prussia Alt. Spellings: Völckel Falker, Folker.

Died:
Canada. Aged 80 years.

Buried:
120 Mud St. at First Rd. W. , Stoney Creek.

Johann married Mary MINGLE, , DUE in c 1792 in Oxford Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey. Mary (daughter of John MINGLE, U.E. and Mrs. Sufiah SOPHIA MINGLE) was born on 12 Nov 1769 in Oxford Twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey; died on 30 Nov 1841 in Stoney Creek, Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; was buried in Felker Family Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILL of John Mingle: I give & bequeath to my daughter, Mary Felker, the sum $80.
John Mingle, 10 May, 1810. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 72y 18d.

Buried:
Monument no longer present in 2002.

Notes:

Eckart Völckel is the son of Catherina Elisabeth Müeller & Johannes Völckel.1

Birth:
Alt Name: Muellersman/ Millers Atelier.

Died:
ALT DOD: 7 Nov 1758

Buried:
Evangelische-Reformiert Kirche-

Johann married Maria CATHERINA AMOS on 22 Sep 1747 in Erndtebrück, Westphalia, Germany. Maria (daughter of Hans THOMAS AMOS and Maria MARGARETE LAUER) was born on 27 Jun 1724 in Erndtebrück, Westphalia, Germany; died on 31 Dec 1804 in Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherina is the daughter of Christine Lauer & Hans Thomas Amos.

Maria Catherine married1: Johann Ekhard Völkel, died 1 July, 1758 at Erndtebrück, Germany.

Maria Catherine Amos-Völkel then married2 (by c. 1760): her brother-in-law Johannes Jost Völkel - Felker.

. Maria Catherine Amos-Völkel & 2nd husband Johannes Jost Maria Katherine Völkel likely arrived in Niagara area about 2 Jul 1796 - at which time his brother Johann Frederick Völkel-Felker filed his UC Land Petition. - - -

Birth:
Date of birth is inconsistent with Bap.

Died:
Alt DOD: 3 Dec 1804.

Notes:

. 1782 Apr 24, Muster Roll of a Detached Corps under the Charge of Lt. DeBeak, New York Volunteers. [i.e. officers from NY]
# 10, Private Charles Meredith, Taken prisoner 19 Oct 1781 [along with 12 others].
from C. Bramons, North Carolina Independent Company.
. 1782 Aug 25 to month Apr.? 24th, Lancaster. Muster Roll of Capt Bransons?, Company of Ind. North Carolina Volunteers, attached to the NY Volunteers, # 4, Charles Meredith.
* 1782 Jun 24, Lancaster, Muster Roll of Capt. Bransons's North Carolina Independent Company, Prisoners of War, #10 Charles Meredith, Missing 23 Oct 1781. Taken prisoner 19 October, 1781.
* 1782 Apr 20, Landcaster, Muster Roll of Capt. Bransons's North Carolina Independent Company, Prisoners of War, #10 Charles Meredith, [xblurry]' Fredricksburg, 24 Oct 1781, Present.
Ref: Ward Chipman Muster Master's Office, Archives of Canada,

. 1797 Nov 24 Land Sale:
John Mingles & Zerviah, [i.e. Sophia] his wife, of Hardwick to
Conrad Shere (?) Conrad Sherer(?) …139 acres in Knowlton. Part of a tract he bought of Ebenezer Colwell in line of Benjamin Swayzer & Joseph Stout; Henry Snover, Thomas Anderson.
Signed in German, John & Zervuag Nubgke,
Witnesses: Elias Teeter & James Bishop, John Sippulin (written in Germna) & Henry Mingle.
. 1801 Jun 17, they deposed to Thomas Anderson. Ref: Pg. 336

Research Note1: No Upper Canada Land Petition found for John Mingle UE but there are land petitions for sons John Mingle & Adam Mingle, dated 1818, at York aged 21 years.

. 1810

. 1810 May 1st, WILL OF JOHN MINGLE:
In the Name of God Amen. I John Mingle of the Township of Hardwick in the County of Sussex being very sick, weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God-calling unto mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will & testament. That is to say principally the first of all - I give & recommend my Soul into the hand of almighty God that gave it & my body. I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian manner at the discretion of my executors noting doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this life.
I give: Bequeath & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form
. First I give, & bequeath to my oldest son John Mingle's children $80. to be equally divided amongst them share & share alike.
Secondly, I give & bequeath to my son William Mingle the sum $160.
Thirdly, I give & bequeath to my daughter, Mary Felker, the sum $80.

Fourthly, I give & bequeath to my datter Caterreen Arvine a certain, note in my hands against Caunrad Arvine, [Conrad] for the Principle & Interest;
Fifthly, I give & bequeath to my datter Elizabeth the sum $80. The above mentioned Legacies is not to be paid until one year after my decease.
. Item I give and bequeath to my 2 datters Sarah & Christieen Mingle that farm where Jacob Felker now lives on, the rent to be equally Divided between them from my deceased until above said 2 datters, share & share alike. They are never to sell it without it is to each other & it is not to be sold from both of them or their heirs for ever.

The aforesaid Sarah & Christeen is to have there beds & bedding & there wheals? & there cows & all there property that they now own - I also give & bequeath to my beloved wife Sufiah the big room on the second floor at the west end of the house a & bed & bedding & reasonable household furniture to keep house with & who ever owns the place. I now live an shall find her good & sufficient maintenance & is to keep one cow for her as he keeps his own cows & is pay her $13.33 in cash yearly & every year all which is to be performed during the time she remains my widow.

I also give & bequeath to my son Henry Mingle the privilege of having my homestead farm with the provision he sees fit to pay & use my wife as above, & pay to my son Jacob Mingle the sum of $666.66 & pays $80. to my daughter Elizabeth which is her aforesaid legacies & if he doth not see fit to take it on the above conditions - then my son Jacob Mingle may take my homestead farm if he will pay & use my wife as aforesaid & will pay Henry Mingle the sum of $666.66 & will pay Elizabeth on the above condition then the place is to be sold by my executors & the money to be divided between my 2 sons Henry Mingle & Jacob Mingle - & if either of them should see fit to take the farm on the above condition then he shall pay the $80 as above in 1 year after my decease to pay to the other $133.33 within one year after my decease & so on yearly & every until the aforesaid sum of is paid.
Lastly I appoint my beloved & trusty friends Isaac Read & Henry Mingle, my beloved son Executors of this my Last Will & testament this 1 day of May 1810.
Witness: Signed sealed & declared by the said John Mingle to be his Last Will & testament In presents of us:
John Mingle, Jacob Lanterman*, Jacob France & Marget X Conkle, Her mark.
Will filed 1819 Aug 19.

Note2: Jacob Lanterman's daughter married John' son Henry Mingle.
Note3: Will dated at the time (1810) was in Hardwick, Sussex, NJ.
> He had a wife, Sufiah & the following children:
John (1761), William, (1770), Mary (1769), Cathereen, Elizabeth, Sara, Christeen, Henry & Jacob.
The first 3, although born in Sussex, died in Canada - in Gainsborough Twp.
XRef: Sussex Count Deeds,Estate of Wm. Cox, of Burlington, NJ, to John Mingle of Sussex Co, NJ, £100, dated Apr 1 1806. On the North side of Paulinskill, on which Joseph Felkel, formerly resided on which Geo Kuncle now lives.

. History of Warren County, New Jersey
An Indian trail known as the "Minisinks' Path" ran across this township from the gap in the mountains above Sand Pond to Marksboro, & on past Allamuchy & Budd's Lake to Elizabeth. It was wide enough for men to travel in on horseback when first visited by white men in 1715. It was along this path over the mountains that the early settlers in Hardwick had to take their grain to mill on horseback to the earlier settlement in Pahaquarry.

The settlers of the Paulins Kill Valley in this township were nearly all Germans. The first settlers came about 1740. John Teel & John Mingle both located here about 1755. Jacob Armstrong was at one time owner of the larger part of what is now Hardwick Township. In 1771 a church was built at Stillwater, then in Hardwick, for the use of the German Lutheran & German Calvinist congregations, who worshipped on alternate Sundays.

> At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia for the Province of Pennsylvania, before Wm. Allen, John Lawrence* & Thos. Willing, Esquires, Judges of the same Court the 24 Sept, 1770, between the hours of 9 & 12 of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, the following Persons being Foreigners:
... The persons hereafter named being Foreigners, 7 of the people called Quakers & other Protestants who conscientiously scruple to take an Oath, severally took the affirmation & made & repeated the Declaration...Act of 13 King George 2, ... as are settled or shall settle in any of his Majesty's Colonies in America, & of an Act of General Assembly of the Prov. of Penn. made in the 1742:
John Mingle, Oxford Twp., Sussex Co., in New Jersey.
Note4: Verify date, the paragraphing obscures the date.
- Transcripts by P J Ahlberg, U.E. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Ref: His Will of 1.5.1810. Hardwick Twp. is now in Warren Co., NJ.

Died:
Lot 22, Con 6. [1810 is the date of his will.]

Buried:
Gainsborough Twp.

John married Mrs. Sufiah SOPHIA MINGLE. Mrs. was born in 1753 in Pennsylvania; died after 1 May 1810 in Gainsborough Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alt Name: Zerviah, Ref: 1797.11.1 Land Sale.

Died:
Age 57 = born c. 1853. Alt DOD: 1 May 1819 VERIFY