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Western Maryland Pioneers, No.1JACOB RUSSELL OF WASHINGTON COUNTYGeorge Ely Russell, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
Hans Jacob Rosell, son of Jacob Rosell and his wife Elsbetha Weiss, was baptized in Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, on 26 May 1689. In that parish on 6 November 1714 he married Verena Weber/Waber of Evertswil, Hausen Parish. She was baptized 10 November 1689. They are listed in Mettmenstetten on the 1720 register of householders. They were Protestants. Hans Jacob Rosell was in 1727 described as a schoolmaster of Heferswil (Hefertschweil, Mettmenstetten parish), at the baptism of their son:1Hans Jacob Rosell was baptized 16 March 17 1727/8 and was described as of Hefertschweil and among the emigrants from Obermettmenstetten to Pennsylvania on a list dated 1 May 1743.2 In or shortly after 1753 he married Maria Margaretha Brossman, probably in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the baptisms of some of the children were recorded in the period 1754-1761 at the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church (in present Jackson Township, Lebanon County), and in 1757 at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church (present Marion Township, Berks County). At the auction sale at Tulpehocken of the estate of Henry Boyer the list of taxables in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, for 1758. At Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church on 29 June 1760, Jacob Rossel and wife Margaret sponsored the baptism by the Rev. J. William Otterbein of John, son of Jacob Gassert.4 Rosell was naturalized at Tulpehocken on 11 April 1763.5 Of Berks County, on 25 April 1762 Jacob Rossel purchased from James Smith of Frederick County, Maryland, the 157-acre Peter¹s Choice, a part of Stoney Glade.6 This tract is located southwest of present Keedysville, Washington County, near Porterstown. In 1764 he was the patentee of the 208-acre Resurvey of Stoney Glade, located south of Keedysville.7 On 5 March 1766 he was among Frederick County residents signing a petition.8 By deed dated 2 May 1767, Jacob Russel, stone mason, and wife Margaret sold to George Penther, weaver, 50-acre Penther¹s Purchase, a part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.9 (In 1776 Washington County was established from Frederick County.) By deed dated 24 June 1778 Jacob Russell paid 88 pounds to James Chapline of Washington County for 44-acre The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and adjoining Vineyard.10 In 1790 Jacob Russell was head of family in Washington County, living with his wife, but no other persons in the household.11 On 3 February 1790 James Chapline conveyed to Jacob Russell a 50-1/2-acre part of The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and Vineyard, confirming and supplementing the 1778 deed which failed to contain all the land intended.12 On 10 May 1790 Jacob received a warrant for the resurvey of 253 acres, to be called Jacob¹s Rest, parts of Stoney Glade, Little Worth, and Hills Dales and the Vineyard; the resurvey was made and patent granted on 30 April 1791.13 On March 1791 Jacob Russell purchased from Peter Thomas for 28 pounds the 7-acre Brunner¹s Lot, part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade, which he conveyed back to Thomas for the same price on 12 November 1791. On 17 December 1791 he paid 25 pounds to Peter Thomas for 5 acres of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.14In the 1783 Washington County Assessment Record, Jacob Russel, Sr. was taxed for 200 acres of Stoney Glade (155 acres woodland, 3 acres meadow, 42 acres arable), total value 203 pounds; improvements valued at 30 pounds; 4 horses and 24 black cattle valued at 51 pounds; other property worth 6 pounds; total appraised value 290 pounds.Jacob Russell died on 7 February 1798 age 71 years, undoubtedly at his homestead near Keedysville, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church.15 The Widow Russell, age 45+, was head of the family in Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington County, in 1800, with one other female age 10-15 and one female under 10.16 (Keedysville was in Lower Antietam Hundred.) On 24 February 1798 their son John Russell was granted administration of Jacob¹s estate;17 he filed his accounts on 23 March 1799, 28 September 1799, 17 May 1800, 27 December 1800, and the final account on 19 December 1801, showing distribution of 900.14.6-1/4 pounds to the relict and children or their spouses: Peter Barkman, Jacob Russel, George Russel, John Fluke, Henry Russel, John Russel, Henry Fluke, Christian Middlecof, and Peter Thomas.18By quit claim deed dated 25 June 1803, Jacob¹s heirs sold their respective shares in the 250-acre Stoney glade to their brother Jacob Russell for 1,556 pounds. They were identified as: George Russell of Washington County, Pa.; Henry Russell of Bedford County,Pa.; John Russell of Washington County, Md.; John Fluck and wife Sarah of Frederick County, Md.; Henry Fluck and wife Lizzy of Rockingham County, Va.; Christian Middlecalf and wife Rosanna of Washington County, Md.; and Catherine Barkman of Baltimore City, Md.19 On 15 December 1803 Jacob¹s relict Margaretta Russell conveyed property to their son Jacob Russell.20The widow Peggy Russell, age 45+, was living alone in Lower Antietam Hundred in 1810.21 The will of Margaret Russell, widow, was dated 28 January 1805. She named her children; Jacob, George, John, Catherine, Sallm(a), Rozennah, and Elizabeth. She appointed as executors her son Jacob Russell and sons-in-law John Flook/Fluck and Christian Middlecalf. The will was probated in Washington County on 3 July 1817.22 Her gravestone, if any, has not been located, and her death date is not recorded.Children of Jacob and Margaret Russell (order uncertain)
i. JOHN JACOB ROSELL, b. 2 June 1754 and baptized by the Reverend H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 9 June 1754, sponsors: Jacob Gasser, Maria Elizabeth Lesch.4 He d. 2 June 1837 age 83y 6m 22d; bur. Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15 Of Washington Co., Md., he m. at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 21 Nov. 1780 EVA ALBERT, daughter of Jacob Albert.23 She d. 25 July 1833 age 78y 10m 22 (or 11?)d; bur. with Jacob. On 28 Aug. 1776 Jacob Rusle enrolled in Skipton Dist., Washington Co. Militia.24 Five children.
***ii. GEORGE ROSELL, b. 2 May 1757; bapt. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 8 May 1757; sponsors: George Hollstein, Catherina Brossman.23 Lived at Hopewell Township, Huntingdon Co., PA. Estate admin. Nov. 1834.25
iii. MARIA SALOME/SALLEY/SALLY ROSSEL, b. 29 May 1761; bapt. by Rev. H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 7 June 1761; sponsors: Francis Brossman and wife Maria Salome.4 She d. Middletown, Frederick Co., Md.8 March 1807; bur. in Flook family burying ground there. She was the 2nd wife of JOHN FLOOK18 (c1756-1827); m. by 1782. Eight children.26
iv. ELIZABETH/LIZZIE ROSSEL, b. Keedysville 1769; d. 1861; bur. with husband at St. Philip¹s Church cemetery, Rockingham Co., Va. She m. c1785 HENRY FLOOK (1759-1841) of Middletown. 18 Her will dtd. in Rockingham Co. 30 April 1857. 27 Ten children.
v. HENRY RUSSELL, living in Bedford Co., Pa. 1800-1803.28** Note: Daughter, Rachel was b 1791 died 12/23/1867. Rachel Russell married Henry Imler.
vi. JOHANNES/JOHN ROSEL, b. 12 April 1771; bapt. Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. 23 June 1771;29 d. Lantz¹s Mill 4 June 1808; letters of administration were granted to his relict Susanna Russell, and guardians appointed for their 3 minor children.30 Eight children. His widow Susanna and Michael Firestone m. Washington Co. by Rev. Shafer 28 Jan. 1812.
vii. ROSANNA/ROZENNAH ROSSEL, b. 24 Nov. 1772; d. Sharpsburg District, Washington Co., Md. 8 Feb. 1832; bur. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church cem. at Bakersville. She m. c1794 CHRISTIAN MIDDLECALF18 (1768-1828). Eleven children. 31
viii. DAVID ROSELL, b. Nov. 1775; d. 8 June 1783; bur. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15
ix. CATHERINE ROSSEL, m. PETER BARKMAN.18 (who died c1802); widow living Baltimore 1803.19
x. MARGARET ROSSEL, m. PETER THOMAS18 (c1757-1804) of Washington Co., Md c1779. Thirteen children.32
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NOTES 1. Records of Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, communicated 6 July 1978 in letter to Mr. Klaus Hein by Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zurich.2. Albert B. Faust, Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century to the American Colonies (Washington: National Genealogical Society, 1920), 1:67, list #55.3. The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), 4 Jan. 1941.4. Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church Registers, Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.5. Montague S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London, 1921).6. Frederick County Land Records (hereafter FULCRA), G:508.77. Maryland Land Patents, Certificate BC&GS#27:180; BC&GS#22:632.8. Maryland State Papers: The Black Books, #1349.9. FCLR, K:1253.10. Washington County Land Records (hereafter WCLR), A:428-31.11. Heads of Families - Maryland (Washington: GPO, 1907), p. 115.12. WCLR, F:557.13. Washington Co. Land Patents, Book 1.14. WCLR, G:369, 542, 587.15. Dedication of Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church (booklet, 1946), list of Mt. Hebron cemetery inscriptions).16. Washington County 1800 census, p. 627, line 2.17. Washington County Wills, B:25118. Washington County Accounts, vol. 219. WCLR, P:142.20. WCLR, P:429.21. Washington County 1810 census, p. 49522. Washington County Wills, C:17.23. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church Registers, translation at Historical Society, Reading Pa.24. Original roll, Maryland Historical Society, pp. 198-9, printed in Maryland Genealogical Bulletin 4:17.25. Huntingdon County 1800 census, p. 117; Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (1897). Hunt. Co. Wills 3:47.26. Patricia Abelard Andersen, ³Jacob Fluck of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and His Flook and Fluke Descendants,² National Genealogical Society Quarterly72 (1984):166-8.27. John W. Wayland, Virginia Valley Records (1930), p. 404.28. Bedford County 1800 census, p. 76.29. Zion Reformed Church Register, Hagerstown, Md., p. 3.30. Washington County Administration Bonds, B:15; Orphans CourtMinutes and Proceedings, 1806-, p. 36.31. Family records and research findings, Mrs. R. M. Gilyeart, Bartlesville, OK 74003, communicated by letter 1977.32. George L. Thomas, Genealogy of Thomas Family (Adamstown, Md. 1954), p. 223, which fails to identify Margaret as a Russell. Her identity is established by the estate records of Jacob Russell.
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Western Maryland Pioneers, No.1JACOB RUSSELL OF WASHINGTON COUNTYGeorge Ely Russell, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
Hans Jacob Rosell, son of Jacob Rosell and his wife Elsbetha Weiss, was baptized in Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, on 26 May 1689. In that parish on 6 November 1714 he married Verena Weber/Waber of Evertswil, Hausen Parish. She was baptized 10 November 1689. They are listed in Mettmenstetten on the 1720 register of householders. They were Protestants. Hans Jacob Rosell was in 1727 described as a schoolmaster of Heferswil (Hefertschweil, Mettmenstetten parish), at the baptism of their son:1Hans Jacob Rosell was baptized 16 March 17 1727/8 and was described as of Hefertschweil and among the emigrants from Obermettmenstetten to Pennsylvania on a list dated 1 May 1743.2 In or shortly after 1753 he married Maria Margaretha Brossman, probably in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the baptisms of some of the children were recorded in the period 1754-1761 at the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church (in present Jackson Township, Lebanon County), and in 1757 at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church (present Marion Township, Berks County). At the auction sale at Tulpehocken of the estate of Henry Boyer the list of taxables in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, for 1758. At Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church on 29 June 1760, Jacob Rossel and wife Margaret sponsored the baptism by the Rev. J. William Otterbein of John, son of Jacob Gassert.4 Rosell was naturalized at Tulpehocken on 11 April 1763.5 Of Berks County, on 25 April 1762 Jacob Rossel purchased from James Smith of Frederick County, Maryland, the 157-acre Peter¹s Choice, a part of Stoney Glade.6 This tract is located southwest of present Keedysville, Washington County, near Porterstown. In 1764 he was the patentee of the 208-acre Resurvey of Stoney Glade, located south of Keedysville.7 On 5 March 1766 he was among Frederick County residents signing a petition.8 By deed dated 2 May 1767, Jacob Russel, stone mason, and wife Margaret sold to George Penther, weaver, 50-acre Penther¹s Purchase, a part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.9 (In 1776 Washington County was established from Frederick County.) By deed dated 24 June 1778 Jacob Russell paid 88 pounds to James Chapline of Washington County for 44-acre The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and adjoining Vineyard.10 In 1790 Jacob Russell was head of family in Washington County, living with his wife, but no other persons in the household.11 On 3 February 1790 James Chapline conveyed to Jacob Russell a 50-1/2-acre part of The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and Vineyard, confirming and supplementing the 1778 deed which failed to contain all the land intended.12 On 10 May 1790 Jacob received a warrant for the resurvey of 253 acres, to be called Jacob¹s Rest, parts of Stoney Glade, Little Worth, and Hills Dales and the Vineyard; the resurvey was made and patent granted on 30 April 1791.13 On March 1791 Jacob Russell purchased from Peter Thomas for 28 pounds the 7-acre Brunner¹s Lot, part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade, which he conveyed back to Thomas for the same price on 12 November 1791. On 17 December 1791 he paid 25 pounds to Peter Thomas for 5 acres of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.14In the 1783 Washington County Assessment Record, Jacob Russel, Sr. was taxed for 200 acres of Stoney Glade (155 acres woodland, 3 acres meadow, 42 acres arable), total value 203 pounds; improvements valued at 30 pounds; 4 horses and 24 black cattle valued at 51 pounds; other property worth 6 pounds; total appraised value 290 pounds.Jacob Russell died on 7 February 1798 age 71 years, undoubtedly at his homestead near Keedysville, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church.15 The Widow Russell, age 45+, was head of the family in Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington County, in 1800, with one other female age 10-15 and one female under 10.16 (Keedysville was in Lower Antietam Hundred.) On 24 February 1798 their son John Russell was granted administration of Jacob¹s estate;17 he filed his accounts on 23 March 1799, 28 September 1799, 17 May 1800, 27 December 1800, and the final account on 19 December 1801, showing distribution of 900.14.6-1/4 pounds to the relict and children or their spouses: Peter Barkman, Jacob Russel, George Russel, John Fluke, Henry Russel, John Russel, Henry Fluke, Christian Middlecof, and Peter Thomas.18By quit claim deed dated 25 June 1803, Jacob¹s heirs sold their respective shares in the 250-acre Stoney glade to their brother Jacob Russell for 1,556 pounds. They were identified as: George Russell of Washington County, Pa.; Henry Russell of Bedford County,Pa.; John Russell of Washington County, Md.; John Fluck and wife Sarah of Frederick County, Md.; Henry Fluck and wife Lizzy of Rockingham County, Va.; Christian Middlecalf and wife Rosanna of Washington County, Md.; and Catherine Barkman of Baltimore City, Md.19 On 15 December 1803 Jacob¹s relict Margaretta Russell conveyed property to their son Jacob Russell.20The widow Peggy Russell, age 45+, was living alone in Lower Antietam Hundred in 1810.21 The will of Margaret Russell, widow, was dated 28 January 1805. She named her children; Jacob, George, John, Catherine, Sallm(a), Rozennah, and Elizabeth. She appointed as executors her son Jacob Russell and sons-in-law John Flook/Fluck and Christian Middlecalf. The will was probated in Washington County on 3 July 1817.22 Her gravestone, if any, has not been located, and her death date is not recorded.Children of Jacob and Margaret Russell (order uncertain)
i. JOHN JACOB ROSELL, b. 2 June 1754 and baptized by the Reverend H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 9 June 1754, sponsors: Jacob Gasser, Maria Elizabeth Lesch.4 He d. 2 June 1837 age 83y 6m 22d; bur. Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15 Of Washington Co., Md., he m. at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 21 Nov. 1780 EVA ALBERT, daughter of Jacob Albert.23 She d. 25 July 1833 age 78y 10m 22 (or 11?)d; bur. with Jacob. On 28 Aug. 1776 Jacob Rusle enrolled in Skipton Dist., Washington Co. Militia.24 Five children.
***ii. GEORGE ROSELL, b. 2 May 1757; bapt. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 8 May 1757; sponsors: George Hollstein, Catherina Brossman.23 Lived at Hopewell Township, Huntingdon Co., PA. Estate admin. Nov. 1834.25
iii. MARIA SALOME/SALLEY/SALLY ROSSEL, b. 29 May 1761; bapt. by Rev. H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 7 June 1761; sponsors: Francis Brossman and wife Maria Salome.4 She d. Middletown, Frederick Co., Md.8 March 1807; bur. in Flook family burying ground there. She was the 2nd wife of JOHN FLOOK18 (c1756-1827); m. by 1782. Eight children.26
iv. ELIZABETH/LIZZIE ROSSEL, b. Keedysville 1769; d. 1861; bur. with husband at St. Philip¹s Church cemetery, Rockingham Co., Va. She m. c1785 HENRY FLOOK (1759-1841) of Middletown. 18 Her will dtd. in Rockingham Co. 30 April 1857. 27 Ten children.
v. HENRY RUSSELL, living in Bedford Co., Pa. 1800-1803.28** Note: Daughter, Rachel was b 1791 died 12/23/1867. Rachel Russell married Henry Imler.
vi. JOHANNES/JOHN ROSEL, b. 12 April 1771; bapt. Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. 23 June 1771;29 d. Lantz¹s Mill 4 June 1808; letters of administration were granted to his relict Susanna Russell, and guardians appointed for their 3 minor children.30 Eight children. His widow Susanna and Michael Firestone m. Washington Co. by Rev. Shafer 28 Jan. 1812.
vii. ROSANNA/ROZENNAH ROSSEL, b. 24 Nov. 1772; d. Sharpsburg District, Washington Co., Md. 8 Feb. 1832; bur. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church cem. at Bakersville. She m. c1794 CHRISTIAN MIDDLECALF18 (1768-1828). Eleven children. 31
viii. DAVID ROSELL, b. Nov. 1775; d. 8 June 1783; bur. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15
ix. CATHERINE ROSSEL, m. PETER BARKMAN.18 (who died c1802); widow living Baltimore 1803.19
x. MARGARET ROSSEL, m. PETER THOMAS18 (c1757-1804) of Washington Co., Md c1779. Thirteen children.32
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NOTES 1. Records of Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, communicated 6 July 1978 in letter to Mr. Klaus Hein by Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zurich.2. Albert B. Faust, Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century to the American Colonies (Washington: National Genealogical Society, 1920), 1:67, list #55.3. The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), 4 Jan. 1941.4. Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church Registers, Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.5. Montague S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London, 1921).6. Frederick County Land Records (hereafter FULCRA), G:508.77. Maryland Land Patents, Certificate BC&GS#27:180; BC&GS#22:632.8. Maryland State Papers: The Black Books, #1349.9. FCLR, K:1253.10. Washington County Land Records (hereafter WCLR), A:428-31.11. Heads of Families - Maryland (Washington: GPO, 1907), p. 115.12. WCLR, F:557.13. Washington Co. Land Patents, Book 1.14. WCLR, G:369, 542, 587.15. Dedication of Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church (booklet, 1946), list of Mt. Hebron cemetery inscriptions).16. Washington County 1800 census, p. 627, line 2.17. Washington County Wills, B:25118. Washington County Accounts, vol. 219. WCLR, P:142.20. WCLR, P:429.21. Washington County 1810 census, p. 49522. Washington County Wills, C:17.23. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church Registers, translation at Historical Society, Reading Pa.24. Original roll, Maryland Historical Society, pp. 198-9, printed in Maryland Genealogical Bulletin 4:17.25. Huntingdon County 1800 census, p. 117; Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (1897). Hunt. Co. Wills 3:47.26. Patricia Abelard Andersen, ³Jacob Fluck of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and His Flook and Fluke Descendants,² National Genealogical Society Quarterly72 (1984):166-8.27. John W. Wayland, Virginia Valley Records (1930), p. 404.28. Bedford County 1800 census, p. 76.29. Zion Reformed Church Register, Hagerstown, Md., p. 3.30. Washington County Administration Bonds, B:15; Orphans CourtMinutes and Proceedings, 1806-, p. 36.31. Family records and research findings, Mrs. R. M. Gilyeart, Bartlesville, OK 74003, communicated by letter 1977.32. George L. Thomas, Genealogy of Thomas Family (Adamstown, Md. 1954), p. 223, which fails to identify Margaret as a Russell. Her identity is established by the estate records of Jacob Russell.
All names, dates, information prepared and presented to the Western Maryland Genealogical Society for their records by noted RUSSELL RESEARCHER: GEORGE ELY RUSSELL WESTERN MD GENEALOGY, VOL 7, P 172
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Western Maryland Pioneers, No.1JACOB RUSSELL OF WASHINGTON COUNTYGeorge Ely Russell, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
Hans Jacob Rosell, son of Jacob Rosell and his wife Elsbetha Weiss, was baptized in Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, on 26 May 1689. In that parish on 6 November 1714 he married Verena Weber/Waber of Evertswil, Hausen Parish. She was baptized 10 November 1689. They are listed in Mettmenstetten on the 1720 register of householders. They were Protestants. Hans Jacob Rosell was in 1727 described as a schoolmaster of Heferswil (Hefertschweil, Mettmenstetten parish), at the baptism of their son:1Hans Jacob Rosell was baptized 16 March 17 1727/8 and was described as of Hefertschweil and among the emigrants from Obermettmenstetten to Pennsylvania on a list dated 1 May 1743.2 In or shortly after 1753 he married Maria Margaretha Brossman, probably in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the baptisms of some of the children were recorded in the period 1754-1761 at the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church (in present Jackson Township, Lebanon County), and in 1757 at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church (present Marion Township, Berks County). At the auction sale at Tulpehocken of the estate of Henry Boyer the list of taxables in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, for 1758. At Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church on 29 June 1760, Jacob Rossel and wife Margaret sponsored the baptism by the Rev. J. William Otterbein of John, son of Jacob Gassert.4 Rosell was naturalized at Tulpehocken on 11 April 1763.5 Of Berks County, on 25 April 1762 Jacob Rossel purchased from James Smith of Frederick County, Maryland, the 157-acre Peter¹s Choice, a part of Stoney Glade.6 This tract is located southwest of present Keedysville, Washington County, near Porterstown. In 1764 he was the patentee of the 208-acre Resurvey of Stoney Glade, located south of Keedysville.7 On 5 March 1766 he was among Frederick County residents signing a petition.8 By deed dated 2 May 1767, Jacob Russel, stone mason, and wife Margaret sold to George Penther, weaver, 50-acre Penther¹s Purchase, a part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.9 (In 1776 Washington County was established from Frederick County.) By deed dated 24 June 1778 Jacob Russell paid 88 pounds to James Chapline of Washington County for 44-acre The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and adjoining Vineyard.10 In 1790 Jacob Russell was head of family in Washington County, living with his wife, but no other persons in the household.11 On 3 February 1790 James Chapline conveyed to Jacob Russell a 50-1/2-acre part of The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and Vineyard, confirming and supplementing the 1778 deed which failed to contain all the land intended.12 On 10 May 1790 Jacob received a warrant for the resurvey of 253 acres, to be called Jacob¹s Rest, parts of Stoney Glade, Little Worth, and Hills Dales and the Vineyard; the resurvey was made and patent granted on 30 April 1791.13 On March 1791 Jacob Russell purchased from Peter Thomas for 28 pounds the 7-acre Brunner¹s Lot, part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade, which he conveyed back to Thomas for the same price on 12 November 1791. On 17 December 1791 he paid 25 pounds to Peter Thomas for 5 acres of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.14In the 1783 Washington County Assessment Record, Jacob Russel, Sr. was taxed for 200 acres of Stoney Glade (155 acres woodland, 3 acres meadow, 42 acres arable), total value 203 pounds; improvements valued at 30 pounds; 4 horses and 24 black cattle valued at 51 pounds; other property worth 6 pounds; total appraised value 290 pounds.Jacob Russell died on 7 February 1798 age 71 years, undoubtedly at his homestead near Keedysville, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church.15 The Widow Russell, age 45+, was head of the family in Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington County, in 1800, with one other female age 10-15 and one female under 10.16 (Keedysville was in Lower Antietam Hundred.) On 24 February 1798 their son John Russell was granted administration of Jacob¹s estate;17 he filed his accounts on 23 March 1799, 28 September 1799, 17 May 1800, 27 December 1800, and the final account on 19 December 1801, showing distribution of 900.14.6-1/4 pounds to the relict and children or their spouses: Peter Barkman, Jacob Russel, George Russel, John Fluke, Henry Russel, John Russel, Henry Fluke, Christian Middlecof, and Peter Thomas.18By quit claim deed dated 25 June 1803, Jacob¹s heirs sold their respective shares in the 250-acre Stoney glade to their brother Jacob Russell for 1,556 pounds. They were identified as: George Russell of Washington County, Pa.; Henry Russell of Bedford County,Pa.; John Russell of Washington County, Md.; John Fluck and wife Sarah of Frederick County, Md.; Henry Fluck and wife Lizzy of Rockingham County, Va.; Christian Middlecalf and wife Rosanna of Washington County, Md.; and Catherine Barkman of Baltimore City, Md.19 On 15 December 1803 Jacob¹s relict Margaretta Russell conveyed property to their son Jacob Russell.20The widow Peggy Russell, age 45+, was living alone in Lower Antietam Hundred in 1810.21 The will of Margaret Russell, widow, was dated 28 January 1805. She named her children; Jacob, George, John, Catherine, Sallm(a), Rozennah, and Elizabeth. She appointed as executors her son Jacob Russell and sons-in-law John Flook/Fluck and Christian Middlecalf. The will was probated in Washington County on 3 July 1817.22 Her gravestone, if any, has not been located, and her death date is not recorded.Children of Jacob and Margaret Russell (order uncertain)
i. JOHN JACOB ROSELL, b. 2 June 1754 and baptized by the Reverend H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 9 June 1754, sponsors: Jacob Gasser, Maria Elizabeth Lesch.4 He d. 2 June 1837 age 83y 6m 22d; bur. Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15 Of Washington Co., Md., he m. at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 21 Nov. 1780 EVA ALBERT, daughter of Jacob Albert.23 She d. 25 July 1833 age 78y 10m 22 (or 11?)d; bur. with Jacob. On 28 Aug. 1776 Jacob Rusle enrolled in Skipton Dist., Washington Co. Militia.24 Five children.
***ii. GEORGE ROSELL, b. 2 May 1757; bapt. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 8 May 1757; sponsors: George Hollstein, Catherina Brossman.23 Lived at Hopewell Township, Huntingdon Co., PA. Estate admin. Nov. 1834.25
iii. MARIA SALOME/SALLEY/SALLY ROSSEL, b. 29 May 1761; bapt. by Rev. H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 7 June 1761; sponsors: Francis Brossman and wife Maria Salome.4 She d. Middletown, Frederick Co., Md.8 March 1807; bur. in Flook family burying ground there. She was the 2nd wife of JOHN FLOOK18 (c1756-1827); m. by 1782. Eight children.26
iv. ELIZABETH/LIZZIE ROSSEL, b. Keedysville 1769; d. 1861; bur. with husband at St. Philip¹s Church cemetery, Rockingham Co., Va. She m. c1785 HENRY FLOOK (1759-1841) of Middletown. 18 Her will dtd. in Rockingham Co. 30 April 1857. 27 Ten children.
v. HENRY RUSSELL, living in Bedford Co., Pa. 1800-1803.28** Note: Daughter, Rachel was b 1791 died 12/23/1867. Rachel Russell married Henry Imler.
vi. JOHANNES/JOHN ROSEL, b. 12 April 1771; bapt. Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. 23 June 1771;29 d. Lantz¹s Mill 4 June 1808; letters of administration were granted to his relict Susanna Russell, and guardians appointed for their 3 minor children.30 Eight children. His widow Susanna and Michael Firestone m. Washington Co. by Rev. Shafer 28 Jan. 1812.
vii. ROSANNA/ROZENNAH ROSSEL, b. 24 Nov. 1772; d. Sharpsburg District, Washington Co., Md. 8 Feb. 1832; bur. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church cem. at Bakersville. She m. c1794 CHRISTIAN MIDDLECALF18 (1768-1828). Eleven children. 31
viii. DAVID ROSELL, b. Nov. 1775; d. 8 June 1783; bur. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15
ix. CATHERINE ROSSEL, m. PETER BARKMAN.18 (who died c1802); widow living Baltimore 1803.19
x. MARGARET ROSSEL, m. PETER THOMAS18 (c1757-1804) of Washington Co., Md c1779. Thirteen children.32
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NOTES 1. Records of Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, communicated 6 July 1978 in letter to Mr. Klaus Hein by Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zurich.2. Albert B. Faust, Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century to the American Colonies (Washington: National Genealogical Society, 1920), 1:67, list #55.3. The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), 4 Jan. 1941.4. Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church Registers, Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.5. Montague S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London, 1921).6. Frederick County Land Records (hereafter FULCRA), G:508.77. Maryland Land Patents, Certificate BC&GS#27:180; BC&GS#22:632.8. Maryland State Papers: The Black Books, #1349.9. FCLR, K:1253.10. Washington County Land Records (hereafter WCLR), A:428-31.11. Heads of Families - Maryland (Washington: GPO, 1907), p. 115.12. WCLR, F:557.13. Washington Co. Land Patents, Book 1.14. WCLR, G:369, 542, 587.15. Dedication of Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church (booklet, 1946), list of Mt. Hebron cemetery inscriptions).16. Washington County 1800 census, p. 627, line 2.17. Washington County Wills, B:25118. Washington County Accounts, vol. 219. WCLR, P:142.20. WCLR, P:429.21. Washington County 1810 census, p. 49522. Washington County Wills, C:17.23. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church Registers, translation at Historical Society, Reading Pa.24. Original roll, Maryland Historical Society, pp. 198-9, printed in Maryland Genealogical Bulletin 4:17.25. Huntingdon County 1800 census, p. 117; Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (1897). Hunt. Co. Wills 3:47.26. Patricia Abelard Andersen, ³Jacob Fluck of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and His Flook and Fluke Descendants,² National Genealogical Society Quarterly72 (1984):166-8.27. John W. Wayland, Virginia Valley Records (1930), p. 404.28. Bedford County 1800 census, p. 76.29. Zion Reformed Church Register, Hagerstown, Md., p. 3.30. Washington County Administration Bonds, B:15; Orphans CourtMinutes and Proceedings, 1806-, p. 36.31. Family records and research findings, Mrs. R. M. Gilyeart, Bartlesville, OK 74003, communicated by letter 1977.32. George L. Thomas, Genealogy of Thomas Family (Adamstown, Md. 1954), p. 223, which fails to identify Margaret as a Russell. Her identity is established by the estate records of Jacob Russell.
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FAMILY OF GEORGE RUSSEL(L)
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Western Maryland Pioneers, No.1JACOB RUSSELL OF WASHINGTON COUNTYGeorge Ely Russell, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.
Hans Jacob Rosell, son of Jacob Rosell and his wife Elsbetha Weiss, was baptized in Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, on 26 May 1689. In that parish on 6 November 1714 he married Verena Weber/Waber of Evertswil, Hausen Parish. She was baptized 10 November 1689. They are listed in Mettmenstetten on the 1720 register of householders. They were Protestants. Hans Jacob Rosell was in 1727 described as a schoolmaster of Heferswil (Hefertschweil, Mettmenstetten parish), at the baptism of their son:1Hans Jacob Rosell was baptized 16 March 17 1727/8 and was described as of Hefertschweil and among the emigrants from Obermettmenstetten to Pennsylvania on a list dated 1 May 1743.2 In or shortly after 1753 he married Maria Margaretha Brossman, probably in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the baptisms of some of the children were recorded in the period 1754-1761 at the Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church (in present Jackson Township, Lebanon County), and in 1757 at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church (present Marion Township, Berks County). At the auction sale at Tulpehocken of the estate of Henry Boyer the list of taxables in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, for 1758. At Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church on 29 June 1760, Jacob Rossel and wife Margaret sponsored the baptism by the Rev. J. William Otterbein of John, son of Jacob Gassert.4 Rosell was naturalized at Tulpehocken on 11 April 1763.5 Of Berks County, on 25 April 1762 Jacob Rossel purchased from James Smith of Frederick County, Maryland, the 157-acre Peter¹s Choice, a part of Stoney Glade.6 This tract is located southwest of present Keedysville, Washington County, near Porterstown. In 1764 he was the patentee of the 208-acre Resurvey of Stoney Glade, located south of Keedysville.7 On 5 March 1766 he was among Frederick County residents signing a petition.8 By deed dated 2 May 1767, Jacob Russel, stone mason, and wife Margaret sold to George Penther, weaver, 50-acre Penther¹s Purchase, a part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.9 (In 1776 Washington County was established from Frederick County.) By deed dated 24 June 1778 Jacob Russell paid 88 pounds to James Chapline of Washington County for 44-acre The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and adjoining Vineyard.10 In 1790 Jacob Russell was head of family in Washington County, living with his wife, but no other persons in the household.11 On 3 February 1790 James Chapline conveyed to Jacob Russell a 50-1/2-acre part of The Resurvey of Hills and Dales and Vineyard, confirming and supplementing the 1778 deed which failed to contain all the land intended.12 On 10 May 1790 Jacob received a warrant for the resurvey of 253 acres, to be called Jacob¹s Rest, parts of Stoney Glade, Little Worth, and Hills Dales and the Vineyard; the resurvey was made and patent granted on 30 April 1791.13 On March 1791 Jacob Russell purchased from Peter Thomas for 28 pounds the 7-acre Brunner¹s Lot, part of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade, which he conveyed back to Thomas for the same price on 12 November 1791. On 17 December 1791 he paid 25 pounds to Peter Thomas for 5 acres of The Resurvey of Stoney Glade.14In the 1783 Washington County Assessment Record, Jacob Russel, Sr. was taxed for 200 acres of Stoney Glade (155 acres woodland, 3 acres meadow, 42 acres arable), total value 203 pounds; improvements valued at 30 pounds; 4 horses and 24 black cattle valued at 51 pounds; other property worth 6 pounds; total appraised value 290 pounds.Jacob Russell died on 7 February 1798 age 71 years, undoubtedly at his homestead near Keedysville, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church.15 The Widow Russell, age 45+, was head of the family in Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington County, in 1800, with one other female age 10-15 and one female under 10.16 (Keedysville was in Lower Antietam Hundred.) On 24 February 1798 their son John Russell was granted administration of Jacob¹s estate;17 he filed his accounts on 23 March 1799, 28 September 1799, 17 May 1800, 27 December 1800, and the final account on 19 December 1801, showing distribution of 900.14.6-1/4 pounds to the relict and children or their spouses: Peter Barkman, Jacob Russel, George Russel, John Fluke, Henry Russel, John Russel, Henry Fluke, Christian Middlecof, and Peter Thomas.18By quit claim deed dated 25 June 1803, Jacob¹s heirs sold their respective shares in the 250-acre Stoney glade to their brother Jacob Russell for 1,556 pounds. They were identified as: George Russell of Washington County, Pa.; Henry Russell of Bedford County,Pa.; John Russell of Washington County, Md.; John Fluck and wife Sarah of Frederick County, Md.; Henry Fluck and wife Lizzy of Rockingham County, Va.; Christian Middlecalf and wife Rosanna of Washington County, Md.; and Catherine Barkman of Baltimore City, Md.19 On 15 December 1803 Jacob¹s relict Margaretta Russell conveyed property to their son Jacob Russell.20The widow Peggy Russell, age 45+, was living alone in Lower Antietam Hundred in 1810.21 The will of Margaret Russell, widow, was dated 28 January 1805. She named her children; Jacob, George, John, Catherine, Sallm(a), Rozennah, and Elizabeth. She appointed as executors her son Jacob Russell and sons-in-law John Flook/Fluck and Christian Middlecalf. The will was probated in Washington County on 3 July 1817.22 Her gravestone, if any, has not been located, and her death date is not recorded.Children of Jacob and Margaret Russell (order uncertain)
i. JOHN JACOB ROSELL, b. 2 June 1754 and baptized by the Reverend H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 9 June 1754, sponsors: Jacob Gasser, Maria Elizabeth Lesch.4 He d. 2 June 1837 age 83y 6m 22d; bur. Mount Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15 Of Washington Co., Md., he m. at Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 21 Nov. 1780 EVA ALBERT, daughter of Jacob Albert.23 She d. 25 July 1833 age 78y 10m 22 (or 11?)d; bur. with Jacob. On 28 Aug. 1776 Jacob Rusle enrolled in Skipton Dist., Washington Co. Militia.24 Five children.
***ii. GEORGE ROSELL, b. 2 May 1757; bapt. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church 8 May 1757; sponsors: George Hollstein, Catherina Brossman.23 Lived at Hopewell Township, Huntingdon Co., PA. Estate admin. Nov. 1834.25
iii. MARIA SALOME/SALLEY/SALLY ROSSEL, b. 29 May 1761; bapt. by Rev. H. W. Stoy at Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church 7 June 1761; sponsors: Francis Brossman and wife Maria Salome.4 She d. Middletown, Frederick Co., Md.8 March 1807; bur. in Flook family burying ground there. She was the 2nd wife of JOHN FLOOK18 (c1756-1827); m. by 1782. Eight children.26
iv. ELIZABETH/LIZZIE ROSSEL, b. Keedysville 1769; d. 1861; bur. with husband at St. Philip¹s Church cemetery, Rockingham Co., Va. She m. c1785 HENRY FLOOK (1759-1841) of Middletown. 18 Her will dtd. in Rockingham Co. 30 April 1857. 27 Ten children.
v. HENRY RUSSELL, living in Bedford Co., Pa. 1800-1803.28** Note: Daughter, Rachel was b 1791 died 12/23/1867. Rachel Russell married Henry Imler.
vi. JOHANNES/JOHN ROSEL, b. 12 April 1771; bapt. Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md. 23 June 1771;29 d. Lantz¹s Mill 4 June 1808; letters of administration were granted to his relict Susanna Russell, and guardians appointed for their 3 minor children.30 Eight children. His widow Susanna and Michael Firestone m. Washington Co. by Rev. Shafer 28 Jan. 1812.
vii. ROSANNA/ROZENNAH ROSSEL, b. 24 Nov. 1772; d. Sharpsburg District, Washington Co., Md. 8 Feb. 1832; bur. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church cem. at Bakersville. She m. c1794 CHRISTIAN MIDDLECALF18 (1768-1828). Eleven children. 31
viii. DAVID ROSELL, b. Nov. 1775; d. 8 June 1783; bur. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Keedysville.15
ix. CATHERINE ROSSEL, m. PETER BARKMAN.18 (who died c1802); widow living Baltimore 1803.19
x. MARGARET ROSSEL, m. PETER THOMAS18 (c1757-1804) of Washington Co., Md c1779. Thirteen children.32
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NOTES 1. Records of Mettmenstetten Parish, Canton Zurich, communicated 6 July 1978 in letter to Mr. Klaus Hein by Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zurich.2. Albert B. Faust, Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century to the American Colonies (Washington: National Genealogical Society, 1920), 1:67, list #55.3. The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), 4 Jan. 1941.4. Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church Registers, Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.5. Montague S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (London, 1921).6. Frederick County Land Records (hereafter FULCRA), G:508.77. Maryland Land Patents, Certificate BC&GS#27:180; BC&GS#22:632.8. Maryland State Papers: The Black Books, #1349.9. FCLR, K:1253.10. Washington County Land Records (hereafter WCLR), A:428-31.11. Heads of Families - Maryland (Washington: GPO, 1907), p. 115.12. WCLR, F:557.13. Washington Co. Land Patents, Book 1.14. WCLR, G:369, 542, 587.15. Dedication of Keedysville United Brethren in Christ Church (booklet, 1946), list of Mt. Hebron cemetery inscriptions).16. Washington County 1800 census, p. 627, line 2.17. Washington County Wills, B:25118. Washington County Accounts, vol. 219. WCLR, P:142.20. WCLR, P:429.21. Washington County 1810 census, p. 49522. Washington County Wills, C:17.23. Stouchsburg Christ Lutheran Church Registers, translation at Historical Society, Reading Pa.24. Original roll, Maryland Historical Society, pp. 198-9, printed in Maryland Genealogical Bulletin 4:17.25. Huntingdon County 1800 census, p. 117; Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (1897). Hunt. Co. Wills 3:47.26. Patricia Abelard Andersen, ³Jacob Fluck of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and His Flook and Fluke Descendants,² National Genealogical Society Quarterly72 (1984):166-8.27. John W. Wayland, Virginia Valley Records (1930), p. 404.28. Bedford County 1800 census, p. 76.29. Zion Reformed Church Register, Hagerstown, Md., p. 3.30. Washington County Administration Bonds, B:15; Orphans CourtMinutes and Proceedings, 1806-, p. 36.31. Family records and research findings, Mrs. R. M. Gilyeart, Bartlesville, OK 74003, communicated by letter 1977.32. George L. Thomas, Genealogy of Thomas Family (Adamstown, Md. 1954), p. 223, which fails to identify Margaret as a Russell. Her identity is established by the estate records of Jacob Russell.
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John Jacob Russell Sr
1754–1837
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George Russell
1757–1833
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Margaret Russell Thomas
1758 – unknown
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Maria Salome "Sally" Russell Flook
1761–1807
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Henry Russell
1766–1837
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Russell Flook
1769–1861
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Johannes Russell
1771–1808
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Rosannah Russell Middlekauff
1772–1832
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David Rosell
1775–1783
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Maria Salome Flook Cartzendafner
1797–1869
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