GEORGE (HALLIWELL) HALLIWILL, SR.
Compiled by Laurie Halliwell.

Throughout the last nine years, I have discovered a multitude of family stories pertaining to George senior. Many of which, although unproven, are in reference to the identity of his parents and siblings, their places of birth, marriage, death, early residences, place of worship, and occupations. Within, I share information discovered, dispute the authenticity of some written works, add pertinent facts, and bring about imperative questions so that you may draw your own conclusions.

Many early records were obtained by Marge (Swagler) Bauer, the daughter of Andrew Allen Swagler and Mary "Minnie" Halliwell. The said documents are included in her 1995 manuscript entitled, "The Family of George Halliwell, Johan George Culman, and Joseph Spice". Bauer visited the Ohio counties of Medina, Jefferson, Stark and Wayne, as well as, numerous counties in additional states where she scoured over maps, through deed books and vital records in search of her roots.

An interesting Philadelphia family link, though disproved by Halliwell, was included in the writings of Harriet (Hunt) Lybolt, of Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan. She stated in her introduction, that George senior was the son of John Hallowell and Hannah Lewis. And that he was born as John Hallowell, Jr. on 24. 2m. 1748 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lybolt also stated that he was banishment from his Quaker community by the 'Friends' for member misconduct and that this said John Hallowell, Jr. later took his brother George's name (disputed) after his untimely death at a very young age [Hallowell-Halliwill Families" by Harriet Lybolt Hunt, 1980.]

Halliwell writes -- The births of George and John Hallowell, as well as those of their parents, John Hallowell and Hannah Lewis are in fact listed in the Hinshaw Books of Quaker records; as is the banishment of John Hallowell by the 'Friends.' And although, I have not been able to prove a family connection between George senior and the Hallowells of Philadelphia, my research notes near the close of this sketch.

We begin today by examining the research notes of Otto A. Moore, our earliest family historian. Although several of his annotations and consequential conclusions are somewhat fictional, the inclusion of his Halliwell/Halliwill family register is invaluable. Moore began documenting the family in 1899, and made available his findings in a work entitled "The Lance Chronicles". This 1959 publication is a compilation of notes and family registers extracted from the Bible of George Halliwell, along with early family reunion 'Family Group Sheets.' Moore, aided by his mother and aunts, searched numerous county courthouse houses for official records pertaining to the family.

When calculating dates prior to 1752, the reader must keep in mind that prior to the said year, March 25th (Feast of the Annunciation a.k.a. Lady Day) was the first day of the new year by traditional acceptance of the Ecclesiastical calendar. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were therefore at the end of the year rather than the beginning. When the Gregorian calendar was adopted, to avoid confusion, dates in this range will sometimes be seen in the form of 12 Feb 1696/7. It is also should be noted that a date such as, 1. 6 mo. 1707 on the Ecclesiastical calendar, is now known by 12 Aug 1707. Therefore, many of the dates (prior to 1752) listed herewithin may be of the first, second or a combination of the two dates.

Moore states that among the dates listed in the George senior's family Bible, he found that on 30 August 1774, George married Nancy Ann Kirby, who was born 2 April 1754. George died on 4 Oct 1817 at the age of 69 y., 6 m. 18 d. Nancy Ann died on 2 April 1826.The given birth date of 16 Mar 1748 was calculated by way traditional methods including the subtraction of leap year days of Gregorian calendar. When applying the Ecclesiastical calendar translation to this calculation, his date of birth would have been recorded as the twelfth month of 1747.

Halliwell finds but two known documents pertaining to his birth place. One is an 1884 posthumous recorded in Lorain County, Ohio. The second is that of his youngest son, David's 1870 census entry, which reads -- 1870 US Census, Walnut Township, Madison County, Iowa. Roll M593_407. Recorded 18 June 1870, p151B, lines 17-18. HALLOWILL: David age 73, male, white, occupation: farmer. Real Estate value $5,200, personal value $739, born in Pennsylvania; father and mother foreign born. Catherine (Weston) age 69, female, white, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania, father and mother foreign born.

Moore's "The Lance Chronicles" is currently housed in the Genealogy Department at the Wayne County, Ohio Library. The following paragraphs were copied verbatim thereof including Moore's annotations.

George Halliwell was the eldest son of his father, William and (___________) Halliwell of London England. George came to this county from Cross Crick, England in the early days of 1778. George was born March 16, 1748 and died October 4, 1817 near Manchester, Franklin township, Stark County, Ohio and was buried there age 69 years, 6 months and 18 days.

George Halliwell is my name,
England is my Nation.
Cross Crick is my dwelling place,
and Christ is my salvation.

This was a verse that was in his old English Bible (I, Otto A. Moore, copied this out of George Halliwell old Bible in June 1900) that was in the possession of Aunt Lydia E. (Halliwell) Lance, his grand-daughter. Her son John Weston (West) Lance has it now. (but now, in 1959, Gladys Lance, West's widow, can not find his old Bible, or know what became of it, if it is lost).

Halliwell notes -- The "Cross Crick" to which George refers, was Cross Creek Township in Jefferson County, in the Northwestern Territory (now Ohio). Records indicate that "the majority of settlers in Cross Creek township were Scotch-Irish of firm religious conviction, and might be classed as Episcopalians, Methodists and Seceders (Presbyterians), who worshiped God in Spirit and Truth, under the forest trees or in the humble cabins, without vanity or the taint of hypocrisy." [Ohio History, Vol. 8, p156].

Moore continues -- At the above time in 1911, I also copied several of the old names and dates from his Bible… and, the names and dates of some of my cousin. That was all I really care about at that time, as we lived in Delpos, Ohio then, and I never seen any of our relation only once a year when Mother would go out to Medina and Wayne county on a visit, and that was not every year. Then with the encuragement old Aunt Lydia (Halliwell) Lance and my Grandmother Ann (Halliwell) Lance, Lydia's sister, they asked me to take down the record of the older ones for they would soon not be with us. That was in 1899, I was 11 years old, and Grand Father Emery Lance had sold his place south of the Chippewa Lake and bought a place of 20 acres in Lafayette Township, about three miles south west of Lafayette Center and on the road to Friend(s)ville, and that summer I went out to stay with them. That was what realy give me a start and encouragement to try and make up a record of the Lances and Halliwells. Now if I could forseen what I was getting into I would of never started it.

As time went on and with help of my Mother Lydia Ellen, Mary Ellen Randolph and Ethel (Lance) Fritz became most interested in it with the help of many, many other relation and friends, and at one time the Lance Reunion took it up, and many of the relation turned in and sent some of their records. Then to, we all went many miles in search for and gathering up the record, Mary Ellen and Ethel and Mother living in Medina and Wayne county they probley gethered up the most of it, and I then tried to record it in there rightful place, then give them a number system and type them up in a book form. It became aperient right away that to make up the Lances and Halliwells Family Genealogical Anchestral one would have a great portion of the Lees, Johnsons, Coleman or Coolman, Steele's and Shooks and a course the Moores and Beichlers, who by the way, about all of the Beichler's are also Moore's as the oldest Beichler we have was John Beichler and he married Mariah Moore, daughter of Jacob Moore. Now I'm glad today that Aunt Lydia and Grand Mother encouraged me to gether up the record of the older ones, for true in a few years when some of the other become interested in the record, most of the older ones was gone. -- Otto A. Moore

The following documents appear within the Moore and Bauer works:
HALLIWILL POSTHUMOUS - Filed in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio on 2 June 1884
The State of Ohio
Lorain County.
Before me a Notary Public, Within and for said county and state appears George Halliwell age 70 years who being duly sworn says that he resides in Litchfield in the county of Medina State of Ohio. That he was born near Steubenville Ohio in July 14, 1814, that his father name was John Halliwell who was born June l4, 1785 in the State of Pennsylvania and died May 31, 1860. That John Halliwell was the son of George Halliwell who was born in London England, according to family registers and their proof in the year 1752 and came to America about the year 1771 and died at Stark County Ohio and was buried at Manchester Stark County Ohio the 18th day of September 1818. That applicant has heard his father during his life time say that his Father name his oldest son after his grand father who was William Halliwell of London England and was wealthy and that an estate would some time come to the Halliwell's and fouther dependents seith not.
George Halliwell subscribed and swore to before me this 2nd day of June 1884 at Elyria Ohio. George C. Jafferies that at one time had in his possession a posthumous under the seal of Great Brittan Showing the oath of allegiance of seal of the George Halliwell to the Kingdom of Great Brittan, but said instrument was destroyed.

Lydia Ellen Lance-Moore-Vaughn entered the following letter, copied verbatim, on behalf of George Halliwill (1814): "This said parchment I have heard my Father say [say is scratched out] William Emery Lance; and mother (Ann (Halliwill) Lance say that the said John Halliwill's wife Elizabeth (Lance) Halliweill or Annt Betty or Betsy as they called her got mad at John her Husband and burned up his Papers and his coat of arms that he had frm [frm is scratched out] saved and things that had had to claim the Halliwill fortune in England, so I guess it all went up in Smoke. by Lydia Ellen Lance-Moore)Vaughn)"

The following letter is in reference to the Halliwill Posthumous
G. C. Jaffiries, Lawyer Response: Elyria, Dec, 24, l884
Dear Friend:
I rec, information from our London matter some days ago, but it appearing that there is nothing in store for us and my being so busy in court and I have not written you until now, there seems to be several things that would prevent the American heir from obtaining any thing.
first) When our astate decends and awaits heir sixty yr, it escheats to the crown, and can not afterward be redeemed.
second) If obtained by wrong heirs suit must be commenced against them by the foreign heirs inside of forty years.
third) There is no unsettled Halliwill estate in London awaiting heirs nor has there been for at least sixty years and if there was befor that it would escheat to the crown there has been Halliwills estate in London but it has not wanted for heirs, it has decended as is supposed in the direct, line of heirship acording to the laws of decent of England to the oldest male child first etc.
fourth) There is Halliwills now in the city of London and there are others so connectid as to be heirs who are of different names the name and people Halliwill is on the book of records and courts of Westminster records, more or less as far back as there has been any search but written the last sixty years, there has been no such estate awaiting heirs. it may have gone to the wrong heirs but there has been heirs there who claimed to be the legal heirs and established there claims to the satisfaction of the courts so that the estates has not awaited for some one to claim it at all, as I understand it there never has been a time with in the memory of man when there has not been people in the city of London by the name of Halliwill it seems to be a name that has always been there always, and there is now a large block a business block that is known as the Halliwill block so you see that American blood are in a rather of a poor way to lay claim to anything in London that should come from a Halliwill estate, the only way would be to find if it had gone to the wrong heirs. and then put it into the courts witch would cost a small fortune,
I am sorry, I was in hopes there might be something there for you but I do not think there is any thing what can be come at very easy, I herewith send you the paprs left with me, you may wish to preserve them.
yours
G,C,Jaffiries
p,s, I have paid down expences and have spent some little time I ought to have something I will leave it to yourself to send me what you think I ought to have.

Halliwell writes -- As we revisit the posthumous, we find, "That John Halliwell was the son of George Halliwell who was born in London England, according to family registers and their proof in the year 1752 and came to America about the year 1771… George Halliwell (1814-1890) subscribed and swore to before me this 2nd day of June 1884 at Elyria Ohio. George C. Jafferies that at one time had in his possession a posthumous under the seal of Great Brittan Showing the oath of allegiance of seal of the George Halliwell (1747/8-1817) to the Kingdom of Great Brittan, but said instrument was destroyed."

The instrument to which the family is referring appears to be an "OATH OF ALLEGIANCE". From 1725 to 1775, all males over sixteen years of age were obliged to take the following oath and declaration, or facsimile thereof, as soon as possible after arriving at an American port -- being marched to the Court House, although in a number of instances they were qualified at the official residence of the magistrate.

I. _______, do solemnly sincerely and truly acknowledge profess testify & declare that King George the Second is lawful &rightful King of the Realm of Great Britain & of all others his Dominions & Countries thereunto belonging, and I do solemnly & sincerely declare that I do believe the Person pretending to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the late King James, &since his Decease pretending to be taken upon himself the Stile and Title of King of England by the Name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the Name of James the Eighth or the Stile and title of King of Great Britain hath not any right or title whatsoever to the Crown of the Realm of Great Britain, nor any other the Dominions thereunto belonging. And I do renounce & refuse any Allegiance or obedience to him & do solemnly promise, that I will be true and faithful, & bear true Allegiance to King George the Second & to him will be faithful against all traitorous Conspiracies & attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his Person, Crown & Dignity, & I will doe my best Endeavors to disclose & make known to King George the Second & his Successors all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which I shall know to be made against him or any of them. And I will be true and faithful to the succession of the Crown against him the said James & all other Persons whatsoever as the same is & stands settled by An Act Entitled An Act declaring the Rights & Liberties of the Subject,& settling the Succession of the Crown to the late Queen Anne & the Heirs of her Body being Protestants, and as the same by one other Act Entitled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown & better securing the Rights & Liberties of the Subject is & stands Settled & Entailed after the Decease of the said late Queen, & for Default of Issue of the said late Queen to the late Princess Sophia Electoress & Duchess Dowager at Hanover the Heirs of Her Body being Protestants and all these things I do plainly & sincerely acknowledge promise & declare, according to these express words by me spoken,& according to the plain & common sense and understanding of the same Words, without any Equivocation, mental Evasion or Secret Reservation whatsoever. And I do make this Recognition, Acknowledgement, Renunciation & Promise heartily willingly and truly. [Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XVII, Second Series : Harrisburg PA, 1890].

The family's knowledge of said instrument confirms that George senior arrived in America prior to the Revolutionary War. The fact that he did not muster into battle coupled with the handwritten verse within the cover of his Old English Bible, substantiates that his loyalty lay with his homeland of England. The authenticity of the George senior's immigration date has not been proved, as neither a passenger list, "Oath of Allegiance" to Britain, "Oath of Fidelity" to the states, nor the Halliwell family Bible has been discovered. George senior's eldest son, William, was born 8 Aug 1778 in Maryland [1850 census], therefore we shall presume that George senior arrived at the Port of Baltimore as early as 1771 [1884 Halliwill Posthumous]; or between 30 Aug 1774 and mid 1778, if the couple married in England as Moore suggests.

Moore relates, and later discounts, an extremely important story regarding the arrival of George senior in America. He wrote that Clara Louisa (Halliwill) Dennison-Snyder (1860-1950), daughter of George (1814-1890) was able to recall her mother, Keziah Belle (Halliwill) Halliwill and her grandmother, Elizabeth (Cox) Halliwill, wife of William (1778), speaking of George senior's arrival in America. They said that George and a brother, whose name she could not recall, settled in Baltimore, Maryland where they acquired a substantial amount of Baltimore city property. Clara had no memory of the brother, but believed that he had traveled west, before removing southward.

Halliwell asks that you once again revisit, for a moment, the 1884 posthumous which states, "That applicant (George Halliwill,1814) has heard his father (John 1785-1860) during his life time say that his Father (George senior) name his oldest son (William 1778) after his grand father who was William Halliwell of London England and was wealthy and that an estate would some time come to the Halliwell's and fouther dependents seith not."

In 2007, Halliwell discovered the following entry in the sixth volume of Cottons 1907 work entitled, "Maryland Calendar of Wills": Indexed as Haliewell (Holliwell, Holloway): William. St. Mary's County, (drawn) 2 Feb 1729, (proved) 13 Feb 1729 -- To Thomas Scott, entire estate after legacies are paid. Should any of brothers in England come into this country and make demand for estate, said executor is to yield same to them, names of which are as follows: Lawrence, John and Richard Holloway, William Ward, Thomas Asmuth and George Ashworth. To Hannah Phillips (wife's goddaughter), Jane, daughter of Phillip Tippet; Butler, son of Dennis Tippet; John and Alexander, sons of Robert Cook, dec'd, and James Baily, personalty. Thomas Scott, exector and resid. legatee. Test: Philip Dorey, Samuel Hurst, John Monocks. 19, 862.

In 1775, beset by skyrocketing debts created by the military demands of the Revolution, Congress took measures to fill the empty coffers of the Continental treasury. On the 26th of December 1775 the members resolved to raise another three million dollars by the further emission of bills of credit. Congress intended to secure the bills by levying a tax on each colony according to a quota to be determined by population. A copy of the resolution was sent to each of the now united colonies requesting that a census be made of the total population according to race, age and sex. The results were needed to set the quotas. Not until June 1776 did the Council of Safety in Maryland send copies of the Congressional resolution to the Committees of Observation in each county. These extra-legal committees were authorized to employ persons to take the number of inhabitants and return it to them. The Council agreed to pay for the services of the census takers. The Maryland census enumerator returns varied. Baltimore, Talbot, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Caroline and Anne Arundel counties listed only the heads of households, grouping the number of other individuals in the household by age and sex as is common in the early federal censuses. Other counties like Harford, Prince Georges, and Frederick named each of the individuals, giving their ages, sexes and races. [Phebe R. Jacobsen, Archives' Bulldog, Vol. 1, No. 8]. You will also find the census records under ["Council of Safety" (Census of 1776), microfilm Maryland State Archives (MSA) S961]. And ["Maryland Indexes (Census Index) 1776-1778", MSA, S1419. See also the book "1776 Census of Maryland" by Betty Stirling Carothers].

Maryland Records Oaths and Censuses of the Revolutionary Period.
In 1776 the Council of Safety, the governing body of Maryland at that time, conducted a census for the purpose of setting Maryland's quota for a tax to support the Revolutionary War. The General Assembly (Oct. Term 1777, Ch. 20) passed an act requiring every male within Maryland above eighteen years of age to take an Oath of Fidelity to the state. Exemptions were specified for Quakers, Mennonites, Dunkers, and individuals already serving in the military. The oath stated: "I do swear I do not hold myself bound to yield any Allegiance to the King of Great Britain, his heirs or successors and that I will be true and faithful to the Sate of Maryland and will to the utmost of my power, support, maintain and defend the Freedom and Independence thereof and the Government as now established against all open enemies and secret and traitorous conspiracies ..." There was considerable incentive to take the Oath. If a man did not, he had to pay triple the amount of his assessment for taxes each year during his lifetime. He was not allowed to file any suit in any court, nor could he be a tradesman, practice law, medicine, or surgery, preach the gospel, teach in any school, or hold any office, civil or military. In order to identify those who did not take the Oath, a census was taken in 1778 of all males 18 years of age and older on or before March 1, 1778. [Maryland State Archives: Reference & Research WebPage: ].

The Maryland Census of 1778 was much less a census of all individuals living in the state, than it was a means to determine who had not signed the Oaths of Fidelity. The law which demanded that all free male inhabitants take an oath or affirmation of fidelity to the state (Chapter 20 of the Acts of 1777) provided in Section 7 that the constable of every hundred prepare before March 1, 1778 (the deadline for taking the oath) an alphabetical list of all free male inhabitants over age eighteen on that date. The list should include those resident in the hundred and not out of state unless the individual was exempted from taking the oath. The Governor and Council were to make a list of all persons not taking the oath by comparing this "census" with the lists of those signing the oath in order to determine who would be subject to the treble tax specified in the law. Constables were given considerable incentive to prepare the list since they would receive a per diem wage for their efforts and would be fined 200 pounds for failure to create the list. The lists were to be sent both to the Governor and Council and to the county courts. Surprisingly few of these lists seem to have survived. Our (Census of 1778) records are from the county courts and thus may be found in COAGSER. We have records from hundreds in Caroline (found in Land Records, Liber A), Charles and Queen Anne's counties. These are no more than alphabetical lists of names of free males over 18 unlike the Census of 1776 which covered all ages, races and sexes. [Ben Primer, Archivists' Bulldog, Vol. 1, no. 9]. Also see [Ancestry.com "Maryland Census 1772-1890" Database. Original data was compiled and digitized by Ron V. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes].

The lack of Colonial American records for the Halliwill family has brought about numerous questions regarding the residence of George senior, his wife, Nancy Ann Kirby and their son William. Noting that the deadline for taking the 1778 Oath of Fidelity was March 1st and William Halliwill was born on 8 August 1778, did the family arrive after 1 March 1778? Or was George unwilling to conform and returned to England? On an interesting note, in an 1655-1850 index of Maryland marriages we find that on 28 Aug 1783, William Hollowell married a Mary Coaleman in Harford county. And in the adjacent county of Baltimore, James Holliwell married Hannah Aspin on 6 Jul 1785. If were to investigate this matter further, would we discover that William and/or James Holliwell were brothers of George senior? Is it possible that they, or their fathers, immigrated to America to claim a portion of the 1729 Baltimore William Haliewell (Holliwell, Holloway) estate? Had Clara Louisa been right? Was her father, George (1814), applicant of the 1884 Halliwill Posthumous, looking in the wrong country for the "estate (that) would some time come to the Halliwell's and fouther dependents seith not."

This 1884 posthumous is the only substantial document pertaining to the knowledge of, and connection to, a William Halliwell. Moore assumed that George (1814), the son of John (1785) was referring to George senior's father William. Does the phrase "name his oldest son after his grandfather" pertain to George seniors father or was he referring to his own grandfather? Although George was known as an early (Ohio) Protestant Episcopalian, perhaps the discovery of his parent's faith will someday lead us in the right direction. Was he or his wife of Scotch-Irish descent, as their Cross Creek township peers? Was George's father of the Quaker faith as Hunt believed? And if so, will the Quaker records hold the key to our family ancestry?

Halliwell the found the following reference to the family's heritage in the "History of Hancock County, Ohio", W. H. HALLIWILL, (William Harrison Halliwill) farmer and stock raiser, P.O. McComb, was born in Big Lick Township, this (Hancock) county, January 26, 1844, son of John and Elizabeth (Albert) Halliwill, the former born in Ohio (s/o William Halliwill and Elizabeth Cox), of English and Scotch-Irish descent… [History of Hancock County, 1886. Pleasant Township, p833].

Colonial families commonly named their children using the pattern below, to which Halliwell has applied the given names of George senior's children.

1st son: namesake of paternal grandfather (father's father) -- WILLIAM, born 1778 in Maryland [1850 census].
2nd son: maternal grandfather -- JOHN, born 1785 in Pennsylvania.
3rd son: namesake of father, "Junior" or "the II" -- GEORGE, JR.
4th son: eldest paternal uncle (father's eldest brother) -- JOSEPH
5th son: second eldest paternal uncle or eldest paternal uncle -- DAVID
1st daughter: maternal grandmother -- NANCY ANN
2nd daughter: paternal grandmother -- ELIZABETH
3rd daughter: mother -- JANE
4th daughter: eldest maternal aunt.
5th daughter: second eldest maternal aunt or eldest paternal aunt.

When applying the given names of George's eldest son, William and his wife Elizabeth, we find a direct connection between their children's names and those of family members -- 1st son: paternal grandfather -- JOHN (Eliz.'s father, eldest bro., grandfather, Wm's eldest bro). 2nd son: maternal grandfather -- DAVID (Wm.'s youngest bro). 3rd son: namesake of father, "Junior" or "the II" -- WILLIAM (father). 4th son: eldest paternal uncle -- GEORGE (Wm.'s father, 2nd eldest bro., see John). 5th son: second eldest paternal uncle or eldest paternal uncle -- THOMAS (Eliz. 2nd eldest bro). 1st daughter: maternal grandmother -- CYLENA HELEN. 2nd daughter: paternal grandmother -- ANN (Nancy Ann was Wm.'s mo., eldest sis., Eliz.'s eldest sis). 3rd daughter: mother -- ELIZABETH (mo., Eliz.'s mo., Wm.'s 2nd eldest sis). 4th daughter: eldest maternal aunt -- JANE (Wm.'s 3rd sis). 5th daughter: second eldest maternal aunt or eldest paternal aunt -- PRISCILLA (Eliz.'s youngest sis., maternal grandmother).

Based on the given birth year and place of George's children, and proof that he was not assessed in Maryland in 1783 [1783 Maryland State Archives, film S 1437], one can speculate that George left Maryland and settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania prior to July 1785. Hunt erroneously states that George, shunned by his fellow family members and his Quaker 'Friends', fled Philadelphia in hope of beginning a new life [Hallowell-Halliwill Family's].

To research and locate documents pertaining to the family, one must take into consideration that Washington County, Pennsylvania opened for settlement in 1768. The evolution of said county is as follows: From 1750 to 1770: Cumberland County; from 1771 to 1773: Bedford County; from 1773 to 1781: Westmoreland County; 28 March 1781: Washington County. In 1797, Jefferson County (now Ohio) was created from a portion of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The ages within the following entry correspond with those of George and Nancy's children. 1790 Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Roll: M637_9, p 253, marked 182, line 20. HOLLEWAY: George - Males: [1] Over age 16 (George Sr.), [2] Under 16 (William and John). Free White Females: [4] (wife Nancy Ann, Nancy, Elizabeth and Jane) Total [7]. In 1810, a James and John Kirby (born 1765-85), were listed as residents of East Bethlehem Township (created from Bethlehem in 1790), Washington County, Pennsylvania. Although unproven, these men may have been the siblings of, or connected with, Nancy Ann Kirby. 1810 US Census, East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, p87 (sheet no. 684), line 21. KIRBY: James - Males: [1] age 25-45. Females: [1] 0-10, [1] 16-25. This entry was followed on line 23 by KIRBY: John - Males: [1] age 26-45. Females: [2] 0-10, [1] 26-45, [1] 45+.

Margaret (Swagler) Bauer was drawn to the said county in search of family records as George senior's daughter, Jane, married James McElroy, a son of William. In 1790, William Mc Elroy was enumerated as a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania. (Moore lists James' birth place as York Township in Washington County). Between 1798 and 1800, William McElroy, George Halliwell and their families entered into the Northwest Territory. Upon, or soon after their arrival, they took up residence in the yet to be organized township of Cross Creek in Jefferson County.

Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
The Northwest Territory originally included areas that had previously been known as Ohio Country and Illinois Country -- the modern States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the eastern part of Minnesota. During the settlement of the Northwest Territory, a family's journey may have required a few days or as long as several months. A trip of this kind generally incurred many hardships. Trails lead through heavily canopied forests and over bridgeless streams, while on every hand roamed bear, wolves, panthers, catamounts, and wild red deer. After a party arrived safely at their destination, the task was begun of getting the land in shape for cultivation. The timber had to be felled, chopped and burned, the ground broken, crops planted, fences built and other labor performed which was not incumbent on those who later took up the operation of the farms. These sturdy old pioneers did their work well and today they deserve the everlasting gratitude of those who are now enjoying the conditions made possible by their sacrifices and strenuous labors.

In "Ohio History" volume six we find the following of George Halliwell: "The Pathfinders of Jefferson County, O." compiled by W. H. Hunter, Steubenville Gazette, 1898. The first Protestant Episcopal church was organized in December, 1800, Dr. Doddridge entering into an agreement with a number of persons living west of the Ohio river, to perform the duties of a clergyman every third Saturday at the house of "the widow McGuire," in what is now Cross Creek township, near Fernwood station, on the Panhandle railroad, the name of the church then organized being St. James. The subscription paper, which is dated December 1, 1800, contains the following names: George Mahan, William Whitecraft, Eli Kelly, GEORGE HALLIWELL, William McConnell, John McConnell, George Richey, Benjamin Doyle, Joseph Williams, John Long, Mary McGuire, John McKnight, Frederick Allbright, John Scott, Moses Hanlon.


It was this parish that first petitioned the General Convention in 1806 asking leave to form a diocese in the western country. Those signing this petition were, William McConnell, Robert Maxwell, John Cunningham, George Mahan, Andrew Elliott, James Cunningham, Samuel Tipton, Alexander Cunningham, Widow Mahan, Gabriel Armstrong, John McCullough, James Foster, Benjamin Doyle, William White, Thomas White, James Strong, John McConnell, Hugh Taggart, Richard White, John Foster, William Graham, and Daniel Dunlevy, the latter an uncle of Judge James H. Anderson, of Columbus. All Scotch-Irish. A church was built, which was consecrated by Bishop Chase in 1825. Dr. Doddridge was the rector of the parish until 1823. St. James was the second Protestant Episcopal church organized in the Northwest Territory, the first being at Marietta. Long's M. E. church was organized in 1803 and is an offshoot of the St. James Episcopal church. Rev. J. B. Finley preached in this church in 1813. [Ohio History, pub. By the Ohio Historical Society, Vol. 6, pp261-262.]

In volume eight we find the following of George Hallliwell: "The Pathfinders of Jefferson County, O." compiled by W. H. Hunter, Steubenville Gazette, 1898. On June 4, 1806, the Sixth Township of the Second Range, was separated from Steubenville Township, and named Cross Creek Township, leaving Steubenville composed of the territory now embraced in Steubenville and Island Creek Townships. The election was called for the house of John McCullough. Cross Creek Township was surveyed into sections by Alexander Holmes in 1801, and in 1802 into quarter sections by Benjamin Hough.

Among the first settlers (1797-1800) were: WILLIAM MC ELROY, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, William Whitecraft, George Mahon, James and Daniel Dunlevy, Augustine Bickerstaff, John Johnson, Eli Keily, John Rickey, GEORGE HALLIWELL, John McConnell, John Long, John Scott, Moses Hunter; John Ekey, James Thompson, John Permar, James Scott, Thomas White, Jacob Welday (a German), Hugh McCullough, John Foster, John Williams, Joseph Dunn, Nathan Caselaer, Samuel Smith (who laid out New Alexandria in 1832, and was the first to introduce horse-mills in this country), George Brown, William Moore, John McCann, Aaron Fell, William Hanlon, J. A. J. Criswell, John Lloyd, James Maley, Jonathan Hook, Peter Ekey, David Powell, Robert Hill (just over the line in Steubenville Township, in 1798, and descendants still possess the land), Thomas Johnson, William Cassell, John McConnell, William McConnell, William Woods, Charles Maxwell, the Stokes and the Dinsmores (1800-09). Robert McConnell came about 1811, and settled on land now occupied by Joseph and Robert H. McConnell; Thomas Elliott, Andrew Anderson, John Wright, Samuel Irons, John McDonald.

The most of the settlers of Cross Creek township were Scotch-Irish of firm religious conviction, and might be classed as Episcopalians, Methodists and Seceders (Presbyterians), who worshiped God in Spirit and Truth, under the forest trees or in the humble cabins, without vanity or the taint of hypocrisy. (From T. A. Thompson's unpublished contribution to the Centennial history).

In this township was organized the first Protestant Episcopal Church (St. James, est. 1 Dec 1800) northwest of the Ohio (River), the vestry of which has the oldest and most complete church record in Ohio - names of members, baptisms, marriages, deaths. This record also preserves the first petition and the names of the signers, all of whom were of this parish asking the General Convention to establish a diocese in the Western country. See Vol. 6, page 262.

The first distillery was built by Daniel Dunlevy on Section Thirty-three in 1803. Following this one others were built and operated by John McConnell, William McConnell and Nathaniel Porter. Many of the Pathfinders became skilled in this manner of reducing for market the bulk of their fruit and grain in Western Pennsylvania, and if hedges could have spoken there might have been record of skill acquired before leaving Ireland.

The first water-mill was built by Nathaniel McGrew in 1806. Other early mills were operated on Cross Creek and McIntyre, the first saw-mill having been built by Charles Maxwell in 1807. In 1810, George Mahon built the first hand-mill, to which he applied horse-power two years later. A cotton factory was built near the mouth of McIntyre Creek in 1814, and in 1827 it was changed to a woolen factory by John and James Elliott and George Marshall, it then being the most extensive factory of the kind in the county, perhaps country, outside of Steubenville.

While there were schools in Cross Creek Township as early as 1800, as noted on page 247 of Vol. 6, the first schoolhouse was built in 1804, near the present No. 4 schoolhouse, on land owned by Mrs. Usher Stark, the first teacher being an Irishman named Green. In 1807 a school was taught in a log cabin in District No. 1 by a teacher named Evans. In 1809 a subscription school was taught in the Long settlement by Mr. Morrow, the subscription price being $1.50 per quarter for each pupil. In 1806 Richard McCullough taught a school in District No. 5. Up to 1816, when Rev. Mr. Snodgrass organized the Cross Creek Church, the Presbyterians of this township attended services at the Steubenville or Two Ridges Churches. The Methodist Episcopal adherents held services at the dawn of the century in the cabins of the settlers. The Methodist Episcopal Church of New Alexandria was organized after separation from the Old Log Church, in 1838, at which time lots were deeded to the church by Nathan Thompson, the Trustees being: John Thompson, James Holmes, John Casy, Sr., Andrew Scott, William Elliott, John Moore, William Fields, John George, Matthew Thompson.

It was in this township "Billy McConnell, the Witch Doctor," lived, of whom Prof. Christie wrote an interesting work about 1830, but now out of print and impossible to obtain, the copies then in circulation having been destroyed in more recent years by descendants of persons mentioned in the book.

John Rickey came to the Northwest Territory from Pennsylvania in 1800, and settled near the site of Cross Creek Presbyterian Church, on Dry Fork. He had been a Captain with Abercrombie in the French-English War, and was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He died in April, 1823, at the age of ninety-eight years, having been thrown from a spirited horse upon which he was riding from Dry Fork to Steubenville, via what is now Wintersville, and falling under the wheels of a wagon at which the animal scared, he was so seriously injured that he died shortly thereafter. He was a very prominent man in the affairs of the county, and was one of the first elders of the First Presbyterian Church of Steubenville. His son, John Rickey, was in the Second War for Independence. To the son of the latter, Hon. Joseph M. Rickey, for eighty-four years a resident of Jefferson County, the compiler is indebted for much information contained in The Pathfinders of Jefferson County, given him in conversation and afterwards noted. An aged man at his death, he was closely linked with the past through his grandfather and father, retaining by a marvelous memory all historical facts that came to him. He died in Cleveland, November 9, 1898; a man of worth, noble, honest. His grandson, Leo Dautel, of Cleveland, married a great-granddaughter of Adam Poe, noted in Jefferson County history.

At the session Cross Creek Township was organized (4 June 1806) the County Commissioners set off the Sixth Township of the Second Range and named it Island Creek Township, leaving Steubenville Township composed of fractional parts of Townships Two and Three of fractional Ranges One and Two. Then, by another resolution, the fractional part of Township Three of Range One was cut off Steubenville and added to Island Creek. [Ohio History, pub. By the Ohio Historical Society, Vol. 8, p153-156].

We also find mention of George senior in History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio -- "The organization of the township first appears on the records in 1806. It takes it's name from Cross Creek, a stream passing through it. The first settlement within the present limits of the township was made by William Whitcraft ... in the spring of 1797. In the spring of 1798, the Bickerstaffs and John Johnson came from Washington County, Pennsylvania and located on lots 5 and 6. Eli Kelly, GEORGE HALLIWELL, John McConnell, John Long, John Scott and Moses Hunter were all settled in the township before 1800." [History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio p596].

"20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County and Representative Citizens", George was listed twice: (1) 1 December 1800 - James Parish Episcopal Church roll, Rev. Dr. Doddrige, Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. (2) Page 467, Cross Creek Township History - Among the first settlers were, WILLIAM McELROY a revolutionary soldier, William Whitecraft, George Mahon, James and Daniel Dunlevy, Mary McGuire and family, Augustine Bickerstaff, John Johnson, Eli Kelly, John Rickey, GEORGE HALLIWELL, John McConnell & John Long.

NOTE: Jefferson County was erected and organized on 29 Jul 1797, and a portion of Washington was attached 19 Dec 1799. Its area was reduced 10 July 1800 by formation of Trumbull County; and further on 7 Sep 1801 by formation of Belmont County and 1 May 1803 by formation of Columbiana County. On 31 Jan 1807, its western boundary was extended. A portion was attached to Tuscarawas County Feb. 11, 1809. It was further reduced on 1 Feb 1813 by formation of Harrison County and on 1 Jan 1833 by formation of Carroll County. Part of Columbiana attached.

Franklin Township, (Stark) Summit County, Ohio
On 13 September 1813 George HALLIWELL (Sr.) and his brother-in-law Henry Houtz of Jefferson County, Ohio applied for land patents to purchase land in Franklin Township, Stark (todays Summit) County, Ohio at the Steubenville Land Office. Patent number 4401 was issued [Ohio Lands, Steubenville Land Office 1810-1820]. In 2002, the Bureau of Land Management, General Land records failed to reflect the said document. At that time, the bureau listed each patent issued after 1820 by means of an Accession and or Serial Number.

William and Elizabeth (Cox) Halliwill, pioneers of Summit (formerly Stark) County, locating in Franklin Township in the spring of 1814, they were the first settlers in that township. Christopher Johnson, whom the county atlas claims as the first settler, came the day after the Halliwill family [History of Summit County: Richfield Township, p1001]. Henry Houtz appears on the 1816 Stark County Tax List, although George Halliwell does not [Early Ohio Tax Records, p371].

United States Congress Lands Franklin Township is currently bound by Norton and Coventry townships on the north, Green Township on the east, Stark County on the south, Wayne County on the west. Before the 1840 formation of Summit county, Franklin Township was named as part of several other counties.

1800 to 1803: Franklin township was located in Trumbell County (est. 1800)
1808 to 1840: Franklin township became a part Stark County (est. 1800)
1840 to Present: Franklin township became a part Summit County (est. 1840)

On or about 4 October 1817, George Halliwill senior, age 69 passed on at his farm in Franklin Township, Stark (Summit) County, Ohio. George was buried in Manchester Cemetery, Franklin Township, Stark (Summit) County, Ohio just north of Canal Fulton. Ohio death records were created in compliance with Ohio state legislation, initially passed in 1867, "to provide for the registry of births and deaths," and represents a law that placed the responsibility for creating and maintaining records of death and birth into the hands of the Probate Court judges. Please keep in mind that it was not until 1908 that statewide registration of births and deaths became a reality in Ohio, when a law passed in May of that year established a bureau of vital statistics and provided for the "prompt and permanent registration of all births and deaths occurring within the state of Ohio.

On 1 January 1818, an estate auction was held. The proceeds totaled $317.14, as recorded by his son, John. See copy of original said document located by Marge (Swagler) Bauer. The "Ohio Repository" newspaper dates to 30 March 1815, and currently known as the "Canton Repository". The following notice appeared in the Ohio Repository on Thursday, 10 April 1818, p3, col. 3. (Administrations Vol. One 1815-1834, Stark County, Ohio).

Notice is hereby Given,
TO all persons having legal claims
against the estate of George Hall-
well, late of Franklin township, de-
ceased, to exhibit their claims legally
proven for settlement, before the 14th
day of December next, otherwise they
will be debarred. Those indebted to
said estate are requested to make im-
mediate payment.
John Halliwell, Adm'r
April 9 52-4t

The following document was recorded at the Stark County, Ohio Recorders Office - Vol. E, p515, 3 Nov 1824:
I, George HALLIWILL (Jr.), of Guilford Township, Medina County, Ohio, whereas I am indebted to
Marsham Belt of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio the sum of $460.75 to be paid in my
full satisfaction. Now know that I the said, George Halliwill for and toward the payment and
satisfaction, sell on to Marsham Belt all my right and interest in the Real Estate of George Halliwill (Sr.)
late of Franklin Township, County of Stark.
November 3, 1824
(signed) George Halliwill
in the presence of
(signed) Henry Hosmer

To date, no definitive records have been discovered for Marsham, but a Benoni Belt was listed as the head of household on the 1830 US Census in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. Benoni Belt married Keziah Thompson on 16 Jan 1813, in Montgomery County, Maryland [Maryland Marriages 1655-1850]. His name appears, suggesting that he was of age, on the "1778 Oath of Fidelity" list as a resident of (no township listed), Washington County, Maryland [Maryland Census 1772-1890]. The reader is hereby asked to refer to the proceeding sections regarding Maryland Census, etc.

The 1884 Halliwill Posthumous also states -- "(George) died at Stark (now Summit) County Ohio and was buried at Manchester Stark (Summit) County Ohio the 18th day of September 1818." Several questions are brought about by the statement. We can authenticate the year of his death, as the Stark County Estate records of George Halliwill, dec'd 1817, includes payments to William Gardner, Dr. bill 21 Sep 1817, and for medicine received on Sep 18th and 26th. On 1 January 1818, his Estate Auction was held.

Was the family mistaken? Was George senior re-interred in the public burial grounds at Manchester in 1818? Otto Moore claims that George senior was the first to be buried in the cemetery. In 1978, Marge Bauer visited the cemetery. And as many of the old monuments were illegible, she was unable to locate memorial markers for George and his wife Nancy Ann.

The "Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions", Vol. 2, pp. 42-70; pub. by the Summit County Chapter, Ohio Genealogy Society, reflects that Manchester cemetery burials date from the early 1800's. The cemetery is located in Manchester on the south side of West Nimisila Road, west of Manchester Road. The Franklin Township Trustees own this 87 acre cemetery but, it is not related to the church on the front of the property. The gravesite of Elizabeth Palmer, who died in the early 1800's, was located on a farm around which the cemetery eventually grew. Around 1815, Mahlon and Adam C. Stewart laid out the village of Manchester, approximately three miles northeasterly from the current village of Clinton, which was platted in 1816. When Manchester was sufficiently advanced to be accorded postal facilities, the post office was named Nimisilla as a town named Manchester was located elsewhere in the state.

On 15 February 1829, the following was filed in the Stark County Recorders Office:
HALLIWILL, George; Administration 66OS, Vol. _ , p. 3, 1 Jan 1818.
A List of the Sale of the property of George HALLIWILL, dec'd of Franklin Township, Stark County on the first day of January Eighteen Hundred & Eighteen.
Mahlon Stuart one packsaddle 00 54
Jacob Holinger one packsaddle 00 55
Henry Stofer two corn hoes 00 37
Mahlon Stuart one coffy pot 00 37
George Essig five plates 00 60
Henry Houts five spoons 00 45
Adam Shriver to two buisons 01 25
John Halliwill to two buisons 01 75
George Essig to one buison 01 73
Henry Houts to one buison 01 95
John Halliwill one (?) dish 02 10
George Essig to one skillet 00 58 1/2
Mrs Halliwill one lantron 00 25
John Morehead one pair of Stiliards 03 58
Fredrick Road one pair drawing chains 01 50
William Halliwill one Slate 01 00
Jacob Shuck one Candle Stand 00 31
Phillip Shuck one brush Scythe 02 00
Thomas Howlen one Grafs Scythe 03 25
John Tate one Grafs Scythe 02 50
Abraham Hubler one braced axe 02 92
Jacon May one pair wool Cards 00 75
William Halliwill one iron pot 02 51
John Dayley one gun 01 03
Henry Stofer one iron kettle 05 91
Fredrick Briner one Culing box 04 25
Fredrick Road one pitch fork 01 08
Isaac Johnston one plough 03 80
Jacob Click one halter chain 01 03
Thomas Williams one Clevis and single tree 00 91
Adam Shriver one log chain 04 13
Henry Houts one Neck yoke 02 15
Isaac Johnston one barrow 05 01
William Whiteruft one black mare 28 02
Joseph Halliwill one gray horse 63 01
Fredrick Road two Chisals 01 06
Joseph Halliwill one saddle 18 50
Jacon May one axe 02 06
Mahlon Stuart one bridle 01 05
Mrs Halliwill one bridle 00 75
Lewis Keipher one bridle 01 75
Malon Stewart one pair of Horse gares 06 02
Thomas Williams one pair of hames 00 76
William Halliwill one pair brickband 08 03
William Harkins augers and drawing knife 02 62
Thomas Williams one wedg 01 50
Richard Vanderhoof one Cockel sive 00 89
Lewis Keifer one lot of old irons 02 61
Henry Houts one white cow 18 00
Thomas Nowlon one l Spotted cow 18 05
Henry Johnston one bull 14 00
David Halliwill one red heffer 14 40
John Gonsor one red calf 04 52
Richard Vanderhoof one black & white calf 02 85
John Gonsor one one calf 04 02
George Row first Choice to hogs 05 75
Mrs. Halliwill 2nd Choice two hogs 04 00
Jacob Dayley 3rd Choice to 1 hog 02 01
Jacob Bolmer Six pigs 05 61
Jacob May 15 bushel oats 50 per bushel 07 50
Jacob May 15 bushel oats 48 per bushel 07 20
John Halliwill one pair Saddle bags 04 65
Isaac Johnston one hand Saw 02 01
Phillip Keller one whip stock 00 50
Jacon Holinger one keg 00 40
Mrs Halliwill two Hors Shoes 00 50
Mrs Halliwill one half bushel vessel 00 50
William Harkins one iron kittle 03 17
Henry Stoffer one matick 02 03
33 04
Total amount of this sale $317.14
I do hereby Certify the above to be a true list of the Sale of the property of George HALLIWILL
Sold by me (signed) John HALLIWILL, administrater

The Estate of George HALLIWILL, dec'd 1817: Cash paid to the following:
William Gardner, Dr. bill Sept. 21, 1817. medicene $3.37 ½, Sept 18, .75; Sept. 26, medicene $1.
25; Total $5.37 :½
David Wiltrout, coffin $6.00
David Hervey $3.00
Joseph Halliwell, money lent to his father $7.42 1/2
Henry Saur $1.11
John Sexton, printer bill $1.25
George Rohr, Jacob Holinger, John Deily Appraisors, each .62 1/2
John Everhard for Taxes .90
William Halliwell for 9 days bailing with 3 horses and wagon and myself (John) $18.00, Credit $1.
81 1/4 Bal $16.18 3/4
Frederich Warner $1.62 1/2
William Raynotes Clerk Fees $1.90
Frederick Albright $1.62 1/2
Cryer of Vendue $2.00
Clerk at Vendue $1.00
My own charge $32.00
Widow took at appraisment $117.57 1/2 at sale $6.00. $123.51

Cash paid to heirs:
William Halliwill
Henry Houts wife Nancy
John Halliwill
James Mc Elroy wife Jane
George Halliwill
Joseph Halliwill
David Halliwill
Each received $41.85 3/4 as their share of estate

John Myers (Clerk) 1.50
John Myers (Clerk) $2.12 1/2

Total: $545.56 3/4

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true statement of the estate of
George Halliwill, late of said County in Franklin Twp, dec'd.
given under my bond, 15 day of February 1829.
(signed) John Halliwill, Administrator of said Estate.

..~*¨*·.`·´.·*¨*~...
... THEIR CHILDREN ...
..~*¨*·.`·´.·*¨*~...

George and Nancy Ann had eight children:
1. William Halliwill b. 8 Aug 1778; d. 24 Jul 1855 sp: Elizabeth Cox b. 27 Mar 1785; m. 29 Aug 1802; d. 18 Nov 1876.

2. John Halliwill b. 1 Jun 1785; d. 31 May 1860 sp: Elizabeth Lance b. 24 Oct 1789; m. 10 Apr 1810; d. 4 Jan 1875.

3. Nancy "Ann" Halliwill b. 1786; d. 8 Dec 1862 sp: Henry Houtz, Sr. b. 27 Dec 1777; m. Bef 1804; d. 2 May 1852.

4. Elizabeth Halliwill b. 12 Oct 1789; d. 4 Jan 1827 sp: Abraham Lance, Sr. b. 15 Sep 1779; m. 1809; d. 25 Jan 1860.

5. Jane Nancy Halliwill b. 23 Feb 1791; d. 20 May 1831 sp: James McElroy, Sr. b. 31 Dec 1789; m. 25 Oct 1810; d. 1861.

6. George Halliwill, Jr. b. 16 Feb 1792; d. 9 Apr 1870 sp: Jemimah Matthews b. 1799; m. 21 Aug 1818; d. 1876.

7. Joseph Halliwell b. 6 Apr 1795; d. 17 Feb 1849 sp: Catherine Coolman b. 11 Mar 1811; m. 25 Mar 1830; d. 9 Apr 1884.

8. David W. Halliwill b. 1 Feb 1798; d. 8 Mar 1878 sp: Catherine Weston b. 4 May 1802; m. 5 Apr 1821; d. 10 Sep 1888.

RESEARCH NOTE:
Although numerous family researchers claim that William, was the son of George Halliwill and (his first wife) Nancy Ann PERCY, the LDS International Genealogical Index for North America lists the following: "Nancy Ann Percy married James Halliwell; had one child, William b. 8 Aug 1778, d. 25 Jul 1855." No sources listed, but generally submitted by works of individuals. For simplicity sake, William has been grouped with George and his (only proven) wife Nancy Ann KIRBY.

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