Jones-Duvall History and Wills

 

Alexander W. Galbraith, p. 1376 (Beers, History of Washington CO, Pa.)
 ALEXANDER W. GALBRAITH. Among the prosperous agriculturists and leading
 stock dealers of East Pike Run township, this gentleman is a prominent
 figure. He is a son of William Galbraith, who was born in 1812, in Ireland,
 and came with his parents to America when about twelve years of age. He had
 one brother Robert, who married a Miss Smith and one sister, who was married
 to a Mr. Shaw and lived in Ohio. He also had a half-brother Thomas McBeath
 who married and lived in Ohio. William Galbraith learned and followed 
 the boat-building business for many years, but has devoted the latter part
 of his life to farming. He has been twice married, first time to Nancy Fry,
 who bore him five children, as follows:
 (l) Robert, who as twice  married, first to a Miss Redd and afterward
 to a Miss Reynolds; by his first marriage he had children as follows:
 Isaac, who married Miss Nesbit, Charles and an infant (both deceased);
 by his second marriage he has five children. 
 (2) Noah, married to a Miss Wilson, and now lives in Delaware County,
 Ohio. 
 (3) William (now deceased). 
 (4) Cornelia, wife of William Walker, a resident of Kentucky. 
 (5) Emmeline, married Frank Williams, and died in October, 1880; they 
 had five children: Maggie (married  to W. Sphar), Aaron, Samuel, Nancy
 and George A. Linn, the last named having been born July 4, 1880.
 Mrs. Nancy (Fry) Galbraith died many years ago, and Mr. Galbraith
 afterward married Mary Hill, by whom he had the following children:
 Samuel, Elizabeth, John, Alexander W., Marv F. (wife of J.  Mozier),
 Thomas M., Dr. Stephen A. B., Etta, and one that died in infancy,
 of whom Elizabeth and Dr. Stephen A. B. are deceased. Of this family 
 Elizabeth married Albert Wickerham, and died in June, 1890; they had the 
 following children: Jennie, Robert, Nancy, Mary F. (married to John
 Mozier, June 5, 1889, and has two children: John Thomas and Lucinda).
 Dr. Stephen A. B. graduated at Washington and Jefferson College, 1886,
 graduated at Washington and Jefferson Medical College, 1889, died
 December 3, 1889. William Galbraith is a representative agriculturist
 of Carroll township. Politically he is an active worker in the ranks
 of the Democratic party, and has served as township clerk, assessor
 and school director, as well as in various other positions of trust.
 Mrs. Galbraith is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Monongahela.

 The ancestry of Mrs. Mary (Hill) Galbraith can be traced back some 
 five generations. Gideon Hill, maternal great-great-grandfather of 
 Alexander W. Galbraith, came from England, and the great- grandfather,
 John Hill, located near where Lancaster, Penn., now stands, and where
 he lived till some time in 1774 or 1775, when he moved to west of the
 mountains, to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh). He was there offered in 
 exchange for a black horse five acres, forming the point between the 
 Monongahela and Allegheny rivers; but he concluded there was no money
 in property thereabouts, so moved to Somerset township, and obtained
 a patent for a tract of land, "Government reserving all gold and silver
 ore," but saying nothing about oil and gas. This patent is dated 1778,
 and is now in the possession of our subject's uncle, Dr. S. E. Hill,
 of the same township. Greer McIlvaine, grandfather of Judge McIlvaine,
 owned the adjoining land, and these were the first settlers to locate
 in Somerset township. Dr. Hill has some relics of the past in the
 shape of an old conch shell or horn that used to be blown to scare
 wolves away; a clock that has been in the family five generations,
 is still going and keeping good time; also a blue dish about as old 
 as the clock. Grandfather Hill was married February 15, 1815, to Elizabeth
 Woodrow, a native of near Shippensburg, Penn., and a relative of Judge
 Black, of the same place, or near there; Mary (Hill) (mother of subject),
 born March 5, 1825, and Dr. S. E. Hill, of Smithville, are the only
 ones living of the family of nine children born to this union, who 
 were as follows: Abner, John and Mary, Rachel Jane, Samuel, William, 
 Martha, Stephen A. and Elizabeth; of these Martha and Elizabeth died in 
 infancy. Dr. S. E. Hill married, December 10, 1869, Miss Sadie E. Long, 
 of Pittsburgh, daughter of T. H. Long, and their family are: Pauline, 
 Pearl and Zoe. Grandfather Hill and his father kept store when salt was
 $8 to $10 per bushel, and whisky was 35 cents per gallon; the salt was
 carried on pack saddles from east of the mountains. His father was one 
 of the first members of Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church in the days of Dr.
 McMillan, Dr. Brown and others, when preaching was conducted in tents, and
 the men were wont to go to church with their rifles for protection
 against the Indians. He and his son (when the latter was a young man) were
 the contractors for the building of the old stone church, Mr. John 
 Atkinson being the carpenter. The same stones used for this church are
 now under the brick one erected near the same place, and in which services
 are at present held by Rev. Gilson. Gideon Hill was the second man buried
 in the present cemetery where there are now hundreds sleeping their last
 sleep. In old papers Pigeon creek was spelled "Pidgeon" creek.
 Alexander W. Galbraith, the subject proper of this sketch, was born 
 November 11, 1854, in Carroll township, Washington Co., Penn. He received a
 liberal education at the common schools of the vicinity of his place of 
 birth, assisting, in the meantime, in the various duties pertaining
 to the home farm. On February 6, 1884, he was united in marriage with Oella
 Bedall, a native of the county, born October 4, 1855, a daughter of
 John M. and Eliza J. (Jones) Bedall, both of whom were born in 1824, in
 Fallowfield township Washington Co., Penn., the father on August 7, the 
 mother on November 1. They were married January 25, 1855, and two children
 were born to them, viz.: Clara J. (of whom mention is made farther 
 on) and Oella (wife of Alexander W. Galbraith). Mrs. Alexander W. 
 Galbraith's father was a lifelong farmer and stock raiser, and was very
 successful in business affairs.

 Joseph Bedall, grandfather of Oella Galbraith, was born in New Jersey 
 November 10, 1777, and died May 16, 1838. He came to Washington county 
 when a young man and his brothers known to have come with him to this county
 were James (who lived and died on the farm owned by J. Keys Bedall
 (a grandson) in Fallowfield township), Levi (who owned the farm, now in
 possession of J. P. Duvall, at the time of his death, where he spent most
 of his lifetime) and Benjamain (who was a resident of Washington county,
 and was never married). There were also two sisters, of whom no accurate
 account can be given. Joseph Bedall married Sarah McCutchen, who was born 
 December 18, 1788, and died November 20, 1844, married May 2, 1816, and
 they settled on the farm known as the "Bedall Homestead;" they had five
 children, viz.: 
 (1) Mary Bedall, born February 24, 1817, died April 24, 1860;
 (2) an infant, born June 28, 1818, died October 15, 1818;   
 (3) Eliza Jane, born October 25, 1819, died January 20, 1851, married
 Joseph Morton, and both are deceased; (4) Hester, born April 26, 1822,
 died March 21, 1851; (5) John McCutchen, born August 7, 1824, died 
 November 24, 1880. Hugh McCutchen, the father of Sarah McCutchen Bedall,
 emigrated to this country at an early date from Ireland. He was a 
 merchant by occupation, and part of his book accounts are kept in 
 pounds, shillings  and pence, one of the dates being June 12,  1781.
 He married Jane McCutchen, who was of Scotch descent, and they had
 six children, of whom we have record of five: 
 (1) Mary, married to William Baker, of East Pike Run township, and 
 their children were as follows: Cassandra and Jane (eceased), Ellen
 (wife of William Young; they reside in Kansas); 
 (2) Sarah, married  to Joseph Bedall; 
 (3) Jane, never married; (4) Samuel, married to Melinda Furnier (they
 had two children, James Shannon and Sarah Jane); 
 (5) James, married to Jane Springer and lived near Tiffin, Ohio. 
 Clara J. (Bedall) Chalfant, sister of Oella Galbraith, was born February
 8, 1859, and married October 12, 1882, to C. A. Chalfant, who was 
 born March 22, 1854, a  son of Dr. H. S. Chalfant, of East Pike Run 
 township. They have two children: Mary L., born February 10, 1886, 
 and John Switzer, born May 5, 1891. They reside on the old Bedall
 homestead in Fallowfield township, where Mr. Chalfant is engaged in 
 raising sheep, horses and cattle. He votes the Republican ticket,
 and takes an interest in all public matters; he and his wife are members
 of the Ebenezer M. E. Church.

  JONES FAMILY. William Jones sailed from the port of Baltimore in 
  1769 (his son William being then six years old), and the vessel was 
  never afterward  heard from. The son, William Jones, was born May 3,
  1763, at Ellicott's Mills, Md., and died March 14, 1863. He was married
  April 23, 1789, to Elizabeth McClung, who was born November 24, 1769,
  and died January 27, 1829. About 1791 they emigrated from Maryland
  to Washington county, Penn., near Ginger Hill, six miles from Monongahela,
  where they settled on a farm on which they passed the remainder of
  their days, and which farm is still owned by a son, William McKendree
  Jones. They had twelve children, viz.:
  (1) John Jones, born in Maryland,May 23, 1790, died July 16, 1875;
   was twice married, first time to Rachel Frew; second time to Margaret
   Blaine, who was born October 12, 1805, and died October 29, 1890.
   By his first marriage he had the following children: William, married
   to Miss West; James, married to a Miss Cleaver; Elizabeth, married
   to David Ritchie; Joseph, married to a Miss Watkins; David, married
   to Miss Phillips; Samuel V. Cook (deceased), married to Miss Gregg;
   Mary, married to Manuel Stoody.
   By his second marriage Mr. Jones had two children: Rachel and Jennie.
  (2) Elijah Jones, born in Maryland, November 20, 1791, died June 15,
   1855; was married to Mary Warren, and their children were William,
   married to a Miss Frye; Eliza Jane, married to John M. Bedall; Margaret,
   married to John S. Carson; James, married to a Miss Van Voorhis;
   Wesley, married in the West; Isaac, married to a Miss McIlvaine;
   Noah, married to a Miss Frye. 
  (3) Mary Jones, born November 1, 1793, died August 15, 1856, married
   March 8, 1819, to Joseph Alexander, who was born April 1, 1795. 
  (4) Ruth Jones, born September 4, 1795, died January 22, 1892. 
  (5) Delilah Jones, born February 14, 1797, died July 22, 1882 married 
   to James Mills, who was born in 1801 died May 23, 1878, and their
   children were William (deceased); Andrew Bascom, died May 14, 1888, 
   married to Deering; Mary married to a Mr. Dalby; Rebecca, married
   to Rev. Dr. Watkins; James, married; Charles S.; Wilbur Fisk, married. 
  (6) Jesse Jones born December 24, 1798, died February 11, 1888 married
   Eleanor Frew, and their children were Alexander (deceased); Jackson
   (married to Miss Black); Elizabeth, married to Rev. Mr. Snyder;
   Charles, married; Carrie B., married; Nancy, married to a Mr. Rankins
   (now deceased); Jesse, died June 21, 1888; Ellen, married to Mr. McDonald,
   now deceased; others have been lost sight of in the West.
  (7) Samuel Jones, born August 25, 1800, accidentally killed June 14,
   1867; was twice married, first time to Jane Fell, and for his second
   wife to Mary Thomas; the children by his first wife were William,
   married to a Miss Sheplar; S. Fell, married to a Miss Thomas; Mary,
   married to a Dr. Watkins, both deceased; and James, married to a Miss
   Finley. By the second marriage Mr. Jones had children as follows:
   Elizabeth, Melissa, Retta, Amanda, Homer, Luther, John and Celia. 
  (8) Rebecca Jones, born March 8, 1802, died July 3, 1838, married
   Andrew Mills, and they had one child, James Mills, editor of the 
   Pittsburgh Post, who married Elvira Alexander. 
  (9) Rose Ann Jones, born May 4, 1804, died in September, 1870; married
   Francis Hull Williams, and their children were Elizabeth (married
   to Greer McIlvaine), Elmira, John W., William, David, James and Harvey. 
  (10) Elizabeth Jones, born January 15, 1806, died in September, 1830;
   married James McCauley, and their children were Ann Eliza and Mary.
  (11) Ann Jones, born April 22, 1808, died June 30, 1889; married John 
   Hess, born in 1818 died in 1883, and their children were John, Elizabeth,
   Westley, Alcinous, Amanda and Maggie. (12) William McKendree Jones,
   born October 29, 1809, married Sarah Fulmer, who died in 1886; their
   children were Leonidas, Mary, Edward, James Mills, Margaret, Kate,
   Snyder, Albert, Florence and Rose. 

  The children born to (2) Elijah and Mary (Warren) Jones were as follows:
   (1) William, born in Fallowfield township, married Miss Eliza Jane 
    Fry, aterward moved to Brighton, Washington Co., Iowa, and still
    resides there; their children are as follows: Samuel W., married
    to Rachel, daughter of Manuel Stoody, of this county; Mary, married
    to Mr. William Hide, of Washington county, Iowa; Henry, married
    to Miss McCain; Irilla Jane, married; Amy, married to Mr. Johnson;
    Josephine, married; Della (now deceased), married to Mr. Hedge. 
   (2) Eliza Jane, married to John McCutchen Bedall, as already mentioned.
   (3) Margaret, married to John S. Carson, both deceased (their children
    were eleven in number, as follows: Isaac, married to Miss Fry;
    Cornelius, married to Miss Beazell; John C. (now deceased), married
    to Miss Raymond; Henry, married, to Miss Furnier; Robert F., married
    to Miss Odvert; Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Van Curtis, deceased;
    Margaret M., married to I. N. Carson; Caroline Jane (now deceased),
    married to J. W. Carson; Noah T., married to Miss Sprowls; and Joseph,
    married to Miss Greenlee).
   (4) John Wesley, married to Jane Davison, in Logan county, Ohio, and 
    now living near Linneus, Linn Co., Mo.; they have nine children,
    viz.: Margaret J., married to George Hide, of Brighton, Iowa; Arabelle,
    married to a Mr. Watterhouse, in Iowa; Ella, married to a Mr. Hossick;
    James, married and living in Iowa; John C., living near Linneus,
    Mo.; Annie Neal, also living near Linneus. Mo.; Helen, Hester and 
    Isaac Willfred (unmarried and living at home). 
   (5) James Jones (now deceased) married Miss Van Voorhis and had children. 
   (6) Noah, married to Mary Frye, and their children are nine in number, 
    as follows: John T. K., married to Miss Gamble; Florence C., married 
    to Miss Bradley, in Missouri; Annie M., married to Mr. Huffman;
    Mortimore, married to Miss Huffman (now deceased); Eunice married
    to Warren Gibson; and Frank, Bert, Noah King, Lilley, all four 
    unmarried. 
   (7) Isaac Warren, married to Mary Agnes Mcllvaine; their children
    are as follows: Dora B., married to William Morrow; William, unmarried;
    Isaac L., married to Miss Rettig; McIlvaine, Harry and Mary A., all
    three unmarried. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Galbraith reside on 222 acres of well-cultivated
 land in East Pike Run township, upon which a pleasant dwelling was 
 erected in 1888, and a frame barn 46x60 feet, completed in 1892. He is
 extensively engaged in raising sheep, horses and cattle. Politically
 he votes the Democratic ticket, and he takes an interest in public
 matters. He and his wife are members of the Ebenezer M. E. Church.
 They have one son, Wilbur, born August 12, 1891. 



Last Will and Testament of William Jones of Anne Arundel 
County, dated 1 May 1705 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN --- the thirty-first day of 
May One thousand Seven hundred and five I William 
Jones Gent of the County of Ann Arundel in the province 
of Maryland Planter being sick and weak in Body of Sound 
and perfect Memory thanks be to God for the Same and 
Calling to mind the uncertain State of this life and that all 
must goeth unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe 
make and sine constitute and appoint and Declare this my 
Last will and testament in Manner and form following 
revoking annulling and making void all other will and wills 
by me hereto made either by word of mouth or writing and 
this only to be Taken for my Last will and noe other and 
first Commit my Soul into the hands of God that gave it 
hoping through the Merits of my blessed lessons to be 
Eternally loved and my body to the Earth to be Decently 
buried by my Executive hereafter named and for my 
Temporall Effects which it hath pleased God to bless me 
with I Dispose as follows 

Item I give and bequeath to my Dear and loving wife 
Elizabeth Jones all that Plantation whereon I now Dwell 
Together with the land belonging to the home During the 
terme of her Naturall life and pass on after her decease to 
the use and ________of my son William Jones and his heirs 
forever except what is hereafter given to Mary 
Beddingfield and Anthony Beddingfield 

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth 
Duvall the wife of John Duvall unto my Daughter Jane 
Clarke the wife of Neale Clarke and unto my Daughter 
Ann Cheney the wife of Charles Cheney the sume of one 
Shilling Cash to be paid by my Executive hereafter named 

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary 
Beddingfield and Anthony Beddingfield a piece or parcel 
of land whereon they now Dwell it being piece of a tract 
Called Johns Cabin Ridge which is to begin at a 
______Spanish Oaks in a line Janey land __________land 
Wm Jones and running to est North west Cross the land to 
an ______bounded with twelve_____ and be bounding on 
the land of Thomas Cheney to have and to hold the 
____land and the appertainces unto the land Mary 
Beddingfield and Anthony Beddingfield and their heirs for 
Ever 

Item I give and Bequeath unto my Granddaughter Mary 
Duvall the Daughter of John Duvall one cow and Calfe to 
be delivered in Time convenient after my decease by my 
Executive hereafter named 
and lastly I Give and bequeath unto my Law wife 
customary debts legacies and funerall Charges shall be 
paid all the remainder of my Estate whatsoever to be 
Equally divided between her my Law wife and my 
Grandson William Trogden share and share alike and my 
Law Grandson to remain with my Law wife till he Comes 
to the age of Sixteen at which time I will that he shall be 
free for himself and of this my last will I leave my Law wife 
my full whole and sole Executive in witness whereof I have 
hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Day and Year 

                                    his 
                             Wm (X) Jones 
                                   mark 

Above written Signed Sealed and Published and Declared 
to being the Last will and testament of the late Wm Jones 
in the presents of 
Richard Duckett 
John Starkey - 
Powell Mary Powel 

(on the back of the will was written) 
Then came the witness' to the within written will and made 
Oath that they saw the within named Wm Jones sine seal 
and deliver the same as his last Will and Testament 
John Grossman (?) 

Will of William Jones, Gentleman Planter Ann Arundel 
Co., Maryland dated 31 day of May 1705 

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