Peter Blattel/Anna Krekel

This is the first of our 5 great-grandparents.

Peter BLATTEL was born 12 Jun 1740 in Elz, Hassan-Nassau, Germany.  He married Anna Krekel on 21 Jan 1766 in Elz.

They had one son:

Johan George – b, 1783 (Our 4GG)

They likely had other children we do not know of, since Johan was born 17 years after they were married.

Peter died 26 Sep 1819 in Elz.  He was 79 years old.  He is buried in St Johann Cemetery in Elz.

Anna Catherine KREKEL was born abt. 1745 in Elz.  She died 5 Feb 1798 in Elz and is buried at St Johann Cemetery.

Allen Woodford/Aphea Woodruff

This is the last of the 4 great-grandparents.

Allen WOODFORD was born 2 Mar 1791 in Burlington, Hartford, CT.  He married Aphea Woodruff 26 Nov 1807 in Farmington, CT. They had five kids in Farmington:

Andrew – b, 1809

Lydia Ann – b, 1810

Aranda Moses – b, 1812

Harry Lee – b, 1814

Helen Maria – b, 1816

In 1817, the family moved to Marietta, Ohio.  In 1818, they moved to Olive Township, in what is now Noble County, Ohio.  They had more kids in Ohio:

Mary Leve – b, 1819 (Our 3GG)

William Jerome – b, 1822 (He also married a Wiley; Charity Wiley, Jacob’s sister)

Elmira and Elvira – b, 1825

Hiram and George P. b, 1829.

Allen died 8 Jun 1842 in Morgan County, Ohio.  He was 51 years old.  He is buried at Hutchins Cemetery in Noble County, Ohio.

Aphea WOODRUFF was born 30 Mar 1787 in Farmington, CT.  She died 21 Nov 1872 in Noble County and is buried at Hutchins Cemetery.  She was 85 years old.

On one of our drives to Vermont, we stopped in Farmington, CT for a while.  It is a typical old New England town, with many homes and churches dating several hundred years.  It is outside of Hartford, CT.

The branches of these two families go back into the early 1600’s in New England.  I have more information on these two families than any other in our family tree, thanks to excellent record keeping in the area.

William Allen/Nancy McCown

William ALLEN was born 10 Apr 1783 in Kentucky. He was married three times. First to Polly Burns on 15 Mar 1802 in Pulaski, KY.  Next to Nancy McCown on 14 Jan 1806 in Lincoln, KY.  Finally, to Rachel Viola Persinger on 8 Sep 1823 in Clay County, MO.

He had one child with Polly:

Whitley – b, 1803 (Polly died during childbirth)

He had six kids with Nancy:
James – b, 1806

Levica –  b, 1809

John – b, 1811

William M.  – b, 1816 (Our 3GG)

Nancy Jane – b, 1818

Elijah – b, 1820

He had three kids with Rachel:

Issac – b, 1824

Jessie – b, 1825

John S. – b, 1830

William Allen died 14 Oct 1866 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa.  He was 83 years old. He is buried in St. Charles, Iowa.

Nancy MCCOWN

Nancy was born 9 Jul 1787 in Kentucky.  She died 3 Mar 1820 at Missouri City, Texas.  She was 35 years old.